Productivity Straight Talk | How To Improve Personal Productivity & Time Management To Maximize Profits For Entrepreneurs

I sit down with the Founder of the Digital Organizer, Shawn Lemon, to dive into smart digital organization strategies to help you organize your files, passwords, and emails so you can be more efficient, effective, and productive. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Positive Impacts Of Digital Organization ✔ Where To Get Started With It ✔ Best Practices For Digital Files, Email, & Passwords ✔ The Importance Of Copying Over Docs Shared With You ✔ A Strong Case For Business Subscriptions ✔ The Benefits Of Setting Up Autoresponders ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/359   P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!  And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a n

I dive into how doing a two-hour subscription audit saved me  $5,129 and how you can also trim the fat and save big money in your business by doing a subscription audit. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The 2 Simple Steps In My Subscription Auditing Process ✔ The Key Questions To Ask Yourself ✔ How Those Questions Gave Me Specific Wins ✔ Lessons Learned & Pro Tips ✔ How To Take Action On What I Discussed Today ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/358 P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!  And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up

I dive into how taking time to gain clarity on what hasn’t been working in your business this year and cleaning the slate of that baggage this month can help you start fresh in the new year.  What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ An Easy Way To Reclaim A Lot Of Time & Energy ✔ 3 Powerful Questions To Ask To Gain Clarity  ✔ What You Need To Leave In 2024 ✔ Ideas For How You Can Start Fresh in 2025 ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/306 P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!  And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d

I sit down with the Co-Founder of Integrate-Up, Laura Couvillon, to dive into the wisdom, strategy, and negotiation skills it takes to successfully recruit high-performers and hire A-players to your dream team who actually fit your culture. What You’ll Discover In This Episode ✔ Why A Buzzword Hire Is Not For You ✔ Hiring Myths Not To Be Ignored ✔ Common Hiring Mistakes Business Owners Make ✔ PHow To Prepare To Successfully Hire ✔ How To Navigate Compensation Conversations ✔ Healthy Pay Rates For Different Positions ✔ How A Small Business Can Standout Among Big Corporations ✔ Ways To Gamify & Incentivize Your Team ✔ The Importance Of Creativity In Hiring Practices ✔ How To Handle High-Performers Who Don’t Fit Your Culture ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/357   P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to ta

I dive into creating a Vision Board and choosing a Word of the Year so you can keep your goals at the front of your mind, take intentional actions toward achieving them, and ultimately shape your business success in the year ahead. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What A Vision Board Is & Its Purpose ✔ Why It Works So Well ✔ Steps To Create A Vision Board for Your Business ✔ What A Word Of The Year Is & Its Benefits ✔ How To Choose Your Word  ✔ How To Keep Keep Laser-Focused On It ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/356 P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!  And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of r

I sit down with business growth strategist Madison Paige to dive into the seven different types of content marketing and how to best experiment with them, so you can be true to yourself, stand out in the market, reach your target audience, and build your brand! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How To Know Which Ones Will Work Best For You ✔ Ways To Determine A No-For-You Vs. A New-For-You ✔ Why All Your Content Is Not Meant To Grow, Nurture, AND Sell ✔ What To Do When Your Archetype Doesn’t Align With Your Audience’s Preferences ✔ How Many Launches To Do Each Year ✔ Why Diversity Is Your Friend & Long-Form Content Is Not Your Enemy ✔ The 4 Different Types of Buyers Plus Strategies To Reach Them ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/355   P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Bus

I dive into my framework that has specific instructions to help you reflect on this year in your business and analyze it so you can create a solid strategic plan and leap forward in the new year.  What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What My Insight Feedback Loop Is ✔ The Two Reflective Questions To Ask Yourself ✔ Which Areas Of Your Business To Analyze ✔ When & How To Do Your Yearly Insight Feedback Loop ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/354 P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!  And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your bus

I sit down with the Founder and CEO of Perfectly Kept Books, Misa Bacon, to dive into ways to take charge of your bookkeeping so you can make it less daunting, more approachable, and really build a strong financial foundation for your success. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Is Normal When It Comes To Small Business Bookkeeping ✔ The Point Of Bookkeeping Besides Paying Taxes ✔ 2 Reasons People Are Hesitant To Get Help ✔ The Biggest Common Mistakes Small Business Owners Make ✔ What To Do Before You Outsource Your Bookkeeping ✔ How To Make Bookkeeping Easier & Less Stressful ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/353   P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!  And… If you want help

I dive into the sabotaging tendency to compare and despair, breakdown how that mindset can be harmful to your success, and tell you what to do about it. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Compare & Despair Really Is ✔ The Feelings It Can Elicit ✔ How It Can Sabotage Your Success ✔ Why Your Backend Might Be A Mess ✔ What To Do About It Moving Forward ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/352 P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!  And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how w

I sit down with the Founder of Cultivize, Jason Kramer, to dive into how effective lead nurturing and customer relationship management (CRM) can help you convert prospective buyers into customers. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What A CRM Really Is ✔ The 4 Components of A CRM ✔ Strategies For Lead Nurturing ✔ The Importance Of Connectivity To Your Website ✔ What Type Of ROI A Business Owner Can Expect ✔ The Factors To Consider When You’re Buying Business Software ✔ How CRMs Can Help You Determine The Strength Of Leads ✔ What To Get In Writing Before You Choose A CRM ✔ What Amber Did To Hack The System ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/351   P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!  A

