On the Profitable Joyful Consulting podcast, I teach you how to increase your profits and enjoy your business more. In this episode, you’ll learn about self-mastery and self-leadership with CK Lin. 

CK Lin helps entrepreneurs and high achievers get off the self-esteem roller coaster ride and create a life with more happiness, fulfillment and impact. The way he does that is by introducing new technologies to open the connection between the heart and the mind. 

In this episode, CK shares, “The organization you build is a direct reflection of who you are… if you have limiting beliefs on the individual basis, you'll be reflected upon and magnified, amplified within your organization.” 

I’m fascinated by CK’s holistic approach to this work and its applications for high-achieving entrepreneurs and consultants like my clients. Self-leadership is incredibly important, and it has huge potential to help entrepreneurs develop more self-confidence, access increased internal calm, get out of their comfort zones, and grow both their businesses and themselves as individuals.  

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Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SVlm29WsqL0 or listen on your favorite podcast app: https://enlightenedmarketing.com/podcast 

Connect with CK in his Noble Warrior Facebook Group:

 noblewarrior.com/group

On the Profitable Joyful Consulting podcast, I teach you how to increase your profits and enjoy your business more. In this episode, you’ll learn how to use visual communication effectively. 

Heather is a business strategy consultant, a graphic facilitator, and the best-selling author of Draw Your Big Idea. She was also the founder of Two Line Studios, which is a creative consulting and learning development studio. Heather founded Two Line Studios to help organizations unleash their creative genius and solve their toughest problems. For over a decade, Heather has been collaborating with executive leaders and Fortune 100 brands like Disney, FedEx, Google, LEGO, SAP, Johnson & Johnson, Aetna, and even NASA. 

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Watch this episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/wo9MwpT6QIo to see visual communication in action. Or catch the audio on your favorite podcast app: https://enlightenedmarketing.com/podcast/.

Connect with Heather and learn more about her work at www.twolinestudios.com, @heather_willems on Instagram or Twitter, or [email protected]. You can also watch the LEGO video mentioned in the episode here.

On the Profitable Joyful Consulting podcast, I teach you how to increase your profits and enjoy your business more. In this episode, you’ll get clarity on your business as a spiritual journey with Spiritual Director Christopher Carrick.

Christopher and I have observed that entrepreneurs are more likely than the average person to be spiritual seekers. Many of my clients have a spiritual connection to some divinity, something greater than them — outside of a traditional religious institution. They’re delivering their spiritual gifts through the medium of business.  

Christopher works almost exclusively with entrepreneurs, and he joins me in this episode to explore business as a spiritual path. 

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To connect with Christopher, check out his Facebook group Your Spiritual Adventure: https://www.facebook.com/groups/YourSpiritualAdventure

Thinking about business as a spiritual adventure can make it both more fun and more meaningful. Tune into this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OGJwBhQgQN or your favorite podcast app: https://enlightenedmarketing.com/podcast/

On the Profitable Joyful Consulting podcast, I teach you how to increase your profits and enjoy your business more. In this episode, you’ll learn how to get more client testimonials for your consulting business.

We all know that testimonials are gold in your business and that your happy clients want to give you testimonials. They want to say good things about you and help you to get more clients like them. 

But the sticking point happens when it turns into an obligation for them. 

We want to ask for testimonials, not delegate To-Do’s. 

In this episode, I share exactly how to do this so you can grow your business through consistent, supportive client testimonials. 

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I know that if you do the things I’ve described in this episode, it’s going to be so much easier for you to get testimonials and share them with your audience. 

Listen to this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5yYMpcRqMfw or on your favorite podcast app: https://enlightenedmarketing.com/podcast/

On the Profitable Joyful Consulting podcast, I teach you how to increase your profits and enjoy your business more. In this episode, you’ll learn why you need a virtual CFO for your business with guest Patty Lawrence. 

Patty, my long-time client and friend, is the Consulting CFO and Founder of TurboExecs. She works with results-oriented business owners to reveal the story behind the numbers with financial tools that skyrocket profitability, productivity and remove barriers to growth and profits. Her clients typically increase the bottom line by at least 15 percent and feel in control of their finances and results.

Business owners are often baffled by their numbers and the blurry picture those numbers paint. Their books are at best, a mystery, or at worst, a mess.

So it’s no surprise that some business owners are their lowest paid employee. They’re unsure about how much they can afford to invest, or even if they’re prepared for what life throws at them (hello, COVID).

