Wildly You Leadership Blog for Social Entrepreneurs + Emerging For-Purpose Leaders — Kat Luckock

My mission....

I've been working on my mission a lot over the past few weeks. I've been doing a lot of work thinking about the difference I'm making and the difference I want to make through my business - Share Impact.

Dreaming Big, Getting Started, Kat's Story, Lessons I've learnt, Making Dreams a Reality, Mindset, Running your business, Shifting the status quo, Values & EthicsKat LuckockFebruary 24, 2021My story, Mission, Mindset, vision

What change do you really want to create?

This question has been coming up a lot lately for me and my clients. It's a question I always come back to with my clients when they're trying to make strategic or operational decisions in their social enterprise, because it often provides an insight or direction to the solution they're looking for.

Aligned Sales, Coaching, Getting Started, Group Coaching, Lessons I've learnt, Mindset, Resource, Running your businessKat LuckockJanuary 29, 2021Aligned Sales, Group Coaching, The Big Questions, Sales Strategy, Strategic Decision Making

4 reasons social enterprises struggle to generate the income they need

Why do so many social enterprises struggle to generate the income they need? It’s a question I’ve been answering ever since I started as a social entrepreneur back in 2013, and one of the main reasons why I set up my business Share Impact, to help social enterprises create sustainable trading incomes. In this blog I share the 4 most common reasons I’ve seen from working with hundreds of social enterprises.

Attract customers, Blog, Financial Sustainability, Generate income, Lessons I've learnt, Making a profit, Running your business, Sales, Setting up your businessKat LuckockDecember 2, 2020

Being ready for corporate sales as a social entrepreneur

You don't have to be anything more than you are right now to make sales with corporates as a social enterprise. Learn more about my experience making my first corporate sale, as a twenty-something with no sales or corporate experience.

Attract customers, Business Models, Generate income, Lessons I've learnt, Selling to CorporatesKat LuckockNovember 17, 2020Selling to corporates, Selling

Are corporates buying right now?

Are corporates buying right now, in a global pandemic? is it the right time to be pitching my offer to corporates right now? Two important questions social entrepreneurs are asking when thinking about creating, pitching and selling their services to corporates and businesses, and a valid fear considering everything thats’ going on. But YES corporates are buying right now and from social entrepreneurs. In this blog I explain why and how it’s not all doom and gloom.

Financial Sustainability, Generate income, Lessons I've learnt, Selling to CorporatesKat LuckockAugust 3, 2020Selling, Selling to corporates, Social Entrepreneur

How to sell to corporates as a social entrepreneur

Sustainable social enterprises often have multiple income streams and selling to corporates is a great way to increase your trading income your social enterprise. It’s how I got started as a social entrepreneur, selling our education programme to corporates in the energy, utility and construction sector. I now teach social entrepreneurs, like you, to do the same because with more income you can create more social impact.

Business Models, Financial Sustainability, Generate income, Lessons I've learnt, Making a profit, Sales, Selling to CorporatesKat LuckockJuly 22, 2020Selling to corporates, Selling, Pitching, Generating Income, selling

What you need to know about measuring your social impact

If you’re a social entrepreneur or running a social enterprise you know the importance of measuring your social and environmental impact. In this short blog I share what you need to know to get started measuring your impact, including why it’s so important for your business success.

Impact Measurement, Impact Communications, Lessons I've learnt, Resource, Social Impact, Social Impact ReportingKat LuckockJuly 18, 2020Impact Reporting, impact management, Impact Measurement

Create a trading income in your social enterprise, it is possible!

When I started as a Social Entrepreneur back in 2013, I knew we had an incredible vision for what we wanted to deliver but I honestly didn't know how we we're going to generate a trading income. Now I teach social enterprises how to create their own unique income and sales strategy, that aligns to their values and uses the power of the impact they create to attract and connect with customers.

Attract customers, Business Models, Financial Sustainability, Generate income, Impact Measurement, Kat's Story, Lessons I've learnt, Making a profitKat LuckockJuly 9, 2020Invitation, Coaching

The SELLING POWER of just BEING YOU

After seven years of selling to coporates as a social entrepreneur and helping my clients do the same, I’ve learnt A LOT. Here I share my top six lessons I learnt the hard way so you don’t make the same mistakes.

Generate income, Lessons I've learnt, Kat's Story, Selling to CorporatesKat LuckockMay 15, 2020Selling to corporates, Sales & Customers, Generating Income, Lessons Learnt

What could I sell to corporates as a social entrepreneur?

