maggie mongan

The Small Business Owners (SBOs) who believe in themselves are the ones who are willing to take risks for the sake of success. Successful SBOs believe their product or service IS good enough. They've learned to let go of self-doubt and take the necessary actions they need to take without allowing their fear to get in the way. 

This podcast will address how SBO's can be their most unique self that will attract even more business.

 In this episode, #1 Bestselling Business Author, Debbie Leoni, answers: 

1. Why writing this chapter, The Top 3 Fear Busters: No More Playing Small, is important.
2. How believing in yourself is related to fearlessness.
3. What prevents SBOs from believing in themselves.
4. Tips to help SBOs believe in themselves - especially if they've failed in the past.
5. A stat that reveals why we are wired to focus on the negative.

Of course Debbie's chapter in "Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner - Volume 3", goes into greater detail on this topic. Click here to get book on amazon: getbook.at/BrilliantBizBook3

Want more? Listen to Debbie's previous episode: BB104 and BB113

Debbie’s Special Invitation for You:
Register for Debbie's 3-part video series, "Busting Through the Top 3 Fears for Small Business Owners", at: https://fearlessbiz.debbieleoni.com/BrilliantBonus

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As we kickoff the first quarter of 2020, optimizing lead generation, increasing revenue, and improving win rates are at the top of prioritizes for most business owners. Chances are you've create various strategies to meet your sales goals and you're ready to execute. Yet does your plan include leveraging your network? 

"Relationship building is a long-term game that pays dividends in the long run. Yet we often struggle to optimize for anything other than short term gains.” Zvi Band, the CEO and founder of Contactually CRM

In this podcast, we'll explore why leveraging your network is the easiest way to meet your business goals, how, and what types of technology tools will support your efforts.

Questions Answered:

1. How do you define a network?

2. How are professionals using their network? 

3. What are the benefits?

4. What is a simple strategy to begin leveraging your network?

5. What are the appropriate tools we should use?

Want more? Listen to Tamara's previous episodes: BB102, BB110

Tamara’s Special Invitation for You:
Sign up for a free video training series to discover how a CRM will best support your business at: https://www.TamaraBurkett.com/Brilliant/

Of course you can learn more in Tamara's chapter in "Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner - Volume 3", goes into greater detail on this topic. Click here to get book on amazon: getbook.at/BrilliantBizBook3

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Join us as Danny Hadas, #1 Bestselling Business Author, shares the 2 most important questions every business owner or leader should be asking themselves about their business.

Before Danny shares the 2 questions, he first shares why it was important for him to write this chapter. Danny shares about his company's methodology for driving bottom-line results through employee experience innovation, which is called Emovation.

Episode Take-Aways:

- People Power Performance. If we understand it's people who drive performance the rest begins to fall into place... as long as it's intended to be a favorable experience.

- Question 1: How do you want the people around you to feel? 

- Question 2: What will you do to make them feel that way?

- Know that a workplace experience is being created, whether you intentionally create it or allow it to emerge. Focus on your intention being favorable and take action to support it.

- Danny shares how to first ASK, then ANSWER, and lastly follow-up with ACTION.

- Last: Danny reveals how each and every person impacts the culture and work experience.

Want more? Listen to Danny's previous episode: BB106

Danny’s Special Invitation for You:
Powerfully begin your team’s emovation journey with The Emovation Project’s Situation Launch Guide. Click here to start your journey: https://www.emovationproject.com/brilliant

Danny’s chapter in “Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner – Vol 3” dives into greater detail on this topic. Click here to buy the book on amazon: getbook.at/BrilliantBizBook3

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One of the biggest obstacles of a Small Business Owner is bitterness. Bitterness is anger and disappointment at being treated unfairly and it leads to resentment. 

Unfortunately, Small Business Owners are not aware of how their mindset is resulting in bitterness. This perpetuates a pattern of anger at themselves, their employees and their business. Learning how to be aware of any fear-based mindset liberates Small Business Owners from repeating these ineffective patterns. 

