In this episode, I share the final tweak to your business model and syste,s, after re-modelling to keep things light and simple:

Tracking your progress to the $400k profit sweet spot with one magic metric – and then knowing what to do with the profit once you get there!

Mentioned in this Episode: 

Get a Ticket for the $400k Profit Plan Workshop (to be held 24 November): https://www.lifestylebusinessschool.co/tyis8awr 

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It's a special birthday episode in the series! 

In this episode, I share how to tweak your publishing strategy to thrive right now. 

Mentioned in this Episode: 

Get a Ticket for the $400k Profit Plan Workshop (to be held 24 November): https://www.lifestylebusinessschool.co/tyis8awr 

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Here’s what we know right now:

• Launches are inconsistent; 
• Evergreen has lost so much steam that it’s mostly just (at best) a lead generation engine at this point; 

.. And, that the answer isn’t to keep doing the same old.

In this podcast episode, I break down the sales system I recommend right now, and why. 

Mentioned in this Episode: 

Get a Ticket for the $400k Profit Plan Workshop (to be held 24 November): https://www.lifestylebusinessschool.co/tyis8awr 

Get the Online Business Model Map I Recommend for 2026: https://lifestylebusiness.school/profit-plan-lm-1

Evergreen Funnel Case Study: How I Made $27,813 in 2 Months (And Why It’s Not Passive Income): https://lifestylebusinessschool.substack.com/p/evergreen-sales-funnel-case-study

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In other words, they aren't generating the volume of leads required to sell.

As I've already covered, this isn't getting easier in the current environment – it's getting harder. The problem is two-fold – the leads are harder to get, and once you have them it's harder to sell to them.

Most founders try to solve the problem in one of two ways:

Chase more leads: Makes sense on the surface of it, right? If you don't have enough leads, you should look for ways to get more. And so, they do. They start posting on new social platforms, running more ads, trying out different lead magnets... and most of the time, hitting up against their tipping point when they do.

Create more offers: Faced with a shortfall in revenue, they decide to build out new offers to serve the people they already have in their audience. Revenue-wise, it works great. Time and energy-wise, it stacks their calendar with more creation and more things to deliver on, and they end up working more than ever.

Here's the problem:

Both solutions require MORE AND BIGGER to achieve the same endgame.

If your goal is the $400k sweet spot, I have a different approach for you and I'm walking through what it is in today's podcast episode. 

Mentioned in this Episode: 

Get a Ticket for the $400k Profit Plan Workshop (to be held 24 November): https://www.lifestylebusinessschool.co/tyis8awr 

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In the last episode we unpacked why chasing scale past the tipping point often makes everything harder. The fix? Clarity on your endgame, and a focus on the smallest, simplest and lightest model for achieving it.

Of course, you’re welcome to clarify your own endgame.

But to make things easy, I’m simply going to share a beautiful and realistic sweet spot endgame that represents a damn good life for most online experts. 

Mentioned in this Episode: 

Get a Ticket for the $400k Profit Plan Workshop (to be held 24 November): https://www.lifestylebusinessschool.co/tyis8awr 

Get the Online Business Model Map I Recommend for 2026: https://lifestylebusiness.school/profit-plan-lm-1

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(I wish someone had given me this advice before I grew a big, traditional business). 

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Get a Ticket for the $400k Profit Plan Workshop (to be held 24 November): https://www.lifestylebusinessschool.co/tyis8awr 

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For the past eight years, I've worked with 2,000+ students, created over 200 podcast episodes that have been downloaded millions of times, and made several million dollars in revenue as the 'online course' girl.

Only, times have changed.

This episode is the first in a series sharing what's changed and the model I recommend moving forward. In today's episode, I am sharing what has shifted, why and why I think it's an incredible opportunity for women who desire a simple, lean lifestyle business. 

Mentioned in this Episode: 

Get a Ticket for the $400k Profit Plan Workshop (to be held 24 November): https://www.lifestylebusinessschool.co/tyis8awr 

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I hate when my fave podcasters go AWOL, so here's a little update and a few things I wanted to share! I'll be back on the podcast airwaves in July - will you miss me? Send me a DM on Instagram if there is something in this episode that resonated (@steviedillon_). 

