What is Profit First? Learn the Basics Here.
This 2-minute video introduces the basics of Profit First, using Jane’s Glacier Shack, a friendly neighborhood shaved ice stand. Watch to learn about Profit First and how it can help your business!
Boost Profits with H.A.C.K.
Do you wonder why you never have any profit leftover? Wondering why your sales are not reflected in your bank balance? If you find yourself consistently experiencing negative profits, this acronym might help you.
We didn’t come up with this acronym, but trying out these strategies will help boost your profits!
Hike Prices: increase prices, bundle, or upsell products/services.
Analyze Ever Dollar You Spend: examine every expense, and find cheaper ways to do things. Know your cash flow!
Cost-Saving Efficiencies: Analyze your processes and figure out which ones you can eliminate or streamline.
Kill Unnecessary Expenditures: Cut out as many expenses as you can without damaging your product/service. You probably don’t really need a lot of the stuff you are spending your money on.
To go along with these strategies, we would also recommend not keeping all your money in one account. If you keep all your money in one pot, it encourages you to spend it all, which is probably why you are not seeing a profit.
Separate revenue into different accounts to create a smaller pot for expenses. This forces you to cut down on unnecessary expenses and prepare/benefit from other parts of your business (Profit, Tax, Debt, Owner’s Compensation, etc.).
We call this system Profit First, and it has helped half a million business throughout the world acheive increased profits and financial freedom.
To learn more about how to do this, check out our content about the Profit First system. We are Certified Profit First Professionals, so reach out to us to get started on implementing these strategies in your business today! We offer one-on-one coaching, or you can sign up for our online Profit First implementation group course!
Taming the Cash-Eating Beast: How to Create A Profitable Cash Flow
We are always told to set aside a bit of our money for savings in our personal finances. In this video, Bill explains how Profit First, a cash flow management system, implements similar strategies to help your business increases profits, cuts expenses, and plan for future obligations like taxes and debt.
See the video on our YouTube channel here!
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In just 10 weeks, you will:
👉Have learned new strategies for controlling your cash flow like a pro!
👉Have connected with and gotten to know 8-10 other business owners like you!
👉Have implemented Profit First, the best cash flow management system for increasing profits immediately and permanently
👉Feel less stress regarding the finances in your business
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7 Reasons Why Financial Habits are Important
Habits drive the course of our everyday lives. Mike Michalowicz even said that,
“PROFITABILITY IN YOUR BUSINESS IS NOT AN EVENT-IT’S A HABIT.”
Check out these 7 reasons for why developing healthy financial habits can create more profit and success in your business, and get 3 strategies to develop them!
7 Reasons Why Financial Habits Are Important
1. When you develop good habits with money, you’re allowing yourself to have a long-term plan. Being intentional and having a plan for how you spend your money is ensuring that you are working towards achieving your short and long-term goals
2. If you don’t have financial habits in place, you are more prone to irrational and impulse decisions. When faced with tough times or unexpected circumstances, your decisions tend to be rasher and ultimately lead to the downfall of your business. If you have some healthy habits and routines already set in place, you won’t be so susceptible to uncertain times or unexpected difficulties.
Check out this video that talks about how to not make bad decisions when faced with business crises.
3. Good financial habits come with more financial understanding of where your company is at and where it is going. When you develop financial habits in your business, you are naturally learning more about how those finances work in your business. Because you are working to create good habits, you automatically start to learn more about where your business is at and are in a better position to lead it to where you want it to go.
Check out this video that talks more about this.
4. Habits set the tone for your entire life and business. If you operate with bad habits, or a lack of any good habits, it shows a lack of consistency in your life and your business. Habits bring a healthy structure to your business, and ensures a business that is well-planned, well-led, and on a path of success rather than uncertainty.
5. Having good habits will leave you better rested. If you don’t have good habits in place, you are required to make thousands of minute decisions every day. You have to spend your precious time and energy as a business owner to then choose what to do in every given situation. Why not automate your finances and spend less energy worrying about them? You will be more clear-headed and have more mental energy and actual time to do the things that you should be doing as a business owner.
6. Developing habits will make you happier! When we perform habitual actions, our brains literally release pleasure chemicals in reaction to those habits. It motivates us to continue to do those things. That’s why good financial habits are essential and contribute to a healthier relationship with your finances, and eliminating bad ones becomes even more important.
7. Business finances are more similar to personal finances than you think! Developing financial habits in business is much like developing them in your personal finances. The big stressor to develop a budget, pay yourself first, and create healthy spending habits is widely accepted when discussing personal finances. But it is the same with business finances! You need to be developing healthy saving and spending habits, so you are prepared for tomorrow, and not just surviving for today. We at Better Biz Info help you to develop those habits by teaching the Profit First cash management system, which automates your finances and develops a habit of setting aside profit and taxes.
3 Strategies for Developing Healthy Financial Habits
1. Celebrate every victory! Developing habits is hard. It takes weeks of consistent effort, and no one is perfect. When you do well, reward yourself! We at Better Biz Info are all about rewarding yourself for your efforts, no matter how small. That’s why we love the Profit First system that rewards you with a Profit bonus every quarter! You are a business owner and deserve a reward for all the hard work you do.
2. Practice, practice, practice! Messing up is part of the process. Try again until it becomes second nature, automated. If you do well one day, and terribly the next, know that you are normal. It’s the effort that matters. If you stick with it, it will stick with you!
3. Evaluate your habits. Take a step back occasionally and evaluate the habits you have and the ones you are developing. Are they healthy? Are they effective? If they’re not, ask yourself why and make adjustments. If it isn’t a goal that is leading you towards a better relationship with your finances, reducing your financial stress, and preparing your for the future, drop it! Dropping ineffective routines is just as important as developing new ones.
Developing Healthy Financial Habits Worksheet:
What are 2 unhealthy habits you would like to eliminate?
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What are 2 healthy habits you would like to develop?
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Write 1 way you will work to develop each healthy habit:
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Thank you for reading, and we’ll see you next time!
Bill Litster
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Improve Cash Flow with the Small Plate Philosophy
Mike Michalowicz, author of the best-seller book Profit First, often compares finances to diet. For both, there are a few core principle that are essential for creating a healthy balance in your life. Check out this worksheet to learn the 4 principles for creating an effective and healthy cash flow management system, called the Small Plate Philosophy!
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You can also check out how to create these “small plates” in your business by learning more about the Profit First system here!
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