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Window Treatments for Profit with LuAnn Nigara — 354 episodes

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354: What Would Lu Do?: Q2 Series | When the Right Thing Gets Hard | Part 3: When You Step Back and Your Team Steps Around You

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353: What Would Lu Do?: Q2 Series | When the Right Thing Gets Hard | Part 2: When You Build the Loop and Your Team Doesn't Close It

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352: What Would Lu Do?: Q2 Series | When the Right Thing Gets Hard | Part 1: When a Good Client Pushes Back on Your Price

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351: What Would Lu Do?: The Gap Between Knowing and Doing: A Q1 Reality Check Before We Go Any Further

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350: What Would Lu Do?: Part 5- Grow Intentionally, Not Accidentally.

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349: What Would Lu Do?: Part 4- Remove One Operational Bottleneck That Wastes Time Every Week

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348: What Would Lu Do?: Part 3- Create a Stable Team That Doesn’t Rely on You

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347: What Would Lu Do?: Part 2- Shorten the Time Between a Problem and a Decision

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346: What Would Lu Do?: Part 1- Increase Profit Without Increasing Chaos

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345: Vanessa Shepherd: Pinterest SEO, Workflow, and Repurposing Strategy for WT Pros

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344: Kate Ahl: Using Pinterest to Understand Client Style and Strengthen Your Brand

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343: Cathy Heflin: Pinterest Foundations for Window Treatment Pros

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342: Brandon Roellchen: How the Top 1% Lead Sales Teams That Hit Goals Consistently

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341: WWLD: Year-End Tune-Up, Part 2: Lock In Your Profit Plan

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340: WWLD: Year End Review, Part 1, The 4 Step Profit Fix

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339: WWLD: Marketing on a Budget, How to Get Found Without Burning Cash

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338: WWLD: Sun Shading Expo NA: How to Future-Proof Your Window Treatment Business in One Week

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337: WWLD: Volume or Value? Two Proven Models to Grow a Profitable Business

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336: WWLD: Think Like a CEO, Sell Like a Pro: The KPI Shift That Changes Everything

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335: WWLD: Too Much Competition in Your Area? Raise Your Prices Anyway. Here’s How and Why

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334: What Would Lu Do: "Someday” Is Not a Strategy: How to Step Into CEO Mode and Finally Move the Needle

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333: What Would Lu Do?: Not Deciding Is a Decision

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332: Laura Nelson: 30 Years of Custom Work and Community

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331: What Would Lu Do?: Stuck at 7 Figures? These 5 CEO Shifts Will Help You Breakthrough

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330: What Would Lu Do?: One Hour That Industry Leaders Never Skip (and Others Always Do)

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329: Bound by Business: Jessica Harling - Her Personal Journey Through Family Business – Part 2

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328: On-Air Strategy Session: Oana Molodoi: The Problem Beneath the Problem — Identify the Real Issue, and the Others Start to Solve Themselves

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327: Tara Kennedy: Customer Service Is Your Secret Weapon

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326: What Would Lu Do?: The 7 Deadly Sins That are Killing Your Sales – Part 7: Skipping the System ( Or Not Having a Selling System)

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325: What Would Lu Do?: The 7 Deadly Sins That are Killing Your Sales – Part 6: Taking “Maybe” as a Yes

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324: What Would Lu Do?: The 7 Deadly Sins That are Killing Your Sales – Part 5: Avoiding the Close

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323: What Would Lu Do?: The 7 Deadly Sins That are Killing Your Sales – Part 4: Being a Chameleon

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322: What Would Lu Do?: The 7 Deadly Sins That are Killing Your Sales – Part 3: Feature Dumping

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321: What Would Lu Do?: The 7 Deadly Sins That are Killing Your Sales – Part 2: Avoiding the Budget Talk

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320: What Would Lu Do?: The 7 Deadly Sins That are Killing Your Sales - Part 1

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319: What Would Lu Do?: How to Sell Like a Pro: The Sales Questions That Turn Maybes Into Yeses

