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Attention small business owners: You’ve got problems? We’ve got answers. We’ll take the peskiest, most persistent problems you have and turn them into plentiful, ongoing profits. Let’s face it, when you are open for business, you may also be open to all sorts of calamities, customer upsets, empl…

Ann Hession


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    Turning Problems Into Profits – Don’t Reinvent the Wheel, Just Learn From the Best!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2015 37:19


    Join me and my guest Michael Randazzo, author of Tales of An American Entrepreneur: Journey of a Small Business Owner.  Michael is the founder of a nationally ranked salon business and expert at  creating a lucrative business out of limited resources. Business is business, and there are best practices and key decisions all small business owners must make to successfully … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems into Profits – 9 Simple Steps to Creating a Free Report – That Will Actually Help Grow Your Business!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2014 43:09


    Join me and my guest Terra Farrar, Product Development Expert and Strategist, and author of Skyrocket Your Product Launch: Using 12 Proven Strategies from Experts Around the Globe, as we delve into one of the biggest “buzzwords” in online marketing – the “Free Report.”  Terra will share her 9 Simple Steps to Creating Your Freebie, as well as outlining the … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – Making the Holidays Work FOR Your Business, no matter what business you are in!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2014 24:30


    There aren’t many businesses – if any! – where December is “just another month.” For most, either the holiday season is your busiest, craziest, most high pressure time of year, or else it’s a low revenue, slow time, when everyone is focused on other things than your product or service. On top of the pressures that those situations create for … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems into Profits – Is Your Website Working for your Customers? If not, then it’s Working Against You!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2014 35:34


    Join me and my guest, digital marketer Kathy Alice Brown, as we focus on a key aspect of successful websites that is too often overlooked – The User Experience. Not only does creating a better user experience on your site tend to directly improve sales, but it has more impact on your traffic and visibility than you think! Kathy will … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems into Profits – Online Marketing is Broken!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2014 27:32


    That’s right, I said it – you know you were thinking it! Join me for a powerful, fact-based look at what kind of results, in real revenue, the online marketing industry has been producing for all of us. Spoiler alert: It’s not pretty. But there’s good news – I’m also providing you with some key tools you don’t yet have … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems in to Profits – When Your Employees Are Driving You Crazy… how to turn things around for you and for them!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2014


    Join me and my guest, Coach and Consultant Mandi Ellefson, as we dive into one of the most common problems facing small business owners: underperforming staff members.  We will especially focus in on those who fail to give YOUR customers the kind of care and experience you, as the owner, are so committed to providing! Mandi shares her 3 Step … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems into Profits – Overcoming Objections – the Rule of Thumb that can lead you to a Pot of Gold

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2014 24:06


    How many times have you, or one of your salespeople, lost a sale because you just didn’t know how to respond effectively and meaningfully to a customer objection? If you are like most business owners, there is a boatload of money that has been left on the table over the years. But there is simple, easy, two step Rule of … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – Get Real about Hiring Part 2 – A Hiring Guide to transform how you build your team

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2014 29:22


    As we discussed in the previous show, most small business owners kind of stink at hiring. Yes, I said stink, and that’s the truth! They are reactive and they go on gut instead of having a system, and as a result they typically waste thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars every year as a direct result of bad … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – The Get Real Hiring Guide, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2014 32:52


    Get Real about Hiring – A Hiring Guide to transform how you build your team Let me be blunt: Most small business owners stink at hiring. They are reactive and they go on gut instead of having a system, and as a result they typically waste thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars every year as a direct result … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – The Only Competitive Advantage NO ONE Can Take Away From You

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2014 36:54


    To build a profitable business that will last, one of the most crucial strategies for a small business owner is to create and implement their own Ideal Customer Experience. If you ignore this simple fact, you will relegate yourself and your business to the status of a commodity, that has no option but to struggle and compete on price alone … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – Discounting is Killing Your Profits!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2014 24:18


    Think discounting is just something you have to do in today’s economy? You couldn’t be more wrong, and it’s costing you every day! In this show I will show you exactly how the bad habit of discounting is absolutely killing your business’s profitability, and then I’ll show you a simple, low or no cost “1-2 PUNCH” strategy that will allow … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – Culture eats Strategy for Breakfast! So is your company culture feeding your profits, or eating you alive?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2014 41:38


    Encore presentation of one of my most popular episodes — join me and my guest Robert Cornish, as we delve into the critical importance of deliberately creating a positive company culture, and how that one difference can have you outperforming your competitors by 300 — 500%! Think it’s too hard? Robert has some killer tips and some remarkably easy ways … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – Permission to Charge!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2014 37:04


    Attention Solopreneurs: Are you charging what you are worth? Have you been telling yourself – or have others been telling you – that you should be charging more for what you do? Let us show you how to do that and take your business to a whole new level of profitability – and do that in way that is completely … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – The Question You Never Thought to Ask – and how it can be a game changer for you and your business

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2014 24:06


    One thing all business owners have is goals – short term goals, long term goals, goals we complete quickly, goals we keep putting off over and over, and everything in between. Setting smart goals and then prioritizing them effectively are both critical skills for any serious business owner. Do you have a process for goal setting? And just as important, … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – You might be wasting one of your business’s most precious assets every day… and it’s costing you big

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2014 24:50


    Did you start out your business with a lot of fire and passion, excited about being your own boss and just doing what you love every day? That’s what gets a lot of people started in business – but let’s face it, at some point you realize there’s a lot more to making a business successful than just doing what … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – Can you become a networking master in 21 days?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2014 40:59


