

Profitable Mindset
Charlotte Smith
You may be the farmer or married to the farmer - this podcast will help you balance family and merge your personal needs with your farm demands. You can have a profitable biz AND a lovely, fulfilled life. I teach you personal development tools & strategies to finally conquer overwhelm and the feeling that you're not doing enough in your family or in your business. You'll learn step-by-step how to create the results you want in life!
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Dec 23, 2021 • 32min
How to Make More Money Using This 2022 Farm Marketing Plan (part 1)
Click HERE to get on the waitlist for 5X Your Farm Sales. It's usually this time of year many of my clients start to panic and think… "It's almost the end of the year, where in the world did the time go?" "What did I actually get done this year?" ("not enough") "Did we make enough to get through the winter?" "What projects were left unfinished?" "How do I make next year better?" After they freak out a bit on a coaching call, I remind them they are armed with a plan and strategy for 2022. Part 1 of this unique marketing plan you've probably never heard of before is below: Click the link above to listen to part 1 and get started planning your most profitable year ever. Over the years, I've learned a thing or two about building a marketing strategy that will consistently bring in new customers and help me make more money. It starts with you answering some questions that are designed to make sure you're creating not only a profitable business, but a business that is fulfilling. A lot of farmers will hustle to get to profit but they're still scattered and worn down because they didn't know they have to start off the bat loving their business in order to still love it when they get to profit. You won't make that mistake if you follow the 7 Step business marketing plan I create every year for the last 5 years. If you're already not loving your business, this plan will help you turn that around. There IS hope. Tune in and listen to part 1, answer the questions I ask in the episode, and you'll feel more in control and inspired by the end of the 30 minutes. Click the link above to listen to episode 99 and create your profitable, sustainable and fulfilling 2022 on the farm

Dec 16, 2021 • 26min
This Strategy Will Help You Overcome Doubt About Your Farm Finances
Click HERE to get on the waitlist for 5X Your Farm Sales. In 10 months of coaching inside 5X Your Farm Sales, Maggie has had HUGE success. She knew from our coaching that her sales and marketing were being scattered and diluted with all the different products they sold - chickens, pork, vegetables and more. So last May she decided to make her farm profitable by focusing on one thing and we coached on all the fear around that. It worked. With her newfound confidence from her weekly coaching calls, she raised her prices and started making money. Finally making a profit. The farm is now paying for itself AND she's banking a profit. Sounds amazing, right? But what happened next is why she continues coming back to be coached each week - as soon as you set new, bigger goals, your brain is wired to be fearful. She's making money, paying the bills, banking the extra, and she STILL feels an overwhelming feeling of doubt about her ability to pay the land payment. This debilitating fear is totally normal when you're building a business - but so many farmers use it against themselves instead of getting coached to manage it. Maggie's fear drove her to get a part-time job (in addition to full-time raising 5 kids AND running the farm). She didn't really have time for that job, eh? If she hadn't nipped this fear in the bud in our last coaching session, she would've proven the fear true and spread her resources - again - and NOT been able to make the payments. Hear how she did it in TODAY's episode of the Profitable Mindset. You'll learn about the superpower we develop in 5X Your Farm Sales and how you can apply it to your farm. Enjoy, Charlotte

