Are you a good time off taker? Are you able to turn off your phone and get present with the people and experiences, or do you feel ancy, agitated and anxiety wondering what you are missing and what messes will await you when you return? Most business owners I meet are TERRIBLE at taking real time off and it is actually hurting their businesses more than they realize.

Join me on this week's episode as I share my recent journey to rest and rejuvenation after taking 12 days off (and not just "entrepreneur off", but "off, off".)  I share insights on how we can gracefully step away from our businesses to recharge, and why it is SO important to do so for enhanced productivity and creativity. 

Learn practical strategies I used to disconnect from technology, set boundaries, and delegated tasks to ensure a seamless break while maintaining business momentum and ease of re-entry.

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Brand new training just dropped 🧨 and it's FREE! Get the three-part video series: 3 Ways to Sell → click here ←

Pick up your copy of the Amazon best selling book 📖 "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

Deb Mazzaferro (aka Coach Maz) has been in the CPG industry for decades and she shares her insights and wisdom in a conversation we had together recently. With vast experience with legacy brands, importers, start-ups, brokers and distributors, she has a lot we can learn from when navigating the industry. From who you want on your "board of directors" to how she would use data to build a CPG business if she were to do it now.

She has a great book all about trade show prep and success too. Get the book here and use code SKPOD for 20% off. 

🎄The Holiday Ready Bootcamp 🎄kicks off August 11th! Get your holiday plan done and access over $300 in bonuses including 2 months in Fuel membership. → Use code HRBPODCAST75 to see $75 and get bootcamp access today! ←

Not sure about the bootcamp? Get your free Holiday Ready Checklist here.

Brand new training just dropped 🧨 and it's FREE! Get the three-part video series: 3 Ways to Sell → click here ←

Pick up your copy of the Amazon best selling book 📖 "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

Our brain loves a great routine and it's important that as things shift in our lives that we take some time as CEOs of our business to re-evaluate them and make decisions ahead of time to set ourselves up for success. Often we just let the seasons run us and run us over instead of setting up systems and routines that shift with the needs of the season. 

In today's episode, I share with you when to re-evaluate your routines and some practical tips for planning out a successful season so you feel in the drivers seat and make more money in your business. 

🎄The Holiday Ready Bootcamp 🎄kicks off August 11th! Get your holiday plan done and access over $300 in bonuses including 2 months in Fuel membership. → Use code HRBPODCAST75 to see $75 and get bootcamp access today! ←

Not sure about the bootcamp? Get your free Holiday Ready Checklist here.

Brand new training just dropped 🧨 and it's FREE! Get the three-part video series: 3 Ways to Sell → click here ←

Pick up your copy of the Amazon best selling book 📖 "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

There's a lot of ways to do business and a lot of people telling you how you "should" do it "right". The truth is that there is no ONE way and there is no RIGHT timeframe for success. The whole reason you got into business is probably to have more time and money freedom and to chart your own course and then it's easy to start comparing yourself to others and conclude that you are doing it "wrong".  

I hope this episode gives you a sense of freedom and release from the "shoulds". A business, if it is to last longterm, needs to fit into your life, not the other way around. You have permission to do it the best way - your way. 

🎄The Holiday Ready Bootcamp 🎄kicks off August 11th! Get your holiday plan done and access over $300 in bonuses including 2 months in Fuel membership. → Use code HRBPODCAST75 to see $75 and get bootcamp access today! ←

Not sure about the bootcamp? Get your free Holiday Ready Checklist here.

Brand new training just dropped 🧨 and it's FREE! Get the three-part video series: 3 Ways to Sell → click here ←

Pick up your copy of the Amazon best selling book 📖 "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

Do you want to run and hide when people start talking about AI and using it in your business? I kinda do...it's a little overwhelming and feels hard. My guest today, Dax Hammon of FOMO.ai,  is an expert on the topic and he is going to blow your mind with where AI is going and how fast things are changing. He sent me a video as well so you can SEE what he is talking about and I posted on the YouTube channel here. 

We can either embrace ai and the future or fall behind. I'm committing to you to help us get in front of it to help us all succeed in our businesses. 

🎄The Holiday Ready Bootcamp 🎄kicks off August 11th! Get your holiday plan done and access over $300 in bonuses including 2 months in Fuel membership. → Use code HRBPODCAST75 to see $75 and get bootcamp access today! ←

Not sure about the bootcamp? Get your free Holiday Ready Checklist here.

Brand new training just dropped 🧨 and it's FREE! Get the three-part video series: 3 Ways to Sell → click here ←

Pick up your copy of the Amazon best selling book 📖 "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

When we understand human nature and how to tap into powerful persuasive techniques, not out of manipulation, but simply to help people be more open to buying from you, everyone wins! The reciprocity principle is something we touched on in the Up Level Workshop and I expand on more here. It is one of the most deeply ingrained principles in humans and it can open the door to increased sales with more fun and ease!

