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We're all in business to make sales, but have you ever thought about HOW you're making those sales? What's the process? How are you finding leads and talking to them? Do you manage a whole sales team?  

Police officers don't make a lot of money, so they try to find consistent, part-time work. The problem is, how do they find it?  As the wife of a police officer, Stacey knows how special the work-life balance is. Off duty officers look for part-time work to supplement their income, but there was no real organized system for them to find work.  Stacey created Point Blank Safety, the first ever part-time booking system for off-duty cops looking for extra work. They can work security, contracting sites and many others kinds of placements that suit their skills.   The best entrepreneurs are the ones who solve a real problem, close to their heart. When your pain spurs you to find a solution, that's real entrepreneurship.

Why don't more women run their own business?  Is it because they haven't been taught how? Or maybe they don't have the entrepreneurial spirit?   Working for business leaders all over the world for the past 10 years, Darine BenAmara noticed something very important - women did not know enough about business. It was always the men she worked for who were brokering deals, growing their brands and making money. The women she worked with, while successful, never worked for themselves or grew their brands.   Now she teaches female entrepreneurs of all kinds how to work for themselves with her company The Smart Woman. Come join me as I speak to Darine about the future of women in business and her mission of supporting women as business leaders.

Do you have a REAL business strategy? Do you know what it looks like? Is there a plan in place? Learn to develop a real strategy with a Marketing & Sales Strategist.   Many new business owners have a vision and ambition, but no real plan. There's no path for growth and no milestones to achieve. Hard work and willpower alone are not enough.

Join me as I speak to Canada's own singer/songwriter, Nat Jay. Nat’s music has had over 30 placements in film and TV, on networks around the world like MTV, ABC, and Nickelodeon. She’s won a ton of awards, including SOCAN’s Songwriter of the Year. Her work in the industry has taught her a lot about the business of music, and some of the ups and downs that come with it.

Does the word "sales" scare you? It scares a lot of people. But it doesn't have to be, like anything, you can find joy in your work.

This week, I interviewed Donnie Boivin. Donnie has lived a very interesting life, from his time with the Marines, to his very extensive sales career and now building his own community of entrepreneurs, which he calls Success Champions. He now helps up and coming entrepreneurs to network with each other and find great opportunities of their own. He’s a mentor and friend and has a ton of insight to grow your brand.

This week, I interviewed a great Canadian designer, Cam Schreiner. Cam works for Vancouver based agency Hiioite where he does some amazing work. Cam likes to bring a human touch to his work, literally inviting the people he’s working for into the project, so they become people he’s work with. He believes that when you collaborate and really listen, great things happen.

Jump in! Doing business with others is like swimming in a pool, so forget sticking a toe in. You've got to do a cannonball in the deep end!