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Kate Kordsmeier
Kate Kordsmeier from the Six-Figure Blog Academy and popular wellness blog Root + Revel shares all of her holistic online business strategies and soulful marketing advice for heart-centered entrepreneurs who value relationships, mindfulness, spirituality and health as much as strategic action and practical tips. Whether you’re interested in blogging, digital courses, or other passive income revenue streams, Kate empowers her tribe to make your dreams of being your own boss and creating a profitable online business a reality, without selling your soul. Kate will teach you how to work from a place of rest, not hustle. Do less, achieve more. Make great money AND have the freedom and flexibility to focus on what truly matters. You’ll learn sustainable solutions for email marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), social media for influencers, affiliate marketing, sponsored content, webinars, Facebook ads, building a team, growing your traffic, and productivity and personal development tactics so you can create something beautiful and profitable without burning out. Expect a mix of in-depth, candid interviews with the world’s top entrepreneurs and leaders, and bold, transparent, and inspiring solo shows with step-by-step guidance and stories from the trenches to help you tackle your goals. Hit subscribe if you’re ready to say goodbye to the soul-sucking 9 to 5 corporate world and hello to turning your passion into profits. Let’s make a life, not just a living.
In this episode of 'Success with Soul', host Kate Kordsmeier asks a question to several entrepreneurs including Allie Stewart, Andrea Jones, Dama Jue, Jordan Gill, and LaChelle Barnett: 'If your business burned down tomorrow and you had to start over from scratch, what would you do?' They all come up with interesting answers, revealing their invaluable lessons, personal experiences, and advice relating to business strategies. These pieces of advice range from investing in mentorship, reconsidering overhiring, reframing attitudes towards revenue, trusting instincts more, diversifying income, avoiding impulsive decisions, creating a variety of offers, and more. Kate also shares potential changes for 2024- hinting that she is exploring more passive ways of business like affiliate marketing and evergreen funnels.
Time Stamps:
00:00 Introduction and Overview
00:21 Entrepreneurial Insights: Starting Over
01:02 Kate's Personal Insights: What I Would Do Differently
06:28 Entrepreneurial Insights: Allie Stewart
10:34 Entrepreneurial Insights: Andrea Jones
14:47 Entrepreneurial Insights: Dama Jue
21:03 Entrepreneurial Insights: Jordan Gill
25:24 Entrepreneurial Insights: LaChelle Barnett
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! In this episode of the 'Success with Soul' podcast, host Kate Kordsmeier talks with guest Devin Lee about systems and automations in business. Devin, a systems strategist and certified online business manager, shares her expertise in helping entrepreneurs take their businesses to the next level by automating tasks. They touch on tools like Airtable, Zapier, and Dubsado and how using these tools can streamline operations, improve the client experience, and effectively manage time. Devin discusses her system to reduce her use of social media and her newly launched mini course 'Inbox Zero Hero' which aids individuals in maintaining an organized inbox. They also discuss the benefits and drawbacks of working independently and the evolving nature of online businesses.
What you’ll learn in this episode: * How automations can create a more intimate client experience, contrary to popular belief. * The strategic approach to setting up systems and automations, especially for businesses new to this world. * Devin's favorite tools for automations, including Airtable, Zapier, and Dubsado, and how to integrate them effectively. * Creative ways to add personal touches to automated processes, making your business stand out. * Common mistakes in automation and how to avoid them. * How to reduce dependence on social media by leveraging systems and automations.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Connect with Devin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/devinleeobm/
- Connect with Devin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devinleeostertag/
- Get Devin's Elevated Client Journey Workbook
- Devin's Inbox Zero Hero course for efficient email management.
- ClickUp for project management, Airtable for database management, Zapier for integrating different software, and Dubsado for CRM.
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! Today we’re joined by Vasavi Kumar, a TV host, Licensed Therapist, Speaker, Voiceover Artist, and author of her new book Say It Out Loud. Vasavi discusses the power of speaking your thoughts out loud and how this simple act can actually transform your life. Vasavi shares the top three tips for getting comfortable talking to yourself and why it’s important to talk to your triggers out loud. So get ready to unlock the power of speaking your mind out loud.
What you’ll learn in this episode: * How saying your thoughts and words out loud really have the power to transform your life. * The top three tips for getting comfortable talking to yourself. * Why it’s important to ‘talk to your triggers out loud. * How to balance authenticity and vulnerability while still maintaining boundaries and privacy in your personal life. * The most common obstacle that people face when it comes to speaking their truths and how to overcome them.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Connect with Vasavi on Instagram: @mynameisvasavi
- Check out Vasavi’s new book: Say It Outloud by Vasavi Kumar
- How to Win Friends and Influence Dale Carnegie
- Join our VIP waitlist now for an exclusive chance to join the Incubator, our holistic mastermind empowering female coaches and course creators to make money sustainably (no social media required)! As a VIP, you'll get $500 off pre-enrollment, early access to join before anyone else (we only open to the public twice a year!), and exclusive first-look opportunities not available anywhere else. Plus, you'll get free portal access before the next cohort starts and bonus coaching calls every month until then. Get on the VIP waitlist here.
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! Today we’re joined by Susan Brady, the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Chair for Women and Leadership at Simmons University and the first Chief Executive Officer of The Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership. Susan shares the art of mastering your own inner critic and explores powerful techniques to transform self-doubt into self-empowerment.
What you’ll learn in this episode: * How to master your own inner critic. * What does “keeping the focus on the palm of your hand” mean and how to do it. * How to invest in your best self. * What is “radical reframe” and how to use it to shift negative self-talk.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Learn more about Susan.
- Check out Susan’s bestselling book: Arrive and Thrive
- Boundary Boss by Teri Nichol
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! It’s day 4 of our Beyond the Scroll 4-Day Business Blueprint to Making More Money without Social Media! Today we are unlocking the strategies, the mindset, and the exact steps to take your biz to the next level. We'll make sure you walk away with the confidence to chase your dreams without feeling chained to social media.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Understand the essence of holistic business – building an empire without burning out.
- How to get clients without a huge following.
- Learn the next steps to uplevel your business and plan for profits
- Go from feeling lost in the scroll, to being the CEO you always dreamt of being.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Sign up for the Beyond the Scroll 4-Day challenge
- Join the Mindful Business Academy
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! It’s day 3 of our Beyond the Scroll 4-Day Business Blueprint to Making More Money without Social Media! Today we are diving into the art of relationship marketing by networking, the Non-Slimy Way. Learn how to pitch, collaborate and increase your visibility, even if you’re an introvert!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Master the art of authentic networking and build relationships that matter.
- Pitch Perfect: Craft compelling pitches that open doors to new opportunities, a pitch so good, even you'd want to interview you!
- Identify 5 visibility opportunities – your voice deserves to be heard, sans algorithm!
- Strategize stellar collaborations that boost your brand without needing a viral dance move.
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- Sign up for the Beyond the Scroll 4-Day challenge
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! It’s day 2 of our Beyond the Scroll 4-Day Business Blueprint to Making More Money without Social Media! Today we’re sharing all about simple, scalable SEO for business success. In this episode we’ll demystify keyword research so you can find some sizzline keywords and skyrocket your organic traffic.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Discover how SEO can be your secret weapon and harness the power of search engines
- Dive deep into finding the goldmine keywords for your niche- and emerge with at least 4 prime keywords tailored for your biz.
- Design an SEO-friendly editorial calendar that even Google would applaud (and will require 75% less time to create than social media posts)
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- Sign up for the Beyond the Scroll 4-Day challenge
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! We’re hosting a Beyond the Scroll 4-Day Business Blueprint to Making More Money without Social Media and today we’re sharing day 1 of our challenge. Today we’re doing a digital detox so you can do a reclaim your time. We'll take the bold step of deleting those energy-draining socal media apps and lay down a manifesto to guide your tech detox, after choosing a powerful search platform. This isn’t about deprivation. It's about intention. It's about choice. Plus a special hack on what to do on Instagram instead of posting daily (or ever again!)
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- To unplug without FOMO because your life’s worth more than a swipe.
- Conduct a digital health check to audit what’s working and what isn’t.
- Commit to your new manifesto that guides your digital choices.
- Craft a kick-ass 9-grid IG bio - just because you’re not active doesn’t mean you can’t be attractive.
- Wave goodbye to digital overwhelm and say hello to purpose-driven work.
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- Sign up for the Beyond the Scroll 4-Day challenge
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! Today, I’m laying it all out there about why I kicked social media to the curb, and how it’s not only possible but downright liberating to build a six-figure business without social media. Seriously, you don’t need the ’gram to prosper, my friend! I quit social media two years ago, and guess what? My business skyrocketed by over 165% in the first year. That’s right, folks, social media isn’t the be-all and end-all. The Truth About Social Media and Business We’ve been sold this narrative that social media is the end-all-be-all for business success. It’s time to challenge that thinking! In today’s episode, I’ll take you through my own journey of quitting social media and the tactics I used to maintain and even grow my business. No FOMO here—just facts. I didn’t just wake up one day and decide to leave the social media circus. 🎪 It’s been a journey, and today, I’m peeling back the curtain to share my personal story and motivations for getting off the hamster wheel. What you’ll learn in this episode: * The real impact of social media on your mental health and productivity * Why organic SEO and funnels are the underrated MVPs of digital marketing * The tangible steps to start distancing yourself from social platforms while keeping your income steady * How to regain your time and mental space by choosing mindful marketing tactics * Strategies for ‘success with soul’ that don’t rely on constant posting and engagement
Subscribe, Review + Connect Thanks so much for listening in this week! If you enjoyed this episode, here are some ways you can join our Success with Soul movement: * Leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. I personally read each and every one of them, and they are super important for rankings, which help us continue to produce free content just for you! You may even be featured on the episode in our listener spotlight! * Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to get automatic updates. * Curious about our group coaching program, the Success With Soul Incubator? Check out our behind the scenes tour here! * Got your own coaching question or topic you’d like to see addressed on our podcast? Great! You can leave us a voicemail here. * Download a transcript of this episode
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode: * Join our FREE Challenge, Beyond the Scroll: A 4-Day Biz Blueprint To Making More Money Without Social Media happening October 16-19, 2023!
Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! Today we’re joined by Kelli Moore, Co-Founder and CEO of the premiere podcast network, Soulfire Productions and host of the top ranked shows, The Naked Mama and OK, Babe. After leaving her 15 year award winning sports television career while simultaneously healing herself of chronic illness, Kelli had to reinvent herself and has been devoted to supporting women in their own self discovery process.
What you’ll learn in this episode: * The most important part of redefining who you are, or reinventing yourself. * Why being a people pleaser can actually be manipulative. * Tips for women who are juggling multiple roles and responsibilities. * Why the energy of receiving is key when it comes to money and all other areas of your life. * Understanding what the root causes of chronic illness are.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Connect with Kelli @kellitmoore
- Learn more about Kelli
- Learn more about Soulfire Productions
- Journey of Souls by Michael Newton
- Pocket Full of Money by David Cameron Kikandi
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Welcome to the Success With Soul podcast! In honor of Digital Course Academy opening up TODAY, September 20, 20323, we’re featuring another conversation with the one and only, Amy Porterfield. And this time, we’re diving into the mental game of creating and selling courses: letting go of perfectionism, getting out of your own way, and giving yourself permission to evolve.
It’s easy to think that someone like Amy Porterfield — the Queen of Online Course Perfection — wouldn't struggle anymore with things like Imposter Syndrome, freaking out, or being nervous for a live launch.
But there's something Amy is always honest about: the inner work of the entrepreneur is always ongoing.
You're still going to have days where you don't feel that confident. Some of your ideas are going to be duds. You're going to struggle with the voices of Imposter Syndrome every now and then. A big launch — or risk of any kind — is probably gonna make you hella nervous.
And it's all okay. Because it's not about being perfect. It's about being real, choosing to keep showing up so you can bring what you're here to bring, and always giving yourself permission to evolve.
Between the wise perspectives on success and the concrete advice on how to build a solid course, you're going to love this wide-ranging conversation with Amy today!