See you soon!

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nline business is changing. With the prevalent decrease in the social media engagement, here's three very specific and practical things I'm doing to adapt to the new environment.

1. Social Media — invest in your performing content to get more engagement
2. Email Marketing — start nurturing your email list
3. Role of Podcasting, YouTube and Substack — for the handy top of funnel OR middle of funnel platform

In this episode, I’m breaking down how I’ve traditionally captured it (hello Instagram, podcasting, and email marketing 👋), how much time I’ve been pouring into each platform, and the results I discovered when I did a little audit. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t what I expected.

Episode Shownotes:

00:00 Changes in the online business industry
01:22 Traditional attention channels
03:10 Evaluating channel effectiveness
06:39 Shifts in social engagement
18:43 Revamping email strategies
26:24 The Role of podcasting
34:26 Conclusion and next steps    

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Recommended next episode: 

→ Ep 271: Are Funnels Dead? No, But Things Are MESSY Right Now (Here’s What to Do About It)

→ Ep 272: Pay Me Attention: How to Grow, Fast.

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I haven't launched anything for nine months. I have been dark on social media, and I have only sporadically appeared on this podcast. So you might be wondering - Stevie, where have you been? What have you been doing and what is coming next? And if you have, you're gonna love today's podcast episode.

And if you haven't, then this is the episode that you didn't even know that you wanted!

Episode Shownotes:

00:00 Introduction and where I've been
00:52 The concept of seasons in business
05:16 Rediscovering myself: music and reading
07:35 The power of domino habits
13:27 Balancing business and parenthood
17:13 Clarifying my mission and future goals
24:02 Conclusion and final thoughts

———

Recommended next episode: 

→ Ep 250: I’ve Worked 5 Hours a Week Since March. Here’s How.

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Read this series on Substack: https://lifestylebusinessschool.substack.com/

For your lifestyle business to really SING, there’s one final step in the four part personal brand series – to turn what you’ve conjured up so far and giving it a talkaboutable edge!

Getting this right from the outset is like sprinkling magic fairy dust on your business.

Having a talkaboutable edge to what you do bakes BUZZ right into the very fabric of your business, and makes people stop, sit up and pay attention when you start talking about it.

It also makes everything you do to try to get attention after that point about fifty million times easier.

In this episode, we walk through exactly how to do it: 

00:00 Introduction to talkaboutable edge
00:18 Recap of previous episodes
00:50 Defining talkaboutable edge
03:55 Examples of talkaboutable edge
08:30 Steps to create a talkaboutable edge
10:03 Developing thought leadership
16:01 Creating a mission-based business
17:49 Crafting a unique concept
22:07 Infusing your concept into your business
28:30 Conclusion and next steps

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Recommended next episode: 

→ Part One (Don’t Build Businesses. Build Personal Brand Projects Instead!): https://lifestylebusiness.school/276

→ Part Two (Three Layers Deep: All Aboard the Niche Train): https://lifestylebusiness.school/277

→ Part Three (‘You Talkin’ to ME !’ – Market Well to Sell, Sell, Sell): https://lifestylebusiness.school/278

→ Part Four (Attention on Tap: How to Bake Serious Buzz 🐝 Into Your Personal Brand Based Business): https://lifestylebusiness.school/279

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→ Read this series on Substack: https://lifestylebusinessschool.substack.com/

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Welcome to Part Three of our five-part series on setting up your personal brand for success! 

In this episode, we dive deep into the crucial art of positioning. It's not just about finding a niche; it's about understanding the customer journey, choosing the right market and how marketing and positioning work hand in hand to make your brand irresistible.

You can view Part One and Part Two of this series here,  and subscribe to the podcast to be notified when the next part is released.

Ready to turn your niche into a powerhouse brand? Let's dive in!

