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Life Skills That Matter | Create Work That Works For You
Stephen Warley | Solopreneur Business Coach
Feel like work is broken? Fix it by creating work that works for you! Serial solopreneur and business coach Stephen Warley interviews people who got unstuck and figured out how to work for themselves, so they could design work around their ideal lifestyle instead of fitting life in around their work. He teaches practical life skills like self-awareness, curiosity, energy management and building community to help you design your own unique business model in alignment with your values, needs a ...
A podcast about teaching, selling and communicating with your audience effectively using webinars. We learn how webinars went so wrong, how the masters are using them and how you can become a Webinar Ninja yourself.
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Future Squared with Steve Glaveski - Helping You Navigate a Brave New World
Stephen Hawking once said that intelligence is the ability to adapt to change... so let’s adapt. Hosted by author and entrepreneur, Steve Glaveski, Future Squared brings you conversations with preeminent thought leaders from myriad disciplines such as startups and entrepreneurship, technology, corporate innovation, psychology, philosophy, economics, politics, biology, human performance and productivity, motivation and self development, management and leadership, health and fitness and more t ...
Our mindsets determine the way we see the world, as well as, the way we behave and who we are as people. It’s very easy and normal to stay stuck in fixed mindsets - limiting beliefs about our abilities and skills that prevents us to learn new things. We can intentionally cultivate a growth mindset that allows to stretch our mind and amplify the realm of possibilities of what we do, and who we are. Amplifying our mindsets is one of the secrets of success, from most entrepreneurs, freelancers ...
Insider secrets to the world of Internet marketing
For entrepreneurs looking to grow their business bigger than themselves. Double or triple your business by doing actually less work! Achieve scale. Achieve success! Scale to success!
Matt Giovanisci and friends drop the gauntlet of truth about being self-employed, serial entrepreneurs. They're not "teaching" how to build a successful company. Instead, they run business challenges and experiments offering a transparent view of what it takes to make money online.
Elliott Davidson, the owner of Despreneur talks about the ways to build a business and design your own lifestyle you don’t need a vacation from. The goal of this podcast is to provide you real life stories to inspire your next move and support you with actionable and practical knowledge in design, entrepreneurship and technology fields. Elliott connects and talks with top designers, successful entrepreneurs and tech visionaries to unlock the knowledge that takes to build a successful busines ...
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MBA1901 Running a Business as a Person of Color
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“Not seeing color” isn’t an option for some of us. Whether we like it or not, the experience of minority groups is different. But that’s not always a bad thing. In fact, being different can be an asset. Overcoming the challenges unique to POC can make you the kind of entrepreneur who’s uniquely qualified to navigate other challenges. Business — esp…
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MBA1901 Running a Business as a Person of Color
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“Not seeing color” isn’t an option for some of us. Whether we like it or not, the experience of minority groups is different. But that’s not always a bad thing. In fact, being different can be an asset. Overcoming the challenges unique to POC can make you the kind of entrepreneur who’s uniquely qualified to navigate other challenges. Business — esp…
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MBA1900 Q&A Wednesday: How do I forecast purchases and inventory of goods for future sale?