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318: What Would Lu Do?: Exactly What to Ask on a Discovery Call: Sales Questions That Actually Work

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317: What Would Lu Do?: Business Bravery: How to Take Action Despite Fear and Overwhelm

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316: What Would Lu Do?: How to Qualify Leads Without Disqualifying Your Future Revenue

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315: Leslie Excell: From Workroom to Vision Magazine: How to Build a Window Treatment Business Interior Designers Can Rely On

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314: What Would Lu Do?: How to Attract High-End Window Treatment Clients by Speaking to Their Priorities—Not Their Wallets

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313: What Would Lu Do?: 5 Traits Every Standout 7-Figure Window Treatment Entrepreneur Has in Common

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312: Bound By Business: Amy Cramer: The Legal Side of Family Business

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311: What Would Lu Do?: Your Window Treatment Showroom Opening & Beyond—How to Build a Community Hub for Clients, Trades, and Partners

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310: What Would Lu Do?: If You’re Tryin’, You Ain’t: It Takes Action to Build a Profitable Window Treatment Business

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309: Overheard: Inside a Window Treatment Mastermind: How 5 Experts Built a Powerhouse Support System

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308: Bound by Business: Tim Yurek: Succession Planning Made Simple: Ensuring a Smooth Transition Without Financial Strain

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307: What Would Lu Do?: Part 4 – Ghosting: Unaddressed Concerns or Objections

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306: What Would Lu Do?: Part 3 – Ghosting: Fear of Making Mistakes

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305: What Would Lu Do?: Ghosted After the Quote? The Pricing Conversation You’re Avoiding

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304: What Would Lu Do?: Part 2: Why Clients Ghost - Decision Fatigue

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303: What Would Lu Do?: Here’s One Strategy to Overcome Client Ghosting

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302: Bound by Business: Insights from Jessica Harling on Family Business Dynamics - Part 1

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301: What Would Lu Do?: How to Handle: Can You Lower Your Price?

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300: What Would Lu Do?: Teamwork, Trust, and Leadership: Lessons from Patrick Lencioni and The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

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299: Amanda Smith: Lessons on the Power of Systems, Boundaries, and Collaboration

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298: Theresa Harmon: Creating Success Through Connections, Richmond VA Chapter WCAA President

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297: Bound by Business: Brandon Barton: Honoring the Family Legacy

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296: Lisa Jones: Full Circle from Struggling Business Owner to Atlanta Chapter WCAA President

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295: What Would Lu Do?: Slow Down to Go Fast—Strategies to Scale Any Size Window Treatment Business.

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294: What Would Lu Do?: Building Trust Through Marketing: Lead Magnets, Emails, and Brand Consistency

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293: What Would Lu Do?: Strategies to Handle Hard Conversations

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292: Bound by Business: Wilma and Tamara Kulyk: Mother Daughter Duo: Embracing Legacy While Ushering in a New Generation

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291: Linda Woodard: From Interior Designer to Window Treatment Specialist, and WCAA Eastern Massachusetts President

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290: Bound by Business: Insolroll: Jamie Friedlander and Natalie Lockwood

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289: What Would Lu Do?: Exceptional Customer Service is Key to Profitability

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288: Bound By Business: Mark & Laura Perel: Married & Building a Window Treatment Empire

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287: Get Out of Your Box, Attend an Industry Event

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286: Julie Murphy: From Home Sewing to Million-Dollar Workroom

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285: Bound By Business: Sibling Success Story - John DeLuca and Agata Olivieri

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284: Melanie Zaelich: Connecting Charitable Giving and Branding to Elevate Your Business and Life

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283: Bound by Business: Forever Friends: Mimi Harling and Susette Kubiak

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282: Bound By Business: Like Mother, Like Son. Debbie Hall and Trent Hall

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281: What Would Lu Do?: Being the CEO - The Key to Your Business Success

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280: Bound By Business: Sisters in Business. Lindsay and Heather Madonia

