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Hit It and Quit It with Brynne Tillman and Michelle Snow · 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 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 edition of the Small Bishop podcast.
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  I'm Melinda Emerson, the small business lady.
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  America's number one small business expert And I am so excited to welcome you to another
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  episode of our great show.
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  Now what I wanna do right now is bring back Brent Tillman, and I wanna ask both of you guys
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  some really quick questions in what we call our hit it and quit it panel.
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  So how this works I'm gonna ask both of you the same question, and you have to answer in 30
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  seconds or less.
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  And if someone takes your answer, you gotta come up with something else, or you're gonna
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  get the count bill.
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  Right?
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  So that is how this works.
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  So bring come on back in.
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  We're so happy to have you back.
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  And here is the first question.
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  What is your favorite podcast?
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  Brent, I'm gonna come to you first.
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  What is your favorite podcast?
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  Masters of Scale.
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  Awesome sauce.
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  Who's the host of it?
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  Do you know?
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  Reed Hoffman.
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  Reed Hoffman.
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  Love it.
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  Of course.
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  Right?
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  The the guy that invented LinkedIn.
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  Of course, that's your favorite pie cat.
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  Michelle, what's your favorite pie cat?
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  Oh gosh.
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  Unfortunately, I've been on YouTube listening to audio books.
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  So right now, I'm just reading the secret, the secret 1,000,000 there.
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  So I I don't have one.
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  I'm just on YouTube all the time.
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  Listen, that is perfectly fine.
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  As long as you're getting nourishment and and information some kind of way.
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  Alright, Michelle.
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  This question is coming to you first.
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  What is your favorite business app?
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  Oh gosh.
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  I'm always putting the spot with these things, but I'm gonna just say it's my it's my CRM,
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  which is Cartrait.
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  Excellent.
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  Bren, what is your favorite business app?
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  I think I know the answers to this, but what is your favorite business app?
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  We have not platform.
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  And it would be Calendly.
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  Like it.
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  Like it.
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  Alright, Brent.
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  This first question is coming to you.
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  What is your favorite old school marketing tip?
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  Favorite old school marketing tip.
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  Oh my gosh.
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  Never have more than one call to action.
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  You'll confuse people.
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  I like that.
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  I like that.
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  That is a good one, and we haven't heard that one.
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  A very, very long time.
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  Alright, Michelle.
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  What is your favorite old school marketing tip?
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  Well, I still I still love the power of picking up the phone in saying hello and checking in on
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  my customers, right, just a good old fashioned phone call.
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  Listen, that is powerful.
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  I that is powerful.
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  I completely agree with you.
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  Alright, ladies.
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  Here's your final question.
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  What is the best business book that you have ever read best business book you ever read.
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  Brent, I'm coming to you first.
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  Can I say 3?
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  Yes.
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  But you're only supposed to say one.
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  But for you, yes.
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  Okay.
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  So I'll start with the first one, and then you can leave it at that if you want.
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  Endless re referrals by Bob Berg.
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  He's also the the the author of the Go giver, but endless referrals, huge.
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  Number 2, the challenger sale by Matt Dixon and Brent Adamson And number 3, the little black
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  book of connections by Jeffrey Ginemer.
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  I like Jeffrey Ginemer too.
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  He's a good guy.
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  Alright, Michelle.
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  Favorite business book you've ever read.
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  The 12 universal laws of success my absolute favorite.
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  I read it.
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  I read it about ten times, Herbert Harris, top favorite.
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  Love it.
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  Love it.
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  Now I have to tell you guys, my favorite business book right now is Disrupt You by Jay
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  Samit.
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  And I love that book because he says If you wanna disrupt the world, start by disrupting
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  yourself, that is why I love that book.
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  Listen, ladies, I appreciate you guys so much.
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  This has been such an amazing conversation we have had today.
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  Thank you to my guest, Brent Tillman, the LinkedIn Whisper.
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  Check out her group at socialsaleslink.com.
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  And I wanna thank leadership expert and business coach, Michelle Snow.
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  If you're interested in working with her, all you gotta do is go to grow with Snow dotcom.
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  And if you're interested in learning about what kind of boss you are or could be, go check out
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  my new quiz.
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  It's called boss quiz.com, and it'll give you a detailed profile on who you are as a business
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  leader and what kind of business might be the right business for you to start.
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  And right now it's free, so you better go jump on it.
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  And go to boss quiz.com.
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  Thank you all for joining me for another episode of the small business chat podcast.
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  If you're still working on your digital pivot, don't forget to head over to our online school,
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  small business lady university.
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  We've got lots of courses there to help you I only start generating the money you deserve.
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  And with that, I just wanna leave you with, I really love serving you guys with the small biz
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  chat podcast.
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  My mission is to end small business failure, and I wanna leave you with this.
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  You never lose in business Either you win or use March.
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  God bless everybody.
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  Good night.
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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
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  more 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.