    My guest, author Ron Sukenick, says you can. Ron has written three books on networking, the most recent, “21 Days to Success Through Networking: The Life and Times of Gnik Rowten” became an Amazon best seller in 2013. Let’s face it, for most small business owners, our experience with networking is often awkward and hit or miss at best – … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – Beat the Bankers at their own game – the wealth building secret they will never tell you, that will help grow your personal wealth and your business faster than you thought was possible

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2014 41:52


    If you are like most business owners, one of the reasons you started your business was because you wanted to build real wealth for yourself and your family. How’s the wealth part working out so far? Join me and my guest, Tom McFie of Life-Benefits.com, and learn the secrets I promise will BLOW YOUR MIND about how to change the … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – The Hidden Revenue Inside Your Business Expertise

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2014 36:54


    Attention Business Owners – did you know you could make far more money, in far less time, and develop a whole new revenue stream for yourself, by simply leveraging the unique ideas and experience you already have? Hmmm? Want to know how? Join me as I interview Terra Farrar, founder of www.SpeakPackageSell.com and find out exactly how to take the … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – Overcoming Sales Objections – the Rule of Thumb that can lead you to a Pot of Gold

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2014 23:22


    How many times have you, or one of your salespeople, lost a sale because you just didn’t know how to respond effectively and meaningfully to a customer objection? If you are like most business owners, there is a boatload of money that has been left on the table over the years. But there is simple, easy, two step Rule of … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – You’ve got 10 seconds…

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2014 36:28


    When someone asks “What do you do?” or “Tell me about your business” – what do you say? The experts say you’ve got 10 seconds, at most, to get someone’s interest, and get them to say the magic words, “Tell me more” or even better, “Wow, how do you do that?” In my experience, most business owners blow these opportunities … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – Job One is Always the Same

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2014 27:48


    Job One – meaning the highest priority item for you right now – is always the same. That may sound crazy – as a business owner, your reality all too often is that every day offers up its brand new “high priority,” “super urgent,” “blazing burning” crises, right? Well, there’s another way to look at it, the way the most … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – Get Real about Hiring Part 2 – A Hiring Guide to transform how you build your team

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2013 29:16


    As discussed in the previous show, most small business owners stink at hiring. Yes, I said stink, and that’s the truth! They are reactive and they go on gut instead of having a system, and as a result they typically waste thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars every year as a direct result of bad hires. In this … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – Get Real about Hiring Part 2 – A Hiring Guide to transform how you build your team

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2013 32:08


    Let me be blunt: Most small business owners stink at hiring. They are reactive and they go on gut instead of having a system, and as a result they typically waste thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars every year as a direct result of bad hires. Are you ready to STOP DOING THAT and start hiring the right … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – The simple question most business owners have no answer to – and are losing sales every day because of it

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2013 22:34


    The vast majority of small business owners are unable to answer a REALLY IMPORTANT question in a way that is even remotely compelling. What is that question? It’s this: “What is it that makes your business unique, and that would make me choose you over your competitors?” If you think you have a good answer for that question, and your … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – FACE, PACE and ACE your way to a thriving business: Expert interview with Brandon Kelly of Eagle Consulting

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2013 30:15


    Every business owner faces problems every day, but it’s up to you whether you let those problems beat you down and put you under, or you find ways to turn those challenges into huge wins. Brandon Kelly of Eagle Consulting has overcome cancer and multiple serious car accidents, and what he learned in the process made it possible for him … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – How to work from home without losing your mind!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2013 43:45


    There has been an explosion of home-based businesses in the past two decades, and everyone who does it knows that the challenges of working from home –whether from a separate home office or off your kitchen table – are not the same as working in a traditional work environment. From kids, pets and spouses, to dirty dishes and laundry, keeping … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – Culture eats Strategy for Breakfast! So is your company culture feeding your profits, or eating you alive?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2013 40:59


    Join Ann and her guest Robert Cornish, as they discuss the critical importance of deliberately creating a positive company culture, and how that one difference can have you outperforming your competitiors by 300 — 500%! Think it’s too hard? Robert has some killer tips and some remarkably easy ways you can start to shift your company culture immediately. Find out … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – The Only Competitive Advantage NO ONE Can take Away From You

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2013 36:36


    To build a profitable business that will last, one of the most crucial strategies for a small business owner is to create and implement their own Ideal Customer Experience. If you ignore this simple fact, you will relegate yourself and your business to the status of a commodity, that has no option but to struggle and compete on price alone … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – Go for the Gold and Get your Ass(ets) in Gear!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2013 25:51


    This episode of the show takes two different looks at the importance of protecting and building assets. You work hard for your money, but where should you put it once you have it? In the first half of the show, in an interview with American Bullion, find out what virtually no one seems to know about how simple, legal and … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – Discounting is killing your profits

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2013 23:24


    Think discounting is just something you have to do in today’s economy? You couldn’t be more wrong, and it’s costing you every day! In this show I will show you exactly how the bad habit of discounting is absolutely killing your business’s profitability, and then I’ll show you a simple, low or no cost “1-2 PUNCH” strategy that will allow … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – How to drive in more leads and get your best clients by asking smarter questions

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2013 31:36


    Join Ann and her guest Doug Brown, entrepreneur and CEO of www.salesfollowup123.com, as we uncover one of the fundamental marketing mistakes many small business owners make — not asking yourself the right questions about your target client or customer. Think you are already asking the right questions? Think again — so did the business owner you’ll hear about who … Read more about this episode...

    Turning Problems Into Profits – “Why are you in business?” How you answer that question can either pay you big, or cost you bigger!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2013 29:18


    If you can’t answer the question “Why are you in business?” in one concise, compelling sentence, you are losing profit every day as a direct result of that lack of clarity. Don’t believe me? Join me and Jim Castiglia, the Business Street Fighter, with over 36 years experience working with small business owners, as we talk about the critical … Read more about this episode...

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