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Hit It & Quit It with Brian Johnson, Christine Noh & Jy Maze · The SmallBizChat with Melinda Emerson

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  3210
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  ignition.
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  Lift off.
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  Ending small business failure.
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  Welcome to the small biz chat podcast with the number 1 small business spurt, Melinda Emerson.
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  Melinda's goal is to end small business failure, and she'll give you the information
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  you need to succeed and live the life you dream of.
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  Now here's your host, the small Biz chat lady herself, Melinda Emerson.
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  Hi, everybody.
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  Welcome to another episode of the small biz chat podcast.
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  I'm Melinda Emerson, small biz lady, your host, and I'm America's number one small business
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  expert, and I'm so excited to bring to you three guests that have amazing information to
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  share.
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  Now what I wanna do is bring back all 3 of my guests.
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  So I'm gonna invite Brian Johnson to come back on with us.
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  We're gonna bring Christy.
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  No back on with us.
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  And we are gonna have a quick little panel that I like to call.
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  Hit it and quit it.
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  And let me tell you how this works.
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  I'm gonna ask One question of all three of you, you're only gonna have 30 seconds to answer,
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  and you cannot repeat somebody else's answer.
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  Go over 30 seconds, I'm gonna give you the cowbell, and I don't wanna give you that.
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  So, mister.
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  Not in my ring.
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  Is that right?
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  I love it.
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  Hey.
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  The shooting on ice the longest.
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  I'm gonna start with you.
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  So I'm gonna come to you first.
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  They could proceed you second, and then jot you third.
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  LA.
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  So our first question is, what is your favorite podcast, Brian?
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  What is your favorite podcast?
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  Now I'm gonna be really super selfish on this one because I'm a host of a podcast.
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  And as a transplant to Charlotte, I have a podcast called 4 transplants on a microphone,
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  and we tell everybody really what to expect when you come to Charlotte.
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  So we give the outsider's perspective of what the insiders have known for a long time.
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  Alright, Christine.
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  What is your favorite podcast?
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  I can't beat that.
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  I don't have my own podcast.
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  What I will say is the podcast I listen to the most is up first.
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  NPR.
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  I start my day with that.
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  I I feel like if you don't know what's going on in the world around you, you can't make good
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  informed decisions.
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  And so here we are.
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  I I like that with, you know, Alright, Jay.
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  What John, what is your favorite podcast?
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  The small business chat podcast.
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  And I'm not tuning your horn.
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  I am just saying you have some fantastic guests that has been on your podcast that I have
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  learned a lot from.
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  I almost said that too.
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  I mean, I I do.
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  I was just listening to your podcast the other day.
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  So it's it's the small business chat podcast.
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  Thank you.
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  You're so sweet.
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  Alright.
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  Next question, you guys.
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  Christine, I'm coming to you first this time.
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  Then you jai and then you, Brian.
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  What is your favorite business app?
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  Favorite business app.
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  Okay.
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  We use Slack a lot, and I think that
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  it has helped streamline communication
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  if you don't use Slack.
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  We've got we have part time sales associates to, you know, myself on slack and accessible,
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  and I think it's been a great way to really make sure that our teams are alike.
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  Yeah.
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  And stop all that email too.
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  Alright, John.
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  What is your favorite favorite business at?
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  So my favorite business app is it's an app that belongs to a club that I'm with in in the real
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  association.
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  And with the Transportation And Logistics Association.
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  And so it's geared towards that, and it gives you access to your key decision makers.
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  So it's kind of a private app.
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  I I really can't say what it is because I I'd be giving up my low hanging fruit.
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  So But it's in the transportation.
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  It's your
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  favorite app, but you can't tell us what the app is.
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  Try.
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  Okay.
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  I can't.
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  It's Nars.
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  I'm gonna give you what is It's called Mars.
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  Mars.
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  Mars.
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  Uh-huh.
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  Mars.
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  Thank you.
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  Thank you.
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  Alright, Brian.
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  What is your favorite business at?
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  I really, really wish I could give you something unique and new, but Christine has
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  said the one that I would say too, like, because communication's big for me because
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  everybody that works for me, works with me, like, physically in our office, Slack has just
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  been a great way to kinda keep in touch with people.
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  So I'd say that.
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  I I'm also, a little bit more of a a Microsoft versus Apple person.
