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Let's talk about cutting expenses. A business should think of this all the time. And I'm just as guilty as the next company for ignoring it when times are good, and paying closer attention when times are not so good. Kind of like right now in the middle of this pandemic. So I'm going to give you a bunch of ways to cut expenses, but there are tons of ways. And just Googling it will bring up hundreds of articles on the subject. So do that to do whatever it takes to make your business more viable.

Barbara Anne Cookson is a certified holistic health coach, group fitness instructor, author and soon to be podcaster. She leads workshops and keynotes conferences as the superhero speaker. She helps audiences unleash their inner superhero. And she lives in the beautiful state of Maine with her super hero dog, Winston.

Are you struggling with creating content? Well, Jeff Herring provides you with tools, templates, wizards and strategies to make content creation fast, easy and profitable. And no experience is necessary. And a little bit later. He's got a super freebie for you. So hang in there for that.

The main thing I'm going to talk about today is one of the techniques that we use to create an insurance policy for our families and for ourselves. And that's called residual affiliate programs. Sometimes they're called recurring affiliate programs. And again, this allows me to legitimately say I couldn't stop the money coming into my checking account if I try.

This is another special edition this week. I usually do interviews on Fridays and I have some great ones coming up in the next couple weeks. But this Friday, which is Good Friday for those of you that observe it. So I thought I would put out some strategies that have worked for me when facing tough times. And I'm going to do this with telling us some stories from my life and hopefully some of the lessons learned you'll be able to use in your situation.

Bryce Fields relishes his role as a big brother. At the age of six, that role was redefined with the loss of his little sister, Alanna. His servant heart led him to serve other grieving children, including his little brother, T.J. With his new book, What This Kid Wants Adults to Know about Grief, Bryce shares his experience and knowledge with caring adults looking for ways to better connect with and care for the little hurting hearts in their lives.

There are two main types of affiliate selling. The first is if you become an affiliate for somebody else. You promote the product or service or refer it to others, and if one of the people you refer it to buys the product because of your referral, the product owner gives you a commission. The other is where you have a product and someone else becomes your affiliate. They promote your product, and if someone buys your product because of their referral, you pay them a commission.

Dr. Howard Haller, I call him Big Dog PhD, found his first off market property at age 22 and it changed his life and made it possible for him to buy his first house at a substantial discount. And it was in a great neighborhood. And he could have never afforded it had he not known what he's going to tell you today. And with his help, you too can find secret off market properties, secure them and profit from them.

Diana Daffner, with her husband Richard, is the author of Tantric Sex for Busy Couples, How to Deepen Your Passion in just 10 Minutes a Day. And they lead romantic workshops for couples called Intimacy Retreats, and they've been filmed by ABC TV and featured in USA Today. Diana holds a master's degree in counseling, was a massage instructor at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California and she holds a black belt in aikido too.

Booking great podcast guests. You may not have considered having guests on your show as it's a little more difficult technically. And maybe you have enough stuff in your head that you don't need guests, but there's some pretty significant benefits of having guests. Good guests make your show more interesting and give the listener a chance to hear other viewpoints.

Ken Keis is a PhD, considered one of the foremost global authorities on personality and how assessment strategies not only increase, but multiply your success rate. He also co-created Consulting Resource Group's proprietary development models and written over 4 million words of content for 40 business training programs, 12 assessments and over 500 articles. He's an expert on assisting individuals, families, teams and organizations to realize their full potential and to live on purpose.

Over the last 12 years, Carol McManus has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs, speakers and authors reach new markets using innovative methods of marketing, branding and social media. She prides herself on staying up to date on information that help her clients be more successful. Now, today, she'll be sharing how to drive book sales and build your own e-mail lists, using the back door secrets at Amazon.

Distance learning and working from home. Two very important subjects, especially given the situation we're in right now. I describe what benefits distance learning can provide and what working at home can do to improve your overall life. The upside potential for both of these is virtually limitless, but you must make a plan, and execute it, to maximize the value of learning without all that college debt, and to take advantage of what working at home can mean for you and your family.

Lou Bortone has been a pioneer and thought leader in the video space since the launch of YouTube in 2005. He's helped thousands of entrepreneurs and companies create and leverage online video to build their brands and dramatically grow their Web revenues. And prior to his industry leading work in online video marketing, he spent 20 years as a marketing executive in the entertainment industry, and some of his videos are just quirky and cool.

Jackie Lapin is the founder of SpeakerTunity. She's an expert in helping leaders and authors get booked for speaking engagements, radio shows, podcasts and virtual summits. Her revolutionary SpeakerTunity Cities, provides comprehensive regional speaker leads directories for markets all across North America. For the past 10 years, she's also been providing radio and podcast tours for authors in personal growth, wellness, spirituality and conscious business.