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Be a PROFITABLE Badass Small Business Owner — 728 episodes

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When It's Time to Quit... and When It's Time to Fix Your Business

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Stop Confusing Busy with Successful

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Should You Use QuickBooks for Personal Finances?

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Should You Raise Prices Because of Gas Costs? How to Decide the Right Way

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What Makes Your Business Different?

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Easy Way to Know if it is Worth the Money

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Find Hidden Profits in Your Last 90 Days

8

Subcontractor Bookkeeping Mistakes That Can Cost You Money!

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I Haven't Taken a Vacation in 10 Years… Here's Why That's a Problem

10

You Do Not Have to Grow a Big Business to Make Great Money

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Sales Don't Matter If There's No Profit

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How Much Should You Pay Yourself as a Business Owner?

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If You Want Profit, It's Time to Get Serious

14

Building a Business as an Introvert (Yes, It's Possible)

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Is the Customer Always Right? Let's Be Honest

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How I Learned to Read a Profit & Loss and Why I Teach Others

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You'd Never Let a Customer Not Pay You | So Why Are YOU Doing It?

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Most Business Owners Do This Wrong!

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Want Your Most Profitable Year Ever? Then Start with This!

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3 Important Questions Every Business Owner Should Ask Going Into a New Year

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You're Using Profit First Wrong & Here's How to Fix It

22

Why Breaking Out Your Sales Is a Total Game Changer

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Why Your Business Needs Retained Earnings (Like… Yesterday)

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Why Profit Matters More Than Sales!

25

Stop Being Shocked at Tax Time | Do THIS Instead!

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Want to Grow Your Business? Be Ready to Pay the Price

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Are You a Broke Business Owner?

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Your Business Isn't Growing | Here's Where to Start

29

Stop Letting Bad Bookkeeping Cost You Money!

30

The Most Powerful Leadership Tool You're Not Using: Questions

31

Your Profit Roadmap: How to Plan Every Quarter for Success

32

The #1 Tool You're Not Using to Grow Your Sales & Profits

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Your Customers Are Begging to Pay You (But You're Ignoring Them)

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Why Your Business's Bank Balance Might Be Lying to You

35

Stop Driving Yourself Broke! Are You Wasting Money in Your Business?

36

Are Your Sales Actually Costing You Money?

37

The Broke Business Owner: How Debt Is Stealing Your Profits

38

Why You Can't Keep Great Employees (And How to Fix It)

39

Why Your Profit and Loss Statement Is More Important Than You Think!

40

Can You Make $100K in Profit with Your Small Business?

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Want More Sales? Focus on These 3 Things

42

This Is Why You're Losing Sales & Profits (And Don't Even Know It)

43

Grow Your Profits with Just 1 Hour a Day

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Why I'm Rethinking Everything After 9 Years!

45

This One Mistake Could Be Costing You a Ton of Profit!

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From Struggling to Profitable: What Happens When You Actually Do the Work

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You are Sabotaging Your Profits!

48

STOP Mixing Business & Personal Money (Big Mistake!)

49

Did You Create a Business or a Job?

50

Understanding Cash Basis vs Accrual Basis for Small Business Owners

51

STOP Spending Money on Crap You Don't Need

52

Why Are You Working for Free?

53

Your Profit Has 3 Jobs and this is Why You Think You Aren't Profitable!

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Not Getting Stuff Done? It Might Just Be Your WHY

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When is it Not OK to Raise Your Prices?

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You Are More Profitable than You Think!

57

Profit and Loss and Percentages Don't Have to Be Confusing

58

What is ROI and Why is It So Critical to Your Small Business

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Use this TRICK Before You Spend Money in Your Business!

60

Taxes Suck! Don't Make it Worse!

61

Understanding COGS & EXPENSES Can Make You More Money!

62

Your Customer Service Might Be Costing You Profits!

63

Make More Money Using Your Year Ending Profit & Loss Income Statement

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Here is What Holds the Key to You Crushing Your Sales & Profits!

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Is Your Business Ready for the New Year

66

This Bad Habit is Costing Your Business Thousands of Dollars!

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Cost of Goods Sold for Beginners: 10 Things You Should Know

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Are You Paying Yourself Wrong in Your Small Business?

69

10 Things to Know about a Profit and Loss Statement

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The #1 Mistake Causing You to Have a Crappy Profit & Loss Statement

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My Love for Profit and Loss Statements

72

I Think the Person Doing My Books is Stealing From Me!

73

2 Reports Every Small Business Owner MUST KNOW to be Profitable

74

Are You the Reason Your Business's Sales Aren't Growing?

75

Is it Time to Shut Down Your Small Business?

76

Credit Cards are Killing Your Business's Profit!

77

Having a 4th Quarter Plan in Your Small Business

78

5 Mistakes Causing You to Leave Money on the Table in Your Business

79

Why Aren't You Paying Yourself Correctly in Your Small Business?

80

I'm Back...Did You Miss Me?

81

How Understanding Cost of Goods (COGS) Can Lead to More Profit

82

Are You a Profitable Badass Business Owner?

83

​Do You Need Goals to Have a Successful Small Business?

84

Where Did the Money Go?

85

5 Mistakes Small Business Owners Make

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How Your Inventory Might Just Be Costing You Sales & Profits in Your Small Business

87

Creating More Sales in Your Small Business

88

The Dark Side of Having a Brick & Mortar Small Business

89

Warning: This Common Business Mistake Could Land You in IRS Hot Water

90

3 Types of Profit You Need to Understand in Your Business

91

The Cost of Not Being In Stock

92

Is Your Pricing Strategy a Goldmine or a Disaster Waiting to Happen?

