Business Secrets Podcast

Plenty of people work hard. They toil and struggle. In fact, they're so set in their ways that they know nothing else. Yes, many people work hard and hustle. But true success is not just about the so-called hustle. It boils down to not just working hard, but also working smart.

You have to take a step back from your business and put the right people and systems in place to truly scale exponentially. That's what it takes to achieve true success in any endeavor.

Whenever anything is foreign to us and we feel like it's out of the ordinary or strange to do something, we feel like imposters. In fact, this is a natural phenomenon. When you partake in a new achievement-based tasked, and it's new to you, you'll feel like an imposter.

You'll feel like you don't fit in. Like you're not good enough, smart enough, funny enough, or whatever. That's just the psychology of the mind. However, achieving anything big means pushing through those uncomfortable feelings.

One important concept in business is the lifetime value of any customer. By understanding the average value in real dollars and cents that a customer brings to the table, you'll further understand how much money you can spend to acquire that customer.

However, this is also about finding ways to increase things like retention and average dollar amount spent on an order. In this podcast episode, we explore this term and how to best leverage it in your business to grow and scale.

Sometimes, we have to go against all odds. Whether it's in business or your personal life, when they chips are stacked against you, there's always more on the line. However, why is it that some people thrive in these situations where others throw in the towel?

In this podcast episode, we explore what it means to go against all odds no matter what you're striving for. The truth is that human beings are made to thrive, not just survive. If you're in survival mode, it's time to kick it into high gear.

The question that arises most time is this. Is the customer always right? What happens when customers complain? How do you deal with unruly customers who feel like they've been wronged or scammed or didn't receive the right amount of value from whatever product, service or information that you're peddling?

In this podcast, we address the unruly customer. Tune in to find out how you can best deal with individuals who feel dissatisfied in any way, shape or form from whatever it is you've sold them.

In business and in life, the stories you tell yourself create your reality. The truth is that it's all in your mind. Whatever life you're living today is a result of the thoughts you think on a constant and on-going basis. That's the underlying tenet of all things.

Everything is thought based. It's all in your mind. So it when it comes to growing and scaling your business, your mind is the greatest tool you can have. It's also a tool that can hold you back.

Do not wait. The time will never be just right. Heard that before? It's a quote from George Herbert. And no truer words have been spoken. We often wait for the perfect time to launch some initiative or start some new 'thing' but that perfect time will never come so you have to start somewhere.

When you start, you build momentum. And it pushes you forward to improve and expand upon what you're building. In this episode we explore the concept of not waiting for the right time to start anything in business

Most entrepreneurs are lost when it comes to selling. They try to sell too hard. They pitch at every corner, when, in fact, the real path to profit in business is through conversational marketing. The truth is that stories sell. Understanding and leveraging any on-going conversation, whether it's your story, or the story of someone else, is the most powerful form of marketing.

But what is conversational marketing and how do you engage in it? In this episode, we take a deep-dive into this topic.

You know the drill, right? In business, you get in the habit of paying for everything. There are expenses everywhere. Payroll. Inventory. Warehousing. Taxes. You name it. It's there. So what happens when you don't have enough money left to continue growing and expanding? Or, if you're just starting out, what if you can't find the capital to launch?

The truth? Capital to launch or scale a business does not come cheap and there are other, non-traditional and highly creative ways forward.

The user experience is crucial when it comes to doing anything in business. Not just online. Offline also. However, what does it mean to focus on the user experience? Search engines like Google care acutely about your website's user experience, but that isn't the only thing that matters.

The user experience has to do with the customer journey. From start to finish and beyond. How effectively do you communicate? How much value do you add? And so on. In this podcast episode we explore this topic.