Profit With A Plan
Marcia & her guests share business growth ideas so that you can create strategies that increase your profit, drive your growth, and plan for your future sale. Our informative topics cover areas around increasing revenue, boosting profit, business management, leadership, team building, marketing, sales, and pre-exit planning. Join us each Tuesday for a half-hour conversation that is sure to give you a couple of ideas that you can add to your business right now. You can also check us out in video format on www.Youtube.com/ProfitWithAPlan We love to hear your comments & questions. Don‘t forget to subscribe to get updates on future shows. Thanks for joining us today!
Episodes

Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
EP173 The Operator - Adam Liette
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Marcia talks with operations expert, Adam Liette of Smooth Operator about the operator in your business. Adam explains that the operator is the technician and the emotional team leader who takes the vision from the CEO and executes it. The operator is the complimentary partner to the visionary. It's not impossible that the CEO is the operator but the business is more effective when the CEO has an operator on the team.
Adam is offering a strategy call for listeners at www.AdamLiette.com/#two-step
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Get Marcia's new book "The Profit Accelerator." She is looking for a few industry leaders & business owners to interview about how her book’s 12 strategies would impact your industry. Please, download her book and let her know if you would like to be interviewed. It’s available for Free for the next few weeks while she is interviewing industry leaders. These strategies can help ANY business increase their revenue, profit, and the value of their company without having to pay for additional advertising or marketing.
Pick your copy up at www.TrajectoryProfits.com/book-download =================
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About Marcia: She is a business growth strategist helping service-based professionals to increase their profits and strengthen their business so that it is worth selling someday. She works closely with her clients to turn their business into an attractive & profitable business asset they can enjoy until they decide it's time to stop. She helps them get a return on their business investment. Marcia is the CEO of Trajectory Consulting & can be found at www.TrajectoryBiz.com
Curious and have questions? Text me @ (949) 229-2112

Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
EP172 5 Star Employees - Heenle Turner
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Marcia talks with HR & hiring expert Heenle Turner from The All In Company and how she helps companies create 5-star employees. When businesses have 5-star employees that match the culture, the business runs better and the company achieves it goals easier. Building a team with 5-star employees makes the company's environment happier. Heenle has a great questionnaire to rate your current & future employees at www.5staremployees.com/neversettle
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Get Marcia's new book "The Profit Accelerator." She is looking for a few industry leaders & business owners to interview about how her book’s 12 strategies would impact your industry. Please, download her book and let her know if you would like to be interviewed. It’s available for Free for the next few weeks while she is interviewing industry leaders. These strategies can help ANY business increase their revenue, profit, and the value of their company without having to pay for additional advertising or marketing.
Pick your copy up at www.TrajectoryProfits.com/book-download
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Please subscribe & ring the bell for reminders about next week's show. =================
About Marcia: She is a business growth strategist helping service-based professionals to increase their profits and strengthen their business so that it is worth selling someday. She works closely with her clients to turn their business into an attractive & profitable business asset they can enjoy until they decide it's time to stop. She helps them get a return on their business investment. Marcia is the CEO of Trajectory Consulting & can be found at www.TrajectoryBiz.com
Curious and have questions? Text me @ (949) 229-2112

Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
EP171 Persuasive Copywriting - Lucy Bedewi
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Marcia talks with young copywriting expert, Lucy Bedewi from My Write Hand Woman about how to use persuasive copywriting naturally using your own style and brand voice to get your prospects to follow you and buy from you. She talks about making sure that you have the 3 C's. Be Clear, Concise, and Creative in your copy. She also mentions how easy it is to stay authentic when using your own style. Lucy can be reached at lucy@mywritehandwomen.com Pick up her brand voice questionnaire at www.findmybrandvoice.com, Or @ www mywritehandwomen.com
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Get Marcia's new book "The Profit Accelerator." She is looking for a few industry leaders & business owners to interview about how her book’s 12 strategies would impact your industry. Please, download her book and let her know if you would like to be interviewed. It’s available for Free for the next few weeks while she is interviewing industry leaders. These strategies can help ANY business increase their revenue, profit, and the value of their company without having to pay for additional advertising or marketing. Pick your copy up at www.TrajectoryProfits.com/book-download
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Please subscribe & ring the bell for reminders about next week's show. =================
About Marcia: She is a business growth strategist helping service-based professionals to increase their profits and strengthen their business so that it is worth selling someday. She works closely with her clients to turn their business into an attractive & profitable business asset they can enjoy until they decide it's time to stop. She helps them get a return on their business investment. Marcia is the CEO of Trajectory Consulting & can be found at www.TrajectoryBiz.com
Curious and have questions? Text me @ (949) 229-2112

Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
EP170 Easy Scaling - Hilmon Sorey
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Marcia talks with author & scaling expert Hilmon Sorey from Cloze Loop about how to make scaling your business easy by putting the power of the 4S System: Strategy, Systems, Staff, & Skill. Scaling is necessary to create the business that you've always dreamed of. Scaling is just making stair steps toward having a business that can run on its own. It also makes for a business that can be sold later on. Making their business successful and the CEO is comfortable in their role.
Hilmon has an amazing course that teaches the 4S System and he's offering it for free to you! Sign up here: https://courses.clozeloopuniversity.com/courses/take/4-s-course/lessons/35901816-sa-165
Or connect with Hilmon at www.Clozeloop.com or LinkedIn.com/HilmonSorey
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Please subscribe & ring the bell for reminders about next week's show. =================
About Marcia: She is a business growth strategist helping service-based professionals to increase their profits and strengthen their business so that it is worth selling someday. She works closely with her clients to turn their business into an attractive & profitable business asset they can enjoy until they decide it's time to stop. She helps them get a return on their business investment. Marcia is the CEO of Trajectory Consulting & can be found at www.TrajectoryBiz.com
Curious and have questions? Text me @ (949) 229-2112

Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
EP169 Sales Systems That Work Jim Padilla
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
Marcia talks with the sales team and sales systems expert, Jim Padilla of Gain The Edge about how to develop systems so that you grow your business without worrying about being a salesperson. Jim makes it super comfortable to make sales happen. And he proved it by helping to sell over 300M in sales. He specializes in setting up in-house and virtual sales teams so that the owner can focus on growth.
Jim has a lot of resources available to help you become a better salesperson and/or be in a great position to hire a team to do it for you. Visit his omni-site @ www.JimP360.com
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Join Marcia on her FREE training "How To 10X Your Profit & the value of your firm - Register @ www.10XYourFirm.com
Please subscribe & ring the bell for reminders about next week's show.
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About Marcia: She is a business growth strategist helping service-based professionals to increase their profits and strengthen their business so that it is worth selling someday. She works closely with her clients to turn their business into an attractive & profitable business asset they can enjoy until they decide it's time to stop. She helps them get a return on their business investment.
Marcia is the CEO of Trajectory Consulting & can be found at www.TrajectoryBiz.com
Curious and have questions? Text me @ (949) 229-2112

Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
EP168 Text Marketing Aaron Weiche
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
Marcia talks with text expert and CEO of LeadFerno, Aaron Weiche how to communicate with your prospects and customers in the most convenient and natural method via text messaging. Aaron explains that many will read and respond to a text message on the phone in their hand yet rarely open or reply to an email. It's a way to communicate briefly and engage with your audience in a more convenient way.
Aaron has an amazing platform for streamlining business texting and he's offering listeners a free 14-day trial. Check out www.LeadFerno.com
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Join Marcia on her FREE training "How To 10X Your Profit & the value of your firm - Register @ www.10XYourFirm.com
Please subscribe & ring the bell for reminders about next week's show. =================
About Marcia: She is a business growth strategist helping service-based professionals to increase their profits and strengthen their business so that it is worth selling someday. She works closely with her clients to turn their business into an attractive & profitable business asset they can enjoy until they decide it's time to stop. She helps them get a return on their business investment. Marcia is the CEO of Trajectory Consulting & can be found at www.TrajectoryBiz.com
Curious and have questions? Text me @ (949) 229-2112

Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
EP167 What Business Buyers Want David C Barnett
Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
Marcia talks with author, podcaster, speaker & buy/sell expert David C Barnett about what to expect when selling your company also from the angle of the buyer's side. David explains important factors that sellers need to have in place so that buyers don't look for discounts. And buyers are always looking for ways to discount the price. You don't need to be thinking of selling soon to implement David's ideas. Many of these strategies also help to make your business stronger and more profitable while you own it.
David has a lot of resources on getting financing, valuations, and selling and buying businesses on his site: www.DavidCBarnett.com. He also has a special report on the 12 mistakes sellers make. Check it out without getting on his list.
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Join Marcia on her FREE training "How To 10X Your Profit & the value of your firm - Register @ www.10XYourFirm.com
Please subscribe & ring the bell for reminders about next week's show. =================
About Marcia: She is a business growth strategist helping service-based professionals to increase their profits and strengthen their business so that it is worth selling someday. She works closely with her clients to turn their business into an attractive & profitable business asset they can enjoy until they decide it's time to stop. She helps them get a return on their business investment. Marcia is the CEO of Trajectory Consulting & can be found at www.TrajectoryBiz.com
Curious and have questions? Text me @ (949) 229-2112