Plus, the doors are open to register for Amy’s Digital Course Academy — but only for a limited time. Register while you can!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How Amy incorporates her philosophy of permission to evolve into her own business
- The 10% Edge — what it is and how it can give you so much freedom
- How much accountability/personal responsibility to build into your courses
- How and when to incorporate live elements in your evergreen courses
- Courses vs. Memberships — benefits and challenges to both
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Get details and register for Digital Course Academy
- Follow Amy on Instagram @amyporterfield
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Dave Visaya at https://www.podcastengineers.com/
Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! Today I’m joined by Jacq Fisch, a writer, coach and intuitive writing coach and we're diving into the world of intuitive writing and how it can totally transform your creative flow. If you're unfamiliar with this concept, prepare to be intrigued! Intuitive writing is all about harmonizing your writing with the natural rhythms of your body, the universe, and even the seasons and the moon. It's a magical way to embrace cyclical living in your creative process.
What you’ll learn in this episode: * How to overcome resistance and conquer writer's block by aligning with nature’s rhythms. * The biggest mistakes creatives make when writing and practical tips to overcome them. * What is the practice of Morning Pages and how to implement it into your routine. * Why so many businesses get stuck in procrastination, perfectionism, and overthinking when it comes to writing. * Jacq’s definition of what makes “good writing” and why she recommends separating writing from editing.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Learn more about Jacq’s work
- Check out Jacq’s new book: Intuitive Writing: The Remedy for Writer's Block and the Secret to Authentic Communication
- Connect with Jacq on: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter
- Resources from Jacq
- Join our VIP waitlist now for an exclusive chance to join the Incubator, our holistic mastermind empowering female coaches and course creators to make money sustainably (no social media required)! As a VIP, you'll get $500 off pre-enrollment, early access to join before anyone else (we only open to the public twice a year!), and exclusive first-look opportunities not available anywhere else. Plus, you'll get free portal access before the next cohort starts and bonus coaching calls every month until then. Get on the VIP waitlist here.
- Join the Success With Soul Membership. A self-care subscription for busy entrepreneurs and working moms. It’s like a gym membership for your mind, body and soul!
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Welcome back to our regular Success With Soul Podcast series! This week we're sharing a conversation I had with Amy Porterfield about how to create online courses that feel great to make, natural to share, and easy to sell. She shares her wisdom on how to determine which approach to selling is right for you.
When you're considering offering an online course, you need two big things.
First, someone who knows how to create online courses that are a great match for who you are and what you're trying to bring into the world. And second, someone who understands inside and out the systems and strategies that make selling less stressful, more fun, and way more profitable.
My incredible guest today is Amy Porterfield, an online marketing expert and the host of the top-ranked podcast, Online Marketing Made Easy.
You're going to love today's conversation, especially if:
- You're developing your course and want to know which approach to selling would be a good match for you, your audience, and your lifestyle
- You've got a course ready to go but feel totally lost when it comes to marketing and selling
- You're almost there ... but you need to lay the proper foundation before you can launch
Through her bestselling courses and popular podcast, Amy’s action-by-action approach proves that even the newest online entrepreneurs can bypass the overwhelm, and instead generate exciting momentum as they build a business they love.
PLUS, don't miss the chance to register for Amy's amazing Course Confident: A 5-Day LIVE Bootcamp, a private community where Amy shows you step by step how to cement the foundations of your own digital course.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What you need before you launch, and what you don’t
- Ideas for lead magnets that work to build your list
- How to troubleshoot failed launches (99% chance it’s not your course!)
- 3 approaches to selling digital courses and how to get started
- How to authentically build a diverse, equitable and inclusive community
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Course Confident: A 5-Day LIVE Bootcamp — don't miss it!
- Follow Amy on Instagram @amyporterfield and check out her Digital Course Academy
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Read our full review of Digital Course Academy
- Download on Apple Podcasts
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Dave Visaya at https://www.podcastengineers.com/
Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! Today, we have a special bonus episode with digital course guru- Amy Porterfield! In this episode, Amy is sharing her course creation journey, including what a digital course could mean for your business PLUS an exciting opportunity to work with her to create your digital course this month.
So if you want to become course confident, join Amy's 5-Day LIVE Bootcamp which is OPEN for registration until September 14th. Go to www.successwithsoul.co/dcabootcamp to find out more!
Subscribe, Review + Connect Thanks so much for listening in this week! If you enjoyed this episode, here are some ways you can join our Success with Soul movement:
- Leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. I personally read each and every one of them, and they are super important for rankings, which help us continue to produce free content just for you! You may even be featured on the episode in our listener spotlight!
- Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to get automatic updates.
- Curious about what we offer at Success with Soul? Check out our new digital shop to get training, templates, and businss resources starting at just $9!
- Email me new episodes
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode: * Become Course Confident with Amy Porterfield: www.successwithsoul.co/dcabootcamp * Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
Curious about how to create an online course that actually sells? Today we're re-sharing a conversation with the world's top expert on online courses, Amy Porterfield. She offers her best tips on how to build and launch a digital course, why the time is NOW, and why the teacher should be YOU (yes, you)!
So you've heard all about the benefits of creating and selling digital courses: they boost your business revenue and give you more freedom, all while allowing you to reach more people and transform more lives. Yes, please!
But where do you learn how to create an online course that resonates with your soul, your vision, and your audience?
Where should you start?
And — here's a big one: How do you deal with the almost-inevitable Imposter Syndrome that comes up when you’re getting ready to put yourself out there?
So with today’s amazing guest, we're taking on these intertwined issues.
Amy Porterfield is an online marketing expert and the host of the top-ranked podcast, Online Marketing Made Easy. Her action-by-action approach proves that even the newest online entrepreneurs can generate exciting momentum as they build a business they love.
Learning how to create an online course doesn't have to be overwhelming. It always helps to have a great guide. And today's guest is one of the very best you could ask for!
PLUS, don't miss a special opportunity to get in on Amy's Course Confident: A 5-Day LIVE Bootcamp, a private community where Amy personally walks you through step-by-step on how to stop overanalyzing, take action, and cement the foundations of your own digital course.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How Amy got into the world of digital course creation (when it was basically all men)
- What the 10% edge is, and how it can help you beat Imposter Syndrome
- Pricing secrets for selling (even in hard times or down economies)
- Why this is still a great time for digital courses and e-learning!
- 3 action steps you can take RIGHT NOW to get started
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Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Enroll for Amy's Course Confident Bootcamp here!
- Follow Amy on Instagram @amyporterfield and check out her Digital Course Academy
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Read our Full DCA Review
- Download a transcript of this episode
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Dave Visaya at https://www.podcastengineers.com/
Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! Today I deep dive into all things SEO and AI with SEO National founder, Damon Burton. We discuss what you really need to know on a practical level to get more organic SEO traffic, and then also how to get that traffic to convert better than even paid ad traffic.
What you’ll learn in this episode: * How Damon built a multi-million dollar business without any advertising. * How AI and SEO work together to help anyone grasp the science of SEO * How to stay on top of industry trends and best practices regarding SEO and AI, and what resources to rely on. * How AI might impact the future of SEO and what changes we can anticipate in the next few years. * Why not all topics (or SEO keywords) are created equally and the effects that has on qualifying leads.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode: * Learn more about Damon and his company * Also Asked * Join our VIP waitlist now for an exclusive chance to join the Incubator, our holistic mastermind empowering female coaches and course creators to make money sustainably (no social media required)! As a VIP, you'll get $500 off pre-enrollment, early access to join before anyone else (we only open to the public twice a year!), and exclusive first-look opportunities not available anywhere else. Plus, you'll get free portal access before the next cohort starts and bonus coaching calls every month until then. Get on the VIP waitlist here. * Join the Success With Soul Membership. A self-care subscription for busy entrepreneurs and working moms. It’s like a gym membership for your mind, body and soul!
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! Today we’re joined by marketing and branding consultant, Erin Davis. Erin's journey is a powerful reminder that success isn't just about revenue metrics. Despite her initial business success, she found herself burned out and realized that her current path wasn't sustainable which led to her joining the Incubator. If you're seeking guidance on navigating challenges, overcoming burnout, and finding a sustainable path to success, this episode is for you.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How burnout can result from taking on tasks that don't align with personal strengths or values.
- How embracing imperfect action and shedding the need for perfection are essential for progress and success.
- How consistent action, even when uncomfortable, leads to growth and sustainability.
- How streamlining offerings and focusing on one's zone of genius leads to sustainable and authentic business growth.
- How overcoming resistance and limiting beliefs is key to helping you move forward.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Learn about Erin’s services
- Connect with Erin on Instagram or Facebook @matchboxwomen
- We Should All Be Millionaires by Rachel Rodgers
- Join our VIP waitlist now for an exclusive chance to join the Incubator, our holistic mastermind empowering female coaches and course creators to make money sustainably (no social media required)! As a VIP, you'll get $500 off pre-enrollment, early access to join before anyone else (we only open to the public twice a year!), and exclusive first-look opportunities not available anywhere else. Plus, you'll get free portal access before the next cohort starts and bonus coaching calls every month until then. Get on the VIP waitlist here.
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! Today I dive deep into the myth of readiness and explore how embracing the present moment can propel us forward. Have you ever found yourself saying, "I'm just not sure if I'm ready"? We all have those moments of doubt, questioning if the timing is right for certain decisions in our lives. But here's the thing: waiting for the perfect moment or feeling completely ready might keep us waiting forever.
In today’s episode, I challenge the idea that there's a "right time" for everything and share personal stories of overcoming obstacles and finding silver linings in unexpected situations. Life is full of challenges, unexpected twists, and competing priorities, but that doesn't mean we have to put our dreams on hold. I’ll discuss the power of embracing imperfection, taking action despite uncertainty, and surrounding ourselves with support when we need it the most.
So, if you've ever felt unprepared or held back by the belief that you're not ready, this episode is for you. We'll provide practical tips and mindset shifts to help you move forward, trust yourself, and realize that you already have everything you need to take that next step. It's time to let go of the myth of readiness and start embracing the incredible possibilities that await you. You've got this!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why waiting for the perfect time can hold you back and prevent you from achieving your goals.
- How to navigate through the challenges and keep moving forward, even when the timing doesn't feel ideal.
- How surrounding yourself with a team of supporters can help you overcome obstacles and continue pursuing your dreams.
- How shifting your mindset and believing in your abilities can propel you forward.
- How to connect with the present moment and realize that you have always been okay.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Join our VIP waitlist now for an exclusive chance to join the Incubator, our holistic mastermind empowering female coaches and course creators to make money sustainably (no social media required)! As a VIP, you'll get $500 off pre-enrollment, early access to join before anyone else (we only open to the public twice a year!), and exclusive first-look opportunities not available anywhere else. Plus, you'll get free portal access before the next cohort starts and bonus coaching calls every month until then. Get on the VIP waitlist here.
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! Today we’re taking you on an introspective journey as we challenge conventional perspectives on failure and inspire you to embrace setbacks as stepping stones toward personal and professional transformation.
Get ready to embrace the unexpected lessons and surprising gifts that failure has in store for us. Remember, it's not about avoiding failure, but rather about embracing it as a catalyst for personal growth and a gateway to a more resilient and fulfilling life. By recognizing failure as an opportunity for growth, individuals can navigate challenges with resilience, empathy, and a greater capacity to support others.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How failure is not final, but a catalyst for change and growth.
- How perceived failures often offer valuable lessons and feedback.
- How vulnerability in the face of mistakes can foster connection and understanding.
- How embracing imperfections and reframing failures leads to personal and professional growth.
- How becoming less fragile about making mistakes enhances resilience and self-acceptance.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Join our VIP waitlist now for an exclusive chance to join the Incubator, our holistic mastermind empowering female coaches and course creators to make money sustainably (no social media required)! As a VIP, you'll get $500 off pre-enrollment, early access to join before anyone else (we only open to the public twice a year!), and exclusive first-look opportunities not available anywhere else. Plus, you'll get free portal access before the next cohort starts and bonus coaching calls every month until then. Get on the VIP waitlist here.
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! Today we dive deep into the power of decisions and how they can shape our lives. We explore the common struggles of feeling stuck and paralyzed by the fear of making the wrong choice. Kate shares her personal journey of breaking free from this mindset and discovering a profound realization: What if the right choice is simply the one we make?
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to make a decision, even if it's a no.
- How to use thought work to know whatever choice you make is the right choice simply because you made it.
- How to examine your thoughts about investing in your business or yourself, taking risks, and betting on yourself.
- How to question your thoughts without judgment or shame.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Join our VIP waitlist now for an exclusive chance to join the Incubator, our holistic mastermind empowering female coaches and course creators to make money sustainably (no social media required)! As a VIP, you'll get $500 off pre-enrollment, early access to join before anyone else (we only open to the public twice a year!), and exclusive first-look opportunities not available anywhere else. Plus, you'll get free portal access before the next cohort starts and bonus coaching calls every month until then. Get on the VIP waitlist here.
