Business Made Simple with Donald Miller

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What's Business Made Simple with Donald Miller about?

Welcome to the Business Made Simple Podcast where we coach you to build your business like an airplane. The cockpit is your leadership. The body is your overhead. The right engine is your marketing. The left engine is your sales. The wings are your products and the fuel tanks are your cash flow.

If you build the six parts of your business correctly it will fly far and fast. Every week we help a business owner just like you optimize their airplane.

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03.20.2023 #116: How to Boost Your Sales (Without Being a Pushy Salesperson) Great news for all small business owners out there! "How to Grow Your Small Business" is now available and it's filled with practical tips and strategies to help you take your business to the next level. To celebrate our launch, ...
03.13.2023 #115: How to Turbocharge Your Marketing Engine and Generate More Cash Flow Great news for all small business owners out there! "How to Grow Your Small Business" is now available and it's filled with practical tips and strategies to help you take your business to the next level. To celebrate our launch, ...
03.06.2023 #114: Why Most Mission Statements Fail (and How to Avoid the Pitfalls) Are you ready to take your small business to the next level? Don't miss our upcoming Business Growth Bootcamp, featuring world-renowned marketers and business leaders: Donald Miller, Dr. J.J. Peterson, and special guest Amy Porterfield! This 3-hour livestream event on ...
02.27.2023 #113: Take These Six Steps to Double Your Revenue To celebrate the arrival of our new book, How to Grow Your Small Business, we’re hosting our first ever Business Growth Bootcamp on April 4, 2023. In this livestream event, you’ll get 3 action-packed hours of advice from some of ...
02.20.2023 #112: Why Virtual Assistants Are Game-Changers for Entrepreneurs What if you could grow your small business on autopilot? Our new tool will show you how! Access our free PDF compiling all parts of the plane– the steps you need to grow your small business–into one place so you ...
02.13.2023 #111: Amy Porterfield—Real Talk on Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur What if you could grow your small business on autopilot? Our new tool will show you how! Access our free PDF compiling all parts of the plane– the steps you need to grow your small business–into one place so you ...
02.06.2023 #110: How to Quit Your Job & Start a Coaching Business What if you could grow your small business on autopilot? Our new tool will show you how! Access our free PDF compiling all parts of the plane– the steps you need to grow your small business–into one place so you ...
01.30.2023 #109: Cameron Herold—How to Hire a Great “Second in Command” One of the hardest parts of building a business is hiring the right people. This becomes even more challenging when you’re looking to hire a second in command. You need someone you can trust on a deep level and someone ...
01.23.2023 #108: Alex Hormozi—Surviving the Looming Economic Storm Concerns about the economy are on the rise as the U.S. hit the debt limit last Thursday. If the “extraordinary measures” taken by the Treasury Department aren’t enough, it could create a financial nightmare for many Americans – including small ...
01.16.2023 #107: How to Have Your Best Year Yet in 2023 What if you could look back on 2023 and say that it was the best, most fun, and rewarding year you’ve ever had? For many of us, our life looks almost the same year after year. No big goals reached, ...
01.09.2023 #106: Why “Work-Life Balance” Isn’t Working For You If you feel like you’ve been trying to achieve “work-life balance” for years and never experiencing it, you’re not alone. Most business leaders have a hard time shutting off work and finding time to focus on other things like time ...
01.02.2023 #105: How to Scale Your Business Without Burning Out Your Team Is your highest business expense people’s salaries? If so, managing people and productivity is vital to your company’s ability to scale. If you want to make your business operationally effective, there are only two options: you either have to decrease ...
12.28.2022 BONUS: Marketing Made Simple Podcast—The Best Takeaways From This Year's Top Episodes (Part 2) Continue to position your marketing and messaging for success heading in the new year with Part 2 of our Marketing Mixtape. In this bonus episode, J.J. and April continue calling out the best marketing takeaways from this year to help ...
12.26.2022 #104: Top Business Growth Hacks of 2022 Running a business can be exhausting and complex. As a business owner, you have to think about every aspect of your business including sales, finances, marketing, product development, and so much more! If you don’t take a step back every ...
12.21.2022 BONUS: Marketing Made Simple Podcast—The Best Takeaways From This Year's Top Episodes (Part 1) If you’re feeling overwhelmed closing out 2022, you’re not alone! Many business owners and marketers feel the weight of incomplete projects, initiatives that never got started, and stress from trying to keep up with the ever-changing landscape of digital marketing. ...
