#73: Why Your Non-Profit Isn't Growing
The StoryBrand Podcast
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4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
One of the questions we get asked the most at Business Made Simple is "Can you apply these frameworks to help grow nonprofits?" The simple answer: YES! And in today's episode, Donald Miller will show you how as he coaches Breanna Owen of Beza Threads, a nonprofit selling handcrafted leather goods to fight human trafficking around the world.
If you're tired of hitting a wall when it comes to growing your nonprofit and engaging with more active donors, today's conversation will show you the best way forward.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we start the show, I want to tell you about my first million hosted by San |
| 0:04.5 | Par and Sean Perri and available now on the HubSpot Podcast Network. |
| 0:08.8 | My first million features famous guests discusses how companies made their first million |
| 0:13.9 | and brainstorms new business ideas based on the hottest trends and opportunities |
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| 0:44.2 | wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to the business made simple podcast brought to you by |
| 0:52.6 | the HubSpot Podcast Network. Every week on the show we coach you to build your business like an |
| 0:57.1 | airplane. The cockpit is your leadership, the body is your overhead, the ride engine is your |
| 1:01.8 | marketing, the left engine is your sales, the wings are your products and the fuel tanks are your |
| 1:06.8 | cash flow. If you master the six parts of a small business, your business will fly far and fast. |
| 1:14.3 | Every week we help a business owner just like you optimize their airplane. I'm your host |
| 1:19.2 | Donald Miller with probably one of the biggest questions we get around story brand is does this |
| 1:23.3 | work for nonprofits? How do you adapt this for nonprofits? Today I'm talking with Brianna Owen |
| 1:28.5 | head of marketing and sales at Bayza Threads, a nonprofit selling handcrafted leather goods to fight |
| 1:34.5 | human trafficking around the world. If you're a nonprofit that makes products and sells those |
| 1:41.0 | products, listen to today's episode. If you know somebody who does that, send this episode to them |
| 1:46.8 | because we're going to talk about how to sell more of those products and the mistakes that you're |
| 1:51.0 | making as a nonprofit. I'll give you a little hint. You're thinking of yourself as a charity and |
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