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! Today we're delving into a thought-provoking topic: the idea of affordability and how it correlates with business growth, the entrepreneurship mindset, and making business investments. One school of thought we’re exploring is about the difference between being committed vs interested and what it truly means to be able to afford something.
What you’ll learn in this episode
- The Difference Between 'Can't Afford It' and 'Won't Afford It'
- The Concept of Affording Success in Business Growth
- Understanding the Role of Risk Tolerance in Business Commitment
- How Commitment Influences Entrepreneurial Mindset
- The Power of Business Commitment in Ensuring Sustainable Success
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! Today we sit down with Laura Zug, a community strategist that helps entrepreneurs create movements around their missions. Laura shares from her years of community building experience how to build community that keeps people coming back for more and how to have a community impact on both your business and your life.
What You'll Learn In This Episode:
- How to build a community that makes an impact, and tips to get started
- The benefits and power of an online community
- How to turn your mission into a movement
- How to get founding members excited about your mission
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode: * Learn more about Laura and her work here! * Together by Dr. Vivek Murphy * Upbase Project Management App * Tanessa Shears - How to Get Out of Bed in the Morning * Join the Success with Soul Incubator mastermind to gain more money mindset and making tips * Become a member of the Success With Soul Membership program! * Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode: * Learn more about Laura and her work here! * Together by Dr. Vivek Murphy * Upbase Project Management App * Tanessa Shears - How to Get Out of Bed in the Morning * Join the Success with Soul Incubator mastermind to gain more money mindset and making tips * Become a member of the Success With Soul Membership program! * Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! Real talk: what task do you resist doing, no matter how much you know you want or need to do it? In today's episode, transformation coach Joanna Lindenbaum shares what resistance archetypes are and what they can teach us about our fears. With twenty years of experience in human behavior and embodiment practices, her insights provide unique tips on how to gain transformative coaching skills by truly supporting your clients (and how doing so is more effective than marketing!)
What You'll Learn In This Episode:
- Tips for becoming a more transformational coach
- The 7 Resistance Archetypes and what "resistance" really is
- The 3 R's of coaching and how they are more effective than marketing
- The Somatic Process for recognizing your fears
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode: * Learn more about Joanna's work here! Plus, see what trainings she offers. * Check out Brene Brown's work * Talk to Yourself Like a Buddhist by Ryuho Okawa * Join the Success with Soul Incubator mastermind to gain more money mindset and making tips * Become a member of the Success With Soul Membership program! * Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
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Our guest today is Molly Cahill, an Instagram Management Agency owner and renowned marketing consultant, who is sharing her inspiring journey from being a burnt-out medical sales rep to becoming a wildly successful entrepreneur (tripling her net income between 2021 and 2022!) during her time in our Incubator mastermind.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How Molly balances self-care while running an agency with 27 clients
- How collaborations helped her reach the business success she desired
- What foundational steps she took early on to scale exponentially in the future
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Molly Cahill’s Instagram Management Agency
- Holistic Marketing Simplified podcast
- Follow Molly on Instagram @mollyacahill
- Get Rich Lucky Bitch by Denise Duffield-Thomas
- Join our VIP waitlist now for an exclusive chance to join the Incubator, our holistic mastermind empowering female coaches and course creators to make money sustainably (no social media required)! As a VIP, you'll get $500 off pre-enrollment, early access to join before anyone else (we only open to the public twice a year!), and exclusive first-look opportunities not available anywhere else. Plus, you'll get free portal access before the next cohort starts and bonus coaching calls every month until then. Get on the VIP waitlist here.
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! Today's guest, Kayley Hamilton, has walked the red carpet with some of the world's biggest celebrities – and now she coaches others on how to have confidence in developing a PR strategy. Whether you know it or not, you could probably develop more of a strategy for your own business. In today's episode, learn how to boldly tell your story and craft a PR strategy that would have you "red carpet ready"!
What You'll Learn in This Episode:
- Why you need a PR strategy as much as a marketing strategy
- How to boldly tell your story, even when you're afraid to do so
- Tips for crafting an effective PR strategy
- How to ditch hustle mentality and find balance in work and life
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode: * Follow Kayley on Instagram or visit her website * Superhuman Meditation App * The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz * The Success Principles by Jack Canfield * Dr. Joe Dispenza * Join the Success with Soul Incubator mastermind to gain more money mindset and making tips * Become a member of the Success With Soul Membership program! * Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! In today's episode, founder of Live Rich, Spread Wealth Melissa Hughes – a self-made millionaire, best-selling author, and coach – shares about what intuition means for entrepreneurs and how to utilize this powerful tool. Dubbed the Queen of Implementation by her clients, Melissa shares about her journey from the corporate world to making an impact on multiple generations through her business – all by following her intuition.
What You'll Learn in this Episode
- What intuition is and how to utilize it in business to make impactful choices
- How to implement effectively while using intuition
- The difference between being and doing when it comes to business
- How to make a generational impact
Subscribe, Review + Connect Thanks so much for listening in this week! If you enjoyed this episode, here are some ways you can join our Success with Soul movement:
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Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode: * The Go Giver by Bob Burg * The War of Art by Steven Pressfield * Tanessa Shears - How to Get Out of Bed in the Morning * Join the Success with Soul Incubator mastermind to gain more money mindset and making tips * Become a member of the Success With Soul Membership program! * Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
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Do you compare yourself with others in business and life? Turns out it's a common problem among women and entrepreneurs, which is why in today's episode we're offering our second mini mindset training on how to kick comparison to the curb and why doing so will help you take your business and goals to new levels. Plus, we offer practical tips on what to do when you're caught in the comparisonitis trap.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why we get caught into the web of comparison so easily
- Different types of comparison and how they can affect you
- Tips for how to turn comparison into a growth opportunity
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! If you ever find yourself saying, "I feel stuck in life and business", then this podcast episode is for you! Kat does some mindset coaching about the reasons you might be feeling stuck and how to use visualization to change your trajectory. Plus, learn practical action steps to solve any problem that you can utilize in business and life! This is part two of our three-part mindset coaching miniseries.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why feeling stuck is normal
- How to identify the problem when you're stuck
- Action steps to take to get "unstuck" and solve any problem
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! If you are running your own business but not making the money you want, there are some easy ways to make money now that you might not be doing. In today's episode, Kate shares in an exclusive coaching mini training some simple steps to take to starting generating income, plus how to master your mindset about different seasons of generating income (or not!).
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Common barriers to making money in business
- The powerful mindset work you can do to create a sustainable business
- Tips for fast and simple ways to make money today
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- Join the Success with Soul Incubator mastermind to gain more money mindset and making tips
- Become a member of the Success With Soul Membership program!
- Read Smart Women Finish Rich by David Bach for more financial tips
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
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Welcome to the Success with Soul Podcast! Today we have a special bonus episode for you where Kate gets personal and shares about a big achievement she just accomplished, and how it helped her gain some invaluable insights about how goals are achieved in business. So if you are running a business (and especially if you are a runner!), listen in to hear some Kate share about what running taught how to achieve business goals.
Subscribe, Review + Connect Thanks so much for listening in this week! If you enjoyed this episode, here are some ways you can join our Success with Soul movement:
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Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode: * Join the Success with Soul Incubator mastermind to gain more money mindset and making tips * Become a member of the Success With Soul Membership program! * The NordicTrack treadmill * Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
When our society often expects perfection, it may be surprising to get advice to just take imperfect action. But at Success with Soul, that is often what we advise our clients when they are letting fear and perfectionism keep them from taking any action at all.
Today’s guest, Incubator client Ximena Borges, has adopted that advice as her new mantra in life and business. Co-founder of Juliet and the Elf (a resource for parents to learn how to use music during different brain development stages of their children) Ximena and her business partner, Margo, have learned during their time in the Incubator how to take imperfect action to achieve sustainable results.
But Ximena wasn’t always in a season of life to invest in business coaching, and even when she did, she found that she was only receptive to learning the practical steps to growing her business. Now, more than a year later, she has advice for other business owners when it comes to making a financial commitment to coaching, how to embrace sustainability, and the power of taking imperfect action.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What taking imperfect action means and why it’s revolutionary
- How music plays an important role in the brain’s development stages
- Why investing in business coaching can take your business to a new level
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Today’s podcast guest is a leading expert in SEO – he actually created a popular SEO keyword search tool, Ubersuggest. Neil Patel joins us to talk about all things SEO, 2023 trends, and artificial intelligence in this episode.
Anyone who follows my work will know that I am a bit of an SEO fan – I ditched social media for it and have had amazing success driving organic traffic to my site and building a business with SEO.
Top experts talk about the vital role that SEO plays in building an online presence. But why is SEO so important? Neil says that it allows essentially anyone to compete with big corporations by continually driving organic traffic to your website.
With the rise of artificial intelligence, Neil Patel’s SEO tips and advice for 2023 and beyond couldn’t be more timely.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What is Ubersuggest and how to use it to outrank your competitors
- Why SEO is more powerful than social media at attracting customers
- The role that artificial intelligence plays in SEO and traffic
- Tips for gaining backlinks to your website
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This week we are going behind the scenes on another Incubator coaching call where Kate and clients talk about how to narrow your offer and business focus and the power of sharing your story to connect with potential clients!
Talking about yourself – especially with your business – can be scary. Is there actually anything that powerful about sharing it, anyways?
The simple answer to that is YES. Statistics show that stories are more memorable to the human brain and that customers and clients want more stories from brands and companies. Whether you share your story or that of someone else impacted by your work, it’s the personal connection piece that others want to know.
But one of the biggest hurdles of storytelling in business – especially when building your own business – is how people receive or perceive your story. While you can’t control how others think, what you can control is your narrative and the decision about whether sharing your story is worth the potential criticism.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to harness the power of your story to narrow your offer
- The impact of sharing your story to connect with potential clients
- How to let go of fear of others’ perceptions
- Recognizing what is in your control and how to use that for your benefit
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This week we continue giving you an exclusive listen inside the Incubator mastermind in another live Q&A session between Kate and clients.
In Part 3, we are talking about where our work and businesses fall in our list of life priorities, and how easily we can let that list get jumbled up. When we actually think about what matters to us, most often work is not first on the list, yet can so easily consume most of our time and attention.
As we take an intentional look at that list, we also dive into how we can get sucked into cycles of self doubt when we don’t hit our goals or meet our metrics – or when others’ opinions affect us a little too much.
The ultimate question that we wrestle with in this episode is: from where do I derive my self worth? Sometimes being honest with ourselves about these questions and topics, as you will hear, is the first step to breaking cycles and replacing them with a more holistic way.
So have a listen and let me know what you think!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Knowing the difference between being passionate about our work and letting it define us
- The unhealthy metrics we use to measure success and how to replace them
- How we get sucked into a cycle of self doubt…and how to get out of it
- Creating healthy boundaries when it comes to others’ opinions
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Every business owner is going to have periods of real frustration and discouragement.
This can be a season where no sales are coming in. It can be a big life transition like moving, or a divorce, or pregnancy, or leaving your stable corporate job, or raising little kids. It can just be a sense of feeling overwhelmed and not knowing what to do next.
It can be easy and pretty damn natural to have negative self-talk and all kinds of limiting beliefs pop up in these seasons of uncertainty.
So, what can we do about them? How can we reasonably reframe negative thoughts without bypassing or pretending? How can we be honest about our limiting beliefs and still keep room for new, more life-giving beliefs to take root in our hearts and minds?
That's what we're talking about today in this inside peek into our Incubator mastermind call.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The ways in which limiting beliefs can be more subtle than we think
- A great tool for transforming limiting beliefs over time
- Looking at what might actually be at the heart of slow sales
- A practical way to build confidence in what you’re selling
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Today we're shaking it up and sharing something very special with you: an exclusive listen inside an Incubator mastermind Q&A session.
In Part 1 of this recorded conversation, we're diving into the concept of choosing our feelings (yes, choosing), and how the self-talk we opt for based on those feelings — whether it's positive self-talk or negative self-talk — correlates directly to the actions we take and the outcomes we experience in life and business.
We often don’t think of our feelings as things we choose. Rather, we think of them as things that kind of just happen to us.
