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8 Lessons To Build a Business that Continues for DECADES

You’re not someone who wants to put a ton of work into your business and have it all be in vain, right?

Let me jump right in and share some lessons I’ve learned that will help your business succeed for decades.

Seated across from my mentor in a tiny office with a big window and books everywhere, I asked ‘What’s your best advice for business? ‘Save for taxes’  she replied. 

Since our line of work was sign language interpreting, as an independent contractor, it didn’t feel like I was stepping into owning my own business… and that was the extent of the business advice I received.

I’ve figured out a LOT on my own the hard way as well as investing time and resources to fill in the missing gaps. 

Because I know if you want to build a business that impacts your family and serves multitudes, you are ready to put in the effort that will bring the results that will last. 

hey guys, welcome back my name is Charissa and if you’re new to this channel, this channel is all about helping you make simple 3% money mindset shifts to line up with Scripture so you can create a massive legacy that reflects God’s goodness

Just a few months ago, I helped a client implement these same action steps in her business, and now she’s seeing a steady stream of clients plus feel so much more confident in how she’s bringing transformation to them along with the foundation her business is built on.  

Go ahead and hit the like button if you want to have the keys to creating a business you can feel confident about!

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Things Need To Change

#1 Dealing with the financials

Let’s start with the advice from my mentor, Save for Taxes

As a business owner, you need to put aside money to pay for estimated taxes that you send in quarterly. Otherwise, there could be fines or a huge tax bill at the end of the year. 

Personally, I take my tax bracket percentage off the top of any revenue I receive and put it in separate savings in my business account, strictly for taxes. You may not need all that money when it’s time to do estimated taxes, but it’s there if you do.

#2 Managing an irregular cash flow

Can I be open and honest with you? For a long time, managing the irregular cash flow in my business was a huge source of stress. I hated looking at the financials, feeling like a failure because I didn’t know what to do because the revenue was irregular and I’d often mess up how I was allocating the revenue. 

That is until I developed my Business Financial Abundance Plan with specific formulas to manage an irregular revenue flow, calculate how much I needed to earn to bring home what I wanted, and cover all my expenses.

Because let’s face it, if you say you want to bring in 6 figures… you aren’t bringing home 100 grand.  This Business Financial Abundance plan has been SO helpful for both me and my clients, eliminating the stress! 

#3 no matter what business you have, you need multiple streams of income

In my first business as a sign language interpreter, I learned early on that if you had only one source of income you depended on that would limit your income earning potential and often would dry up, causing a lot of undue fear and anxiety. 

Many ways to do this! 

Low/mid/high  + coaching and digital courses, 

Take a second to drop 1, 2, or 3 if you’d like to hear more tips in upcoming videos 

Action Step:

Start putting aside a percentage of all revenue for taxes, learn a simple way to manage your irregular revenue, and create another income stream.

#4 Have a solid sales strategy

We all want to make more sales right? That’s one of the main reasons we started our business, to contribute financially to our family so we could help pay the bills, save money, or pay off debt. 

When I started a blog as my second business, I was told to create digital products and sell them. I did, but because I
didn’t have a good sales strategy – how often to promote, what to promote when the psychology of why people buy… this is just the tip of the iceberg

#5 is understanding the customer journey, the stages at where they’re at and their needs.

This stumped me for a long time, but basically, you need to think about what your potential clients are dealing with, help them solve that problem, and think about the next problem they need to solve and provide a solution for that.

#6 having a simple and solid marketing plan that can scale.

Not only do a lot of entrepreneurs struggle with the idea of selling, but marketing feels very icky. 

Marketing is simply talking about your business to those who could benefit from your products or services!! 

You do this naturally when you’re excitedly telling your best friend about the new restaurant you tried downtown!

There are so many marketing strategies out there, but pick something you’re really good at. For, I’m really good at video and speaking, so the majority of my marketing involves Youtube videos, workshops, and speaking opportunities. 

This category has been one I’ve had to invest a lot of money into developing, one of my mentors, Pete Vargas, calls Sales and Marketing, SAM, and encourages you to date SAM, fall in love with SAM then get engaged and married to SAM by getting really good at a couple sales and marketing strategies, then adding in more.

What are 2 ways you can begin to improve your SAM? Tell me in the chat

#7 Embrace Pivoting

Being in business is the greatest self-development and faith development you could ever have, drop a yes in the chat if you agree! 

As you grow and develop, in each season you will serve differently, your business will look different, and the clients you serve may be different. You may start another business like 

I did. 

This is ok! Allow your business to grow and pivot with you.

