ATG 117: Turn Your Passion Project into a Profit Powerhouse: Business Growth Secrets with Donald Miller

All It Takes Is A Goal

Jon Acuff

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🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Are you looking to start your side hustle or level up into a thriving business? In this episode, join me as I interview business expert Donald Miller about the secrets to turning your passion project into a profitable powerhouse. We cover everything from economic goals and marketing tactics to leadership skills specifically tailored for entrepreneurs. Listen in, take notes, and learn the strategies you need to crush your business growth goals!

Donald began his dream business in 2010. Despite initial success, he found himself overwhelmed by daily operations, and his business struggled to achieve consistent results. Over years of fits and false starts, Donald managed to grow his company to nearly $20 million by identifying six crucial aspects of a successful business. Today, he shares these insights to help others soar to success.

If you are looking for a simple plan to grow your small business, check out his new book – How to Grow Your Small Business.

Donald's Book List:
The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker
Save The Cat by Blake Snyder
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott

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Buy a copy of Donald’s new book How to Grow Your Small Business: A 6-Step Plan to Help Your Business Take Off
Check out Donald's podcast Business Made Simple and find out more on his website!

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0:00.0	Hey everyone and welcome to the All It Takes A Go podcast.
0:12.5	The best place in the entire world, including all of Canada.
0:16.4	To learn how to build new thoughts, new actions, and new results.
0:18.8	I'm your host John Ackup, and today I'm joined by Donald Miller, who's that I'm so glad
0:23.7	you asked.
0:24.7	Donald Miller is the CEO of Business Made Simple.
0:27.2	He's the host of the Business Made Simple podcast, and is the author of several books, including
0:32.0	the best sellers, Blue Like Jazz, a million miles and a thousand years, and building a story
0:37.0	brand.
0:38.0	His latest book, How to Grow Your Small Business, a six step plan to help your business
0:41.6	take off, is out now wherever books are sold.
0:44.1	He lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife Elizabeth and their daughter.
0:48.1	And we've actually been friends for a long time.
0:50.2	We've been friends for, I would say, about 15 years, 15 years ago, he did a tour for
0:55.2	his book, Blue Like Jazz, which sold a bajillion copies.
0:59.1	And he spoke at my dad's church, and he stayed with my parents at their house.
1:03.2	And we had a phone call.
1:04.2	I was living in Atlanta at the time, and I was a copywriter.
1:07.3	And we had a great conversation where he really encouraged me and said, you know, being
1:11.4	a copywriter is a really good way to practice writing nonfiction books because you're learning
1:16.6	what it takes to encourage people to take action.
1:19.5	And that was so, so helpful to me, so encouraging.
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