Biz Women Rock

Today is all about something I am super passionate about...designing a schedule that works for YOU!  We are so often told that working MORE (and usually sleeping less) is the only way to business success.  We are also told that in order to have the success we want, we have to give up time with other things that are important to us - family, health, friends, fun hobbies.  Not true.

People cannot buy what they don’t understand!

So...What are you selling?

If your answer is "website services" or "branding" or "social media services," you’ve got a bit of work to do.  

Because in order to hit those goals you just identified for your business, you need to be VERY CLEAR ON THE HOW.

What can people buy from you?  

I call this your OFFERING.

In January 2019, I did a Facebook Live series inside our private Facebook Community called Plan Your Big 2019.  Over 5 days, I talked about simple steps you could take to do ensure you had your biggest year yet in business.

I know we hear about productivity so much and how being more productive is how we will ultimately be successful in business. But sometimes, all that lip service about productivity can detach us from what it actually looks like to be productive in your business!

That’s why I’m bringing the amazing Nicole Carver on the show today. She’s sharing a total of 8 productivity hacks that she has intentionally implemented over the past year that have helped her grow significantly!

It’s going to take you all of 5 seconds to fall in love with Luann Nigara.  She’s a brilliant woman entrepreneur who’s been running Window Works, a company that provides custom window and awning treatments, for over 30 years.  In that time, she and her two partners - her husband and her cousin - have grown to 3 locations in New Jersey (and then retracted back into their one hub store), managed a growing team and dealt with just about every entrepreneurial experience along the way.

Dawn Fraser blew my mind on today’s episode and I know you’ll feel the same way after listening.  Because we’re not just talking about “how to be a better speaker” or “how to build a speaking business,” we’re talking about storytelling.  The art of a story...of your story...and how infusing your marketing, your website, your talks and your conversations with YOUR STORY is a seriously powerful way to grow your business.

I’ve been a fan of the Boss-Mom podcast for awhile now and I knew I had to get its host and Founder of the Boss Mom Movement, Dana Malstaff on my podcast to share her wisdom with you.  Truthfully, we could have just recorded our pre-interview bantering about all things business and it would have given you a fly-on-the-wall view of how passionate, serious and strategic we both are at growing our businesses.

After spending a week in Italy with Vegan Chef Leslie Durso, there was no way I could NOT bring her on the podcast!  Leslie describes herself as a “level 5 Vegan,” meaning that she’s intense about all things vegan - no meat, no dairy, no animal byproducts, plant based...the whole package.   But I would expand her description and tell you that she is a Level 5 Human Being.

I’ve had the pleasure of watching the incredible growth of my friend Lauren Davenport for years now.  Her company Symphony Agency is in my backyard (Tampa/St. Petersburg) and I’ve seen her go from a solo service provider to running a multi 7 figure business with 20+ employees.  Symphony Agency (http://symphonyagency.com) is a full service marketing company that provides innovative strategies and implementation for their clients, both digitally and traditionally. 

But it didn’t start that way.

This episode will be soul food for you.  Cathy Heller and I are discussing the truth about the business journey not from the vantage point of strategy or how-to.  But from the heart. From the space of knowing that you are unique and have a purpose here in this world unlike anyone else’s and how to be on that journey of discovery in the most beautiful way.  Oh yeah...we’re going deep.