Financial and Lifestyle Freedom for UK Business Owners podcast

04.24.2023

How to Retain More Clients by Understanding Your Churn

If you've observed a decline in the frequency of one or two customers purchasing your products or services, it may indicate that they have churned. While most businesses face churn, it's essential to keep track of it. Research suggests that...

04.21.2023

My Morning Routine

As a business owner and a mother of two, my morning routine has to involve my family. I value family time, so I'm always there to help my children get ready for school and eat breakfast together. I've tried...

04.17.2023

How to Understand if Trade Debtors Are Damaging Your Business

Simply having numerous customers who owe significant debts does not necessarily equate to a successful business. In fact, it can be detrimental, particularly to the cash flow. Therefore, although offering credit to customers can be beneficial, small business owners should...

04.14.2023

My favourite motto

Today's episode is about my favourite motto: trust your gut and understand the data. I explain the importance of both trusting your intuition and analyzing data when making business decisions. Resources: If you’re struggling to understand the accounting for your...

04.10.2023

Become Obsessed With Eliminating Bottlenecks in Your Business. Hint: That Might Be You

There are several bottlenecks business owners face and need to overcome in order to scale and grow their business to successful fruition. It is often said that some business owners themselves are the bottleneck of their business. That is why...

04.07.2023

Pricing and the cost of living crisis

In this episode, I discussed the current economic climate of slow wage growth and high inflation leading to the cost of living crisis situation. You will hear how this impacts businesses and why it is essential to understand the situation...

04.03.2023

3 Shifts to Move From 5 to 6 Figures

It is a common struggle for most small business owners to move up from the five-figure to six-figure revenue in their business and oftentimes, they can’t seem to move out of a revenue plateau being experienced in their business. As...

03.31.2023

The Hardest Lesson I’ve Had to Learn as a Business Owner

In this episode of from a Facebook Live, Annette shares her insights on the hardest lesson she had to learn as a small business owner. She discusses her experiences with hiring and firing, time management, and the importance of cash...

03.27.2023

Breakthrough the Revenue Plateau

Experiencing a plateau in business revenue can be a daunting and discouraging experience, particularly when it appears to be challenging to overcome. This is a common situation that many small business owners face, but the positive news is that there...

03.24.2023

What I’ve invested in to Grow my business (and what have been money leaks in hindsight)

Today's podcast is from a Facebook live where Annette Ferguson discusses her experiences with investments and money leaks in her business journey. She shares the good and bad choices she's made and offers valuable advice to help others avoid making...

03.20.2023

Pricing Red Flags

As a small business owner, you might fall into the trap of three common pricing mistakes in your efforts to attract or retain clients. Unfortunately, the outcome of such actions can lead to losing clients instead. By listening to this...

03.15.2023

Why You Should Only Ever Compete With Yourself?

Let’s face it, running a business is really daunting and looking at the direction of other businesses for comparison or trying to copy what they have done will bring you out of focus in your own business. When you are...

03.06.2023

How I Banish Unproductive Time in My Business

Taking it from Annette’s personal experience, especially when you are starting with your business, there will be use of time that is not going to be productive for you and the business. In these Training Tuesday live sessions, Annette will...

03.03.2023

Why There Is Money in Knowing Your Ideal Client

Knowing who your ideal client is beneficial to you as a business owner because you can save time, money and effort with a targeted market. Of course there are some industries where they can cater to all kinds of clients...

02.27.2023

How to Be Consistently Visible to Increase Profit

Do you know why big companies consistently buy air time for their advertising in TV programs and even in online shows on YouTube? They do this so that people will remember their brand, causing more people to purchase more from...

02.24.2023

Why Your Background Doesn't Determine Your Wealth

Usually when you are a small business owner, people are quick to judge that you came from a working class family or you came from poverty. In that case, however, that is not something to be ashamed of, instead it...

02.20.2023

How to Make Money Without Losing Yourself

When you have a small business, you want to make sure that you are overseeing your business personally and probably doing so many tasks that can completely overwhelm you. Before you know it, you have totally forgotten how to take...

02.10.2023

Simplify Your Path to Profits

As a small business owner, it is very easy to be sidetracked in the day to day operations of your business, because being small you may be doing several capacities in your business. This often leads to forgetting important aspects...

02.06.2023

Automate Growth in Your Business

Implementing automation in your business processes can benefit a lot for your business in terms of productivity and efficiency. Automation is highly encouraged especially on tasks that are done on a repetitive cycle, on tasks that aid in marketing campaigns,...

02.03.2023

Conquer Overwhelm and Get REAL Results

Running a business can overwhelm us and if we don’t know how to combat it, the results can be detrimental to your business. You as the business owner are the most important asset of the business and as such must...

01.30.2023

If I Had £1,000 to Start a Business, Here’s Where I’d Spend It

When starting a business, you have to make sure that the money you’re spending on, is what you really need to get you moving. Say if you have £1,000 that you can spend to start a business, you don’t want...

01.27.2023

Guarantee Your Goals

We can all set goals, but if we don’t take action on those goals, it will remain just goals. For you to achieve your goals and guarantee that you will succeed, there are four key strategies that you can follow,...

01.25.2023

Bounce Back From Failures

All businesses go through some kind of failure many times over. Bigger and well known companies go through the same and in a much bigger context of failures. The key here is to have that resilience and never give up. ...

