5 REASONS WHY BUSINESS OWNERS SHOULD NEVER BE BROKE

Last week during one of our program introductory meet and greets, a photographer who was only there to capture the moment, blurted out..."Sign me up for your program Dawn Nicole!" The room laughed with astonishment before moving on to my next point.

However, before I could proceed, he continued... "I'm serious, I need help in my business. To be honest, I'd like to hear my phone ringing off the hook, but it's not. My work is hit or miss and I'm afraid to say it, but I think photography is seasonal."

Wrong Answer! I quickly shifted that thinking and openly advised him that without seeing his strategic business plan, I could assure that his pricing was not appropriately set up for sustainable growth.

Let me first start by saying, I will not pretend that I've always been this "awake" in business. In fact, I know what broke feels like. It's Paycheck to paycheck, living on a shoe-string budget, counting every penny and robbing Peter to Paul, and that's the high-end of broke.

Actually Market Watch published a post back in January 2016, which stated how most Americans live this way, week in and week out. Paycheck to Paycheck. Let's agree, there's nothing fun about being broke.

However, here's what I know, back then when I was admittedly broke, it was largely because I had a Broke(n) Mentality, a broken system and broken spirits, all without knowing it. Ouch! That actually stings to write, yet the reality is, I was not alone. Tons of Americans wake-up daily with a broke mentality without ever realizing it.  "So, what is a BROKE Mentality?" You might ask.

I describe this as a subconscious reliance and dependency on a false sense of security. (English Please) A Broke Mentality, as a Business Owner, is the failure to see and exercise PEAK POTENTIAL in what you have, that has ability to grow your business leaps and bounds ahead.

It's the false thinking that your ability to generate income is somehow one-dimensional or tied-to a single primary external factor, rather than seeing the GOD-GIVEN Natural resources in your VALUE PROPOSITION.

As well as, an understanding that your Financial Elevator can go as high as you believe, which is both good or bad, depending on what you believe.

As a National Business Growth Expert, I travel the country empowering Entrepreneurs on how to become the Chief Architects of their own vision in order to Grow their Businesses from Possibility to Profitability. And while today, I have a thriving practice in Charlotte, NC., with a lofty vision of where my company, GrowGetter, is headed, I remember not that long ago feeling completely powerless regarding my ability to produce income as a new Business Owner.  In my new book, Grow for It, I describe the challenging transition I experienced growing from the corporate sector onto the fulltime entrepreneurial sector. I describe some of my BIGGEST MISTAKES in how I was hungry trying to REPLACE the six figure salary so badly, that I treated every new prospect like a dollar sign rather than a budding relationship and as a result, almost crashed and burned my new business before it ever took off.

I also discuss my initial response when an entrepreneurial colleague advised me to build my own intellectual property. I recall laughing and thinking..."what the heck would I have to offer?" Boy was I wrong. Who knew that would become the basis of why I will never be broke again. And now, I work with Entrepreneurs across the nation to expose them to "PEAK POTENTIAL THINKING" when it comes to their product offerings, including how to Think Like A GrowGetter, so that they too, can learn how to maximize every opportunity.

There are 5 FUNDAMENTAL Reasons why BUSINESS OWNERS should NEVER Be Broke. I will share all 5 at my upcoming workshop on:

Monday September 12, 2016 from 9a-12p. We will spend some time on having a Strategic mindset to success before deep-diving into these 5 Factors creating guidelines around how any business can implement these 5 factors in their own business. Workshop Materials will be provided.

*Only 14 Seats available, act now.

Workshop Investment: $57.00

Location: 8008 Corporate Center Drive, Ste. 120, Charlotte, NC

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If you would like to attend this workshop virtually or would like to bring this workshop to your local area, organization or business, please contact us at: Office: 704-709-0329 ext. 101 or email us at Dawn@DawnNicole360.com

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The Book for New Businesses, Grow for It by Dawn Nicole

Hear the story first hand: I want more

People always think that wealthy CEO’s of billion dollar companies don’t look like them. As if there’s some secret society of well-to-do, good luck prestige that is only sprinkled on a few privileged scholars.