I dive into my Daily RAP framework so you can use it to stop letting your day conquer you AND instead… plan and conquer each and every day, thus laying the groundwork for long-term success. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Truth About Planning Your Day ✔ The Importance Of A Daily RAP ✔ When To Execute It ✔ My Daily RAP Framework Explained ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/350 P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!  And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner

I sit down with Joseph Michelli, an organizational consultant with a focus on customer experience, to dive into his knowledge of exceptional business practices that help leaders and their teams deliver an extraordinary customer experience that prioritizes people. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What The Customer Experience Is ✔ Ways To Use People, Processes, & Technology To Maximize The Customer Experience ✔ How Small Businesses Can Execute The Customer Walk & See What They See ✔ Advice For Enrolling Team Members Into Enhancing The Customer Experience ✔ Why Delivering Extraordinary Customer Experience Must Be A Priority ✔ A Quick Look Into Zappo’s Success ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/349 P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path

I dive into the best practices you can rely on to help you run efficient and effective project management meetings so you can take back control, lead your team, and elevate your client experience. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Best Practices For Running Effective Project Management Meetings ✔ What Outcomes You Can Expect When You Do ✔ My Proposed Agenda For Supercharging Your Meetings ✔ Post Meeting Action Items For The Team To Execute ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/348 P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!  And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions tha

In this episode of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast, I sit down with Business Coach & Sales Expert, Sarah Walton, to dive into business owners’ relationship with money. We discuss how it can transform into a growth mindset that plugs in to money, abundance, and success, and uses it to serve others and do amazing things What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How Your Relationship With Money Shows Up In Business ✔ The Truth About Having Money & Abundance ✔ How To Start Building A Healthy Relationship With Money ✔ What It Looks Like To Be In The Trenches Of Doing That Work ✔ A Look Through The Lens Of Abundance Vs. Scarcity ✔ The Difference In Charging What The Work Is Worth Instead Of What You’re Worth ✔ How Your Clients Feel When You Show Up To Serve Them In The Way They Need ✔ Today’s Challenge From Sarah ✔ What You Must Know To Truly Feel Free ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/347   P.S. If you enjoy today's episode and look

I dive into my hit list of 20 ways you can reallocate the time and energy you now have so you can create a more solid foundation in your business and prepare to move ahead full throttle when business is booming again. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What To Evaluate & Organize During Slow Periods ✔ What & Who To Invest In During Slow Periods ✔ What To Update & Restart During Slow Periods ✔ Who To Connect With During Slow Periods ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/346 P.S. If you enjoy today's episode and looking at your business through the lens of what success looks like for YOU in your business and personal life, then I invite you to join me in Las Vegas on November 2-3, 2024 for my intimate VIP Business Planning Event. I will personally help you plan your entire year so you can go into 2025 with a clear, actionable plan for your business. We’ll work hard during the day creating a blueprint for your business then play har

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I sit down with the founder of Clara CFO Group, CPA Hannah Smolinski to discuss the financial support options available to business owners and break down ways to gain a better understanding of your business’ financial health so you can make the right strategic decisions to grow your business and increase your profitability. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Financial Support Options Available To You ✔ What Size A Business Needs To Be To Hire A Fractional CFO ✔ The Roles Of A CPA Vs. A Fractional CFO ✔ The Biggest Financial Challenge Small Business Owners Face ✔ How To Best Use Business Credit ✔ Ways To Build Credit In Your Business ✔ Our Differing Opinions On The Profit First Method ✔ The Importance Of Educating Yourself On The Financial Health Of Your Business ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/345 P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific c

I dive into getting out of denial and getting clear on what you actually CAN accomplish in three months loaded with holiday activities, so you can finish the year strong AND enjoy the season! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Ways Living In Denial Shows Up In Your Business ✔ The Truth About Overwhelm ✔ How To Make Your 4th Quarter Less Stressful  ✔ Ways To Bring More Balance & Joy To Your 4th Quarter ✔ Tips For For Creating A Successful & Profitable End To Your Year ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/344 P.S. If you enjoy today's episode and looking at your business through the lens of what success looks like for YOU in your business and personal life, then I invite you to join me in Las Vegas on November 2-3, 2024 for my intimate VIP Business Planning Event. I will personally help you plan your entire year so you can go into 2025 with a clear, actionable plan for your business. We’ll work hard during the day creating a blueprint

I sit down with the Founder of Grow A Small Business, Troy Trewin, to dive into marketing principles and strategies small business owners can use to grow their business and increase their profits with a bit of persistence. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How Troy Divides His Time & Energy Among His 7 Businesses ✔ The Main Challenges Troy’s Overcome With Marketing Those Businesses ✔ 3 Key Marketing Principles For Small Business Owners ✔ What Marketing Data To Track & How Frequently To Analyze It ✔ Tips For Continuing To Show Up & Keep Trying Marketing Strategies  ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/343 P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!  And… If you want help managing y

I dive into the topic of theme days and how to implement them so you can take advantage of the awesome benefits gained from taking your time blocking from good to better to batch! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Time Blocking Is & Its Benefits ✔ What Theme Days Are & How To Use Them ✔ How I Got Started Theming My Days ✔ What Batching Is & Its Benefits ✔ What Tasks You Could Batch For Efficiency & How ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/342 P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!  And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you l