As the Founder and CEO of Becoming Iconic®️, she uses her expertise as a Global Business and Lifestyle Mentor, to help entrepreneurs grow profitable and aligned businesses and lives. She is known as a mentor who supports women in ultimate fulfillment. She teaches that women don't have to sacrifice their lives and can do everything really well. To do this, she believes that sales is key. Sales is the lifeblood of any business and is necessary to make money and support a family. In this episode, she talks about focusing on one product or service so entrepreneurs can hone their skills and refine ..read more

We are going to take a break this week and share an episode that we did (Episode 108) a while back all about Days by Design.  This is an important topic as this is one of the main pillars behind BCO and what we teach and stand for so you can create a business without burnout.  Too many business owners are experiencing burnout because they feel they must spend most of their time in their business and a little bit of their time focusing on the 6 F’s that are important categories in life. These 6 F’s are: Financial Family Friends Fun Fitness Fulfillment We share how important it is to c ..read more

    In this episode, we talk about what to do when we don't reach our goals. We reflect by discussing the goals we set for February, which included having personal time and vacation days as well as achieving revenue goals and other projects. Poor time management is the biggest reason why people fail to hit their goals, and we suggest utilizing our "Days by Design" method to help organize time.  Time management is an essential skill for everyone, especially entrepreneurs. It is important to be able to properly manage your time in order to reach your goals and be successful. It ca ..read more

On this episode of the Productivity Podcast, Tom Freedman of Defiant Enterprises addresses how to create a movement and transformation with one's audience. He shares his story of growing up in an entrepreneurial family and how he has gained a lot of experience from opening and running small businesses. Tom discusses the distinction between transactional and transformational relationships, highlighting the importance of saying no when it doesn't align with one's core competency for the purpose of long-term growth. Where to find Tom: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomfreedman/ Website ..read more

Every month, it's the same story: the new month arrives and we ask ourselves, “now what?” We can’t help but feel like there’s a need to do something, to make a change, to be productive. But what if I told you that business success isn’t about the “sexy” new strategies and tactics? It’s about the “boring” stuff. It’s about planning and pivoting proactively. Business success is about creating a plan and sticking to it. It’s about having the discipline to create systems and routines of planning for the month, planning for the week, and being proactive. This means setting goals and taking the nece ..read more

The hustle and bustle of life as an entrepreneur can be overwhelming. With multiple businesses, tasks, and responsibilities, it can be difficult to stay organized and on top of everything. In order to maximize productivity and efficiency, it is important to automate processes whenever possible. Automation can help save time and energy, allowing entrepreneurs to focus on the more important aspects of their businesses.   Windy, the Wine Queen, knows all too well the importance of automation. She has multiple businesses, including One Hope Wine, The Dusty Bottle Dry Bar, and Winchester's Win ..read more

In this episode, Brittany talks about some events in her business that caused her to almost burn her business down and give up.  Instead, she decided to get therapy in early 2020 and was able to work through many of her mindset blocks which allowed her to open up and land her biggest contract ever - $25K.  In this episode, she covers: What it was like growing up in a low-income family and becoming independent at an early age Some of the red flags that came up early in her business working with a client that eventually conned her out of $10K in 2019.  Her journey to therapy in 2 ..read more

From Foster Care to Millionaire   Vickie Closson is the CEO of Branity and is a serial entrepreneur specializing in Business, Branding, Marketing & Events. Branity helps you and your business be seen the way you want to be seen & deserve to be seen whether through Learning & Building a solid Business Foundation, Business Consulting, Branded Apparel and Promotional Products, Branding & Marketing Guidelines & amazing, fun-filled one-of-a-kind Business Events! Branity solves problems you didn’t even know you had. In this episode, Vickie talks about what branding really me ..read more

We are back!! We have been on break since May of last year! We started the podcast with seasons on purpose -  we needed space to do less and figure things out. In this episode, we give you an update on life and what happened in the business in 2022.  From almost burning the business down to personal stuff going on, starting therapy, reevaluating of the business, etc, we realized the pandemic hit entrepreneurs differently. Tap into this episode where I shared how I went from being ready to quit my business to signing my largest contract ever in 6 months.  We are starting a New Ye ..read more

Please join us as we end our final episode of the season with some pep talk on how to really understand and manage your calendar so you can do all the important things in life while still running your business (even during summer break!). Listen as we share our ‘Top 3’ in which we put our intentional focus on a daily basis to continue to generate revenue and remain visible without having to do #Allthethings. These activities include doing a sales ‘power hour’, client fulfillment, and engaging in our community (it’s free to join!). These are the things that are being done on a consistent basis ..read more