Dec 9, 2021 • 41min
This Single Mindset Shift Will Calm Down Your Farm Life Tremendously
Get on the waitlist for 5X Your Farm Sales: charlottemsmith.com/waitlist Last week a farmer came to our weekly coaching call in 5X Your Farm Sales super frustrated at all the messes around her farm. This bugs her all the time. Spools of wire left on the ground after fence-fixing, hay not raked up correctly after feeding, half-finished projects - all of this constant clutter was making her feel angry and frustrated. Living in this constant state of frustration makes her snappy with people around her. Feeling angry about it makes her unhappy throughout her days. She can't problem solve to get messes cleaned up when she's making herself frustrated. And she's not alone - this comes up frequently in our coaching group. THAT'S where we've gotta start in getting you to more success. We've got to start with cleaning up your mind in how you're thinking about all that's going on around your farm. I want you to really hear that - you can't get the messes cleaned up and organized when you're keeping yourself frustrated over them. Sure, you can yell louder one day and everyone gets into gear (uh oh, she means business today) and they'll pick up. But the messes start piling back up shortly. Because these constant states of overwhelm, anxiety, anger, frustration are keeping you from enjoying your day. AND this constant negative emotion stops you from making money. Hear that - you can't make money, you can't build a profitable farm, when you're feeling angry, resentful, anxious, overwhelmed - or any of the other bad feelings. And that's something we solve for daily coaching in 5X Your Farm Sales AND here on the podcast. Tune in to Episode 97 where I show you how to finally free yourself from feeling terrible by shifting just one thing in your life. It's simple. Notice - I'm not saying it's easy - but it IS simple. Then, with practice in the coaching group, it gets easy. My clients in my coaching program are finally learning how to feel good throughout their days no matter what extraordinary circumstances are going on - no matter who left what mess lying around. They're learning to solve for their bad feelings AND subsequently figure out how to get the place cleaned up AND THEN they can make money. Click HERE to listen to Episode 97 and learn how to feel free, in control, just by shifting your mindset AND THEN... success follows. Warmly, Charlotte

Dec 2, 2021 • 33min
If Your Husband Makes You Angry or Frustrated, This Process Will Help
Get on the waitlist for 5X Your Farm Sales: https://champoegcreamery.lpages.co/5x-waitlist-nov-2021/ Last week, three farmers in a row came to me for help with the same problem. One farmer was vaccinating sheep with her husband, she didn't shut the gate fast enough and a ewe got through. Her husband yelled and was making her extremely anxious. Another's husband made her super frustrated when he went to make a delivery and forgot a couple of people's orders. Again. The third farmer's husband made her anxious and guilty while they were doctoring an injured cow. Farmers show up to our coaching calls knowing I will help them. They want me to help them NOT feel frustrated, angry or anxious. And I do. But not in the way you or they expect. The coaching I offer them always surprises them. They come wanting to figure out how to get their husbands to stop making them feel so bad. And I for sure help them to do that - but it is 180° from what you're thinking will happen. Listen to today's episode, #96, to hear how to finally stop being triggered by your spouse or partner on the farm.

Nov 12, 2021 • 39min
How This Flower Farmer Made More Money This Season Working Fewer Hours
Learn to 5X Your Farm Sales in LESS Time Here: https://courses.3cowmarketing.com/5x-farm-sales There is a process to managing your time so you can build a profitable farm. Everyone can learn it. But very few (if any?) are teaching it. Until now. The 5X Your Farm Sales Coaching Program for farmers has mastered the process of teaching you to calm your mind and life down so you can focus on getting to profit. Lori Hernandez has learned this process working with me over the last year and made MORE money working fewer hours than ever. Hear her story on the podcast today, then join her in learning how time is created and applying it in your life. Like so many of you, Lori came to me overwhelmed by everything that had to be done on her farm. She spent her days frantic, harried, working LONG days and still not feeling accomplished at the end of her days. She was sacrificing her family life - working from home on the farm, but feeling guilty she was not at all present with her husband and kids. She knew she and her family would continue to suffer if she didn't change something in the way she was spending her days. She joined my program a year ago and learned how to create margin in her lives, how to create breathing room between farm projects, and discovered 10-20 more hours in each week doing so. She now has Sundays & Mondays off and part of Saturdays. Now THAT ^^^ is unheard of among farmers. But it doesn't have to be that way. You can learn the same skills Lori learned that made her more money than ever this season working fewer hours than ever before. You learn this when you join 5X Your Farm Sales. We start with "Master Your Time, Master Your Life" where you'll learn to create time and go through your days with calm and balance. You'll take your marketing to the highest level studying Advanced Marketing Strategies. You'll have my ongoing coaching support each week. You'll become a thought leader. You'll become a mature business owner. You'll set goals and deadlines and strategically plan and execute them. You'll finish your day at the reasonable time you pre-determine and you'll be a person who follows through on this commitment to yourself. No matter how many times you've studied my work, my marketing courses, my time management processes, you need to constantly re-apply this information. Because the process never changes, but YOU change and you must hone the process. We work together for one year. Many clients return year after year as they grow and fine-tune themselves and their farms. You are invited to join 5X Your Farm Sales and master this process of calming your life down, creating more time and building your profitable farm. See you inside. Charlotte Listen to how Lori went from sacrificing time with her family to thinking like a leader in her business. THEN join her and me in learning and applying the process.

