138: Planning for Q4: Life + Business [Small Biz Panel]

OH. MY. GOODNESS! Do I have exciting news!?

This is a big FIRST for Making Good, and it’s one that I am so thrilled to share with you.

And that is, a panel discussion with some incredible small business owners who are here to share their hard-earned experience, advice and wisdom with you, all about planning for Q4 in order to not only thrive in their business, but in their personal lives as well.

The business owners in today’s panel about balancing life, logistics and business in Q4 are:

• Irene Rex from Rex Made This (happy, colorful illustrated goods to liven up your everyday routines)

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  • Holiday gift recommendation: Tea towels

• Dani Sticka from Imperfectly Tidy (professional organizer who believes that less is probably the answer).

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  • Holiday gift recommendation: Clutter Clinic

• Linda Takano from Lulumière (Northwest inspired botanical candles and shower steamers)

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  • Holiday gift recommendation: Shower Steamers

• Ali Fitzgerald from Wild Clementine (bright and practical home goods, including reusable dish covers, heating pads and pet goods)

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  • Holiday gift recommendation: Dish covers

In this first-ever panel conversation on Making Good, we covered a lot of ground, including:

• How to schedule your holiday workload around your personal life, and how to maintain your personal relationships in a busy season

• How to balance a busy work season with a day job

• The role of boundaries and priorities in designing a Q4 that works for you

• Mistakes we’ve all made in Q4

• What folks are doing now to prepare for an influx of business late in the year

• And more.
  

Stay tuned for Part 2, where we’re talking about Q2 and how to plan your marketing for Q4.