Episode Shownotes

00:00 Introduction: The importance of positioning
01:09 My journey: From corporate job to social media manager
02:55 The turning point: Bali and beyond
04:08 The biggest mistake: No niche, no market
05:55 The power of positioning
10:05 Understanding the customer journey
14:09 Steps to effective positioning
16:12 Choosing the right market
21:42 Conclusion: position well to sell
22:48 Next steps and further learning

Recommended next episode: 

→ Part One in the Series: Don't Build Businesses! Build Projects!

→ Part Two in the Series: Three Layers Deep: All Aboard the Niche Train

Links Mentioned: 

→ '‘You Talkin’ to ME!’ – Market Well to Sell, Sell, Sell' - Read this article on Substack

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To stand out and sell — always, but especially in 2025 — you’ve gotta niche.

Happily (especially if you are a personal brand), that DOESN’T mean putting your sweet little multi-passionate self into a box for twenty years and throwing away the key.

But it DOES mean that you should create individual PROJECTS under your personal brand (I talk about that more in part one of this series here) and niche them sufficiently so as to cut through.

How? Choose a market that has in-built demand, and then to go three or four layers deep to specialise within it. In this episode, I show you how. 

PS This is Part Two in a five part series to help you set up a personal brand for success. You can view Part One here, and subscribe to the podcasts for the other posts in the series to come!

Episode Shownotes:

00:00 The importance of niching
01:25 Common mistakes in niching
03:06 Stages of business development
09:17 The need for a niche in a crowded market
12:31 Three-step process to effective niching
13:04 Step 1: Choosing a profitable market
17:05 Step 2: Going one layer deeper
18:14 Step 3: Niching by vehicle
25:29 Conclusion and next steps

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Recommended next episode: 

→ Part One in the Series: Don't Build Businesses! Build Projects!

Links Mentioned: 

→ 'Three Layers Deep! All Aboard the Niche Train' - Read this article on Substack

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This one is aimed squarely at you, my little ‘personal brand-based’ founder darlings — in other words, the current and aspiring content creators, consultants, coaches, freelancers, creatives and knowledge-based founders of the Internet.

Over a series of five podcasts (because brevity ain’t my strong point), I’m going to break down for you everything I know about how to set a personal brand based business for big fun, big freedom and BIG money.

In this episode, we're starting strong 🥃 

I'm covering how to set yourself up as a personal brand based business the right way from the start to feed and fuel MULTIPLE, DISTINCT NICHES..

.. in a way that doesn’t bore you to tears, destroy your soul and keep you trapped in a box that feels like the online equivalent to maximum security prison for your happy, creative, multi-passionate little soul.

Episode Show Notes

00:00 The importance of finding your niche
00:34 The cold hard truth about personal branding
01:37 Projects over businesses
02:24 Understanding personal brand-based businesses
04:29 Personal brand-based business vs. traditional business
06:30 What is a personal brand?
08:00 What are business interests?
10:23 Examples of personal brand projects
16:52 Conclusion and next steps

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Recommended next episode: 

→ This is Part One in a series - subscribe to the podcast to get the next one the second it drops!

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→ 'Don't Build Businesses! Build Projects!' - Read this article on Substack

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Your offer suite is the beating heart of your business. Without it, you don’t have a business. 

In this episode, I will show you how to map out an offer suite with one flagship offer as the crown jewel. You'll discover why small (and might is best) and the ONLY three offers you need to hit a million dollars (plus, how to structure to reach your time and money goals. 

I cover: 

• Why a simple offer suite is the key to a lifestyle business that prioritises balances; 
• The only three offers you need, which order to create them in and the job each does; 
• How to map a profitable offer suite. 

Episode Show Notes:

00:00 The importance of an offer suite
00:37 Creating a high-converting offer suite
01:48 The case for a simple, streamlined offer suite
12:26 First offer: Flagship offer
16:10 Second offer: Entry offer
21:33 Third offer: Anchor offer
25:22 Mapping out your offer suite
34:04 Conclusion and next steps

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Recommended next episode: 

→ Ep 252: How to Create an Irresistible, “Hell Yes” Online Course, Coaching or Membership Offer (Inspired by 2am Flights and Toddler Meltdowns)

Links Mentioned: 

→ Get Create and Validate for 60% off to create your first or next irresistible online course in the next 12-weeks

→ 66% off Dream & Design where you can design (or re-design) a wildly aligned, time leveraged expertise-based business model that feels just right for you

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In this week's podcast, we'll be revisiting through our Podcast Best Of series on how we make, manage and grow money in order to make work optional.