Fortunately, I am here to burst your bubble, they look just like you and me, the dreamers.The one’s who sit on the other side of the window, wondering and waiting for the right time to take that chance.

The one’s who wish they could afford to leave a hundred thousand dollar a year job for a million dollar dream, yet fear there’s too much at stake and so they stop before they start.

The one’s like me, who toyed with the notion of running a business for years but the high-churn demand of corporate culture kept me bound, until one day, I went from desire to decision.

Don't start a business without reading this book! This is my story of jumping out, crashing and the million dollar moment that turned it all around for me as a new Business Owner. “Grow for it”, the new book by Dawn Nicole.

Get your copy today and win a free business consultation, so that you too, can turn what’s possible into what’s profitable!

Leaving a Hundred Thousand Dollar a year job for a Million Dollar Dream and Learn NOW why I'll NEVER be broke.

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Being in business is too expensive for you to be a ‘serial-networker' w/no results.

As a Business Growth Expert, I happen to know that most businesses are built on relationships. With that said, networking is a critical factor in that equation and can become a rather costly expense if you aren’t properly gaining from the experience. Therefore, in order to receive your RETURN on INVESTMENT, there are a few SIMPLE yet HIGHLY EFFECTIVE strategies that will make your life easier and put money back into your pocket. Before I offer-up these ‘GAME-CHANGING’ GROWGETTER networking MUST-HAVES, let’s agree on a few pain points.

If you’re like most entrepreneurs, you’re swamped running from event to event, with no real time to build and develop the connections. You also likely enjoy the socializing and foodie elements that come with a swank soiree, yet detest the dreaded “follow-up!” Not because you aren’t friendly or don’t mean well, but because it takes up precious time.

And, while most businesses are exploring automated solutions to this challenge, the reality is, automation only works when you know who you are targeting and what message you’ll need to convey to each. In other words, there is still a degree of BRAIN-POWER required in order to engineer said automation; assuming you’re using an automated solution. 

In either case, join me, the Chief GrowGetter on tomorrow, Wed, August 10, 2016 as I provide a few easy to use networking strategies to help this process go a little smoother and a lot faster.

Being in Business is too expensive for you to be a ‘social-hour-loving-serial networker!’ If this stepped on your TOES then don’t fret, instead you MUST meet me at tomorrow's Businesses for Strategy’ Meet-up Group FREE kick-off,’ where we’ll help you serial networkers break-thru the blind spots with our HIGH impact, MINIMAL effort networking strategies!

 You won’t believe what you’ve been missing. We can’t wait to see you there and; each and every meet-up session, we will share, engage and exchange award-winning strategies that advance the attendee’s collective growth. I’ll discuss relevant hot-topics and with solution based, GrowGetter strategies! Are you a collector or a builder? Don't miss it!

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5 simple considerations to include when developing your Business Strategic Plan

As a Business Growth Expert Strategist, I show entrepreneurs how to use strategy to grow their businesses; empowering them to be the architects of their own success. And, when owners are running 100 miles per hour yet growing no-where fast, it affirmatively tells me there’s a lack of effective strategy in place for the business in question.

Although our firm creates strategic plans for many Business Owners, we also empower others to develop their own strategic plans.  When doing so, below are 5 simple considerations to include, in order to craft a masterful strategic plan.

5 simple considerations to include when developing your Business Strategic Plan

1. Determine the business focus category the strategy will fall under. (I.e. Financial, Marketing, Technology, Regulatory, Management of People or Process, Products/Services, etc.)
2. Secondly, identify the desired objective of the strategy. What are you hoping to accomplish thru this strategy, including what's the driving force? (I.e. Will this be a pro-active strategy or reactionary/remediation strategy?)
3. Next, if the strategy’s objective is accomplished, what will it mean for the business?  What’s the expected result? This should be clearly defined next to each strategy.
4. Lastly, what’s the definition of done? How will the completion of this strategy be defined, or will this be an ongoing strategy?
5. Most importantly, consider how you’ll measure the effectiveness of the strategies in place.  Key Performance Indicators, known as (KPIs), evaluate the success of a particular activity in which it engages.

