The $100 MBA Show

Feeling financially stuck? Discover how to turn your skills and expertise into income without any initial investment. Learn practical steps for freelancing, consulting, and leveraging your network to find clients. Explore effective strategies for financial recovery by selling services and focusing on quality and referrals. Lastly, embrace hope and take small actions to kickstart your journey to profitability while gaining valuable resources and insights for your entrepreneurial venture.

Your business is profiting. You’re making a living.  But what’s in store for the long term? It’s Q&A Wednesday, and we’ve got a listener who’s seen what can happen when you only give yourself a paycheck, and nothing more. Even long-standing businesses can fall — and when they do, the founders can walk away with next to nothing. Which raises the question: should you be taking dividends? And if so, how much? Balancing the need for a personal safety net with the needs of your business can be tricky. If you don’t take dividends, you can end up no more or less successful than if you stuck with a regular job. Take too much by way of dividends, and you risk slowing growth. There are many factors at play, including the tax situation. Today, Omar shares the must-knows when it comes to dividends and entrepreneurship. Click Play!  SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors SYFOB Learn how to start your own business online, from scratch — without taking dangerous risks or sinking yourself into debt. This 10-part audio course lays out a complete roadmap for producing your first products and getting your brand off the ground. Get a special extended free trial of Himalaya Learning, an audio education platform with lessons from Tim Ferriss, Malcolm Gladwell, Omar, and more — just go to himalaya.com/mba and use promo code MBA. WebinarNinja Share what you know, and grow your business — the easy way. WebinarNinja lets you teach, market, and sell with the user-friendliest webinar software ever created. With built-in assets like automated emails, an easy landing page builder, and more, it’s never been easier to connect with your audience. Best of all, you can use WebinarNinja at no cost with our FREE plan. No credit card, no expiration; just a basic version of WebinarNinja you can use as long as you like. Just head to webinarninja.com The post MBA2015 Q&A Wednesday: Should I take a dividend in my business? appeared first on The $100 MBA.

Who are these coaches charging thousands — or tens of thousands — for their services? More importantly, who are their clients, and how are they getting them? No matter what kind of service you offer, working your way up to massive rates is the best way to get the biggest ROI. Making more money from fewer clients is always the smart move.  But as you can probably guess, it doesn’t happen overnight. Today, Omar shares what he’s learned about exactly how some people claw their way up to premium pricing. Are there any shortcuts? Not really. But there are ways to get there faster, smarter, and with less wasted effort. Become an expert at showing people just how valuable you really are, then work your way up to the big leagues.  Click Play!  SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors SYFOB Learn how to start your own business online, from scratch — without taking dangerous risks or sinking yourself into debt. This 10-part audio course lays out a complete roadmap for producing your first products and getting your brand off the ground. Get a special extended free trial of Himalaya Learning, an audio education platform with lessons from Tim Ferriss, Malcolm Gladwell, Omar, and more — just go to himalaya.com/mba and use promo code MBA. WebinarNinja Share what you know, and grow your business — the easy way. WebinarNinja lets you teach, market, and sell with the user-friendliest webinar software ever created. With built-in assets like automated emails, an easy landing page builder, and more, it’s never been easier to connect with your audience. Best of all, you can use WebinarNinja at no cost with our FREE plan. No credit card, no expiration; just a basic version of WebinarNinja you can use as long as you like. Just head to webinarninja.com The post MBA2014 How to Demand Higher Prices appeared first on The $100 MBA.

Are you thinking like a customer? If you don’t understand your customers’ perspective, there’s a ceiling on how effective your marketing can be. But if you drop the “hacks” and influencer strategies, you can master the fundamentals that create long-term growth. And of course, we have an expert to explain how. Matt Edmundson is an ecommerce mastermind who knows how to achieve growth. But in any type of business, the basic principles remain the same: not to pander to customers or pretend you think they’re “always right,” but to simply adopt their outlook. In this episode, Matt shares a few specific ways to do that, based on a lesson he learned from a guy who cleans toilets. It’ll make sense, we promise — Click Play!  SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors SYFOB Learn how to start your own business online, from scratch — without taking dangerous risks or sinking yourself into debt. This 10-part audio course lays out a complete roadmap for producing your first products and getting your brand off the ground. Get a special extended free trial of Himalaya Learning, an audio education platform with lessons from Tim Ferriss, Malcolm Gladwell, Omar, and more — just go to himalaya.com/mba and use promo code MBA. WebinarNinja Share what you know, and grow your business — the easy way. WebinarNinja lets you teach, market, and sell with the user-friendliest webinar software ever created. With built-in assets like automated emails, an easy landing page builder, and more, it’s never been easier to connect with your audience. Best of all, you can use WebinarNinja at no cost with our FREE plan. No credit card, no expiration; just a basic version of WebinarNinja you can use as long as you like. Just head to webinarninja.com Show Links The eCommerce Podcast with Matt Edumundson The post MBA2013 Guest Teacher – Matt Edmundson – How to Create a Customer-Centric Experience With Toilet Seat Marketing appeared first on The $100 MBA.

