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Six-figure September! Yep, last month was the biggest month in TTC history. So today we are going to be breaking down our successful launch by taking an in-depth look at our actual numbers, our growth and our stumbling blocks. We both celebrate birthdays in September and TCC turned two in September, so this is very sweet gift from the universe that we reached a six-figure month. By that, we mean the cash came in and landed in our bank account. This blew our minds and is more money than we have ever made!Want to hear another cool thing? Not only did we reach six figures, but we reached it by September 19th. That’s a little less than three weeks. Want to hear another cool thing? We reached $100,100,00 – that’s an additional $10,000, just for fun! And this number happened without us even reaching our projected numbers during our September launch. If you want to hear more about that launch, definitely go back a couple of episodes and check that out. Because today, we are going to be reviewing the process step by step and finding out how the heck we got to a six-figure month? An exciting milestone for us. Take a listen, you know we’ve got tips to share!Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the podcast we welcome Meet Edgar Founder and CEO, Laura Roeder. Meet Edgar is a social media automation tool, that makes sure your social media gets posted to all the appropriate places. Often we are so afraid to re-purpose or re-post content more than once. But if you knew that your reach per post is often sitting around 5%, you might start to think a little differently! Meet Edgar helps small businesses and entrepreneurs reuse their best content to bring in a ton of views.But we are not talking all about social media today; we are talking about how Laura bootstrapped her company, how she has developed a 100% remote team of 30 employees across the US, generated over seven thousand subscribers, is bringing in $4 million in annual revenue and how she has survived all of this with zero sales team. Oh, and in just three years. Today we will be diving into all her juicy secrets, discussing the future of social media and why we should be utilizing them while they are still free.Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Birthday to us (queue birthday song). Did you know Think Creative Collective just turned two? We are worried now, because the terrible two’s, does that happen in business too? We certainly hope not! We want to tell you everything we’ve worked on, everything that’s kinda worked for us, some stats to get you familiar with how things have been going and talk a little bit about the future of TCC.Also, we have opened and started and closed seven businesses together, so this ain’t our first rodeo, babes. It might be our first rodeo together and our most successful business, but we have been in so many other businesses and we have been through all the ups and downs. So we get it, we get it all. Want to find out how we have made this business work? Keep listening to hear more!Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the podcast we have Madison Sanders, of Madison Sanders Events. Madi has been a wedding planner and designer since 2014 (and also, it just so happens that we went to high school together!) Madison has gone from working for other agencies to building her own business, to even growing her agency where she now has other planners working for her. We talk about how that entire process worked, what she invested in along the way and how she was able to utilize relationships with vendors to continue to grow her business.We discuss the ins and outs of wedding planning – from managing multiple marketing platforms, how she gets her clients, communicating with employees and clients, asking for referrals and setting boundaries so that you can look after your own well-being. Even if you are not in the wedding industry, there are so many valuable nuggets here, for any entrepreneur, in any industry. Take a listen!Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are here for another launch breakdown, we hope you’re as excited as we are. Today we’re breaking down our second Rock Your Biz launch. We’re giving you the inside scoop and believe me, it’s something you’ll want to hear. We learned a lot and we have a lot of stats to cover with you all today because we like sharing the nitty-gritty details. ( you already know that though)In case you’re brand spanking new and don't know what the heck Rock Your Biz is. It’s a program that we opened and then closed just this month. We ran a free four-day challenge to kind of warm people up to the concept of what was going to be so good to them once we open the doors. We had 3 webinars and it was awesome. To say we were the most baffled by this launch, ever, would be an understatement and babes, you’re hearing it all here first. So keep listening to hear more!Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the show, we welcome Val Geisler. Val is an Email Marketing Strategist with a passion for digital entrepreneurs. With over a decade of experience working with everything from non-profits to multi-six-figure businesses, Val knows email like the back of her hand and is going to help us tackle the dreaded inbox today. We all communicate by email, especially in business. If email is one of our most fundamental communication tools, shouldn’t we be using it to the best of our ability? We all know what it’s like to have an overflowing inbox, scattered folders, hundreds of unread newsletters and emails we keep saying we’ll get back to. Managing your inbox can be stressful, time-consuming and down-right overwhelming – but it doesn’t have to be, not if it’s done right. Today on the show we discuss the strategies, tips and tricks that you can start implementing today into your business. Tips to help you efficiently sift through the clutter, get things done and ultimately improve your business communication. We’ll be taking a look at different approaches to email; such as hiring out your inbox, Val’s OHIO method, the Pomodoro Technique, email marketing and why you should treat the inbox of other’s the way you want your inbox to be treated. Take a listen! Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes go to thestrategyhour.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re here for our very first evening recording of the podcast. Today on the show we are breaking down our second free challenge that we hosted recently. We’re giving you all the data, all the numbers about the results we got from that challenge. We want you to know that the biggest take away from all of this is that challenges are awesome sauce and we don’t know why you haven't run one.They’re still kind of new and hot. We’re walking you through our 4 Days To Sexy Systems challenge and giving you the low down. All the things you need to know about running a challenge and the results that we saw because of it. Keep listening to hear more babes!Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the podcast we have the numbers queen, Geily Romero. Geily is a financial consultant and strategist for businesses. She has some amazing knowledge all about getting your business financially stable, setting goals and growing your business. On today’s show we’re going over one of our favorite things; profit and loss statements!We are talking numbers and all the things you need to do to get setup so you can start analyzing the financial side of your business, what mistakes you might be making and how you can start paying more attention to this very important piece of your business. We are also giving you some free solutions on how to make it all happen! Yeah, you heard that right, so stay tuned!Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rock Your Biz is back! Doors are open! And we can’t wait to tell you all about this game-changing opportunity starting September 25th. Rock Your Biz is a five week online course for overwhelmed creatives who want to build productive, sustainable and profitable system inside their businesses. We’re recording this episode in the middle of the Rock Your Biz launch so that you can get a taste for what it’s all about – what’s inside, what you’re going to tackle, as well as what this program can do for you and what it’s done for thousands of creative entrepreneurs around the globe.Today, we’ll be discussing the course framework, giving real life examples of how this course has helped others, as well as giving you an outline of the course from week one through to week five. Even if you are already enrolled, this episode will give you a framework of what to expect in the coming weeks as you go through the program. If you want to enroll you can go to rockyourbizbabe.com where you’ll find a ton of information. Enrollment is open for just a few more days, so sign up now and get ready to go from frazzled hot mess to master of systems with Rock Your Biz. Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a crowd favorite on the podcast today. Megan Stone, owner of Sweet Chubby Cheeks. Megan is a proud Momma to two wonderful kiddos. Her designs are inspired by her daughter, and the need she had to find quality outfits for photo sessions, and headbands for everyday wear. She quickly found that other moms had the same desire and Sweet Chubby Cheeks was born!Today we’re getting super deep, super real, a little personal, crossing those boundaries of what you should and shouldn’t talk. Yeah, we’re talking all about when your spouse is your employee and how the dynamics of that really works. We’re talking about hiring your husband/wife and Megan has been able to successfully do so. She’s giving us an idea of the work that she took to get there and some of the stumbling steps she took in the beginning. We’re diving into it, so keep listening to hear more!Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices