Pep Talks For Side Hustlers

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Welcome to my September 2019 Income Report! Every month I publish an income report to take you behind the scenes of my online business and reveal exactly how much money I make, how much I spend and lessons learned along the way! Before we dive in to September’s income report, I want to share an email I got from one of my listeners because she asked a really great question that I thought some of you might also have too, so I wanted to answer it for you here in case you were wondering the same thing. She writes: “I love your income reports, they are so candid & detailed, and I always got a lot of insight from it. I’m a little confused about your August report because: you stopped your 1 on 1 consulting because you prefer the Information business model to focus, as it

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! My guest today is Carrie Smith Nicolson. Carrie’s been blogging since 2011, and in October of 2018, she sold her first blog, carefulcents.com for nearly six figures! And she’s on the show today to share with you exactly how she did it. Today we’re talking about: Why Carrie decided to start a personal finance blog when there were already a lot of personal finance blogs out there. The steps she took to quit her day job two years in and start blogging full time. Unconventional strategies Carrie used to grow her audience. Exactly how Carrie monetized her blog. How she came up with the idea to sell her blog, how she found a buyer, decided on the price and what she put in her sales contract. Blog growth strategies that Carrie’s most successful 6 and 7 figure clients are using

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! My guest today is Matt Baker. He’s the VP of Corporate Strategy and International Expansion at FreshBooks, which makes accounting, bookkeeping and invoicing software to help service providers get paid faster and save time on tedious administrative tasks. Matt’s also super passionate about helping entrepreneurs mitigate the risks associated with going from side hustle to self employed. I’m super pumped to have him on the show - even though we both graduated from colleges that have a huge football rivalry (Go Buckeyes!) - to share some of his insights with you because he’s in the unique position at Freshbooks to have access to a lot of data about challenges faced by people who are self-employed, and what prevents people who really, really want to quit their day jobs and h

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! My guest today is Emily Walker of the Course Wellness Podcast. Emily is a learning designer and podcaster who is dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs like us to create transformative online programs for our communities. Emily and I met on a tech panel we did for the Rebel Boss Summit all about online course tech, and her approach to online course creation makes so much sense and is unlike anything else I see and hear from the experts I follow online. That’s why I’m so excited to have her on the show not only to share her business journey but also to share her thoughts on adult learning design and online course creation. Especially for side hustlers - because as we all know, your time is your most precious asset when you have a full-time job, and online courses are one o

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! My guest today is Kim Wensel from the Pattern of Purpose Podcast. Kim is a brand strategist who helps entrepreneurs and small businesses learn to speak their clients’ language so that they can connect with their ideal audience. So funny story - Kim and I had an interview scheduled a week before this one - and I was having one of those weeks… You know, where everything that can go wrong does? It was just that kind of a week.  So Kim and I get on our call and I can see her but I can’t hear her so after a bunch of troubleshooting, I restart Zoom, and we get it working, and we dive into one of the most compelling and inspiring interviews I’ve done… and then…. I realize that I didn’t hit record. Ugh. My heart sank and at that point, we decided to just reschedule instead of st

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Welcome to my August 2019 Income Report! Every month I publish an income report to take you behind the scenes of my online business and reveal exactly how much money I make, how much I spend and lessons learned along the way! Important things that happened in August I decided to stop taking 1:1 web design clients for at least 6 months, maybe longer. I continued working on my “Jumpstart Your Website Traffic” evergreen course. I released a private member podcast for my Website Marketing Lab Students. I moved all my websites from my good ol’ Bluehost Shared Hosting to their WP Pro Optimize WordPress hosting. I booked a photographer to get new brand photos taken for the first time since 2016! I redesigned my Website Marketing Lab, Web Designer Academy + individual courses d

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! My guest today is Amy Eaton of AmyTakesPictures.com Amy is a photographer-turned-educator who teaches makers + Etsy sellers how to DIY their own gorgeous product photos. I was connected to Amy by my team member and right hand woman Laura who also works with Amy, and she kept telling me “You gotta get her on the podcast, she’s awesome!”  And you guys, I’m SO glad I did because Amy had a TON of fantastic advice for you guys to help you grow, and she’s the perfect example of someone who took a service traditionally done one on one that required her time and physical presence - and turned it into a scalable business that doesn’t require her to be there to run. Not only that - my conversation with Amy was another transformational one for me where I had the realization that

