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! Wendy Breakstone is a seasoned Business Systems Mentor with more than 18 years of experience helping entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses. Today we’re talking about Wendy’s entrepreneurial journey that includes working for a best-selling spiritual author, owning and managing a 6-figure web development and marketing consultancy, to expanding her own business expertise working at companies like Fuze and GoToMeeting. How to deal with the risk and emotions of being a new entrepreneur Wendy’s advice for not getting burned out in your entrepreneurial journey How setting up systems can help declutter your brain Wendy’s advice for avoiding shiny object syndrome A simple way you can make more progress daily. How having an online calendar system can save you time. How on

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! This episode is a recording of a Facebook Live I did all about why I teach you to build a website the way I teach it in the 5 Day Website Challenge and the marketing strategy behind all the things I show you how to set up.

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! Today I'm talking with Internationally-Acclaimed Author & Relocation Consultant Katie O'Grady is a 4th generation San Diegan who together with her retired firefighter hubby and their now 14-year-old twins immigrated to Mexico in 2012. We discuss: Why Katie and her family decided to leave the rat race and move internationally How Katie went from a blog with 12 subscribers to creating a relocation consulting business Her evolution of wanting to be a writer and sharing her story to now helping other relocate The importance of having a keyword rich title over a pretty or clever title How Katie deals with the negative comments once her blog was opened up to a larger audience Why Katie feels it’s important to write in her authentic voice How putting her blog into a book c

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! Lauren Allen of the Corporate School Dropout Podcast and Right Hand Business Coaching considers herself a corporate full-time job survivor, who knows what it’s like to choose the life you want over an office and schedule you hate. I met Lauren inside Pat Flynn’s Power Up Podcasting Course (which is where I learned the ins and outs of podcasting), and couldn't wait to get her on the show! Lauren works with people who want to drop out of corporate, who have a dream business, and are tired of waiting and doubting whether it will work. She gives people a clear plan of action, and helps them clear away uncertainty and helps them get life out of their way. Today we’re talking about: How Lauren dropped out of the corporate world, moved to San Diego and started her own business

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 January 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 JANUARY I started Growth Tools’ Partnership Accelerator Program. I started the migration from Infusionsoft to ConvertKit. I created the Website Copy Guide I completed all the content for my Web Designer Academy I booked two new Done For You clients I continued tracking my time in Toggl   Notes I found to myself in my planner: You are fully booked this week. “I have another commitment” *What can I delegate?” *You can handle the busy schedule this week. Hold tight to your mornings and coach yourself through the overwhel

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! Today’s Pep Talk is all about attending conferences to help you grow your side hustle. In it I share with you: Why I have a love/hate relationship with conferences. Why I think attending a conference is the most beneficial thing you can do as a side hustler. Why entrepreneur conferences are way better than corporate ones. Creative ways to fund your travel. What to do if you’re shy or introverted to have a great conference experience. Why you don’t need to have an “elevator pitch” prepared to have a great conference experience. I’m speaking at the Thrive Conference in Austin, Texas March 1-3 and I’d love to see you there! Tickets are almost sold out - so go get yours at https://www.thrivetogether.blog Join the Free 5 Day Challenge at https://www.wp-bff.com Join the 5 Da

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! Today I'm talking to fearless freelancer and WordPress expert Carrie Dils all about how she transitioned from 1:1 client work to monetizing her knowledge on a bigger scale. If you want to move beyond time-for-money in your side hustle, this is the episode for you! Carrie has been around in the WordPress and web design community for many years – I’d even seen her name around well before I decided to start freelancing – I’d be working on a website at my day job and run into a snag, start googling and her blog would come up quite often. Her name is Carrie Dils, and I came across her again when I booked a new web design client with a pretty challenging project. I was researching how to do something, came across Carrie’s website again and saw that she had a way to just book a

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 December 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 DECEMBER. I began tracking my time and limiting my work hours. I was accepted to Bryan Harris of Growth Tools’ Partnership Accelerator Program. I got my laptop repaired. I scheduled my last work day as December 16. We met with a builder to see if he’s a good fit to build on the property we bought back in June. I updating my branding. Notes I found to myself in my planner: REVIEW OF MY GOALS When in quit my day job in January of 2018, I set a goal to generate $10,000 in revenue so that I could pay myself $5,000 a mont

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! Today I'm answering a listener question about the process of turning a blog (or any type of content) into a book. I'm sharing the process I've been through so far as I contemplate and prepare to write a book. In this episode I’ll break down: Why this is even a topic someone would ask me about. Why consider turning your blog (vlog, podcast) into a book. The process I’m using to turn my content into a book. How I’ll ultimately publish my book. Resources: The Book You Were Born to Write by Kelly Notaras Write Your Damn Book Course by Jen Sincero Hay House Writer’s Workshop Vicki Fitch, #12Books12Months  Self Publishing School And if you’ve been listening for awhile and haven’t left me a review yet, can you please do me a ginormous favor and subscribe to the podcast go to

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! In today's episode I'm answering listener questions. Hear all about that one time I got scammed online, and I also give advice to a group of authors on the best type of paid advertising use to get more traffic. #1 – Have you ever been scammed online? I’d like to know if you’ve fallen foul of the million and one other types of make money online “opportunities” that have promised to help create an income but which only make an income for the person offering the information. I’ve been through so many different courses, twists and turns and feel that I’ve made it through the sea of charlatans to what it really means to make a viable, legal income online (thank you Shannon!) Has that been hard for you? Or are you one of the lucky ones who landed on the right track straight aw

