Derick Van Ness is a Wealth Strategist who is passionate about helping people reach their full potential. His company, Big Life Financial is focused on removing the mystery and misinformation surrounding money and financial strategy so people can live their BIGGEST LIFE!
Derick believes that each person has something unique and valuable to contribute to the world, but that most people are never able to express that gift due to fear, doubt, or worry related to money. His mission is to eradicate that fear and fundamentally change the way that people think about the utilize money within the next generation.
Derick’s company can help anyone but is specifically focused on small business owners, and has already helped 1000’s of them to create financial certainty and confidence. He is a straight shooter and has an uncanny ability to explain complex concepts in a simple way that allows clients to see massive results!
During the show we discuss:
● Why money should never stop you from living big
● What financial freedom is
● Habits that set the wealthy apart
● How to know when and how much to save
● How to make better financial decisions
● Why simple financial strategy works
● Saving strategy that works
● Importance of setting a deadline to financial goals
● Why track all the financial transactions
● How to grow and protect assets like the wealthy
● What most people are doing that isn’t working financially
● Biggest financial mistakes people are making
● Where to invest first
● What to do before you invest and how to manage investment
● What business owner know about their finances
● Steps to achieve financial freedom
● Why should a person use a financial advisor
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During this show we discuss …
✅ How to get an unsecured business loan with bad credit
✅ Why the reason why you have bad personal credit matters
✅ How cash flow or a credit partner can help you get an unsecured business loan with bad credit
✅ How you can qualify for cash flow financing…
✅ … why your business’s debt-to-income ratio matters
✅ The advantages and disadvantages of business lines of credit…
✅ … and merchant cash advances
✅ Why invoice factoring could be a good choice…
✅ … or account receivable financing may be even better
✅ How even microloans can help you
✅ Why peer to peer financing could be a good option
✅ The basics of business fundability…
✅ … and how it affects business credit building
✅ How starter vendors can help you build business credit
✅ How the D&B CreditBuilder can help you in your quest to establish business credit
✅ Why building business credit with Credit Suite is more than just a few net 30 vendors for build business credit…
✅ … and what our Finance Specialists can do for you and your business…
✅ … to help you and your business succeed
Nathan started his first company, Portlight in 2009. Out of frustration of hiring remotely for Portlight, he founded FreeeUp in 2015 with his business partner because they wanted a better way and scrap poor support and unreliability of some existing platforms. Within 4 years, Freeup revenue scaled up from 5k to $12 million in yearly revenue and was recently acquired by the HOTH.
Today, our newly launched company Outsource School teaches entrepreneurs how to hire and scale their business with virtual assistants and will share all the secrets to scale and sell FreeeUp with a completely remote team of VAs.
During the show we discuss:
● What to focus on as a business owner
● Why businesses are hiring Virtual Assistants
● Advantages of hiring virtual assistants
● Delegating tasks off your plate
● VA skills and habits to look for
● VA must have qualities
● Example tasks for VAs
● Where to find the best freelancers
● What to prepare before hiring a VA
● Steps in hiring freelancers
● Setting your VA budget
● Setting up strong communication with freelancers
● Building culture remotely
Show resources:
https://www.outsourceschool.com/
During this show, you’ll discover …
✅ A practical plan to build business credit in 30 days…
✅ … and how to set up your business for future success during those 30 days
✅ Where fundability comes into play
✅ How your business name matters…
✅ … as does your business phone number
✅ Why you don’t want to use a residence as your business address
✅ How your business website…
✅ … and your business email come into play
✅ What you need from your Secretary of State’s Office
✅ How to quickly set up a business bank account
✅ How your EIN and business entity come into play
✅ What you need to get from the IRS
✅ What you need to know about SIC and NAICS codes
✅ Why incorporating your business is an excellent choice…
✅ … and why you’ve got to have a D-U-N-S number
✅ Why establishing payment experiences matters…
✅ … and why it’s vital to work with vendors which report to the business credit reporting bureaus
Dan Englander is the CEO and Founder of Sales Schema, a fractional business team for marketing agencies. Prior to founding Sales Schema, Dan was the first employee and Head of New Business at IdeaRocket as well as the Account Coordinator at DXagency. Currently, Dan and his team have executed over 7,000 campaigns, won million in lifetime revenue, and have generated 3,000+ agency/brand meetings for clients with companies such as Birchbox, Stripe, and Venmo.
