AVENUE FOR GROWTH

In this episode, I'm sharing my 5 biggest entrepreneurial mistakes to date, and also 5 smart things I've done in my business. Previous to this episode, I shared my story on friend Angélique Binet's The Real Story Behind Her Business series, which was very fun, also a bit vulnerable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4up1Lcljq0o (You can find the show here.) Would you like to explore how we can work together? Start with https://avenueforgrowth.com/your-growth-plan/ (this fun assessment) to identify your current stage and receive your Growth Plan This FREE 20 day Growth Program is available for a limited time: https://learn.avenuegrowthsystem.com/ (ACCESS THE PROGRAM) Read about https://avenueforgrowth.com/become-a-coach/ (Avenue Business Growth Expert Certification here) Come and work with us inside the https://circle.avenueforgrowth.com/ (CIRCLES)

I have a guest today, my friend Deb Boulanger (wait for my pronunciation..) from The Great Do-over & Life After Corporate podcast is joinng me and we talk about business coaching, life after corporate and obstacles high performing women meet when they take the leap to entrepreneurship. Meet Deb here (https://thegreatdoover.com/debra-boulanger/) Download the 9 Questions To Ask Yourself Before You Make The Leap here ( https://thegreatdoover.com/9) Listen to Life After Corporate here (https://lifeaftercorporatepodcast.com/) I also did a guest interview in Deb's pod, listen here (https://share.transistor.fm/s/50fdcce8)

Today, I'm sharing the 8 assets tha every compnay needs to have in place if they are scaling and/or growing.

I'm sharing a specific product ecosystem that every coach who's looking to scale needs to have in place. Want to learn more about our Growth Coach Certification? Read here. (https://avenuecoach.com/certification/)

In this episode, I'm covering the 7 necessary tools for business coaches. I'm also mentioning our certification program that starts at the end of August. Check out for some more information here: AvenueCoach.com/certification (http://avenuecoach.com/certification)

I'm having a great conversation with my friend Jo Bendle about entrepreneurship, visions and making things happen. Jo Bendle is a Productivity + Empowerment Coach helping female business owners be more, do more and have more... while working less. She helps ambitious businesswomen step into a bigger life with her three simple principles: Mindset + Vision + Productivity. Find her Productivity Guide here (click) (https://jobendle.com/)

Would you build your house without a blueprint? I don't think you would, yet many business owners are operating without a real solid blueprint when they grow their companies. Join me for this episode where I first cover how we built our house from ground up, what kind of decisions we had to make, and how that relates to business. Also, if you're interested in joining a free live workshop during the summer, where I teach you the Avenue Growth System and how you can implement it to your business, click here and book your spot. (https://avenueforgrowth.com/workshop/)

In this episode, I have a guest with me and we talk about technology development and digital transformation. My guest Maxim Cramer is the technical coach who helps women entrepreneurs take on the tech world and strategising their apps from ideas to reality. An outspoken advocate for the need to bridge the gap between technology and business, she’s worked on apps that have seen a million downloads on the first day and been featured in Apple retail stores around the globe. Maxim has worked as a technical consultant, UX designer and software engineer with over ten years of experience in the industry. She was integral to the team that developed Swiftkey, a keyboard app that saw over a million downloads on launch and whose success was profiled in the New York Times (Microsoft has since acquired the app). She has also been a developer for fine arts app Artsy and a technical consultant for Hewlett-Packard. Today she works as a principal design technologist at Autodesk on a software product revolutionising the film and gaming industry. As founder of MENNENIA, Maxim empowers women business leaders and female founders to understand and leverage technology within their organisations. With her ability to flatten communications barriers between technical teams and consumers, she’s spoken at conferences worldwide and hosts the Cutting Through Tech podcast on technical strategy for women leaders. Links to Maxim: Website:  www.mennenia.com (https://www.mennenia.com/) Podcast:  www.cuttingthroughtech.com (https://www.cuttingthroughtech.com/) Join Maxim's Masterclass: https://successfulapps.mennenia.com/ (https://successfulapps.mennenia.com/) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxim-cramer-6255bb14/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/mennenia) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mennenia/) Get certified as Avenue Growth Expert I also mention our Growth Coach Certification offer at the end. Go to AvenueCoach.com (https://avenueforgrowth.com/certification/) to find more information, and join our coming live call in case you've been looking to add highly profitable coaching and consulting programs to your offer portfolio!

