MPowered Business

11/03/2026

Are you an MPowered client?👀

Come get yourself a 7 Brew coffee while it lasts!

11/02/2026

✨ Celebrating Leadership, Purpose & Impact!

We're excited to share that Leann Murphy, Founder and Owner of MPowered Business, is featured by Influential Women for 2026! 💙💚

With a career rooted in education, nonprofit leadership, entrepreneurship, and business coaching, Leann has dedicated her work to helping others recognize opportunities, overcome challenges, and achieve meaningful growth.

➡️ Since establishing MPowered Business in 2011, she has remained committed to helping business owners and organizations strengthen their operations, develop confident leaders, and build strategies that create lasting results.

For Leann, leadership has never been just about business success. It's about serving others, building meaningful relationships, and empowering people with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to move forward.

We're proud to see her story, experience, and passion for helping others highlighted through this 2026 feature! ✨

🔗 Get to know Leann and read her Influential Women profile: https://influentialwomen.com/connect/leann-murphy

10/23/2026

📢 More revenue doesn't always mean a healthier business.

Growing sales is important, but if expenses are growing faster, cash flow is tight, or the business needs more time and resources to produce every dollar of revenue, growth can actually create more pressure instead of more profit.

And small businesses are feeling that pressure.💔

Federal Reserve data shows that rising costs remain one of the biggest financial challenges facing small businesses. Louisiana businesses are feeling it too: 71% of Louisiana small employer firms surveyed reported their financial condition as poor or fair in 2024.
➡️ That's why we encourage business owners to look beyond the top line.

Ask:
• Is revenue growing?
• Is gross profit growing with it?
• Which products or services have the strongest margins?
• Where are we losing time, labor, or money?
• Do we have enough cash to cover operations?
• Are operational expenses being controlled?
• Can our current systems support more customers without creating more chaos?

Growth shouldn't simply make your business busier.
✨ It should make your business stronger.

At MPowered Business, we believe sustainable growth means improving the numbers and the way the business operates behind them.

More sales are good. More profitable, intentional, efficient sales are better.

📞 318-542-6602

10/09/2026

Do you really know who you're marketing to?

Knowing your ideal customer goes beyond age, gender, or location. The most useful customer profile is built from what you already know about the people who buy from you.

➡️ Look at your actual customers. What problems bring them to you? What questions do they ask before purchasing? What matters most when they make a decision? Where do they spend their time? What makes them choose one business over another?

That information should influence how you market.

When you understand your customer, you can make better decisions about:

What you talk about in your content
Which problems and questions you address
Which platforms deserve your time
How you describe your products or services
What information customers need before they're ready to buy

And remember:
✨ Your business is not the hero of the customer's story.
Your customer has a need, problem, or goal. Your marketing should help them understand how your business can help them move forward.

💚 You don't need to create an imaginary customer with a name, favorite coffee order, and made-up hobbies just to say you have a buyer persona. Start with the patterns you can see in your real customers, real conversations, and real sales.

Know who you're serving. Understand what matters to them. Market with purpose.

10/02/2026

Louisiana Central’s Small Business Opportunity Program (SBOP) kicked off its Rapides Parish series today with “Getting Started with QuickBooks.”

SBOP connects small business owners and entrepreneurs across Central Louisiana with FREE training, resources and one-on-one support designed to help businesses grow and succeed.

More FREE events are coming! Check out the upcoming sessions, register and take advantage of the resources available to help move your business forward.

Learn More: www.louisianacentralprograms.com/sbopevents

09/22/2026

Facebook or Instagram? Or somewhere else entirely?

The better question isn’t “Which platform is best?”
✨ It’s “𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲?”

Facebook still gives businesses access to a broad adult audience, while Instagram continues to lean younger and more visually driven. That doesn’t mean one is automatically better than the other.
➡️ It just means your marketing should match your audience, your offer, and how your customers prefer to engage.

Before you invest time creating content everywhere, ask:
Who am I trying to reach?
Which platforms do they actually use?
What type of content are they most likely to respond to there?

You don’t need to be everywhere. You need to be intentional about where you show up.

Know your audience. Choose your platforms. Build your presence with purpose.💚

09/14/2026

A library class for small businesses in Catahoula Parish! 🚨

Louisiana Central drives economic development and community growth across Central Louisiana. Explore Elevate 2030 events, resources, and opportunities.

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day!🏢

In observance, our office is closed today. We will return to normal business hours tomorrow - Monday, September 8th, 2026.

➡️ You may text us at 318-542-6602 or email us at [email protected].

08/31/2026

A class designed for Very Small Business Owners located in Grant Parish. Register using the link below or scanning the QR code!

🔗 https://forms.gle/2jfERLqabxoF7CpM9

08/23/2026