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Have You Hit Your Dead-end? Jul 14, 2020

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Driven by the goal to pay off her huge amount of student loans, Ronisa decided that entrepreneurship was more logical rather than taking a second job. That’s how her journey began. Initially, she easily got distracted by taking in lots of information and trying out different products. She describes herself as an information junkie.

However, in 2019, she decided to focus and did a launch. She went for Facebook groups and influencers. She also became more consistent with her products. She saw immediate success with the Facebook groups. She also learned that influencers can craft a story for your products that you haven’t been able to tell yet.

Throughout her entrepreneurship journey, she has taken the mindset of seeing any setback as a good learning experience. It is a stepping stone to where you want to be. It is not a failure. Her husband has been her biggest cheerleader and supporter. It is very important for entrepreneurs to have that one person who is by their side always.

She advises newbie entrepreneurs to always take any information they find online with a grain of salt. There is much more to the process than what you can find in the YouTube videos. There is so much to learn and many different pieces to put together to be successful. All this requires patience. The whole goal of entrepreneurship is not to make that quick dollar but to serve your customers.

Key Takeaways

Ronisa’s journey and how she decided to start an online business was more logical than getting a second job (06:37)
Getting off the rollercoaster of distraction (07:36)
Putting out offers to her customers (10:34)
Her husband being her biggest cheerleader and supporter (12:52)
Selling other stuff before deciding she wanted to sell and get behind (15:55)
Getting to a dead-end, embracing it and learning from it (18:00)
Learning about providing value to your customers and pricing strategy (23:15)
Balancing working a full-time job, running a business and a family (29:31)
Newbie entrepreneurs should be patient and learn that entrepreneurship is all about serving (37:46)

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How Would You Treat A Million-Dollar Horse? Jul 07, 2020

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Entrepreneurs are like the million-dollar horse, but rather than treat themselves as such; they sometimes treat themselves so poorly. They fail to invest in themselves and in courses that could help them get to their goal much faster. They opt to go through trial and error as I did in the early parts of my business.

In this episode, I will take you through the top 11 things that will help you become that million-dollar horse by investing in the training for your growth. Do not make the mistake of thinking that the million dollars are far away. Even the prestigious racehorse had to go through training and grow day by day. Someone invested in it. Are you investing in the training for your growth as an entrepreneur?

In my case, during the early parts of my business, I thought I could learn through trial and error and figure things out along the way. It was only when I joined the first mastermind that I realized that I was crawling while I could be taking a jet to reach my goals faster by investing in myself through training and coaching.

Take your pen and notebook and listen to this amazing episode and learn how to invest in your growth. I will take you through the habits, the tips and the tricks of signing up for courses, completing them, and hitting your goals.

Key Takeaways

Do some research to find out if your educator is legit (08:23)
Use a trial to find out if you like the style of teaching in a particular course (09:30)
Check for emails from the creator of the course for updates, and new information (09:56)
Hop into their community and start posting (10:18)
Commit to posting and being active in the social media community (10:56)
Help out other people in the community by answering their questions (13:06)
Find a friend in the group who can be your accountability partner (13:40)
Block off your power hours to learn and consume the content (13:55)
Reward yourself (15:48)
Set your expectations (15:48)
Implement, after all the learning you have to implement (19:29)

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Does Your Brain Offer Up The Easy Way First? Jun 30, 2020

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In this episode, we take you through why a business coach is so important to you as you run your business. They get you on the business jet versus the business crawl as I talked about in episode 19.

A life coach will help you create consistency and constant momentum of moving forward in your business. This is so powerful as it helps you hit your goals and always move forward. They help you see things from a different perspective. If you have a run a business, you know why this is very important.

Misty takes us through why you need to commit before you are comfortable. She dives deeper and talks about our thoughts and how they lead to action or inaction. This then leads to experiences. We talk about how our brain works and how it always finds proof of what we are thinking. Changing our thoughts gives us completely different outcomes.

Misty shares with us amazing information and her amazing ideas so take your pen and paper and take notes as you listen to this episode.