93

Boost Your Sales: Unveiling the True Money-Makers in Your Small Business

94

Two Calculations to Know in Your Small Business

95

Where's My Money?

96

Where Was I Last Week & Let's Talk Customer Service

97

I FAILED - Why I Closed the Doors to My Small Business

98

Don't Let an Employee Bonus Become a Nightmare for Your Small Business!

99

Can You Afford to Have a Brick & Mortar Location?

100

Everything Impacts Your Profits - Don't Make These Mistakes

101

How to Review Your Year Ending Profit & Loss Income Statement

102

Why Your Competition is More Profitable than You Are

103

RANT: Why Do Businesses Do This?!

104

7 Key Pillars of a Strong Business Foundation

105

Look for Profit Opportunities Using This Simple Trick

106

Will You Crush Your Business in 2024?

107

Boost Your Business Profits: Using 5 Core Strategies

108

Is Your LACK OF CASH FLOW Killing Your Business?

109

What Is a Balance Sheet for Your Small Business

110

Supercharge Your Business Success in 2024 by Having a Plan

111

STOP Letting them STEAL YOUR Business!

112

This Pricing Mistake Could Be Costing You Thousands In Profits

113

The Powerful Tool Ignored by Most Small Business Owners

114

A Quick Way to Identify Opportunities in Your Small Business

115

You Are Using Facebook Wrong! Do This Instead to Grow Your Small Business

116

Pay Your People What They Are Worth

117

Are You Setting Your Business Up to Fail?

118

What Most Small Business Owners Forget This Time of the Year

119

You Are Paying Yourself Wrong in Your Small Business

120

The Truth About Small Business Debt: Myth vs. Reality

121

Can You Make $100,000 in Your Small Business?

122

Grow Your Business with a Kick-Butt Team

123

Grow Your Business Without Working Yourself to Death

124

The Secret to Profit Growth: Profitable Business Owners Focus on This

125

The 3 Key Areas to Focus on to Grow Your Business

126

Is Honesty the Best Policy in Business?

127

Putting Your Business First: Firing Customers/Clients

128

Bad Employee Or Is it You?

129

TRY THIS to Increase Your Customer Frequency

130

Do THIS to Run a Better Business & Get IMMEDIATE RESULTS

131

Are You Using the GPS for Your Small Business?

132

Your Small Business: What the Heck Does a Chicken, an Egg & a Pig Have to Do with it?

133

Create More Sales in Your Small Business with These Tactics

134

STOP Making this MISTAKE When Looking at Your COSTS/BILLS in Your Small Business

135

5 Ways YouTube Can Help You Grow Your Small Business

136

The Secret Struggle: The Lonely Road of Running a Small Business

137

Will Technology Spell Doom for Your Small Business?

138

The REFERRAL Source YOU MUST Use

139

Why Are You Only Doing Employee Work?

140

The Scariest Thing I've Done on This Podcast

141

Stuck in a Rut & Can't Get Out

142

Can One Small Action Create More Profits?

143

Do You Even Know What You Want?

144

Successful on the Outside, Crumbling on the Inside

145

A POWERFUL Tip to Help You Use Your Business Numbers to Grow Your Business

146

Did You Raise Your Prices too High?

147

Don't Make this Marketing Mistake

148

Your Team Isn't Letting You Down, You Are Letting Them Down

149

How Atomic Habits Can Help Small Business Owners Like You

150

Is it a Sales Game or a Profit Game?

151

Can a Mentor Actually Hurt Your Business?

152

How Your Operational Expenses are Impact Your Pricing

153

Are You Letting Your Emotions Get in the Way of Your Pricing?

154

Growing Your Side Business with a Full Time Job

155

4 Reasons Your Business Might Be Stuck

156

Why Are You Still Not Looking at the #1 Tool for Profits in Your Business?

157

Staying Motivated in the New Year

158

You Are Costing Yourself Time & Profits!

159

Should You Start a 2nd Business or Expand Your Current Business?

160

Marketing Your Small Business – Some Things to Keep in Mind

161

What Would You Give Yourself? | How Does Your Business Rate?

162

Are You Mentally Stuck?

163

The Stairway to Success

164

Create More Profit | Time to Review Your Operational Expenses

165

3 Key Ways to Increase Your Sales

166

Time to Review Your Prices for the New Year

167

Ticked Off Customers Suck! | Dealing With Upset Customers

168

Improving the Profit on Your Best-Selling Item

169

Improving Your Profits | The Pumpkin Plan Method

170

Set Your Self Up for Success in 2023 – Start Now!

171

Should You Panic Over the Recession?

172

Is Facebook Dead for Your Business?

173

Motivated and Focused When Business is Slow

174

Plenty of Money to Make this Year!

175

Stop Burying Your Head in the Sand on Your Business Numbers!

176

Is Your Business Debt Getting Out of Control?

177

Growing a Business the Wrong Way

178

Understanding What You & the Business Needs Monthly to Survive

179

Create More Profit thru Improving Your Business Processes

180

Hiring for Profits Not for Sales

181

Pricing – Do You Include Your Personal Expenses?

182

5 Must Read Books for Small Business Owners

183

What is Profit First? | Will it Really Help You Be More Profitable in Your Small Business?