Active income is never passive. 

Work is work.

But the income from your work can be funneled into assets that CAN be passive – and that, ultimately, is the game.

These days, I am passionate about sharing that message with others. 

Even moreso in this online business world, where we have the capacity to build high profit margin businesses.

And, where a little know how on what to DO with that income is life-changing. 

And so, in this throwback episode, I am sharing with you the six steps for building a business that will one day allow you to make work optional and to enjoy true passive income. 

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Recommended next episode: 

→ ❤️‍🔥😍 Sexy Budgeting, Finances and PROFIT for Online Business Owners

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Let's talk about finding alignment and balance in new motherhood, especially when your traditional business model and success no longer serves the life you want to create.

In this podcast episode, I share my experience with running a business and raising 2 young kids, finding myself again and building a business that truly lights me up.

This is an interview that first aired on Rachelle Saevils 'Behind the Fold' podcast, where she shares interviews breaking down the real and raw BTS of motherhood and business. 

We discussed: 

• 5:38 - My business growth, fears and preparation during and after my first pregnancy.
• 12:57 - The time in between my first and second child of feeling unaligned and conflicted, that caused me to rethink my whole business model.
• 20:00 - The experience and struggles of having my partner become the primary care giver while I continued working.
• 23:30 - How my motherhood identity and mindset changed from one birth to the next.
• 26:15 - Learning about the power of self care, slowing down and being okay with extended timelines when it comes to goals.
• 34:00 - Focusing on what matters most to you, even if it means a revenue dip in your business for a season.

I hope this episode encourages you to seek balance among all the areas you may be juggling in whatever that might look like for you- give yourself some grace. 

If you love this episode, definitely check out Rachelles podcast, Behind the Fold.

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Recommended next episode: 

→ I'll be doing a motherhood and business Q+A podcast episode soon. Have a question for it? DM me on Instagram here: @steviedillon_

Links Mentioned: 

→ Behind the Fold Podcast on Spotify

→ Behind the Fold Podcast on Apple Podcasts

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Ahhhh, attention (aka traffic, aka your ‘top of funnel’ in marketing speak). 

The darling of the Internet!

Understandably so, it’s the tip of the proverbial Internet iceberg and the ONLY thing that’s visible when we’re scrolling online. And for that reason, we’re obsessed with it and start to think that the ultimate success of our online businesses lives and dies by it. 

And whilst it’s true that it matters, it’s just one piece of the marketing funnel pie. 

Let’s talk all things top of funnel – aka traffic, aka the darling of the Internet – and answer some of the biggest questions.

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Episode Shownotes
00:00 Introduction: Capturing attention and growing your audience
00:29 Understanding the marketing funnel
01:13 Five hot tips: Top of funnel strategies
01:25 Tip 1: Top of funnel comes last
05:11 Tip 2: Clarify your business model
09:50 Tip 3: Build your email list
16:20 Tip 4: Message market fit
21:33 Tip 5: Getting attention
40:58 Conclusion and summary

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Recommended next episode: 

→ Ep 270: Marketing Has Changed. Here’s What You MUST Know to Sell Scalable Offers Right Now.

→ Ep 271: Are Funnels Dead? No, But Things Are MESSY Right Now (Here's What to Do About It)

Links Mentioned: 

→ Traffic Playbook [Currently 70% Off]: Get the Marketing System for driving the volume and quality of traffic required to sell your scalable offers in 2025.

→ Click Power Podcast Episode

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Recently, Google embarked on a mission to answer one question: 

‘How do consumers decide what they want to buy and who they want to buy it from?’

The answer was.. squiggly, the say the least. 

