Episode 82: Make Money This Fall By Doing These 4 Things

Take a free SweetLife Entrepreneur Self Assessment Listen to the Podcast Here: Are You Ready to Reset, Refocus, And Make Money This Fall? If you’re like me, you’ve created your own business so you can spend quality time with your family and summer is the perfect season for doing just that. However, as summer starts to wind … Continue reading “Episode 82: Make Money This Fall By Doing These 4 Things”

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Are You Ready to Reset, Refocus, And Make Money This Fall?

If you’re like me, you’ve created your own business so you can spend quality time with your family and summer is the perfect season for doing just that.

However, as summer starts to wind down and the kiddos head back to school, it can sometimes be a little challenging to regroup and get back into the daily swing of things with your business.

That’s why this is the perfect time of year to do a little of bit thinking about the next few months and how you would like to be making money this fall.

In This Episode:

It’s important to take the time to reset, refocus, and reorganize your business a few times throughout the year.

If you’re struggling with getting things going again, or have just hit a wall, you definitely want to listen to this week’s episode.

[“It’s important to take the time to reset, refocus, and reorganize your business a few times throughout the year.“]

In this episode you’ll learn:
  1. Four things you can do right now to kickstart your business, either again or for the first time, so you can make money this fall.
  2. The recommend timeframe you should allow for completing these four things.
  3. The multiple resources I have to help you complete these four things; including my FREE Reset & Refocus Entrepreneur Challenge.

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Resources Mentioned:

Join the Reset & Refocus Entrepreneur Challenge

Join the SweetLife Launch Program

The SweetLife Entrepreneur Podcast | Episode 06: Create & Dominate Your Block Calendar

Gary Keller’s Book | The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

 

 

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Episode 81: Grow Your Business through the Niche Tribe Model – with Stephen Warley

Take a free SweetLife Entrepreneur Self Assessment Listen to the Podcast Here: Are You Struggling to Build Your List or Following? If the answer is yes, you might not have niched down enough in your business. When you try to be everything to everyone, you end up helping no one. Even though it might be scary, niching … Continue reading “Episode 81: Grow Your Business through the Niche Tribe Model – with Stephen Warley”

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Are You Struggling to Build Your List or Following?

If the answer is yes, you might not have niched down enough in your business.

When you try to be everything to everyone, you end up helping no one.

Even though it might be scary, niching down when it comes to your target client or the products and services you offer, can sometimes be the best thing you can do for your business.

In This Episode:

Stephen Warley found himself a reluctant entrepreneur after being laid off in 2000.

Now, with over 18 years of entrepreneurial experience, Stephen can’t imagine working for anyone else and is driven to help others find work/life harmony by creating a niche tribe.

With only 50 leads for potential clients, Stephen was able to create a business that led him to generate over $600,000 in revenue in a single year; proving that you don’t need a giant list to make a significant amount of money.

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In this episode you’ll learn:
  1. The four steps you need to go through to hone in on your niche tribe business model.
  2. Why having a niche tribe is so important and who it will benefit most.
  3. Multiple real-life examples of successful businesses utilizing the niche tribe model.

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Resources Mentioned:

Stephen Warley’s Website

Stephen Warley’s 12-Week Self Assessment

Stephen Warley’s Podcast | Life Skills That Matter

Stephen Warley’s Book | The Only Work Left: How to Manage Your Career as Working for Yourself Becomes the Norm

Racheal Cook’s Fired Up & Focused Challenge

 

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Episode 80: How to Choose the Best Business Model for Lifestyle Entrepreneur Family

Take a free SweetLife Entrepreneur Self Assessment Listen to the Podcast Here: How Am I Able To Take Two Months Off Every Summer? My husband and I run four businesses, raise three boys, and still manage to take two months off every summer to devote to spending quality time with our family. I often get asked how we’re … Continue reading “Episode 80: How to Choose the Best Business Model for Lifestyle Entrepreneur Family”

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How Am I Able To Take Two Months Off Every Summer?

My husband and I run four businesses, raise three boys, and still manage to take two months off every summer to devote to spending quality time with our family.

I often get asked how we’re able to do that and the answer is very simple:

We’ve chosen business models that allow us to take that time off.

In This Episode:

Being a lifestyle entrepreneur is about building a business that allows you to live.

What’s the point of working so incredibly hard to build a successful business, if you can’t enjoy the fruits of that success with your loved ones?