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The first challenge of e-commerce: keeping track of inventory. It can be a nail-biting affair to predict exactly how much product to order or create, without knowing exactly how much people will buy. Too much, and you lose money on overhead. Too little, and you lose money on lost sales and slow fulfillment. How do you strike the right balance? It’s…
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The first challenge of e-commerce: keeping track of inventory. It can be a nail-biting affair to predict exactly how much product to order or create, without knowing exactly how much people will buy. Too much, and you lose money on overhead. Too little, and you lose money on lost sales and slow fulfillment. How do you strike the right balance? It’s…
Company policies: do they uphold your principles and offer a guidepost for how your team conducts business? Or are they just fluff? We all know that the only real rules are the ones that actually get enforced. Is it realistic — or even necessary — to have hard-and-fast policies? Do your policies keep your team grounded and in line with company valu…
Company policies: do they uphold your principles and offer a guidepost for how your team conducts business? Or are they just fluff? We all know that the only real rules are the ones that actually get enforced. Is it realistic — or even necessary — to have hard-and-fast policies? Do your policies keep your team grounded and in line with company valu…
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MBA1898 Must Read: Great by Choice by Jim Collins
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Every business owner has to deal with forces beyond their control. But handling what you can control is usually enough to guarantee that you can navigate whatever happens. That’s the basic premise of Great by Choice, Jim Collins’ study of businesses that thrive in unpredictable, even hostile conditions. Researched like a thorough work of academia, …
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MBA1898 Must Read: Great by Choice by Jim Collins
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Every business owner has to deal with forces beyond their control. But handling what you can control is usually enough to guarantee that you can navigate whatever happens. That’s the basic premise of Great by Choice, Jim Collins’ study of businesses that thrive in unpredictable, even hostile conditions. Researched like a thorough work of academia, …
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Mindset Shifts in Productivity, Balance and Entrepreneurship with Monique Y. Wells
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In this episode, I had the pleasure to interview Monique Y. Wells. Monique is a productivity expert and loves to coach women entrepreneurs who want their businesses to support their ideal lifestyles. Monique writes regularly for the Huffington Post. There she published recently a three-article series where she interviewed several entrepreneurs in t…
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MBA1897 How to Choose The Right Tools + Free Ride Friday
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Which software is best? Whether it’s for web design, CRM, payment processing, fulfillment — you name it — every new business eventually runs into the question above. And yes, you can sift through company websites, review forums, and more as you search for The One. But listen to this episode first! Today, we’re not reviewing software. Instead, we of…
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MBA1897 How to Choose The Right Tools + Free Ride Friday
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Which software is best? Whether it’s for web design, CRM, payment processing, fulfillment — you name it — every new business eventually runs into the question above. And yes, you can sift through company websites, review forums, and more as you search for The One. But listen to this episode first! Today, we’re not reviewing software. Instead, we of…
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MBA1896 How Often Should You Email Your List?
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One of the biggest reasons for unsubscribes: too many emails. Of course, one of the biggest reasons for slow sales is not enough emails. So how many is enough? What’s the Goldilocks Zone for email frequency? Healthy open and click rates are the key to online marketing. Even in the age of social, email is still the highest-converting way to reach ou…
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MBA1896 How Often Should You Email Your List?
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One of the biggest reasons for unsubscribes: too many emails. Of course, one of the biggest reasons for slow sales is not enough emails. So how many is enough? What’s the Goldilocks Zone for email frequency? Healthy open and click rates are the key to online marketing. Even in the age of social, email is still the highest-converting way to reach ou…
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MBA1895 Q&A Wednesday: How Do I Get On Other Blogs?
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The written word: it’s still your most powerful tool for creating online traffic. But sometimes, you have to stimulate that traffic by getting your thoughts onto someone else’s site. The question is, why would anyone let you? Guest posting was huge for our business in its early days. By posting on more popular sites, Omar was able to build a founda…
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MBA1895 Q&A Wednesday: How Do I Get On Other Blogs?
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The written word: it’s still your most powerful tool for creating online traffic. But sometimes, you have to stimulate that traffic by getting your thoughts onto someone else’s site. The question is, why would anyone let you? Guest posting was huge for our business in its early days. By posting on more popular sites, Omar was able to build a founda…
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MBA1894 Was Our Virtual Team Retreat a Flop? Lessons Learned.
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In business, you have to play the hand you’re dealt. In the age of COVID, that means moving traditionally IRL activities online. Sometimes that works out. Sometimes…not as much. Following up on our episode about why we chose to hold a virtual retreat, today we discuss the results. Our online “retreat week” just ended, and we learned a few things. S…
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MBA1894 Was Our Virtual Team Retreat a Flop? Lessons Learned.