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279: Pricing for Profit: Understanding Margin vs Markup

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278: What Would Lu Do?: Mid Year Review, Reflections and Actions for a Profitable Business

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277: Bound by Business: Fathers and Daughters

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276: Vita Vygovska: The Pain Points and “Watch Outs” When Working With an Interior Designer

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275: Bound by Business: Bloomin’ Blinds, Working with Your Brothers

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274: What Would Lu Do?: 6 Steps to Shift From Commodity Selling to Value Selling and Why You Need To

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273: Crossover Episode: Colorful Conversations: Networking Tips for Interior Designers with Katie Decker-Erickson

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272: Bound by Business: Working With a Parent or Child

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271: What Would Lu Do?: The 8 Steps to Successful Negotiations Using the D.I.A.L.O.G.U.E. Framework

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270: On Air Strategy Sessions: Is a Disconnect Causing Your Ideal Clients to Walk Away?

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269: Bound by Business: Working With the In-Laws

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268: Vita Vygovska: Empower Your Window Treatment Sales Force

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267: Robert Ikhtiari: SleepyTime Tracks: The Blackout Solution for that Pesky Halo Effect

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266: Jessica Work: The Countdown to Cordless Window Coverings

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265: Kristi Hopper: Merging Creativity and Technicality in Window Treatments

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264: Jessica Harling: Compensation Strategies: Part 2- Installers and Administrators

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263: Jessica Harling: Compensation Strategies: Part 1- Salespeople

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262: Vita Vygovska: Understanding the Challenges of Working with New Designers in the Window Treatments Industry

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261: Vita Vygovska: Production Workroom Vs Concierge Workroom

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260: Disruptor Alert: Life Was Never Meant to Be A Struggle - The Role Window Treatments Play in Our Unconscious Minds

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259: Jessica Harling: 6 Strategies to Handle a Difficult Customer

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258: Katlyn Slocum: Make Your Website a Sales Machine

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257: Vita Vygovska: Working With Designers: Process vs Service

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256: Jessica Harling: Firing a Family Member Part 2: 9 Tips to Make it as Painless as Possible

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255: Tim Yurek: The Critical Difference Between Exit Strategy and Succession Strategy

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254: Jessica Harling: Confronting or Firing Family Members in Your Business

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253: Tim Yurek: Three Disturbing Trends That Put Small Businesses at Risk

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252: The Power Talk Friday Tour: An Unforgettable Day of Insights and Inspiration

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251: Vita Vygovska: 4 Strategies to Overcome Fear in Your Business

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250: What Would Lu Do?: Excellence is a Decision: Mindset and Goal Setting in 2024

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249: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Another Year is Gone: What Have You Done?

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248: What Would Lu Do?: Seven Strategies for Business Excellence in 2024: Steps 6 and 7

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247: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Mastering Monthly Meetings with Your Bookkeeper for Year-End Success

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246: What Would Lu Do?: Seven Strategies for Business Excellence in 2024: Steps 3, 4 and 5

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245: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Use This End-Of-Year Strategy To Reduce Your Taxes

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244: What Would Lu Do?: Seven Strategies for Business Excellence in 2024: Steps 1 and 2

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243: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: End of Year Activities to finish strong

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242: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: End of Year: PLAN AHEAD

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241: Stacy Hernandez: You Cannot Neglect the Backend of the Business

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240: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Secret Weapon of Every High Achieving Window Treatment Professional

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239: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Beyond Just Giving Thanks

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238: Rachel Leuck: The Best Strategies for Selling Luxury Window Treatments

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237: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Surprise Quality I Am Grateful For Today

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236: What Would Lu Do?: Create a Trade Partner Kit to Build Relationships With Interior Designers

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235: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Cost vs. Value: What To Choose

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234: What Would Lu Do?: Navigating Business Downturns with Wisdom

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233: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: When Delivering Feedback, Do This First

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232: What Would Lu Do?: More Trade Woes with an Interior Designer

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231: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Do You Pay Yourself A Salary?