Note: In order to measure a strategy’s success, you’ll need KPIs, as outlined in my example. (I.e. My business’s networking strategy will be considered effective when I’m able to attend 6 events per month, quickly identify key people vs. common connections, follow-up in 24 hours with Key people, land critical initial meetings with a minimum of 80% of those Key people within 7 days of networking event. )

The considerations listed above, are 5 MUST HAVES to include. Include meaning, adding to other components needed for building out your strategic plan; when crafting on your own.

However, for deeper  advisement of how to develop a full end to end strategic plan, please contact us at Ready Set Grow!

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“I’m doing everything right in my business and are still not seeing the results I expected!”

“I’m doing everything right in my business and are still not seeing the results I expected!”

If this sounds familiar, it is because it’s a very common complaint from many business owners who are burnt-out on tactics that aren’t yielding expedient results. Therefore, if a business’s lack of success is not due to a lack of effort, then what’s the real cause for stalled growth, one might ask.

As a Business Growth Expert Strategist, I show entrepreneurs how to use strategy to grow their businesses; empowering them to be the architects of their own success. Listening to a complaint, such as the one above, affirmatively tells me there’s a lack of effective strategy in place for the business in question.  

The absence of strategy in business, leads to unpredictable and stalled growth that doesn’t allow one to maximize moments that matter because they are “blinded” to the peak potential in every opportunity.

Owners without strategy are operating in ‘One-Dimensional Vision’ that only affords them a near sighted view (seeing what’s right in front of them), rather than seeing their business thru Strategic Vision ™, removing the blinders and turning on a different switch which allows them to take advantage of opportunities they previously had no idea existed. 

I travel across the country speaking on this very topic via my signature talk, "Think Like a GrowGetter, a Strategic Mindset to Success!" 

I believe, you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take, but what happens when you don’t take them because you have no idea they are there? 

Strategic Vision ™ empowers owners to remove such blinders by exposing them to peak potential all around them, so that they can take those previously invisible shots with increased chance, of making each one!

However, most Business Owners aren’t aware that lack of strategy is the source of their growing pains, or lack thereof. You’ll likely never hear an owner openly admit… “I know what my problem is, I need a strategic plan.” Unfortunately for those in my field, owners usually aren’t this prescriptive and instead, the frustration from their lack of strategy, is indirectly expressed thru its consequential side-effects. “I’m doing everything right in my business and are still not seeing the results I expected!”  Or, “I know what I want, I’m just not sure how to get it done.”

Strategy, while invisible to the naked eye, produces results that are publicly quite evident; and in my practice, our strategies are created to cause accelerated growth, deploying one action that yields multiple results.  

Strategies can be applied to all aspects of business operations, from a Business’s Grand Launch, New Product Release, Niche Markets, Sales Funnels, Fundraising and many more. The strategies crafted for various aspects of business, should be delivered thru a plan (strategic plan) so that an order of steps are clearly outlined for an owner. Read my other blog here, around strategic plan considerations.

If you or someone you know is doing everything right, yet are continuing to struggle with business growth, chances are they’re not exercising Strategic Vision ™. This cannot be done alone, because we don’t know, what we don’t know.

Therefore, what would it mean to a Business Owner if:

• They could experience high impact results using minimal efforts?
• They saved time by focusing on what matters right now, rather than spinning your wheels and growing no were fast?
• They could take one action that yielded multiple results, moving faster enabling accelerated growth?
• They could take advantage of the peak potential in every opportunity, by removing the blinders?

It would equal the following…

• Increased cash flow within just 90 days or less
• Improved customer retention using immediate tactics
• Completion of goals up to three times faster

Our GrowGetter expert team is knowledgeable and well versed in growing business from possibility to profitability thru the GrowGetter Business Mastery Forum! 

Our proven techniques apply business strategies that help remove the blinders in business in order to begin seeing the peak potential in every aspect of business.

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Also, for more information on our Business Mastery forum, please contact us here: Ready Set Grow!

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