Today we're talking about whether your business coach is full of BS, and how you can determine whether this is true. I'm also inviting you to join the Concepts that Sell at Scale Program kicking off next week. Come to http://conceptsthatsell.com/ (http://conceptsthatsell.com/) and join us!

In this episode, I'm sharing some great insights about the journey many successful business owners go through from a dreamer to a business owner. We talk about the different stages and issues at each stage, and also what you must implement to take you from one stage to the next. Want to see if we can help you grow? Check out Avenue For Growth program and join us! (https://avenueforgrowth.com/join)

In this episode of Avenue, I'm having a conversation with life strategist Natalia Edelmann. She's an inspiring woman, coach to women who are ready to make things happen in their lives. She is the founder of the Make It Happen Success System. She is also a Number One Best Selling Author of The Secret Diaries of a Female Entrepreneur and Natural & Organic Healing: Your Ultimate Guide to Health & Wellness, and is a wellness and business expert appearing regularly in the media.  After leaving her career in Wealth Management for over 10 years and achieving an MBA and CPA, Natalia was inspired to create the Make It Happen Success System and build her own business in order to help leading women in transition to reach next level success by creating a clear vision and strategic plan while getting into a peak state of being so that they can make the life they say they want a reality! Natalia has been featured in Thrive Global, Medium as well as EuroWeekly, and is an accredited member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada and the International Association of Wellness Professionals (IAWP). Get to know Natalia Website: www.nataliaedelmann.com (http://www.nataliaedelmann.com/)   Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/lifestrategieswithnat (http://www.facebook.com/groups/lifestrategieswithnat) Facebook Business: www.facebook.com/nataliaedelmanncoach (http://www.facebook.com/nataliaedelmanncoach) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalia-edelmann-mba-cpa-cma-17487418/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalia-edelmann-mba-cpa-cma-17487418/) Instagram: www.instagram.com/natalia_edelmann (http://www.instagram.com/natalia_edelmann) Twitter: www.twitter.com/natedelmann (http://www.twitter.com/natedelmann) Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/nataliaedelmanncoach (http://www.pinterest.com/nataliaedelmanncoach) JOIN THE AVENUE GROWTH ACCELERATOR SUMMER PROGRAM I mention our summer program too! It's an online program with multiple implementation workshops and open office calls from middle of May to August. We will help you to put together an offer that your clients can't say no to, a sales & marketing system that is tailored for your business model, and a visibility system to become seen as the leading brand in your niche. Read more here and join already today! (https://avenueforgrowth.com/course/)

In this episode, I'm sharing the key automation every business needs to put in place. Now when we're heading towards the summer period, it's a perfect time to implement this key automation to be able to enjoy free time, and the business is growing.

We're living in weird times and situations right now, but this episode is a short personal message and shout out to all the brave, innovative entrepreneurs out there who are working tirelessly to provide solutions and help to their communities. Also, I have a public proposal to make.

It's our quarterly CEO week and I'm covering our planning process. This time, we have a very strong focus on the intentions we set for our businesses, and the importance of identifying whether the business model you currently have actually leads to your intentions and vision, or if something needs to change.

We're living in a very weird world right now, and today's episode is a reflection on that, also; I'm sharing what we do right now with our clients to keep them cool, and progressing. I'm hosting live trainings inside the FB group every day this week, join us! Click here. (https://www.facebook.com/groups/455696271698956)

In this short episode, I'm talking about the different types of muscles that you need to have, depending on the choice of your market, concept and business model.

Today we're talking about the importance of taking a massive action, but to understand that these things take time, and the shape and form of your business is not going to be the same forever. I'm also inviting you to join the Activate Your Growth workshop happening inside our training group, join here: GROUP (https://www.facebook.com/groups/455696271698956) .