This podcast aims to address how to shift the mindset towards positivity, opportunity, and success.

Of course Debbie's chapter in "Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner - Volume 3", goes into greater detail on this topic. Click here to get book on amazon: getbook.at/BrilliantBizBook3

Want more? Listen to Debbie's previous episode: BB104

Debbie’s Special Invitation for You:
Register for Debbie's 3-part video series, "Busting Through the Top 3 Fears for Small Business Owners", at: https://fearlessbiz.debbieleoni.com/BrilliantBonus

#BrilliantBizBook #Author #Peace #Fearless #SmallBusiness

Business is speeding up, we all feel this.  We tend to expect it in our personal lives and resist it in our business.

• For example, we expect our Amazon order arrive within 24 hours – or even 4 hours.
• We know we need to make changes in our business to move faster and connect customers more deeply, but if it involves change, we resist.

 Business acceleration is caused by an exponential growth in technology 

• Exponential technology gained momentum 20 years ago 
• Technology has catapulted us out of the Industrial Age and into The Next Age™
• Fully moving to The Next Age™ requires companies to transform from a traditional way of doing business to Digital Business.

To get started, and overcome resistance, you have to cultivate the right mindset, a Digitally Expanded Mindset™.  

There are 5 aspects of a digitally expanded mindset:

1. See the possibility in the Digital Era – create a Vision
2. Believe in the power of modern technology – prod Dissatisfaction for traditional technology
3. Adopt an abundance mentality – formulate easy First Steps
4. Get comfortable with ambiguity – Attitude trumps skills and knowledge
5. Focus on a Growth Outlook – practice the law of self-control

• The first 3 aspects above are key to overcoming resistance to transformation
• Gleicher’s Formula for Change: D x V x F > R
• Dissatisfaction x Vision x First Steps > Resistance
• The 4th aspect of a Digitally Expanded Mindset™ relates well to the Carnegie Triangle
• The 5th aspect of a Digitally Expanded Mindset™ - having a growth outlook – is important to adopting the Law of Self Control.

NOTE: 

• Your thoughts, and in particular your self-talk will generate feelings about what you believe you can do, which prompts actions – what you actually will do - which ultimately leads to outcomes
• Here’s the most important part of this law – you are 100% in control of your thoughts. In other words, your thoughts are a choice.
• If you don’t practice the Law of Self Control you can get caught in the denial and despair aspect of change. These negative thoughts will lead to inaction and can actually cause a downward spiral.  

Want more? Listen to Kerrie's previous episode: BB105

Kerrie’s Special Invitation for You:
See how your business can ride the Jet Stream of Digital Business in a short video series and receive a resource guide on the 5 aspects of a Digitally Expanded Mindset™
Go to: https://kerriehoffman.com/brilliant

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All Small Business Owners are focused on minimize costs, while amplifying capability.

Today's episode focuses on your business's profitability. Our guest:  #1 Bestselling Business Author Keith Klein, who is a sales and website expert, reveals how it's more profitable to have a rocking website that sells for you than a salesperson. This is going to give you a fresh perspective of how to gain more revenue via your website.

With all the capabilities a site has (podcast links, videos, literature, etc) Keith shares how a well built site becomes a prospect pipeline for your business. Of course his chapter in "Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner - Volume 3", goes into greater detail.

Want to know more about how Keith can help your business's profitability?
Go to https://www.onyourmark.com/brilliant/
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We all heard the fortune is in the follow ups and statistics prove this saying true. With 87% of won deals happening after the 5th encounter, you’d think business owners would make it a priority to reach out to prospects multiple times. We know follow ups should be priority, and they are but most become trapped in focusing on 3% of buyers or those people who are ready to buy. That means for every 100 potential customers who encounter your brand for the first time, only 3 people are ready to buy. The other 97 need more connection. How we convert the 97 potential customers lies in how we cultivate a relationship with each person. 

