Friday, May 8, 2020

Ready to get your online biz out of your head and onto the web Heres what you dont know. - When I Grow Up

Ready to get your online biz out of your head and onto the web Heres what you dont know. - When I Grow Up Laura Simms and I have a lot of similarities. We both  left our careers as performers seeking more freedom, autonomy, and fulfillment in our work, and transitioned into being the coaches we needed at the time. We both proudly bootstrapped our  businesses in the beginning and are now thriving business owners who have sold traditionally published books, online courses, one-on-one coaching packages, in-person events, and more. We have a combined 12 years of experience, having personally worked with hundreds of people through their career transitions into entrepreneurship. The main difference? I work specifically with creatives who want to be entrepreneurs, and she works with those who want to find a meaningful career around their purpose. My branding and energy is more Punky Brewster, and hers, J.Crew. Weve known each other for about 5 years now (she actually emailed me when she was juuuuuust starting out to ask some informational questions about my biz the cutest!) and have been talking about joining forces on an offer for almost as long. A few months ago, though, it came to us: we can, collectively, help aspiring or brand new business owners get clear on their business idea and help them launch it into the world. In 90 days. With a personalized action plan  + timeline. Its funny, because Ive  always been resistant to Tell Others What To Do For Their Career. That was confirmed for me when I went to a wedding that was catered by a pizza fire truck. I looked at it and went, If someone can buy a firetruck and install a pizza oven, beer tap and photo booth inside and drive it around to different events, than anything is possible and nobody can tell anyone what to do when they grow up. But after working with hundreds of women on their career transitions, Ive shifted my thoughts and beliefs slightly. I still wont be telling anyone what she should be doing as her end-all, be-all career but I often know where she needs to  start. When someone decides to work with me, she  fills out pages of info all about her goals and challenges around her  dream career. I ask a lot of questions, and I get the whole story: whats worked about her  prior jobs (and what hasnt), her inkling to whats next, her proudest achievement, the things she knows she can get paid to teach or share, etc. By the time Im done reading, I usually know the action that needs to be taken thatll allow her to  get out of her head and into her hands, as a former client put it. Usually, The Answer is buried in all those words, expressed in an inkling of whats next or an idea thats been nagging at them for weeks, months, or even years. But within that is lots of stuck-ness. My client usually thinks she has  to talk  everything out before taking action. My client usually thinks she has to feel 110% certain that shell want to do this business forever before she decides to take the tiniest little baby step. My client usually thinks she has to do All The Things the gurus say to do (get a mailing list of 1K people, be active on every social media platform, run Facebook ads, learn how to make passive income, and on and on) before she can put a basic offer out into the world or let people know what shes doing. What my client doesnt know is that the only thing the most important thing! she  needs to do to build a business she loves is  take action. Start experimenting. Get some experience.  Pick something to work on and then assess it, tweak it, cut it or build on it from there. Then rinse and repeat. Over and over and over again. (Im still rinsing and repeating 8 years later) Laura and I are of the same mind on this, which is why we decided to put together 90 Day Business Launch:  Your Custom Plan to Get Your Online Business Out of Your Head and Onto the Web. Youll give us your idea(s), goals and challenges via a juicy intake form, just like I give my private clients. By the end of the July, well give you a personalized Launch Plan, based on what Laura and I see around  your new business idea. If you follow what we customize for you, youll have your business out into the world along with your mission, message, money-making offer(s), marketing plan and milestones to hit by the end of October. Weve decided to make this a beta offer, taking our own advice and testing our idea as opposed to having it live in our heads or doing A SUPER BIG LAUNCH WHERE WE TELL EVERYONE OMG. That means theres only 10 spots available, the price is the lowest itll ever be, and we have no guarantees that well ever do this again. Curious? Get more info ( fill out a no-obligation application) right here. Applications will be open through Friday or whenever our 10 spots are sold whatever comes first. Time to stop spinning your wheels and hypothetically answering your business questions. Time to get get you online business out of your head and onto the web. Let us help you.

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