Small Business Straight Talk | Time Management, Productivity & Business Strategy

I sit down with Jacinta Gandy, the Owner and Founder of the Social Circle, a digital marketing agency specializing in branding. We dive into how you can unlock a solid brand strategy for your business which could be the game-changing hero of your success!

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What A Brand Strategy Is & How To Let Others Know About It

✔ The Difference Between Personal Branding & Brand Strategy

✔ Where Paid Ads Are Going In General

✔ How To Get The Biggest ROI On Your Brand Strategy

✔ The Importance Of Competitive Analysis & Key Differentiators

✔ The Key To Identifying Your Brand Voice

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/374

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I dive into effective strategies you can combine to create a powerful accountability system that defends against self-negotiation and turns positive intentions into actions!

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ The Link Between Self-Negotiation & Accountability

✔ 5 External Accountability Strategies

✔ 3 Internal Accountability Strategies

✔ How To Create A Multi-Layered Accountability System

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/373

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I dive into the real costs of self-negotiation and lay out how to stop engaging in this negative, self-sabotaging pattern of behavior so you can consistently follow through on what matters most instead.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ The Most Telling Signs Of Self-Negotiation

✔ The Difference Between Decision-Making And Self-Negotiation

✔ Common Negotiation Tactics We Use On Ourselves

✔ The Hidden Costs Of Self-Negotiation

✔ An Introduction On How To Stop & What To Do Instead

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/372

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I sit down with the Founder of The Exiter Club, Jason Duncan, to dive into The XOS™ Method, a framework he created to instruct business owners on how to successfully exit their business without exiting.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ How Jason Made Peace With Not Being Able To Sell Right Away

✔ The 3 Tiers Of Entrepreneurial Evolution

✔ The 7 Stages Of The XOS™ Method

✔ How Long It Takes To Move Through The Stages

✔ How The Law Of Discovery Makes The Best Teacher

✔ Jason's 80% Rule That Frees Up His Time & Energy

✔ The Biggest Challenges With A-Teams & How To Solve Them

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/371

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I dive into my real, unfiltered experience integrating AI into my business, pulling back the curtain on the hesitations I had to overcome, the key lessons I learned, and the big benefits I am looking forward to as I polish my AI systems.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What AI Integration Looks Like For Small Business Owners

✔ The Hesitations I Had About Bringing AI Into My Business

✔ How I Am Integrating AI Into My Business

✔ My Early Lessons & Frustrations

✔ The Benefits I Am Counting On

✔ Practical Advice For Getting Started With AI

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/370

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

In this episode of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast, I sit down with Amy Pearson, the Principal Interior Designer of Amy Pearson Design, to discuss her journey as an entrepreneur, the highs and lows of running her successful business, what it was like working with me, and the specifics of how she got out of survival mode and transitioned to thriving mode.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ The Questions Amy Was Seeking Answers To

✔ How She Was Penalizing Her Efficiency

✔ How Changing Her Pricing Structure Changed Everything

✔ Amy's Hesitations With Hiring & How She Moved Forward

✔ Her Biggest Wins & How She Achieved Them

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/369

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I dive into five simple finance fundamentals you can add to your routine to help you master year-round tax organization, so you can go into the next tax season confident and stress-free!

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ How To Separate Your Personal And Business Finances Responsibly

✔ How To Choose The Right Accounting System

✔ The Most Important Integrations To Consider

✔ Strategies For Organizing Digital Tax Receipts & Documents

✔ Best Practices For Real-Time Financial Tracking

✔ How To Implement Regular Bookkeeping Check-Ins

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/368

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I sit down with Brad Leavitt, the founder and president of AFT Construction, to dive into his entrepreneurial journey, his current expertise as a high-end, luxury custom home builder, and how he runs his successful business day in and day out.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ How Brad Accomplishes Omnipresence

✔ The Major Pain Points of Building His Company

✔ The Necessity Of Having A Visionary, A Process Guy, & Implementers

✔ What A Day In The Life Of A Luxury Home Builder Looks Like

✔ How Brad Manages His Time & Responsibilities

✔ His Best Delegation Practices

✔ How Brad Survives Without An Assistant

✔ Parting Wisdom For Struggling Entrepreneurs

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/367

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I dive into ways to break your cycle of people-pleasing by relying on the phrase pause before I please so you can produce win-win outcomes from otherwise sticky situations that could hold you back.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ How Client/Vendor/Team Member Pleasing Shows Up In Your Business

✔ Why It's Crucial To Step Resorting To People Pleasing

✔ What Pausing Before Pleasing Entails

✔ Simple Phrases That Buy Time & Make An Impact

✔ What Not To Do When Contemplating Solutions

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/366

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I sit down with business coach Nancy Ganzekaufer to dive into the critical role of a Google profile to your business success because it helps you get found instead of getting left behind.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What A Google Business Profile Is

✔ How To Get Started & Optimize It

✔ When To Update Your Google Profile

✔ How To Get Preferential Treatment For Your Website

✔ Strategies For Soliciting Google Reviews

✔ The Impact Of ChatGPT On Your Google Search Results

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/365

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call