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  EPISODE 129 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip: How to Stay Motivated When Business is Down In today's episode, we discuss … Are You Suffering from Situational Depression in Your Local Small Business? Lately, I have been getting questions from folks who are struggling to stay motivated in their business. Sales are down possibly or maybe their employees or customers are on thei...

  EPISODE 128 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip:  Are You Choosing to Have the Best Team? In today's episode, we discuss … We make choices in our business all day long. One of those choices is who we allow to work on our team and represent us with our community, our customers, our clients. We entrust them with our business and our livelihood. The problem is, are they the right...

  EPISODE 127 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip: When Do I Know It Is Time To Hire Your First Employee Should You Hire Employees or Are There Other Options? In today's episode, we discuss … A question I got for our What Would Tammy Do Thursday. Steven's business is growing and he needs to bring on help to continue to grow his business. So he was wondering how do you know it is...

  EPISODE 126 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: Pay Yourself First - Breaking It Down In today's episode, we discuss … We have talked about the need to pay yourself first, and in this episode, we will start to break it down. When you start to pay yourself first, you will actually do a better job of controlling your expenses and costs. Right now you are probably rob...

  EPISODE 124 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: How to Market to a 55+ and Older Community In today's episode, we discuss … Frank has a newer painting business that is in the heart of a 55+ and older community. He was looking for the best way to market his Local Small Business to these Baby Boomers. So, in this episode, we will walk through some ideas of what any s...

  EPISODE 124 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: Bookkeeping - A Necessary Evil - STOP LOSING MONEY! The First Step to Getting to $100,000 in Take Home Pay is Having a Good Bookkeeping Process in Place In today's episode, we discuss … The First Step to Getting to $100,000 in Take Home Pay is Having a Good Bookkeeping Process in Place. Many local small business owner...

  EPISODE 123 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: How to Deal with Teenage Employees   In today's episode, we discuss … Having teenage employees can present some different ways of having to lead your team.  In this episode, we take a question from someone that is having an issue with their teenage help. I share my experience with teenage employees and the lessons I l...

  EPISODE 122 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: How to Increase Your Sales in the Winter Months If you have a seasonal business, here are a few ways you can increase your sales during those slow months. In today's episode, we discuss … You Need a Plan as Your Head into the Seasonal Downtime. If you have a seasonal business, here are a few ways you can increase your...

  EPISODE 120 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: Should You Do a Billboard for Your Local Small Business? Is a Billboard a Good Idea for Your Business? Should It Be Part of Your Marketing Plan? In today's episode, we discuss … Is a Billboard a Good Idea for Your Business? Should It Be Part of Your Marketing Plan? Today I was asked, "What would Tammy do if she had th...

  EPISODE 120 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: The Pros & Cons of Having a Family Business Working with Family Can Be Both Rewarding and Challenging In today's episode, we discuss … Working with Family Can Be Both Rewarding and Challenging. There are some pros and cons to having a family business. Recently, I read an article with 10 family businesses who shared th...

  EPISODE 119 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: How Do You Prevent Becoming a Victim of Your Own Success? Paul is killing it in his printing business, but will he be a victim of his own success? In today's episode, we discuss … I got a great email from Paul this week who shared what has been going on in his business. Both the good, the bad and the ugly. When lookin...

  EPISODE 118 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: How to Make Sure You Pay Yourself! You Work Way Too Hard Not to Get Paid! In today's episode, we discuss … Today we discuss a question I got from Tommy. He is struggling to make enough money at the end of the month to meet his personal financial goals. So we will take a look at what are the key things to do, to ensure...

    EPISODE 117 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: 10 Must Have Items on Your Local Small Business's Website Your Website is a Crucial Piece of Your Local Small Business Marketing Plan In today's episode, we discuss … Since your website is a crucial piece of your local small business marketing plan. You want to make sure that your website has the information that yo...

  EPISODE 116 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: You Work Way to Hard Not to Get Paid! You Deserve to Make More Money! In today's episode, we discuss … You work way too hard not to make more money! Are you one of those local small business owners who always pay yourself with what is left over after you pay your bills? What would happen if you set your wage first and...

  EPISODE 115 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: Why Being a Local Small Business Owner is Great in Today's World  Will a Local Small Business Survive Technology, Automation & Outsourcing In today's episode, we discuss … Why being a local small business is a great option to those that are worried about losing their jobs to technology, automation, and outsourcing. Th...

  EPISODE 114 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: You Must Know Your Business's Financial Numbers How well do you know your small business's health report card?   In today's episode, we discuss … Why it is important that you know some of the key financial numbers of your local small business. These numbers are your business's report card. They tell you how healthy th...

  EPISODE 113 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: 10 Lessons from the Profit as told by Marcus Lemonis  Here are 10 Lessons every local small business can learn from The Profit and Marcus Lemonis   In today's episode, we discuss … I love The Profit and I thought I'd share my take on the 10 lessons that Marcus Lemonis shared on a recent episode of the show. The Profit...

When is it Ok to Fire a Customer or Client? Here is what we discuss in today's episode: Sometimes you need to fire a client or customer in your small business Is it ok to fire a customer or client? Yes! Today we will go over 5 great reasons you should let a customer or client go.  We will go over not only 5 reasons why you would fire a customer, but we will also discuss why we put up with these fo...

EPISODE 111 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: What Not to Do When Slammed with Business When Your Business is Booming, You Do Not Want to Lose Potential Customers Due to Poor Communication   In today's episode, we discuss … How so many local small business owners go into their busy time of the year and actually will do something that is causing them to lose busines...

    EPISODE 110 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: How Some Weeks Just Suck and how to Survive the Rough Patches of Your Small Business   Surviving the Horrible Slumps in Your Small Business   Here is what we discuss in today's episode: How some weeks just sick and how you can survive the rough patches in your local small business. The past two weeks have been horri...

  EPISODE 109 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: What is Your Unique Selling Point?  In Today's Episode We Cover 3 Topics: Share a Conversation on Learning from Business Failure | What is Your Unique Selling Point? | Q&A:  Should You Rent New Equipment vs Purchasing It?   In today's episode, we discuss … Here is what we discuss in today's episode: Your Questions Ans...

  EPISODE 108 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: Stop Assuming to Know What Your Customers Want  In Today's Episode We Cover 3 Topics : TIP:  Stop Assuming to Know What Your Customers Want | RANT:  Positive Service at a Dentist  |  Q&A:  Should You Wear a Uniform?   Here is what we discuss in today's episode: Your Questions Answered: We discuss Roger's question on i...

  EPISODE 107 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: The Power of Testimonials in Your Local Advertising In Today's Episode We Cover 3 Topics: Marketing Your Testimonials, Rant on Respecting Your Customer's Home & a Question on Losing Customers Due to Changing Pricing and Products   In today's episode, we discuss … We start with a great set of questions on How not to Lo...

  EPISODE 106 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: Staying Engaged with Your Past Customers / Clients In Today's Episode We Cover 4 Topics: Seasonal Business, Purchasing Equipment on a Loan, Employee Presentation & Staying Engaged with Past Customers   In today's episode, we discuss … You want to create a business that can survive all 12 months and not just 9 months o...

  EPISODE 105 of The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Tip of the Week: Understanding Your Cash Flow in Your Local Small Business Question of the Week:  Should I Use a Temp Agency in My Local Small Business   In today's episode, we discuss …   First up we discuss Erin's question on using a temp agency to hire some folks for her cleaning business. She has been having trouble getting good h...