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230: What Would Lu Do?: “I Am Overwhelmed, Exhausted and Need Help”

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229: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Why Is Gross Margin So Important

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228: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: All Of Who You Are

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227: Rebecca Munster: The Art of Effective Organizational Development

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226: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: How Much To Collect As A Deposit?

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225: Brandon Roellchen: Embracing Modernization: The Importance of Adapting to Changing Business Trends

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224: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: What If The Business Dries Up?

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223: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: The Power of Finding Your Voice

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222: What Would Lu Do?: Leveraging Industry Relationships for Success

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221: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Get Clarity by Mapping Out Your Next Business Level

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220: What Would Lu Do?: The Top 5 Challenges Experienced by Small Businesses and How to Overcome Them

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219: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: It’s Only Easy If You Know It

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218: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: The Power of Authenticity

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217: What Would Lu Do?: Fall Marketing Strategies for Your Window Treatment Business

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216: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: How Automations Save You Time

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215: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Glass Ceilings

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214: Pamela Cole: How to Sell Window Treatments Before the House Is Built

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213: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: How Process Workflow Can Save Time

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212: Sean Martin and Tracy Greene: A Window of Opportunity with Sunbrella’s New Custom Collection

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211: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Q4 Planning For A Successful Year-End

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210: What Would Lu Do?: From Gaps to Growth: Leveraging Expertise for Success

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209: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Celebrating Money Is A Learned Skill

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208: Manuela Keller and Philip McKay: Introducing 2 New Home Industry Trade Shows; Sun Shading Expo North America and R+T, Stuttgart Germany

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207: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: How We Open and Process Our Fabrics

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206: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Procrastination and Perfectionism

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205: What Would Lu Do?: What is Exciting Windows and Why Should I care?

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204: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Why You Should Inspect What You Expect

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203: Remembering and Honoring Industry Icon, Steve Bursten

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202: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: How Easy Is It For You to Ask For Money?

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201: Ronica VanGelder: Why Proper Pricing is Essential for Long-Term Growth

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200: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Is Fear Of Money Holding You Back?

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199: What Would Lu Do?: Margins Matter: Why Discounting Puts Your Business at Risk

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198: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Surprising Way to Attract Money

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197: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: The 4 Dimensions of Leadership

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196: Sara Lynn Brennan: Why Window Treatments are a Non-Negotiable in Our Interior Design Process

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195: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: An Easy Money Making Tip

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194: What Would Lu Do?: Combating the Mindset and Pitfalls

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193: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Do I Do It Myself, or Do I Hire a Consultant?

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192: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: 7 Success Tips for Exit Planning

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191: Eileen Hahn: Building An Exceptional Team

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190: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Project Managment System For Window Treatment Firms

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189: What Would Lu Do?: The Ultimate Business Secret: The Hidden Key to Remarkable Success

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188: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: An Inspiring Lesson in Leadership

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187: Brittany Murphy: Hiring An SEO Specialist

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186: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: The Worst Word in the English Language: Part 2

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185: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: The #1 Reason Why Businesses Stay Stuck

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184: What Would Lu Do?: The 6 Mindset Shifts Required to Work With the Luxury Client

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183: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: The Worst Word in the English Language and How to Replace It

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182: Jessica Harling: Training with Purpose: Effective Strategies for Training New Employees

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181: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: An Easy Tool to Increase Your Productivity

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180: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: What Should Sales Consultants do When Leads Lag: Sales Team Downtime Activities

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179: Wilma Kulyk: Unlocking Loyalty: Using Thank You Cards to Build Stronger Client Connections

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178: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: You Are the Leader in the Room

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177: Elizabeth Gerdes: The Powerful Impact of Peer Relationships When Building Your Window Treatment Business

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176: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Entrepreneurship Is Hard: Do this to Make it Easier

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175: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: How to Train Effectively: The Pentagon Approach

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174: Benjamin Jones: Unleashing the Power of YouTube Ads; Expert Strategies for Beginners

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173: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Free Up Your Mental Bandwidth with this Strategy

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172: Attracting the Luxury Client: Build Revenue and Profit Margin

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171: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Can Your Visionary But Disorganized Personality Handle Systems?

