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Worried about your salesmanship? You don’t have to be! In today’s episode of The $100 MBA Show, we break down 4 simple principles of sales. These principles don’t involve manipulating or cajoling anyone into buying anything. They represent a fresh approach to moving product that’s smart, not pushy. If you’re uncomfortable with the thought of selling, this is the episode for you. Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! It’s the number one online scheduling tool for busy fun-loving businesses! Schedule clients without sacrificing your soul. Automate your client bookings, cancellations, reminders & even payment with one click and zero frustration. Get started for free at acuityscheduling.com/mba! Show Link: Harry’s The post MBA627 Four Dead Simple Sales Principles appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Big projects can seem intimidating. Whether it’s a new product launch, writing a book, or even starting a business, you can’t go in without a plan! In today’s episode, we discuss how to break your big projects down into manageable pieces and build the momentum you’ll need to see it through. It takes some organization, and it takes patience – but it’s worth it. Click play and hear how to get it done without burning out! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsor: Get the perfect custom design, every time. DesignCrowd is a website that helps startups and small businesses outsource or ‘CROWD-SOURCE’ custom graphic, logo and web design from over 500,000 designers around the world. Check out DesignCrowd.com/mba to learn more and receive your $100 MBA VIP offer when you start your next project. Show Links: Jason Zook easycourse.co The post MBA626 Three Steps to Tackling Large Projects appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today on The $100MBA Show: It’s our weekly Must-Read Book review! This week’s entrepreneurial tome is How I Lost $170 Million: My Time as #30 on Facebook by Noah Kagan. Kagan is a friend of the $100MBA, and has even been a guest teacher on this podcast. Besides being an early (if ultimately fired) part of Facebook, he’s also founded several successful online businesses. His book is an open, honest account of his doomed journey through the halls of Facebook, what he learned there, and how failure makes us stronger than ever. Click play, and be inspired. SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsor: An ad on Google can help your business find new customers at the exact moment they are searching for what you have to offer. Creating an ad just takes a few minutes. Go to  g.co/100mba to get a $75 credit after you invest $25 in your first campaign. Show Links: Get the book on Amazon! How I Lost 170 Million Dollars: My Time as #30 at Facebook by Noah Kagan or go to Noah Kagan‘s websites here okdork.com | Sumo The post MBA625 Must Read: How I Lost 170 Million Dollars: My Time as #30 at Facebook by Noah Kagan appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It’s Q&A Weekends, and today we answer a doozy: How do we let a long-time employee go? Businesses change, and sometimes that means firing people. It can even mean firing someone who’s been with you for a while. The good news is that there is a way to do it with compassion and professionalism. It can even be an opportunity for both of you. Listen to today’s episode and hear how to do what sometimes must be done. SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now!   Have you found the right payments partner to grow with you? Braintree lets you accept every way to pay, from Paypal to Apple Pay and everything in between. All it takes is one integration. And it doesn’t matter what currency your customers use: because Braintree lets you accept over one hundred and thirty of them. To learn more about how your company can grow with Braintree, visit braintreepayments.com/mba. The post MBA624 Q&A Weekends: How do I let go of a long time employee in my business that is not working out? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It’s Q&A Weekends! Today, Omar gives one listener (and the rest of us) the answer to a tough question: What’s the one piece of advice you wish you could give your younger self? There’s ONE big thing 2016 Omar wishes he could tell fresh-faced, eager young entrepreneurial Omar. It involves some very specific advice on getting started in business, the entrepreneur’s mindset, and IKEA furniture. Click play to hear what it is! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Get the perfect custom design, every time. DesignCrowd is a website that helps startups and small businesses outsource or ‘CROWD-SOURCE’ custom graphic, logo and web design from over 500,000 designers around the world. Check out DesignCrowd.com/mba to learn more and receive your $100 MBA VIP offer when you start your next project. The post MBA623 Q&A Weekends: What’s one piece of business advice you would tell your younger self? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Waiting too long on a reply? Following up on discussions and queries can be a little awkward. How much following up is too much? How much is not enough? In today’s episode, we discuss the best strategy for keeping a conversation going – even when it’s a little one sided. When to follow up, how, what tone to take: you’ll hear all about it in today’s episode. And as if that’s not enough, it’s FREE RIDE FRIDAY! Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Sumo The #1 tool to grow your website’s traffic and your email list. Sumo powers almost 400,000 websites! Best of all, it’s free! Get started with their basic plan over at Sumo right now! You don’t need to be a web designer or a coder to create beautiful-looking websites, a blog or an online store. You can do it in minutes with Weebly! You have no more excuses and you can do it right now, today! Join the over thirty million people who are already dreaming big with WEEBLY. Just go to weebly.com/mba and get started for free. The post MBA622 How Much Should You Follow Up? Plus Free Ride Friday! appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Making introductions doesn’t only help the people you’re introducing. It can help you establish yourself as an authority. It can grow your reputation as a maker of connections, a value broker who’s worth knowing – and worth being introduced to yourself. In today’s episode, we discuss the best way to go about making professional introductions via email. We cover who to introduce, how to set it up, and how it benefits all parties concerned. Click play to learn how it’s done! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting!Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! The post MBA621 How to Make Professional Introductions appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

You know we’re all about content marketing here at The $100 MBA Show. But believe it or not, great content isn’t the only way to build your audience! In today’s episode, we discuss a few great ways to grow your email list that aren’t content-based. Click play, and hear all about our great alternative enticements! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: It’s the number one online scheduling tool for busy fun-loving businesses! Schedule clients without sacrificing your soul. Automate your client bookings, cancellations, reminders & even payment with one click and zero frustration. Get started for free at acuityscheduling.com/mba! Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting! Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! The post MBA620 Alternatives to Free Content for Email List Growth appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Refunds can be a tricky topic. In today’s episode, we discuss whether or not it’s a good policy to refund customers after the refund deadline has passed. How do you balance the need for a great customer service reputation without being taken advantage of? How do you make sure that your investment into a customer’s experience isn’t a total loss? We cover the different approaches, the cost considerations, and the value of risk reversal. Click play, and hear our take! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space, Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support. All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting!Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! The post MBA619 Should You Refund Customers Past The Refund Deadline? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In today’s episode of The $100 MBA Show: Special Guest Teacher Tom Hunt! Hunt is the founder of Virtual Valley, an online Virtual Assistant Agency. He’s also been a TEDx speaker and contestant on the British version of Shark Tank. In this episode, Hunt teaches us how to find and hire the ideal Virtual Assistant. Using a highly specified process Hunt details, you too can figure out who you need – and how to get them. Plus, a bonus content marketing lesson at the end! Click play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors: Web Hosting with Unlimited Disk Space,Bandwidth and 24/7 Technical Support.All $100 MBA listeners get 30% off hosting!Just visit hostgator.com/mba30! Show Links: Say thanks to our awesome guest teacher today on Twitter!Tom Hunt @tomhuntioand visitfame.so|virtualvalley.io The post MBA618 Guest Teacher: Tom Hunt – How To Hire The Ultimate Virtual Assistant (+Bonus Content Marketing Lesson) appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.