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Hit It & Quit It with Melina Palmer, Christy Ford & Tracey L. Gordon · The SmallBizChat with Melinda Emerson

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  3210 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 Now here's your host, the small Biz chat lady
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  herself, Melinda Emerson.
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  Hey, guys.
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  Do you know what BYOB stands for?
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  It is not about drinking.
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  It's about being your own boss.
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  I wanna help you live your dream life as an entrepreneur.
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  So sign up for my 10 week become your own boss course is gonna start up this summer, June
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  20th, every Tuesday night.
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  I'm gonna teach it live so you don't wanna miss out.
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  I'm gonna give you everything you need to start and stay in business registered today.
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  Hi, everybody.
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  I'm Melinda Emerson, the small biz lady.
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  America's number one small business expert, and I am excited to welcome you to another episode
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  of the small biz chat podcast.
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  What I wanna do now is bring back my other guests, Melita Palmer, and Christy Ford, and we
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  are going to do a quick panel that we affectionately call, hit it or quit it.
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  Now here's what we're gonna do.
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  I'm gonna ask each of you four questions.
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  You're only gonna have 30 seconds to answer, and you cannot repeat someone else's answer.
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  And if you go over 30 seconds, I'm going to give you the cowbell.
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  Alright?
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  So I don't wanna do that.
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  I don't wanna do that.
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  I I have my cow over my days in Virginia tech in this stadium.
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  I don't wanna give you guys that.
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  So what we're gonna do is, Molina has been quiet the longest.
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  So we're gonna start with you, Melita, then you, Christy, and then you, Tracy, and then
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  we'll go to the next question.
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  So the first question is, what is your favorite podcast?
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  Molina, what is your favorite podcast?
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  I guess it's not fair to say this podcast since that's mine.
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  Listen, I am Kyle Shae who has plugged the best.
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  I have.
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  It's the one have to listen to the most.
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  I per listen to every single episode, but I'll say negotiate anything by Kwomi Christian.
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  He's a good friend and an amazing host in his show.
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  I like his podcast too.
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  Alright, Christy.
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  What is your favorite podcast?
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  Oh, I am still just to how I built this girl.
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  I love Razs.
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  I like that podcast as well.
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  Alright, Tracy.
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  What is your favorite podcast?
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  It's called a $1,000,000 worth of gay.
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  And the hosts are from Philly Wallow and Gilly.
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  And the reason why I love it is because my youngest son loves it.
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  And that's probably the time I spent with him when we actually watched it sound together.
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  So there's a little pop culture, but it's also, teaches them a lot about business.
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  I love it.
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  I love it.
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  And it's and sometimes the older kids get you gotta sneak in that quality time and lot not
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  them figure out what you're doing.
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  I trapped my son in the car sometimes.
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  Yep.
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  Oh, I do.
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  Yep.
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  Alright.
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  Next question.
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  Christie, you're up first this time.
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  Then you, Tracy, then you, Molina.
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  What is your favorite business app?
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  Favorite business app?
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  My banking app?
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  Hey.
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  That's real.
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  I use it all the time.
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  Sound like kids money.
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  Make sure the money is there.
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  Absolutely.
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  Alright, Tracy.
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  What is your favorite app?
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  My business app, I guess it will be I only I
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  will say Facebook, instagram, my social media.
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  I love it.
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  Yeah.
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  But you can say Facebook.
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  That that's an app.
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  That's a big that it's Facebook's the Apple ones on your phone.
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  Lots of people using it.
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  Alright, Molina.
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  What's your favorite business app?
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  While I don't use the mobile version of it, I would say Canva is something that I use a lot
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  for for my business.
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  And I was just finding video techniques and stuff they have in there that I'm really
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  excited to be playing around with.
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  So Canva.
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  Yeah.
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  I actually heard that there's a chat GPT integration with Canva.
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  That's pretty cool.
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  Alright.
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  So third question, Tracy, your first this time, then you belated, then you Christie.
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  Alright.
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  What is your favorite old school marketing tip?
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  Favorite old school marketing tip, door to door, face to face.
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  Door to door, face to face.
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  Yes.
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  Yes.
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  Yes.
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  Love it.
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  Alright.
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  Melina, what's your favorite what's your favorite too?
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  I'm gonna go with the kiss method, right, and then keep it simple.
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  Cilly.
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  Be nicer than saying stupid.
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  I I like that.
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  Alright.
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  I'm Christy.
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  What is your favorite old school marketing tip?
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  I love both of those, but if you can't do door to door, I am a big pickup the phone and call.
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  I agree.
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  I agree.
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  And my favorite old school tip is actually write a handwritten note.
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  Yep.
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  Because people send in so much email.
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  If somebody actually got a nice note from you on stationery, that's actually something that
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  they would value.
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  They would not throw that away.
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  Alright.
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  Last question, ladies, Melina, your first, tracing your second, and then you, Christie.
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  What is the best business book you have ever read.
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  Best business book you've ever read.
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  Wow.
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  It might not be a super traditional business book.
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  I would, have to say a more beautiful question by Warren Berger, and it is about this really
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  great way in how our minds come up with questions better, helping us to find and solve
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  our big problems.
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  It's about innovation, just really, really powerful stuff about the brain and interesting
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  story.
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  So a more beautiful question is my favorite.
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  I like it.
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  I like it.
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  Alright, Tracy.
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  What's your favorite business book?
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  I would say Black Economics by Doctor.
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  Troy Anderson, that was one of the favorite books I had.
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  I mean, there's a guest speaker here in Philadelphia It was simple, and it was very ins
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  it informative of it.
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  Mhmm.
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  Alright, Christy.
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  What is your favorite business, but Yeah.
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  I have to go with the success principle by Jack Canfield.
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  I seem to reread that on a regular basis.
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  Well, that's the telltale side of a great book.
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  And one of my favorites is Disrupt You by Jay Samet.
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  I like that book because he says in order to disrupt the world, you gotta start by
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  disrupting y'all sell.
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  And I love that.
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  And I I buy those books a lot and give them to a lot of young people in my life because I
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  think it's a good book to, like, kinda help you Get your act together, get motivated.
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  Alright.
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  Thank you so much.
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  You guys have been amazing guests.
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  Thank you, Molina Palmer.
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  If you're interested in learning more about her, head over to the brainybusiness.com.
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  Thank you, Christie Ford.
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  If you're a local business looking for advertising, check out the scout guide.com And
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  thank you to the audible Tracy Gorder, the register of Wills, the city of Philadelphia,
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  and her website is villa gov slash wills with an s.
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  Thank you all for joining me for this episode of the small bizchett podcast If you're ready
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  Alright.
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  I wanna leave you all with this.
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  You never lose in business, either you win or you learn.
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  I thank you for joining us, everybody.
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  God bless.
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  Hey, guys.
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  Do you know what BYOB stands for?
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  It is not about drinking.
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  It's about being your own boss.
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  I wanna help you live your dream life as an entrepreneur.
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  So sign up for my 10 week become your own boss course is gonna start up this summer, June
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  20th, every Tuesday night.
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  I'm gonna teach it live so you don't wanna miss out.
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  I'm gonna give you everything you need to start and stay in business.
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  Register today.
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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 dot com.
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  Thanks again for listening, and we'll see you next week.