Today we're covering 3 (+ one extra) growth blockers that we see so many entrepreneurs have. Inside Avenue, we identify certain blockers and activators to be able to engineer a growth model for your company, based on what you do, who you serve, and what your intentions are. If you want to get in touch with me, send me a message through LinkedIn! Just come over and add me to your network (please, send a message and introduce yourself when we connect, I want to know who you are and what you do!) Tiina on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiina-wil%C3%A9n-8415551/) If you're interested in learning more about the work I and our team of growth coaches do, read more here. (https://avenueforgrowth.com/join)

In today's episode, I'm talking about why you need to own your sales process, what it means and how it could look like for you. I'm also sharing my journey from 'hating' and 'fearing' sales to loving the process of making sales. If you are interested in having our help to create your sales process, click here and chat with us. (https://manychat.com/l8/avenuemethod)

In this episode, I'm talking about what a VIP policy is, why you need one, and how you can create one for your company. I'm also sharing some personal stories about my entrepreneur journey, and what kind of mistakes I've made when I let wrong people into my life, and what the consequences were.

In this episode, I'm covering quite a few reasons for why your clients decide not to buy, and what you can do about it.

In this episode, we're covering the difference between sales & marketing systems and also figure out what kind of sales system you should engineer, based on the business model your company has.

Today I'm covering the 4 main reasons why your marketing is not working, and 5 things you can do about it. Activate Your Growth intensive workshop I'm also inviting you to our special 1-week long workshop starting tomorrow the 7th Jan 2020! Go here to sign up and receive your workbook with assignments. (https://activateyourgrowth.com/)

In this episode, we're talking about a business idea validation process that's highly recommended every time you are validating a new idea.

Today we're talking about our secret sauce, the unfair advantage that makes your (or your competitors) brand and business grow bigger, faster. Happy New Years Eve!

In this episode, we will continue the conversation from the previous episode, and look at the tools and tactics you too can use to make people in your industry to see you as the leading brand and business. I'm also talking about our coming ACTIVATE YOUR GROWTH workshop, join us here. (https://activateyourgrowth.com/) During this 1 week long free workshop, we are going to build your digital marketing and automated sales system – back-to-back!

In this episode, I'm covering one of our key strategies for you to implement if you want to stand out in your marketplace and get the best clients, best media opportunities, and differentiate you from the competition. If you need help with your expert positioning strategy, come and join our flagship program and let us help you. Read more here: Avenue Growth Program (http://avenueforgrowth.com/growth/)

In this episode, I'm explaining our special process for business planning. We do the planning in layers, and also have very specific rituals for every quarter, months and weeks. If you'd like to know more about how to implement this planning process into your business, come over to avenueforgrowth.com (avenueforgrowth.com) and check out our programs. If you'd like to discuss your business challenges and know more about the Avenue Business Growth Program, schedule a call here (http://avenueconsultation.com/) ! If you'd like to know more about the opportunities to become a certified Avenue Growth Expert, check this out. (https://avenueforgrowth.com/get-certified/) I also mention our new free training group, come here and join: Activate Your Growth community (https://www.facebook.com/groups/455696271698956) .

In this episode, we're talking about the 3 key functions every business should digitalize and automate to enable growth in 2020 and beyond.

In this episode, we're talking about whether you find it difficult to explain what your business does. I'm covering specific tips for making it easier for you to explain what you do so that the person you're talking to instantly can feel if it is for her or not, or for someone she knows. We also cover the 3 most important things your website needs to do! At the end, I'm giving you a simple assignment that you can test right away. Talk soon, Tiina

In this episode, we're talking about how to create offers that your clients want. We cover the fundamentals of product/service creation, and why sometimes you must look above and beyond of what you do today, and re-engineer your offerings to better suit your clients' needs.

Merry Christmas! This episode is all about magic; what it is, and why you too should think about what kind of magic you create in your business, for the people who want to enjoy it.

In this episode, we're having an honest conversation about the fact why focusing on your passion might not be what you should do...

In this episode, I'm walking you through the specific layers every business needs to go through in order to grow. We talk about the specific focus areas at different layers, and why you too need to plan your growth in the right order, and focus on the right things at the right time.

Welcome to our first pod episode! I'm your host, Tiina Wilén, and I run a consulting company in Sweden, helping expert-based companies increase revenue, profits, and joy. This is a Christmas Special episode, let's get started!