But I was listening to The Life Coach School podcast with Brooke Castillo, and she made a really powerful distinction inside of this concept of choice that I think will be really valuable for our listeners.
So have a listen and let me know what you think!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What it means to choose our feelings
- How feelings our feelings and the resulting self-talk affect outcomes
- Why you have to let go of perfectionism if you’re going to make any progress
- Why I think it’s great to get honest about your disappointment
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- Clockwork, by Mike Michalowicz
- Amy Porterfield
- Marie Forleo
- Mariah Coz
- Rachael Rogers
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It's not uncommon for business owners to seek out networking organizations for the connections. That is, after all, a key way that a business women's network can practically support one another.
But Danielle Wiebe wanted something different when she first imagined what would become the Business Babes Collective in 2015.
She wanted less corporate and way more fun. She wanted connections that were based on authentic relationships, not just professional opportunism. She wanted women to expand their idea of what strategic partnership and collaboration could look like.
And perhaps most of all, she wanted a place where women could embrace an abundance mindset when it comes to their success.
Danielle found that when women can trust that there really, truly is enough money, clients, opportunities, and achievements to go around — that's where the magic happens.
In this conversation between guest host Indira Shakti and Danielle, you’ll hear and feel how a stance of openness and generosity is so intimately connected with success with soul.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How entrepreneurs can utilize strategic collaborations and partnerships to scale their exposure and revenue
- Why having an abundance mindset versus a scarcity mindset can really help us to find ways to collaborate with those that we view as “competition”
- Why reframing rejection and failure in our journey as entrepreneurs is key
- Danielle’s biggest failure so far in business — and what she learned
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- Business Babes Collective website
- The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
- Follow Danielle on Instagram @danilivinglife
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Our guest today is functional nutritionist, women’s health expert, and extraordinary Incubator client Sarah Jane Sandy!
Sarah had a somewhat unusual experience as a new business owner back in the early 2000s: it was actually pretty easy for her from the start.
She grew up in a family that understood her business niche and had built successful businesses themselves in the holistic wellness space. She started out as a fertility expert inside a holistic business collective, which made marketing and attracting new clients fairly easy. She had great luck early on with a web designer who built a site for her with excellent SEO and easily drew organic traffic.
Even though she was a hard worker, she also didn’t really know what was going on in the background of her business. She’d stumbled on a business strategy that was working — but she didn’t realize at the time how or why it was effective.
In 2020, COVID hit, and she also had a baby. Her life changed dramatically in just a few months. And the economy and tech industry were also changing rapidly. Because Sarah wasn’t familiar with the inner workings of her business, she didn’t know how to respond to the shift in her energy, her focus, and the strategic needs of her business.
By 2021, her business was in trouble.
Today Sarah is sitting down with guest host Indira to share her story of hitting a major slump and what she transformed about her approach that has transformed her business in just two years.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How Sarah found her unique niche
- Why she experienced early business success with relative ease
- What caused her business to decline unexpectedly
- What she learned inside the Incubator that finally turned things around
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- Get Sarah's freebies: a Daily Fertility Checklist and the Heal Hormonal Chaos eBook
- Questions for Sarah? You can contact her here.
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- Atomic Habits by James Clear
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Many people carry a ton of preconceptions and judgments about tarot card reading.
They write it off as silly or associate it with tented rooms, crystal balls, and prediction.
We can all probably conjure scenes from movies or TV shows where someone walks in and gets a mysterious message from the Great Beyond about when they're going to die, or get married — some very particular thing about their future.
But Desi Demoto has a totally different perspective about tarot and its purpose.
She sees it as a mirror. A way to look more deeply at your present moment, or to view the past as a way to understand your present more richly, so that you can move on to create a future that's more meaningful for you.
In this way, for Desi, doing a regular tarot card reading is an act of real self care.
You'll love this conversation about how Desi got into tarot, how she uses it as a daily self-care ritual, why self care is important to be successful, and how she helps her clients find clarity, confidence, and peace.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Seeing tarot in a different light
- Why self care is so important for women entrepreneurs
- How to use a daily tarot ritual as a form of self care
- Getting creative when it comes to setting aside time to truly care for ourselves
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- Become a founding member of the Success With Soul Membership program! (and lock in your low price forever)
- Get Desi's freebie
- Learn more about Starcheology and Desi on her website
- Follow Desi on YouTube
- Become a supporter on Patreon (and get special deals on tarot reading online from Desi!)
- Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
- 78 Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
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Lacey Sites is a disruptor and a change maker in the coaching industry.
She’s got the education, experience, and business intuition to figure out what’s going to work for her, and she’s not afraid to take risks and do things no one else is doing.
One of the most exciting ways she’s disrupting the coaching industry is with her revenue sharing model. Simply put, Lacey’s business earns money through sharing revenue with her clients. So rather than a package rate, or hourly rate, or any other traditional coaching model, Lacey gets paid a percentage of her clients’ revenue.
This is not an uncommon practice in other industries, but it is in the business coaching world, and it’s working out fantastically for Lacey: In 2021, her business A Lit Up Life made over $1 million in CASH using just their partnership and 1:1 coaching model.
So if you're curious what sharing revenue could do for your coaching biz, or if you just want to hear more about how out-of-the-box thinking can serve you as a business owner, then you're going to love this episode.
I've been implementing some of Lacey's ideas, as well, and I think her boundary-pushing mindset will really inspire you to let go of "should" and do what feels right for YOU.
I can't wait for you to hear all about this!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What the Revenue Share model is and how it works
- Who are the best clients for revenue share?
- Why it's so important to make time for self-care (hint: you get the best downloads!)
- How to take maternity leave when you have revenue share clients
- Creative ways to do Revenue Share if you’re not a business coach
- The MSE Framework Lacey created for her coaching clients
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- Become a founding member of the Success With Soul Membership program! (and lock in your low price forever)
- Find Lacey and learn more about her work at A Lit Up Life
- Unbound by Kasia Urbaniak
- Follow Lacey on Instagram
- Follow Lacey on Facebook
- Unbound by Kasia Urbaniak
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
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There's no doubt that if you're going to own your own business, there are going to be seasons where you've got to work hard.
Whether it's developing a new offering, getting your website up and ready, or launching your program — sometimes you've got to go the extra mile to make things happen.
But what happens when hustle becomes a lifestyle?
Many of the women who come to us at the Incubator have been experiencing the long term effects of stress on the body: sleeplessness, panic attacks, inflammation, mysterious illnesses, constant worry. They want a way to break out of the nonstop grind that's diminishing their emotional, physical, spiritual, and relational wellbeing.
Running a business takes stamina. It's stressful sometimes. It just is. It requires a certain capacity to accept uncertainty.
Dealing with stress from work can't be about eliminating all stress — because that's unreasonable and impossible. Practical advice about addressing burnout from work has to be rooted in the reality that business, just like the rest of life, moves in seasons.
Learning how to identify and respond to what your body, mind, and spirit are telling you can bring a huge shift in dealing with stress from work and healing the long term effects of stress on the body.
So if you're an entrepreneur and you're struggling with finding a healthy balance between hard work and real rest, then I hope you'll tune into this conversation I had with Sabrina Gebhardt on her podcast Shoot It Straight. It's honest and practical, and I think you'll feel both encouraged and empowered
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Both Sabrina’s and my own experience with work-related anxiety and stress
- The importance of dealing with the root cause rather than managing symptoms of burnout
- Why so many women don’t feel it’s safe to rest
- How cyclical living is both about longer seasons and daily practices
- Why setting boundaries is a crucial part of dealing with stress from work
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Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Become a founding member of the Success With Soul Membership program! (and lock in your low price forever)
- Our free guide to cyclical living (including working according to your menstrual cycle, which is a total game-changer)
- Connect with Sabrina Gebhardt on her website
- Learn more about the Enneagram and how it can help you understand how to work better
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
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We’ve probably all felt it at one time or another: that gentle but persistent tugging at your soul towards something different.
Some part of you can’t stop wondering if there is something bigger, better, more soul-fulfilling out there for you.
In today’s episode, Dr. Tracey McGrath shares with us how she followed that pull and made the brave leap from Pharmacist to Mindful Art Teacher — with the help of meditation and mindful art, of course.
This is a wonderful example of how the Universe works to draw us towards what we’re meant for. In Tracey’s case, the practices she turned to as a way to help her cope with a hard situation actually became her path to freedom.
We’re exploring how these mindful practices can be powerful tools for boosting creativity, increasing confidence, encouraging mindset shifts, and finding your bliss.
If you’ve been feeling stuck in a job that you KNOW is not right for you and you're so ready to find a career you love, but you don’t know if there’s a way out … then you’re not going to want to miss this conversation with Tracey.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How meditation, mindfulness, and the Incubator helped Tracey shed her identity as “the woman who hates her job.”
- The mindset shift Tracey made that finally allowed everything to fall into place in her mindful art business.
- The to-do list method that Tracey uses to manage her full days as a mom and entrepreneur (hint: she chooses the scariest tasks to complete first).
- The ONE book that completely changed Tracey’s life (even though she started reading it as an absolute skeptic).
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- Get on the waitlist for our new membership program — launching in just a few weeks!
- Don't miss out on Tracey's awesome freebies!
- You can message Tracey here: info@drtraceymcgrath.com
- Follow Tracey on Instagram @blissartsco
- Follow Tracey on FB: https://www.facebook.com/blissartsco/
- The Eisenhower Matrix for planning your to-dos
- This podcast episode on biohacking for women
- You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
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I am a big planner and organizer. It's totally my jam.
And there are healthy and beautiful aspects to this passion, for sure.
But here's something I notice in the entrepreneurial world, where a lot of us are driven, high-achieving planners: we get paralyzed sometimes by our intense need to be super-duper prepared for everything.
If you've been sitting on a great business idea for a while, and you can't get going because you’re worried you don’t have exactly what you need to start your business — then today’s episode is just for you.
And if you're feeling frustrated that you haven't made any money yet, I'd like to challenge your thoughts about what you need before you can start making offers, and share some mindset shifts that can finally get you going and set you up for success this year.
This is a free training I did inside the Incubator, and I’m excited to share it with you!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The 2 big myths people believe about what you need to start a business
- What you REALLY need (it’s shockingly simple)
- Specific mindset shifts that can get you out of perfectionism and decision paralysis — so you can finally get started this year!
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Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Get on the waitlist for our new membership program — launching in just a few weeks!
- Our Imposter Syndrome workbook
- Stacy Boehman's belief triad
- Amy Porterfield and the wisdom of being a course creator (see our episodes below!)
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
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Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
In entrepreneurial circles these days, you're likely to hear plenty of talk about creating a positive mindset.
Change your mindset, change your life ... right?
But when it comes time to change the behavior, it's not uncommon to discover just how stubborn and sticky our patterns (and the thoughts that underlie them) can be.
So, if your thoughts become your reality ... and you're having trouble shifting your reality ... then you can be fairly certain that it isn't the behavior that needs your initial focus, but rather the thoughts that come before the behavior.
In other words, if you want to change your results, then you've got to address the thoughts that make up the mindset. And changing your thoughts is not just like flipping a switch. Your brain is much more complex than that.
In today's episode, I'm sharing a training I did inside the Incubator that walks through Brooke Castillo'sThe Model (CTFAR). It's a simple yet effective tool to pause and recognize how your thoughts become your reality, so that you can work with your brain to change your mindset and encourage new actions and outcomes.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How and why we take the actions we do
- What really drives our decision making
- What the brain needs in order to accept change
- What The Model (CTFAR) is and how to use it
- Simple strategies for adopting new thought patterns for better results
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Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Get on the waitlist for our new membership program — launching in just a few weeks!
- Thought Ladders PDF worksheet from Kim Witten
- Learn more about The Model from Brooke Castillo at The Life Coach School
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
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Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
At Team KK, we're big believers in the idea that words matter, and that being thoughtful about our desires can have a significant impact on the quality of our experiences.
Today, we're bringing you behind the scenes to our annual planning meeting as we wrap of Season 2 of the podcast and look ahead to our hopes for the company and ourselves in the coming year!
Part of what we like to do at the close of each year is to just take some time to take stock, to look back, and to name our desires for the year ahead. And part of this process involves setting intentions with a Word of the Year.
This ritual each year isn't complicated, but it's definitely one of my favorites. It might seem simple to encapsulate your desire in a Word of the Year, but it's actually a really vulnerable and empowering exercise. You're putting yourself out there, and you're sharing what that means with your team or your loved ones, and it sparks this energy of creation.
