Small Business Growth Podcast

Small Businesses in a Recession | SALES, WHERE TO FOCUS, PROS, CONS

I did my best not to make this all doom & gloom & promise! Recessions aren't all bad for your business - it's a time to focus on other things than when you get huge orders & are so so busy.
Let's breakdown how to recession proof your business, ensure you have sales coming in, what things to focus on to keep growing, & the pros & cons!
 
Topics we Cover: Small Business Recession | Recession Proof Your Business | Small Business in a Bad Economy | Marketing & Social Media During a Recession
 
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ASHLEY FORD | Simplifying Numbers, Taxes, & Accounting for Small Businesses

Want to save money? Have NO idea where to start with taxes for business? Bookkeeping? When do you hire a bookkeeper? How to heal your mindset around money in your small business? Alllll questions we answered in this episode with the lovely Small Business Accountant, Ashley Ford.
Ashley is an expert in small business accounting, a QuickBooks guru and has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs to transform the way they make and spend money in their business. She knows that financial clarity is the key to sustainable success and is obsessed with helping women in business succeed.
Don't worry, we make numbers fun :)
 
Topics we Cover: Small Business Accounting | Small Business Taxes | Money Mindset for Small Businesses |  Hiring an Accountant | & MORE
 
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Follow Ashley on Instagram // @prettypennyaccounting
 
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MICKIE KENNEDY | Grow Your Reach & Authority Through Stand Out PR

Ever wonder how the small businesses have articles written about them & get huge stories in magazines? Because just one placement in the right magazine can truly change the scope, audience, sales, & future of your business.
HINT: you don't need to have a crazy story to get featured in an article or magazine!
In today's episode, I interview Mickie Kennedy - Mickie founded eReleases - an online hub for journalists searching for press releases - 24 years ago to help small businesses, authors, and startups increase their visibility and credibility through press release marketing.
We talk about how to write a high quality press release, how to make a story if your story seems kind of boring, tips to stand out, & why it is a great strategy for growth!
Tune in to the first ever SBGP episode on PR!!
 
Topics we Talk About: Press Releases for Businesses, PR for Businesses, Stand Out Press Release Writing, How to Get Noticed by a Journalist, Magazine Worthy Story Writing 
 
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Download Mickie's free training // click here
 
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IDEA PARALYSIS | So many things, no idea where to start...

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This is something I hear really often is that you are riddled with stress, overwhelm, so many ideas, so many things to possibly do that we don't really do any of it!!
I saw this trend & I wanted to extend my thoughts on what you need to be doing instead of feeling stuck in this paralysis!
 
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Entrepreneurship Made Easy | Your Place to Stand Out, Chill Out, & Sell Out

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Do you ever feel paralyzed by their being SO many things, ideas you could chase, strategies to implement in your business that you have NO idea where to start?
 
Should I be growing my account? Building a community? Going LIVE? Creating more of a brand? In a world where we can constantly be comparing and feeling like we have to do all of things… I want to bring you something that directs your focus on ONE main thing.
 
Because when we try to do a little of everything, it actually dilutes the results you could se eif you just went all in one ONE thing.
 
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No more stress just high level strategies & direction to guide your actions each month so you can reach your goals sooner.
 
This months focus is Engagement!
Stop being paralyzed & diluting your output & energy & start focusing on one potent objective to actually reach yoru goals
 
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Engagement Should be Your Gauge for Sales & Business Growth

We all want social media engagement - but why? Why is this as sought after, gotta have it desire of entrepreneurs? In this short & sweet episode we'll talk about why it's so important & how you engagement truly is a metric of your growth & how close people are to buying.
Engagement IS what truly makes people buy.
Listen in & learn why, how, & what to do to increase your engagement!
 
Topics we Cover: Social Media Engagement | Social Media Marketing | Community Building | Business Growth | Engagement Tracking
 
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MADISON TINDER | Set the MultiPassionate Entrepreneur Up for Success

When you build a community around a personal brand, it gives you the freedom to move and shake and picot and expand what you sell & already have an audience full of PRE -INVESTED customers that LOVE YOU.
 
In this episode, Madison and I chat about through the ins & outs of how personal branding & community building seta you up for long term success in whatever way you choose to pivot, move, & build your business // career.
 
Do you feel multipassionate? Like you have so many ideas and thoughts and business ventures you would love to follow that you don't quite know where to start? This episode maps out the perfect place to start building community & what that really looks like!
 
Topics we Speak About: Personal Branding | Brand Community Building | Social Media Strategy | Brand Colors | Authenticity in Business | & so much more!
 
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What a Personal Shift in Content Can do For Your Growth | PERSONAL BRANDING

Have you ever wondered if you should be more of a *face* of your business? Have you heard of the "Personal Branding" term but didn't quite know what it means? OR what it can fully do for your biz?
 
This episode is a transparent chat of all of the changes I have seen & you can expect to see to after a 4-6 month focus on personal branding & making my brand feel like an exertion of *me*!
 
HINT: my sales have skyrocketed....
 
Topics Include: Personal Branding for Business | Business Branding | Social Media Marketing | Ideal Customers 
 
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RACHEL STRAUSS | Importance & Benefits of Community for Creative Businesses

Ohhh this episode was so much fun to record! Rachel has such a wonderful passion & spunk about her. We talked about community, why its necessary, the strategic benefits of it, & how to get started building it from the ground up!
 
Sometimes you have conversations & you realize you could just talk for hours! I had to cut this one short so we didn't talk your ear off. Give it a listen for more fundamentals of community building for your business!
 
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Listen to this when you feel like your goals are too big to achieve | PEP TALK

We are kicking our practical brain to the CURB!! This is a good listen if you find yourself thinking:
- theres no way your goals can be achieved because they're too big
- you aren't cut out for that reality
- your big goals aren't practical
& that list can go on & on & on...
 
I hear you. This is my take & my pep talk or you when those thoughts pop up.
 
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