#12: John Lee Dumas—Is It Worth It To Create an Online Platform?
Release Date: 03/22/2021
#200: The 4-Part Health Check Your Business Needs to Stay Strong (Even During Explosive Growth)
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When your business starts to scale, growth brings new opportunities—and new complexities. As they say, “New level, new devil.” While rapid growth is exciting, it can also lead to misalignment, confusion, and burnout without the right checks in place. To keep your team focused, your mission clear, and your growth sustainable, you need a proactive approach. In this episode, host Bobby Richards talks with Tyler Ginn, President of CoachBuilder and Business Made Simple, who reveals a 4-part health check that’s become a game-changer for scaling businesses. Tyler’s...
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#199: Michael Hyatt & Will Guidara—How Top Coaches Are Scaling Fast with These New Frameworks
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If you’re in the coaching business, you know it’s not enough to just find clients. You’ve got to help them get real results that make a difference. But without a proven system, that’s easier said than done. A lot of coaches end up frustrated, watching their clients stall out. So, what if you could skip the trial and error and go straight to what works? In this episode, Donald Miller talks with Michael Hyatt, founder of Full Focus, and Will Guidara, author of Unreasonable Hospitality, about their newly launched certifications on the CoachBuilder platform. Michael’s Full Focus...
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#198: Donald Miller Returns—The Simple Framework that Will Revolutionize the Way You Coach Small Businesses
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As a business coach, you might have all the passion and wisdom in the world, but if you don’t have a clear, step-by-step framework, things can get messy—fast. Without a reliable system, helping your clients get consistent, meaningful results is essentially a gamble. You end up reinventing the wheel for each client which creates an exhausting grind for you and an unpredictable experience for your clients. So, how do you move from just giving good advice to offering a proven, repeatable system that guarantees results? In today’s episode, Donald Miller returns to share how the...
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#197: Seth Godin—How to Craft a Business Strategy that Future-Proofs Your Brand
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Feeling overwhelmed by your to-do list? Download The Small Business Owner’s Quickstart Checklist for free at and start streamlining your operations, clarifying your message, and building a business that works for you. -- If you think more followers or a bigger ad budget will fix your business, think again. Too often, business owners mistake tactics for strategy. They focus on short-term wins—like growing a social media following or driving quick sales—but forget to ask the most important question: “Where are we going?” Without a clear strategy, all the...
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#196: Donald Miller—How to Stop Giving Free Advice and Start Charging for Your Expertise
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How do you start charging for your advice without feeling weird about it? A lot of business owners have the expertise to coach others, but turning that knowledge into a successful coaching business can feel daunting and awkward. How do you know if what you’re offering is worth the price? The real challenge isn’t what you know—it’s learning how to package that knowledge into something people are willing to pay for. Without a clear plan, it’s easy to get stuck in “free advice” mode and miss the opportunity to build a business around the insights you already have. In...
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#195: How to Get Over Your Camera Fears and Be Yourself on Video
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Feeling overwhelmed by your to-do list? Download The Small Business Owner’s Quickstart Checklist for free at and start streamlining your operations, clarifying your message, and building a business that works for you. -- Video marketing can do wonders for your business—if you're comfortable getting on camera. For many, though, creating videos feels awkward and overwhelming. We freeze up, obsess over tiny details, or just have no idea where to start, leaving us feeling defeated before we even hit record. If you’re tired of watching hours of footage, only to realize you...
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#194: Why Your Business Desperately Needs a Project Manager
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You’ve got the vision and the drive to grow your business, but there’s a massive obstacle holding you back: chaos. Tasks pile up, deadlines blur, and you find yourself juggling too many things at once. How many times have you wished you had more time to focus on the bigger picture? Without someone to manage the daily grind, it can feel like you’re constantly putting out fires instead of strategizing for growth. What if the answer isn’t more hours in the day, but a single, essential hire? In this episode, host Bobby Richards talks with Sam Buchholz, a project management expert...
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#193: Nicole Burke—How to Get Out of the Weeds and Start Delegating So You Can Scale Your Business
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You’ve built a business you're proud of, but are you spending too much time in the weeds? When small tasks pile up, you might feel like you’re doing everything except what actually grows your business. With every email and customer support issue you handle, you're losing time that should be dedicated to sales and marketing—the lifeblood of your revenue. So, how do you know when it’s time to delegate and finally scale? In this episode of Business Made Simple, hosts James Sweeting and Bobby Richards sit down with Nicole Burke, founder of Gardenary, to chat about how she built a...
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#192: Kim Scott—The Hidden Cost of Being Too Nice in Leadership
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What’s the real cost of being too nice? It’s more than you might think. Many leaders, especially small business owners, fall into the trap of “ruinous empathy”, which is the failure to provide essential feedback due to the fear of hurting someone's feelings. Avoiding difficult confrontations might feel like the right thing to do—but it’s actually a fast track to mediocrity. Join hosts Bobby Richards and James Sweeting as they sit down with Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor, to dive into the dangers of avoiding tough conversations. In this episode, Kim shares her...
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#191: Tiffany Aliche—Why Financial Freedom Isn’t as Important as You Think (And What to Aim for Instead)
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Many people believe that financial freedom—accumulating enough money to never work again—is the ultimate goal. But for most entrepreneurs, this dream feels out of reach, which leads to frustration and financial stress. The constant pressure to build wealth and achieve financial freedom can leave you feeling like a failure if you don’t hit that big number. So what if financial freedom isn’t the answer? What if there’s a more realistic and sustainable way to manage your money and build security? In this episode, hosts James Sweeting and Bobby Richards talk with Tiffany Aliche,...
info_outlineIt feels like just about everyone is trying to "build their online platform" these days. But only the people who do it right are the ones that reap the benefits. And yes -- there is a "right" way to do it. On this week's episode, John Lee Dumas, author of the book "The Common Path to Uncommon Success" shares a step-by-step plan for how you can produce consistent content for your platform that doesn't feel cheesy and allows you to expand your influence.
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