01.20.2023

Top 5 Pillars for Success

Whether you are just starting out or already operating your small business, these tips from Annette will prove to be helpful as you gear up for your business success. Not only are they practical, but they will be your guide...

01.16.2023

Rituals of 6 and 7 Figure Business Owners

Business owners have their personal and business life, too and when they don’t know how to properly allocate their time, most likely either the business or family gets affected. In this episode, Annette will show you some of her rituals...

01.13.2023

How I Plan My Strategy to Make Sure I Hit My Money Goals

All of us have money goals and we want that there is enough cash flow for our take home pay that we can spend on necessary things, save up for a planned vacation or for a big purchase. There are...

01.09.2023

How Do I Maximise My Time During Slow Seasons of Business

As I have always said, there will always be busy and slow seasons in a business and how you make use or manage your time in those seasons can greatly affect your business growth. It is an opportune time during...

01.06.2023

How Can I Overcome Peaks and Valleys in My Income

As a business owner, it is really hard to be looking at your business experiencing highs and lows? It is not a very good feeling and perhaps you may be contemplating whether to push forward or close the business all...

01.02.2023

How to Intentionally Create Freedom, One Decision at a Time

As business owners, we all have a natural desire for freedom. Whether it's financial freedom, freedom from stress and anxiety, or the freedom to pursue our passions and interests, we all want to feel a sense of autonomy and...

12.28.2022

Remote And Mobile Teams 101

As a small business owner, you know that a remote team can be an essential part of your company. In this episode, I'm going to show you how to manage a remote team and get the most out of them....

12.19.2022

How to Start Making Then TAKING 6 Figures

In this episode, I'm going to share with you the steps you need to take in order to make six figures and then bring that money home. As I mentioned, this is a big claim, but one that many gurus...

12.12.2022

How To Create Predictable And Profitable Growth For Your Business

I'm sure you've read Jack Welch's quote, “If you have any kind of success in this business, it'll be a run away train.” He was talking about the growth phase of a company. When exponential growth becomes the new normal...

11.28.2022

4 Tips That Will Help You Grow Your Business

Growing your business, regardless of its size, may be challenging. This does not have any special formula and cannot be done overnight. It is an ongoing process that must be maintained with hard work, concentration, and determination. There are things...

11.25.2022

How to Get Real Result in Your Business by Conquering the Chaos

Whether you are a startup or an established business, you will face challenges. You will experience being trapped in your business and may struggle to keep yourself moving. Now, the real question is, how do you make the most of...

11.21.2022

5 Steps That You Can Take To Get Things Moving

Getting things going is one of the many things that people struggle with. Creating momentum, especially in business, becomes difficult as it progresses. But it is not as difficult as you might think. Being organized and beginning to set clear...

11.11.2022

Six Simple Steps to Control and Reduce Your Inbox Stress

In this digital age, email, text messaging,and the use of other messaging applications are some of the means of communication. It is important to be organized and be on top of those messages that come through. Annette will share with...

11.04.2022

Redefining Success

Success is a very subjective term, and its meaning differs for different people. Annette will share with us what success means and how you can achieve it in your own business. First, you have to define what success really means...

10.31.2022

When Is the Right Time to Start a Business

Are you planning to start your business? Having second thoughts? You are probably thinking if it is the right time for you to start a business. There are a few things that you need to consider before starting your journey...

10.28.2022

How to Find the Right Business Model

Business models are fundamental in all types of businesses. This should be the best fit for your business. In order to know what might fit in your business, you have to ask yourself some questions that answer what you are...

10.24.2022

How to Raise Your Prices and Increase Your Profits Without Losing Any Clients

In this episode, Annette will teach how to raise your prices and increase your profits without losing any of your clients. She will clear some of the misconceptions about increasing your rate such as people will not buy from you...

10.21.2022

Leverage Time in Your Business

Time is one of the most crucial elements in business that every business owner should fully grasp. Failure to understand the importance of time in business would cost a lot and it can cause you to fall behind your competition....

10.14.2022

How to Get Your Income Unstuck

As a business owner, you have to make sure that you are receiving your income regularly. This is a process that should be done with continuity so as not to be stuck on your business. With this, increasing your income...

10.10.2022

Key Strategies to Avoid Becoming One of Those Failure Statistics

80% of businesses fail in the first couple of years and beyond three to five years, statistics become worse. But the good news is that over 90% of Self Made Millionaires do so through their own business. There are risks...

10.07.2022

How to Think Like a CEO to Grow Your Business Faster

Starting your own business or owning a company does not stop there. You have to properly strategize on how you can grow and succeed in your business. As a CEO, you must have control over every aspect of your company....

10.03.2022

Why It’s Important to Look at Pricing Regularly in Your Business?

Appropriate pricing is important in your business as it may also be related to the value of the service or product that you offer to your client and prospects. This is one of the things that you have to decide...

09.26.2022

What Does the Mini-Budget Mean for Small Business

In building your own business, there are things that you have to prepare. Your website, physical store, or office, hiring employees that will be an asset to your business, and so much more. On top of that, there should be...

09.23.2022

You Drop Everything and Run Plan

A business continuity plan is vital in every business. Creating a business continuity plan creates awareness and reduces risks for inevitable situations. A business owner must prepare this plan as it can practically help your business be prepared for different...

09.16.2022

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