Choosing the right business model for your family is the key to balancing work, life, and family.

[Tweet “Being a lifestyle entrepreneur is about building a business that allows you to live.“]

In this episode you’ll learn:
  1. What a business model is.
  2. The different types of business models that are available to you.
  3. The things you need to consider when choosing the right business model for your family.

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Resources Mentioned:

Connect with Me on Instagram

Join the SweetLife Launch Program

The SweetLife Entrepreneur Podcast | Episode #46: The Template to Design Your Year for Profit, Family, Impact & Travel

The SweetLife Entrepreneur Podcast | Episode #65: Doing Things That Don’t Scale – with John Lee Dumas

Amy Porterfield’s Website

Amy Porterfield’s Podcast: Online Marketing Made Easy

James Wedmore’s Website

Pat Flynn’s Website

 

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Episode 79: How to Build an Online Business Without Fancy Funnels – with Marc Mawhinney

Take a free SweetLife Entrepreneur Self Assessment Listen to the Podcast Here: Want to Get New Clients Without Creating Complex Funnels? Confession #1: I actually really like fancy funnels. I think funnels are a very effective method of landing new clients. However, I know not everyone feels the same way or has the money to put into … Continue reading “Episode 79: How to Build an Online Business Without Fancy Funnels – with Marc Mawhinney”

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Want to Get New Clients Without Creating Complex Funnels?

Confession #1: I actually really like fancy funnels.

I think funnels are a very effective method of landing new clients.

However, I know not everyone feels the same way or has the money to put into Facebook ads that lead your potential clients to your funnels.

Confession #2: Unfortunately, I’m not the best at doing things the simple way; which is part of why I like funnels.

Fortunately, I know just the man to help explain a simple way you can grow your business without the need for complex funnels!

In This Episode:

Marc Mawhinney is a life-long entrepreneur who helps coaches get more clients without paid advertising.

His dry sense of humor had me laughing more than I have during an interview in a very long time.

I was also deeply able to relate to Marc’s “straight-shooter” approach to his business.

According to Marc, coaches over-complicate the concept of coaching and he’s here to bring some common sense back into it.

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In this episode you’ll learn:
  1. How to grow your business organically through producing great content.
  2. How to produce great content consistently.
  3. Marc’s “straight-shooter” approach to how he runs his business and his incredibly successful Facebook community.

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Resources Mentioned:

Marc Mawhinney’s Website

The Natural Born Coaches Podcast

The Marc Mawhinney Show

Marc Mawhinney’s Facebook Group: The Coaching Jungle

Marc Mawhinney’s Print Newsletter: The Secret Coach Club

The Marc Mawhinney Show | Episode #1: Not Everyone Should Be An Entrepreneur!

 

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Episode 78: Navigating the Complex Life of Entrepreneurship with Kids – with Sarah Boyd

Take a free SweetLife Entrepreneur Self Assessment Listen to the Podcast Here: Are Your Kids Involved In Your Business? I’ve mentioned multiple times on the show how we actively involve our kids in our businesses. We do this to not only to help makes things easier now, but to help set them up for their future. We … Continue reading “Episode 78: Navigating the Complex Life of Entrepreneurship with Kids – with Sarah Boyd”

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Are Your Kids Involved In Your Business?

I’ve mentioned multiple times on the show how we actively involve our kids in our businesses. We do this to not only to help makes things easier now, but to help set them up for their future.

We want our kids to be prepared for entrepreneurship and we’re doing everything we can to help facilitate that.

In This Episode:

Luckily, my guest this week feels exactly the same way!

Sarah Boyd is a writer, speaker, and the Founder of Resilient Little Hearts; a children’s publishing house.

As a mother of two, who also happens to be an expert in the fields of psychology and neuroscience, Sarah is deeply committed to equipping the next generation with the foundational life skills of resilience, courage, and kindness through using the power of story.

[Tweet “We want our kids to be prepared for entrepreneurship and we’re doing everything we can to help facilitate that.“]

In this episode you’ll learn:
  1. Sarah’s incredible story that saw her have a confrontation with her own mortality and her family make an international move.
  2. Ways to help your kids prepare for entrepreneurship.
  3. Ways you can support your kids through the transitions of entrepreneurship.

