Simply Smarter Numbers

Cosmetic chemist Terri Vinson is joining me on the podcast to share how she took her skincare business global. We are talking about team building, delegating and how important these two things are when it comes to creating the business you want, that will support the lifestyle you want to live.

Terri Vinson is also telling us all about her stay at Necker Island with some amazing Business Chicks business women and of course we talk a...

We all know someone who has gone through a divorce, maybe we’ve done it ourselves or been there for our friends. The one constant, no matter how amicable or otherwise is that it is tough.  

Homes, investments, assets, debt, kids, pets it all comes under the spotlight. But throwing a successful business into the mix can make a tough time even tougher.

Whether it’s on the cards for you or a friend that you care about there are things w...

If you are an overthinker, a procrastinator, a perfectionist you’ll love hearing from today's podcast guest Jo Bendle. Jo Bendle is telling us why all the productivity tools in the world won’t help if you haven’t got a few other things worked out first. So if you are the world’s best planner but not so great at taking action or you are great at scheduling, but not so great at sticking to it then you definitely need to hear wha...

Stacey Cranitch is helping us organise our social media in just one hour a week. But before we get into the how, we talk about the why. Why do we service based businesses need to strategically embrace social media? Well, it helps to reduce the sales cycle. We talk about how a consistent social media presence has changed our sales processes and in fact all but eliminated the need to ’sell’ in a sales call.  

Stacey shares with us exa...

If you’ve ever considered pulling back on the 1:1 client facing work and transitioning to the online space then you’re going to want to stick around for this conversation with the gorgeous Emily Osmond.  Emily Osmond made the switch that a lot of us often dream about. She made that switch a couple of years ago from 1:1 client facing work to a membership model and while it wasn’t immediately successful she stuck with it and made it ...

Imagine setting an annual revenue goal of several hundreds of thousands of dollars at the start of the year - then blowing that goal out of the water in just ONE month.  Well it happened and it happened to Steph Taylor.  Want to know the one thing that she couldn’t have done without?  The one thing that Steph admits that without, she would NOT be where she is today?  Well, I’m for one, excited to say that it was numbers!  

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Today we are talking about how to charge your worth. In particular, we are honing in on how to adjust the pricing conversation you’re having with your clients. Running with the theory that price follows value, then surely we can’t be pricing anything until we truly understand the value that we are providing to our clients. 

I’m giving you some examples of conversations that you may need to have with your potential clients before you...

Whether we like it or not we have to meet with our accountant each and every year, so, why not make the most of the money you’re paying them and proactively ask them some questions that will really help you make some smart business decisions.  

I have five things that you can ask your accountant now.  It’s worth your while to take out a notepad and pen and write these things down so you’re prepared for the next time you meet with yo...

In a chance meeting, online, in a large and busy facebook group about 18 months ago I met today’s guest Simran Singh. 

Simran is an ex-lawyer turned marketing expert. She’s intelligent, articulate and she knows her marketing stuff. Simran & I are walking through her 7 steps to growing a big business when you’ve only got a small following.  

So, no, size isn’t everything and today Simran spells out exactly what we should be doing ...

Let’s talk about the gap between what you pay yourself now and what you want to pay yourself.

How much are you paying yourself? How much do you want to pay yourself? How much should you be paying yourself? If there’s a gap between what you are paying yourself and what you want to pay yourself then listen in because I’m talking about why that gap might exist in the first place then I’m talking through what you might do to close that ...

Is it ever ok to DIY your branding and design? And how to do it yourself without butchering it? Today I’m talking to branding & design expert Zoe Scott from The Design Order. We’re talking about why branding is more than just a nice-to-have. We are talking about why it’s essential but we’re keeping it real and practical. 

If you’re not ready to outsource your branding and design yet and DIY’ing is your only real option right now...

I want to talk to you about experts. Not all experts are created equally. I want to premise this by saying not all experts are bad! But not all experts are great and not all experts are even experts!  

Who are these experts? They are the people we give our time and our money too to solve specific issues that we are not equipped to solve on our own. These are the people we take advice from to grow, scale and change-up our businesses....

If you think you’re not a numbers person, think again! Today I was lucky enough to chat with fellow numbers expert Julie Alig from Manchester in the United States about the real business numbers, the simple business numbers that you need to know in your business. 

Now before you cringe and jump ship at the thought of two numbers experts talking numbers, I can assure you we are keeping it real and keeping it practical.

We are talking ...

Today's podcast is going to be short and sharp but sweet. Short and sharp because I want to keep the point super clear and sweet because when you nail this sweet spot in your business life begins to get a whole lot easier. 

I want to talk to you about your perfect profitable client. Who they are, what they look like and how you’ll know. 

But before we get into the details, why do you need to know what your perfect profitable cli...

Right now we are nearly 3 full months into 2021 and I have a question for you.  Are you running your business on your terms?

I want to talk to you about the business hangover.  

If you’ve ever felt like you’re knee deep in mud but you’ve gotta try and stride it out cos your clients are depending on you, cos your team is depending on you, cos your family is depending on you and all you really want to do is take a big long nap, prefera...

Which area of your business should you be putting your energy towards first?

Which comes first when building a profitable, elegant, lifestyle friendly business? Which should come first? Efficiency or Effectiveness?

There’s a lot of talk in business about being efficient. I talk about it a lot with my clients.  And it won’t be news to you that efficiencies in business are key to reclaiming your time and making more money with less eff...