Profit First is a fantastic cash management system, designed by Mike Michalowicz. Annette uses this as a certified professional to help small businesses apply it to their business, so they can generate a profit and pay themselves as well as everything else that has to be spent on in a business.
Read MoreIn this episode, I explain how important it is we re-evaluate and define what non-profit really means as social enterprises, as well as discuss lots of other issues and questions that have arisen as a result of covid-19 over the past 12 months.
Read MoreIf you're ready to choose to challenge, and explore how you and your business could benefit from funding and investment (even as a social entrepreneur) then this is the episode for you). Lisa is a Grants Assessor, Funding Mentor and Investment Associate drawing on 20+ years experience to create online programs for female entrepreneurs getting ready to scale their impact businesses.
Read MoreCarrie B. VanWinkle, CFP®, is the trusted Advisor for Smart Women who are consciously investing their money to create positive change in their lives and in the world. She is a Socially Responsive Investment Advisor with the nationally recognized impact investing firm, Natural Investments (in the USA).
Read MoreThis years theme for International Women's Day is Choose to Challenge. So I'm handing over this whole month of episodes to incredible guest experts shedding more light on the issue of wealth, income and profit in the social impact and purpose driven business world.
Read MorePetria Leggo-Field is the founder of Coco Rose Eco and the Coco Rose Community. Petria is on a mission to build a well-informed community based around the earth-friendly movement and help female entrepreneurs of eco brands make a bigger impact, create exposure, and make more sales.
Read MoreOne of the best approaches to creating social impact is not necessarily to create a brand new social enterprise, but to buy and existing business and turn it in to a social enterprise. Why? Because an existing business is already established, it has a client or customer base, it has established revenue streams, a well known brand and identity. It's already operating. So all the challenges of starting a new business or eradicated or at least significantly reduced. Yes there's obviously changes required in implementing a clear social purpose or embedding new ways of operating but it could be easier and cheaper.
Read MoreSocial and environmental is core to our social enterprises, so it makes sense that we measure and communicate this in a way that both demonstrates what we do, how we are delivering on our mission and aims, and shows how we plan to develop and deepen or grow our impact. But how do we do that other than just writing a report?
There is so much focus on marketing and selling online these days, we often forget there are tried and tested methods that have existed for much longer, such as telesales, or selling by phoning cold and warm leads, as well as existing customers. We dig deep in what the opportunities are for social entrepreneurs and conscious eco-brands to use "telesales" in their business.
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