To stand out and sell in 2025, you’re not just ‘one funnel away’ anymore. Instead, it’s essential to build an ecosystem of touchpoints to satisfy the savvy, skeptical buyers that you’re the real deal. 

The 'middle of funnel' is more important (and squiggly) than ever, and to stand out and sell? Yours needs to be robust. 

The test is this — if someone found you right now, would they have 7-9 hours of touchpoint available with you to binge on demand? ⁠

If not, you need today's episode. 

And if you do, you still need it - because there's four other tests I share, too. 

Episode Show Notes:
00:00 The changing landscape of marketing
00:14 The middle of funnel squig
02:25 Reasons why the landscape has changed
02:26 Reason one: Trust desert
03:30 Reason two: A more discerning market
04:33 Reason three: Savvier research abilities
05:41 Five tips for standing out
08:18 One: Build a strong brand
14:34 Two: Establish a middle of funnel trigger
18:41 Three: Automate your middle of funnel ecosystem
25:35 Four: Create long form content
32:56 Five: Inject authority markers

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Recommended next episode: 

→ [Last week's episode]: Marketing Has Changed. Here’s What You MUST Know to Sell Scalable Offers Right Now.

Links Mentioned: 

→ Don't Build Businesses! Build Projects! Part 1/5: The multi-passionate personal brand-based founders guide to a business that prints cash, serves well and sets you free

→ Traffic Playbook [Currently 70% Off]: Get the Marketing System for driving the volume and quality of traffic required to sell your scalable offers in 2025.

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Marketing has changed. If you want to drive the volume and quality of traffic you need to sell your scalable offers in 2025, this is for you. 

Side note — this is absolutely NOT for the full-time content creators, and the people who spend their days marketing online for a living. It’s for the people who NEED to understand how this stuff works to build the thing they ACTUALLY DO (without it taking 18,273 hours a week). 

Episode Show Notes:
00:45 Understanding the marketing funnel
02:09 The Importance of messaging in marketing
07:10 Building an effective marketing funnel
14:35 Bottom of funnel
22:56 Middle of funnel
27:44 Top of funnel
34:28 Conclusion and Next Steps

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———

Recommended next episode: 

→ Click Power: The One Metric That Could Sink Your Next Launch

Links Mentioned: 

→ Traffic Playbook Course: Get the Marketing System for driving the volume and quality of traffic required to sell your scalable offers in 2025. 

→ Substack Series on Refining Your Marketing Message (this is a series of five newsletters, it will be updated soon to include marketing messaging, positioning and more)

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If you love behind the scenes episodes, this is for you. 

After spending a year building out my new business model, it's time to take everything I've created and grow it.

To "stay the course", as my friend Odette said to me at brunch last week.

So today, I want to share with you my 2025 game plan, real numbers and all! 

Episode Shownotes:
00:00  Introduction: Transparency and Real Numbers
03:30  Step 1: Setting the Vision
17:39  Step 2: Making the Plan
35:00  Step 3: Execution and Tracking
32:27  Habits, Systems, and Support for Success
39:19  Summary of 2025 Game Plan

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Recommended next episode: 

→ How to Make $500k within 24 Months with a $500k Offer

Links Mentioned: 

→ My 2025 Game Plan on Substack

→ My 2024 Revenue Numbers Revealed

→ My YouTube Page

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🏜 We're officially in a trust desert, people. Your future buyers still want to buy, sure. 

But, the times are a changin' and to keep up, we need to level up. 

Here's just a few of the changes in the online business landscape that have accelerated over the past 12 months: 

🤠 We're all super aware that there are cowboys in the industry, and many of us have been burnt by them;

💸 We don't have as much free cash to splash, and we're super wary of ensuring it goes to the right person for the job; 

🤖 AI is advancing at a clip, and we're craving a unique perspective and a human to lead us; 

💅🏼 The industry is becoming more sophisticated, and in a buyers market we're spoilt for choice; and

📈 Buying cycles are getting longer, as people stop responding to direct response marketing and instead are taking their time to make sure a purchase is the right one for them. 

