Be a PROFITABLE Badass Small Business Owner

  BONUS EPISODE  – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Guest Teacher is Charlotte Chipperfield who talks About Facebook Marketing for Local Small Businesses   In today's episode: We do our first ever guest teacher. Recently, I got an email from Charlotte Chipperfield who is the Founder & CEO of Chipperfield Media whose goal is to help local small businesses elevate their social media on...

    Episode 66 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Don't Have Your Profit Tied Up in Inventory Would You Put Dollar Bills on Your Shelves vs in the Bank?   In today's episode: We discuss how local small business owners are hurting their bottom line by having too much cash tied up in their inventory. We will walk through weeks of supply and how much your inventory turnover sho...

  Episode 65 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Payroll is Your Biggest Controllable Expense Payroll & Employees are your Greatest Asset and Expense     In today's episode: We discuss the impact payroll has on your bottom line. Since your payroll is your biggest controllable expense it is important to know the proper ways to reduce your payroll costs. It IS NOT to cut wages....

  Success Saturday: Are You Having Fun Each Day? Enjoy Life, Enjoy Your Team, Enjoy Your Day   Don't spend your day miserable. Have fun with those you care about. Have fun with your people and you might just find that everyone is more productive.    HELPFUL LINKS Podcast Website:   LocalSmallBusinessCoach.com Leave your Message on the website with the Speak Pipe Button or just email me at Tammy@Lo...

  Episode 64 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   What I'm Working on For You...the Local Small Business Owner Coming Soon From the Local Small Business Coach   In today's episode: We discuss the various projects that I am working on and hope to deliver this year for you, the local small business owners. Upcoming courses and videos and a few other things.     For the Full Show...

  Episode 63 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Do You Need a Website for Your Local Small Business How Do Your Customers Find You?     In today's episode: We discuss why it is critical that you have a website for your local small business. We go over the 3 roadblocks of lack of time, lack of money and what the heck should you have on it.   For the Full Show Notes Visit: Epi...

  Episode 62 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:  How to Achieve Work Life Balance Spend More Time with Your Family & Recharging Your Batteries     In today's episode: We discuss why we all need to find work / life balance and what I have found helps me and my struggle through the years of finding my own work / life balance   For the Full Show Notes Visit: Episode 62 - Local Sm...

Success Saturday: Are Distractions Preventing Your Success? How Much Time Are You Wasting on Your Guilty Pleasure?   In today's episode: We discuss how we lose time through the course of our day and week on things that don't really help us reach out goals. Maybe you don't  need to stop, but you do need to tweak so as not to prevent your success.     HELPFUL LINKS Podcast Website:   LocalSmallBusin...

      Episode 61 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Q & A: How to Transition Your Business When Your Body Starts to Breakdown   3 Ways to Transition Your Business When You Physically Can't Do it Any Longer   In today's episode: We discuss a question from a listener whose body is breaking down and he now needs to transition his business to keep supporting his family. So we di...

    Episode 60 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   7 Lessons Learned from My 1st Local Small Business  Lessons for Anyone Looking to Own a Local Small Business     In today's episode: We discuss 7 of the lessons I have learned from owning my 1st local small business. Some of them I expected by some of them I wish I would have prepared more for before I jumped in to my new sma...

  Episode 59 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   3 Myths to Why You Can't Find Good Help for Your Business Subtitle: Good Help is Hard to Find – Or Is It?   In today's episode: We discuss why you need to stop believing these 3 myths that are preventing you from finding good people for your team. No more excuses. They are out there, let's talk about it.   For the Full Show Not...

    Episode 58 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Success Saturday - Does it Matter What Time Your Get Up? NO!  It is All About the Morning Routine In today's episode: We discuss why the time you get up doesn't matter as much as what you do when you get up. Too many people are telling you to not follow your natural rhythms.     HELPFUL LINKS Podcast Website:   LocalSmallBusinessCoach.com Lea...

