Supercharging Business Success Bill Prater: America's Business Alchemist

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Agatha Wright is the founder of Fluxus Haus Inc., an organization that focuses on impactful collaborations to break down barriers and support historically marginalized communities and individuals. Agatha's background in art and her commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion have shaped the core values of Fluxus Haus Inc.. The organization works with a diverse and robust artist roster, collaborating partners, and both emerging and established nonprofit organizations. They strive to serve historically divested communities, recognizing the importance of addressing inequities and focusing on those who have been historically overlooked. Fluxus Haus Inc. helps clients overcome barriers to grant funding by providing personalized support, demystifying the grant application process, and emphasizing the importance of documentation and compliance.



Agatha shares some common problems faced by organizations and artists seeking grant funding. One major barrier is the lack of access to resources and knowledge required to submit compelling grant applications. Many applicants struggle with technical aspects such as internet access, administrative capabilities, and support documentation. Another challenge is understanding the different platforms and requirements in the grant world. Agatha highlights the importance of building relationships, conducting research, and demystifying the application process. She also emphasizes the need for representation, comprehensive team building, and ongoing assessments to ensure program effectiveness. Agatha's personalized approach, industry knowledge, and dedication to staying current with trends and opportunities set her apart from competitors in the grant writing field.



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What You’ll Learn From This Episode:In this episode of "Supercharging Business Success", host Bill Prater interviews Emmanuel Rose, a marketing expert and founder of Strategic e-Marketing, about authentic marketing to Generation Z. Emmanuel shares his experience in helping manufacturing companies achieve business success by bringing them up to speed with modern marketing strategies. He identifies the common problem of these companies having a book of business but not fully allocating marketing dollars, resulting in a gap in their marketing efforts. Emmanuel also highlights the mistakes that companies make when trying to solve this problem internally. He suggests making the CEO the primary influencer to create a week's worth of content to push out to various platforms.Related Links and Resources:Emanuel's Gift to you:Champions 90 Challenge:Use coupon code "Prater" for free workbook (just pay shipping).In the AUTHENTICITY workbook, I review the demographics of Generation Z, explore successful marketing campaigns that were explicitly directed at Generation Z, and dive into developing a market.Summary:Emanuel Rose was born and raised on the West Coast of the United States. He has spent over three decades earning a reputation in cutting-edge marketing. A renowned expert in the field, Emanuel specializes in branding, advertising, and day-to-day operations at his digital agency, Strategic eMarketing. His passion lies in helping companies achieve business success from the bottom to the top. Emanuel’s unique approach to marketing strategies has resulted in countless clients reaching their goals.Emanuel Rose is an accomplished author and marketing expert. He is the author of several books including the Authenticity series which include:In "Authenticity-Marketing to Generation Z", Emanuel dives into the demographics of Generation Z and explores successful marketing campaigns that hit the bullseye with this generation. He guides readers through the process of developing a fully-fledged marketing plan and web presence that will make them a pro at reaching both Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Consumer (B2C) campaigns. With his extensive experience in marketing, Emanuel offers practical insights and actionable strategies for businesses to achieve marketing success in the digital age."The Social Media Edge" is a guide for executives to leverage the social CEO, employee advocacy and social media to boost their brand image. The book covers topics such as understanding the role of employee advocacy, the social CEO phenomenon, building a social media advocacy program for employees, creating content, best practices, measuring success, and success stories. It also provides insights on developing effective content strategies, using paid social ads, internal communications, creating a social media policy, analyzing and optimizing performance, and using video to enhance employee advocacy.“Authentic Marketing in the Age of AI” is a guide for marketers looking to create effective marketing strategies in the era of AI. The book covers topics such as understanding authentic marketing, the impact of AI on marketing, building authentic marketing strategies, engaging customers authentically, measuring the effectiveness of marketing efforts, overcoming challenges, and leveraging AI tools. It provides practical insights and strategies for marketers to stay ahead of the curve and achieve marketing success in the age of AI.