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In business, you have to play the hand you’re dealt. In the age of COVID, that means moving traditionally IRL activities online. Sometimes that works out. Sometimes…not as much. Following up on our episode about why we chose to hold a virtual retreat, today we discuss the results. Our online “retreat week” just ended, and we learned a few things. S…
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MBA1893 Guest Teacher – Ruchira Chaudhary – How To Become an Extraordinary Leader by Becoming a Great Coach
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Think of yourself as a coach, and watch your team win. Too many team leaders act as “managers.” But think about how we use that term outside of business. We “manage” problems, difficulties. Our employees are neither. Instead, our employees are investments — and they can only deliver returns when we bring out the best in them. Ruchira Chaudhary is a…
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MBA1893 Guest Teacher – Ruchira Chaudhary – How To Become an Extraordinary Leader by Becoming a Great Coach
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Think of yourself as a coach, and watch your team win. Too many team leaders act as “managers.” But think about how we use that term outside of business. We “manage” problems, difficulties. Our employees are neither. Instead, our employees are investments — and they can only deliver returns when we bring out the best in them. Ruchira Chaudhary is a…
In episode 26 of the MINDSET ZONE podcast where the topic was “Do People Really Change?”, I spoke about a Greek philosopher called Heraclitus who said: "No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." Heraclitus believed everything is in constant flow, everything always changes. I thought about thi…
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MBA1892 4 Lessons From Apple’s iPhone 13 Launch + Free Ride Friday
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Apple knows what they’re doing. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the world’s leading tech company has a unique ability to excite their own market. Each year, Apple’s fall announcement of new products and updates causes a stir — and offers incredibly valuable lessons for entrepreneurs. Today, we share 4 of those lessons. Apple events are worth watching for any…
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MBA1892 4 Lessons From Apple’s iPhone 13 Launch + Free Ride Friday
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Apple knows what they’re doing. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the world’s leading tech company has a unique ability to excite their own market. Each year, Apple’s fall announcement of new products and updates causes a stir — and offers incredibly valuable lessons for entrepreneurs. Today, we share 4 of those lessons. Apple events are worth watching for any…
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MBA1891 Dominate Your Market by Creating a Movement
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Marketing isn’t just about what brings customers to your door. It’s what brings customers together that counts. When your business model includes some element of a movement, you do better than creating leads and sales. You create a sense of community that drives long-term brand loyalty, and full-blown evangelism for your brand. In other words, your…
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MBA1891 Dominate Your Market by Creating a Movement
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Marketing isn’t just about what brings customers to your door. It’s what brings customers together that counts. When your business model includes some element of a movement, you do better than creating leads and sales. You create a sense of community that drives long-term brand loyalty, and full-blown evangelism for your brand. In other words, your…
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MBA1890 Q&A Wednesday: How Much Should I Spend On My Logo?
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What’s a symbol worth? When you start a business, you start lean. That means making careful choices about where to spend your marketing dollars. When it comes to branding, how important is the company logo? How much is really worth investing when you have plenty of other costs? It’s Q&A Wednesday, and we’ve got a listener with a brand-new business …
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MBA1890 Q&A Wednesday: How Much Should I Spend On My Logo?
