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Sarah Jolly Jarvis

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You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

That doesn't tend to be, at least subconsciously, without a conscious effort, we don't tend to sort of review and rein things back in. We're just happily going about and kind of growing and developing all the time and spending that bit more and expecting that bit more. And I don't think we're wrong to feel like that.

You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

That doesn't tend to be, at least subconsciously, without a conscious effort, we don't tend to sort of review and rein things back in. We're just happily going about and kind of growing and developing all the time and spending that bit more and expecting that bit more. And I don't think we're wrong to feel like that.

You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

But it's understanding that in the early days, your business might not be in a position where it can afford that wage on a consistent basis. If you've come from a corporate job, then you've had, you know, you've been with a business which has been around for some time. And so with being around for some time, it has more. established ways of generating leads, converting leads, et cetera.

You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

But it's understanding that in the early days, your business might not be in a position where it can afford that wage on a consistent basis. If you've come from a corporate job, then you've had, you know, you've been with a business which has been around for some time. And so with being around for some time, it has more. established ways of generating leads, converting leads, et cetera.

You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

But it's understanding that in the early days, your business might not be in a position where it can afford that wage on a consistent basis. If you've come from a corporate job, then you've had, you know, you've been with a business which has been around for some time. And so with being around for some time, it has more. established ways of generating leads, converting leads, et cetera.

You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

And so its income tends to be a little bit more reliable. Whereas when you are first starting out, there's a massive learning curve with running your own business, but also there's a massive learning curve with your customer base, your lead generation, et cetera. And so the likelihood is that you're not going to get consistent leads.

You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

And so its income tends to be a little bit more reliable. Whereas when you are first starting out, there's a massive learning curve with running your own business, but also there's a massive learning curve with your customer base, your lead generation, et cetera. And so the likelihood is that you're not going to get consistent leads.

You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

And so its income tends to be a little bit more reliable. Whereas when you are first starting out, there's a massive learning curve with running your own business, but also there's a massive learning curve with your customer base, your lead generation, et cetera. And so the likelihood is that you're not going to get consistent leads.

You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

You're potentially going to take on clients that are more time consuming, less ideal, et cetera, et cetera. And so that is likely to impact your income. Also, as you are running between wearing one hat and another in your business, you can drop the ball somewhat and you can end up on that cycle of that feast and famine where you get clients on board and then you're delivering for them.

You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

You're potentially going to take on clients that are more time consuming, less ideal, et cetera, et cetera. And so that is likely to impact your income. Also, as you are running between wearing one hat and another in your business, you can drop the ball somewhat and you can end up on that cycle of that feast and famine where you get clients on board and then you're delivering for them.

You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

You're potentially going to take on clients that are more time consuming, less ideal, et cetera, et cetera. And so that is likely to impact your income. Also, as you are running between wearing one hat and another in your business, you can drop the ball somewhat and you can end up on that cycle of that feast and famine where you get clients on board and then you're delivering for them.

You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

So you take the eye off the ball of marketing and then so that continues. So then you'll put your focus into marketing and then you'll get those clients. And so it is a real sort of up and down roller coaster. And so with that comes that impact on finances. And at the end of the day,

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You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

So you take the eye off the ball of marketing and then so that continues. So then you'll put your focus into marketing and then you'll get those clients. And so it is a real sort of up and down roller coaster. And so with that comes that impact on finances. And at the end of the day,

355.45 View full episode β†’
You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

So you take the eye off the ball of marketing and then so that continues. So then you'll put your focus into marketing and then you'll get those clients. And so it is a real sort of up and down roller coaster. And so with that comes that impact on finances. And at the end of the day,

355.45 View full episode β†’
You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

If you don't have money to keep things ticking over, for example, you know, you have support, you have to let support go, you have to have somebody who's on a temporary basis, like zero hours or whatever with you, so that they're in a position where you can drop their hours down as and when you need to, then things are going to, you know, move and develop forwards and then they're going to stagnate.

You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

If you don't have money to keep things ticking over, for example, you know, you have support, you have to let support go, you have to have somebody who's on a temporary basis, like zero hours or whatever with you, so that they're in a position where you can drop their hours down as and when you need to, then things are going to, you know, move and develop forwards and then they're going to stagnate.

You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

If you don't have money to keep things ticking over, for example, you know, you have support, you have to let support go, you have to have somebody who's on a temporary basis, like zero hours or whatever with you, so that they're in a position where you can drop their hours down as and when you need to, then things are going to, you know, move and develop forwards and then they're going to stagnate.

You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

If you have a gap in your skill set that you need to fill, either with an individual themselves or by upskilling yourself or another of your team, then again, you're going to have to fork out money in order to fill that gap and get that skills in-house. And so with that, you're going to have to invest.

You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

If you have a gap in your skill set that you need to fill, either with an individual themselves or by upskilling yourself or another of your team, then again, you're going to have to fork out money in order to fill that gap and get that skills in-house. And so with that, you're going to have to invest.

You Can! Inspiring Women In Business
Are You Holding Your Business Back?

If you have a gap in your skill set that you need to fill, either with an individual themselves or by upskilling yourself or another of your team, then again, you're going to have to fork out money in order to fill that gap and get that skills in-house. And so with that, you're going to have to invest.