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:* Entrepreneurs, for the most part are, are struggling, suffering, making sacrifices, and typically are stressed out, burnt out, and essentially have no time for anything.* Entrepreneurs are going so fast that they're actually missing out on the joy of actually having their business—their original objective.* The solution is to schedule quiet time, at least 15 minutes each day, and make a commitment to actually do it.Related Links and Resources:Ken's Gift to you:Free Masterclass Training...“3 Secrets preventing you from adapting and pivoting right now!”Get your's here: https://adaptandpivotnow.com/Summary:Ken Attard is the founder of Mindset Malta. After successfully working with various clients over the span of 15 years, Ken now specializes as a Mindset Consultant specifically helping Frustrated Entrepreneurs to Adapt and Pivot using his proprietary Arc Method allowing them to have more free time, guaranteed.Helping you shift your Mindset to create the results that you desire is without a doubt one of his biggest passions in life. Ken brings to the stage his personal experiences not only as a Mindset Consultant, but also as an Entrepreneur, Father and human being like the rest of this planet. He has a firm belief that life is not meant to be difficult or a continuous struggle, but is meant to be fun and flowing, full of new experiences that are fruitful, abundant and inspiring. His fun and easy-going manner comes through in the way he conveys his message which allows you to feel at ease, be empowered and ultimately get the results you want.Learn more here: https://adaptandpivotnow.com/

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:* Growing businesses are typically duct taped and bubble gummed and rubber banded together with a bunch of different softwares.* Most common is the business is successful from a revenue perspective, but from a profit perspective, it's not.* If you can track just, just high level metrics across these five areas, you're gonna be leaps and bounds above most of your competition.Related Links and Resources:Jerry's Gift to you:CEO Dashboardvisionaryvitals.comSummary:From being left at a yard sale as a 12 week old baby to losing $160k of his own money in a failed company, Kyle knows what failure feels like, tastes like, and smells like. But he did not let his circumstances determine his attitude in life. From the lessons learned, Kyle Livingston has since built three 7 figure brick and mortar companies and helped turn nine companies in the red to be wildly profitable. Now as a Business Consultant and Coach his goal is to help others turn Chaos into Profit.Learn more here: https://www.7figureindustry.com/

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:* One of the ways in which that you can level up your skills is to borrow those experiences from people who have been there and done that* It all has to get done, but you don't have to do all the doing. Your job is to resource the doing.* Stay curious!Related Links and Resources:Jerry's Gift to you:2023 Strategic Planning - Seed Questions https://l.provenchaos.com/2023-questionsSummary:For twenty-five years, Jerry's fearlessly positive approach to business led to massive success. He's led five companies in five different industries in B2B and B2C and in both products and services. His companies have been recognized as Franchise 500 (2x), Inc Fastest Growing (2x), Business Journal Fast 50 (3x), and Trend Magazine Best Places to Work. Individually, he has been selected as Business Journal's Ultimate CEO and Business Journal's 40 under 40. Jerry runs Proven Chaos - a company driven to help CEOs create compelling companies that outperform… and still make it home for dinner. Jerry's mission: positively impact 5MM people in 5 years through better business.Jerry is an award-winning CEO who advises high-growth leadership teams.Jerry is passionate about using leadership as a force for good. He is on a mission to positively impact 5MM people in the next 5 years through better business.Learn more here: https://provenchaos.com/

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:* If we could actually learn how to manage our stress levels, And actually harness the power that stress is not necessarily a bad thing.* Notice how your body speaks to you mentally, emotionally, and physically. All three components are speaking. Are you listening?* Anytime you feel mentally, emotionally, or physically a sense of overwhelm use Nancy's STOP tool.Related Links and Resources:Nancy's Gift to you:Her famous Mindful Pause Meditation MP3.Get your very own copy by simply asking for it yourself:nancy@awakenwithlight.comSummary:For 35 years, Nancy has helped Business Owners and Corporations peak perform and create exponential success. Whether setting up safety programs in the transportation industry or creating multi-million-dollar independent insurance agencies, one of which was her own, Nancy has been assisting business professionals and organizations in creating seven-figure success. Most recently, for the last 15 plus years, Nancy found her true passion and purpose in coaching company leaders and employees to manage high levels of stress and navigate the unprecedented challenges facing today’s organizations. She uniquely blends her entrepreneurial business knowledge with her training in mindset skills such as Mindful Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Naropa University’s Mindful Leadership Training. Nancy teaches business professionals to be creative, innovative, and resilient during challenges to create a life of design, not one of default. Furthermore, she assists organizations in increasing morale, profitability and reducing workman’s comp claims and absenteeism by implementing programs that support employee engagement by improving mental and emotional mindset. Learn more here: https://awakenwithlight.com/