In addition to helping agencies grow, Dan has made a name for himself as the host of The Digital Agency Growth Podcast and the author of Mastering Account Management and The B2B Sales Blueprint.
During the show we discuss:
● Identifying ideal clients
● The importance of knowing your dream client
● The kind of clients to run after
● Reasons why you are not landing your dream clients
● How to generate leads
● Strategies to find dream clients
● Tools and platforms to use in finding ideal clients
● Ways to build the dream clientele
● How to properly approach different kinds of clients
● How to market to your dream customers
● Secrets to attracting dream clients
● Tips to attract your ideal client
● How to find the right balance between automatic and customizing my sales and marketing processes
● The best strategy for going beyond referrals and personal networks to generate new business
● How to open doors with a cold email
● Proven and tested steps to take to close sales with dream clients
● How to maintain a good relationship with dream clients
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Nate is a marketing expert with over 12 years in the trenches. His sole purpose is to help companies acquire more customers. Nate is the co-founder of Ten Speed, a tech-enabled content optimization company focused on helping companies get more results from the content they already have on their site.
Nate was the first marketer at Sprout Social, where he spent years building and scaling the inbound engine, helping grow the company from $0 - $100M+ in revenue & IPO. He is and has been, the growth marketing consultant to several SaaS companies like Help Scout, Zylo, and Hologram.
Nate is passionate about working with marketing and sales leaders and early-stage founders to solve hard problems and scale revenue growth.
During the show we discuss:
● What content is and how it can help you grow your company
● Content optimization
● Benefits of content optimization
● Importance of content optimization
● How to optimize content
● Content marketing
● Strategies to use for content to grow your SEO
● When to invest in content marketing
● Common struggles about content marketing
● Effective content marketing strategy
● Biggest mistakes in content marketing strategy
● Main challenges of content optimization
● SEO optimized content
● How SEO help with content marketing
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During this show, you’ll discover …
✅ All about account receivable financing and what it can do for your business
✅ What accounts receivable companies do
✅ How account receivable collection can benefit your business
✅ How when a company is buying receivables from your business…
✅ … it can help your bottom line…
✅ … and even your business credit score
✅ How AR finance helps your business cash flow
✅ Why AR finance is easy to qualify for
✅ How bad credit is no problem with account receivable financing
✅ How fast account receivable funding is
✅ The low rates you’ll pay with account receivables financing
✅ The documentation you’ll need to provide to get account receivables funding
✅ How fast account receivable financing is
✅ How account receivable financing can make it possible for you to offer Net 30, Net 60, or even Net 90 terms to your clients
✅ Get account receivable questions and answers
Ken Knorr is CEO and founder of the white label digital marketing company “That Company”. Yes, the company name is literally That Company. For over a decade he has built a company that supports marketing firms in providing high-quality SEO, PPC, Social Media, and Reputation Management services all under their respective brands.
With over 400+ agency partners, That Company has become the most widely trusted name in white label services, that provides a true end-to-end, scalable white label solution.
Ken is a leader who believes that 1+1=3. Through his consensus through debate leadership style, he believes the best solutions are created with his team, not just by himself.