Patty knows that. She understands that they need to hear from a calming voice about their business finances. That it’s going to be OK.

And that’s exactly what she delivers.

If you’re ready to get clear on your numbers, pay yourself well and discover the story behind the numbers in your business, this episode is for you.

Get ready to take notes as Patty and I talk about:

You’ll also hear Patty’s remarkable journey from solo entrepreneur to having a team she can trust and the gutsy hire she just made to (gulp) replace herself! 

Connect with Patty on LinkedIn and head to her website to use her free salary tool, an Excel sheet that helps you set clear financial goals. 

Catch this episode: 

 On YouTube: https://youtu.be/5yYMpcRqMfw

 On your favorite app: https://enlightenedmarketing.com/podcast/

On the Profitable Joyful Consulting podcast, I teach you how to increase your profits and enjoy your business more. In this episode, you’ll learn how to have a more profitable and joyful business through stress-free client management. 

We’ve talked in the past about both selecting perfect clients and getting results through your clients. Client selection is the number one determiner of profitability (and I would add: joy) in your work with clients. 

But once you have that client on board, the next most important thing is client management. We have to manage the work and the clients so that we are able to achieve results through them - and in this episode, I teach you how. 

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If you implement just a few of the actions I mention in this episode, you will see yourself on the path to better client relationships, and that means better results for them and more joy for you.

Catch this episode: 

📺 On YouTube

🎧 On your favorite app

On the Profitable Joyful Consulting podcast, I teach you how to increase your profits and enjoy your business more. In this episode, you’ll learn how to use the power of intention in your consulting business. 

Gary Zukav says, ”Intention is the heart of creating authentic power.” The truth is, there’s so much that we don’t control in running a business. But you can control your attitude and your intentions, and doing so can be a huge source of power in your business. 

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I am confident that building the habit of being more intentional will help you have a more profitable, joyful business, and I hope this episode supports you in getting there.

On the Profitable Joyful Consulting podcast, I teach you how to increase your profits and enjoy your business more. In this episode, you’ll learn how to grow your business through social media marketing with Mari Smith. 

Often referred to as the Queen of Facebook, Mari Smith is widely known as the premier Facebook marketing expert and a top social media thought leader. Mari is a top keynote speaker, corporate social media strategist and brand ambassador for numerous leading organizations. She's also an expert webinar leader, live webcast host, author of The New Relationship Marketing and coauthor of Facebook Marketing An Hour a Day. 

Mari and I spoke frankly about the challenges consultants face sharing on social media and about the ethical dilemma posed by Facebook.

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Listen to this episode wherever you get podcasts or click here to listen and subscribe: https://enlightenedmarketing.com/podcast/. 

Connect with Mari by joining her Social Scoop Facebook group here.

On the Profitable Joyful Consulting podcast, I teach you how to increase your profits and enjoy your business more. In this episode, you’ll learn how to use play - yes, PLAY - to become more creative, achieve your goals, and experience more joy in your business. 

Of all the consulting niches I’ve come across, Strategic Play Consultant Gary Ware’s is my favorite! He joins me to share his experience helping clients with team building and problem-solving through “purposeful play” — something that’s missing from most of our adult lives. 

You might be thinking…”I don’t have time for play.” Well, Gary says you’re looking at play through the wrong lens. Play and creativity are muscles. They’re skills that we can develop. 

In addition to fun creative ideas for improving your work and home life, you’ll hear Gary bringing in the science to support making these changes. 

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Catch this episode: 

📺 On YouTube.

🎧 On your favorite app.

Connect with Gary and sign up for his Improv Playground here. 

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On the Profitable Joyful Consulting podcast, I teach you how to increase your profits and enjoy your business more. In this episode, you’ll learn how to stop the revenue rollercoaster. 

You'll never be able to grow your business joyfully if you're constantly fighting the peaks and valleys of feast and famine. 

I see the revenue rollercoaster happening with people like my client Liz. Liz has many small clients and one huge client. After closing that huge client, she’d coast for so long that she’d start to feel the famine. 

Another client, Katie, had a really great spring and signed on tons of new business. Busy with delivery, her firm then fell into a lull, and that lull is starting to really stress her out. 

Sound familiar?

In this episode, I’m sharing why the revenue rollercoaster happens in our businesses and what we can do about it. Key areas discussed in this episode: 

If you want to build a business with a steady, incoming flow of new clients all the time, listen to this episode wherever you get podcasts or click here to listen and subscribe: https://enlightenedmarketing.com/podcast/.