Christian Brim

I was recently re-watching an interview with a client that I did while writing Profit First for Creatives.  His story still resonates with me, a lot.  You see Kyle had been running his business for five years and struggled with his finances.  But he tolerated it.  Only when he had to purchase a house and […]

Controlling spending is a key principle of Profit First.  Usually that is easy with most expenses.  Working through your Instant Profit Assessment and your Quarterly Improvement Plan, you can remove unnecessary expenses. Ideally you would reduce your operating expenses to the “bare bones” to operate the business.  If you don’t need it, get rid of

There are a lot of reasons that profit first fails, but the have one root cause, YOU have not committed to having a profitable business.  It is not your service or product offerings, it isn’t the market, or your customers.  It is not your vendors or your employees.  It is YOU. Now you may say

I’ve been guilty of random acts of marketing, and maybe this new endeavor is one of those.  We shall see.  When I released my book in March, part of my promotion was guesting on podcast to discuss it.  I tried to match with podcasts that I thought were talking about related subjects to people that

Change can be intimidating.  You realize that you have a problem, something that you don’t like or want to be different.  You even know what the solution is, but implementing that solution can be daunting.  The perceived pain of the change will keep you in place until the pain of the problem exceeds it. So

How to use Profit First for Creatives and Value Pricing with Retainers

How to use Profit First for Creatives and Value Pricing with Retainers

How to use Profit First for Creatives and Value Pricing with Retainers