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Marla Tabaka is an internationally known small business strategist, national radio show host, and leading Inc.com author. Her integrative approach to coaching combines mindset management and strategic planning, resulting in multi-million dollar businesses for many of her small business clients.

After a career of 22-years as an Emmy Award-winning producer at NBC Television,  Tabaka worked as a creative consultant for large and mid-sized corporations, established and sold a retail business, and then founded her business coaching practice in 2003. Early in her coaching career she achieved the status of leading coach with the American Express sponsored “Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence” program where she led dozens of female business owners to successful 7 and 8 figure business results.

In 2015 she co-founded EmpruV Business Value Builders with ABC’s Shark Tank’s original Shark and founder of As Seen on TV, Kevin Harrington. The two co-host the nationally broadcasted Big Pitch Radio Show and Tabaka holds an Advisory Board position at the award-winning DRTV consultancy, Shark Finds with Kevin Harrington.

In addition to her articles at Inc.com, you’ll find Tabaka’s work featured in major business publications such as American Express Open, Fox Business News, TIME Business, NAWBO SmartBrief, The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur.com, and The Business Intelligence Report. 

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Today is Labor Day and I am laboring over the podcast to keep you informed and in the loop. Most entrepreneurs or solopreneurs work more hours than your typical 9-5 worker, but there are additional payoffs afforded those who control their own time.

If you are like most, you are trading hours for dollars, and that's OK. The more time you can save the more money you can make. So does it make sense to pay a little bit to save a bunch of time? If you can spend $100 a year to save 1 hour per month that you could bill $100 for... you would be $1100 ahead of the game by the end of the year!

In this episode, I will discuss the products and tools that I use to increase my productivity and help me efficiently make more money...

* Acuity Scheduling

* Aweber

* Evernote

* GoToMeeting

* Vimeo

* A2 Hosting (Bonus)

Here are a few facts about wasted time in your business...

* Did you know that over the course of your lifetime, we will spend a total of 3,680 hours or 153 days searching for misplaced items?

* We lose an average of 4.5 hours a week looking for documents on our computers, servers or in the cloud.

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50% of us… use 4 devices and 9 apps daily.

Are you sick of working crazy hours for tiny profits? Are you stuck playing small?

Nadia Finer, a powerhouse business coach, wickedly funny international speaker and author of Little Me Big Business is here to help you unleash the BIGness in your business.

Don't be fooled by Nadia's sweet appearance and adorable voice. Nadia is feisty and fearless. Rather than hide behind her insecurities, she has turned her little voice into her secret weapon and used it to build a unique personal brand. She now helps struggling business owners all over the world embrace who they really are, work smart, and scale up.

Nadia’s approach is the perfect combination of laser-focused business strategy, kick ass action taking and laugh your pants off humour.

The world needs you. Your people need you. They’re waiting for you to get on with it! Stop holding yourself back. Stop keeping yourself small. Nadia will help you go big in your business so you can create a bigger future, help more people and have a bigger impact on the world. Yeah!

Get a FREE Chapter of Nadia's Book - Little Me. Big Business! - CLICK HERE!

I was having a conversation with a friend and client where we started to dig into his sales team and the different takes on the sales process in general... he defined them as "Hunters" and "Gatherers."

Hunters tend to be young, ambitious and energetic. The love the thrill of finding and closing new business clients. They love the thrill of the hunt and can't wait to close and move on to the next deal.

Gatherers tend to be older, more experienced and love the steadiness and predictability of maintaining a client base. They tend to focus on building and maintaining current client relationships.

These two have a lot of difference, but also have a lot in common

* They Work On A Schedule

* They Communicate Regularly

* They Measure Results

In this episode, we will discuss how you and/or your sales organization can be best served by a blend or mix of both Hunting and Gathering. Remember... What gets measured, gets done!

Do you know how so many online entrepreneurs have great expertise inside them but they struggle with how to get it out into the marketplace for more prospects and profits?

Well what I do is help you easily unleash your content so you can quickly cash in on your content.

"Content Marketing is Internet Marketing" Jeff says, "because it's a platform that provides all 5 things you need to have to be successful on the internet in any niche: content creation, online visibility, traffic generation, list building, and product creation - faster, easier and with less human effort than any other system."

Jeff's students and clients discover how to create more content in less time, get their information in front of more eyes in as many consumable forms as possible, create a massive web presence, build a highly qualified and highly responsive list, and create multiple information products to build their information empire with their content.

