YOUR BIG SMALL BUSINESS
THE BLOGBrewstrology: What Your Drink Order Tells Us
What's your drink order? Mine is a Trenta iced black tea with eight pumps of peppermint. Previous obsessions have been mint boba tea with extra boba, xl caramel coffee with six and six, and . . . during a very sleep-deprived time, a venti peppermint mocha with four*...
Your Next Lead Can Be Your Best Sales Discovery Call Yet
Do Y'all Remember the Mall? There was a time in the late 2000s when you couldn’t walk through the mall without getting your hand snatched by a saleswoman at a kiosk. “Do you have a natural nail?” she would ask, buffing and examining your cuticles. I...
Boundaries Prevent Burnout {Podcast Transcript}
Hey, you’re in the right place. This is the Your Big Small Business podcast where the conversation is A + and the language is PG-13. So if you’re anxious, awkward and an entrepreneur, we’ve got practical solutions to everyday small business struggles. Today’s episode, we’re talking about boundaries and how they prevent burnout, how they can exist, and we can still be big-hearted. Joining us is Kamini Wood. She’s an internationally best-selling author and a coach. She is a fellow business badass. I, of course, am your friend, Teresa Porter. And today’s advice turns out you can’t schedule your next mental breakdown.
Handling Difficult Client Emails {Podcast Transcript}
All right, we’re so excited today we are joined by Amber Foster Smith, and she is of Amber Foster Smith Photography here just outside of Raleigh, North Carolina. She’s technically in Holly Springs. And we are so she’s with us today because really, I think if we talk about it, the best way to describe Amber is multi passionate. She is a woman who has three small businesses and two small ish kids.
“Be Yourself” is Trash Advice
“Be yourself” is trash advice. “Be yourself” just means “I know you’re headed into a shitty situation that will be so overwhelming you will forget how to exist as a person.” If you weren’t second guessing your very existence, you are now.
Take my first day of middle school, for example. I reek of Bath and Body Works lotion and Altoids. My backpack is the right brand but my shoes are the knock-off Birkenstocks with the wrong buckle, and I’m positive everyone is going to notice. Deep down I know I don’t have the social capital to wear non-name brands ironically. “Be yourself” is the only piece of advice from the school assembly. Myself? I don’t even like her.
Boundaries Prevent Burnout – Business Mastery
My Toughest Client I was starting to believe her. She had a very persuasive argument for why her way made more sense than mine. "There are times for flexibility", she argued. Tears were in her eyes as she explained she doesn’t ask for much and she...
Fail-Proof Formula for Responding to Customer Complaints
An easy guide to responding to customer complaints by email can be easier than you think.
From Car Accidents to COVID, I know recovery.
From Car Accidents to COVID, I know recovery. and trust me, this is your comeback. My car accident happened out of nowhere. Life was normal, someone didn’t pay attention, and in a flash of a second everything was upside down. As a small business owner...
I love you, can I have a treat?
We are packing to leave for a mini-work trip / vacation at the beach while our daughter CeCe will be spending a few days with her grandparents. It's the night before and she has a small headache and seems more sleepy than normal....
Creative Ideas are like Splinters…
Not again, are you kidding me? I feel a familiar pull in the back of my yoga pants. Then a thousand little prickles on the backs of my thighs. I’m in the middle of a session and really can’t take time for discomfort. “You’re doing great! Walk forward, reach for the edges of your shirt, look down…
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