Setting your intentions with your whole heart is a way to tune into what matters most to you, and as part of our annual process at Team KK, it also means that we get to support each other in being able to feel our best inside of our work.
Today we're sharing how we do this exercise, what setting intentions for the coming year means for us, and what the Word of the Year is for each of us as we head into 2023!
Thanks for a great 2022, and we’ll look forward to offering up more great conversations in the New Year.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why we do this exercise each year
- The steps we take to each determine our Word of the Year
- Why we each chose our particular word
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- Download a transcript of this episode
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- If you want some help identifying your own Word of the Year, we've got a FREE download at katekordsmeier.com/word
- Join our 30-Day Sprint and make 2023 your best year yet!
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
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In November 2021, I sent an email to my list with a big, scary announcement.
I was letting them know that I was retiring my 21 Days to Impact program and my 6-Figure Blog Academy program and integrating them into a single, all-encompassing, deep-dive program that's now the Success With Soul Incubator, which I had launched in March 2021.
Here's the thing: these were my most successful programs. They had allowed me to consistently bring in $50K months on autopilot. The Incubator was in its baby phase. I had no idea if it was going to get traction.
At that time, Indira was our new COO, and she said what I think a lot of people were thinking: What's going on? Why on earth would you let go of what's working in favor of a total unknown?
After all, this move went against ALL the conventional business advice:
- It was removing a known "winner" in favor of an untested offering
- It was putting all my program eggs into one metaphorical basket
- It was not following the standard hierarchy of offering low-, mid-, and high-ticket items
Today, Indira and I are talking about why I decided to do this, why I couldn't push away that draw to try something new in my business (again!), and why I believe taking business risks is an essential part of choosing to be an entrepreneur.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What prompted me to make the decision to let go of my most profitable offerings
- Why I see the ability to deal with risk as one of the most important qualities in a successful entrepreneur
- Why mindset work is so critical as an entrepreneur
- How I feel one year after making the big switch in my biz
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- Download a transcript of this episode
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Get access to our free, private 4-part podcast series Inside the Incubator
- Everything Is Figure-Out-Able, by Marie Forleo
- Denise Duffield Thomas and her Money Bootcamp
- Stacey Boehman's podcast episode about Recession-Proofing Your Business
- Join our 30-Day Sprint and make 2023 your best year yet!
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
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In her 22 years in corporate life, Melissa Therrien has heard a similar story from so many women in business: they're successful, but they rarely feel alive.
They're often moms and caregivers, and their jobs likely involve serving others, as well. Often their work requires a lot of analytical and strategic thinking. So in these roles of relentlessly serving other people, over time, they tend to give so much of themselves away to other people that they begin to lose pieces of themselves. They're disconnected in body, mind, and soul.
And here's another part of the stories that Melissa knows, both from talking to other women and from her own personal experience: they often have creative interests that light them up deep inside ... but they have no time, no space, and no energy to dive into these passions.
Melissa is a mom and executive who loves writing, painting, and creating beauty around her. She found that the more she allowed herself to spend time with the activities that brought her the most joy, the more she wanted to help other women experience the liberating power of nurturing the creative side of themselves, too.
And along the way, with the help and support she's gotten inside the Success With Soul Incubator, she's found a path to turning her passion project ideas into an online business.
Today she's a creative entrepreneur, lifestyle blogger, and business and personal development coach at Live Each Day. She teaches busy, motivated women to rediscover themselves so they can live the life they truly want. We think you'll appreciate this multi-talented entrepreneur, and it's been a pleasure to work with Melissa inside the Incubator as she's honing and growing her business!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Melissa’s journey from left-brained living to inviting creativity and passion back into her life
- What inspired her to start her own business
- The biggest risk she took in starting Live Each Day (and how Kate helped her through)
- Why she decided to join the Incubator
- How her business has changed in the last year, and what she's working on in 2023
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- Leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. I personally read each and every one of them, and they are super important for rankings, which help us continue to produce free content just for you! You may even be featured on the episode in our listener spotlight!
- Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to get automatic updates.
- Curious about our group coaching program, the Success With Soul Incubator? Check out our behind the scenes tour here!
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
- Download a transcript of this episode
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Find Melissa on her website and learn more about her coaching at Live Each Day
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Here are Melissa's amazing FREE offerings:
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Journal Prompts
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Mindset Shifts
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The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
- The Common Path to Uncommon Success by John Lee Dumas
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
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Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
We often hear about the entrepreneur who has a crystal-clear vision from day 1 about exactly what she wants her online business to look like. She knows what she wants to offer. She knows her target audience. She understands her niche.
That's one way that an entrepreneur can feel the pull to start a business. And it's a wonderful way!
But there's another way that we maybe don't talk about quite as much — and that's the entrepreneur who's clear that she wants to build a business ... but the details at the beginning are pretty damn hazy.
If this describes your situation, let me tell you: you are in great company!
You might be surprised to discover just how many other business owners out there felt the draw to create their own online businesses long before they had nailed down all the details.
But here's something you might not have considered as you're looking to start a business of your own: intentionally, consciously investing in your business, even if it technically hasn't been fully born yet.
Today's guest, homebuyer coach and Incubator client Lindsay Thomas Milley, shares her unique journey with guest host Indira, and I think you're really going to appreciate her perspective.
Lindsay decided to join the Incubator early, before she had total clarity on the path her online business should take.
Why? Because having that clarity, support, and soul-aligned guidance was exactly what she needed to start a business that feels just right for her.
Catch all the details inside this week’s podcast episode!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Lindsay’s journey as an entrepreneur (she’s had the bug for a while now)
- The personal experience that made her decide to become a homebuyer coach
- Why she decided to join the Incubator early on in her business process — and why that turned out to be a smart move
- How her business has changed in the last 12 months since joining the Incubator
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Thanks so much for listening in this week! If you enjoyed this episode, here are some ways you can join our Success with Soul movement:
- Leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. I personally read each and every one of them, and they are super important for rankings, which help us continue to produce free content just for you! You may even be featured on the episode in our listener spotlight!
- Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to get automatic updates.
- Curious about our group coaching program, the Success With Soul Incubator? Check out our behind the scenes tour here!
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Find Lindsay on her website, Growing Home LA
- Get Linday’s FREE workbook to help you map out your dream home here
- Follow Lindsay on Instagram @growinghome.la
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
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Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Bront'e Singleton is no stranger to trying — and struggling — to learn a new language.
She downloaded all of the apps. Bookmarked all of the blogs and Youtube channels. Bought into a lot of resources, programs, and classes. But still she struggled.
It definitely wasn't a lack of interest or ability. She loves languages and loves reading and has a natural gift for learning languages.
It had way more to do with process than with passion. She needed more than just tips to learn a new language. She needed help with the types of habits and routines that would make it easier to stay consistent, manage her time, and finally see results from all her effort.
It took her YEARS to realize what was missing from her own routine, and now she shares what she's learned about effective study techniques with other language learners.
Today we're sitting down with Bront'e to discuss her journey as an entrepreneur and how the Incubator has helped her take her passion for learning new languages and translate that (see what I did there?) into a business that makes a measurable difference for others.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Bront’e’s journey from full-time teacher (in a school) to full-time teacher (in her own biz)
- How language learning is similar to building a business
- What’s changed for her biz in the last 12 months since joining the Incubator
- The biggest risks she’s taken — and her biggest wins
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- Leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. I personally read each and every one of them, and they are super important for rankings, which help us continue to produce free content just for you! You may even be featured on the episode in our listener spotlight!
- Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to get automatic updates.
- Curious about our group coaching program, the Success With Soul Incubator? Check out our behind the scenes tour here!
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Find Bront'e on her website: thepolyglotfox.com
- Get Bront'e's FREE download: The Polyglot Secret Formula
- Follow Bront'e on Instagram @thepolygotfox
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Sometimes it's easy for women business owners to get caught up in this idea that in order to be successful, they have to "win" at playing the game that male entrepreneurs have been playing for so long. So they work harder. They put in gruesomely long hours. They try to contort themselves into the mold of the Marketing Bro who's making it all happen all the time, at the exact same intensity levels, even though our bodies (and everything else in the natural world) operates on cycles.
We know what this looks and feels like: women are burned out, unwell, struggling, and utterly exhausted.
It stands to reason that business coaching for women should be different. We need coaching models that can fit a new paradigm: one that honors the feminine and cyclical living, that offers the community support that women had for thousands of years up until very recently, and that builds in rest and real self-care as a foundational principle of success.
So today we're talking with holistic esthetician, solo mom, kickass CEO, and Incubator client Katie Kus about her amazing journey.
We hope you see why we embrace the idea of business coaching for women — and why our approach meets women where they are and allows them to be fully themselves inside of the role of entrepreneur.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Katie’s journey from bank manager to CEO of her own skincare business
- Why she chose to stick with Team KK, even after she knew she didn’t want to become a blogger
- What’s made all the difference for her
- Why she knew she had to join the Incubator — and how her business has shifted since
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Ready to maximize your business's potential? Check out the sanity-saving, abundance-creating strategies we use inside the Success With Soul Incubator that help you start building a business you love and that serves your whole life.
- Find Katie on her website
- Check out Katie's freebie!
- Follow Katie on Instagram @oregongirlskincare
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
- Everything Is Figureoutable, by Marie Forleo
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
You don't have to look too far to see how often entrepreneurs who are practitioners of one kind or another transition to creating a mentoring business to help other practitioners in their field.
I've done it (and love it!), and our guest today is another example of someone who has made the move from practitioner to mentor — and who has learned how to create a whole other thriving branch of her business.
Sabrina Gebhardt started out as a lifestyle photographer, and she has built a very successful business around that gift.
She started feeling the pull to come alongside other photographers and show them how to go from "starving artist" to "abundant entrepreneur." Et viola, the idea for a mentoring business was born.
In November 2021, she joined the Success With Soul Incubator, and that's when her mentoring business really started to thrive.
I think you're going to love her journey — especially if you're currently a practitioner who's looking to dip a toe into teaching/coaching others in your field, either as a way to transition completely (like I did) or to supplement/grow your business while you continue to practice your first love (like Sabrina is doing).
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How and why Sabrina made the shift from lifestyle photographer to mentoring other photographers
- How she dealt with Imposter Syndrome when considering launching her first course
- How the Incubator has helped her skyrocket her success (and keep her balanced)
- The biggest challenges in choosing to keep her own photography biz while she’s also building her mentoring business
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Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Ready to maximize your business's potential? Check out the sanity-saving, abundance-creating strategies we use inside the Success With Soul Incubator that help you start building a business you love and that serves your whole life.
- Find Sabrina on her website
- Follow Sabrina on Instagram @sabrinagebhardtphotography (she loves IG and often does Q&As)
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
There is no getting around it: building and leading a team is hard, hard work.
Even if you're a charismatic people-person. Even if you've managed people inside a corporate environment before. Even if you understand in concept what makes a team great.
There's just so much energy and emotion that goes into creating this group of people who are helping you carry out the vision of your business, and whose livelihood and wellbeing also become part of your care and awareness.
It's vulnerable, humbling work that's FULL of mistakes.
And — when you start to find your groove and you're figuring out how to hire, train, and how to manage a team successfully, it's truly amazing.
You get to see that great energy at work. You get to feel what it's like to have people who communicate well and who care about each other and about the business. You get to experience the joy of visions and projects and campaigns coming together.
It's a wonderful feeling!
Today, I'm sitting down with three women I admire so much and who have helped me in countless ways to become a better entrepreneur, leader, and person.
Jordan Gill, Katie Read, and Kelsey Kerslake are coming into this conversation with such honesty, and I think that's precisely why it's such an important episode for any entrepreneur who's genuinely committed to being a solid leader of integrity and learning what makes a team efficient, engaged, and strong.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How each of our guests currently is setting up her team (full-time, part-time, contractor, commission)
- The challenges and perks of running remote teams
- How to move from "the poster on the wall" to embodied, clear values
- Our biggest mistakes, biggest wins, and biggest lessons
- Dealing with the guilt of being a (recovering!) control freak and perfectionist
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Ready to maximize your business's potential? Check out the sanity-saving, abundance-creating strategies we use inside the Success With Soul Incubator that help you start building a business you love and that serves your whole life.