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What’s a symbol worth? When you start a business, you start lean. That means making careful choices about where to spend your marketing dollars. When it comes to branding, how important is the company logo? How much is really worth investing when you have plenty of other costs? It’s Q&A Wednesday, and we’ve got a listener with a brand-new business …
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MBA1889 How Peloton Became a 4 Billion Dollar Company
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Peloton is one of the most successful fitness business models ever. How did they pull it off? Exercise equipment comes and goes. Most of the time, companies that sell in-home workout machines have terrible churn, as New Years’ resolutions become next year’s regrets and laundry starts to pile up on the treadmill. What makes Peloton different? Peloto…
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MBA1889 How Peloton Became a 4 Billion Dollar Company
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Peloton is one of the most successful fitness business models ever. How did they pull it off? Exercise equipment comes and goes. Most of the time, companies that sell in-home workout machines have terrible churn, as New Years’ resolutions become next year’s regrets and laundry starts to pile up on the treadmill. What makes Peloton different? Peloto…
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MBA1888 Guest Teacher – Laura Lopuch – How to write a winning cold email
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Hi [First Name], Do your cold emails…work? Most people’s don’t. That’s because writing cold emails is different from any other kind of copywriting. If you want results, you have to craft emails in a way that strikes the right tone — and doesn’t come off as a phony attempt to be personal. Fortunately, we have an expert on that. Laura Lopuch is a cop…
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MBA1888 Guest Teacher – Laura Lopuch – How to write a winning cold email
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Hi [First Name], Do your cold emails…work? Most people’s don’t. That’s because writing cold emails is different from any other kind of copywriting. If you want results, you have to craft emails in a way that strikes the right tone — and doesn’t come off as a phony attempt to be personal. Fortunately, we have an expert on that. Laura Lopuch is a cop…
To conclude my series of podcast episodes about the importance of “Focusing”, I was honored to interview Greg McKeown, author of the New York Times Best Seller Book – Essentialism: the Disciplined Pursuit of Less. Greg has taught at companies that include Apple, Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Salesforce, and Pixar. He is also an amazing keyno…
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MBA1887 Why Time Is On Your Side + Free Ride Friday
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Take a cue from the tortoise. Slow & steady is the way forward. Entrepreneurship is not a sprint; it’s a marathon. In fact, it’s not even a race — it’s a lifestyle! And slower growth is the most stable kind of growth. Instead of fretting that you’re not an overnight (or over-week, or over-year) success, take a breath, and realize that’s probably a …
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MBA1887 Why Time Is On Your Side + Free Ride Friday
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Take a cue from the tortoise. Slow & steady is the way forward. Entrepreneurship is not a sprint; it’s a marathon. In fact, it’s not even a race — it’s a lifestyle! And slower growth is the most stable kind of growth. Instead of fretting that you’re not an overnight (or over-week, or over-year) success, take a breath, and realize that’s probably a …
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MBA1886 Post-Pandemic Business Opportunities
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As anyone in business can tell you, all tragedies contain opportunities. Today, we discuss how in certain situations, it’s never been easier to start a business (or expand one) — because of the pandemic. Savvy entrepreneurs can identify the gaps in the market the disaster left behind. If you’re able, the chance to fill one of those gaps could be a …
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MBA1886 Post-Pandemic Business Opportunities
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As anyone in business can tell you, all tragedies contain opportunities. Today, we discuss how in certain situations, it’s never been easier to start a business (or expand one) — because of the pandemic. Savvy entrepreneurs can identify the gaps in the market the disaster left behind. If you’re able, the chance to fill one of those gaps could be a …
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MBA1885 Q&A Wednesday: How often should I publish a blog post?
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Blogging is still one of the most effective (and cost-effective) kinds of content marketing. But does frequency matter? If so, how often should you post? It’s Q&A Wednesday, and we’re helping a relatively new blogger figure out how much content to pump out. In 6 months, this blogger hasn’t seen the needle move much. Does it make a difference if you…
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MBA1885 Q&A Wednesday: How often should I publish a blog post?