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Resources Mentioned:

Sarah Boyd’s Website

Sarah Boyd on Facebook

Sarah Boyd on Instagram

Resilient Little Hearts

The Boy Who Stood Up Tall Kickstarter Campaign

Sarah’s ‘Mad-Lib’ Style, Plug & Play Bedtime Story (Which Can be Personalized for Your Child to Teach Them Concepts of Courage & Overcoming Fears)

 

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Episode 77: Reliving How to Grow Your Business & Renew Yourself While on Vacation

Take a free SweetLife Entrepreneur Self Assessment Listen to the Podcast Here: Want to grow your business while you’re on vacation? In last week’s episode, I talked about how to prepare your business for when you go on vacation. This week, I’m diving into how you can grow both yourself and your business while you’re on vacation. … Continue reading “Episode 77: Reliving How to Grow Your Business & Renew Yourself While on Vacation”

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Want to grow your business while you’re on vacation?

In last week’s episode, I talked about how to prepare your business for when you go on vacation. This week, I’m diving into how you can grow both yourself and your business while you’re on vacation.

Yes! You can actually grow your business while you’re on the beach.

In This Episode:

It’s absolutely critical for entrepreneurs, especially coaches and consultants, to take a break from their business at healthy intervals. You give so much of your mental, physical, and spiritual energy to your clients; you need to be able to fill your stores back up from time to time in order to provide the best service.

[Tweet “It’s absolutely critical for entrepreneurs, especially coaches and consultants, to take a break from their business at healthy intervals.“]

In this episode you’ll learn:

Practical, yet powerful, strategies for how you can not only grow yourself, but also grow your business while on vacation.

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SweetLife Entrepreneur Podcast | Episode 25: 5 Steps to Prepare Your Business for Vacation

 

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Episode 76: Reliving 5 Steps to Prepare Your Business for Vacation

Take a free SweetLife Entrepreneur Self Assessment Listen to the Podcast Here: Taking a Summer Vacation? This can feel scary when you have a new business. Luckily, your SweetLife Podcast is here today with tips on how to prepare your business for vacation. In This Episode: Small business owners, coaches, entrepreneurs, and solopreneurs all work very hard for clients. … Continue reading “Episode 76: Reliving 5 Steps to Prepare Your Business for Vacation”

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Taking a Summer Vacation?

This can feel scary when you have a new business. Luckily, your SweetLife Podcast is here today with tips on how to prepare your business for vacation.

In This Episode:

Small business owners, coaches, entrepreneurs, and solopreneurs all work very hard for clients. YOU work very hard for your clients. You give and give – and often don’t stop giving until you wear ourself out.

Taking a vacation from your business is oftentimes the best thing you can do for your clients. Sound counterproductive?

Not exactly…

A vacation allows you to rest your mind and recharge your soul; which means you go back to your clients with a renewed sense of energy and drive.

Listen in and see why –

[Tweet “Taking a vacation from your business is oftentimes the best thing you can do for your clients.“]

In this episode you’ll learn:

Five tips to help you prepare your business for vacation so you can actually relax, have fun, spend quality time with your family/friends, and trust that your clients will be there waiting for you when you get back.

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Resources Mentioned:

SweetLife Entrepreneur Podcast | Episode 00: Lifestyle Entrepreneur Manifesto

 

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Episode 75: How to Prep Your Family for Business Launch – April Beach

Take a free SweetLife Entrepreneur Self Assessment Listen to the Podcast Here: Have You Been Properly Training For Entrepreneurship? Launching and developing a business without kids is totally different from launching and developing a business with kids. That’s not to say one is easier than the other, because that’s simply not the case. They just require you … Continue reading “Episode 75: How to Prep Your Family for Business Launch – April Beach”

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Have You Been Properly Training For Entrepreneurship?

Launching and developing a business without kids is totally different from launching and developing a business with kids.

That’s not to say one is easier than the other, because that’s simply not the case. They just require you to go about things a little differently.

When it comes to launching a business while raising children, you can’t just wing it. You, and your family, need to be properly trained.

In This Episode:

If you’re thinking about launching your business, or you’ve already taken the first few steps, I want you to stop right now and listen to this episode!

Launching your business won’t just impact you, it will impact you’re entire family.

That’s exactly why I created this episode to help you learn how to incorporate them into the process.

[Tweet “When it comes to launching a business while raising children, you can’t just wing it. You, and your family, need to be properly trained.“]

In this episode you’ll learn:
    1. Why you should hold a pre-launch family meeting and the topics you should discuss.
    2. The value of creating a family dream board and why it shouldn’t be a virtual one.
    3. The importance of making healthy habits a new normal starting now.

