Help! My Business is Growing

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! One of the biggest weapons in your marketing arsenal is copywriting, and it uses words, images, and video to tell the world about your products and services.  It tells your story, evokes emotions, and engages attention as it ultimately persuades, influences, and convinces your audience to buy. Sounds easy enough, but it's not. Excellent and effective...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! One quality that many successful growing businesses share is that they have engaged leaders who like to ask employees questions about what's happening in their company.  For these leaders, failure or missteps are opportunities to learn. And they use these lessons as a guide to help their teams improve operations, products, and services.  However, to...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Hiring the right people is the biggest challenge to successful and sustainable growth for many companies. Putting the right people into the correct positions is crucial to the health of your business - and, of course, your employees too.  When employees are in the right seats, working within their expertise or zone of genius, they stay happy, engaged, and...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Happy employees are motivated employees: They'll help your company achieve its business goals faster and drive revenues up.  And while there are tons of project management, chat, and time tracking tools out there to help increase team productivity, these tools can't do it alone. They need your help! And one of the best ways to do so is to establ...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Team meetings are an integral part of every business. They're a venue for your employees to bond, exchange ideas, and collaborate to help hit your business goals. They also give you, the founder, a transparent platform to share news, updates, and plans about the business and your industry, and to give and receive feedback.  But sadly, not everyone is...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! When running a business, you're busy keeping an eye on its finances, ensuring stable production, and implementing your sales and marketing campaigns for its continued growth. This approach makes complete fiscal sense, and it focuses on aspects of the business that will keep it healthy and sustainable. But what about your Human Resources (HR)? Is it s...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Behind every successful growing business is a vibrant and motivated team that works together to make it happen. And while founders and managers hope that employees get along with each other, this is sadly not always the case.  Employee-related issues are part of any organization. Either conflict arises, they may not meet company expectations, or they are...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Being a leader is no easy feat.  You're always "doing" because of the never-ending list of things to accomplish in your quest to hit all the KPIs or goals. It gets even more challenging during times of change and uncertainty.  You have to grow your business successfully, but you also need to ensure that your most valuable company resource,...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! As the owner of a growing business, you're probably extremely busy, juggling to complete all the tasks and projects you currently have underway. To avoid unnecessary heartache and stress, using a proper project management system can help you stay on top of everything that needs to be done. It allows you to conceptualize, outline and implement the ste...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Many businesses struggle to craft and deliver the right message for their target audience. Unfortunately, this struggle also has a very real impact on the financial health of a company. Poor messaging will not just confuse and possibly alienate the intended audience, but it is also equivalent to wasting money on a lot of marketing tactics that won’t work....

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Many entrepreneurs start their businesses to create a better life for themselves, their families, and their community. But the reality is that as a business grows, so does your involvement in it. There are literally hundreds of things to do and decisions to make! Pretty soon, you're drowning in work; it's consuming all your time, effort, and ene...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Even if you think of taxes (both planning and paying them) as a "necessary evil," you can also make them work for you. Taking the time to plan your taxes and incorporating advanced tax strategies is a practical way to help your business save money. In this episode of Help! My Business Is Growing, Tax Planning Expert and CPA Ronica Brown share ho...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Breaking into the international market is a great way to expand your customer base and generate more revenue. It elevates you, your brand, and your business, but...it can be really complex. There are not just the legal and financial aspects to think through, but also cultural differences that you need to be aware of - a part of going global that can eithe...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Today, it is our smartphone, tablet, and computer webcams that allow us to connect with our teams as well as suppliers, clients, and sales prospects.  This is the current reality of our daily working lives, video calls and meetings are now the norms. And since we are keeping it real, distractions - whether you realize it or not - are now also part of your...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! It's easy to get lost in the blur of what needs to get done when you're running a growing business. You feel constantly pressed for time because at any given moment, there is another call to answer, meeting to attend, or fire to put out. The overwhelm is real, and many driven founders like you, who are goal-oriented and hell-bent on achieving su...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Running a business is a lot of work, and you and your team are probably extremely busy right now, making sure things keep moving and get done.  And that's how it is, right?  We need to stay busy and attend all the meetings because we think this will help the business succeed.  Well, not quite. If you and your employees are too busy to the point of ne...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! A productive workforce is the key to increasing the efficiency and profitability of your growing business.  It's a win-win situation when your team is productive and focuses on the right type of work: stress levels are lower, they can deal with customers better, they are motivated and satisfied, plus - things just get done!  However, many small busin...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Hiring the right people - and keeping them - is such a crucial piece in ensuring the success of your growing business. Bringing in people who will rock for your business from the get-go will improve efficiency, motivate colleagues and help your company take advantage of that growth.  On the other hand, a bad hire can be demoralizing, disruptive, mentally...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Data - specifically financial data - is vital to the financial health of your business. It provides you with the insights you need to make better business decisions, increase sales and profits, and productivity as well  - as long as you can make sense of it! Data overload or unclear data can get confusing. Choosing to ignore your financial data - or even...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Starting, growing, and sustaining a business is challenging, especially if you want to keep costs down. The last thing you want is for your business to grow at a rate where it won't be able to sustain itself.  Growing your business in a lean way ensures that it grows at a healthy and sustainable pace, increasing value and productivity and decreasing...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! New opportunities, increased revenue, and more employees are all signs of a growing business.  But for founders, an uptick in legal expenses is a sure sign of growth too. Bringing the right in-house counsel into your business delivers advantages, including knowing your business better and responding quickly to all your legal concerns and requirements. So...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Your salespeople play a crucial role in the growth of your business.  The more effective your sales team, the better it is for your company financially and otherwise. But how do you set up your new - or even existing - sales department for success? My guest Harry Spaight and I talk about the concept of "Selling with dignity" and why absorbing it...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Business innovation is usually defined as when a company comes up with something new - be it products and services - for the market.  However, innovation encompasses other things including new processes, new collaborations and partnerships and so much more.  So how should you, as a business owner, innovate? Where do you start? Where do you focus your effo...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! Setting up systems and processes are essential in driving business growth. Not only do they keep your operations efficient and organized, but they also directly affect your bottom line. In today's episode, my guests Meagan Ruppert & Athena Quinones, owners of Scale Business Consulting, reveal how your systems and processes are vital to sustainabl...

Comments? Suggestions? Text the show here! As your business grows and you start to hire dedicated salespeople, you're going to need a competitive commission plan.  Not only is it vital to your sales organization, but your commission structure also directly impacts your financial strategy. In today's episode, my guest Chris Michel brings over 30 years of sales and management experience to...