If you’d like to sell to corporates but you’re wondering “What would they want to buy from me? What do I have that’s sellable?” I’m sharing some ideas and helpful questions in this blog to get you started.

Business Models, Financial Sustainability, Generate income, Lessons I've learnt, Making a profit, Selling to CorporatesKat LuckockMay 13, 2020Share Impact LtdSelling to corporates, selling, Generating Income, Pricing for profit

How I learnt how to sell to corporates as a social entrepreneur

When I started as a Social Entrepreneur, back in 2013, I had absolutely no experience of selling and in truth IT TERRIFIED ME, but our business model was based on generating a trading income from selling to corporates so we had learn everything we could to finding, attracting and pitching to people in corporates. This is my story.

Financial Sustainability, Generate income, Kat's Story, Lessons I've learnt, Running your business, Selling to Corporates, SalesKat LuckockMay 11, 2020My Story, Selling to corporates, Lessons Learnt

The radical shift we all need to recognise as businesses doing good

Many of you write to me saying you’re trying to decide on a price that enables ethical brands or social enterprises to afford your services but you also need to pay yourself a wage, cover your business bills AND most importantly give back/make a donation to a charity or cause of your choice. The problem isn’t the price it’s your perception of the industry you’re selling to and the shift we all need to make in creating a new reality.

Attract customers, Business Models, Generate income, Lessons I've learnt, Social Impact, Shifting the status quoKat LuckockMay 6, 2020Generating Income, Pricing for profit, Pricing, For coaches & consultants

The single most important thing to do to achieve your monthly income goals

There’s this super simple approach I take each month to make sure I achieve my monthly income goals in my social enterprise and help my clients do the same. Watch the video to find out how.

Financial Sustainability, Generate income, Lessons I've learnt, Making a profit, Running your business, SalesKat LuckockApril 28, 2020Business model, Managing your business, Mindset, making it happen, Generating Income

How to build a successful social enterprise - the 4 key elements

We all know the importance having consistent, regular income to making our vision a reality but do you know all the elements needed to building a successful and sustainable social enterprise?

Featured on the She's the Boss Podcast

Kat's Story, Lessons I've learnt, Podcast, Setting up your business, Shifting the status quoKat LuckockMarch 29, 2020Podcast, Aud, Video

Social Entrepreneur asks: "Do I need to stop and find another job?"

I've been where you've been wondering if you can really carry on as a social entrepreneur earning just a pittance. I want you to know you can totally do this. You can earn what you need to create a profitable social enterprise and I'm here to show you how.

Financial Sustainability, Generate income, Lessons I've learnt, Kat's Story, Making a profit, Running your businessKat LuckockJanuary 2, 2020

The 4 things I've really struggled with this year...

All in all it's been a good year but there's plenty of areas I want to improve on for 2020 and I don't know about you but there's four things that I've really struggled with this year time, cashflow, mindset, and consistent action.

Kat's Story, Lessons I've learnt, Making Dreams a Reality, MindsetKat LuckockDecember 16, 2019Reflection, Review, Lessons Learnt, Mindset, Time, Cashflow, Consistent Action

Hard truths for Social Entrepreneurs...

Hard truths I recently shared with social entrepreneurs in Manchester which help us all become better social entrepreneurs.

Attract customers, Dreaming Big, Financial Sustainability, Generate income, Impact Communications, Kat's Story, Lessons I've learnt, Running your businessKat LuckockNovember 5, 2019Impact Communications, Marketing, Social Entrepreneur, Social Enterprise, Share Your Social Impact

Why profit matters to social enterprises

You might feel uncomfortable with the idea of making a profit in your social enterprise, or decided that you want to be “not-for-profit” but I share here why it’s essential for social entrepreneurs to make a profit in their business and how they can overcome the icky feeling about it.

Financial Sustainability, Generate income, Lessons I've learnt, Mindset, Running your business, Making a profitKat LuckockOctober 3, 2019Profit, income goals, Generating Income, Social Enterprise, mindset

I'm not stressed! I love my job!

The third in our series of guest blogs from Dr Jane Durston on stress and how to mitigate it as a solo-preneur.

Guest Blog, Lessons I've learntKat LuckockJune 28, 2019Stress, Solopreneur, Managing your business

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KAT LUCKOCK - THE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR COACH