UImpact Packaged for Growth Podcast

One question that I am often asked is, “How can I improve my profit margins?” I love this questions because we are in business to make money. However, often times you end up with a very expensive hobby that yields little to no results.  We are going to cover some key areas to look at when looking at how you can improve your profit margins.

Have you ever been in a position where you try to warn someone that they are headed in the wrong direction, but they refuse to listen to you? Better yet, they refuse to see the warning signs? It is hard to witness when those blaring warning signs are ignored.

However I want to outline some warning signs as to why your brand may not be growing in the way that you had hoped. This list is great for you even if your brand is growing? Why? It allows you to see trouble before it comes. Let’s dive in!

As a Branding and Marketing Strategist I find that it is often not the skills or talents that prevent someone from growing their business. The issues are in embedded in the mindset and perceptions that you have as an entrepreneur. It is so crucial that you recognize what may be hindering you from really and truly exploding in your business.

Let’s delve into four of those now.

Someone once said, “People won’t remember what you said, but they will remember how you made them feel.” This is the core of an influential personal and business brand. The most powerful question you can ask yourself is, “How do I want people to FEEL when they experience my brand?” Let’s jump in and see why.

Alexis has had a love and a gift for numbers since a very young age.  She has both a Masters of Science and a Bachelors of Science Degree in Mathematics.  Alexis has been teaching/tutoring Mathematics for over 20 years.  She has been a college professor of Mathematics for over 18 years.  Alexis founded AMS Academic Solutions as a way to use her gifts of numbers and teaching to provide quality tutoring to those who have struggles with Math and other subjects.  AMS Academic Solutions provides individual tutoring, group, online tutoring, standardized test preps, and educational workshops for both teachers and students.  

Three takeaways for listeners:

·         Learn how she has stood out in a market that is over crowded.

·         Under her 3 U’s to positioning yourself in your market.

·         Determine how to be unique in your mark.  

·         Determine how to make the appearance of being everywhere in your market.

Discover a new way of growing your business via networking events and in one on one meetings.  New approach.  New questions.  New insight.  New business.  Take the focus off of you and put it on them.  More THEM Less YOU 

Three takeaways for listeners:

*They will discover Pam’s ‘no pounce” approach to initiate conversation that can lead to new business at networking events.  Not the typical “So what do you do?” approach. 

*Develop a ‘no pounce’ mindset to one on one meetings with potential clients that can deliver all a wealth of valuable information and help you close the deal. 

*I will reveal one of the most important things you can do before a meeting that could be the sole reason someone chooses to work with you.

Having an effective business model in place is how you make money. However, so many entrepreneurs are running their businesses with ineffective business models that yield no results, frustrating income cycles, no or little new clients and the cycles continues. Listen to these 5 Business Models to avoid so that you don’t run into a never ending cycle of inconsistent results.

Believe it or not, no one actually buys your service. No one buys coaching. No one buys consulting. No one buys financial planning. So what do people buy? Well, there are, in fact, two things people buy. Listen here to find out.

Are you staying busy but not making as much money as you’d like? If so, you aren’t alone. Many women business owners try to do all of their own marketing to save money, when in fact; it ends up costing you more – from creating your own website to managing five different social media accounts.

No matter what your budget is, you can get the help you need to focus less of your time on marketing and more on what drives you revenue.

What you will take away from the session:

Website: www.TerraBohlmann.com

If you would have told me years ago that mindset played a part in being successful I would not have believed you.

Like so many I relied on my skills, reading business development books, attending live events and a good healthy dose of common sense.

However, it was not enough. At each level of growth I kept facing new internal thoughts and struggles that almost stopped me from going to that next level. Now I know that some people reading this may wonder if this will be a little “foo-foo”. I get it, I was there.

What I have learned is that the more I worked on my mindset the stronger I became as a business coach. This in turned allowed me to provide greater value and service to my clients.

Here are the 4 mindset shifts you need to uplevel your business.