--- title: "Get Ready! with Sheryl Brown: Female Advocacy in the Financial Services Community - InsNerds.com" description: "On business efficiency: take out the things that are big item expenses and try to pare those down. You’ll streamline your business, you’ll cut your costs and you’ll make yourself more efficient. The money that you save from that, reinvest that money into other areas marketing yourself and amplify your thought leadership instead. Sheryl Brown" image: https://insnerds.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Tony-Steuer-Image-100x100-Jan-03-2025-02-33-58-3451-AM.jpeg --- 2 min read # Get Ready! with Sheryl Brown: Female Advocacy in the Financial Services Community [ Tony Steuer ](https://insnerds.com/insights/author/tony-steuer) : Feb 16, 2020 12:00:00 AM [Podcast](https://insnerds.com/insights/tag/podcast) [Get Ready! 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With Tony Steuer podcast. **LISTEN HERE:** Audio Player [https://www.buzzsprout.com/530449/2752867-get-ready-with-sheryl-brown-female-advocacy-in-the-financial-services-community-e13.mp3](https://www.buzzsprout.com/530449/2752867-get-ready-with-sheryl-brown-female-advocacy-in-the-financial-services-community-e13.mp3) 00:00 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume.   **OR WATCH HERE:** Bio: Sheryl Brown is a thirty-year veteran of the financial services profession. She is an international speaker on the topics of social and digital marketing strategies for financial services professionals and organizations. 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