Be a PROFITABLE Badass Small Business Owner

  Episode 85 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Can You Motivate Anyone? Subtitle: business?   In today's episode: We discuss why there is a myth that you can motivate anyone. Even folks like me, that think we can motivate anyone, had to learn that the key is learning what motivates your folks.     For the Full Show Notes Visit: Episode 85 - Local Small Business Coach Podcas...

    Episode 84 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Learn to Be a Great Listener in Your Local Small Business It Is Critical that You Listen to Your Customers & Employees   In today's episode: We discuss why it is critical that you stop and listen to your both your customers and your employees. But there is a difference between hearing and listening. We are guilty of hearing y...

  Episode 82 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   The FREE eBook:  8 Steps Local Small Business Owners Need to Take to Make $100,000 in Profit?  Are You Ready to Double or Triple Your Sales?   In today's episode: We discuss my new FREE eBook:   8 Steps Local Small Business Owners Need to Take to Make $100,000 in Profit?   Not just the ebook, but a workbook as well. I want each...

INSERT PICTURE   Success Saturday  – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:  Focus vs Multitasking   In today's episode: We discuss how focusing on one goal can make extreme progress if you don't try and multitask     HELPFUL LINKS Podcast Website:   LocalSmallBusinessCoach.com Leave your Message on the website with the Speak Pipe Button or just email me at Tammy@LocalSmallBusinessC...

  Episode 82 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   How Can a New Real Estate Agent Grow Their Business      Grow Your Local Small Business By Being True to Who You Are   In today's episode: We discuss advice I give new real estate agents on how they can build their new business. However, the advice is great for any new local small business owner. Whether you are introverted or...

  Episode 81 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   You Must Respect Your Customer / Client's Time     Once You Lose Respect, Rarely Can You Get it Back   In today's episode: We discuss how you slowly kill your business and its reputation when you don't respect your client or customer' time. This could be from being late, missing appointments or making them wait around for you e...

  Episode 80 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   The Quality of Your Work Says What You Stand For  Do You Put Quantity Over Quality?   In today's episode: We discuss how when the quality of your work starts to go down, it hurts your business's brand in your community. We also discuss why your quality starts to slip and the 3 things to keep an eye out for.     For the Full Sho...

  Today's Topic:  Success Saturday: How's Your Day Going? How you answer the question might determine someone else's day!   In today's episode: We discuss the importance of answering this question. Not just for you but How you answer the question might determine someone else's day!     HELPFUL LINKS Podcast Website:   LocalSmallBusinessCoach.com Leave your Message on the website with the Speak Pip...

  Episode 79 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Types of Social Media Your Local Small Business Should Be On  Should Your Local Small Business Be on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest or Snapchat?   In today's episode: We discuss the top 5 social media sites that local small businesses should consider.  Stop being stubborn, social media isn't going away and is being the...

  Episode 78 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Your Lobby Tells Your Customers How Much You Care What are the Subliminal Messages You Are Giving Your Customers?   In today's episode: We discuss how many brick and mortar businesses miss the boat when it comes to the importance of their lobbies and bathrooms. You might be pushing your customers away and killing your repeat bu...

  Episode 77 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Teach Your People to Be Better Than You We are only as strong as our weakest link:    In today's episode: We discuss why so many managers are afraid to train and develop their people to be better than they are. This is a false premise. The reality is, the better trained your people are, the stronger your team gets, the better l...

  Today's Topic:   Success Saturday: Start Your Day in a State of Freaking Awesomeness The Message You Tell Yourself in the Morning Can Change Your Course of the Day   In today's episode: We discuss how important it is that you start your day with a positive, motivating ritual that sets you up for a freaking awesome day! Hit that door running and believing you can attack anything that comes your w...

  Episode 76 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   How Do You Handle Time Clock Watchers  Are Time Clock Watchers Loyal, Dedicated Employees?   In today's episode: We discuss a question from Mark on how to handle Time Clock Watcher Employees. Are they loyal, dedicated employees? Or are they a cancer that needs to go?   For the Full Show Notes Visit: Episode 76 - Local Small Bus...

  Episode 75 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Do More Sales Cure All?      Don't Be Fooled, More Sales Only Help to Hide Deficiencies   In today's episode: We discuss the fallacy of the saying "Sales Cures All". While sales can help cover up some deficiencies but it doesn't solve the problems. In many cases, more sales can make things even worse. Let's discuss why.       ...

  Episode 74 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Do You Have a Vision for Your Small Business?  You Have to Know Where You Are Going to Get There   In today's episode: We discuss how important it is that you have a vision. But the vision you had when you first started probably isn't the best vision for your company today. So we discuss not only why you need a vision but what...

  The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Success Saturday - Don't Be Derailed By Negative Feedback It Doesn't Matter What Other People Think   In today's episode: We discuss how we often let negative feedback derail us from our mission and what we are doing right. We get stuck on this one piece of feedback. Does this happen to you?     HELPFUL LINKS Podcast Website:   LocalSmallBusinessCoach.com L...

  Episode 73 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   When Do You Jump Ship & Go Out on Your Own? When do you make that leap from working for someone else to working on your own?   In today's episode: We discuss a question I had from someone that wants to break away from a boss that isn't giving them the promised leads and makes 3 times as much as he does. Here is what we discusse...

  Episode 72 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Should You Focus on One Product or Service? Maximize Your Marketing & Branding   In today's episode: We discuss you might want to focus on one specific product or service. By doing this, you can maximize your marketing and branding. You can become the "go to" business for a product or service.     For the Full Show Notes Visit:...

  Episode 71 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   What Every Small Business Could Learn from QuikTrip (QT)  How You Make Your Customers "Feel" is Critical to Your Brand   In today's episode: We discuss why I feel that QuikTrip is an excellent example of how a business should make its customers feel. How you can stand out from your competitors from learning what QuikTrip does b...

  Success Saturday  – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Are You Busy & Blessed? Sometimes being Busy is both a blessing and overwhelming     In today's episode: We discuss how on one hand, being busy it is so overwhelming yet it is a sign of being blessed!   HELPFUL LINKS Podcast Website:   LocalSmallBusinessCoach.com Leave your Message on the website with the Speak Pipe Butt...

  Episode 70 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Should You Be Doing Performance Reviews? How Often Should Local Small Business Owners Do Them?   In today's episode: We discuss how often local small business owners should be doing performance reviews for their employees. The answer might not be as simple as you think.     For the Full Show Notes Visit: Episode 70 - Local Smal...

  Episode 69 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Do You Live Up to Your Commitments? How this Episode Almost Didn't Happen     In today's episode: We discuss how we need to live up to our commitments no matter how crazy our business might get. I'll even share how this episode didn't even happen due to being over committed.       For the Full Show Notes Visit: Episode 69 - Loc...

  Episode 68 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Do You Have a Big Hairy Audacious Goal You Must Have One Audacious Goal Each Year   In today's episode: We discuss how a BHAG - Big Hairy Audacious Goal will help you make great strides in your life and in your business.  The first step is to identify one, then to believe you can do it, and finally take the daily steps to make...

  The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Do You Have Problems or Opportunities?     There is an opportunity in every problem   In today's episode: We discuss how you look at situations when they don't go right? Do you see them as problems or opportunities? The way you approach it, will help determine how success you will be.     For the Full Show Notes Visit: Episode 67 - Local Sm...

  Episode 67 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:  How to Get Realtors to Tell Their Clients About Your Small Business   How to Get on a Realtor's Extended Team    In today's episode: We take a question from Darl where he has a power washing business and wants to get more Realtors on his client list. He wants to help real estate agents sell more homes by offering his services to...