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  So I I I don't mind teams if if we're gonna be real, but I know that that's not a popular
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  So we're we're to go with Slack.
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  Well, if you have a max, Teams is tough, that's all.
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  Uh-uh.
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  Like, you have to pick your side that you're gonna fight for first, before the app.
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  Absolutely.
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  Absolutely.
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  Alright.
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  Next question.
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  Jai your first this time, then you, Brian, then you, Christine.
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  What is your favorite old school marketing tip?
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  My favorite old school marketing tip is communication, verbal communication.
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  It still works.
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  Everyone is still online and you and people are not the same offline.
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  They're not the same offline so that face to face communication that face to face verbal,
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  that is the old school because you can read a person by their facial.
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  Expressions if they're interested in your product.
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  Alright, Brian.
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  What's your favorite old school marketing tip?
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  It's the most basic one, I think, is they can't buy from it if they don't know that that you
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  exist.
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  So you gotta be out there.
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  They gotta know you're there, and they gotta know what you offer.
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  Perfectly said, perfectly said, alright, Kristine.
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  What is your favorite old school marketing tip?
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  I will say keep it simple.
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  Right?
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  I think a lot of times, you know, we've got attention spans now, especially because of
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  social media of, like, 30 seconds or less.
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  So you've gotta make sure you're direct You're simple and you're catching people's attention
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  because just like Brian said, if they don't know you exist, and you don't exist.
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  Exactly.
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  My favorite one is actually handwritten note.
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  I still write
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  people handwritten notes.
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  Very good, man.
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  People appreciate them.
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  Alright.
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  Last question, guys.
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  And, Brian, I'm coming to you first.
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  Alright.
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  Then you, Christine.
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  Best business book you ever read.
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  Wow.
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  There's so many good ones.
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  I I would say the one because when you deal with people, you have to start with you before
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  it's it's kinda like put the mask on yourself to breed before you help others, atomic habits
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  by James Clear.
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  Good one.
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  Good one.
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  That's my number 1.
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  Alright.
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  Christine, what's your favorite one?
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  This is more specific to my world.
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  But delivering happiness.
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  For me, one of the big takeaways is is, you know, I think for most entrepreneurs, right,
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  the journey of entrepreneurship is not this.
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  Right?
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  You're not going from shear to shear in this, like, rocket ship.
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  It's a lot of this along the way.
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  And, it's you know, it really resonated with me that Zappos was not working was not working was
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  not working until it worked.
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  It worked.
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  And, you know, you've gotta you've gotta push through 9 out of 10 times, as an entrepreneur
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  and that remembering that nugget when you're pushing through, has always been buried.
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  My I appreciate that.
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  And, Joy, we'll give you the last word.
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  What is your favorite business?
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  Well, I'm gonna be selfish like Ryan.
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  At the book that I wrote finding your toddler ambition.
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  And,
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  it's it is it's a different approach to entrepreneur shit, but it's a simple guide to
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  building a business.
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  And I love it because as kids and as toddlers, we dream so big, but as we become adults, those
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  dreams go away and they diminish.
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  And kids just wanna keep going.
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  They wanna learn how to walk on their own talk, and run.
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  And if you find that ambition that same Tyler ambition your business can grow, and it doesn't
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  matter how many times you fall, you get back up.
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  You guys are so awesome.
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  Thank you all so much for being guests on my show today.
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  If you want a plan to grow your business, you need to reach out to Brian Johnson.
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  He is at mainandjohnson.com.
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  Thank you so much to Christy.
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  No.
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  If you're a sneaker head, you gotta check out her website, noble.com, and thank you so much
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  to John Maze, her website, is mazebreak solutions.com.
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  Thank you all for joining me for this episode of the small biz chat podcast If you're ready
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  to grow your business at 2023, be sure to check out Small Buslady University.
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  Our online marketing courses are just what you need to ramp up your sales this year.
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  With that, I'm gonna leave you with this.
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  You never lose in business either you win or you learn.
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  God bless everybody.
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  Thanks for listening to the Small Biz chat podcast with Melinda Emerson.
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  Subscribe to this podcast wherever you listen to podcasts and join us next Wednesday for more
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  fantastic information and interviews.
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  You can find more sources and small business success strategies by visiting Melinda's
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  website succeed as your own boss dot com.
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  Thanks again for listening, and we'll see you next week.