184

How to Deal with Cheap Customers

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Before You Spend a Dime on Advertising - DO THIS!

186

Is it Really Doom & Gloom for Your Small Business

187

Why You Need to Include Your Labor Hours in Your Cost of Goods Sold

188

7 Mistakes Business Owners Make with their Profit & Loss Income Statement

189

Your Profit & Loss Income Statement is the Key to Unlocking Your Profits!

190

Profits Are Being Left on the Table Due to This One Thing

191

How to Find Good Employees In 2022

192

WOW! 500 Episodes of the Badass Business Owner Podcast!

193

What Would They Say About Your Business?

194

Is it a Bad Thing that You've Created a Job vs a Business?

195

Where I Look When a Business Is Struggling

196

Your Business's Minimum Value at Any Given Time| The Balance Sheet

197

5 Mistakes Small Business Owners Often Make

198

How Do You Keep Your Business Going When Life is Throwing You Curveballs?

199

Walk the Business Thru the Eyes of a Customer | The Customer Experience

200

Does it Take Passion to Be Successful in Your Small Business?

201

Slowing Down to Speed Up to Grow Your Profitability

202

Can You Afford to Expand into a Brick & Mortar Building?

203

A Tough, Honest Conversation About Your Employees

204

What Keeps You From Learning Your Business Numbers

205

Does Your Business Really Need it?

206

How Much Should You Have as an Advertising Budget in Your Small Business

207

Should You Expand Your Service Area? | The 5 Mile Rule

208

You're a Fraud

209

Are You a Flawed Business Person?

210

Your First Priority Each Morning as a Business Person

211

This One Sales Hack Can Create More Profit & Sales in Your Small Business

212

Small Business Owner Pain Points | Which Pain Point Are You Experiencing?

213

Does Customer Service Even Matter?

214

Time to Get Rid of that Extra Inventory!

215

You Might Not Be as Profitable in Your Small Business as You Think

216

What Is It You Do? | The Answer Might Surprise You

217

Yes! You Do Have Cost of Goods in Your Business!

218

Your Business Taxes – Don't Make the Same Mistake I Did!

219

Make More Money in Your Business – Know Your Business Numbers

220

3 Ways to Boost Your End of Year Sales

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Start 2022 Strong in Your Business by Focusing on these 3 Areas

222

Time to Check Your Prices!

223

Why Aren't You Paying Yourself?

224

What Does Your Customer Want?

225

An Easier Way to Set Business Goals | Try the 12 Week Year Method

226

Sales Do Not Mean Someone is Profitable

227

Answer the Damn Phone!

228

The Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

229

Passionate Business Owner You vs Business Minded You

230

5 Mistakes Costing Small Business Owners Thousands in Profits Dollars

231

Increase Profits without Increasing Sales

232

Check Your Pricing | Here is What to Look for When Reviewing Your Pricing

233

What Are Your Business's Weaknesses?

234

There is NO ONE to Hire!

235

Do You Have Raving Fans

236

No Sales? Do This First!!

237

Copy & Add Your Secret Sauce!

238

Sometimes You Just Need a Vacation

239

The Wheels Fell Off! Now What??

240

Are You Setting Your Business Up to Fail?

241

What Lessons Did Your Business Learn from the Crazy Covid Year?

242

Stop Chasing Business All Over the Place!

243

3 Common Mistakes Small Business Owners Make

244

Crazy Busy Doesn't Mean You Are Successful

245

Study the Storm of Your Busy Season

246

Time to Pivot from Sales to Profits

247

Whip Out Your Profit & Loss Income Statement!

248

Grow Your Business by Tapping into Your Tribe

249

Who Do You Think You Are Talking To?

250

Maximize the Profits of Your Seasonal Business

251

Your Communication Sucks!

252

20 Ways to Stop Flushing Profits Down the Toilet!

253

Do You Need to Use Social Media in your Local Business?

254

Empower Your People & Increase Your Profits

255

Learn These Business Numbers First!

256

Help! I'm Losing Business!

257

You Must Remember this to Make More Money in Your Small Business

258

Why Not Grow Your Business Together?

259

Why Not Grow Your Business Together?

260

How to Prepare for a $15 Minimum Wage

261

What Profit Stage is Your Business In?

262

How Does Your Customer See Your Business?

263

3 Levels of a Business Owner's Pay

264

Have You Looked Yet? | How Did You Finish Financially Last Year in Your Business?

265

Have You Set Up Your Google Business Page Yet?

266

Payroll is Your #1 Controllable Expense

267

Transitioning the Point of Contact in a Business

268

Your Employee Wage vs Your Owner's Profits

269

Real Estate Agents Can Be Money Trees for Your Small Business

270

10 Questions You Should Ask About Your Business

271

Pay Your People What They Are Worth

272

What is the Best Option to Increase Your Sales? – Run the Numbers

273

Set Your Sales Goal Around Your Profit Goal

274

The 8 Steps to Earning $100,000 in Profits in Your Small Business

275

The TRUE Lifetime Value of Your Customer

276

Is It Time to Recalibrate Your Small Business?

277

Coronavirus Round 2 - Is Your Business Prepared?

278

Are the People You Are Surrounding Yourself With Making You Better or Holding You Back?

279

Do This Before You Do That Huge Bid

280

Time to Reset & Get Your Business Back to the Basics

281

How You Can Use Your Average Ticket to Figure Out the Customers Needed to Hit a Sales Goal

282

Are You Targeting the Right Customers?