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170: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: 3 Steps to Productive Re-Entry After a Big Event

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169: Lori Ann Jones: Broke to Stoked! Building a Profitable Window Treatment Business, the Lean Way

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168: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: A Critical Skill for a Successful CEO

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167: Nicole Heymer: How to Find and Highlight Why Someone Should Buy From You

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166: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Why You Should Stop Apologizing For Your Lead Times

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165: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: How to Prevent Your Business from Coming to a Screeching Halt When You Step Away

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164: Julie Wood: Let Passion and Enthusiasm Be Your Guide

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163: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: A Surprising Way to Find Business Leads

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162: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: How to Combat the Famine-and-Feast Cycle in Your Business

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161: Lynn Eastergard: Qualify Your Clients By Charging Consultation and Retainer Fees

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160: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Do You Know Where Your Time Goes?

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159: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: When You Get Lost, STOP!

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158: Lori Carpenter: Resilience and Tenacity Leads to Success

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157: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Do You Use This Tried-and-True Strategy?

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156: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: What to do When You Keep Staying Stuck

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155: Shauna Lynn Simon: Build a Company that Can Operate Without You

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154: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: A Simple Way to Reduce Your Expenses

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153: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: The 3Rs: Ratings, Reviews and Referrals

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152: What Would Lu Do?: Profitability - The Interior Design Trade

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151: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Does Your Hiring Mindset Serve You?

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150: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: 5 Factors for Sales Success

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149: What Would Lu Do?: A Fellow Trade Disrespected Me

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148: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Does Paperless Project Management Mean Zero Paper?

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147: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Systems Makes Sales

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146: Shannon Lopez: The ERC Program - Do NOT Skip This Episode!

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145: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: A New Take on Good, Better, Best Strategy

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144: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Why and How Revenue Generation is the Responsibility of the Owner

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143: Vita Vygovska: Market to Interior Designers by Building Relationships

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142: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: How to Know if You Can Afford to Hire

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141: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: The Tough Get Going when the Going Gets Tough

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140: Nicole Heymer: Demystifying SEO for Window Treatment Businesses

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139: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: What Happens When You Involve Your Team in Goal Setting

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138: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: 5 Tips to be Successful at a Homeshow or Event

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137: Richard Bernath: Networking for a More Profitable Window Treatment Business

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136: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Prioritizing Marketing Tasks on a Limited Budget

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135: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Put Your Own Mask on First

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134: Deb Barrett: Why Textiles Matter

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133: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: A Simple Way to Start a New Habit

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132: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Who Do You Ask for Help?

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131: Dennese Guadeloupe-Rojas: The Logistics of Large Commercial Projects in the Window Treatments Industry

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130: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: An Easy Way to Save 11 Hours Per Year

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129: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: 3 Books to Help You Build a Fulfilling Life and Business

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128: Amy Baradell and Amy Meinecke: Advice When Thinking of Partnering Your Business

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127: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: A Smart Approach to Business Decisions

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126: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Customer #1, Unusual Penguin and Narrative Control

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125: Debra Scarpa: The Power of a Visionary & Integrator Relationship

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124: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Replace Multi-Tasking with This Concept

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123: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Homeshows: 3 Tips for Success

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122: Jill Ballew: Her System for Chasing Post Installation Issues

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121: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Goal Setting Goes Beyond Just “You”

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120: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: 5 Things to Put Your Year on the Success Track

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119: Ray Soltis: How to Technically Work Smarter to Grow Your Business

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118: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: How to Achieve Predictable Results

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117: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Simple Hack to Get Your Time Back

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116: What Would Lu Do?: Year End Review: Apps, Tech, Memberships and More

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115: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Upleveling Your Window Treatment Business – Are You Ready?