Key Takeaways

Questioning our thoughts and separating facts from what we are thinking (10:47)
Our thoughts drive our feelings which then drive our action or inaction. This results in our experiences in the world (12:28)
Believing and being open to creating something new and letting go of our past (15:50)
Practice changing your thoughts (20:35)
Be open to possibilities and put actions behind it (23:25)
Adding ‘yet’ to your thoughts leaves space in your brain to learn new things (24:15)
Why you need to move through the four Cs. Commitment, Courage, Capability, and Confidence in that order (31:57)
Overcoming our brain’s need for comfort and the easiest way out (37:04)
Red light doesn’t mean turn and go home. Red light are the obstacles we face (39:38)
Our brain doesn’t think positive or negative, it finds proof of what we are thinking (43:08)

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The Switch From Slow Going To Record Breaking Jun 23, 2020

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In this episode, my guest Bev Schweigert tells us how a slow start morphed into record breaking sales for her business. She teaches us that the offer is not in the product, it’s in the story behind why you sell the product.

Bev calls herself a “slow starter” in the entrepreneur world. Last year, she quit her job to focus on her true passion which is mission work. Before she could fully invest herself in that work, she needed to raise some money. She tells me about how her business turned into her mission.

Bev liked the idea of selling jewelry. After she attended my Because I Can talk about finding your why, she saw opportunity in her sales. Selling jewelry that supported your faith was an outlet for people to visibly represent their religion. It became her story and her marketing niche.

Bev tells me about how she started incorporating her story about faith into her offers and increased the amount of offers she sent from 4 to 30 a month. Her sales sky-rocketed. They were growing during the hardest economic month of the year. While small businesses were devastated by the impact of coronavirus in March, Bev told herself that she would not give up and continued to push offers. Her sales continued to increase through the month of may.

She tells me that her biggest success secret is organization. She uses Trello to keep track of her inventory and offers so she can compound her sales. A few episodes back, I talked about why we are meant to make money. In Bev’s case, she was meant to hit record sales so she can use the money to give back through her missions.

Key Takeaways

Introduction of our guest, Bev Schweigert (1:00)
Why Bev quit her job and decided to earn money to do mission work (4:48)
Had a slow start to opening her business Blessed Be Boutique in 2019 (5:31)
Went to my conference and learned why she wanted to sell jewelry (8:12)
Bev started sending offers that told her story (9:50)
Learning to focus on what’s important in the business, not stressing the small stuff (11:59)
How she created offers in the beginning (14:35)
Her big change in pace for distributing offers (15:39)
Coronavirus and how she didn't give up on her business (17:02)
Bev’s key to time management (20:20)
Her technique to putting offers out each month (25:05)
Her best offer (30:05)
What Bev would tell the slow-starter entrepreneur (33:06)

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Check out Bev's website here, be sure to use the code "I Can" to get %35 off anything except t-shirts.

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#1 Secret To Making More Sales Jun 16, 2020

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This episode is all about techniques to make more money using the same product. This week, I am going to talk about and share examples of my offers to help spark your creativity when it comes to writing offers of your own.

Everyone has their own reason for wanting to make more money. For my husband and I, we wanted to make sure we could support our family and also have money that we can donate to others. In this episode, I share my business secrets about what I do to make more money.

It is all about offers. I challenge you to think about the number of offers you send out on a monthly basis and double, even triple it. You won’t be disappointed. I am going to talk you through why offers bring more money into your business, the different types of offers you can utilize, talk about when and where you sell these offers, and simplify the process for you.

This episode is full of information guaranteed to increase your sales. Listen as I share examples you can follow.

Key Takeaways

My husband and I are undercover givers (2:18)
The reason we are supposed to have money (4:35)
The number one secret to making more money (6:05)
Why offers are the thing that can bring more income into your business (7:20)
Types of offers (9:44)
When do you pitch your offers (12:51)
Examples of offers (18:30)
Simplifying the process (29:46)
Compound your offers (34:05)

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Should You Quit Your Job To Sell Online? Jun 09, 2020

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In this episode, I encourage you to say “yes I can” and move forward with your online business now. Online shopping rates are up and are trending to keep moving forward. We are heading into what I call eCommerce 3.0.

People want to buy physical products, and there is no reason that those products shouldn't be yours. I want to talk to you about the value of your own product and to never back down to the online competition. There is always room for you to sell online.

The first thing you need to do is believe you can. If I can give you the confidence to first believe in your product and then narrow your goals in order to see the big one-million dollar picture, I've done my job.

Listen to this episode to hear how you can start a business that makes money 24/7.

Key Takeaways

My Next Level Program (0:22)
Manifesting goals into reality (1:32)
Is there space for you in the online market (2:32)
e-commerce 3.0 (4:10)
Physical products vs digital products (8:25)
Do you believe you can make your first million? (13:21)
Your first dollar is your most important dollar (15:06)
Why shouldn't your product be the product people buy (19:30)
Let your systems do the hard work for you (21:00)

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How She Decided to Leap Jun 02, 2020

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In this episode, small business owner Olivia Starling teaches us how she created her six-figure business using influencers.

