Happy Summer Cooler Gang,
Time to get out of the heat, pick up your reading glasses to find the hottest news being gathered around the water cooler.
This month we are diving into the best news, tips, and trends collected for you that will have you feeling empowered all month long.
Enjoy The Water Break!
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Have a Business Idea? Here's How To Put It into Action.
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You've just had a wonderful idea for a startup company. It's been spinning around in your head for months now, and you just know that you have something special on your hands. Your thinking is, "If only I could make it work" or "If only someone would give me the money to get it off the ground!"
Well, guess what? No one's going to hand you a sack of cash. But the good news is that you don't need anyone's money if you can't find anyone to help fund your business idea. Here are the steps you need to take to put your business idea into action!
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GROW YOUR WATERCOOLER GANG
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Psst, do you want to be one of the who's who in the biz?
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I am a certified StoryBrand Guide and some of my StoryBrand buddies in social media marketing have banded together to try a new and inventive idea for content.
Inspired by the Beatle's tune, "A Day in the Life" which coincidentally was released on June 2, I and this great group of social media marketers will experiment with an idea by marketing guru, Gary Vaynerchuk. 🧙♂️
All of us will show people on social media the work we do for clients while doing it on June 2nd. According to Gary Vee, this exploded his audience and was a great opportunity to creatively show how he helps clients.
So check out #June2Day on Facebook and LinkedIn to check in on our experiment.
This might be a content idea for you!
Connect and follow all of us - we'd love to know you! 🤝
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Amy Wall
Owner at Specialized Office Support | Lead Coach at Zephyr Business Coaching
I coach and consult business owners with frameworks and processes optimizing performance, growth, and value.
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9-2-5 BUSINESS BOOSTER CLUB SPOTLIGHT
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Get ready to level up your career and business development game as you ditch your desk and step up your professional skills.
Read about the latest events of the 9-2-5 Business Booster Club and stay tuned for upcoming events!
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This month we are running our Cash Flow Mastery Mini-course LIVE for those who have registered.
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We look forward to showing this group how to make Profit First a habit in their businesses with tips and tools to begin to worry less about cash flow.
"Habits are actions that are triggered by cues, such as a time of day, an activity, or a location," writes Healthline contributor Stacey McLachlan. "They culminate in a feel-good reward that, through repetition, fuses the connection between the cue and reward firmly in the brain."
What better reward than the relief of not worrying about your business cash flow again? Knowing your numbers is the key. But developing money management habits that are easy is the fuel that keeps your airplane flying!
If you missed joining our mini-course, you can still learn our methods for Cash Flow Mastery by signing up for Small Business Flight School. Not only will you get Cash Flow Mastery - the fuel for your airplane - but you will get all 6 modules to build a solid foundation for your business and be on your way to doubling your revenue!
Click here to learn more about our self-paced Small Business Flight School for business owners and sign up today!
Now you can take advantage of a 6-month payment plan! Instead of a one-time payment of $2495, you can get started today for only $479!
We have a money-back guarantee! If you don't feel like the content is actionable in your business, simply contact us within 14 days and we'll issue you a full refund.
Wait! There's more!
When you sign up for Small Business Flight School you aren't going to be on the journey alone! You will have free office hours to get support from me - Amy Wall - your personal business coach on your Flight Journey. 🏼
A business coach AND the flexibility of a solid business building program for $479/month. Sign up NOW!
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The Perfect Potion of Fractional COO Services with Coaching Frameworks
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As a business leader, it never dawned on me that my attitudes and learned habits about money were negatively influencing the way I ran my business. It caused stress, unneeded worry, and panic. 🤦🏼♀️ Many times I didn't seize on great opportunities that really would've benefited me and my business. This madness had to stop. 🛑
I came across an article from May 2020 on the Forbes website, Three Common Money Mindset Blocks And How to Overcome Them. Writer Rebecca Patterson encourages readers to look to childhood memories as the first place to discover mind blocks about money. Most of those memories are very impactful, but not permanent. Like many diets and food habits, negative money habits can be unlearned.
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Our favorite business apps are muddled with efficiency and shaken with automation possibilities.
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The SOS Team has found an incredible tool to help declutter your email inbox of all those unwanted subscription emails in just ONE CLICK! Sound too good to be true?
Unroll.Me is an easy-to-use free application. All you do is sign up for free and select the email account you want to be cleaned. Then follow the list to unsubscribe from some of the lists you no longer follow.
Voila! This 15-minute exercise will have you feeling better and less overwhelmed by your inbox instantly!
Ahhhhh...
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We are so proud to have you be the first audience to see our newest marketing video! 🥂
We worked with TXTAnimation to create this great explainer video for Zephyr Business Coaching.
Godwin MacPhaline is a joy to work with and his creativity captured the benefits our coaching program has for small business owners! Enjoy! 🥳
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ARE YOUR EARS BURNING? 🎙️
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Favorite Podcasts in Our Community
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We are huge fans of Nir Eyal's book Indistractable. Nir's podcasts are an intersection of psychology, business, and technology. Learning his hacks for being "indistractable" a word he coined to describe his hacks and techniques for better focus on the work we do every day to be super-optimized in the things we truly want in our lives and businesses.
This podcast focuses on how to get control of our personal finances during these tight economic times, but many of the ideas Nir introduces us to can also be applied to your small business.
For your business, consider an SOS bookkeeper to assist you in being your business's "Money Buddy". Bookkeeping support is one of our fractional COO services for small businesses. Don't do it alone!
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WE CAN'T KEEP THIS TO OURSELVES
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Hey there, bookworms!
Are you tired of mindlessly scrolling through social media during your lunch break? Try a book instead with Headway Book App - enjoy summarized business bestsellers and grasp the book's key ideas in less than 15 minutes!
Join our Jumper Flight Business Book Club and add some intellectual pizzazz to your evening routine. Trust us, you won't want to miss out on the juicy conversations and hilarious debates that come with reading a good book. So sign up now and let's get reading! 🤓
This months top pick:
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Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine
Conventional accounting uses the logical (albeit, flawed) formula: Sales - Expenses = Profit. The problem is, businesses are run by humans, and humans aren't always logical. Serial entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz has developed a behavioral approach to accounting to flip the formula: Sales - Profit = Expenses. Just as the most effective weight loss strategy is to limit portions by using smaller plates, Michalowicz shows that by taking profit first and apportioning only what remains for expenses, entrepreneurs will transform their businesses from cash-eating monsters to profitable cash cows.
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Psst, hey you! Yeah, you with the coffee cup.
We know you're taking a "water break" right now, but guess what?
We've got the inside scoop on next month's newsletter.
So keep your ear to the ground (or your eyes on your inbox), because we'll serve up more piping-hot news before you know it!
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