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The Horrible Marketing Advice You’re Getting Online (And What To Do Instead)

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What You Really Need To Get Hired And Be A Success

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July 22, 2021July 22, 2021

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66: The Horrible Marketing Advice You’re Getting Online (And What to Do Instead)

The online buzz for growing your business is to offer freebies, build your email lists, and you’ll get more clients, right?!

Wrong! This is just not true, especially if you’re brand new to freelancing or even looking to sustain a healthy 1:1 service provider business online. In fact, this approach is actually one of the worst you can follow!

In this episode, I’ll tell you why this is so wrong for your business. Plus, I’ll walk you through the exact steps you need to take to grow your online business profitably, and without burning out or wasting time!

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

Why freebies shouldn’t be the first thing you build (and when you should take the time to do them)
The Three Must do’s to Grow
Steps to level up for more money, more quickly

You’ve heard, “build your email list, offer freebies, and grow your clients.” This just doesn’t work when your new or starting to build your business, Why? Because you spend a lot of time, money, and energy doing this and make no money! Now, you’re burnt out and frustrated.

I have said this before and I will say it again. Three things you Must do to grow your business. 1.) One on One service provider. 2.) Have conversations in person and online, network, and get referrals. 3.) Make some revenue! You gotta put yourself out there! Check out Free Mama TV, search “clients” there are several videos on these three topics.

Let’s say, you have regular clients and you’re ready to level up. This the time for an email list and freebies, Right? NO! Create something that makes you money! Start with your core offer, build a funnel around it, create an opt-in, and then do a trip wire funnel.

You gotta walk before you can run, you need to bring in revenue. Listen, use the support and guidance available in the Free Mama Programs and the Facebook Group! Create success for your business not burn out for you.

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What’s Right vs. What’s Right For You

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Keys to Confidence & Clients with Michelle Vroom

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July 15, 2021July 15, 2021

65: What You Really Need To Get Hired And Be A Success

Do you stress about being qualified enough to be successful? Does the idea of hopping on a discovery call with a potential client make you want to throw up a little bit?

You’ve heard freelancing is amazing, but you don’t have any fancy certifications or degrees, so you’re questioning your abilities and imposter syndrome is creeping in big time.

In this episode, I’m sharing what you really need to get hired and be a success in your business. What I share may surprise you!

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

Why education doesn’t equal entrepreneurial success
The qualities you actually need to be successful in business
What your prospective clients are looking for when they hire

You may have heard we are hiring at Free Mama, and it’s exciting and scary, to be honest. It made me really ask what do we want. We need experience, but it’s really important, the person aligns with our values, our mission, and fits in with the team.

If someone said to you “think of a person with success,” most would think of educated, smart, and experienced people. Yet, successful people are proactive, resourceful, intentional and push past their limiting beliefs. They don’t always have big formal education credentials.

Entrepreneurs want people that share their vision, understand their needs, and who takes intuitive. We gotta stop with the “I’m not qualified or experienced enough. ” We have to value ourselves, our skills, and what we have to offer. That’s what makes us hirable.

Remember, “Everybody starts at ground zero!” Just Start!

Resources Mentioned:

Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat

How We Can Connect:

What’s Right vs. What’s Right For You

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Keys to Confidence & Clients with Michelle Vroom

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July 8, 2021July 8, 2021

64: What’s Right vs. What’s Right For You

You found “what’s right” for your business, but is it “right for you?” There are so many business models, marketing strategies, and gurus out there, how do you know what’s going to be in alignment with what you want and actually work?

In this episode, we jump into three ways to find out if something is not only “right” but “right for you” in your business.

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

The difference between right and right for you
How to figure out your strengths
Why fear isn’t a reason not to do something (and what is!)
Why most business owners give up too soon

Take a minute and figure out what your strengths are, write them down. Be self-aware of what you enjoy doing. One of my strengths is talking. I love to talk – and even had hints that I was really good at it in my elementary school days! I learned to utilize this strength in my business.

Are you making excuses out of fear or do you really prefer not to do the thing. If it is fear, you will work through that fear and do it. But, if it’s truly a preference not to do something then re-evaluate and find what you prefer to do. Find something that resonates with you.