283

Franchisees - Do Not Get Screwed When the Franchise Does This!

284

Are You Creating Raving Fans in Your Small Business?

285

Do You Know the Cost of that Debt?

286

6 Stages of a Small Business

287

Breakdown the Big Sales Goal You Have for Created

288

Business Doesn't Fall in Your Lap!

289

Lessons from the EMyth Revisited by Michael Gerber

290

Know Your Customers Better Than They Know Themselves

291

It's All About the Systems in your Business

292

Why on Earth Did You Start the Business?

293

It's Never Too Early to Start Planning for the New Year

294

Don't Let Your Competition Get in Your Head!

295

What Exactly Does Working "ON" Your Business Mean? | Part of the eMyth Revisited Series

296

What Your Business Could Learn From McDonalds | Part of the eMyth Revisited Series

297

Where on Earth Are You Taking Your Business? | Part of the EMyth Revisited Series

298

Why is Your Business Acting Like a Child? | Part of the EMyth Revisited Series

299

Why You Aren't Making the Money You Should in Your Business | Part of the EMyth Revisited Series

300

Becoming a Better Business Owner | Part of the EMyth Revisited Series

301

Are You Paying Customers to Use Your Business?

302

Stop Chasing Customers You Have No Business Chasing

303

Why You Should Graph Out Your Business Sales

304

Stop Being a Broke Business Owner

305

MINDSET: What is Going On Between Your Ears?

306

The Time Management Fallacy

307

Sales Needed to Hit Your Personal Income Goal

308

Are You Stuck in the Rat Race

309

Would You Like Fries with That?

310

What Podcast Should Sm Biz Owners Listen To?

311

Why You Want to Break Down Your Sales & COGS

312

Why You Need to Flex How You Deal with People

313

Focus on This Monthly to Make More Money in Your Business

314

You Need an Elevator Pitch for Your Business

315

How Your Inventory Might Be Costing You Sales & Profits!

316

How Can I Be so Broke When I'm So Busy?

317

What Would You Do with a $1,000 in Your Business?

318

Why You Need to Always Study Your Competition

319

What Does a Kid's Book & Your P&L Have in Common?

320

Do What Is Right by Your Community

321

How Much Money Do You Want to Make in Your Business?

322

Why You Need FAQs on Your Website & Google Page

323

Stop Throwing Money Away - The Sunk Cost Fallacy

324

This Doesn't Make You a Bad Business Owner

325

Stop Making Excuses for Not Knowing This!

326

What Are You Waiting For?

327

Are You Setting Aside Taxes for the Business?

328

Which Customer Are You Aiming for in Your Small Business?

329

Help! My Profit Margin % Dropped After Hiring Employees!

330

Stop Throwing Those Marketing Dollars Away!

331

How Much Does that Employee Cost?

332

The Toughest Conversation You Will Ever Have

333

Why Things Change

334

Why Your Words Matter in Your Business

335

Do the Local Math

336

Simplifying Your Business

337

Do You Know Your Burn Rate?

338

How Do You Know?

339

Even the Lone Ranger had Tonto

340

Is Your Business Financially Ready for a Shutdown?

341

Are You Running Today's Business or Tomorrows?

342

Are You Wasting Money Driving in Your Business?

343

Stop Doing this Silly Practice in Your Business

344

The Basics of Your Profit & Loss Statement Report

345

Brick & Mortar Businesses Are on My Heart Today

346

Don't Hire Until Your Run the Numbers!

347

What to Do While Quarantined to Help Your Business Survive and Come out Strong!

348

What to Do in Your Business When the World is Crazy

349

Beware of Business Advice You Get from Everyone

350

Tell Me Your Favorite Product or Service in Your Business

351

Stop Using Pay & Spray Marketing in Your Business!

352

Looking for Sales Opportunities Everywhere You Go

353

Hiring for Your "Why" and Not Just the Job

354

Gross Profit vs Net Profit

355

If You Confuse You Lose

356

Your Accountant is Your Business Partner - Start Using Them!

357

Why Every Local Small Business Owner Should Read the eMyth Revisited

358

Understanding the Business Owner Experience in Your Small Business

359

Understanding the Customer Experience in Your Small Business

360

KYBN: Understanding Your Profit & Loss Detail

361

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

362

KYBN: Getting Out of Personal & Business Debt

363

Stop Thinking Like a Victim in Your Business

364

Where Are Your Sales Coming From

365

How to Turn Around the Family Business

366

KYBN: Diving into Last Years Numbers

367

FAN FAVORITE: 17 Ways to Increase Profits

368

Do This to Help Make Your Business Numbers Make Sense

369

What Stood Out This Year Doing the Podcast & Coaching Sessions with Local Business Owners

370

You Have the Ability to Understand Your Business Numbers!

371

5 Things to Work on When Business is Slower

372

Do You Have Money Laying Around in Your Business?

373

Does Your Business Grab Their Eyeballs?

374

KYBN - More Sales Doesn't Necessarily Mean More Profits

375

The One Weekly Appointment You Can't Miss in Your Small Business

376

KYBN - Using Your Numbers to Hit Sales Goal in Your Small Business

377

Do You Have a Business, Job or Hobby?

378

Time for a Business Health Check!

379

How to Motivate an Older, Mature Workforce?

380

KYBN - How Much Money is that Referral Worth?