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! In episode 206, I’m taking you back to basics for marketing your side hustle online. If you find yourself thinking that online business is too complicated, it doesn’t have to be. And if you’re new to it and want a clear path to getting started, this is the episode for you. There are 5 ingredients to any successful online business. Niche Build Know, Like & Trust Email Addresses An Offer Consistency Click here to get the full show notes Welcome to episode 206 of Pep Talks for Side Hustlers, where we’re going back to basics with Marketing an Online Business 101. I love that the beginning of the New Year is a time to reflect on the past year, what went well and what we want to change. And in Episode 205, I walked you through all the lessons I learned in 2018 from my ve

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! I quit my day job a year ago today. Today I’m sharing the the truth about what the first year on my own was really like. If you’re new here…long story short, after side hustling for three years, I had grown my business to the point where it could sustain itself and me. I left the security of my corporate job to strike out on my own so that I could be in control of my time and my earning potential. And today, is the one-year anniversary of me quitting my day job. As I was preparing to write this post, I went back and reviewed the monthly income reports I’ve written throughout 2018. I’m so glad I wrote those reports. It’s easy for me to gloss over the details and just focus on the highlights… I’m not going to go over each month in detail in this post but if you want to go

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! Today I'm sharing two tactics that transcend social media platforms and algorithms that I'm focusing on in 2019 (and why I think they are more powerful than any other tactic available online now). Click here to leave a rating and review on iTunes! Do you ever feel totally overwhelmed when it comes to how to start or grow your side hustle and actually start making some money? Should I be on Instagram? Should I be livestreaming? Should I be on Pinterest? What email system is best? Should I work on SEO? Should I do Facebook ads? Today I’m going to share with you my best tips and advice for what to focus on in 2019 if you want to build a sustainable business and get traction. So, before we dive in, I know that there are a lot of you out there listening to this podcast and 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! Welcome to episode 203, my November 2018 Income Report! If you’re new to the podcast, each 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 NOVEMBER. I interviewed two million-dollar business owners on Pep Talks for Side Hustlers – Episodes 195 & 196 with Kelly Roach and 198 & 199 with Bernadette Doyle. Bernadette Doyle challenged me to start tracking my time and start working 25 hours a week NOW. I ran a final promotion for my membership program, Serious Side Hustlers. I closed my membership program, Serious Side Hustlers. I turned 39, and my husband turned 40. I joined Brooke Castillo’s Self Coachin

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 episode 202!! We’re a less than a month away from 2019, and today I’m going to share with you the goals that I’ve set for myself for 2019. If you recall, back in episodes 155-161, I walked you through my strategic planning process for 2019 so that you could create your own strategic plan for your side hustle. And I also shared with you that the one thing that would make all the other things I want happen faster and easier – also known as a push goal – is to build a team (and actually use them). So that’s what I’ve been in the process of doing in the last few months of 2018 so that I have a solid foundation to stand on in 2019. And in those episodes, recorded back in September kind of at the height of my working frenzy, I shared with you my goal brainstorm. But

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 episode 201, which is my October Income Report! If you’re new to the podcast, each 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 OCTOBER I started going to a yoga class twice a week. I onboarded an intern who’s working 15 hours a week with me through December. I brought on a VA for 15 hours a week (my previous support contract was for 16 hours a month). I booked one new Done For You client. Notes I found to myself in my planner: REVIEW OF MY GOALS My goal each month has been to generate $10,000 in revenue because my rough breakdown to replace my old paycheck, cover business expenses and pay tax

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 episode 200 of Pep Talks for Side Hustlers. Yep, I said 200 – can’t even believe that I have created and produced 200 episodes of this podcast – and in this episode, I’m going to break down for you why I started it, how I market it, how I monetize it, and give you all the stats plus what’s going to happen in the future. If you’re brand new to the podcast – welcome!! There are 199 past episodes that share strategies and tactics to help you market yourself and grow your business online, and that share my story, all the mistakes I’ve made and successes I’ve had along the way so that you can learn from my journey. I’m a web designer by trade, and I teach solopreneurs and entrepreneurs how to build their own websites so that they are empowered to either do it thems

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! In Part 2 of my conversation with online business expert Bernadette Doyle we dig into: Why it’s time to STOP working on your website. How to prioritize what you spend your time on. Why working on your online course is NOT income-producing. Why course correcting is the key to success in any business. Why failure is so rewarding. What a typical day looks like for Bernadette’s million-dollar business. The one thing Bernadette does every single day. Bernadette’s challenge to me on my goal to work less and why I shouldn’t wait to start working 25 hours a week. The top 3 mistakes that Bernadette sees online business owners making. The belief Bernadette changed about herself in order to grow a million dollar business. The most important piece of advice Bernadette has for you t

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 episode 198 of Pep Talks for Side Hustlers! Today’s episode is a really special one… I’m bringing you Bernadette Doyle, an online business expert who mentors her clients to build million-dollar businesses. In Part 1 of our conversation, Bernadette and I get into: What Bernadette focused on first when she started her business that led her to building a million-dollar business. Why you don’t have to know what you’re going to sell to get started growing your online presence. Why taking action before you feel clarity is the most important thing you can do. How to generate an income when you’re not actually working. The biggest mistake (that I’m currently making) when it comes to passive income. The mindset shift Bernadette had to make to release herself from spen

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! In this episode I’m going to teach you how to market yourself –  but before we dive in, if you’re listening to this the day it was released, tomorrow is Thanksgiving AND my 39th birthday – and I just wanted to take a moment to say how grateful I am for YOU for listening to this podcast, for being part of my journey, for telling your friends about it and sharing it with other people that you know would get value from it, and for subscribing and leaving me a review. And if you haven’t subscribed and left a review yet, I’m grateful to you in advance for when you DO – and if you’re in the US and you celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope it’s an awesome one for you. Okay, so let’s dive in to this week’s episode. You may not know this about me, but I majored in marketing and communic