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Hit It or Quit It with Melissa Muhammad, Karla Ukman, and Olivia Thomas · The SmallBizChat with Melinda Emerson

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  3, 2, 1, 0, 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 one small business spurt, Melinda
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  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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  Have you subscribed to the Small Bushed podcast?
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  Well, it's time.
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  Every Wednesday, we offer listeners bite sized actionable tips to start and grow a successful
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  small business.
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  And just 20 minutes or so, we, you can get a ton of insight and resources to propel your
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  business forward.
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  Be sure to subscribe to the small beachhead podcast today.
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  Alright.
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  Now it's time for me to bring all three of my guests back for a quick panel that we like to
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  call hit it and quit it.
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  So now let me invite my guest back, miss Melissa Mohammed, miss Carla up, excuse me,
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  Carla Uckman and Olivia Thomas.
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  Alright, guys.
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  Here's what we're gonna do.
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  I'm gonna ask Each of you the same question, you only have 30 seconds to answer and you
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  can't repeat somebody else's answer.
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  Alright?
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  Or I'm gonna give you the cowbell, and I don't wanna do that.
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  So here's what we're gonna do.
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  Melissa, you've been on ice the longest, so we're gonna start with you.
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  Then we're gonna go to you, Carla, and then you, Olivia, for this first question.
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  So my first question is, what is your favorite podcast?
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  Elux.com.
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  Love it.
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  The place where billionaires go to succeed.
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  Love it.
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  Alright.
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  Carla, what's your favorite podcast?
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  Get seen by Leilani Wells, and it talks about all things, you know, getting seen in your
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  business.
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  Love it.
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  Love it.
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  Olivia, what's your favorite podcast?
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  The my taught Yukon cast.
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  It is about the founder of KurBot.
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  She speaks about her journey as a multimillion dollar founder, but she also intertwines her
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  personal life.
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  Right now, she's talking about motherhood and what it looks like to grow and make yourself
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  available and keep your boundaries in other areas.
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  Love it.
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  Love it.
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  Love it.
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  Alright.
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  2nd question.
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  Carla your first this time.
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  Then you, Melinda.
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  Then you, Melissa.
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  Alright.
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  What is your favorite business app?
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  Favorite business app.
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  Asana.
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  I like that.
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  Okay.
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  I like it.
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  Melissa, you know?
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  I love Trello.
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  Trello is my thing.
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  I'm always kind of thinking about things, so I need to write it down, but it's to the side.
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  Trello makes me crazy.
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  I just have tell you that.
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  Anyway, Melissa, what's your favorite app?
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  Chat GPT.
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  Yes.
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  Yes.
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  I'm gonna cosign that to I'm a big I'm a big chatgpt, but I become a fan of monday.com.
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  Monday.com has become, like, my little go to app of late.
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  Alright.
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  Next question.
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  Olivia your first this time, then you, Melissa, then you, Carla.
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  What is your favorite old school marketing tip?
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  Oh my gosh.
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  Events show up and meet people outside in the real world.
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  Shake hands.
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  That's how we connect.
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  That's the way to get it done.
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  I love it.
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  I love it.
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  Alright.
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  Alright, Melinda.
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  Help enough people to get what they want, and you will get what you want.
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  Yes.
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  Zig Ziegler said that.
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  He's a you helping up people.
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  Get what they want.
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  They're gonna help you get what you want.
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  I love it.
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  I love it.
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  Carla, tell me yours.
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  Handwritten notes.
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  So thank you notes, birthday cards, anything like that.
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  And mine is the phone.
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  Like, magic happens over the phone.
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  Pick a phone call people or zoom people, whatever you gotta do, but I'm a big fan of if
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  I wanna know something or I wanna get to know you, I will I'm go I'm a call you.
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  Right.
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  You know, that that's what I'm gonna do.
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  Alright.
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  Last question, guys.
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  Melissa, I'm coming back to you first, and then you, Carla, and then you, Olivia.
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  What is the best business book you have ever read?
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  The Go Gitter by Peter Kane.
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  Absolutely positively hands down.
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  Best business book I ever read.
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  Okay.
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  Love it.
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  I like design your future.
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  I I find that one was very, very good.
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  That was one of my favorites.
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  Miss Melinda.
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  10 x is easier than 2 x.
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  I love it.
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  It's so good.
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  You you know, you see my face because you took my book.
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  Like, I'm so mad.
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  You took my books, but that's alright.
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  That's alright.
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  I'm I'm a I'm a give you my old book.
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  That is the e myth revisited for Michael Gerber.
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  It's it's fantastic.
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  It's a classic.
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  I've read it three or four times.
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  Every time I feel myself slipping, I go back and read it again.
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  Well, listen.
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  Thank you guys so much for being on the small business chat podcast, and it's been amazing to
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  have the three of you here today.
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  And I can't thank you enough.
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  Melinda Mohammed of blackandglobalbusinessnetwork.com.
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  Check her out if you wanna get started with your exporting.
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  Thank you to Carla Uckman.
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  She is the CEO of Artemus Wealth Advisors, check her out online.
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  And if you are interested in talking to miss Olivia Thomas, the brand counselor, You can
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  head over to her website,
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  winintentional.com.
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  I have a brand new program that's starting up March 20th, my branded demand cohort number 2,
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  It starts March 20th, and we need you to be there so that you can get to a point where
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  great marketing makes selling unnecessary.
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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 into 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.com.
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  Thanks again for listening, and we'll see you next week.