- Find Jordan Gill at Systems Saved Me
- Find Kelsey Kerslake at Pinegate Road
- Find Katie Read at the Clini-Coach Academy
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
One of the unofficial mantras of Team KK and the work we do with women entrepreneurs is, We're not meant to do this alone.
We need each other, and we need a solid team we can depend on.
And perhaps nowhere is this more apparent than what goes into finding and hiring a Chief Operations Officer (COO).
Your COO is really your right-hand woman — the person who keeps things running, who makes hiring decisions, who handles all things team-related, who ensures that we are putting all the systems in place so that Team KK can grow and hopefully impact as many lives as possible in the process.
In short, she really is at the heart of what makes a strong team. You have to be able to trust her judgment, because the decisions she'll be making will affect everything.
It's a huge job with many spinning plates, and it requires a very unique skill set to be able to pull off well. Because the Chief Operations Officer has to have a lively combo of both hard and soft skills. She has to understand organization and project management. She’s got to be a clear communicator. She has to have a heart for people. And she’s got to be on board with the vision and mission of the team you're supporting.
If you've ever wondered What does a COO do? — well, the honest answer is "a bit of everything." Today we're going to dive in to get a clearer picture of Indira's indispensable team role and what makes a strong team that works well and efficiently together.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How Indira found her way to Team KK
- What she brings in her role as COO to help make Teak KK a strong, efficient, thriving team
- What Success With Soul means for Indira
- How she practices real self-care
- What’s on the horizon for Indira as a lifelong learner
- Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Ready to maximize your business's potential? Check out the sanity-saving, abundance-creating strategies we use inside the Success With Soul Incubator that help you start building a business you love and that serves your whole life.
- Indira recommends: Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Team values are easy to think of and post on your website or in job descriptions. But they can be tough to actually live out and embody — especially if your team is spread out across multiple continents.
In today’s episode, you’ll meet Olivia Blase, our Operations Assistant who joins us every day from Madrid, Spain.
Olivia and Indira dive into what it takes to build a healthy remote team culture, including taking on the challenge of embodying our stated values like “We make mistakes.” (Yes, that’s a core Team KK value.)
You’ll also really get a sense of how Olivia exemplifies the soft skills that we’re always looking for. We’ve found that when potential employees get who we are (and want to get behind that), then it’s way easier to nail down the what of our day to day operations.
I know you’re going to love meeting Olivia and getting to know her better!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Where Olivia has traveled, and what she’s done along the way
- What has surprised Olivia about working with Team KK
- What Success With Soul means for her
- How she practices real self-care
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Ready to maximize your business's potential? Check out the sanity-saving, abundance-creating strategies we use inside the Success With Soul Incubator that help you start building a business you love and that serves your whole life.
- What Olivia is reading: Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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There tends to be a kind of wonderful synchronicity to finding the right people for your team.
And often, I don't even find them. They find me — which feels like even more of a gift.
That's how it worked with Rachel Silves, who is currently our Program and Marketing Coordinator at Team KK.
Rachel brought more than a decade of entrepreneurship with her when she decided to make the transition to being an intrapreneur with Team KK.
And she brings her varied and interesting experience with her inside the Success With Soul Incubator, where she helps with programming and coaches women who are ready to be done with the grind forever and want to start building a soul-aligned business that nourishes them and serves their whole life.
You’re going to love this conversation with Rachel and guest host Indira!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How and why Rachel went from being and entrepreneur to being and intrapreneur with Team KK
- What her zone of genius is — and how she uses these gifts to help women inside the Incubator
- Which Team KK values are her favorite
- What surprised her most after joining the team
- Her advice for hiring someone to her position
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Ready to maximize your business's potential? Check out the sanity-saving, abundance-creating strategies we use inside the Success With Soul Incubator that help you start building a business you love and that serves your whole life.
- Some of Rachel's favorite books and tools:
What Color Is Your Parachute by Richard Bolles
7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Time Boxing for time management - Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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As y'all know, vulnerability and transparency are some of my top core values.
And I have not been shy about my struggles with learning how to be a leader. I have had to learn how to hire and onboard and train and retain good people.
Building a team culture and making sure we have all of our systems in place — SOPs, project management, communication tools, how to delegate properly, how to make sure that everybody is aligned with our core values, and even figuring out what our core values are — it's a lot.
It’s hard work. But it’s so worth it.
We're starting a new series called Behind the Team, where guest host Indira Dejtiar pulls back the curtain and introduces you to the people who are making this business work!
We’re kicking off the series with Jayce Dayap, our behind-the-scenes guru for all things admin support, operational systems, and customer service who also has an amazing creative ability. You're going to love her story!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What we want to do with the Behind the Team series
- Who Jayce is and what she does for our team
- How hiring her has made Team KK better
- The value of hiring people who can grow with you
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Ready to maximize your business's potential? Check out the sanity-saving, abundance-creating strategies we use inside the Success With Soul Incubator that help you start building a business you love and that serves your whole life.
- Mark Mason's The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck*
- Some of our team tools: Kartra, ClickUp, and the Pomodoro Method
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Welcome to the Success With Soul podcast! Today we're talking about a topic we've never talked about before: how to sell an online service business. So if you've got a service-based business that you're thinking of selling, or you just want to know more about how to build a sellable asset — today's conversation is for you!
I've talked about the emotional journey of feeling "done" with my first blog, Root + Revel, navigating that new territory, and trying to decide what to do.
What I didn’t know at the time of that first experience with feeling ready to move on was that I had more choices beyond just walking away. Thankfully, someone in my mastermind group at the time brought the possibility of selling to my attention.
Today I’m joined by Rachel Silves, the program and marketing coordinator for Team KK. In addition to having a wealth of professional experience, she'd owned her own business, purchased a business, and sold a business by the time she brought her amazing powers of coordination to us.
So in this episode, she really has an informed and complex perspective to add, because she's been in every role, and she has her own unique experience selling her online service business.
Part of what made this discussion with Rachel so rich was that she and I made different choices when it came time to sell our businesses — and in the end, they both worked out. So in this wide-ranging conversation, we share what we learned, what we'd do differently next time around, and what surprised us most about the whole process.
And hopefully it can help other online business owners who might be dealing with similar questions!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why Kate and Rachel decided to sell
- How to know what your business is worth
- The different ways they found buyers
- What they would have done differently leading up to the sale
- The thing that surprised them most
- What mindset you need to embody to successfully sell your business
- Their best advice on how to build a sellable asset
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Ready to maximize your business's potential? Check out the sanity-saving, abundance-creating strategies we use inside the Success With Soul Incubator that help you start building a business you love and that serves your whole life.
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Today, we're republishing one of my most-listened-to episodes about course creation. So if you're wondering what it's REALLY like to create and launch an online course, this one is for you. I have tried, failed, and succeeded — and today I'm re-sharing what I learned. And hopefully these insights can help you when it's YOUR turn to launch an online course! PLUS — this is it: the cart is closing on Amy Porterfield's Digital Course Academy — so register while you still can.
One thing about me: when I'm in, I'm IN.
What I mean is, when I'm determined to understand something, I will dig in, study, learn from my mistakes, and try again. It's how I run my business. And I love to share what I learn with other women entrepreneurs, because I think it’s important that we lift each other up.
That's why I decided to create this episode (back in 2020) about what I learned in my attempts to launch my first real online course, The Six-Figure Blog Academy.
In the six months between July 2019 - January 2020, I was able to earn nearly $150,000 from this course.
But it was definitely not easy. And those months included a bombed launch that almost made me quit the biz entirely.
In this episode, I share how I worked through the challenges and serious disappointments, and I don’t hold back on describing the mistakes I made, so you can learn from them and not have to repeat them yourself!
PLUS, this is cart closing week for Amy Porterfield's amazing Digital Course Academy. She's not offering this course again until 2024, so if you've been meaning to get in on it, now is the time!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What I recommend you do BEFORE you launch your digital course to the public
- The biggest mistake people (including myself!) make when it comes to hosting webinars
- Whether or not to offer payment plans and how to price your course
- The fatal mistake I made that put my company in debt for the first time ever
- When and how to bring in affiliates for your course
- How I turned a failed, in-the-red launch into a six-figure launch only THREE months later!
- Plus the key strategy I implemented BEFORE my six-figure launch that was paramount to my success
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Get details and register for Digital Course Academy!
- Follow Amy on Instagram @amyporterfield
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Welcome to the Success With Soul podcast! In honor of Digital Course Academy opening up, we’ve been doing an amazing series all about online courses for the last few weeks. Today we’re featuring a brand new conversation with Amy Porterfield. And this time, we’re diving into the mental game of creating and selling courses: letting go of perfectionism, getting out of your own way, and giving yourself permission to evolve.
It’s easy to think that someone like Amy Porterfield — the Queen of Online Course Perfection — wouldn't struggle anymore with things like Imposter Syndrome, freaking out, or being nervous for a live launch.
But there's something Amy is always honest about: the inner work of the entrepreneur is always ongoing.
You're still going to have days where you don't feel that confident. Some of your ideas are going to be duds. You're going to struggle with the voices of Imposter Syndrome every now and then. A big launch — or risk of any kind — is probably gonna make you hella nervous.
And it's all okay. Because it's not about being perfect. It's about being real, choosing to keep showing up so you can bring what you're here to bring, and always giving yourself permission to evolve.
Between the wise perspectives on success and the concrete advice on how to build a solid course, you're going to love this wide-ranging conversation with Amy today!
Plus, the doors are open to register for Amy’s Digital Course Academy — but only for a limited time. Register while you can!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How Amy incorporates her philosophy of permission to evolve into her own business
- The 10% Edge — what it is and how it can give you so much freedom
- How much accountability/personal responsibility to build into your courses
- How and when to incorporate live elements in your evergreen courses
- Courses vs. Memberships — benefits and challenges to both
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Get details and register for Digital Course Academy
- Follow Amy on Instagram @amyporterfield
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Welcome to the Success With Soul podcast! Today I'm re-sharing an episode from last year all about how to create passive income using online courses, an evergreen sales model, and finding the right tools to help you reliably put elements of your biz on autopilot.
I had always heard about the magical allure of the evergreen model. The possibility of not having to live launch sounded amazing.
An evergreen funnel is an automated funnel that, when done well, creates ease and sustainability in your business by bringing in regular revenue. I mean, for an entrepreneur wondering how to create passive income, this is the holy grail.
But on the front end, I'll admit: it felt a bit daunting.
There are tools you need. And systems in place. And it has to be set up correctly.
This is why it's critical to have expert guidance. And thankfully, I had that when I found Amy Porterfield and all her amazing offerings. With her clear instruction, I had what I needed to confidently set up and execute a functioning, efficient evergreen funnel, and over the years I’ve been able to test and tweak my own systems to find what works just right for me.
As you know, I’m big on transparency — so I want to give you the scoop on the challenges, pros, and cons, so you can decide for yourself if evergreen funnels are right for you, and give you a clear idea of your options when you’re getting set up. That’s what this episode is all about!
If you’re wondering about the ins and outs of how to set up your own online course — check out Amy’s FREE live webinar, 5 Strategies to Create & Launch a Profitable Digital Course from Scratch. I have implemented much of this advice myself, and Amy’s teaching has been extremely pivotal for me in my business. Don’t miss this chance to learn from one of the best!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What an evergreen funnel is
- The pros and cons of this model vs. a 'closed-cart’ or 'live launch’ model
- The main tech tool I use to make this process work on autopilot
- My 7 tips for going evergreen in your business
- How to create a funnel that’s authentic and that creates the right amount of urgency to generate sales (this is key!)
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- You can register for Amy Porterfield’s FREE live webinar here: 5 Strategies to Create & Launch a Profitable Digital Course from Scratch
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Curious about how to create an online course that actually sells? Today we're re-sharing a conversation with the world's top expert on online courses, Amy Porterfield. She offers her best tips on how to build and launch a digital course, why the time is NOW, and why the teacher should be YOU (yes, you)!
So you've heard all about the benefits of creating and selling digital courses: they boost your business revenue and give you more freedom, all while allowing you to reach more people and transform more lives. Yes, please!
But where do you learn how to create an online course that resonates with your soul, your vision, and your audience?
Where should you start?
And — here's a big one: How do you deal with the almost-inevitable Imposter Syndrome that comes up when you’re getting ready to put yourself out there?
So with today’s amazing guest, we're taking on these intertwined issues.
Amy Porterfield is an online marketing expert and the host of the top-ranked podcast, Online Marketing Made Easy. Her action-by-action approach proves that even the newest online entrepreneurs can generate exciting momentum as they build a business they love.