During the show we discuss:
● White label digital marketing
● How white label digital marketing work
● Why brands use White Label Solutions
● Why you should be doing Google and Facebook advertising
● How to stay front-of-mind for your customers
● What remarketing is and how it can help you grow your business
● Why finding the right mix of digital platforms to advertise on is important
● Why experience matters when advertising online
● How to advertise when the platform doesn’t like your industry
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Kellee Marlow is the producer and host of Spark, on KXSF.FM San Francisco is also on over 8+ online platforms. Spark focuses on curated conversations with change-leaders and influencers: to inform minds, inspire ideas, and ignite innovation. She is also the executive producer and co-director of the documentary film, Art of Courage which was featured in eleven film festivals and available on Amazon Prime.
Additionally, Kellee is on the Women Leadership Council for the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, which has helped over 30,000 lower-income entrepreneurs by providing critical business training, guidance, and support. Kellee is involved in organizations that are advancing the educational and economic opportunities for those who will become future agents of empowerment for their communities.
During the show we discuss:
● How pandemic affects entrepreneurs in the US
● How an entrepreneur should see this current situation
● Importance of making things convenient for your costumers
● How to cope with the crisis
● Ways to turn the crisis into an opportunity
● Kind of opportunities to pursue during this time
● How to pivot a business in a time of crisis
● How to start a business during the COVID-19 crisis
● Challenges to expect in the time of a pandemic
● How to build a community during a crisis
● What does it take to succeed in today’s economic climate
● Why is innovation crucial in this time
● How innovation leads us to step ahead of competitors
● How to use digital tools for our advantage
● How embracing the new normal prepare us for the future
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During this livestream, you’ll discover …
✅ How fundability matters and what it is
✅ Why fundability will help engender trust in your business
✅ How your business name and address can help make or break your fundability
✅ Why your website, business email, business phones and make affect your business fundability
✅ How your business's fundability is one of the areas you can control when it comes to getting
✅ lenders and credit providers to say "yes"
✅ Why using your industry type in your business name can undermine fundability
✅ How paying attention to details and being consistent will help your business enhance fundability even more
Bella Verita is the CEO and chief sales sorceress at Align Sales Agency.
According to the 2018 State of Women-Owned Business Report by American Express, as of 2018, there were 12.3 million women-owned businesses in the U.S generating $1.8 trillion a year. Today, over 40% of businesses are owned by women. Bella is part of that statistic.
Align Sales is the first female-led sales agency for women sales professionals in the United States. Bella’s sales agent is one that stands out in the industry, being a mostly-woman agency.
Formed in 2018, the agency’s focus is to solve sales problems and processes for service-based companies. With Align, Bella also teaches people to become sales professionals.
During the show we discuss:
● How to hire the best salesperson
● Characteristics to look for when hiring
● Why have a salesperson sell you during the hiring process
● How to differentiate between A, B, and C quality salespeople
● Where to find the best salespeople
● Why have a DISC profile done before hiring
● Why role playing is essential with training sales reps
● Why the type of energy a rep has can make them 10x more effective
● The traits to avoid when hiring salespeople
● Useful tips to be a sales professional
● How to be a part of the top 1% sales professionals
● Skills every salesperson should master
● The key metrics and KPIs to track
● Effective sales script
● Tools to use for sales
● Effective sales techniques
● How to effectively handle a sales objection
● Why building confidence is crucial to success in sales
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Martin Saenz brings social good into smart investing. Martin is a Managing Partner of Bequest Funds. Renowned as a thought leader in the mortgage note investment industry, Martin is generous with his firsthand expertise, to the benefit of his many clients and followers. Genuine, loyal, and passionate about creating a better world through profitable business, he works hard to share and spread success.
Together with business partner Shawn Muneio, Martin cofounded Bequest Funds with the dual purpose of helping investors grow their wealth and helping mortgage borrowers stay in their homes. Martin owned and operated multiple successful companies prior to launching Bequest. A successful entrepreneur and real estate investor for over 15 years, he brings a high level of strategy and experience to the Bequest model. He has directly helped over a thousand families stay in their homes, and countless more through the influence of his mentorship.
