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12 week year plan

Goal Setting for Bosses: Creating a 12 Week Year Plan

As a boss, you have no shortage of ambition. After all,  you’re doing this for a reason, and all of your dreams and goals need…

Get paid on time

Episode 116: How to Get Paid On Time, Every Time

You sent the invoice. And…it’s crickets. It’s been days, and there’s no payment in sight. In fact, you think the client may be avoiding you.…

How to Be Successful with a Services Business

How to Be Successful With a Services Business (The Essential Guide)

When we start a business, we’re motivated by so many things, like freedom, flexibility, impact, service, money and much more. Whatever your motivation, there’s one…

Raising the Price of Your Services

The No Sweat Guide to Raising the Price of Your Services

When I start working with clients, one of the first things we typically work on is raising their prices, as it’s the fastest way to…

Planning and goals

Episode 115: Planning & Goals When the Year is Half Over

We’re about halfway through 2018, so it’s the perfect time for us to check-in on our progress for the year so far. In this episode,…

Make more money in your service business

How to Make Money in Your Service Business

One of the biggest misconceptions in the online world is that services don’t scale, so once you get to the point of being “booked out,”…

May 2018 recap

Episode 114: The May 2018 Recap

Oh, May, what a month it was, so there’s lots to recap. So, in the spirit of Small Business Boss, in this episode, we’re going…

Growth strategies to double your business

5 Simple Growth Strategies to Double Your Business

When you’re growing your business, it’s easy to come up with big plans — and even bigger goals — but how do you know that…

When things get messy in your business

Episode 113: When Things Get Messy in Your Business

Plans. Goals. We all have them, but sometimes even the best-laid plans need to be revised — or thrown out the window entirely. In this…