Streamlined Solopreneur Podcast

Subscription services are increasingly popular and for good reason. On top of creating more predictable income for your business, they allow you to really focus and serve your subscribers instead of constantly trying to grind out new sales. Plus, it makes your business more sellable. We’ll talk about all of that and more in this week’s episode with John Warrillow, best-selling author of Built to Sell, The Automatic Customer, and The Art of Selling your business. And in Build Something More, we’ll even talk about what it’s like to write a best-selling book!

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It’s another live coaching call! This time I have podcaster and WordPress site builder Nathan Wrigley. We chat about how I format this show, record the bumpers and the intros, and the benefits (and potential pitfalls) of batching. Then we roll into making money: how to find and land sponsors, and when to think about monetizing your podcast. Nathan has been a podcaster for a long time, so it was great to field his questions as well as get his perspective. Plus in Build Something More, we talk about what it’s like to run a virtual summit.

Sometimes you know you’re destined to run your own business. You work for companies and realize that you can’t really work within the confines of a corporate structure. It’s something I realized pretty much in high school. And it’s something today’s guest, Lauren Kennedy, has known all her life. Realizing then, she took her drive and built a marketing automation company…with a twist. While both marketing and automation can be terms associated with the impersonal, she’s set out to build a people-first company. And that’s the main focus of our discussion today. Of-course, it didn’t stop me from asking about marketing automation. And in Build Something More, we talk about being active and helping people on social media, including Reddit.

Top Takeaways

Sales is the authentic exchange of knowledge – you’re showing people what you know, and what you can do. Put another way, your knowledge is not proprietary. Your ability to do it is. The goal of marketing automation is to get as much done with as few resources as possible. You can make sure you communicate personally and properly with the right automations. Be a sponge. Take every opportunity to learn and absorb – about your craft, about your clients, about your employees. Then squeeze it back out. Pre show release – how hard it is to come up with an elevator pitch for yourself, imposter syndrome

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Lauren Kennedy Lauren On Twitter Lauren on Linkedin Lauren on Facebook Jen Bourn Episode Build Something Club

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Often, when it comes to launching, writing, recording, building funnels, or whatever else it is we need to do, it’s easy to start because we’re motivated. But the longer a project goes on, the harder it can be. The more frustrating it can get. And the more likely quality starts to go out the window. Well, today’s guest, Elizabeth Pampalone, has a solution: get it all done in 1 day. From launching websites to writing a full year of blog posts, Elizabeth’s process of blocking off a whole day and walking with her clients through a tried and true framework has proven successful. Here is how she does it. Plus, in Build something more, we chat about early businesses and how to handle premium products for clients.

Top Takeaways

Implementing is the hardest part of the work for most people – building that into a day, and into your schedule helps you ship. You need a “Deep Work” style day to get the work done. Eliminate distractions and context switching. Checklists are a huge help. They reduce the mental energy of figuring out what to do next so you can just do.

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Elizabeth Pampalone Elizabeth on Facebook Elizabeth on Instagram Elizabeth on Linkedin How Your Content Strategy can Grow Your Business with Jean Perpillant Monster Contracts Build Something Club

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Look. I get tons of backlinks and cold outreach every day. It’s frustrating and annoying. It’s frustrating and annoying because it’s blanket cold outreach. The people reaching out don’t know me and are just swinging wildly. There’s gotta be a better way, right? That’s what Andy Cabasso is here to talk about. How can YOU get effective with your cold outreach to grow your traffic and your business? It’s a great conversation. Plus in BSM we talk about domain authority. 

It’s a listener questions episode! I thought it would be fun to round out the summer by answering some questions you’ve asked about how to run and grow a podcast. I hope you enjoy! in Build Something More, I tell you all about what I learned at Skip the Grind and how it’s shaping my business, and this podcast, moving forward.

Top Takeaways

The biggest way to grow your show is by having a clear Call to Action and a strong show notes page. BUILD YOUR LIST! No matter what you’re trying to do – build a community, sell products, sell a course or service – your email list is the life’s blood of your business and your podcast can help you grow it. There are 2 million podcasts but only about 65% are actually active. For comparison, There are over 37 million YouTube channels.

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Send in Feedback or Ask a Question! Why Course Creators Should Start a Podcast Course Creators Community Podcast How Skip the Grind Showed Me to Focus my Business Next Steps for How I Built It Podcast Subscribe Buttons Podcast Stats from BuzzSprout

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