If you’ve ever been asked to like, share, or comment, you know what we’re talking about. But does it work?Business owners constantly ask for engagement on Facebook, Insta, Twitter and the rest. But does this strategy actually pay off? When you’re blatantly asking your audience to help you game social media algorithms, does it seem savvy, or thirsty?It depends on how you go about it.Today, we discuss the ins and outs of this social media strategy, and why so many entrepreneurs try it. More importantly, we’ll share how to do it in a way that gets the job done, but doesn’t make you look desperate. Click Play!SUBSCRIBEYouTube | Apple Podcast | Spotify | Podcast Feed

Is your sales page…selling?Whether it’s your homepage, your pricing page, or a product-specific landing page, it has a job. And if your copy, design, and more aren’t right, the job won’t get done.Today, we share 7 specific items — some big, some small — that every sales page needs to nail.The problem with many sales pages is that they try to do too many things. Instead, by checking off these 7 items, you can make sure your page is a streamlined, focused, sales-producing machine that works efficiently. Make the necessary changes, and track the results!Designate your sales page(s), if you haven’t already, then apply these must-haves. Get ready for more sales — Click Play!SUBSCRIBEYouTube | Apple Podcast | Spotify | Podcast Feed

When a long-running business has lost its mojo, should you fight for it? Or is cashing out the smart move?As always, it depends.It’s Q&A Wednesday, and one listener is in a pickle. Their decade-old business has done well overall, but over the last year it’s been stuck in a rut. This e-commerce operation has gone from growing to slowing, from expansion to stasis. Worst of all, it’s just not…motivating anymore.This listener could sell the business and move on. But is that really the answer in this case? We have a way to find out: a series of thought experiments, a few questions anyone in a similar situation should ask themselves before leaving a business behind.Hear our advice, what this listener’s options are, and how this situation may present unexpected opportunities. Click Play!To submit your questions, visit 100mba.net/q.SUBSCRIBEYouTube | Apple Podcast | Spotify | Podcast Feed

Your FAQs page can do more than just inform — it can boost sales.When you understand how consumers actually use FAQs pages (and it’s not the way you might think), you can see there are serious opportunities for conversions. Too many businesses neglect their site’s FAQs page, either by not having one, or simply…answering frequently asked questions. This un-strategic approach leaves money on the table! With a few simple moves, the FAQs page can create opportunities to lead your visitor down the sales funnel. Today, we share 5 of those moves, which you can implement with relative ease. Learn some buyer psychology, and turn your FAQs page into a conversion machine. Click Play!SUBSCRIBEYouTube | Apple Podcast | Spotify | Podcast Feed

You can do better than just survival.When you’re under intense pressure or facing a crisis, it can be easy to focus on nothing more than “getting through it.” But you’d be shortchanging your business, and cheating your team out of their full potential.There are ways to ensure that there’s always time and space for creativity, and not just in traditionally “creative” fields like content or design. According to today’s guest teacher, it’s actually crucial to make sure challenging times don’t close the valve on your team’s creative juices.And today, he’ll explain exactly how to protect that creativity through thick and thin.Jarod will discuss what threatens and holds back creativity, and how to establish environments and policies that encourage it — no matter what. Keep your business at its best: Click Play!Spiracle MediaSUBSCRIBEYouTube | Apple Podcast | Spotify | Podcast Feed

Wondering if it’s too late to grow your Instagram? Discover a step-by-step system that transformed a modest account into a following of nearly 100,000. Learn to create valuable content that captivates and engages, while mastering the evolving Instagram algorithm. Get insights on effective posting, the importance of storytelling, and ways to connect with followers. Plus, explore financial management tips and tools for seamless business operations. Ready to elevate your Instagram strategy?