Flow Rising

Make it Flexible Enough to Stay Relevant In this episode, I chat with social media strategist Amanda Mundo about how to develop a strategy for social media posting.  Her advice is to break it down into bite-sized chunks and keep it as flexible as possible so you can be on top of trends and newsworthy events.  Amanda shares, "Now, it's great, you could build out a whole year strategy. But...

Cancellations are frustrating, but do they have to be?   Alison Proffit, our sales expert, chats with us about her thoughts around a very important business question...  ...What do you do when you have a sales call or follow-up call cancel at the last minute?   Giving her sage-like advice as always, Alison's first suggestion is...Don't Panic!  Panicking is the fastest way...

Not all To-Do's on the list are created equa l.   Mary Gaul, our productivity expert, once again has great advice about tackling the ever-growing to-do list.    "Sometimes there are projects on there we put on [the list], just because we think we have to. And so taking a hard look and asking, you know, why is this on my list? why do I really need to do this? And can I delegate...

LeAndra Foster shares her thoughts about how to successfully establish a steady paycheck.  As a business owner, it can be challenging to transition from a steady paycheck to an uncertain paycheck.   Using a common analogy of boiling a frog, LeAndra states  "If you put a frog into a pot of cold water and heat it slowly, you will a frog to death because it won't notice the gradua...

Recently Mike, the writing expert here at FLOW, shared his thoughts about writer's block and how to get around it.    He joked playfully that a friend recently said of writer's block "It's just an excuse not to write."  In all honesty, Mike writes for a living so he knows a thing or two about how to get around the dreaded blank page.   His advice,  "[You] need to change yo...

3 Magical Questions  Asking ourselves questions is one of the best ways to unstick our minds. Mary Gaul, our productivity expert, shares a bit on a recent blog she wrote titled The Three Magical Questions.    Using the book The Magic Question by Bart Baggett as her source and inspiration, Mary poses that the first magical question is; what's good and what's new?   "[This q...

Social media is not devoid of people, but did you ever think that social media was devoid of SOCIAL interactions? Amand Mundo, our fantastic social media expert, expressed her thoughts on the subject during a recent Q & A session.     Explaining that social media started as social but drifted once businesses began to see they could sell via posting rather than paid ads.  &n...

When it comes to success in business, nothing is more important than being able to close a sale.   But what if you feel uncomfortable, or just don't like selling?    Alison Proffit, the resident soulful sales expert, chatted about one of her favorite tools when it comes to selling; breathing!  Yep, that's right good old and out deep breathing.  While musing on this to...

What's the difference between budgeting and bookkeeping?    This question is the topic of LeAndra Foster's, our cash flow guru, most recent session. When chatting on the subject, she shared a story of a recent client.  "I had a client who recently told me, no, I don't think I need help with budgeting anymore, I'm just gonna hire a bookkeeper.  My question to her was, is your go...

From the mundane like, will I have revenue this month to the more irrational fears of no one likes me, Stephen Krausse knows a thing or two about facing fear. However, with more than 30 years of business ownership under his belt, Steve has a unique perspective on fear as he shares in this recent expert session.   Steve shares, "fear isn't something we need to overcome. So that's a misnom...

Stephen Krausse, our operations expert, shares his top three must have's in your business.    One- Possess a positive mindset.  "It's okay to make mistakes. And, and if you're going to do a business you're going to make them, and just learn to get right with it."  Two- Gather the experts in your corner.  "three experts, you should always have on tap, and one of them is a l...