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! My guest today is Dr. Cortney Baker of the Women in Business podcast. Dr. Cortney’s mission is to equip the next generation of women leaders to start and scale successful service-based businesses in her efforts to help achieve gender equality at the C-Suite level. Guests like Dr. Cortney are one of the reasons I absolutely love doing this podcast, because they bring me new perspectives that I hadn’t considered before.  My conversation with Dr. Cortney made me take a hard look at something really uncomfortable for me that I’d totally been avoiding looking at in my business. And today she’s sharing with us 3 tough-love secrets to help you transition from side hustler to CEO (and why you absolutely can call yourself the CEO of your business). Today we’re talking about: W

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! My guest today is Rana Rosen of Henceforth Consulting for creatives and leaders in career transition. I met Rana because we both actually used the same branding company, Braid Creative, and Rana reached out to me for a consultation as she was making the decision on whether to hire a web designer or DIY. And you guys know me - I’m all about helping you make the right decision for YOU, so Rana and I didn’t end up working together on her website, but we totally connected on a deeper level during our conversations, and so I invited her on the show to share her story with you. I know a lot of you, maybe not all of you, are starting side hustles because you want something different than the 9-5 grind. You’re in a transitional period, and maybe you’re not 100% on leaving your

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Welcome to my July 2019 Income Report! Every month I publish an income report to take you behind the scenes of my online business and reveal exactly how much money I make, how much I spend and lessons learned along the way! Important things that happened in July I set a goal to complete all course content creation for the rest of 2019. I launched the all-new 2019 Free 5 Day Website Challenge I created a companion workbook for my Free 5 Day Website Challenge. I booked two new clients Review of my goals My target revenue goal is $15,000 a month. My minimum baseline is to make around $2500 to cover my normal monthly expenses, I set aside $2500 a month for taxes, I pay myself $5,000 a month and I want to build up a reserve so that I can invest in my team, give myself a rai

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! My guest today is Autumn Witt Boyd of the Legal Roadmap® Podcast where she teaches business owners how to protect their rights and stay out of legal hot water. I’m so excited to have Autumn on the show today because ever since I heard her on the Being Boss Podcast back in 2016, I’ve been listening to her show and recommending it to my community because I think it’s so important to be knowledgeable and empowered when it comes to the legal and financial aspects of our businesses. So if you’ve ever worried that you don’t know what you don’t know when it comes to the legal aspects of your business, you’re not gonna wanna miss this episode! Today we’re talking about: How Autumn transitioned from a traditional law firm to starting a virtual law firm specializing in copywri

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! My guest today is Laura Pennington Briggs of the Better Biz Academy, a former teacher turned freelance writer, entrepreneur, coach, and public speaker. She is a two-time TEDx speaker and the author of “How to Start Your Own Freelance Writing Business”, published by Entrepreneur Press. Today we’re talking about: How Laura started a side hustle as a freelance writer. Exactly how she shifted her business model from one time projects to repeat retainer clients. How she grew her side hustle while working full time. How she built a 6-figure business - without having a website! Why Laura pivoted to coaching freelancers, and exactly how she did it. How Laura went from knowing absolutely nothing about writing a book to getting published with Entrepreneur Press (and her advice f

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! ​My guest today is Jason Resnick of the Live in the Feast and Ask Rezzz podcasts that help freelancers take action ON their business to build recurring revenue. I was introduced to Jason by Carrie Dils, another web developer that I interviewed back in Episode 210 all about how to be a fearless freelancer. She reached out to me and recommended I invite Jason on the show because she thought you guys would benefit from what he has to say about freelancing and side hustling, and I’m so glad that she did because our conversation was eye-opening for me! A web developer by trade, Jason’s focused solely on WordPress for several years now - and he loves WordPress for the same reason I do - it’s gives us total freedom as web developers to create whatever we can imagine - but more