🎄The Holiday Ready Bootcamp 🎄kicks off August 11th! Get your holiday plan done and access over $300 in bonuses including 2 months in Fuel membership. → Use code HRBPODCAST75 to see $75 and get bootcamp access today! ←

Not sure about the bootcamp? Get your free Holiday Ready Checklist here.

Brand new training just dropped 🧨 and it's FREE! Get the three-part video series: 3 Ways to Sell → click here ←

Pick up your copy of the Amazon best selling book 📖 "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

Advertising on social media can feel pretty overwhelming and a lot of people burn through a lot of money to figure it out (or never figure it out). My guest today, Zach Spuckler of Heart, Soul & Hustle helps entrepreneurs figure this whole advertising thing with ease (if I can learn it, you can too) and focuses them on the one type of ad that actually works on a small budget and gets BIG results: Lead Ads.

Get Zach's Lead Ads Bootcamp here for just $25. You will be AMAZED at what you can do quite easily on a small budget. And check out my Lead Ads training in Fuel VIP for members. Members are getting leads for less than $1 and turning them into loyal, long-term customers! 

🎄The Holiday Ready Bootcamp 🎄kicks off August 11th! Get your holiday plan done and access over $300 in bonuses including 2 months in Fuel membership. → Use code HRBPODCAST75 to see $75 and get bootcamp access today! ←

Not sure about the bootcamp? Get your free Holiday Ready Checklist here.

Brand new training just dropped 🧨 and it's FREE! Get the three-part video series: 3 Ways to Sell → click here ←

Pick up your copy of the Amazon best selling book 📖 "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

Sales people gets a pretty bad rap (think used car salesman stereotype) and how however you think about "sales" is affecting your revenue in your business. I can give you strategies all day long (as Danny and I are doing in the Up Level Workshop), but it's at least as important to also change your mindset around sales and become a great sales person. 

In today's podcast, I share with you four mindset shifts you can make that are backed up by science. The beauty is that they are simple to do,  cost you nothing and will increase your sales with practice - then combine them with the strategies in the workshop and you are on your way to a profitable business!

🎄The Holiday Ready Bootcamp 🎄kicks off August 11th! Get your holiday plan done and access over $300 in bonuses including 2 months in Fuel membership. → Use code HRBPODCAST75 to see $75 and get bootcamp access today! ←

Not sure about the bootcamp? Get your free Holiday Ready Checklist here.

Brand new training just dropped 🧨 and it's FREE! Get the three-part video series: 3 Ways to Sell → click here ←

Pick up your copy of the Amazon best selling book 📖 "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

Becoming a badass CEO with a successful business doesn't happen overnight (I wish!). Instead, one day you wake up different after weeks, months and even years of stringing together small decisions and actions that are a vote for the person you want to be.

A badass is someone who follows through on what (and when) he or she says it will be done, takes action even when it feels scary and increases their capacity for failure (aka learning). 

In January, I challenged the Fuel community to a 30 day discipline challenge we lovingly 🧡 refer to as the Badass30. Founders who took up the challenge had 45 days to complete 5 small rules every day for 30 days in a row. I give extra time, because if you fail on any one rule, you start over....most people had to start over at least once. 

On today's podcast, meet the three women, Kerrieann of Good Gate, Amber of Daddy's Homemade and Genevieve of The Woolly Spoke, who are now officially a badass!

Get inspired by their stories of how this challenge changed them and their businesses. If they can do it, you can too!  

🎄The Holiday Ready Bootcamp 🎄kicks off August 11th! Get your holiday plan done and access over $300 in bonuses including 2 months in Fuel membership. → Use code HRBPODCAST75 to see $75 and get bootcamp access today! ←

Not sure about the bootcamp? Get your free Holiday Ready Checklist here.

Brand new training just dropped 🧨 and it's FREE! Get the three-part video series: 3 Ways to Sell → click here ←

Pick up your copy of the Amazon best selling book 📖 "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

Danny and I love farmers markets as one of the first places for brands to go, but did you know that many brands continue with the market sales channel because it makes really good business sense? And it doesn't mean you have to do them all! Danny of Peak State Coffee is doing just this and using markets to fund his business while also taking 2 months off last summer!

In today's episode we discuss the three reasons to lean into the sales channel, some tips to get accepted and the upcoming Up Level workshop we are delivering on March 27th live (or get the replay). Register at https://www.foodbizsuccess.com/uplevel. 

🎄The Holiday Ready Bootcamp 🎄kicks off August 11th! Get your holiday plan done and access over $300 in bonuses including 2 months in Fuel membership. → Use code HRBPODCAST75 to see $75 and get bootcamp access today! ←

Not sure about the bootcamp? Get your free Holiday Ready Checklist here.

Brand new training just dropped 🧨 and it's FREE! Get the three-part video series: 3 Ways to Sell → click here ←

Pick up your copy of the Amazon best selling book 📖 "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business