Amber Hurdle Quotes

Before you can decide on your brand fonts, colors or imagery, let alone your messaging, you need to know who you're trying to attract first.

The time to market yourself is all of the time.

When you have a strong company culture it will shine through your brand and you can authentically say, “This is what our brand is about.

Your mission statement outlines why your company exists. It doesn’t have to be all fancy-pants, just a clear statement of what you do.

Who cares what insecure people think who are insanely jealous that you are OK with yourself?

Only you can create bold goals that attract success for your business as you use your God-given gifts to serve others.

You want how you do business to be consistent among all team members, including partners, management, employees, and even vendors.

Remember that businesses are made up of humans like you. They aren’t going to be perfect and they will need encouragement, clarification, and correction to deliver their best.

If your culture is how you do business internally, your brand is what people believe about you externally.

Customer service has everything to do with consistency, systems, training, and the habits you and your team create.

I’m telling you that responsibly applying time strategy and proactively leveraging your calendar is the dumb ol’ secret to seeing your dreams come true.

Treat your employees like you would want to be treated if you were an employee.

A Bombshell wants it all, yet she is beginning to see shecan’t have it all at once.

Creating an ideal customer profile helps you understand who are you talking to through your marketing, and it helps you carry that message and vibe through to your customerexperience.

Ain’t nobody gonna separate from theircold hard cash unless they have an unresolved problem, so ifyou want to make money, you have to be incredibly clearabout what problem(s) you solve.

If something doesn’t work, try something different. Don’t go ball up, cry in a corner, and say, “Woe is me.” Kick yourself in the pants and force yourself to get on to the next alternative.

Your mission statement, vision statement, core values, and service standards provide a clear focus for all while keeping your team humble and hungry. It creates that family environment in which your employees enjoy coming to work and dealing with the challenges they face each day.

Because I started investing in wiserrelationships, I am now an absurdly wealthy woman—if blessings,fulfillment & joy are measured as wealth.

Walk a mile in your customers’ stilettos or loafers. Try to understand where they are in the moment.

Even if you delegate that responsibility, ultimately you are the one responsible for howyour brand is portrayed.

I pick my technology like I picked my husband. It has to complement, not complicate, my life.

Do your best in the day, for the day, and then work on tomorrow when it comes. Show yourself grace and laugh at yourself.

Your ideal customer should be attracted to the brand that rests on the fabulous culture youcreated, but they don’t have to share your personal interests or have the same lifestyle you do.

Be sure to ask for help, and vent or brag on your progress along the way.

To set yourself up for success, you need to be real about what you can commit to consistently.

Exceptional customer service proactively manages your brand and reactively can turn upset customers into raving fans based on how you handled their complaint.

Find another solution. That’s how you move toward success.

I call dealing with your calendar the “calendar boogie” because you seriously have to dance around to pull it alltogether.

Plan B” is nonsense. Successful people come up with plans A, B, C, D . . . all the way to Z. That’s how life works. If you’renot constantly looking for and testing solutions, that’s probably why you’re on the hamster wheel that you’re on right now.

You want to be able to say, for example, “I will know I am successful if these three things happen.

Nobody can experience everything, so you need to borrowthe experience of others.

If your plan is not working, pivot. If it is working, do more of it!

Be a person of character people can count on.

I’ve always said we can’t all experience everything, but we can all learn from each other’s experiences, making learning curves shorter and pitfalls avoidable.

Don’t be bothered with what you think other people expect of you when it comes to your raw talent.

Batching or “bucketing” your tasks is ripping the Band- Aid off whenever you have to deal with ongoing activities.

Ask yourself this question both for current and possible future commitments: If I say yes to this, what am I saying no to?

To gain your share of the market, you must show how your company is different and how your culture produces a unique experience for your customers, leaving no room for competition. And that, Bombshell, is your brand.

Your culture is the birthplace of your brand.

If you choose the right vendors, your collective and sincere motives should establish both trust & grace on both sides of the relationship.

If you cannot tie your marketing efforts to actual dollars that the electric company will accept, it’s time to adjust your plan.

You’ve got to get your team to not only understand your company brand, but also to understand their personal brand.

Business is fluid and you can always improve and progress as your time and financial resources allow, and as your learningcurve shortens.

Time cannot be managed. It’s going to pass you by, whether or not you are trying to manage it.

Raise your hand if your calendar ever makes you feel the need for an oxygen mask!

Follow through. You’d be surprised how many people don’t do that. If you have to stay up all night to get it done,n then do that. If you consistently see that you cannot actually get things done in the time frame you committed to, stop over committing.

The thing is, If you try to market to everyone, then you successfully market to no one.

With a strong personal brand, you become the only option in the eyes of your ideal customer.

Service standards create the standard of expectation that you and all team members follow when interacting with customers.

A Bombshell’s constant struggle is living up to her God given potential while also battling in her mind the difference between her expectations and the world’s expectations.

A Bombshell commands attention for her business with a strong culture, consistent branding, and simple, no-to-low cost marketing.

Train your new employee properly. Sounds so obvious, and yet it often doesn’t happen.

Creating a plan to bring in more business in a way that does not ultimately support yourannual goals is fighting against yourself.

The bottom line is that no matter what you’ve experiencedin life, no matter what kind of trauma you’ve been through,no matter what bad decisions you’ve made, if you accept therealities of your situation, you can properly address them witha plan and with action.

Most people like to talk about themselves, so get them going and you’ll make new friends quickly!

Much to the confusion of small-minded people, confidence does not equate arrogance.

Never take lightly that becoming an employer puts another person’s ability to provide for their life in your hands.

Remember, you are not aspiring for perfection, Bombshell. You are aspiring for progress, one step at a time.

Remember that businesses are made up of humans like you. They aren’t going to be perfect and they willneed encouragement, clarification, and correction to deliver their best.

Determine how you are going to measure your success.