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Episode 62- Managing Your Shiny Object Syndrome — Productivity, Focus, and Time Management have been on our radar a lot recently and this was a good time to share. In this hostful episode we tackle some of the real struggles we have surrounding bright shiny ideas and creative projects: how they distract us, how they are such fun […]

Episode 62: Managing Your Shiny Object Syndrome

12 Sep, 2017 in creativity / daily practice / podcast-episode / systems / time management by Brad Dobson

37342898 - three pink piggy banks standing on books next to a blackboard with simple savings progress chart. sharp focus on the piggy banks. — Are you in the dream stages of wanting to start a creative business? It’s easy to get excited and start focusing on clients, marketing and sales. Before you can focus on your marketing and sales, it’s important to create a strong financial foundation for your startup business. This process can […]

Financial Checklist for Startups: Start your Business with the Right ...

2 Aug, 2017 in income / systems by Minette Riordan, Ph.D.

blog post flow chart — My clients often ask me, “I wrote a blog post, now what?” Or “why should I write it, no one will read it!” It can often feel like you are creating inside a black hole, pouring your heart into each blog post… for what? No one is reading the posts […]

Get More Traffic to Your Blog Post

19 Jul, 2017 in marketing / systems by Minette Riordan, Ph.D.

Episode 51- Over-creating — We’re back with another hostful episode and this time we dig into our own problems with creating too much and not reusing and repurposing existing content. We had a recent example where we made the decision to create a whole live webinar campaign during an already busy month but backed […]

Episode 51: Over-creating

27 Jun, 2017 in creativity / income / perfectionism / podcast-episode / systems / time management by Brad Dobson

66804114_l — Help, I need somebody … Help, not just anybody … Help! You know I need someone … Help! As a creative entrepreneur, you may have so many juicy and inspiring ideas that it can be difficult to get organized. I get it … being in your flow is an incredible […]

5 Ways You Know You are Ready to Try Outsourcing

21 Jun, 2017 in relationships / systems / time management by Leslie Rivera

60941246 - bonus concept with young woman in a thoughtful pose — I was first introduced to a “Best Of” or “Indoctrination” autoresponder sequence of emails by Digital Marketer. You can see their great Welcome Email Template post for a breakdown of all the pieces and how to structure individual emails. If you aren’t familiar with the concept, a “Best Of” autoresponder […]

3 Ways that Best Of emails Help Your New Subscribers

14 Jun, 2017 in branding / ideal client / relationships / sales / systems by Brad Dobson

Episode 49- Shannon Ward — Do you struggle with sales? Is sales difficult and feels icky? What if sales was an act of Love? This week Minette and Brad interview their own sales coach, Shannon Ward. She sets us straight on how when we treat sales with compassion and use it to find an alignment between […]

Episode 49: Shannon Ward

13 Jun, 2017 in comfort zone / daily practice / income / podcast-episode / relationships / sales / systems by Brad Dobson

50275651_s — At the Path to Profit Academy we use (and coach our clients to use!) Editorial and Promotional planning calendars as part of everyday business. Creating and following these systems in your business is a fantastic way to: Organize the content – email newsletters, podcasts, blog posts, social media posts, etc. – […]

7 Ways We Stay Ahead Of The Game With Editorial ...

23 May, 2017 in creativity / income / profit / sales / social media / systems by Brad Dobson

Speaking leads — If I had a dollar for every lead we missed last year when Minette was speaking because we didn’t have systems in place … Here’s the litany of mistakes and weaknesses in our strategy for collecting and engaging new speaking leads. Failed to immediately get speaking event contact forms uploaded […]

3 Simple Systems for Engaging New Speaking Leads

2 May, 2017 in branding / comfort zone / relationships / speaking / systems by Brad Dobson

55970849 - businessman drawing profits concept with a marker — “I want to make MONEY!” No, you don’t … you want to make PROFITS. “No you don’t understand, I want this business to make a million dollars.” Not at 1% profit margin you don’t. That’s $10,000. You’ll be a thousandaire with a cash flow problem and an overwhelming amount of […]

Simple Systems to Create Profit First

13 Apr, 2017 in profit / systems / time management by Brad Dobson