When Jeff turned his content marketing expertise on the internet, he created a flood of traffic to his web sites that he could not stop if he wanted to, and he has assured us all he doesn't want to...

Learn More About Jeff's Special Offer & Webinar - CLICK HERE!

Have you ever seen the movie "When Harry Met Sally"? There is a famous Restaurant Scene where Harry and Sally are talking about relationships and Sally starts to act out a Fake Orgasm. A lady in the diner (Rob Reiner"s Mom in real life) says "I'll have what she's having". That iconic scene shows how people act vicariously through other people's actions or successes.

You can create a buzz about your product or service by getting people to order what others find success with...

* Spotlighting Successes

* Prophetizing Profits

* Renting Resources - Build a Team

In this episode, I will define 3 "Dont's" and 3 "Do's" to help you build the success of your products and services, but sharing success stories of your clients and users.

In business, sales cures all. If you want to start generating a steady flow of leads for your business.

Gabe Arnold creates affordable, long-term marketing and technology solutions for businesses of all sizes. He has over 15 years of experience in professional writing, web and computer technology, and marketing campaign creation and management. Gabe has worked with over 1,000 startups, as well as hundreds of established businesses over the past decade and has helped them achieve their goals. He is passionate about connecting businesses with the best possible solutions.

At age 16, Gabe created and sold his first website. Just 4 years later, he was running a multimillion-dollar service company that was completely fueled by his online marketing efforts. Gabe has worked in dozens of different industries to create profitable and stable long-term solutions.

Gabe uses his leadership experience, business strategy, and technology expertise to help business owners like you reach their full potential.

Learn More About Gabe's Business - CLICK HERE!

Have you ever had a client or project that just did not go as planned? Business is filled with learning lessons and If it was easy, that client may not have chosen you! You possess a level of expertise, knowledge and an ability to solve client problems. Sometimes what starts out as an outstanding and amicable relationship can take a turn for the worse and head south!

Sometimes it can be your fault, while other times it is the clients, but it's usually not that cut and dry. Often it's a combination of all of the above. So what can you do to get the project back on track?

* Communicate - Reset Expectations

* Investigate - Explore options to solve the issues

* Reiterate - Explain what you have found and how that matches expectations

* Try Your Best - Give it a chance but don’t lose sight of your bottom line

* Let It Go - Agree to disagree and move on

In this episode, we will discuss how and why projects and client expectations can go astray, and what you can do to throw it a life preserver and maybe keep it alive and on track!

Anik Singal is the Founder and CEO of Lurn, Inc. Having trained over 300,000 Entrepreneurs all over the World - Anik Singal is recognized as one of the World's Top Entrepreneurship coaches. Anik Singal is on a mission to empower more than 1,000,000 Entrepreneurs through his new #LurnNation platform at www.Lurn.com.

BusinessWeek recognized him in the Top 3 of the Best U.S. Entrepreneurs Under 25. He’s an Inc500 CEO, listed 2-times among the Fastest Growing Companies in America. While in college at the University of Maryland, he was awarded Company of the Year from MTech and named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Hinman CEOs.

His digital publishing businesses generate over $20 Million/year in sales; and he has helped contribute to over $100 Million in online publishing sales (between his own products and his clients’ businesses).

Anik is also incredibly passionate about giving back. For nearly two decades, he has devoted his life to building schools around the world. He dreams of providing education to those who are not currently receiving that birth-right! As of today, Anik has been a key driver in helping build four schools in India. He plans to scale his mission globally, all through his non-profit organization, For All Our Good.

he Book and Link Below - Launches TODAY, August 14th, 2018

Get Anik's eSCAPE Book FREE - CLICK HERE!

What is the difference between an Entrepreneur and a Wantrepreneur? Entrepreneurs own it!

What is "it"? It's the difference between making a legacy and making a living.

People who work in corporations and in network marketing can have the entrepreneurial spirit, but they lack true ownership of their destiny and the business that you are building. Yes, stock options and downstreams have their value, but you don't own it... it's a rental game that you can't totally control.

Entrepreneurs have multiple traits:

* Inventive

* Create Business Opportunities

* Measure Success In Growth

* Self Motivated

* Humble

* Leadership

In this episode, we will explore what separates an Entrepreneur and a Wantrepreneur. Now I understand that owning it is not for everybody, but if that sounds like you, then you want to listen to this episode!