This podcast aims to address the foundational hurdles small businesses and entrepreneurs face when creating a follow up process that flows.

1. When it comes to business growth, what are some of the common challenges your see in the marketplace?
2. Is there a root cause to these challenges?
3. How can CRMs help?
4. What are the benefits to investing in CRM early on in your business?

 Listen to Tamara's previous episode: BB102
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Bringing Peace to Work 

Spend time imagining a fulfilling work life. What brings you joy in day to day life? What brought you joy as a child? If there were no limits, how would you spend your life?

Have you discovered your life purpose? What were you meant to do? If the world ended tomorrow, what would you wish you had contributed? What would you be most grateful for?

How does your business support your dreams and how does it impede them? Do you create opportunities for your employees to make meaningful contributions to your business and community? 

Is the saying, “create a job you never have to take a vacation from,” achievable? 

#1 Amazon Bestselling Business Author Attorney Diane Mader challenges you in this podcast to explore these concepts and achieve a fulfilling work life congruent with your personal values and mission.
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During this episode, #1 Bestselling Business Author, Master Business Coach and Small Business Trainer, Maggie Mongan is interviewed by Stacy Kaat. Maggie explains why she wrote a chapter specifically for Small Business Owners about how to supercharge your networking and relationship-building activities. 

Maggie reveals how ineffective networking is common. She also shares how there is a very different way to build relationships in the 21st century and busts a myth that surely won't serve you.

Additionally, Maggie provides networking tips, and how the science and art of networking and relationship-building is very different so you know how to show up better..

NOTE: Maggie misspoke when she said "CRM was a Content Relationship Management System". Correction: she meant Customer instead of content.

Last, Maggie reveals how pitching while networking is one of the most absurd things we can do.

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Listen to Sales Expert of Website Master, Keith Klein, as he shares why a website is a forgery. 

If this doesn't blow your mind, Keith then explains why your website should be your second salesperson, after you, the business owner.

Keith helps Small Business Owners understand why your web presence provider should be a partner of your business. He also provides examples of good websites.  

Keith discusses what 3 key elements you want your website to accomplish for you and your business's performance. 

Bonus: Make sure your website is filled with common sense and courtesy.
#BrilliantBizBook #Website #Sales 

Happy 100th Episode Brilliant Breakthroughs Podcast!

During this episode, #1 Bestselling Business Authors Dave Rebro and Maggie Mongan recap highlights from the first 99 episodes. Additionally Dave and Maggie share more about how the #1 Bestselling Business Book Series for Small Business, "Brilliant Breakthroughs for the Small Business Owner: Fresh Perspectives for Profitability, People, Productivity, and Finding Peace in Your Business" began and why it exists.

If you want to learn more about this excellent resource for Small Business Owners to win BIG in the 21st century, listen and follow this podcast. We have a over 20 Business Experts sharing their wisdom to help you succeed in business.
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Are you ready to be an influencing force for your audience and customers? Listen to Becky Norwood, publisher of over 200 #1 Bestselling Books, share what Influence Marketing is and how to become an influencer. She shares what it takes to do this well and become what Becky dubs an "Impactful Social Influencer". Learn how you can differentiate yourself and your message in a noisy marketing world.

Want to here more from #1 Bestselling Business Author Becky Norwood? Check out podcast episodes: 61, 73, 81, and 90.

Want to learn how to make better business relationships in your Small Business? Listen to Susan McCuistion, unconventional diversity and inclusion expert, as she reveals how you can think more clearly and connect better with others by preparing for, recovering from, and adapting - via shifting how you process and share information. Susan shares the science and the power of using your heart to guide you and support you becoming more resilient. Learn the benefit from when we "give eachother more of a break" than when we don't. Additionally, discover how to listen to different perspectives.

Want to here more from #1 Bestselling Business Author Susan McCuistion? Check out podcast episodes: 58, 71, 78, 86, 94, and 99.