During the show we discuss:
● Distressed mortgages
● How investing in distressed mortgages work
● Note Investing
● Why sell mortgage notes
● Why banks sell distressed notes and how you can benefit
● Why banks sell distressed notes for pennies on the dollars
● Which notes banks keep and which ones they sell
● How many notes are in each bundle banks sell
● How to help people stay in their homes after buying their notes
● Proven note investing strategies
● Steps to enter note investing
● 3 reasons most people default on their home loans
● How to earn 8%+ on distressed properties without doing the work
● How to succeed in Note Investing
● Why work with a mortgage note broker
● Limit on how many notes an investor can purchase at a given time
● What to look at when buying real estate notes
● Benefits in buying distressed mortgages
● How risky is Note Investing
● How to mitigate these risks
● How long does the investment last
● Bequest Fund
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During this show, you’ll discover …
✅ Where the easy money is
✅ The ins and outs of finding money for your business, such as …
✅ … where you go
✅ … which documents you need
✅ … whether you need a good FICO score
✅ … and if you will you get to keep control of your business
✅ Why conventional bank and SBA loans are hard to qualify for
✅ How cash flow financing and private investors often have time in business requirements…
✅ … so if you’re business is fairly new, then you’re out of luck
✅ How to qualify for unsecured business credit lines…
✅ … and why unsecured financing can be a smart choice
✅ The details behind AI credit lines from Fundbox
✅ Just what revenue lending/financing is…
✅ … and how your sales with Square and PayPal can help you qualify for it
✅ Where accounts receivable financing fits in
✅ How business credit building can come to your rescue
✅ How it saves you if you don’t have collateral, good personal credit, a guarantor, or cash flow
✅ Where the vendor and retail credit tiers fit in
✅ How to make it to the fleet and cash credit tiers
Douglas Stone is a wealth management advisor who left his gig at a major wirehouse just a few years in once he realized that his industry wasn't helping its customers. He became an independent advisor and has been committed to helping clients (especially business owners) make the best financial decisions ever since.
In his bestselling book, Navigate the Investment Jungle: Seven Common Financial Traps and How to Sidestep Them, Douglas is teaching the common financial mistakes he's seen too many clients make. As he points out in the book, most people don't even realize they've fallen into these traps! Ex: Many folks think that because they have a financial advisor and look over the reports that they're in good shape, but Douglas says that's a huge trap! In reality, many advisors don't have a fiduciary duty to their clients and therefore might not have your best interests in mind.
During the show we discuss:
● Common financial mistakes business owners and clients usually make
● Modern Portfolio Theory
● How Covid-19 exposed the flawed assumptions of Modern Portfolio Theory
● The flawed assumptions
● Financial model to take risks on
● Common financial traps
● Why people fall into financial traps
● How to prevent financial traps
● Why the institutional model is better than Modern Portfolio Theory
● How to find the best advisor
● Why work with a fiduciary
● How companies benefit from Captive Insurance
● How to track a wealth
● Wealth management services/products to look for
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Siddharth Rajsekar, AKA Sidz, is a musician turned digital geek. For the last seven years, Sidz has been running a digital agency that he has represented clients like Robert Kiyosaki, Jack Canfield, Tony Robbins and more.
He’s the creator of the Freedom Business Model and is on a mission to create 1,000,000 digital leaders. He currently nurtures one of India’s largest tribe of Coaches & Experts who
are building their own digital ecosystems.