  Episode 58 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Q & A: Can a Positive Outlook Really Make a Difference?  Positive Attitude Plus Action Equals Great Results! In today's episode: We discuss How a Positive Attitude Plus Action Equals Great Results! We look at a question that I keep getting about why my real estate business is taking off this year. While there are a few factors,...

  Episode 57 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Understanding Your Product Costs   Watch These 3 Areas to Improve Sales & Profits In today's episode: We are going to take a look at why it is important you know your product costs. Your product costs will determine your sales and profits.   For the Full Show Notes Visit: Episode 57 - Local Small Business Coach Podcast   HELPFU...

  Episode 56  – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   3 Ways You Are Killing Your Small Business's Growth Watch These 3 Areas to Improve Sales & Profits In today's episode: We discuss 3 core ways that small business owners kill their business's growth. My keeping focus on these 3 areas, you increase your odds for success. We also discuss what you need to do.   For the Full Show N...

  Success Saturday: Does Your Business Have a Clear Vision?   Every Small Business needs to have a clear mission. You are more than what you DO or what you Sell. It is the emotional WHY you do it!   HELPFUL LINKS Podcast Website:   LocalSmallBusinessCoach.com Leave your Message on the website with the Speak Pipe Button or just email me at Tammy@LocalSmallBusinessCoach.com Our Training Materials fo...

  Episode 55 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Q & A:  How to Turn Around Your Business's Reputation  Get Your Customers to Love You Again   In today's episode: We answer a question from Matthew. He recently purchased a pizza place that has a bad reputation. He is wondering what his first steps should be. We discuss how Matthew can turn around his business's reputation by f...

  Episode 54 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Is the Customer Always Right?      Maybe not, but they aren't wrong as often as you might think!   In today's episode: We discuss how we get defensive whenever a customer complains about something. Too often we assume they are lying or trying to get something for free. What would happen if you were problem solving vs being defe...

  Episode 53 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Catch Your Employees Doing Something Right  It's Easy to Point Out What is Wrong, the Challenge is Recognizing the Positive!   In today's episode: We discuss how critical it is that you start to catch your employees doing something right. Too often we focus on what they aren't doing. The problem is, you want to help them hear t...

The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Bonus Episode - Success Saturday - The Power of Words   On today's Success Saturday we discuss how the power of words impact your success. From the words people use with you to the words you use on yourself. Let's talk about how they are preventing your success.    HELPFUL LINKS Podcast Website:   LocalSmallBusinessCoach.com Leave your Message on the website...

Episode 52 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   Q & A: Should I Do A Sign Twirler?  Subtitle: Should Sign Twirling Be Part of Your Advertising? In today's episode: We take a question from Jeremy who is asking about doing one of the arrows out on the street. I'll give my 2 cents on having a sign twirler and when it might be a great idea   For the Full Show Notes Visit: Episode...

Episode 51 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   7 Powerful Things to do Today to Turn Your Employees into a Great Team Subtitle: Turn Your Team into Your Greatest Asset In today's episode: We discuss the steps you can take to develop your team into one of the greatest. We all can have a Superstar, but do you have what it takes to build a fantastic team. One where you would be...

Episode 50 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:   8 Mistakes that Could Be Costing You Time  Subtitle: Stop Wasting Time in Your Business In today's episode: We discuss 8 mistakes that you might be making in your local small business costing you time. We all could use more time in our lives. Not only to work "on" our business but also to find more time to spend with our family....

Bonus Episode – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Success Saturday: Find Positive People to be in Your Life    HELPFUL LINKS Podcast Website:   LocalSmallBusinessCoach.com Leave your Message on the website with the Speak Pipe Button or just email me at Tammy@LocalSmallBusinessCoach.com Our Training Materials for Local Small Business Owners:    TrainingforLocalSmallBusinessOwners.com Starting...

    Episode 49 – The Local Small Business Coach Podcast Today's Topic:  Q & A:  Employee Fraternization  Subtitle: Should Employees Be Allowed to Date? In today's episode: We take a question from Karen. She has a problem with two employees who are dating. So how do you handle employee fraternization? Do you allow it or not? If so, how do you handle the impact on your business?   For the Full Show...