Olivia is your typical busy mom and wife. She grew up working at her family business and moved on to work for a non-profit. She was struggling to move up in her business after being told she needed more experience to qualify for a promotion. When her office told her she couldn't, she told herself she COULD and joined the Because I Can tribe.

As a part of my tribe, I often tell you to sell a product you love, something you will enjoy selling to others. Olivia did just that. She is going to talk about how she bought a number of items to decide from and why jewelry stood out to her.

With no huge social media following to boost her business, she turned to those that did. Olivia connected with influencers to promote her product and saw huge returns doing it.

Listen and hear what her biggest piece of advice is for you as you begin your process of starting a small business on this episode of Because I Can.

Key Takeaways

Introduction of guest, Olivia Starling (2:50)
Starting her own business to gain experience for her corporate job (3:54)
Used social media influencers to attract a following (6:35)
Olivia’s background (8:00)
How Olivia chose her product (11:20)
Olivia didn’t tell friends/family about her business (13:17)
Running a business with a family (17:15)
Advice for small business owners (20:41)

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3 Things To UNLEARN To Grow May 26, 2020

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In this episode, Alison starts with a story that offers us some humbling perspective on our current situation and how we should treat others. She shares a social media post about the experience that attracted her largest reach yet.

The post describes Alison encountering a woman who was struggling to control a toddler and care for a newborn in public. Alison felt herself, and other patrons, begin to judge the woman. Rather than embracing that feeling, she offered her help. It’s a story with a lesson of humility and a reminder that we are meant to help others.

After the story, Alison teaches us the three things entrepreneurs need to unlearn to run a successful business. She tells us that what we sell is important. Our stuff is not just “stuff”. Multitasking is not your answer for productivity. In fact, it hurts our efficiency. Finally, she teaches us how to slow down and “unlearn being busy”

Listen to this week’s episode for more on these three tips for success. Also, check out what Alison sold when she first got started by visiting becauseicanlife.com\gift

Key Takeaways

Back in Utah Safe (1:20)
My most engaging social media post (2:29)
Experience that lead to a lesson about humanity (5:50)
Filtering judgment from social media (7:29)
Three things we need to unlearn as entrepreneurs (10:17)
Why the stuff you sell is not just “stuff” (13:25)
Multitasking does not work for business (16:30)
How to unlearn being busy (23:37)

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What If The Products Don't Sell? May 19, 2020

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In this episode, I’ll dive into the topic of the cost of lost opportunity and one of the most crippling questions that every startup online entrepreneur should avoid focusing on, “What if it doesn’t sell?” That is the worst mindset one can have when they’re starting an online business (or any business for that matter) and I’m living proof that adopting the opposite of that is what anyone needs to thrive in business. If I had ever focused on that negative thought when I was starting out, I would never have been able to achieve the millions of dollars in sales that I’ve achieved so far, and I’m going to share my backstory to show you how to not give power to it.

My online business journey started nine years ago. I had trained to be a junior high teacher, so as you can imagine, I had no idea what I was doing, but I was very determined to keep going at it. I was juggling my four kids and I remember vividly nursing my baby while I uploaded the very first product picture and typed in the description with one hand. That was the day I launched my first online store, and before I knew it, I was making sales. I can recall feeling every single emotion in a single split second when I discovered that I had made my first sale. What’s even more amazing is that my first product was trash.

Yes, trash. I was selling leftover crafting supplies that were headed to the trash can anyway, and I really never thought anyone would buy them from me, but I had to start from somewhere. So there I was selling trash, and lo and behold, I made my first $300 in sales. But that “What if?” question still lingered in my mind especially when I started having zero sales, and that was my fork in the road where I would need to choose to either give up or keep going. I decided to keep going and that was when I realized that I could really make money selling products online. I discovered that money just moves around and all I needed to do is put value out into the world for that money to land into my hands. Listen in to hear more of my story so you can get some much needed inspiration to get started with your own online store.

Key Takeaways:

From bedhead, no makeup, and bangs to 7-Figure online entrepreneur (02:35)
Shutting down the what if and beating out my husband’s salary (06:38)
Moving away from “What if it doesn't sell?” to “What if it does sell?” (10:32)
Starting small like Oprah and Bezos (12:55)
Why you’re not selling despite having traffic coming to your website (16:42)
How you can get out of that rat race of trying to lower your prices from your competition to beat out your competition (21:03)
You are meant to figure it out and make money (23:36)

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