12.19.2022 #103: The Best Way to Increase Revenue in the New Year If your business didn’t make as much money as you thought it would in 2022, it’s time to perform a profitability audit. Instead of dumping more money into sales and marketing and hoping for better results, you need to take ...
12.12.2022 #102: How to Give an Inspiring Presentation No one wants to listen to a boring presentation – and no one wants to be a boring presenter! Yet so many presentations are either uninspiring or completely self-centered. If you fall into either of those ditches, your audience will ...
12.05.2022 #101: 5 Tips for Expanding if Your Business is at Max Capacity It’s exciting when your business reaches max capacity, but scaling your operation can be challenging. You have to continue to produce at high volume while figuring out how to build infrastructure to produce more. It can feel like a catch-22 ...
11.28.2022 #100: Do You Have a Service People Need, Yet Your Business Isn’t Growing? Are you frustrated with slow growth even though you have a service you know will help your customers? It’s frustrating when your business doesn’t take off, but it’s even more frustrating when you don’t know what you’re doing wrong! If ...
11.21.2022 #99: The Quickest Way to Grow Your Business If you’re looking to grow your business FAST, you might be surprised to learn that email marketing is one of the best ways to do that. But there’s a big problem: Most small business owners think they don’t have the ...
11.14.2022 #98: Should You Bring on Investors for Your Small Business? More often than not, small businesses need more money than their businesses are bringing in order to grow and scale. There are options like private equity, venture capital and loans that can help you take the next step. But how ...
11.07.2022 #97: How to Make More Money Without Creating New Products Do you have customers and a great product but aren’t seeing an increase in cash flow? You might be tempted to create a new product – which might be a good move. But before you do that, you should consider ...
10.31.2022 #96: There’s Been A Murder! How Did This Small Business Die? (Special Halloween Episode with Don & J.J.) Tune in for this special Halloween “whodunnit” murder mystery episode! Like so many small businesses, Penelope Featherbottom’s business has died. The doors have closed and all that’s left is the carnage of what used to be a thriving soap business. ...
10.24.2022 #95: Will Guidara—Why a Culture of Hospitality Matters for Every Business If you’ve ever thought that hospitality is only for… well, the hospitality industry… think again! Your customers are craving human connection more than ever – whether they’re staying in a hotel or buying a pair of socks. And genuine acts ...
10.17.2022 #94: The Secret to Optimizing and Pricing Your Products for Explosive Growth If you have a great line of products but don’t optimize, price and package them strategically, you are leaving money on the table. The truth is, 10% of your customers are willing to pay you 10 times more money if ...
10.10.2022 #93: Why Your Products Aren’t Selling and How to Fix It Do you have a great product that people need, but for some reason people aren’t buying it? This is a common problem when you’re just starting out or launching a new product. When customers are confused about the problem your ...
10.03.2022 #92: 5 Key Talking Points You Need to Close Deals Are you tired of losing sales because you’re fumbling over your words? Your customers deserve to know about your product and services – but unless you know how to communicate the value you offer, people won’t buy from you. Instead ...
09.26.2022 #91: Hate Selling? Here’s the Sales Framework You Need If you’re like most people, you hate being sold to – and you don’t enjoy selling to others, either! But as a small business owner, you have to sell to survive. Selling your products or services shouldn’t feel slimy or ...
09.19.2022 #90: Stop Getting Talked Over & Start Being Seen as a Leader Are you struggling to find confidence and step out of your comfort zone at work when it comes to growing as a leader and asking for what you want? Today's guest will show you how! In this episode, Donald Miller ...
09.12.2022 #89: 5 Ways to Protect Your Time (and Increase Revenue) Are you a leader or executive in your company? If so, you’re one of the biggest expenses in your business. You’re also one of the most sought-after people in your company. This creates a problem: you need to use your ...
09.05.2022 #88: Jason Feifer—How to Embrace Change and Be Adaptable Are you struggling to adapt to a recent change in your life or business? No matter what your personality type, research shows that people move through 4 stages when a massive disruption occurs: 1) Panic 2) Adaptation 3) New Normal ...
08.29.2022 #87: Should You Hire Someone Else to Run Your Company? If you started a company, you probably have the personality of an entrepreneur. Which means you don’t like running day-to-day operations! Visionaries are at their best when they can dream up ideas and launch new initiatives – not when they ...
