The BizChix Podcast: Female Entrepreneurs | Women Small Business | Biz Chix

The BizChix Podcast: Female Entrepreneurs | Women Small Business | Biz Chix

Host Natalie Eckdahl, MBA is a coach to high performing women. She is married with three children ages 7-20. Natalie helps women entrepreneurs own their role as CEO through her business trainings, on air coaching calls and expert interviews. Learn how to master your mindset, grow as a leader, refine your strategies, build your team and gain visibility in your industry. Natalie is also an expert in outsourcing at home and at work.

Episodes

April 25, 2024 20 mins

One of the most painful places to be in business is when you have lost all forward momentum. 

You look at your pipeline for clients and it is empty. 

This is especially challenging to navigate after you lose an important client, several proposals get rejected or it feels like everyone is 👻 ghosting you.

Where do you even start?

And what can you do to mitigate ever ge...

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Let’s diagnose whether or not you have a sales problem in your service based business. 

Sales is an umbrella term for a function in your business that has many facets.

Are you struggling more to get leads or to convert leads you have into clients?

🎯 In this episode, we go deep on the three most often overlooked elements in the sales offer: specificity, urgency, and ROI.  

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April 11, 2024 20 mins

The most common area new clients rank as needing 🔥 urgent help with is marketing. 

They report they aren’t doing enough marketing. 

They don’t have a real plan.

Or their current marketing plan isn’t working. 

🧐 But, 9 times out of 10, they DON’T have a marketing problem. 

In today’s episode, Elizabeth Cook, coaches with me in our Six Figures Lab group c...

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The fresh energy of Spring is blooming all around me and it has made me excited to set some very big goals for 🌷Q2.

You can harness this energy around you too and join me in a Six Week Sprint.

Go to bizchix.com/sprint for our free worksheet to guide and document your sprint. 

🏃‍♀️A sprint will be especially useful if you have had a 😓tough Q1 (many people I know have) and are fe...

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Have you noticed that the longer you do the same type of work, the more efficient you get? That is why charging hourly or selling a package of hours starts to feel less great over time.

We teach our clients to create either a monthly or a high ticket project business model based on the deliverables not based on the number of hours it takes

This works especially well for consultants, marketers and financia...

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🏁 Ready for a training that is the OPPOSITE of what most people teach? Instead of focusing solely on growing an online presence, I walk you through the game-changing strategy of MERGING LOCAL networking with ONLINE engagement, with a special focus on harnessing the power of LinkedIn.  

You will hear actionable tips for connecting locally, leveraging LinkedIn, and cultivating a referral-based business. 

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😬Do your CLIENTS know what your boundaries are? 
🙀How about your TEAM?
👀Can YOU articulate your boundaries?

Boundary issues come up FREQUENTLY as we support our clients, so please know you are not alone. 

Sometimes we do not even know we need to articulate a boundary until we are faced with a new situation.

🚩If you struggle with holding boundaries in your personal life, those ...

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Listen in as I coach a client from my Six Figures Lab group coaching program. 

Claire Lauer is passionate about serving her clients through her company CL Content Marketing, but growth has slowed.

What should she do next? Should she expand her current niche or something else?

The answer we landed on surprised us both!

Connect with Claire Lauer:

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February 29, 2024 20 mins

💵💶💷 Are you struggling to change your pricing strategy? Are you feeling undervalued? You may be underpricing your services. But how do you raise them with current clients?

I’m joined by Elizabeth Cook who coaches alongside me in our $ix Figures Lab group coaching program, and she poses questions from our clients.

We dive into all the 🧠 mindset issues that may get in the way of raising pric...

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Today, I’m training on the nuances of specializing and niching in your business. It's more than just semantics; it impacts every aspect of your business, from your marketing efforts to the clients you serve. I'll walk you through real examples and share the benefits of each approach, culminating in my personal favorite - a "specialized niche" business model. 

 

Ready to go deeper with me? Ther...

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February 15, 2024 34 mins

Are you at CAPACITY in your business, where you can’t really grow unless you start taking more off your plate, BUT the business can’t afford to hire the person you think you really need?

In this episode we share a workaround. 

A way to start delegating small tasks in your business so you can focus on your zone of genius and increase your capacity without overwhelming your time or your bank acc...

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Negotiation is both an 🎨 art and a 🔬 science. Many of the skills associated with effective negotiations are actually historically feminine strengths. 

This is incredible news for women entrepreneurs because as business owners we will be part of negotiations whether it is when we are hiring, drafting a proposal, discussing terms for a speaking contract, or considering a new lease.

I cover fiv...

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We're popping the 🎉confetti to celebrate a decade of the BizChix Podcast which has been a journey of transformation, growth, and empowerment for women entrepreneurs everywhere.

In this special episode, I dive deep into the heartwarming stories of our powerhouse team members who had a key role in the BizChix story -  Mark, Shelli, Tiffanie, and Elizabeth.

I get personal, sharing the raw beginn...

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Have you heard of a Golden Ticket? In the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a golden ticket is hidden inside the wrapper of five chocolate bars. Whoever finds it, can enter the chocolate factory and win a lifetime supply of chocolate.

Well, I don’t have a lifetime supply of chocolate to offer you, but how about a lifetime supply of CLIENTS? I believe that you already have everything you need to grow...

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Want to get known, and fast? There are many visibility activities that are long-term strategies, but this episode is all about generating visibility for your business quickly.

If people don’t know about you, they can’t work with you.

I share more about tapping into the most underutilized visibility strategy – leveraging your personal network, and my Rapid Visibility Framework built around that...

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January 11, 2024 17 mins

Join in as I share 12 strategies that can help you attract more clients to your business today. Plus, I cover the 3 most common mistakes I see when business owners try to get more clients, and what you can do to avoid them!

It doesn’t matter if you’re a start-up looking for your first few clients or a multi-six figure business owner that wants to reach more people and continue to grow – everyone wants to u...

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January 4, 2024 17 mins

Has your business hit a plateau? Do you feel overwhelmed with all the different things you could focus on to grow your business? What’s the best next step?

Join me as I help you uncover the main reason YOUR business is not growing and where to focus first. Together, we'll analyze four key areas in your business which comprise our BizChix Coaching Framework - strategy, operations, team, and mindset.

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December 28, 2023 22 mins

The fresh 💫 energy of a new year is upon us! Join me to create a clear vision for what you want this upcoming year to look like for your business and yourself. 

Let's discover the shifts you need to make in order to bring YOUR vision to life. Learn what you need to prioritize and invest in so that you can gain more revenue and stability while al...

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December 21, 2023 27 mins

Holding boundaries with clients is tricky, especially if you already struggle with boundaries in your personal life.

Setting boundaries early on with clients sets a clear expectation and prevents you from feeling resentment or disliking your business. 

And even if you have never set boundaries, or let a few slide, it is NEVER too late to renegotiate your client relationships.

Join...

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December 14, 2023 20 mins

Do you know many clients you can add to your roster with your current team before you reach capacity? Maybe you need more clients to reach your income goals but you’re not sure you have any more time to spend on client work.

In today’s episode, I go over how you can determine the amount of clients you need to reach capacity while still keeping your business sustainable and reaching your monthly income goal...

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