Be a PROFITABLE Badass Small Business Owner

  EPISODE 204 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   What Should Your Employee Return on Investment Be?   In today's episode: Is There an Easy Way to Determine What an Employee Should Be Bringing in Revenue? Well, that is a tricky question since all businesses are different and expectations of each position you hire for has different expectations. The key is to focus on what the job is worth,...

  EPISODE 203 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   Never Be Embarrassed By What You Don't Know   In today's episode: Have you ever had a business question that you were just too embarrassed to ask as you felt you would be judged or it would come across as a dumb question? Well, you aren't alone. Many folks, especially longer-term business owners, often don't ask for help when they are seeki...

  EPISODE 201 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   Stop Working to Survive and Start Working to Thrive!   In today's episode: Are you working to survive or thrive? Bottom line is, you will earn what you tell yourself you are worth! Too many small business owners focus on what they need to earn to take care of the bills and their families, instead of focusing on what it will take to provide...

  EPISODE 201 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   How Are You Making Your Customer's Feel?   In today's episode: How Are You Making Your Customers Feel?  Why is this Important to the Growth of Your Business? Doing a great job isn't enough. How you leave them feeling and more importantly, solving their external and internal pain is the true gauge of how you make them feel. In this episode,...

  EPISODE 200 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   Why On Earth Do I Do This Podcast?   In today's episode: Hurray, we have hit our 200th episode! That is amazing! I owe it all to you. So, with most podcasts fading out around the 6 to 9th episode, how is it that I've made it to 200? Well, the secret is you! You the listener. Today I'll share why you inspire me and why I hope you will allow...

  EPISODE 199 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   Time to Clean House and Get Rid of a Few Things Holding Your Business Back In today's episode: Is there a good time to reach out and ask for help in your small business? For many local small business owners, you are so accustomed to working alone and not feeling you have anyone to lean on. So when is it ok to reach out and ask for help? Wha...

  EPISODE 198 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   Time to Clean House and Get Rid of a Few Things Holding Your Business Back In today's episode: What if I told you that you needed to clean house? Not your physical house but your business house. There are so many different services or products that you offer your customers that sometimes you can actually be hurting your business with all of...

  EPISODE 197 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   How Can You Grow Your Local Small Business?   In today's episode: Let's face it, we are all looking to grow our local small businesses. But the questions becomes, where and how do we start? Well, the first thing you must do is make sure that your business is ready for the growth and then you have to know where to dive in. In this episode, w...

  EPISODE 196 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   Look at Your Business as if You Just Bought it - What Would You Do Differently?   In today's episode: If you are looking to grow your business and take it to the next level, I want to give you a challenge. I want you to take a look at the business as if you just purchased it. In today's episode, I walk through the process I took when I purc...

  EPISODE 195 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   When is the Right Time to Raise Your Prices?   In today's episode: Are you busy as heck, working tons of hours, and still wondering how you can make more money? If you aren't quite ready to hire more help, you might find that by increasing your prices you can accomplish the same thing without having to work more hours. Let's discuss why thi...

  EPISODE 194 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   11 Reasons You Are the CEO of Your Local Small Business In today's episode: You are the CEO of your Local Small Business. Don't you think you should act like it? However, you might not know what it is a CEO does for the business. You know many make tons of money, but for exactly what? Why are these folks so valuable that the company is will...

  EPISODE 193 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   A Debt Free Business Leads to More Profits In today's episode: Don't be too quick to hop into debt to grow your business. While the new debt might allow you that new truck, tools or some other need, it comes with a cost. You just increased your expenses and start the month in the hole. It should be the exception, not the rule to use debt to...

  EPISODE 192 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   What Keeps You From More Sales and Profits?- YOUR PROCESSES!   In today's episode: I've been in a great conversation with one of our Badass Local Small Business Owners Facebook group about blowing sales out of the park and yet the profits not growing at the same pace. I've had several conversations recently with folks in a similar situation...

  EPISODE 191 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   You Must Give Away Free Stuff to Your Customers   In today's episode: Have you ever thought of giving free stuff to your customers or clients? I'm not talking about samples. I'm talking about teaching them how to do some of the things you offer or provide? Are you crazy Tammy? I'll lose money! No, actually quite the opposite. You will build...

  EPISODE 190 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   People Love Doing Business with Other People   In today's episode: I'm going to assume you are trying to build a business that is well known in your community. That you want to be that top of mind business that comes up whenever anyone asks who they should use to do whatever it is that you offer. One of the keys to blowing up your business...

  EPISODE 189 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   Do Your Employees Know Your Standards? In today's episode: I want to discuss standards and how well do you hold your team to your standards. I'm not just talking about telling them, I'm talking about living them to the fullest. That you walk the talk and that your entire team knows where the bar is and that it is unacceptable any other way....

  EPISODE 188 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   What to Expect When You Leave Your Job to Start Your Own Business In today's episode: There is this fear and excitement that takes over when we think about leaving our day job to go out and build our new business. The best thing you can do is, make the leap with your eyes wide open. We will discuss over 20 things you will want to make sure...

  EPISODE 187 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   Know You - Trust You - Then Profitability   In today's episode: There is a journey every new customer or client takes before they settle on using you or your business. There are two steps that occur before you make some money and too many people make the mistake of skipping this one key step to profitability. We build our business and our p...

  EPISODE 186 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   How Do You Survive those Seasonal Swings in Your Business?   In today's episode: Do you know the months you make the majority of your sales? What if you could leverage those months to make even more money? Would you know how to break down each month and not only see where the sales come from but the profit you take home each month? Not all...

  EPISODE 185 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   How to Learn from Frustrated Customers   In today's episode: Upset Customers Are an Opportunity to Improve Your Business.  We all hate upset customers. There is nothing fun about having to deal with them. The key to handling upset customers is to listen to what they are upset about and then deal with the issue. First, they need to be heard....

  EPISODE 184 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   Do You Know Your Monthly Nut?   In today's episode: How Much Money Do You Need to Cover Your Monthly Expenses and Keeping Your Business Open? Have you ever heard of the term "monthly nut"?  If you haven't, you might want to make sure you know what it means. Knowing your monthly nut is a key number every business owner needs to know. Basical...

EPISODE 183 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Why You Should Join a Networking Group   In today's episode: In 2018 I made a conscious decision to dive into networking. As an introvert, it was not a comfortable experience. However, I will tell you, I've discovered a fantastic way for local small business owners to really target specific customers/clients and having an entire sales force out...

  EPISODE 182 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   The #1 Thing That Derails Your Business   In today's episode: I've been speaking with local small business owner from all over and there is one common theme that seem to be preventing folks from taking their business to the next level. Businesses running well, businesses struggling, business getting off the ground and businesses that feel s...

  EPISODE 181 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   Have You Struggled Keeping New Help Beyond Their First 90 Days   In today's episode: Have you struggled to keep New Employees beyond their first 90 days? Are they struggling to learn the new job or just up and quit for now reason? It is probably due to your onboarding process. How You Bring Aboard New Employees Can Make or Break How Long Th...

  EPISODE 180 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast   You MUST Focus on Your Pipeline to Level Off Your Sales Swings In today's episode: If you are like many local small business owners, your business seems to go on a roller coaster of highs and lows. You are either scrambling to stay on top of everything or you are scrambling to find the next sale. So how do you level out these swings? What c...