381

Help Your Customers Get to Know You

382

KYBN - The Power of Stacking

383

Create Instant Sales | Contact Your Past Customers / Clients

384

KYBN - How to Pay Yourself in Your Small Business

385

Knowing vs Understanding

386

KYBN - Use Your Business Numbers to set Your Business Goals

387

5 Lessons Big Box Retailing Taught Me About Running a Small Business

388

KYBN - What is Your Balance Sheet | For Local Small Business Owners

389

Are Your Best People Really Your Best People?

390

KYBN - Retained Earnings in Your Small Business

391

Setting Up Your Local Small Business for Success in the New Year

392

KYBN - The #1 Calculation all Local Small Business Owners Need to Know

393

Thoughts After 300 Episodes of the Local Small Business Coach Podcast

394

KYBN - How to Set Up a Good, Better Best Offering and Make Money!

395

What is Possible in Your Local Small Business?

396

KYBN - Get Those Marketing Dollars Working for You

397

Should You Try a Temp Agency in Your Small Local Business?

398

KYBN - Pay Attention to Your Reoccurring Revenue

399

Don't Forget Who Brought You to the Party!

400

KYBN - How to Set a Sales Goal from Your Profit Goal

401

Stop Blaming Your Competition!

402

KYBN - Profits First and Why in Your Local Small Business

403

Stop Being a Victim of Your Success

404

KYBN - Credit or Cash for that Purchase?

405

Your Strengths vs Weaknesses in Business

406

KYBN - Income (P/L) Statement Coaching Lessons

407

Are Leads from Thumbtack, Home Advisor, & Angie's List Worth It?

408

KYBN - Bookkeeping is the Past But Key to the Future

409

7 Ways to Scale Your Business

410

KYBN - The Know Your Business Numbers Course is Ready

411

Time to Refresh Your Batteries

412

KYBN - Where to Franchise Fees Go on the Income Statement?

413

Whats In a Name?

414

KYBN - Why You Should Include Labor Hours in Your Cost of Goods Sold

415

What is Your USP | Your Unique Selling Proposition

416

KYBN - Gross Margin Dollars vs Gross Margin Percent

417

Just Do It!

418

KYBN - Do Your Numbers Support Expanding Your Service Area

419

Are Your Customers Cheap

420

KYBN - The Cost of Keeping Poor Performing Employees

421

Do You Have More Business Than You Can Handle?

422

KYBN - Can You Afford that New Employee

423

Are You Being a Boss or a Coach?

424

KYBN - How Much are Your Broken Processes Costing You?

425

Why You Need a Simple Employee Checklist

426

KYBN - RANT - Why You Need to Know Your Dang Numbers

427

The 5 Mile Radius Rule for Your Local Business

428

KYBN - Using Your Profit Loss to Determine Your Hourly Wage

429

How a Mindmap Can Help You in Your Business

430

KYBN - Diving Into Your Profit & Loss Expenses

431

An Expensive Lesson to Learn - The $10,000 Business Mistake

432

KYBN - What Goes Into Your COGS

433

Fine Tune Your Elevator Speech

434

Breaking Down Revenue on Your Profit & Loss Statement

435

Too Busy to Work "ON" the Business vs Just "IN" the Business

436

KYBN - Are You Leveraging Your ROI?

437

What You Could Learn from Jack Welch on Leading Your Team

438

KYBN - Calculating Out Gross Margin

439

Stop Shooting Yourself in the Foot!

440

KYBN - Understanding Your Profit and Loss Statement

441

4 Fears Holding You Back

442

KYBN - What is Your Business Break Even Point?

443

9 Lessons I Learned from My Ice Cream Shop

444

How to Find Money Laying Around

445

Having Boundaries for Family Owned Businesses

446

Find a Need and Fill It

447

KYBN - Markup vs Margin - Why Your Local Small Business Might Be Missing Your Margin Goal

448

BONUS: You Don't Have to Be Alone!

449

Are You a Badass Business Owner?

450

Why Do You Do What You Do

451

Coach, Cheerleader and Mentor

452

Hiring that First Employee

453

Don't Assume Your Customers Know What to Do Next

454

I'm a DumDum! Are You?

455

BONUS: 2 Quick Great Business Best Practices

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​Getting Your Business Ready for a Possible Recession

457

Close Down Your Business or Pivot?

458

Why I Believe You Can Earn $100,000 in Profits in Your Business

459

What the Pareto Principle Means in Your Business

460

How to Handle Minimum Wage Increases & Your Profitability

461

Quit Passing Along Those Credit Card Fees

462

Do Your Employees Suck?

463

BONUS Take the Audio Challenge

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Doing This Will Increase Your Sales & Profits

465

What You and Michael Jordan Have in Common

466

Stop Using Facebook Wrong for Your Local Business

467

Stop that Stinkin Thinkin_Crap Happens

468

BONUS: Don't Forget to Generate Leads for January

469

Why Are Customers So Cheap?

470

Why Email Needs to Be Part of Your Marketing Strategy

471

Bonus_My Tony Robbins Experience

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Should You Pay for Leads? | Is Home Adviser, Angie's List, Next Door & Thumbtack Something You Should Try?

473

Being a Business Owner Can Be a Lonely Gig

474

Diving Into Your Numbers and Setting a Great Plan

475

You Must Always Be Learning & Taking Action!

476

Time to Start Planning for the New Year

477

Why You Must Add Your Business to Google

478

Hiring People for Your Small Business in a Tight Labor Market

479

Would You Hire Yourself - Your Report Card

480

Your Lack of Cash Flow Is Killing You!

