Small Business Rising

5 Options Radio Collective

Small Business Rising is a weekly Radio Show for Small Businesses Owners, Community Builders, Independent Creators and People who want to live more authentic, awaken, value-driven life. We dedicate this program to those, who dream of a future where we have more authentic, conscious and sustainable relationships with fellow human beings - our local producers & farmers, artists, creators and neighbours. Tune in to listen to interviews with entrepreneurs and local community builders and to get your weekly dose of information and inspiration!

  1. 12/14/2020

    Ep 17: Challenge from our listener: How to target, price and sell

    Today we are solving a challenge sent to us by Koko, a Japanese illustrator, who is teaching how to draw manga. Koko is asking us about how to target and sell to parents and how to price her manga teaching services. Luckily we have our marketing and advertising specialist and an owner of DO SOMETHING consulting agency, Maria Voss, to support us in answering the questions. Challenge from Koko: Hi! My name is Koko - I am Japanese, illustrator, my business is. to teach how to draw manga /anime :D I have 2 struggles. help meeeee 1) How do I target/sell parents? so..... most of my students are kids, age 07-15. But it's parents, who pay. I decided that I need to target both, Kids and Parents. I am doing ok for kids targeting, but how do I target/sell parents? Parents' don't care about to learn "how to draw anime hair" on TikTok or YouTube. so they don't really "look for me" - I have to go to them. (I think???). but .... How? Where are they?   My business is right now physical lessons but I want to expand outside of Denmark, by offering online lessons, online products....so I'm talking here about online marketing - reaching out parents in USA, UK, (anybody whose kids speak English.) 2) Struggle 2 Pricing!! What's the method to price on my service, without me feeling undercharge or that people are feeling it's ripped off? Find Koko Koko's website   Free tutorials on YouTube ----------------------------------- About our Expert Maria Voss Read the full article response here

    30 min
  2. 11/30/2020

    Ep 15: Question from a Listener: Solving Your Top 5 Productivity Problems (PART 2)

    Today we are continuing our discussion about Productivity from Episode 13! Tune in to listen about our ideas and solutions regarding top 5 productivity problems that companies and small entrepreneurs encounter on their way to success! Jacob (Engberg-Pedersen) asks us about our thoughts on the topic of productivity. He has, together with his team, conducted about 60 interviews with business owners and managed to identify top 5 productivity problems they are dealing with on a daily basis.  What are those? And can we propose a “one-solution-fits-all”  type of advice to resolve them? Stay tuned to find out! Question from Jacob: First of all, I would like to thank you for agreeing to possibly use this on your podcast and have experts answer the questions for me. We have done a lot of market research asking various business owners about what problems they experience regarding productivity. Based on about 60 conversations with business owners, we have identified 5 main problems that business owners tend to deal with.  The Top 5 Problems are: 1.) Distractions and trouble with focusing like loud workspace or environment, interruptions, etc. 2.) Constant task switching that leads to unclarity / the feeling of being busy and lack of time 3.) Endless discussions in meetings with no decisions being made 4.) Trouble getting a comprehensive overview of activities in the company 5.) Lack of workforce or difficulty to find employees fit for the company What I want to know is if you’re experiencing those or if you feel like it’s not an issue for you, I’m curious as to how you solve it. If you’re experiencing it then I would love to hear how it applies in your situation.

    30 min
  3. 11/16/2020

    Ep 13: Question from a Listener: Solving Your Top 5 Productivity Problems (PART 1)

    Today is a big day - we have received our very first Question from the Listener - YAAAY! Jacob (Engberg-Pedersen) asks us about our thoughts on the topic of productivity. He has, together with his team, conducted about 60 interviews with business owners and managed to identify top 5 productivity problems they are dealing with on a daily basis.  What are those? And can we propose a “one-solution-fits-all”  type of advice to resolve them? Stay tuned to find out! Question from Jacob: First of all, I would like to thank you for agreeing to possibly use this on your podcast and have experts answer the questions for me. We have done a lot of market research asking various business owners about what problems they experience regarding productivity. Based on about 60 conversations with business owners, we have identified 5 main problems that business owners tend to deal with.  The Top 5 Problems are: 1.) Distractions and trouble with focusing like loud workspace or environment, interruptions, etc. 2.) Constant task switching that leads to unclarity / the feeling of being busy and lack of time 3.) Endless discussions in meetings with no decisions being made 4.) Trouble getting a comprehensive overview of activities in the company 5.) Lack of workforce or difficulty to find employees fit for the company What I want to know is if you’re experiencing those or if you feel like it’s not an issue for you, I’m curious as to how you solve it. If you’re experiencing it then I would love to hear how it applies in your situation.   ------------ To contact us or get more info, please visit https://the5options.com/sbr

    30 min

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Small Business Rising is a weekly Radio Show for Small Businesses Owners, Community Builders, Independent Creators and People who want to live more authentic, awaken, value-driven life. We dedicate this program to those, who dream of a future where we have more authentic, conscious and sustainable relationships with fellow human beings - our local producers & farmers, artists, creators and neighbours. Tune in to listen to interviews with entrepreneurs and local community builders and to get your weekly dose of information and inspiration!