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114: What Would Lu Do?: Year End: How to Plan Your Marketing

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113: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: How to Forecast Your Revenue (Part 2)

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112: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Year in Review Process

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111: What Would Lu Do?: Let’s Do a Revenue Generator Review

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110: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: How to Forecast Your Revenue (Part 1)

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109: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: The Curse of Being Naturally Good At Sales

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108: What Would Lu Do?: Year End 2022 - Questions to Ask

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107: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: How to Set Clarity to Your Business Goals

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106: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Annual Planning Part 3: Implementation

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105: Jeannie Andresen: Plan For Your Planning Day

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104: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Why Being Modest Doesn’t Serve You

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103: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Annual Planning Part 2: A Simplified Planning Process

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102: Elliot Laniado: Not Taking No for an Answer

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101: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: A Different Perspective on Gratitude

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100: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Annual Planning Part 1: Overcome the Fear

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99: Susan Day: How to Maintain Your Sales While Working a Finite Number of Weeks

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98: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: How to Beat Loneliness in Your Window Treatment Business

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97: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: How to Handle the Strain on Your Team

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96: What Would Lu Do?: Do I Discount a Repeat Window Treatment Client?

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95: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: How Old Will You Be When You Achieve Your Goal

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94: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: What to Do in Face of Rising Costs

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93: Debra Scarpa: How to Handle Common Sales Objections

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92: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: A Better Way to Set Goals

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91: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Is a Recession Coming Or Is It Already Here?

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90: Kate the Socialite: How to Make Marketing Simple and Efficient

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89: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: How To Tackle Your Rapid Fire List

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88: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: What is the Ideal Profile for a Salesperson?

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87: Joe Gebara: Living Life to its Fullest and Run a Successful Window Treatment Business

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86: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: The Best and Easiest Productivity Tip Ever

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85: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Are You Standing in the Way of Your Own Success?

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84: Jessica Harling: Key Steps to Onboard & Train New Employees

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83: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Scale Up vs. Scale Down

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82: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Coaching vs. Training: Uplevel Your Management With This Key Insight

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81: Berek Awend: Staying Nimble In Your Window Treatment Business

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80: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: You Are Amazing. Here’s Why.

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79: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Strengths Based Leadership

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78: Georgiana Schwandt: Create the Life You Love for Your Business and Personal Life

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77: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Why Your Message Is Your Responsibility

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76: Vita Vygovska: Pre-Requisites for Success as a Window Treatment Entrepreneur

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75: Stephanie Hamilton: Video Marketing Essentials for Window Treatment Pros

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74: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Having the Tough Conversations

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73: What Would Lu Do?: Do You Need to Make Every Mistake Yourself?

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72: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Thinking Small is the New Big Deal

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71: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: A Simple Solution to High Turnover

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70: Elizabeth Gerdes: Sometimes a Pivot is the Best Thing for Your Window Treatment Business Happiness

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69: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Why Small Wins Matter

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68: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Overcoming Business Envy

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67: Jessica Harling: The Art of Decision Making

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66: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Get More Time By Defining Your Optional

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65: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Letting Someone Go Who is No Longer a Good Fit for Your Business

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64: Stephanie Hamilton: Reputation Marketing for Window Treatment Professionals

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63: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Knowing When To Let It Go

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62: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Honoring Contribution and Taking Care of the things that REALLY Matter

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61: Jessica Harling: The 7 Step Sales Process and 3 Proven Sales Techniques to be More Successful

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60: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Moving Forward Despite Your Fears

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59: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Get in the Driver's Seat -- What's driving the growth of your business

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58: Bryan Short: The Value of Business Coaching for a Window Treatment Professional

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57: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Define Your Non-Negotiable

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56: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Three Actions You Can Take to Help You Weather a Downturn

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55: What Would Lu Do?: A Living Example of Mission, Vision and Values in Action

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54: Vita’s Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: How To Deal with Self Imposed Pressures