During the show we discuss:
● The Freedom Business Model and its mission
● Finding your “micro-niche” as an expert
● Steps to develop a curriculum to succeed in your niche
● How to create a course to sell your niche market
● Why businessmen choose to grow and expand their business digitally
● Parts of the digital ecosystem
● Who is part of the digital ecosystem
● Crafting a 4-stage digital ecosystem
● The components of a “digital ecosystem”
● How digital ecosystem work
● Importance of digital ecosystems
● The different types of digital ecosystems
● The benefits of the digital ecosystem
● Effective strategies when developing a digital ecosystem
● How to master organic and paid marketing
● What you need to know about lean backward and forward content
● Ecosystem marketing and how it elevates a business
● Building and nurturing digital tribes
● Building effective digital ecosystems that deliver massive results
● Successful digital ecosystems
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In this show David Wachs with Handwrytten shows how to use automation to create handwritten cards that will get you and keep you more customers.
About Our Guest:
David Wach's latest venture, Handwrytten, provides scalable, robotic solutions that write your notes in pen. Used by businesses in all industries, Handwrytten changes the way brands and people connect.
Prior to Handwrytten, David founded Cellit, a leading mobile marketing platform. With clients including Abercrombie and Fitch, Walmart and more, Cellit was sold in January of 2012.
David is a speaker on marketing technology, has been featured in the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, and is a contributor to Inc. Magazine.
During the show we discuss:
● Why handwritten notes to customers are so effective
● Why people’s lack of attention can be a strength for your business
● How to be one of only 4 pieces of special mail that someone gets in a month
● How robots can be used to create real handwriting for your customers
● A bunch of ways you can use handwritten note to get and keep more customers
● How to use handwritten notes for retention
● How to use handwritten notes to get customers
● How to use handwritten notes to get more reviews
● How to use automation to create handwritten cards with no manual work
● What CRM systems you can use to automate handwritten cards
● How to incorporate handwritten cards in your sales funnel to send cards automatically
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IAN REYNOLDS is a Partner and the Chief Solutions Architect at Zibtek, a software development consultancy focused on helping businesses build custom software. They help growth companies, enterprises, and visionary firms solve their core business objectives with agile software development. Zibtek's mission is to focus value creation on the client's core business objectives.
Ian has spent the better part of his career in consulting and has served in diverse industries as Finance, Oil and Gas, Retail Power, Field Services, Midstream Energy, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Transactional Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructuring, e-commerce, Retail, and software development.
During the show we discuss:
● How technology disrupted business/ industry
● Types of softwares that are more important post COVID-19
● Economics and global software development trends
● Different kinds/categories of software
● Confluence of Big Data, Open Source technology, and automation
● What software developers offer
● Setting the right software for your business
● Finding a software developer/s
● How software solutions help businesses
● Differences in a Rapid Software Development for startups & midsized & enterprise firm
● Is it possible to integrate all the functions needed in only ONE software
● How businesses maximize the use of software
● One of the most common software problems faced by businesses
● Software program that needs to be built
● Strategies that we can use when developing software
● Agile software philosophy
● How agile philosophy improve software development
● Managing and maintaining software
● The future of automation
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During this show, you’ll discover …
✅ How business credit building is more vital than EVER
✅ It doesn’t depend on the economy…
✅ … and no pandemic can stop it
✅ Seven outstanding starter vendors to get your business credit profile started the right way…
✅ … and fast!
✅ How starter vendors will help you establish an excellent business credit profile and score
✅ How starter vendor credit and Net terms work
✅ When you can leave your Social Security number off a credit application…
✅ … and when you can’t
✅ Seven fantastic starter vendors to kick your business credit profile into overdrive
✅ How to qualify for each starter vendor
✅ When they will report your payments…
✅ … and where they will report your payment history
Rachel Haley has worked in the finance and tech industry for the past 10 years.
Rachel started her career at Hall Capital Partners in the portfolio management group, focusing on portfolio management, market analysis, and financial modeling. After Hall Capital, Rachel moved to Salesforce to work in the finance and strategy department.
In 2015, she Co-Founded Clarus Designs, which now has over 100 employees globally. Most recently, Rachel worked as the Senior Director of Sales Operations and Strategy at Snowflake, where she helped the company grow from 300 people to over 2,000 and more than 10X-ing in annual revenue.
