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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

Episode 39- Molly Mandelberg — We both enjoyed talking with Molly Mandelberg about the intersection of creativity and business. I think Minette and Molly are kindred souls .. so much so that they are co-hosting a one day event in May in LA! We talked about the importance of systems, Molly’s journey as a digital […]

Episode 39: Molly Mandelberg

4 Apr, 2017 in art / big why / creativity / ideal client / leadership / marketing / podcast-episode / systems by Brad Dobson

41506649 - education concept as a diverse community of children working together in friendship drawing connected gears and cog wheels with chalk as a symbol for the success of learning with a school program. — This is the first post in Brad’s Business Systems blog series, where we will connect creativity and business processes. We’ll show you our own processes, what’s working and what’s not, and give you advice and templates you can put to right to work. I get it: you’re resistant In your […]

I’m a Creative, Why on Earth do I want Structure ...

20 Mar, 2017 in art / creativity / systems / time management by Brad Dobson