I sit down with small business attorney Elissa D. Hecker to dive into the role a small business attorney takes when hired to give you legal advice, protect your assets, and provide support. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Legal Matters Elissa Helps Small Business Owners With ✔ The Action You Must Take After Creating A Trademark ✔ Reasons Business Owners Are Hesitant Bring An Attorney On Their Advisory Council ✔ Why It’s Important To Have An Attorney On Board ✔ How to Safeguard Yours...
Aug 12, 2024•33 min•Ep 339•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into the many ways you can stop being the only hero in your story and get the support you need to grow your business, increase profits, and reduce the stress of running your business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Common Reasons Business Owners Don’t Get The Support They Need ✔ Why It’s Important To Stop Being The Only Hero In Your Story ✔ The Roles You’re Fulfilling But Don’t Necessarily Need to Be ✔ Examples Of Tasks That Could Easily Be Delegated To Buy You More Time & Energy...
Aug 05, 2024•27 min•Ep 338•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with Fractional COO and The Online Integrator, Raquel Castillo, to dive into the role of a Fractional COO, what an Entrepreneurial Operating System is, and how both can support you in running your business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What A Fractional C-Suite Executive Is ✔ Why & How Raquel Became A Fractional COO ✔ What Her Role Entails & What Her Day-To-Day Looks Like ✔ What An Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) ✔ The 6 Main Components Of An EOS ✔ Why A Business Wou...
Jul 29, 2024•41 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into making smarter client scheduling decisions so you can prevent the negative costs poor client scheduling has on your business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Poor Client Scheduling Looks Like ✔ Amber’s Scheduling Story That Ended Badly ✔ Krystle’s Scheduling Story That Ended Well ✔ How Those Business Owners Both Failed & Succeeded In Their Communication ✔ The Hidden Costs Of Poor Client Scheduling ✔ What You Can Do To Improve Your Client Scheduling ✔ So Much More! To acc...
Jul 22, 2024•29 min•Ep 336•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with John McClain, the CEO & Creative Director of John McClain Design, to dive into creating systems and processes for your business so you can gain peace of mind knowing that every project will run like a well-designed machine and attain greater success. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How Not Having Systems Almost Cost John His Business ✔ What Version 1.0 Of His Processes Looked Like ✔ How John Documents His Processes & Delegates Diligently Now ✔ The Three Phases & 18 Steps ...
Jul 15, 2024•1 hr•Ep 335•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into the heavy mental load business owners carry and discuss four specific activities worth making time for to help you reduce stress, improve your productivity, and better manage your mental load. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What A Mental Load Is ✔ How It Impacts Business Owners ✔ What You Should Be Focusing Your Time On ✔ The Activities That Are Causing Undue Stress ✔ What To Strategically Do About It ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on ...
Jul 08, 2024•18 min•Ep 334•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with income growth strategist Marion Wagner to dive into the major lead generation mistakes many business owners are making and discuss what to do instead to generate leads that convert! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Lead Generation Mistakes To Stop Making Today ✔ What Hole You Shouldn’t Allow Yourself To Get Stuck In ✔ When You Should Consider Using Paid Ads For Your Offer ✔ How Often You Should Be Sending Emails ✔ The Highest Converting Lead Generation Strategy ✔ So Mu...
Jul 01, 2024•39 min•Ep 333•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into the specific time management strategies, skills, and policies you can implement in your business immediately to get the most of your team members’ time without overwhelming them. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Your #1 Job As A Leader Is ✔ What Skill You Must Train Your Team Members On ✔ My 12 TimeMaximizers To Help Your Team Implement ✔ Ways You Can Encourage Your Team By Leading By Example ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https:...
Jun 24, 2024•37 min•Ep 332•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with business mentor and health coach Molly Asplin to dive into the importance of living in alignment with your personal priorities and not just your business goals, so you can feel more in balance and find fulfillment beyond traditional measures of success! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Molly’s Definition Of Success ✔ The Powerful Castle-Moat Analogy ✔ The Benefits Of Setting Goals Outside Your Business ✔ Strategies For Attaining More Balance ✔ The Gratitude Practice That B...
Jun 17, 2024•36 min•Ep 331•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into how you can take action to respect and value your own time because if you don’t, no one else will and your business will suffer because of it. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Ways Others Might Be Disrespecting Your Time ✔ What Not Valuing Your Own Time Looks Like ✔ Which Adjustments Will Have The Greatest Impact ✔ The Steps To Valuing Your Own Time ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/330 P.S. Want to discover wh...