Oct 28, 2021 • 33min
7 Ways You're Wasting Huge Amounts of Time on Your Farm
Free Training - 4 Simple Steps to Create More Time https://3cowmarketing.mykajabi.com/more-time Are you running your farm or is your farm running you? I ask because farmers regularly tell me they're being pulled in all different directions by everything, everyone AND their dog (literally - sometimes their dog ). What if I told you there's a way to finally take control and freely move through your day, calmly, with plenty of time for everything - including time for you? There are things you're doing in your day that are preventing you from feeling in-control - things that you can learn to let go of so you can build a successful, sustainable life and business. Episode 94 shows you what you're doing to waste time. So many of my 5X Coaching Clients are finally recognizing the seven ways their wasting precious time. Once they're aware, then they're able to stop. This means, they take back control of their life and farm and are finding time to calmly get things done and make money. You can do this too - take back control, feel calm and focused, and start making money. To take back control you've got to get a few things in order, first. Most important, episode 94 outlines 7 key things most people are doing that waste HOURS of their time each day. Listen to episode 94 now to learn what you're doing that's wasting your one precious life so you can finally free up time to do what you want. I know you'll probably relate to several, if not all seven. Once you become aware of these seven things, you'll be able to eliminate them and get your time back for the things that really matter. Things that really matter, like, precious family time and creating a successful farm business. Warmly, Charlotte

Oct 21, 2021 • 29min
How to Follow Your Plan on the Farm And Stop Getting Distracted
Be sure you're on the waitlist to 5X Your Farm Sales: https://courses.3cowmarketing.com/5x-farm-sales You have a list of to-do's to run your farm and you know exactly what needs to be done. You wake up ready to seize the day, but then you don't know where to start. ' You feel: Overwhelmed and stuck because there's so much to do Pressured to do all the tasks - so you do them, but now your days turned into nights Confused because you were able to do some tasks, but there's still so much that didn't happen Exhausted and helpless because your days feel chaotic and not manageable I am hearing this happen all too often with the farmers that come to me for help. Through coaching with me, farmers are able to learn the skills and processes they need to effectively manage their time and actually follow through on their to-do list efficiently. ==> This means you feel confident in your work and the process. ==> You feel refreshed and ready to hit the ground running with intent and focus. ==> And you can finally have a successful farm and fulfilling life knowing you can be present and spend the evenings with your family or taking care of yourself. Now is the time to take intentional action ---- listen to this episode so you can learn how your brain can take control and you can stay committed to your plans. Listen to Episode 93 and start managing your thoughts and brain to take intentional action with your plans. If you're not signed up for coaching yet - starting in mid-November you can work with me for ONE YEAR to transform your farm, your brain and your life. Warm hugs, Charlotte