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Welcome to my June 2019 Income Report! Every month I publish an income report to take you behind the scenes of my online business and reveal exactly how much money I make, how much I spend and lessons learned along the way! Important things that happened in June I continued the personal habits that I’ve been working on, like weekly meal prep, daily journaling and planning. I executed 4 Partnerships (Elevate, Rebel Boss + ConvertKit) I pitched no new partners (on purpose!!) I spent one full week on a project for my old employer. I recorded 4 new podcast episodes with some really awesome people. I created a new inbox + Facebook notification management strategy I continued creating the content for the Website Marketing Lab course. I started recording the content for the ne

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! My guest today is Liz Fleming, a personal branding and digital marketing strategist who teaches entrepreneurs like us how to successfully tell our stories so we can profit from our passions. I met Liz through another guest on the podcast - Wendy Breakstone from Episode 217 - and even though I’d never spoken to Liz prior to this episode, I felt an instant connection to her story because it felt so similar to mine when you just have that moment where you realize that going to college and getting a job to work for someone else on their terms isn’t what you want for the rest of your life - and then all of the feelings and emotions that come from that realization and then the hard work of moving toward change. But here’s what I want you to take away from that - Liz and I bon

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! My guest today is Chris Parker, creator of WhatIsMyIPAddress.com, a website that helps internet users with privacy and security. What’s so cool to me about having Chris on the show is that I’ve literally used his website for my entire professional career.  Before I quit my day job to take my web design training business full time, I worked in marketing and IT for a non-profit and for the IT part of my job I’d go to his site to grab our IP address for vendors, for troubleshooting, for all kinds of things.  Yes, I’m a secret nerd. And in case you’re wondering what the heck an IP address is, it’s a nine-digit number that identifies whatever network or wifi you’re computer or phone is connected to. The router you got from your cable company has an IP address, and anything yo

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! My guest today is Brandi Mowles, a Facebook and Instagram ads manager who grew her business from zero to six figures in just 10 months. She started her online business last year as a social media virtual assistant and soon discovered her love and talent for optimizing sales funnels and driving conversions through Facebook ads. Brandi is super passionate about helping service-based entrepreneurs scale to 5-figure months so that they can enjoy the financial and lifestyle freedom that she has earned. What I loved about Brandi - aside from learning a ton about what NOT to do with Facebook Ads - is that she’s so confident in her knowledge and her ability to help businesses be successful. And I think being confident in what you do combined with a great strategy for marketing y

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! My guest today is Micala Quinn, host of the Live Free Podcast and a self-described work-at-home enthusiast, wife and mom who has become the go-to person for teaching moms step-by-step how to build a profitable freelancing business from scratch. I discovered Micala because my team member Laura, who’s a total mom boss herself, attended a one-day workshop with the host of the Boss Mom podcast Dana Malstaff, and Micala was mentioned in that workshop as someone who has seen massive success with her online business.  So of course, I wanted to invite her on the podcast and find out exactly how she did it. For you guys, not for my own personal selfish reasons... Today we’re talking about: How long it took her to get her first client and how she made it happen. How Micala was ab

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Welcome to my May 2019 Income Report! Every month I publish an income report to take you behind the scenes of my online business and reveal exactly how much money I make, how much I spend and lessons learned along the way! Important Things That Happened in May I kicked off the month with a cold. I continued some personal habits that I’ve been working on, like weekly meal prep, daily journaling and planning. I completed my profile in the AccessAlly Experts Directory (even though I don’t have my full sales page done). I booked one new Done For You client, had a consultation with another, and finished up 2 other Done For You Client Projects. I continued working on my Growth University roadmap to validate my product idea. I ran another 5 Day Freebie Challenge to promote my

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! My guest today is Meera Kothand, an Amazon Bestselling Author* and email marketing strategist who simplifies email marketing so that you can create a tribe that’s addicted to your zone of genius (even if email scares you senseless). I share the story about how I came across Meera on the podcast, but I’m so excited for you guys to hear this episode because we get into a great conversation on overcoming our fear of selling. Today we’re talking about: How Meera started her entrepreneurial journey How Meera overcomes the fears that comes with entrepreneurship Meera’s advice for self publishing a book on Amazon The importance of having a pre-launch before you launch The one thing that Meera would change if she could go back to when she first started her business How Meera wo