Jun 10, 2024•28 min•Ep 330•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with the co-founder of the Lefkoe Institute, Shelly Lefkoe, to dive into the topic of eliminating the beliefs sabotaging your growth so you can stop hitting that wall and attain greater success in business. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Beliefs Really Are & Where They Come From ✔ How To Know If You Have Self-Limiting Beliefs ✔ A Simple Test To Know If You Believe You’re Not Good Enough ✔ Where & How Meanings Originate ✔ The Common Beliefs That Sabotage Small Business Ow...
Jun 03, 2024•56 min•Ep 329•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into how to create a schedule that more effectively supports your ideal work/life balance so you can actually achieve it. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Thing You Must Get Clarity On ✔ What You Should Be Tracking & Auditing ✔ What Gaps Are Important To Solve For ✔ 4 Steps To Create A More Supportive Schedule ✔ The Nuisance That Can Sabotage Any Schedule If Left Unchecked ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/328 P...
May 27, 2024•33 min•Ep 328•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with the founder of Tsetserra Growth Partners, Malcolm Peace, to dive into how you can best prepare yourself and stabilize your business now to ensure you’ll be able to sell it down the line when the timing is right and should you wish to do so. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How Malcolm Got Into Buying Businesses ✔ Why You Might Want To Consider Selling Your Business Down The Line ✔ What Metrics Business Buyers Look At ✔ Malcolm’s Framework Evaluating A Business ✔ The Import...
May 20, 2024•48 min•Ep 327•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into eight simple upgrades to the technology you use in your business every day that can help you maximize your efficiency. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How Tech Upgrades Can Impact Your Business & Workflow ✔ Which Simple Tech Upgrades You Should Consider Implementing ✔ My Task Management Program Evolution ✔ My Thoughts & Warnings About Using AI ✔ What Tech Upgrades You Should Prioritize & How ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://Amb...
May 13, 2024•23 min•Ep 326•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with Charlène Gisèle, The Burnout Prevention Adviser, to dive into burnout prevention strategies, as well as tools to help you heal from burnout. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Habits & Behaviors That Lead To Burnout ✔ How To Know When An Intervention Is Needed ✔ The Mindshift That Needs To Happen To Course Correct ✔ The Healing Tools You Can Use To Combat Burnout ✔ How Long It Takes To Pull Yourself Out Of Burnout ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episo...
May 06, 2024•44 min•Ep 325•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into what it takes to develop and maintain a strong team so you can maximize the benefits of having a team who supports you in achieving your business goals. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Smart Alternative To Micromanaging Your Team ✔ Why It’s Important To Invest In Your Team ✔ Necessary Steps To Build A Strong & Effective Team ✔ What Audits Should Be Performed Periodically ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/3...
Apr 29, 2024•22 min•Ep 324•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with the co-founder of email management company InboxDone.com, Yaro Starak, to dive into an effective email management solution that could reduce chaos, keep you from drowning in emails, and get you to inbox zero every single day. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Is Making It Hard For You To Grow ✔ Why Yaro Hired His First Email Assistant ✔ The Self-Limiting Beliefs Holding You Back From Delegating Your Email ✔ The Phases Of Delegating Emails ✔ Strategies To Make The Hando...
Apr 22, 2024•50 min•Ep 323•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into the root causes of why you’re micromanaging your team so you can stop doing so and instead, empower your team to grow in their roles and invest more of your time in your own high-value activities. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Micromanagement Is ✔ How It Might Be Showing Up In Your Business ✔ Why You Might Have The Tendency To Micromanage ✔ How To Stop Micromanaging Your Team: ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGa...
Apr 15, 2024•20 min•Ep 322•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with the Founder and CEO of Keystone Group International, Jaime Taets, to dive into the leadership role a business owner plays in building culture and how a strong culture is the foundation for scaling. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Why Strong Cultures Help Businesses Grow ✔ How To Get Out From Under The Founder’s Dilemma ✔ Ways To Reduce Cultural Confusion Within Your Business ✔ How Having Great Culture Helps With Hiring & Firing ✔ What Must Be Done In Order To Scale ✔ The ...
Apr 08, 2024•51 min•Ep 321•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into the topic of time blindness so you can learn how it might be affecting you and your business, then take action to minimize its unintentional costs. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What Time Blindness Is ✔ Who It Affects & Why ✔ Common Symptoms & Costs of Unintentional Time Blindness ✔ Ways To Tell If You Struggle With It ✔ How To Manage Your Time Blindness ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/320 P.S . Want to di...