08.22.2022 #86: Scale Your Startup With 90 Minute Workdays Are you looking to scale your startup? If you’re like most entrepreneurs, you have two major obstacles to growth: limited time and how to best differentiate your product in the marketplace. In today’s episode, Donald Miller coaches Anna Belle and ...
08.15.2022 #85: Leveraging the Power of Story to Grow Your Business (Donald Miller at Baylor University) Did you know that your brain spends 30% of its time daydreaming? But not when your mind is engaged in a story. When you’re emotionally connected to the plot points of a story, your brain focuses fully on that story. ...
08.08.2022 #84: How to Know if Your New Idea Might Actually Kill Your Business Entrepreneurs are wired to constantly come up with new ideas. But sometimes creative juices can cause your business to get pulled in multiple directions, making you a jack of all trades and a master of none. Even worse, it kills ...
08.01.2022 #83: How to Become an Authority in Your Niche Having trouble being seen as an authority in your niche? No matter what you’re selling, if you don’t position your products correctly, you’ll lose credibility and stunt the growth of your business. To own market share, you’re going to have ...
07.25.2022 #82: Recession-Proof Your Business Using this Marketing Checklist The economy has many business owners on edge. How can you recession-proof your company? One key way is to make sure your marketing is strong and effective. The right marketing strategy has the power to make your business thrive and ...
07.18.2022 #81: How You Can Create a Subscription Model for Your Business What if you had recurring revenue that covered most (if not all) of your monthly expenses? Anything on top of that would be pure profit. If your business is seasonal or has a highly fluctuating monthly cash flow, a subscription ...
07.11.2022 #80: How to Reinvest Your Profit to Fuel Growth When you have extra money in the bank, you should reinvest it in your company. But how do you know where to invest when there are many areas that need attention? Instead of sitting on your profit with uncertainty or ...
07.04.2022 #79: Pivot Your Products to Break Out of a Revenue Rut Is your business stuck making the same revenue as last year? No matter what industry you’re in, expanding or changing a product or service could be the boost you need. A strategic pivot can help you tap into a new ...
06.27.2022 #78: Jenna Kutcher—The Risk of Authenticity Many business owners find their personalities are tightly bound to their company's marketing, especially thanks to social media. On one hand, this can allow your customers to feel a connection to you and your brand. However, it also can act ...
06.20.2022 #77: How to Buy a Company You Didn't Start What would you do if your boss gave you the opportunity to buy the company? It's a huge decision, and hard to know where to even begin evaluating if it's a good investment for you. Today's episode will give you ...
06.13.2022 #76: The Right Way to Scale as a Consultant As a consultant, customers are paying for your expertise. The problem is how can you scale if your business model limits your services to one-on-one interactions? You could charge more but that's only a temporary fix. What's the long term ...
06.06.2022 #75: How to Tell Your Story Without Playing the Hero You've heard us say it over and over again: your marketing should invite your customers into a story where they are the hero. And this means focusing on their story instead of telling your own. But we're going to let ...
05.30.2022 #74: Choosing Your Next Strategic Initiative When it comes to growing your business, it's easy to fill up a list with potential great ideas. What's hard is deciding which ones to implement and when, especially if you only have the time and money to go with ...
05.23.2022 #73: Why Your Non-Profit Isn’t Growing One of the questions we get asked the most at Business Made Simple is "Can you apply these frameworks to help grow nonprofits?" The simple answer: YES! And in today's episode, Donald Miller will show you how as he coaches ...
05.16.2022 #72: Tim Schurrer—The Right Way to Quit Starting and growing a business can't happen in a vacuum. You need supporting players to help foster your dream into a reality. But what happens when the people you brought on to grow your company decide they want to leave? ...
05.09.2022 #71: Confusing Marketing Could Be Killing Your Business Your website is the front door to your business, and you only have a few seconds to win over a customer before they either engage with your brand or move on. That's why it's crucial that your website is clear ...
05.02.2022 #70: Amy Porterfield—How to Start a Successful Business From Scratch As a business owner, starting a business from nothing can feel like solving an impossible mystery. But with the right frameworks and insight you can remove that mystery to create a business not only survives, but thrives. Today we've brought ...
04.25.2022 #69: How to Grow a Successful Business as an Artist Many artists don't believe they're competent at business or feel thinking about their art as a business might cheapen it. But whether you're an author, painter, musician or produce any other type of creative work, without steady cash flow, it's ...

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