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Podcast Episode 224: Meet Raquel Lanting, a Barre Studio Owner Who Turned 3 Emails into an 8k Day

Raquel Lanting’s true love is dancing. Yet her studio brought in $8,000 thanks to 3 “easy to prep” emails. What’s more doggone amazing is: this sale ran the first week of December when *most* Christmas gifts had already been bought.

That worry was, as Raquel says, “First and foremost in our minds.”

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Moral of the story: if she can do it, so can you.

Listen to this new episode of Ready. Aim. Empire. if you…

Want to buy a successful studio, but don’t know where to look or how to approach the owner of that studio that you’ve got your eye on…

Need to keep your sanity during the stressful times of learning how to run a studio, pay taxes and payroll, more-than-handle administrative duties…

Battle this belly-deep fear of failure that’s holding you back. And sometimes you wonder if it’s a *different* fear, more like a fear of abundance that kick-starts your spiral of “What if?” and one for which you desperately need a cure-all-fix.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • Raquel’s amazing journey coming to the US to explore fitness and Barre entrepreneurship
  • What happened for Raquel to be able to purchase her business and what moving from teacher to entrepreneur has looked like
  • Why she knew she had to join The Client Cure and The Revenue Remedy, {and specific, real-world results she achieved from them}
  • 3 things that really make a promotion, plus a detailed example of an epic sale Raquel recently did at her studio

With Grit & Gratitude,

Lisé

 

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