Have you ever wished you could generate revenue into your business quickly? Even if it's nonrecurring revenue, just some extra cash injected into your business? There are creative and effective methods to bring immediate revenue into your small business.
In this week's episode of The Right-Hand Roadmap, we explore creative approaches outside of your operating income to add and diversify income streams. Click here to listen! >>
In this episode you will:
✅ Learn about affiliate partnerships, and generating commission income from referring your favorite products (including how to create custom partner programs with local small businesses)
✅ Hear how Second First leverages affiliate links in our curated content
✅ Learn how to use in-person workshops or paid webinars as a fast revenue-generating tactic
✅ Identify opportunities to add value to current clients, and introduce new services for additional fees (including a case study)
...and so much more. So click the link above or find on your favorite podcast platform to listen! Prefer to watch videos? Each episode is also released on YouTube each week.
🎧What We’re Listening To
The first episode of The Right-Hand Roadmap, obviously!
On this episode of The Knowledge Project, Blake Eastman (founder of behavioral research company The Nonverbal Group) dives into explaining how to read anyone. What started with analyzing "tells" of professional poker players now can be applied to anyone you encounter in business (or your personal life).
If "strategy" still feels complicated and convoluted, this episode of Founders Journal will help, using real-life examples. Not a podcast person? The original essay this episode is based on can be found here.
📚What We’re Reading
Does sustainable, profitable growth feel elusive? This HBR article helps leaders understand both the proper pace, as well as the "how" (scale, scope, or diversify) for a business to properly grow.
A common topic in our Second-In-Command coaching is accountability. As soon as you learn about "Ruinous Empathy", you'll never view feedback the same. Radical Candor by Kim Scott gives a fantastic framework to be a leader that is both kind and clear.
With AI now part of our daily lives, Microsoft & OpenAI-funded robotics company Figure is looking to take it a step further with its vision of "shipping billions of humanlike robots to the world’s workplaces and homes".
💻What We’re Using
Keeping within the theme of injecting cash into your small business, be sure to always keep an eye on your available grants. Some of our favorite platforms to keep an eye on are Hello Alice, Grants.gov, & IFundWomen.
Have an incredible week,
Your friends at Second First
(where the Second-In-Command comes first)