Finally, “Give it long enough to work for you”. You gotta get over yourself and keep going, commit to the time it takes. Listen, you will have hard times, you will still have fears, but if it’s in alignment with you and your life, it definitely will pay off when you give it time!

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July 1, 2021July 1, 2021

63: How To Know If You’re Coachable

Ever wonder if you’re coachable? Being coachable has three important components, and if any of them are missing, you’re probably not going to see that return on investment!

In this episode, we dig into being coachable, knowing when you’re ready to hire a coach, and what you should expect for your business.

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

Working with a business coach
Different types of coaching and how to know what’s best for you
How and when to ask for feedback
Receiving feedback without taking things personally
Implementation

You have to start by being really honest with yourself, do you know where you’re at with your business? You have to be clear in this, it’s an important key to being coachable!

What makes you coachable: asking for feedback, receiving feedback, and implementing it in your business. Working with a coach and help you in up-leveling your business, when you’re ready.

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Feel Confident About Taxes As A New Business Owner

June 24, 2021June 24, 2021

62: Mistakes Make You Wise, So Make More of ‘Em

I am just north of Denver, Colorado on the “2nd Annual Freedom Tour” AKA our Golden Family RV Trip. Last year you may remember our trip was a mess and we made A LOT of mistakes! It’s all on my Instagram, seriously check it out, I documented each and every hilarious moment.

My husband and I learned so much from that trip, which made us so much wiser and prepared to do things a little bit differently this time.

It is the same in your freelance business! Instead of stressing about getting everything right the first time or, worse, not taking action until it’s perfect, I encourage you to take action, learn from your mistakes (there will be mistakes) and grow wiser from it.

In this episode, we are talking about making mistakes and how those mistakes make us wiser, as long as you learn a lesson from it.

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

Taking messy action
Why making mistakes is a good thing (and inevitable)
The difference between making mistakes and learning from them
How everyone makes mistakes (you’re not alone!)

Did ya’ll see the email that is going around about the HBO intern that made a big mistake and sent out an internal email to the public? This intern is getting supported not only by HBO for the mistake but also by the public. People in all types of fields are supporting this intern and they’re sharing big mistakes they made and learned from.

Every action or messy action you take and the mistakes you make, you will learn from. Like knowing what to charge for services, this is a huge question and topic in Free Mama Movement. What do I charge? If you charge too little, you learn from it, and you increase your prices. You’re now wiser from this and won’t make that “mistake” again.

We can go down the “what if” road all day, but if you don’t take action you’ll never gain the knowledge that only comes from experience required to be truly successful.

Resources Mentioned:

Start with Why, How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

How We Can Connect:

Feel Confident About Taxes As A New Business Owner

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June 17, 2021June 16, 2021

61: Keys to Confidence & Clients with Michelle Vroom

Like every Monday, I am going live and diving into the Keys to Confidence as a freelancer and obtaining your Ideal Clients. These simple actions will change your business!

In this episode, I have the pleasure of sitting down and having real talk with Michelle Vroom. Believe me, you don’t want to miss this!

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

Taking Action
Showing Up
Being Consistent
Know Who Benefits from Your Services
Simplify and Be Specific

Let me just tell you a little about this amazing Mama, Michelle has made half a million dollars from her Facebook group…and counting.

When she says she knows how to grow an audience that makes you 6-figures, she means it. Growing her own group was a total game-changer for her business. It gave her the freedom and security she had been searching for when she left her 9-5 nearly five years ago.

With a 15-year background in marketing & public relations, Michelle has the skills and knowledge to help other talented rockstars get to 6-figures in their business. That starts with her proven framework for growing an engaged Facebook group that makes you a 6-figure business owner. Michelle’s no-nonsense, tough-love approach helps her clients get results fast. If you want a kick in the pants to get moving (and the accountability to go with it), then Michelle is the perfect coach for you.

Michelle shares that having her son is what made her decide to actually take the leap of faith and start her own business, she has always wanted her own business but shares, “there is no perfect time to start a business and it never goes as you plan, it unfolds along the way.”