Tuesday Aug 02, 2022
EP166 Business Retirement Planning - Barry S Rutten, CFP®
Tuesday Aug 02, 2022
Tuesday Aug 02, 2022
Marcia brings contrarian financial planner, Barry S Rutten, back to continue the financial conversation for business owners. Barry and I discuss ways that business owners can plan for retirement. There are many strategies that are available to businesses beyond the traditional ideas that corporate employees are used to. Business owners need more options to put away enough money to keep the lifestyle they are used to and to maximize the tax advantages.
Barry is offering business owners some great resources on his site @ www.wealthdefensegroup.com/bobs
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Join Marcia on her FREE training "How To 10X Your Profit & the value of your firm - Register @ www.10XYourFirm.com
Please subscribe & ring the bell for reminders about next week's show. =================
About Marcia: She is a business growth strategist helping service-based professionals to increase their profits and strengthen their business so that it is worth selling someday. She works closely with her clients to turn their business into an attractive & profitable business asset they can enjoy until they decide it's time to stop. She helps them get a return on their business investment. Marcia is the CEO of Trajectory Consulting & can be found at www.TrajectoryBiz.com
Curious and have questions? Text me @ (949) 229-2112

Tuesday Jul 26, 2022
EP165 Digital Products For Every Business - Dr Theresa Ashby
Tuesday Jul 26, 2022
Tuesday Jul 26, 2022
Marcia talks with business scaling stratologist, Dr. Theresa Ashby about how we must meet our customer's needs by having digital products that they can use. Whether it is an onboarding document that they can fill out before the appointment to courses, surveys, FAQs, how-to videos, and more. All businesses from plumbers to dentists should be adding digital products to their business. By doing so, it helps customers with the convenience that they are becoming very accustomed to. It also helps with your SEO & marketing to have digital products.
Dr. T has been helping companies to add digital products to their array and she is offering a free strategy session for listeners. Book a time here:
https://calendly.com/theresa25/strategic-advisement
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Join Marcia on her FREE training "How To 10X Your Profit & the value of your firm - Register @ www.10XYourFirm.com
Please subscribe & ring the bell for reminders about next week's show. =================
About Marcia: She is a business growth strategist helping service-based professionals to strengthen their business so that it is worth selling someday. She works closely with her clients to turn their business into an attractive & profitable business asset they can enjoy until they decide it's time to stop. She helps them get a return on their business investment. Marcia is the CEO of Trajectory Consulting & can be found at www.TrajectoryBiz.com
Curious and have questions? Text me @ (949) 229-2112

Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
EP164 Successful Partnerships - Tamara Pow
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
Marcia talks with partnership Attorney, Tamara Pow about ways to create successful partnerships and plan for a lasting business marriage. There are many ways that can sabotage a once great relationship and a few key ways to make it truly successful. Tamara has seen too many failures and helps her clients to build fair arrangements that grow with the firm.
Connect with Tamara on LinkedIn at Tamara Pow or her firm Strategy Law She has great information on her site @www.StrategyLaw.com =================
Join Marcia on her FREE training "How To 10X Your Profit & the value of your firm - Register @ www.10XYourFirm.com
Please subscribe & ring the bell for reminders about next week's show. =================
About Marcia: She is a business growth strategist helping service-based professionals to strengthen their business so that it is worth selling someday. She works closely with her clients to turn their business into an attractive & profitable business asset they can enjoy until they decide it's time to stop. She helps them get a return on their business investment. Marcia is the CEO of Trajectory Consulting & can be found at www.TrajectoryBiz.com
Curious and have questions? Text me @ (949) 229-2112

Your Host - Marcia Riner
Marcia Riner is a business growth strategist helping entrepreneurs to strengthen their business so that it is worth selling someday. She works closely with her clients to turn their business into an attractive & profitable business asset they can enjoy until they decide to stop. She helps them get a return on their business investment.
Marcia is the CEO of Trajectory Consulting & can be found at www.TrajectoryBiz.com