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Blogging is still one of the most effective (and cost-effective) kinds of content marketing. But does frequency matter? If so, how often should you post? It’s Q&A Wednesday, and we’re helping a relatively new blogger figure out how much content to pump out. In 6 months, this blogger hasn’t seen the needle move much. Does it make a difference if you…
If you don’t listen to your customers, you’ll lose them. Just as true: if you listen too much to your customers…you’ll lose them. Feedback matters. What your customers say should help guide your product development, or you won’t be competitive for long. But you can’t please everybody — and you can’t let yourself be blown around like a leaf in the w…
If you don’t listen to your customers, you’ll lose them. Just as true: if you listen too much to your customers…you’ll lose them. Feedback matters. What your customers say should help guide your product development, or you won’t be competitive for long. But you can’t please everybody — and you can’t let yourself be blown around like a leaf in the w…
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MBA1883 Extended Interview: John Jantsch- Build Your Ultimate Marketing Engine
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“Marketing.” The term is vague. New entrepreneurs don’t always know exactly what it means — let alone how to do it effectively. That’s why we’re so happy to have John Jantsch. A best-selling author, sought-after speaker, and founder of Duct Tape Marketing, John specializes in helping small businesses market effectively. In today’s extended conversa…
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MBA1883 Extended Interview: John Jantsch- Build Your Ultimate Marketing Engine
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“Marketing.” The term is vague. New entrepreneurs don’t always know exactly what it means — let alone how to do it effectively. That’s why we’re so happy to have John Jantsch. A best-selling author, sought-after speaker, and founder of Duct Tape Marketing, John specializes in helping small businesses market effectively. In today’s extended conversa…
I can’t stop focusing on focus. First it was the interview with Omar Zenhom – episode 35 of this podcast titled “Focus To Succeed“ Then, it was last show – episode 36 – about “Focus Without Focus.” Today, I decided to speak about “Unfocus to Focus.” During my conversation with Omar, he spoke about an interesting phenomenon that happens when we are …
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MBA1882 Why I Stopped Doing 1:1 Consulting + Free Ride Friday
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We love teachers. As the founders of a webinar platform (and former educators), we live and breathe coaching, training, and consulting as a business model. Our experience in that realm is what brought us into the webinar game, and continues to guide our development. But at some point, our good ol’ Omar had to hang up his consulting hat. Today, Omar…
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MBA1882 Why I Stopped Doing 1:1 Consulting + Free Ride Friday
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We love teachers. As the founders of a webinar platform (and former educators), we live and breathe coaching, training, and consulting as a business model. Our experience in that realm is what brought us into the webinar game, and continues to guide our development. But at some point, our good ol’ Omar had to hang up his consulting hat. Today, Omar…
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MBA1881 The #1 Reason Why Your Business Is Not Growing
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You’ve hit a plateau. Whether your business is new, established, or even getting close to the endgame, anyone can get stuck. Surprisingly, it’s often because of this one thing. When you’ve looked into everything — sales, marketing, advertising — and you just can’t figure out what’s got your wheels spinning, there’s a very good chance it’s this. It’…
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MBA1881 The #1 Reason Why Your Business Is Not Growing
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You’ve hit a plateau. Whether your business is new, established, or even getting close to the endgame, anyone can get stuck. Surprisingly, it’s often because of this one thing. When you’ve looked into everything — sales, marketing, advertising — and you just can’t figure out what’s got your wheels spinning, there’s a very good chance it’s this. It’…
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MBA1880 Q&A Wednesday: How Do You Motivate Yourself To Keep Going?
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Entrepreneurship isn’t easy. Anyone who says so isn’t telling the whole story. Sometimes it’s difficult. Sometimes it’s boring. Sometimes you put everything you have into a campaign or product, only to watch it flop. This is a reality of business. The question isn’t how to avoid that — it’s how to handle it. It’s Q&A Wednesday, and one listener wan…
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MBA1880 Q&A Wednesday: How Do You Motivate Yourself To Keep Going?
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Entrepreneurship isn’t easy. Anyone who says so isn’t telling the whole story. Sometimes it’s difficult. Sometimes it’s boring. Sometimes you put everything you have into a campaign or product, only to watch it flop. This is a reality of business. The question isn’t how to avoid that — it’s how to handle it. It’s Q&A Wednesday, and one listener wan…
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MBA1879 4 Ways to Improve Your Cost To Acquire a Customer
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Let’s lower that CAC! Your Customer Acquisition Cost is one of the biggest factors affecting your bottom line. The total investment of marketing, advertising, and sales dollars to produce a single customer is a key metric, one that has to be studied carefully. As your business grows, so can your CAC — leading to an overall plateau. Fortunately, the…
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MBA1879 4 Ways to Improve Your Cost To Acquire a Customer
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Let’s lower that CAC! Your Customer Acquisition Cost is one of the biggest factors affecting your bottom line. The total investment of marketing, advertising, and sales dollars to produce a single customer is a key metric, one that has to be studied carefully. As your business grows, so can your CAC — leading to an overall plateau. Fortunately, the…