During the show we discuss:
● Prioritization framework
● Common preconceived notion most people have around starting a business
● How to best let go of tasks and delegate to other team members
● Steps in building a business
● How to find the right people for a startup company
● The best mindset in accomplishing objectives
● How to overcome issues with partners
● What successful business owners have in common
● Tried and tested strategies to scale and grow a business
● Most common mistakes sales executives make today
● What are some of the core processes that every business must have
● What are the main KPIs you must track
● How to strategically plan your sales and marketing process
● Most effective sales strategy
● Most effective marketing strategy
● Tips to grow loyal customers
● How partnerships help a business to scale and grow
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Dan Cuprill is the author of several books, most notably Advisor Architect: Building the Practice You've Always Wanted and Renegade Advisor: Surviving in the Age of Amazon. His firm, Advisor Architect, teaches advisors the power of systems to transition from what he calls a "crappy sales job" to becoming a real entrepreneur and owning a major profit center. A financial advisor himself, Dan's fee-based firm Money & Clarity manages close to $200 million in assets for clients in 20 states. All the while, he resides some 300 miles away from his office.
He is also the host of Profitable Advisor Podcast.
During the show we discuss:
● How to know if you need a financial advisor
● How to recognize the best financial advisors
● Why choose an advisor who has a specialized niche
● How to avoid “landmines” when choosing the right advisor
● How can advisors help you
● What are the advisors limitations
● Common myths about financial advisors
● Importance of having a financial advisors
● Tips in choosing a financial advisor
● Should someone always follow the advice of an advisor
● When to seek a financial advisor
● How much is needed for retirement
● 3 things financial plans must include
● Why you MUST have disability insurance as an entrepreneur
● Why you need to address estate planning NOW
● Why so many retirees make serious financial mistakes that cost them
● Good investment strategies
● How to account for inflation in your savings plan
Show resources:
https://matsonandcuprill.lpages.co/daily-email/
During this show, you’ll discover …
✅ All about equity crowdfunding, your little-known business financing secret weapon!
✅ Get equity crowdfunding explained
✅ Get an equity crowdfunding review…
✅ … including how it differs from rewards-based crowdfunding (like at Kickstarter or Indiegogo)
✅Learn about equity crowdfunding platforms…
✅ … and which may be better for your business’s needs
✅ Find out the purpose behind equity crowdfunding
✅ Learn what’s in it for equity crowdfunding investors…
✅ … and business owners
✅ Find out how it works
✅ Get to know why real estate is the industry most likely to use equity crowdfunding investing
✅ Find out how equity crowdfunding can work for your business
✅ Learn how equity crowdfunding is for accredited investors …
✅ … and investors like you and me
Joe Lawrence is an author and investor from central New Jersey who helps small business owners obtain large lines of business credit. Working in real estate, he discovered methods to line up cash quickly as a means to fund his business. He takes pride in correcting the myth that only “older, large companies can obtain lines of credit.” His company, Business Credit Workshop, teaches the methods to develop a rock-solid business credit profile as well as the little-known techniques on how and where to obtain business loans in today’s market.
During the show we discuss:
● What business credit is
● Why you need business credit for your business
● How to establish business credit
● How business credit score determined
● How to create a strong business credit profile
● Checking my business credit profile
● How to improve my business credit score to improve my chances of securing financing
● Ways to strengthen your business credit
● Misconceptions from small business owners about credit
● How is business credit similar to personal credit and how is it different
● How credit card help establish credit for a new business
● How to use business credit to get high-limit credit lines
● Tips to build a strong credit profile
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In this episode, Stacy Bahrenfuss otherwise known as Stacy B. shows a proven system that helps real estate agents create explosive growth with the proper training and insider knowledge that helps them take their real estate business to an unprecedented level.
