Setting Goals and Crushing Them
The trick to setting goals and crushing them isn’t what you think. It’s not the goals that are important, it’s the actions you take to make those goals happen. And far too often people are highly underestimating the amount of work it takes to crush your goals! The Truth about Setting Goals and Crushing Them
How to Finish Strong with a Quarterly Plan!~
Who needs a quarterly plan in business?If you’re anything like I used to be you might think you don’t. I thought I could fly by the seat of my pants. Wing it. Go with the flow. And I did for many years. But I was just being reactive and I missed SO MANY opportunities to
In Email Marketing What is a Relationship Email?
In email marketing my favorite kind of email is the relationship email. What is it? Here’s my definition of a relationship email: This is an email that builds a relationship with your subscriber. Simple. Easy. Effective. In order to create relationship emails you really need to shift your thinking from being a “marketer” to being
Website Flipping Guide: How to Flip Websites
What is Website Flipping? Website flipping is the activity of buying website, increasing their value, and then selling them for a profit. Why Do It? Benefits of Site Flipping There are so many great reasons to flip websites! Let’s go over them: As you can tell website flipping is a very attractive online business model
Under Desk Treadmill Review
About ten years ago I read an article about a lady who worked and walked every day with a treadmill under her desk. She said it kept her healthy and she even lost weight because of it. She walked HOURS a day while working. I was fascinated! I really struggle to get fitness in and
How to Write an eBook and Make Money
If you’re looking to build an online business and teach what you know then writing an ebook is a great way to get started! Some advantages to writing an ebook are: How to Write an eBook and Make Money I sat down with my client and friend Gael Wood of Elevate with Gael to ask
Email Nurture Sequence – Naw… you don’t need one.
Please allow me to jump on my soapbox for a moment re: the ever popular “Email Nurture Sequence”. My thoughts are you don’t need one. Here’s why: The email nurture sequence also known as a lead magnet email sequence or an evergreen email sequence assumes that you need to build trust to earn the sale.
30 Day Social Media Detox Challenge
Hello, hey! I feel it’s very much time for me to do a minimum 30 Day Social Media Detox Challenge! Did you know in 2022 I quit social media? Like totally quit. I closed my Instagram and Facebook accounts completely. DELETED. And it was heavenly! Really a lot better than I realize it would be.
Email Coaching for Introvert Coaches
I used to hate coaching because I thought I had to do discovery calls and then weekly calls with clients. Then I realized I could do coaching MY way. The idea of being “booked solid” NEVER appealed to me. YUCK… who wants their calendar packed with calls? NOT me. I’m an introvert and like my
Starting a Coaching Business Checklist
There are a lot of online business coaching leaders out there telling people that ANYONE can start a coaching business. This simply is not true! Please don’t fall for the idea that you can just coach people to coach people who coach people! This is a completely unethical way to build a business. So before
How to launch your online course business
I feel like it’s time for a big picture overview of how to launch your online course business. Often I’m giving you the details… the “in the weeds” kind of information that you can use if you know where you’re going and what you want from your business. But what if you’re still trying to
Digital Products Business
Oh hey you and welcome, welcome to the digital products business page! You’ve just landed on the key to my entire lifestyle freedom plan – digital products. I personal have an online business model that includes courses, a membership, smaller classes and coaching. I do a little affiliate marketing, too. If you’re looking to leverage
Organic SEO expert Lauren Gaggioli teaches the steps
I sat down with organic seo expert Lauren Gaggioli to over the steps to create an entire “Organic Marketing Ecosystem” like Lauren teaches! This is an in-detail, fun and candid free search engine optimization training that you can get for free right here – no gatekeeping! Come back later to watch the replay if you
Business dreams turned into reality
Do you think your business dreams are too big? too crazy? too “pie in the sky”? There’s nothing wrong with big dreams and I’ve found the fastest way to make them happen is to make them personal. This is especially true if you’re running a small business with no employees like those of us selling
Email Marketing Tips
Hello email marketer! You’re on the hunt for some email marketing tips and you’ve come to the right page here on Living Lifestyle Freedom. I’ve personally been email marketing since 2007-ish and I love the freedom and flexibility it has provided me! Email marketing allowed me to work after breaking my ankle and being stuck
Lifestyle Business Freedom
Welcome! If you’re looking for a lifestyle business you’ve come to the right place. It might seem too good to be true. I get it. We’ve been taught that business has to be hard. We have to sacrifice family time, self care, a tidy home and put our business first. Well, friend, I’m here to
Marketing without social media
If you’re wondering if marketing without social media is even possible I can tell you without a doubt it is. As an online business owner since 2002 I have run my business before social media even existed! How to Grow Your Business Without Social Media Many people in this reddit thread will tell you it’s
Is Becoming A Mompreneur Right For You?
Is becoming a mompreneur part of your life’s vision but you’re feeling a little overwhelmed about where to start? There’s a lot of amazing information about the best ways to create a side hustle as a stay at home mom out there. But if you want to explore the tried-and-true methods of launching your own
Business Success Affirmations & Practical Tips
Business success affirmations are great. They are one way to work through any mindset issues you have on building a business. As you grow your business you’ll bump up against many deeply ingrained thoughts that can pull you down and hold you back, if you don’t deal with them. Here are some business success affirmations
Blogging about my life. Can I make money doing that?