We are talking about being transparent and willing to make mistakes, and you have to be willing to change your relationship with failure. Honestly, failures are what help strengthen your business, and the reality is these challenges or failures don’t go away they change as your business grows.

Your confidence builds as you strive towards taking action, showing up, and being consistent. When your business and the people you serve become more important than your fear, you really become more confident.

Now, how do you get the ideal client and who are they? Here are three down and dirty tips Michelle gives to people starting out; Tell people what you do, Show up in groups, and create a list of complimentary fellow entrepreneurs and talk to them.

Michelle has given us her; 5 Steps To Get Clients Like A Boss, which I highly recommend you check out and her like to her Facebook Group Market Like A Boss. Both of these amazing resources are linked below.

A bit of advice Michelle shares, “You’re going to fall down, you have to decide if you get back up. You’re the one that determines your success, Trust Yourself” and the mic drop moment … “If you’re avoiding falling down, you’re probably playing too small”

Resources Mentioned:

Market Like a Boss

5 Step Guide To Getting Clients Like A Boss

How We Can Connect:

Feel Confident About Taxes As A New Business Owner

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Why NOW is the Time to Start Taking Control of Your Future Through Self- Education with Dean Graziosi

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June 10, 2021June 9, 2021

60: Why You’re Not Hitting Your Goals

Why aren’t you hitting your goals? Maybe it’s not what you think it is! Think about this for a second, do you ever feel like your frustrated and mad that you are not hitting your goals? This is for you! “So, listen up!”

In this episode, I am talking about why you may not be hitting your goals and it may be surprising to you the reasons why you aren’t. We are diving in and discussing some of the “ah-ha” moments I realized from my trip to San Diego!

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

What is a strategic vision
Are you focusing on the wrong goals
Break down your goal, realistically (small pieces)
Get Aligned with what fuels you

How do you know what your strategic goals are? How do you know when you are in alignment with your business vision? I am sharing my take away from this weeks mastermind event I attended.

I know my mission why I started my business. Honestly ya’ll can probably say it right along with me. I mean, we know why we got started. I know how I felt in the beginning, what I wanted, what I cared about, and what I like doing, you do too!

As a result of the amazing discussions and insight that was shared with me, I realized I was not in alignment with what my passion is. I was focusing on the wrong goals. I am sharing some great tips and moments from this amazing trip!

We are talking about how to break things down into smaller pieces and get in alignment with what fuels you in your business! Listen, “what you focus on grows” We gotta focus on the right stuff.

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How We Can Connect:

Taking Imperfect Action: How Tracey Matney Transitioned From Freelancer to Agency Owner

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Why NOW is the Time to Start Taking Control of Your Future Through Self- Education with Dean Graziosi

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June 3, 2021June 3, 2021

59: Feel Confident About Taxes As A New Business Owner

How do you handle your taxes, finances, and be legally compliant as a freelancer? These are all questions freelancers have asked and worried about. I know I did!

In this episode, I am talking with my friend and Free Mama, Meagan Hernandez, she is going to share about her journey in becoming a freelancer and a Multi-Six Figure Agency owner!

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

How to replace your job while working from home as a virtual bookkeeper
3 ways to feel confident about being compliant as a new business owner
Tax perks too being self-employed (plus, snag Meagan’s freebie!)
Advice to people who struggle to find leads

Meagan is a Tax Accountant, Financial Educator, and has been a Free Mama for over 3 years. She is a mama to 2 and wife to her Zumba-loving, Colombian sweetheart.

She enjoys working with kind-hearted, impact-driven women either helping them with their own Bookkeeping & Tax needs or coaching them on how to start their own successful Bookkeeping businesses.

Meagan is going to share how she has been successful in getting her ideal clients, as well as, discuss the big issue a lot of new Freelancers struggle with; taxes, finances, and legal compliance.

She also shares her three top tips for new freelancers starting out in business, along with giving us her free tax deductible worksheet, that you can use for your business.

We talked about how to seek out joy in the closeness to what we want and to celebrate many mini wins!

Resources Mentioned:

Download the Tax Deductions Checklist

Join Meagan’s Facebook Group

Learn More About Becoming A Bookkeeper

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