About Our Guest
Stacy Bahrenfuss is the Founder + CEO of Catalyst Group, and Creator of the Limitless Realtor Circle, a professional training program for Realtors. Stacy started her real estate company at the early age of 19, sustained her company through the housing crisis of 2007-2010, and continued to scale her business beyond the 7-figure mark, to become one of the top-performing real state teams in the state of Idaho. Stacy brings a unique perspective to the real estate world as her experience is vast; she has been a single agent, has run a large team, and has even operated as a Designated Broker for Catalyst Group as a brokerage. She has personally funded a development project consisting of 11 upper-tier new luxury homes while still operating her real estate team at Catalyst. In a traditionally male-led industry, Stacy had paved the way for other female leaders, leveraging her intuition and over a decade of experience in meditation, personal development, and results coaching.
During the show we discuss:
● What realtors missing from their education
● Starting real estate business at the age of 19
● Going into recession without any formal training
● Is formal education needed in real state investing
● Kind of mindset to have a successful business especially in real estate
● How integrating mindfulness and meditation help elevate results
● Winning morning routine
● Ways Real Estate Team Leaders, Managers, and Brokers work to better empower Realtors
● How to choose a niche to specialize in
● Seizing that opportunity in real estate
● Ways that realtors help to raise the industry standard, and provide even better service to clientele
● Managing positivity and helping the team with their energy and inner state
● Tips to become a magnet for more opportunities and more clientele
● Most effective ways to advertise real estate properties to prospective buyers
● Most important information when creating a new listing on the Multiple Listing Service
● Qualities to be a good real estate agent
● Lessons from a recession
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During this show, you’ll discover …
● How to handle a credit card limit decrease
● Steps to take as a business when your business credit card limit is reduced
● How lenders are changing the way they do things
● They are lending less
● Some changes are positive for borrowers
● Some changes are negative for borrowers
● Lenders are monitoring business accounts for risky behavior
● And some are even reducing existing credit card limits based on perceived risky behavior
● The Credit CARD Act of 2009 does not protect from this
● Neither Does the Truth in Lending Act of 1968
● What should you do if your business credit card limit is decreased?
● How to monitor your personal and business credit
● Why you shouldn’t close accounts with decreased card limits
● How to look for options to bridge the gap
● Options like the Credit Line Hybrid
● What is the Credit Line Hybrid?
● What benefits does the Credit Line Hybrid offer?
● Why you need expert help to guide you through the business financing process
● How to get expert help on how to handle a credit limit decrease
In this episode, Thom King reveals his secrets to building a hugely-successful company and having optimal health so you can be the best version of yourself.
About Our Guest:
Part CEO, part personal development wonk, and part biohacker info geek, Thom King is a self-confessed serial entrepreneur. While his favorite book list contains many success-oriented and personal-development classics, the traditional definition of achieving success (e.g. make a lot of money) is not what inspires or motivates King. He follows more of a “you aren’t doing well unless you’re also doing some good” line of thinking. King’s company has been built around the simple principle of “do the right thing”.
In 1999, Thom’s personal passion for food and his concern over the explosion of metabolic disease led him to found Steviva Brands known as Icon Food, with a mission to help food manufacturers replace unhealthy sugars in their products with natural options. With 20 years of R&D work, Thom has helped hundreds of manufacturers improve the quality of their products. In recent years, his passion for food and optional health has intersected with his embrace of a ketogenic (low carb, high fat) diet.
During the show we discuss:
● What makes a successful entrepreneur
● How to build a business with ‘why’
● Key habits and mindset needed to be a successful entrepreneur
● Important things to know before pursuing entrepreneurship
● Why drive and determination are essential with running a successful business
● Smart ways to win competitions
● Why a lot of people failed to start or grow a business
● Common mistakes when starting a business
● “Catalysts” or exponential growth points for business
● Importance of a business plan
● Should you or should you not use venture capital to grow
● How to use crowdfunding to grow
● Why self-care is important to your success
● Best way to market your product
● What makes a successful marketing strategy
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