So I’ve been blogging about my life since my first blog post in 2005 about winning a game of poker. That’s what I thought blogs were. Little journals about your life. These days blogging is often taken a much more impersonal, money-motivated approach. So you really might be wondering… Can I make money blogging about
ThriveCart Templates – Free and Create Your Own for Fast Sales Pages
Thrivecart has recently released built-in ThriveCart templates. In this article I’ll share how to use them, how to customize them and how to create your own! Free ThriveCart Templates I was excited to get the email from ThriveCart recently that they’ve released new templates that are included in the platform. To access these templates you
Email Marketing Platforms – Free vs Paid?
As an email marketer I’ve often been asked about the cheapest email marketing platform to use. I personally think that’s the wrong question to ask and in this post I’ll tell you why. I’ll also recommend a platform that’s as cheap as it gets (free) for up to 300 subscribers and that’s plenty to get
How to Earn Money as a Stay at Home Mom – 22 Year Income Report
‘In 2002 I decided to quit my job and learn how to earn money as a stay at home mom who also runs a business. It seemed logical to me… I want to spend time with my son. He was four months old and needed me. So I knew I wanted to stay at home
I Won’t Read Your Ad Filled Posts & Other Amateur Blogging Mistakes
When it comes to amateur blogging mistakes I’ve made many of them myself. In this post I’ll share with you what I’ve learned with blogging on WordPress for business since 2005. #1: Adding too many plugins WordPress has an impressive amount of plugins available for free. Plugins add functionality to your site but they can
ConvertBox Review – Easier Opt-ins & Lead Generation
Intro: I’m excited to do a detailed ConvertBox review for you in this post. I worked hard on making sure you have all the info you need to decide if it’s right for you! If I left anything out or missed anything please feel free to contact me and let me know. ConvertBox is a
Work at Home Mom Schedule Wins for Balance & Peace!
The Classic Question: What is your work at home mom schedule? After running my own business since my now 20 year old son was four months old. I have had many people ask over the years what my work at home mom schedule is. My schedule has been all over the place. Always adapting. Always
ThriveCart Learn Tour for Online Courses
ThriveCart Learn is a wonderful tool for building your courses and coaching programs. In this recording I’ll show you around ThriveCart Learn. Learn is a fairly new addition to ThriveCart and not everyone realizes ThriveCart is not just a shopping cart – it’s also a course management system (CMS) where you can host your courses
How Fast Can I Get to Six Figures?
Straight to the answer to the question of “how fast can I get to six figures”? It could take you one week, one year or one decade. I know… not the answer you wanted to hear! But the amount of variables required to answer that question and the future-telling needed to know how you’d do
Growing & Starting an Online Business – Checklist & Steps
In this starting an online business checklist I’m walking you through all the steps I’ve deemed most important in my 22 years of building businesses online. This checklist won’t include legal advice or suggestions like “research and write a 90-page business plan” that you’d find for typical business advice. It’s not for start-ups that want
Should You Start a Membership Site? Ideas for Membership Sites…
If you’re looking for ideas for membership sites and trying to decide if you should start one this post is for you.In 2010 I created my first membership site. It was simple. You could call it a “subscription” site, even. I showed up once a month and taught a class via live webinar. I used this
How to Build an Email List without a Website
In this post you will learn how to build an email list without a website so that the process of website design and tech doesn’t hold you back! How to Build an Email List Without a Website:The Overview You don’t need a website to build an email list. All you need is a good email
How Often Should You Send Email Marketing?.. Email Marketing Practice
Is email marketing a necessary evil or can it be that email marketing is a practice, something you do easily and without even a second thought. If you wonder how often should you send email marketing then keep reading… the answer might surprise you! Email Marketing is one of the most underused marketing methods I
Life Without Social Media – How Quitting Social Media Affected My Life & Business
In 2022 I decided to find out what life and business without social media would look like. I was so tired of seeing people arguing. I had so much anxiety and I thought a lot of it was coming from social. Disconnecting from Social Media So I packed up my Facebook and Instagram, shut them
Life First, Then Business: What is a Lifestyle Business?
What is a lifestyle business is the kind of question you will start to consider when you realize it’s actually possible to put life first, THEN business. A lifestyle business is a business that can be built AROUND your life. Traditional business such as start-ups and corporations take ZERO consideration into how the people running
Recurring Revenue Businesses & Passive Income Ideas Online
The internet provides a great potential for recurring revenue businesses and passive income. Here are my top three favorite business models for leveraging your work into more time AND more income: I personally have been running some kind of recurring revenue business since 2010. For almost that entire time I had a base income I
Marketing Connections: What are the benefits of relationship marketing?
If you’re looking to make marketing connections so that you grow your business in a way that is a win-win for everyone this article is for you! Asking “what are the benefits of relationship marketing” will get you so far but it’s more important to think of how YOU can bring value. Then lean into
How to Disconnect from Social Media
I decided to disconnect from social media and here’s what happened. A few years ago I was feeling incredibly anxious and just so overwhelmed. At the time we were smack dab inside a pandemic that nobody had any rules for. Remember it? People were posting all kinds of things. Attempts to help, encourage and most