Apr 01, 2024•42 min•Ep 320•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast , I sit down with personal coach James Brackin to discuss how intentional action can fuel your growth and lead to exceptional results. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ James’ Background That Significantly Influenced The Way He Lives ✔ What Specific Event Led Him To Bet On Himself ✔ How James Defines Intentionality ✔ How To Be Intentional With Your Time ✔ Why We Should Optimize For Enjoyment Insteads Of Progress ✔ How To Use Antic...
Mar 25, 2024•38 min•Ep 319•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into the different kinds of perfectionism and how you can use guardrails to curb your perfectionism tendencies so you can stop sabotaging yourself and your business! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How Perfectionism Shows Up In Your Business ✔ What Excellence Seeking Perfectionism Is ✔ What Failure Avoiding Perfectionism Is ✔ How Perfectionism Is Costing You ✔ Strategies To Construct Guardrails For Your Perfectionism ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode,...
Mar 18, 2024•40 min•Ep 318•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with retail shop owner and marketing coach, Lauren Tilden, to dive into strategies to cut the noise, devise an effective marketing plan, and be consistent with it so you get the results you want! What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ 3 Reasons Why It Proves Difficult To Show Up Consistently ✔ How To Keep Showing Up When You’re Not Seeing Results Yet ✔ Lauren’s Super Tactical Marketing Tips ✔ What To Spend Your Marketing Time & Effort On ✔ Best Practices For Getting To Know Your Idea...
Mar 11, 2024•47 min•Ep 317•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into discovering the root cause of why you aren’t more productive so you can take action to eliminate the biggest threat that is holding you back. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What True Productivity Is ✔ The Underlying Reason You’re Not Productive ✔ How You Might Be Sabotaging Your Success ✔ What To Do To Break The Shackles Of Self-Sabotage ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/316 P.S. Want to discover what’s most ...
Mar 04, 2024•17 min•Ep 316•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast , I sit down with Marcel Petitpas, the CEO & Co-Founder of Parakeeto, a company dedicated to helping agencies measure and improve their profitability by streamlining their operations and reporting systems. We dive into how you can interpret your important operational metrics to help you take the right, decisive actions on them and skyrocket your profitability. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ The Two Most Important Metrics To Tra...
Feb 26, 2024•58 min•Ep 315•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into how you can ruthlessly starve your distractions and feed your focus so you can consistently show up your best during scheduled work time. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ What You Can Do To Starve Your Distractions ✔ What you Can Do To Feed Your Focus ✔ Resources To Help You Implement Each Of Those ✔ How Environmental Factors & Physiology Come Into Play ✔ What I Did To Seek Additional Support To Promote Focus ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, cli...
Feb 19, 2024•27 min•Ep 314•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with self-care strategist and the owner of B.Nourished.com, Katie McDonald, to dive into her journey to becoming an expert on self-care which began with a long period of self-neglect which led to self-destruction and a life-changing epiphany. Katie shares strategies for committing to nourishing self-care and getting on the path towards a more balanced and vibrant life. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How One Missed Meeting Led To Self-Care Becoming Katie’s Domain ✔ What Self-C...
Feb 12, 2024•46 min•Ep 313•Transcript available on Metacast I dive into strategies to create time to work ON your business so you can stop spending so much time working IN your business and instead, invest your time in the activities that will grow it. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How I Became The Productivity Specialist ✔ Why It’s Important To Create Time To Work ON Your Business ✔ What That Means & Where To Get Started ✔ Solutions For Working ON Instead Of IN Your Business ✔ So Much More! To access resources and links from this episode, clic...
Feb 05, 2024•28 min•Ep 312•Transcript available on Metacast I sit down with Nick Hutchison, the visionary force behind BookThinkers and author of Rise of the Reader, to dive into strategies to consume information in a way that makes an impact and supercharges your success by applying your learning. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ How Nick Became A Book Guy ✔ What Helped Him Stop Living Below His Potential ✔ Ways To Consume InformationWith Intentionality ✔ A Handy Formula To Know A Good Book From A Bad Book ✔ The Most Impactful Business Books Wort...
Jan 29, 2024•44 min•Ep 311•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast , I reflect on the last year in my business and give you a behind-the-scenes look at the challenges I overcame, as well as my thought process on determining the right solutions for myself and my business which included holding the line. What You’ll Discover In This Episode: ✔ Productivity Redefined ✔ What Holding The Line Means ✔ When It’s Necessary And How Long It Needs To Be Done ✔ How To Create A Strategic Plan To Do Hold The Line ✔ ...
Jan 22, 2024•32 min•Ep 310•Transcript available on Metacast 