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Join the SweetLife Community on Facebook

Tag Me on Your Instagram Dream Board Post

SweetLife Entrepreneur Podcast | Episode 37: Building a Profitable Creative Business – With Jeff Goins

 

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Episode 74: How to Use an Ultimate Guide to Grow Your Business – with Primoz Bozic

Take a free SweetLife Entrepreneur Self Assessment Listen to the Podcast Here: Are You Working Hard to Establish Yourself As An Expert, But Struggling to Get Noticed? You’ve been working in your industry for a while now and you know your stuff. You’ve got the experience and the expertise, but you still don’t have the recognition or the … Continue reading “Episode 74: How to Use an Ultimate Guide to Grow Your Business – with Primoz Bozic”

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Are You Working Hard to Establish Yourself As An Expert, But Struggling to Get Noticed?

You’ve been working in your industry for a while now and you know your stuff.

You’ve got the experience and the expertise, but you still don’t have the recognition or the audience.

This is a common issue for service-based entrepreneurs and, luckily, our guest this week has a solution for you.

In This Episode:

Primoz Bozic went from being a socially awkward programmer who made $7/hour to building a multiple 6-figure business online while traveling the world.

Primoz now helps service-based entrepreneurs establish themselves as experts in their industry and attract more ideal clients by using a 10-25,000-word ultimate guide.

According to Primoz, creating an ultimate guide is an extremely effective way to grow your audience, your email list, and even your client base.

[Tweet “According to Primoz, creating an ultimate guide is an extremely effective way to grow your audience, your email list, and even your client base.“]

In this episode you’ll learn:
    1. Primoz’s inspiring journey into entrepreneurship.
    2. What an ultimate guide is and how to create one for your business.
    3. The importance of acting on your “crazy ideas” instead of ignoring them.

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Resources Mentioned:

Primoz Bozic’s FREE Ultimate Guide Checklist

Primoz Bozic’s Ultimate Guide System

Primoz Bozic’s Website

Peter Nguyen’s Ultimate Guide to Buying a Leather Jacket

Neil Patel’s The Advanced Guide to SEO

Remit Sethi’s Ultimate Guide to Social Skills

SweetLife Entrepreneur Podcast | Episode 37: Building a Profitable Creative Business – With Jeff Goins

 

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Episode 73: LinkedIn Content Challenge – with Anna Sabino

Take a free SweetLife Entrepreneur Self Assessment Listen to the Podcast Here: Are You Utilizing The Untapped Market That Is LinkedIn? Now that we’re officially in June, it’s time to break-out the bathing suits and the business plans! Summer is a great opportunity to spend time with your family, but it’s also a great time to grow your … Continue reading “Episode 73: LinkedIn Content Challenge – with Anna Sabino”

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Are You Utilizing The Untapped Market That Is LinkedIn?

Now that we’re officially in June, it’s time to break-out the bathing suits and the business plans!

Summer is a great opportunity to spend time with your family, but it’s also a great time to grow your business.

A fantastic, and underutilized, way to that is by taking full advantage of LinkedIn and this week’s guest, Anna Sabino, explains how to do just that.

In This Episode:

Anna is the designer behind the jewelry brand, Lucid New York; which she started over ten years ago after leaving her Wall Street career. She is the author of Your Creative Career, a contributor to Medium, and a certified business building coach who helps her clients grow their creative businesses.

Anna is a firm believer in the power of consistently creating content and she’s currently focusing on publishing her content on LinkedIn since she believes there’s an incredible opportunity for growth on the platform.

[Tweet “Summer is a great opportunity to spend time with your family, but it’s also a great time to grow and scale your business.“]

In this episode you’ll learn:
    1. The open landscape of LinkedIn and what that could mean for your business.
    2. What it means to “fill up your creative well” and why it’s so important.
    3.  Anna’s personal challenge to produce content on a daily basis on LinkedIn.

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Resources Mentioned:

Anna Sabino’s Book: Your Creative Career

Anna Sabino’s Free Guide: 12 Creative Career Insights

Follow Anna’s LinkedIn Content Challenge

Follow Anna on Medium

Anna Sabino’s Facebook Group: Creative Community for Entrepreneurs

Anna Sabino’s Jewelry Company

Join SweetLife Launch: 12 Week Business Launch Program

 

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