481

You Must Know this One Thing About Your Seasonal Business

482

17 Ways to Increase Your Small Business Profits Tomorrow

483

Have You Ever Thought of Quitting Your Small Business?

484

Increase Your Sales by Increasing Your Ticket Average

485

Increase Your Sales by Increasing Your Customer Frequency

486

Increasing Your Sales by Increasing Your Customer Count

487

7 Leadership Lessons I've Learned Thru the Years

488

Why You Are Working Hours 60 - 70 Hours a Week?

489

Making Leaps by Focusing on One Thing

490

Lessons Learned from Watching Small Business Revolution

491

5 Things You Are Doing that are Ticking Off Your Customers

492

Do You Own Your Business Or Does it Own You?

493

Why You Need to Stay in Touch with Your Past Customers

494

What to Do if Your Business Isn't Taking Off

495

Grow Your Business By Being Curious About Your Numbers

496

What Should Your Employee Return on Investment Be?

497

Never Be Embarrassed By What You Dont Know

498

Stop Working to Survive and Start Working to Thrive!

499

How Are You Making Your Customers Feel?

500

Why on Earth Do I Do This Podcast Every Week?

501

When Should a Badass Business Owner Ask for Help?

502

Time to Clean House and Get Rid of a Few Things Holding Your Business Back

503

How Can You Grow Your Local Small Business?

504

Look at Your Business as if You Just Bought it - What Would You Do Differently?

505

When is the Right Time to Raise Your Prices?

506

11 Reasons You Are the CEO of Your Small Business

507

A Debt Free Business Leads to More Profits

508

What Keeps You From More Sales and Profits?- YOUR PROCESSESS!

509

You Must Give Away Free Stuff to Your Customers

510

People Love Doing Business with Other People

511

Do Your Employees Know Your Standards?

512

What to Expect When You Leave Your Job to Start Your Own Business

513

Know You - Trust You - Then Profitability

514

How Do You Survive those Seasonal Swings in Your Business?

515

How to Learn from Frustrated Customers

516

Do You Know Your Monthly Nut?

517

Why You Should Join a Networking Group

518

The #1 Thing That Holds Your Business Back

519

Best Practices for On-Boarding Your New Employees or Day Help

520

You MUST Focus on Your Pipeline to Level Off Your Sales Swings

521

What Are KPIs and Why Are They Important to You?

522

Leaving Your Customers Better Than You Found Them

523

Do You Have Limiting Beliefs About Money?

524

Are You Suffering from Monkey Mind?

525

Should You Be Answering the Phone After Hours?

526

How Do You Grow Your Business While Working Full-Time?

527

Knowing these 7 Business Terms & Numbers are the Difference Between Being an Employee and a CEO

528

Are You on Track for Your Annual Sales and Profit Goals?

529

How to Handle Someone That Will Not Pay

530

Learning to Say No to Business and Others

531

I Can't Be More Invested in Your Business!

532

Are Customers/Clients Slipping Thru the Cracks?

533

Is it Wrong to Be Motivated by Money

534

Focus on New Home Owners to Grow Your Business

535

What Pain Point Are You Solving for Your Customers?

536

The Single Biggest Lesson I Learned in My 1st Local Small Business

537

How Do You Pay Yourself First? - You Must Read Profit First

538

When Are You Going to Start Investing in You?

539

How Much Training Should New People Get?

540

3 Reasons Local Small Business Owners Cant Get to 6 Figures

541

Can You Build a Business and Work Full Time Elsewhere?

542

Mistakes Are Proof You Are Trying!

543

How Do You Get More Customer Testimonials for Your Local Small Business

544

What is Your Business's First Impression Online?

545

Where on Earth is the Money Going

546

Getting Back to the Basics – The Key to Consistent Performance

547

My Business is Failing - Should I Sink or Swim?

548

Sometimes You Just Have To Fire Some Customers / Clients

549

Should this Handyman Niche His Business

550

Getting Serious About Your Business

551

Understanding Your "Why" Will Blow Up Your Business

552

The 5 Stages of Your Local Small Business

553

Preparing for Competition Coming to Town

554

Make Sure You Are Investing in Yourself

555

Why You Need to Do a Business Health Check

556

[Making Money Series] Are Your People Hurting Your Personal Hourly Wage

557

[Make More Money Series] - Fix Broken Processes to Improve Your Average Hourly Income

558

[Make More Money Series] - Creating the Profits Needed to Increase Your Average Hourly Income

559

[Make More Money Series]– Using Sales the Right Way to Earn More Income Per Hour

560

[Make More Money Series] – Increasing Your Hourly Income

561

How Much Money Do You Earn an Hour?

562

Why are Cleaning and Landscapers Businesses Disappearing?

563

Competing with Out of Area Competitors

564

When #2 Gets Their Shot at Being #1

565

Dealing With a Good Employee Doing Bad Things

566

4 Must Have Goals for the New Year

567

Should You Use YouTube and Email in Your Local Small Business

568

Stop Making Excuses for Your Business Challenges

569

What to Look for When Buying a Local Small Business

570

33 Free or Low Cost Local Marketing Ideas for Your Local small Business

571

How to Stay Motivated When Business is Down

572

Are You Choosing to Have the Best Team?

573

When Do I Know It Is Time To Hire Your First Employee

574

Breaking Down How to Pay Yourself First

575

How to Market to a 55+ and Older Community

576

Bookkeeping - A Necessary Evil - STOP LOSING MONEY!