Learning how to create an online course doesn't have to be overwhelming. It always helps to have a great guide. And today's guest is one of the very best you could ask for!
PLUS, don't miss a special opportunity to get in on Amy's Course Confident: A 5-Day LIVE Bootcamp, a private community where Amy personally walks you through step-by-step on how to stop overanalyzing, take action, and cement the foundations of your own digital course.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How Amy got into the world of digital course creation (when it was basically all men)
- What the 10% edge is, and how it can help you beat Imposter Syndrome
- Pricing secrets for selling (even in hard times or down economies)
- Why this is still a great time for digital courses and e-learning!
- 3 action steps you can take RIGHT NOW to get started
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Enroll for Amy's Course Confident Bootcamp here!
- Follow Amy on Instagram @amyporterfield and check out her Digital Course Academy
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Welcome back to our regular Success With Soul Podcast series! This week we're sharing a conversation I had with Amy Porterfield last year about how to create online courses that feel great to make, natural to share, and easy to sell. She shares her wisdom on how to determine which approach to selling is right for you.
When you're considering offering an online course, you need two big things.
First, someone who knows how to create online courses that are a great match for who you are and what you're trying to bring into the world. And second, someone who understands inside and out the systems and strategies that make selling less stressful, more fun, and way more profitable.
My incredible guest today is Amy Porterfield, an online marketing expert and the host of the top-ranked podcast, Online Marketing Made Easy.
You're going to love today's conversation, especially if:
- You're developing your course and want to know which approach to selling would be a good match for you, your audience, and your lifestyle
- You've got a course ready to go but feel totally lost when it comes to marketing and selling
- You're almost there ... but you need to lay the proper foundation before you can launch
Through her bestselling courses and popular podcast, Amy’s action-by-action approach proves that even the newest online entrepreneurs can bypass the overwhelm, and instead generate exciting momentum as they build a business they love.
PLUS, don't miss the chance to register for Amy's amazing Course Confident: A 5-Day LIVE Bootcamp, a private community where Amy shows you step by step how to cement the foundations of your own digital course.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What you need before you launch, and what you don’t
- Ideas for lead magnets that work to build your list
- How to troubleshoot failed launches (99% chance it’s not your course!)
- 3 approaches to selling digital courses and how to get started
- How to authentically build a diverse, equitable and inclusive community
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Course Confident: A 5-Day LIVE Bootcamp — don't miss it!
- Follow Amy on Instagram @amyporterfield and check out her Digital Course Academy
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Welcome back to our regular Success With Soul Podcast series! This week we're sharing a conversation I had with Jacques Hopkins last year about how to reliably generate passive income by strategically using online courses and evergreen funnels.
While online courses certainly aren't the only way to generate passive income, they do offer a unique way to serve your target audience and build your business in a way that can also allow you more space in your work — for rest, for play, for working on new ideas.
Today, we're diving into the strategies that will help you not only create an online course, but how to actually earn reliable income from it that's both scalable and sustainable.
My guest Jacques Hopkins worked as an engineer for eight years. Then, he quit his job and turned his biggest hobby into a highly successful online piano course.
PianoIn21Days.com has brought in over $1.7 Million in revenue to date, with over 5,000 students all over the world. Today, Jacques supports his family because he can consistently generate passive income from his course. In addition, he teaches others how to use his method at TheOnlineCourseGuy.com and The Online Course Show podcast.
In today's episode, we're going to be looking at a unique evergreen model called an evergreen funnel. A good evergreen funnel builds a relationship with your potential customer and leads them to the sale in as non-salesy a way as possible. When leveraged correctly, it can be a great way to generate passive income — with much less stress than live launching and more earning potential than regular evergreen.
You’re going to love this episode packed with practical info!
And if you need help honing the focus of your offer, I've got a GREAT resource for you. Amy Porterfield's excellent FREE What's Your "Thing"? guide will help you identify your unique contribution, so you can increase your impact and your income.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Conveying the true value of what you're selling (especially important if you're not teaching business or money-making strategies)
- Dealing with Imposter Syndrome
- The difference between just evergreen and an evergreen funnel
- The most important thing you need in order for your funnel to actually convert
- How to troubleshoot your funnel when it's "not working"
- What to do with the people on your email list if they don't buy, and how to launch to them again
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Don't miss Amy Porterfield's FREE What's Your "Thing"? guide!
- Follow Jacques online at pianoin21days.com and theonlinecourseguy.com
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Welcome back to our regular Success With Soul Podcast series! This week I'm sharing a powerhouse conversation with some of the most alive, wise, and capable women in business that I know: Tarzan Kay, Jordan Gill, Lattice Hudson, and Ashley Gartland. In this conversation, we get to the heart of what it is to build a business that truly works for you by designing one-of-a-kind hybrid offers that deeply serve your clients, your joy, your health, and your lifestyle.
Many of us are taught pretty narrow ideas about how to build a business and be a "successful" entrepreneur. Or rather, each coach we hire or course we take has a really specific idea about how to do this.
So you get people in camps, like: live launching or evergreen. Coaching or courses. 1:1 or group. VIP days, memberships, online courses, or agency model.
And we feel like we have to choose. PLUS, there's a mindset that accompanies these pick-a-camp approaches. It basically says:
- You have to pick one approach to your offer, and that's your thing forever
- If it doesn't work, it means you've failed
At the heart of what's unreasonable and unsustainable about these approaches is that they don't take into account any of what it is to be ... well, human.
We NEED business models that favor flexibility, creativity, and a fine attunement to what feels aligned and alive in us in our different life seasons. In addition, we need wise mentors like these four women who can model this basic truth: when it comes to how to build a business, the possibilities are endless. You’re going to love this conversation!
PLUS — if you need help refining the focus of your offer, we've got a GREAT resource to share. Amy Porterfield's excellent FREE What's Your "Thing"? guide will help you identify your unique contribution, so you can increase your impact and your income.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What each of these women bring — and how they found their perfect (for now) offers
- What’s at the heart of hybrid offers — and the secret to finding what’s right for you
- How they’ve adjusted in different life seasons (including divorce, kids, and changing interests)
- What Jordan shifted when she needed to tend to a chronic illness
- How these women have changed their relationship to failure — and how that’s empowered them
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- Don't miss Amy Porterfield's FREE What's Your "Thing"? guide!
- The Launch It With Soul mini-course has all the tools and strategies you need to create (or refine) your one-of-a-kind offer
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Welcome back to our regular Success With Soul Podcast series! This week I'm sharing a special recording of a VIP roundtable discussion I had with Molly Cahill, Caroline Fausel, and Sara Jane Sandy. These are three of my favorite women in business who are also early adopters and students in the Success With Soul Incubator.
If you've ever wondered what brings women to the Success With Soul Incubator, what goes on inside the program, and how women are using what they learn to build businesses and lives they love — then you're going to love this VIP roundtable discussion with Molly Cahill, Caroline Fausel, and Sara Jane Sandy.
These remarkable women are part of the same cohort, and I invited them to come on and share their experiences with me.
Sara, Molly, and Caroline all came to the Incubator for different reasons. They were at different stages of business. And they had individual needs and questions.
In this conversation, you get to see how they've each forged their own paths — which is part of the power of the Incubator. No business is the same, and no person is the same. So it makes sense that you should have a program that has both the flexibility and the support to guide you through your own unique journey.
We close this session out with questions from listeners, so you can get a feel for what other women just like you are wrestling with as they consider the Incubator for themselves. Accounting, timing, funding, and scheduling all come up — plus a rich section on balancing entrepreneurship and motherhood.
My hope is that you get a ton out of this roundtable discussion, and that it helps you decide if the Incubator is right for you!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The 3 unique journeys of these Incubator students
- The skinny on raising your prices — and why it’s not just about money
- Which boundaries have made the most difference
- The question to ask when you’re considering spending money on your biz
- How these entrepreneurs make the most of motherhood while still building their businesses
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- Download your vision board here.
- Download ways to overcome Imposter Syndrome here.
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Welcome back to our regular Success With Soul Podcast series! You probably hear the term a lot, especially in the online biz world — but what IS organic traffic? Today I'm sharing a popular training that shows you how you can use organic traffic and other outside-the-box techniques to sustainably scale your business, without burnout, exhaustion, or "hustle."
There's a lot of understandable confusion about how I’ve created a 6-figure online business, especially since I don't do social media.
If I were to ask a room full of people, "What is organic traffic? And why do you want it?" — a lot of them would assume I meant attracting followers to their social media pages and making more money by being an "influencer."
But that's not what I mean by organic traffic. And the truth is, you can make real money in your biz without needing thousands of followers.
This week, I'm sharing a recording of a training I did not long ago called Organic Traffic to Sustainably Scale to $50K Months — Without Live Launching, Social Media, or Selling Your Soul.
In this 100-minute class, I go over everything you need to know about what organic traffic is, how you can leverage it to earn more while working less (and spending way less time on social media), and why it's one of the biggest keys to financial freedom for women in business.
PLUS, I share an approach to working that has completely changed how I run my business and that has radically affected my level of financial, relational, and spiritual abundance.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The skinny on generating organic traffic
- 10 reasons why you NEED a blog
- How to leverage passive income to work less and earn more
- What can happen for you if you let go of the linear masculine model and instead embrace the power of feminine energy in your biz
- How the Success With Soul Incubator can help you integrate all these ideas, approaches, and strategies — with a ton of support
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- Download your vision board here.
- Download ways to overcome Imposter Syndrome here.
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Welcome back to our regular Success With Soul Podcast series! Today I'm sharing a popular training I did a while ago called Six Systems for Six-Figure CEOs. In it, I go over the foundational pillars of successful entrepreneurs — and how you can implement them now in your online business to start earning real money in a way that's sustainable, reliable, and sane.
A lot of women think that there are two options when they start their own business:
- Either you choose your life/family and don't earn money with your online business (I mean, not real money, anyway), or
- You choose your biz and work 24/7, sacrificing everything to make it happen
If you've followed me for more than 15 minutes, you know I don't buy into either of these options. It's a false choice based on messed-up patriarchal models of success and entrepreneurship.
I wanted to debunk the myth that your online business can only earn money if you run yourself into the ground. So a while back, I created a webinar called The Six Systems of Six-Figure CEOs.
I looked at the habits, priorities, and practices of entrepreneurs who are experiencing sustainable success in sane ways. That is: they have a whole life, and their business serves that life. Not the other way around.
These are the systems I have built my own business on, and what I teach in the Success with Soul Incubator.
I put everything together and shared what I have learned in this popular training, which I'm re-sharing for you all today!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- 6 pillars that distinguish abundant, healthy, sustainable success from burnout
- Why it’s so so important to give your online business at least a year
- Real, practical strategies for dealing with oh-so-common Imposter Syndrome (no, you’re not alone!)
- Organic SEO’d traffic, evergreen sales, and affiliate revenue: the holy trinity of passive income
- How to stop playing small — and how the Incubator can help
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- Download your vision board here.
- Download ways to overcome Imposter Syndrome here.
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Welcome to our new Soulpreneur 411 series — where I answer your questions about building a business that serves your whole life. Today I'm answering a question about how I got into business development and marketing as an entrepreneur.
This week’s question comes from Alicia.
She asks, How did you get into this business development world? How did you figure out that that was what you were great at?
I've probably told my story many times on this podcast and how I got started in all of this. I probably haven't told it exactly through the lens of this question.
So today, I’m diving into the winding journey that brought me here, and why I cannot say enough about listening to your own gut, your own intuition.
All along the way, I had people who told me I was crazy. And it’s not like I didn’t have moments of questioning myself. Should I leave a stable corporate job? Should I leave a lucrative “dream” travel/food writing job? Should I launch out and do my own thing?
But somewhere, there was a deeper knowing, and I had to follow it. And in the Incubator, that’s a big part of what I’m teaching women now, because there’s so much power in just getting quiet, tuning out the noise, and listening to what you really want.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Where I started
- What I let my desire — and my boredom — show me
- Why I’m learning to let go of “I’m going to do this forever”
- What to do when people around you are telling you you’re crazy
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below!
If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.
Also, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- The Launch It With Soul mini-course has all the tools and strategies you need to create (or refine) your one-of-a-kind offer
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Dave Visaya at https://www.podcastengineers.com/
Welcome to our new Soulpreneur 411 series — where I answer your questions about building a business that serves your whole life. Today we're taking an honest look at something that a lot of entrepreneurs naturally struggle with. We love novelty and new challenges. It's normal to feel bored with work sometimes. How should we handle it?