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53: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: What NOT to Do in the Face of a Downturn

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52: What Would Lu Do?: 3 Strategies for Building Partnerships with Interior Designers

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51: Vita's Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: The Friend And Enemy of Productivity

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50: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Finding Time When You're in Management

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49: What Would Lu Do?: Characteristics of Successful Businesses

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48: Vita's Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Why You Need To Slow Down To Speed Up

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47: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Know Where You’re Going

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46: What Would Lu Do?: How to Feel Less Overwhelmed Running Your Window Treatment Business

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45: Vita's Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: The Piece of Advice that Pulls Me Through the Toughest Times

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44: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: The 4 Stages of Your Business : Discover an Unexpected Growth accelerator

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43: Peggy Morgans: How Do I Get My Business Ready to Sell?

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42: Vita's Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Single Most Powerful Marketing Tool

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41: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Management- 76% of Business Owners Say They Are Bad at This

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40: Linda Holt: Learn to Take Expert Photographs of Your Window Treatments From Your Smartphone

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39: Vita's Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: My #1 Secret For Getting Things Done

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38: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: How To Stop Being the Easy Button in Your Business

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37: What Would Lu Do?: Don’t Save Your Customer’s Money

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36: Vita's Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Why Your To Do List Never Ends And What To Do About It

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35: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: The Art of Creating Luck in Your Business

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34: Nikki Greenwood: From Corporate to the Window Treatment Business

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33: Vita's Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: How To Balance Working ON Your Business and Working IN Your Business

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32: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: 4 Traits of Successful Business Owners

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31: What Would Lu Do?: Lies Window Treatment Pro’s Tell Themselves That Cripple Success

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30: Vita's Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: What To Do When Imposter Syndrome Strikes

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29: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: The Power of Identifying your Ideal Client

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28: Rosemarie Garner: Decide What Hat You Are Wearing

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27: Vita's Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Try Saying This Instead of No

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26: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Vacation! It is Critical for Success

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25: Rick Baker: Preserving Your Values as You Grow Your Window Treatment Business

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24: Vita's Tip in 10 with Vita Vygovska: Give Them An Opportunity To Say No

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23: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: I’m great at selling but I’m so bad at management! HELP!

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22: Ceil DiGuglielmo: Accepting Fear as My Constant Companion

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21: Vita's Tip in Ten: How To Protect Yourself By Following Your Systems

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20: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: The Key to Successful Hiring

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19: What Would Lu Do?: Part 2: A Marketing Strategy that is Doable, Repeatable, and Profitable: Gathering Non-Competing Businesses

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18: Vita's Tip In Ten: A Little Known (and Hilarious) Method To Make Decisions

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17: C-Suite Talks With Madeleine MacRae: How to Handle Haters

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16: What Would Lu Do?: An Effective, Duplicatable Marketing Strategy for Window Treatment Pro's

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15: Vita's Tip in Ten: Simple Functions to Organize Your Calendars

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14: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Defining the Success Paradigm

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13: What Would Lu Do?: A Critical Strategy Used by Successful, Happy Entrepreneurs

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12: Vita's Tip in Ten: Proven Technique to Overcome Overwhelm in Everyday Life

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11: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: 3 Tips You Need If You Can't Afford to Hire

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10: What Would Lu Do?: When the Client Doesn't Like Their Custom Treatments

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9: Vita's Tip in Ten: A Small Step To Break a Giant Habit On Your Journey to Paperless Operations

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8: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: I Need More Leads!

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7: Jennifer Looney: How to Re-Establish Your Window Treatment Business in a New Location

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6: Vita's Tip in Ten: An Unexpected Way to Handle Pricing Objections During a Sales Appointment

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5: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Shiny Object Syndrome

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4: Roger Magalhaes: Choosing To Be a Professional Window Treatment Installer

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3: Vita's Tip in Ten: How to Get What You Want in Business

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2: C-Suite Talks with Madeleine MacRae: Sales is a Noble Profession

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