All of these changes have led to the "perfect storm"; one where the online business landscape is fast being split down the middle into two clear camps: 

The first? Those willing to do what it takes to develop trust. And the second? Those still clinging onto the old ways of doing business, and wondering why it isn't working anymore. 

In today's podcast episode, I'm breaking down what this trust desert is and five things to consider to ensure that you don't get left behind. 

Here's a summary of points covered: 

1) Touchpoints: The need for more touchpoints to build rapport with audience prior to purchase. 

2) Audience: The increasing importance of audience and community. 

3) Middle of Funnel: The non-negotiable need for a middle of funnel content channel. 

4) Thought Leadership: Why how to content no longer cuts it. 

5) Catering to Longer Buying Cycles: Why multiple touchpoints are needed to achieve a benchmark CVR. 

If you need help with developing trust with a robust traffic system for developing traffic and building trust with them, you need Traffic Playbook! This is a full course included in Lifestyle Business School, and also able to be purchased separately. 

To check it out, click here. 

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In the past month, I experienced the “tipping point” in the leveraged business model I started building out from scratch 12 months ago.

All leveraged expertise-based models have them, IF YOU KNOW TO STICK WITH IT LONG ENOUGH TO GET TO THE MAGIC ✨

But, this isn’t always in line with the rhetoric online.

We hear of “quick wins”, “six figure launches” straight out of the gate and unicorns who build their dream business in a year.

And sure, with some business models, that may actually be possible.

Take a service-based or freelancer business model for instance.

You can build it in a day, book yourself out in a week and be making $10k in a month.

The trade off? That the revenue comes at the expense of your time.. forever.

When you’re creating a leveraged business model that ultimately gives you compounding revenue, high profit margins and MORE time back as time goes on, it’s different.

There’s the decision to start.

Then, the build.

And then FINALLY, the tipping point.

The tipping point is the inflection point where the work you have done up until that point starts to compound and snowball.

Your revenue starts to really increase.

Your time and the energetic lift starts to decrease.

And all of the hard work starts to pay off.

But, it’s a process, and it’s in NO WAY instant.

I think being more honest about this is only going to serve people, because they might then have more realistic expectations, stay in it for the long run and actually start to see the fruits of their labour over time.

In today’s podcast episode, I am going to share a little about that process.

I’ve followed this exact same process now for three iterations of my business.. and it’s the SAME EVERY TIME.

Podcast Episodes Referenced:

• Ep 185: ❤️‍🔥😍 Sexy Budgeting, Finances and PROFIT for Online Business Owners
• Ep 262: How to Make $500k Within 24 Months With a $2k Offer (Detailed Step by Step)
• Ep 253: Engineering Alignment: Building an Offer That Sparks Joy, Lights You Up and Brings Happy to Your Day

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It’s official ONE WEEK until my 7th business birthday (and my ACTUAL birthday! 🎈), so I thought it a good time to reflect on 7 lessons I’ve learnt from 7 years in business. 

Here goes!

1️⃣ It’s okay to leave money on the table. 

2️⃣ Traditional business advice might not apply. 

3️⃣ There isn’t one right way of doing business. 

4️⃣ Everything is a solvable problem. 

5️⃣ Take the action and the outcome will (eventually) take care of itself.

6️⃣ On indecision. 

7️⃣ Make your success a habit. 

Read the full blogpost here.

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This is a business strategy podcast Q+A, where I am answering some JUICY questions.

Let’s call it a big ‘ol business strategy sesh!

I answer:

➡️ I am a creative and I want to expand my clients/audience with a leveraged offer like a digital course or products. What is the best way to do this?

➡️ I want to create a low cost digital product, around $30. Can I be successful with this?

➡️ I have a specialised niche and I want to create something lower cost to serve them. Should I?

➡️ How much time do you need to dedicate each week to build a successful lifestyle business?

And more!

These are some of the questions that have been coming through as we prepare to close the doors on the current price, extended time bonus and all of the other special bonuses. Whether you are thinking about joining Lifestyle Business School, or you simply love a good strategy jam sesh – this is for you!

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