#8 Next is making a business strategy with God.

As a Christian, I’ve always prayed about my business and had a big vision that God has given me.  

but I didn’t always make the time to listen to the exact steps and strategy God wanted me to use to see His vision for this business be established. 

I’ve had periods of burnout and discouragement because of this where I doubted that I was even called to business. 

Since getting in alignment with God’s strategy, I’ve seen more opportunities and more sustainable growth for my business, something I am now super excited about!

Action Step:

Take an honest look at your business, is there an area you need to pivot or develop a business strategy with God? 

Ready To Know God's Key To Money?

Discover the ‘Missing Piece’ from other money mindset work, the Powerful Benefit of Scripture Based Money Mindset Coaching so that you can understand God’s key to money, make peace with money and get powerful mindset breakthroughs quickly that will allow you to get rid of all the old money fear, shame or guilt that you’ve struggled with for decades. 

What this means is you will have the step-by-step Holy-Spirit led support to guide you in making 3% shifts in your beliefs about money, wealth and business so that you begin to multiply your legacy and impact in ways that reflect God’s goodness and generosity within a couple of weeks! 

You deserve to have a massive legacy that impacts multitudes and reflects God’s generosity, and if you’re tired of struggling with the old money fear, shame and guilt or being crushed under the weight of other people’s judgment + criticism about you, your business, and the way you manage money.

Becoming a Legacy Builder Method is designed with encouraging, supportive and authentic coaching that empowers you with proven Biblical tools and strategies so that you can overcome every obstacle and immediately implement what you learn into shifting your mindset. 

When you’re ready to shorten the time it takes to shift your money beliefs, there are a couple ways I can serve you. 

The first option is inside my Becoming a Legacy Builder program, which is the #1 Scripture-based Money Mindset Coaching program for ambitious Christian female entrepreneurs. This will equip you with complete confidence around money and business so you can serve multitudes of grateful clients and create a massive legacy of generosity in ways that reflect God’s goodness! 

The second way is with VIP Money Mindset 1:1 Coaching. This is a great option for you if you want to be truly known by your coach and get a custom plan with personalized guidance on the step-by-step process to shift your money beliefs.  

Becoming a Legacy Builder Method is designed with encouraging, supportive and authentic coaching that empower you with proven Biblical tools and strategies so that you can overcome every obstacle and immediately implement what you learn into shifting your mindset. 

1 Quick tip to embracing abundance in your business even if you don’t feel worthy

Want to have your programs and services sell out within a couple of hours and so much revenue in your business you feel like you’re swimming in money?

But most importantly, do you want to be able to receive all this abundance with the excitement of a three-year old opening up a mound of birthday presents?

If you’ve ever felt unworthy as a Christian woman to receive abundance in your business, you’re not alone.

I’m going to share one quick tip to help you knock down unworthiness like a pesky fly and receive abundance with grace.

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Want to shift your money mindset out of scarcity and into abundance quickly?

But want to do it in a way that is based on Biblical truth?

Then you’re in the right place!

I’m going to show you the easiest way that you can shift your mindset around money and abundance without any woo woo manifesting.

This is a powerful and highly effective method, it works almost instantly, but so many Christian female entrepreneurs don’t know about it.

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Unveiling the Truth: Prosperity Gospel vs. The Bible – Empowering Christian Women Entrepreneurs

No more playing small, Christian female business owners! If you’re sick and tired of being fed false promises from the prosperity gospel, brace yourself as we lay out some key principles of the prosperity gospel next to Biblical truth.

If you ever found yourself held back by negative beliefs surrounding wealth and success…

The kind of beliefs that make you feel guilty or fearful of pursuing financial abundance because you don’t want anything to do with a prosperity gospel, then this is the video for you!

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The Legacy of Impact: Building a Flourishing Business with Generosity

Do you have problems with building a flourishing business + a legacy of impact and generosity? Well I’ve found the perfect solution.
You’re definitely not the problem and once you identify the problem, follow a simple framework… which I’ll walk you through in today’s video.

It’s super easy to get past the barriers keeping you from creating that legacy of impact through a flourishing business.

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Charissa Quade

Charissa Quade

I equip Ambitious Christian Female Entrepreneurs to create prosperous lives, serve multitudes of grateful clients and create a massive legacy that reflects God's goodness, all by partnering with the Word of God and shifting their money beliefs.

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I equip Ambitious Christian Female Entrepreneurs to create prosperous lives, serve multitudes of grateful clients and create a massive legacy that reflects God’s goodness, all by partnering with the Word of God and shifting their money beliefs. 

 
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