Oct 14, 2021 • 46min
The 10 Essentials to Build Your Profitable Farm
Get on the Wait List for 5X Your Farm Sales: https://courses.3cowmarketing.com/5x-farm-sales Most farmers' plans do NOT involve: Failing 80% of the time Struggling for many years trying to get to profit Working 'til exhaustion many days Hustling to make a buck to try to pay the bills on time Yet this is what farmers are emailing me for help with daily. And when they implement the coaching I offer, including the 10 essentials I'm sharing today, they begin to have all kinds of crazy success. Success with more efficiency and ease. They create more financial success. They experience more life and family-fulfillment success. Now it's your turn to listen, learn and implement the 10 essentials that will help you get to profit and success with calm and ease. Listen to Episode 92 and do all you can on your own, then bring the essential you want to work on the MOST to our coaching call. If you're not signed up for coaching yet - your next chance will be mid-November to work with me for ONE YEARE to transform your farm and your life. Keep your eyes peeled! Tune in to Episode 92 to learn the 10 Essentials. Warm hugs, Charlotte

Oct 7, 2021 • 28min
You Won't Build a Profitable Farm Until You Get Rid of Anxiety and Overwhelm
Get on the waitlist for 5X Your Farm Sales opening up soon: https://courses.3cowmarketing.com/5x-farm-sales Recently I had a client come to me feeling overwhelmed and frustrated with the disorganization and chaos in her office. I hear this struggle from a lot of you and I coach on it often! As farmers, we get pulled between the enormous amount of farm work outside. And of course, we've got houses to keep clean and often, families to feed. Then there's our marketing we aren't getting to like we want, and then of course things pile up. The problem with feeling overwhelmed and frustrated is it will NEVER drive the action of cleaning up the office. Or cleaning up anything at all! When you create feelings of overwhelm and frustration, you'll find yourself avoiding the very task you think is causing it. Avoiding it by going out and working in the barn or fixing a fence or packing orders. This means, the original overwhelm-inducing project never gets done. And the overwhelm and frustration continue every time you look at it or think about it. In Episode 91, I will show you exactly how to remedy this. Remember, "You can't build a profitable farm that is also sustainable and fulfilling unless you clean up all these little areas of your life, it's all these little things that add up to you having a profitable farm and life." (episode 91) Listen to Episode 91 now, to discover how to confront your brain's sneaky way of making you feel bad. I'll walk you through just how to tackle all the teeny tiny tasks causing you anxiety in an easier, more peaceful way. Warmly, Charlotte

Sep 16, 2021 • 35min
How Maggie used 5X to get Profitable in 4 Months
5X Your Farm Sales is OPEN for Registration: https://courses.3cowmarketing.com/5x-farm-sales Four months ago Maggie joined 5X Your Farm Sales. She and her husband produce and sell milk, chicken and pork. AND vegetables. She was so overwhelmed and run ragged by customers stopping in at all times of day, she couldn't think straight. Just one conversation with me that week and she got off our call and made changes that IMMEDIATELY CALMED HER LIFE DOWN and made her more profitable. That was with ONE conversation. Imagine how she's continuing to transform her business and life in our 12 months of conversations in the 5X Coaching Program! Hear her story of what she's created in just the last 5 months: Going from losing to making money in just 4 months of coaching Took a family vacation - first time ever in the summer Setting clear boundaries with customers on the farm Farm paying for itself + new milk room + new kids' bedrooms! Maggie and her husband and children are all happier and more fulfilled Maggie found hours and hours of time in her week which she's enjoying with her family and her personal self-care Yes, it IS possible to have time for yourself AND make money on your farm. Listen to Maggie's interview on the podcast today, then join her inside 5X Your Farm Sales and start turning your life and farm around. For the next 52 weeks I'll teach and coach on anything you're struggling with on the farm. We start with "The Less Stressed Farmer - 30 Days to Calm" because you can't make more money until you lessen the stress. At the same time you're calming your life down, I'll be teaching you advanced marketing strategies and offer feedback to you on any of your marketing materials - emails, blogs, videos, FB & IG posts. This is just the start of 5X-ing (or 10 or 20Xing) your farm sales. Click here to join 5x Your Farm Sales today. And remember - hit reply to this note and ask me anything you need that will help you commit to joining by tonight so I can support your goals. Charlotte