577

How to Deal with Teenage Employees

578

How to Increase Your Sales in the Winter Months

579

Should You Do a Billboard for Your Local Small Business

580

The Pros & Cons of Having a Family Business

581

How Do You Prevent Becoming a Victim of Your Own Success?

582

How to Make Sure You Pay Yourself!

583

10 Must Have Items on Your Local Small Business Website

584

You Work Way to Hard Not to Get Paid!

585

Ep 115 - Why Being a Local Small Business Owner is Great in Today's World

586

Ep 114 - You Need to Know Your Numbers to Hit Your Profit

587

Ep 113 - 10 Lessons from the Profit as told by Marcus Lemonis

588

Ep 112 - When is it Ok to Fire a Customer or Client

589

Ep 111 – What Not to Do When You Are Slammed with Business

590

Ep 110 - How Some Weeks Just Suck and how to Survive the Rough Patches of Your Small Business

591

Ep 109 - What is Your Unique Selling Point?

592

Ep 108 - Stop Assuming to Know What Your Customers Want

593

Ep 107 - The Power of Testimonials in Your Local Advertising

594

Ep 106 – Staying Engaged with Your Past Customers & Clients

595

Ep 105 - Understanding Your Cash Flow in Your Local Small Business

596

Ep 104 - Attitude, Amplify & Action = A Success Business

597

Ep 103 - Is Your Small Business Recession Proof?

598

Ep 102 - Merchandising Ideas from Big Box Retailers

599

Ep 101 - Hire the Best, Train the Best & Develop the Best

600

Success Saturday - Don't Over Think Your Decisions

601

Ep 100 - My Podcast Learnings Mirror Our Small Business Learnings

602

Ep 99 - Do You See Yourself Achieving Your Business Goals

603

Ep 98 - Identifying the Tools & Resources to Execute Your Sales Gameplan

604

Success Saturday - Solid Foundations and Patience

605

Ep 97 - 11 Processes You Need to Make Sure Aren't Broken in Your Small Business

606

Ep 96 - 11 Ways to Reduce Your Expenses in Your Business

607

Ep 95 - Reduce Your Product Costs to Boost Your Small Business Profits

608

Success Saturday - Are You Using Time Blocking?

609

Ep 94 - Time to Develop a Gameplan with your Sales Ideas

610

Ep 93 - 19 Ideas to Increase Sales in Your Local Small Business

611

EP92 - Time to Get the Ball Rolling Towards Higher Profits in Your Small Business

612

Success Saturday - Take a Holiday Off Once in Awhile

613

Ep 91 - Should You Do Postcards as Part of Your Advertising Plan

614

Ep 90 - Make Sure You Are Presenting a Professional Image

615

Ep 89 - 5 Tips for Handling Customer Complaints

616

Success Saturday: Make Time or You

617

Ep 88 – Do Your People Respect You?

618

Ep 87 – Do You Have a Problem or an Opportunity?

619

Ep 86 - Empower Your Team & Stop Micromanaging Them

620

Success Saturday - Procrastination: One Bite at a Time

621

Ep 85 - Can You Motivate Anyone?

622

Ep 84 - Learn to Be a Great Listener in Your Local Small Business

623

Ep 83 - FREE eBook: 8 Steps Local Small Business Owners Need to Take to Make $100,000 in Profit

624

Success Saturday - Focus vs Multitasking

625

Ep 82 - How Can a New Real Estate Agent Grow Their Business

626

Ep 81 - You Must Respect Your Customer / Client's Time in your small business

627

Ep 80 - The Quality of Your Work Says What You Stand For

628

Success Saturday: How's Your Day Going?

629

Ep 79 - Types of Social Media Your Local Small Business Should Be On

630

Ep 78 - Your Lobby Tells Your Customers How Much You Care

631

Ep 77 - Teach Your People to Be Better Than You

632

Success Saturday: Start Your Day in a State of Freaking Awesomeness

633

Ep 76 - How Do You Handle Time Clock Watchers?

634

Ep 75 - Do More Sales Cure All? Nope. Here's Why

635

Ep 74 - Do You Have a Vision for Your Small Business?

636

Success Saturday - Don't Be Derailed By Negative Feedback

637

Ep 73 - When Do You Jump Ship & Go Out on Your Own?

638

Ep 72 - Should You Focus on One Product or Service?

639

Ep 71 - What Every Small Business Could Learn from QuikTrip (QT)

640

Success Saturday: Are You Busy & Blessed?

641

Ep 70 - Should You Be Doing Performance Reviews?

642

Ep 69 - Do You Live Up to Your Commitments?

643

Ep 68 - Do You Have a Big Hairy Audacious Goal?

644

Success Saturday: Do You Have Problems or Opportunities?

645

Ep 67 – How to Get Realtors to Tell Their Clients About Your Small Business

646

Guest Teacher: 6 Steps to Facebook Marketing

647

Ep 66 - Don't Have Your Profit Tied Up in Inventory

648

Ep 65 – Payroll is Your Biggest Controllable Expense

649

Success Saturday: Are You Having Fun Each Day?

650

Ep 64 - What I'm Working on For You...the Local Small Business Owner

651

Ep 63 – Do You Need a Website for Your Local Small Business

652

EP 62 - How to Achieve Work Life Balance

653

Success Saturday: Are Distractions Preventing Your Success?

654

Ep 61– Q & A: How to Transition Your Business When Your Body Starts to Breakdown

655

Ep 60 – 7 Lessons Learned from My 1st Local Small Business

656

Ep 59 - 3 Myths to Why You Can't Find Good Help for Your Business

657

Success Saturday - Does it Matter What Time Your Get Up? NO!

