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Let AI Take More Off Your Plate🎯 Episode SummaryWhen calls, follow-up, scheduling, customer communication, content, and everyday decisions keep landing on you, the business becomes harder to grow and harder to enjoy.Andrea Palacio learned this after buying a landscaping company that began falling apart within days of closing. She shares how she rebuilt the operation with stronger processes and AI

Your Business Is Profitable, But Is It Built to Last?🎯 Episode SummaryYour business may look profitable on paper, but would it still work if your most capable employee took two weeks off?In this episode of Profit With A Plan, Marcia Riner sits down with Levi Lawrence, Managing Partner at Iron House Pro, to talk about the hidden operational debt that

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When every decision feels urgent, business owners can slip into overthinking, second-guessing, or pushing harder without getting clearer. Eugene Berezin shares how a simple executive meeting with yourself can help you slow down, listen to the different parts of your mind, and make more grounded decisions.
This conversation blends mental health, business strategy, hypnotherapy, and practical self-leadership

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More leads and more customers do not always create more profit. Sometimes the clients taking the most time, support, and attention are quietly pulling resources away from the clients that are truly helping your business grow.
Christine Day joins Marcia Riner to explain how businesses can identify their High Value Clients using objective data, customer profitability, cost

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Starting a business from zero can drain your time, money, and energy before you ever build momentum. Corey Parchman joins Marcia Riner to explain why buying an existing business may be a smarter path for entrepreneurs who want cash flow, customers, employees, and systems already in place.
You will hear how first-time buyers can define the right

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Sales often lands squarely on the CEO’s plate, leaving little time for leadership, strategy, or growth. Greg Grand shares how business owners and sales leaders can use AI to speed up research, improve prospecting, prepare for better sales conversations, and build a more repeatable sales process.
You will also hear how to know when it is time

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Your business may be making money, but that does not always mean it feels stable, clear, or easy to run. Many owners are profitable on paper while still dealing with cash flow surprises, scattered decisions, and plans that never make it into daily action.
In this episode of Profit With A Plan, Marcia Riner talks with Paul

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Your best employees may not be leaving because of pay, perks, or culture. They may be leaving because they see a stronger future somewhere else.
In this episode, Marcia talks with talent retention expert David Alemian about why traditional retention strategies often fall short, how turnover quietly drains profit, and what business owners can do to keep

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Your business may be growing, but that does not always mean it is becoming more valuable. If every decision, client issue, team question, and operational fire still runs through you, the business may be too dependent on the owner to scale or sell well.
In this episode of Profit With A Plan, Marcia Riner talks with Thomas

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Are you pricing based on the real transformation you deliver, or are you still charging for your time? In this episode of Profit With A Plan, Marcia Riner talks with Audrey Faust, MBA, The Manifesting CFO™, about why successful business owners may still be underpricing their work, even when they are delivering powerful results.
Audrey shares why