658

Ep 58 – Q & A: Can a Positive Outlook Really Make a Difference?

659

Ep 57 – Understanding Your Product Costs

660

Ep 56 – 3 Ways You Kill Your Small Business's Growth

661

Success Saturday: Does Your Business Have a Clear Vision?

662

Ep 55 - Q & A: How to Turn Around Your Business's Reputation

663

Ep 54 - Is the Customer Always Right?

664

Ep 53 – Catch Your Employees Doing Something Right

665

Bonus: Success Saturday - The Power of Words

666

Ep 52 – Should Sign Twirling Be Part of Your Advertising?

667

Ep 51 - 7 Powerful Things to do Today to Turn Your Employees into a Great Team

668

Ep 50 - 8 Mistakes that Could Be Costing You Time

669

Bonus: Success Saturday - Find Positive People to be in Your Life

670

Episode 49 – Q & A: Employee Fraternization

671

Ep 48 – Give Your People Permission to Screw Up

672

Ep 47 – 10 Questions Local Small Business Owners Need to Ask as they Head into the New Year

673

BONUS: Success Saturday - Positive Mindset vs Negative Thoughts

674

Ep 46 – Q & A Do I Need an Employee Manual?

675

Ep 45 – Should you Hang Out with Your Employees After Work?

676

Ep 44 - Do You Own a Business or Just a Job?

677

Bonus Episode: Success Saturday - Which Road to Take

678

Ep 43 Q & A How Much Should I Budget for Advertising?

679

Ep 42 – What are Best Practices & Why You Need Them

680

Ep 41 The 5 Pros / 5 Cons I Learned from Owning a Franchise

681

Bonus Episode: Success Saturday - The Best Gift You Can Give

682

Ep 40 – Q & A How to Drive Sales During Seasonal Slow Months

683

Ep 39 – Should You Share Your Financials with Your Employees?

684

Ep 38 - Do You Need a College Degree to Run a Successful Business

685

Bonus Episode: Success Saturday - Are You Suffering from a Lack of Inspiration?

686

Ep 37 Q & A: When Should I Hire an Assistant Manager

687

Ep 36 – How Lack of Communication Can Kill Your Business

688

Ep 35 - What You Can Learn from Big Box Retailers & the Power of Add On Items

689

Bonus Episode: Success Saturday - Your people are the key to your success!

690

Ep 34 - Q & A Help! I Keep Losing Employees

691

Ep 33 - 4 Ways Turnover Costs You Thousands of Dollars a Year

692

Ep 32 – 7 Reasons Your Employee Turnover Might Be High

693

Bonus Episode: Success Saturday: Finding Your Daily Motivation

694

Ep 31 Q & A: How Can an Introvert Drum Up Business?

695

Ep 30 - What Are Loss Leaders and Why Your Small Business Needs Them

696

Ep 29 - Think Like a Leader Not a Manager

697

Bonus Episode: Success Saturday - Build Your Own Dream

698

Ep 28 – Q & A – Any Advice on How to Save My Business from Failing?

699

Ep 27 - 5 Ways Your Local Small Business is Growing or Dying

700

Ep 26 - Time to Start Planning Next Years Business Goals for Your Small Business

701

Bonus Episode: Success Saturday: Don't Compare Yourself to Others

702

Ep 25 Q & A: Frustrated By Lack of Sales in Pool Cleaning Business

703

Ep 24 - How I Survived a Failed Business

704

Ep 23 - You Have to Do the Work!

705

BONUS: Success Saturday: Believe You Can!

706

Ep 22 – Q & A: Do Car Wraps Really Work?

707

Ep 21 – 25 Reasons Local Small Businesses Fail

708

Ep 20 - The 3 Ways to Increase Your Local Small Business's Sales

709

Ep 19 – Q & A: Dealing with Problem Employees in Your Local Small Business

710

Ep 18 - Why Your Small Business Needs a Sales Journal or Log

711

Ep 17 - Walk Your Local Small Business Thru Your Customer's Eyes

712

Ep 16 - Q &A: Help, I Need More Advertising! for my Local Small Business

713

Ep 15 Is Your Local Small Business Failing Due to Your Success?

714

Ep 14 – Learning from Other People's Mistakes & Successes to Grow Your Local Small Business

715

Ep 13 - Q &A: Finding Help that Sticks Around for Your Local Small Business

716

Ep 12 - Your People Are Your Greatest Asset in Your Local Small Business

717

Ep 11 - Partner with a Real Estate Agent to Double / Triple Your Sales in Your Local Small Business

718

Ep 10 - Q &A: Starting a Local Business to Pay off Your Debt

719

Ep 9 - Your Small Business's "Brand" and What it Stands For

720

Ep 8 - Customer Service is Your Small Business's Secret Sauce

721

Ep 7 – Q &A: How Can I go from $35k to $100k Profit in my local small business?

722

Ep 6 - Standing Out from Your Competition

723

Ep 5 - Is Your Ego Getting in the Way of Your Small Business's Success?

724

Ep 4 - The 8 Steps Local Small Business Owners Need to Take to Make $100,000 in Profit?

725

Ep 3 - Can Local Small Business Owners Make $100,000 in Profit?

726

Ep 2 - Working On Your Business & Not Just In Your Business

727

Being Open to Change in Your Local Small Business

728

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