This week’s question comes from Jessica Cha of Basic Sunday.
She wants to know: Do you ever get tired or even bored from the projects that you work on? And if so, what do you do to get out of it and refresh yourself?
I love this question so much. As entrepreneurs, it's almost part of our DNA that we get bored easily. We choose this life in large part because of the variety and the creative control we have over our working hours.
So the bright side of this tendency is that we're insatiably curious. The downside is that we can get so hungry for novelty that we can find it hard to keep up the energy to see things through. Or we finish something and then don't quite know what to do next.
I think it’s valuable to be able to look at our boredom and ask what it’s trying to tell us. Do we need to let go of something? Is it time for a new chapter? Do we actually need to just take care of ourselves better? And do we maybe need to re-frame our assumptions about what our businesses are supposed to provide for us?
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What I learned from selling Root + Revel in 2021 after 6 years
- What it means to build your business as a sellable asset
- What your boredom might be telling you
- The benefit of creating a business that doesn’t need you
- Looking at your business like a relationship
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below!
If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.
Also, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- To submit a question for a chance to be featured in our Soulpreneur 411 series head over here.
- The Launch It With Soul mini-course has all the tools and strategies you need to create (or refine) your one-of-a-kind offer
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
- You can find Jessica Cha at Basic Sunday and follow her on Instagram @basicsunday_cooking
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Dave Visaya at https://www.podcastengineers.com/
Welcome to our new Soulpreneur 411 series — where I answer your questions about building a business that serves your whole life. Today we’re looking at the viability of blogging in this current economic environment and if it's still possible to make money from blogging.
This week’s question comes from Giselle.
She wants to know: I hear a lot of stories, including yours, of bloggers who are making 1000s who started their blog before 2017. Do you have any success stories of bloggers making 1000s of dollars who started their blog after, for example, 2019? That would be super helpful to hear.
This is a GREAT question, and one that makes a ton of sense given how much things have changed in even the last couple of years. And the truth is, the way to make real money from blogging has shifted.
I started Root + Revel, my former blog, at the end of 2015. BUT — I started a second business, KateKordsmeier.com, in 2019. That was a brand new website started from scratch. And it actually grew faster than Root + Revel grew.
So I’ve had experience with launching and growing in really different economic seasons and really different digital landscapes.
Let’s dive in and talk about what’s different — and how an adjustment in how you approach selling can make ALL the difference in 2022 and beyond.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The difference between traffic-dependent sites and conversion sites
- What you absolutely HAVE to do now in order to create a sustainable income from blogging
- Why you don’t have to be an influencer with millions of followers in order to make great money
- How our Launch It With Soul mini-course can help you perfect your online offer
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below!
If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.
Also, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- To submit a question for a chance to be featured in our Soulpreneur 411 series head over here.
- The Launch It With Soul mini-course has all the tools and strategies you need to create (or refine) your one-of-a-kind offer
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Dave Visaya at https://www.podcastengineers.com/
Welcome to our new Soulpreneur 411 series — where I answer your questions about building a business that serves your whole life. Today we’re tackling the age-old struggle for women entrepreneurs: How do we find time to get our businesses off the ground while tending to all of the other invisible labor that so many women do every week?
This week’s question comes from Ana, who is a student in our 6FBA program.
She says: I've been trying to get my blog business off the ground. And I've been struggling to figure out how to have the flexibility to be a good mom, and also give enough time to the blog business. My business is honestly something I love. How do I make it possible to hold both of these things?
First off, you can probably feel all the heads nodding in agreement. I don't know any mompreneurs who haven't wrestled with this push-pull.
Frankly, the reality of invisible labor is something almost all women have to deal with, even if they don't have kids. But it can really get amplified when you have children.
So in today’s episode, I’ll address this great question in two parts:
- The importance of treating your business like a business, and
- The importance of getting the support you need as a woman in business
This is a really rich topic, and I’m so glad we get a chance to talk about this subject honestly.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What it means to treat your business like a business
- The huge misconception we have about starting online businesses
- Why you should invest in your business before you’re making money
- Why we have to let go of the myth of “doing it all”
- How getting support can be a total game-changer
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below!
If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.
Also, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- To submit a question for a chance to be featured in our Soulpreneur 411 series head over here.
- The Launch It With Soul mini-course has all the tools and strategies you need to create (or refine) your one-of-a-kind offer
- You can find the "Babyproofing Your Business" episode that Ana mentions here.
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Dave Visaya at https://www.podcastengineers.com/
Welcome to our new Soulpreneur 411 series — where I answer your questions about building a business that serves your whole life. Today we're talking about why I am such a huge fan of Kartra as an all-in-one marketing platform, even when you're just starting out.
This week’s question comes from Traci at TraciNicoleSmith.com.
She says: I started my learning portal on Kajabi. And I noticed that you switched to Kartra. So I'd love to know what made you decide to switch over to Kartra and if you think I should, too.
It’s true that I used to use Kajabi to host my online courses. And I understand the skepticism around the term “all-in-one” — because often, all-in-one platforms sacrifice quality for quantity. They're trying to do too much at the same time, and everything gets kind of diluted.
But I've had the opposite experience with Kartra.
I started the free trial with Kartra in November of 2020, and I have never looked back. It replaced nearly a dozen other platforms I was using for various features, it streamlined my business like never before, and it saved me over $12,000 a year to switch.
In this episode, I’m going to detail why I love this platform so much, and why I recommend it to all of my students — even when your business is new and small.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What Karta replaced — and why that mattered so much for my business
- What I say to women who have already started with another email marketing platform and are hesitant to migrate everything over
- Why Kartra is not as expensive as you think
- The importance of starting with a platform that can grow with your business
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below!
If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.
Also, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- To submit a question for a chance to be featured in our Soulpreneur 411 series head over here.
- The Launch It With Soul mini-course has all the tools and strategies you need to create (or refine) your one-of-a-kind offer
- You can get your own free 30-day Kartra trial through us here.
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Dave Visaya at https://www.podcastengineers.com/
085: [Soulpreneur 411] How much content do you need to launch the website you're working on? Welcome to our new Soulpreneur 411 series — where I answer your questions about building a business that serves your whole life. Today we’ve got a recording of a live coaching call! We’re talking about how to know when you have enough content to "go live" with your blog and all the pressure we put on ourselves before we launch the website. This week’s question comes from Amy in Chicago.
She wants to know: If you're starting a blog, and have the idea for it, how much content should you put up front before you launch it?
I get this question a LOT, so I’m glad Amy asked it.
Here’s a weird thing: We build this moment up in our heads so much, but in reality, launching your website is actually one of the most anti-climatic moments in your business. No joke!
So let’s talk about why probably no one will notice — and why that is 100% okay, and why it should actually free you up to just take the leap.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- A mindset shift that will take the pressure off
- The few things you really do need to do before you launch (it’s not more blog posts)
- What I learned from my own launch
- What your first blog post should be about
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below!
If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.
Also, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- To submit a question for a chance to be featured in our Soulpreneur 411 series head over here.
- The Launch It With Soul mini-course has all the tools and strategies you need to create (or refine) your one-of-a-kind offer
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
-
Download on Apple Podcasts
-
Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Dave Visaya at https://www.podcastengineers.com/
Welcome to our new Soulpreneur 411 series — where I answer your questions about building a business that serves your whole life. Today I'm offering tips on email marketing to your list after you've been radio silent for a while. This week’s question comes from Stacy Karen of No Fuss Natural.
She wants to know: How should I approach emailing my list after I've been MIA for a really long time? Do you think it's better to just jump straight back into it, or build back up slowly?
We’ve all had a situation where we’ve struggled to stay consistent with our blogging. And sometimes life happens — family emergency, long illness, you have a baby — and you're gone for a long time.
I’ll start by saying this: often, we’re overthinking it. Meaning, we assume that there’s a “right” way to get back into it, when really the right way is whatever way is best for you.
In this Soulpreneur 411 episode, I get into the importance of consistency over frequency, how your goals should guide your email scheduling, and why you really really should be setting up automated systems.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Key questions to ask yourself that can help determine your emailing frequency
- How you can keep in touch with your list, even if you aren’t working
- My advice for how you should address your absence with your readers
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- To submit a question for a chance to be featured in our Soulpreneur 411 series head over here.
- The Launch It With Soul mini-course has all the tools and strategies you need to create (or refine) your one-of-a-kind offer
- You can find Stacy Karen at No Fuss Natural (don't miss her great selection of freebies!)
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
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- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Welcome to our new Soulpreneur 411 series — where I answer your questions about building a business that serves your whole life. Today we're talking about batching work, creating a schedule, and using an edit calendar to manage your blog posts so you can get out of stress mode when it comes to regular creation and production. This week our question comes in from Amanda.
She wants to know: What did your blogging schedule look like when it was just you without a team?
As you all know, for a long time, I also was just a one woman show. When I first started my blog, I would write each post and publish as I went. In other words, I was never working or planning in advance.
As you can probably guess, and maybe you have first hand experience, this is a very stressful way to work. I constantly felt behind and rushed and overwhelmed.
There’s a way to get out of that cycle of stress and overwhelm when it comes to managing your blog — and that’s exactly what we’re going to talk about today.
I’m sharing about the strategies, systems, and organizational tools I use to stay out of stress mode and create the room I want with my blogging schedule and my business as a whole.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why working ahead is deeply liberating
- How I use an edit calendar to manage all aspects of my blogging
- Why it’s important to let go of the myth of multitasking and embrace batching
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Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below!
If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.
Also, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- To submit a question for a chance to be featured in our Soulpreneur 411 series head over here.
- The Launch It With Soul mini-course has all the tools and strategies you need to create (or refine) your one-of-a-kind offer
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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082: [Soulpreneur 411] How To Generate Organic Traffic to Your Website (For Free) Welcome to our new Soulpreneur 411 series — where I answer your questions about building a business that serves your whole life. Today I'm taking a question from an entrepreneur who is looking for strategies on the best way to generate leads. We look at why it’s important to niche down and get super clear on the problem you solve for your audience, and how optimizing your content for SEO is the key to success.
This week our question comes in from Zola.
She wants to know: What are the best non-paid resources to get traffic to my website?
I get asked this question all the time, and my answer for how to increase organic traffic to your website is: SEO.
There are two huge reason for this. First, it's not paid. So you're not paying for ads on Facebook or YouTube. And it's not social media, which requires a lot of time and energy every day in order to generate what may be actually a very small amount of traffic.
In this episode, we take Zola's great question and dive into the basics of SEO for generating organic traffic to your website: what it is, what you need to do to make the most of it, how to approach a strategy, and where you can go to learn more and become a total SEO master.
Plus, I go over the key differences between social media and SEO organic traffic — and why I think one of them is far and away your best choice.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why SEO is the most sustainable way to generate organic traffic and leads
- What you need to know and do before you do a single keyword search
- Why smaller and more focused are much better when it comes to Google
- The key differences between social media organic traffic and SEO organic traffic
- What to do if your lead magnet isn’t getting traction
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Also, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- To submit a question for a chance to be featured in our Soulpreneur 411 series head over here.
- The Launch It With Soul mini-course has all the tools and strategies you need to create (or refine) your one-of-a-kind offer
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Welcome to our new Soulpreneur 411 series — where I answer your questions about building a business that serves your whole life. Today I'm taking a question from a 6-figure blogger who's struggling to make a go of her online products. We look at why a digital offering might not be getting traction, and how to sell an online course or product in a way that feels great.
Micaela is a 6-figure blogger at Mindful Momma. She's had great success with using affiliate links, but she says that her efforts to create, promote, and sell an online course are not yielding the results she wants.
She wants to know: Should I keep trying to make these digital offerings work, or should I just keep going with what's already working in the affiliate links?
This might be something you're also wrestling with. Or you might just be frustrated with an online offering that keeps fizzling even with tons of effort. If so, then let's dive into this great question.
We’re talking about what your overall goals are, the reasons you might want to have an online digital offering, and troubleshooting why your attempts to promote a course or product might not be converting.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why I lean towards "yes" when it comes to selling digital products (even though I love affiliates!)
- My own experience of offering a course that didn't convert well — and what I did to change that
- The importance of capacity when it comes to creating and selling and online course
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Thanks so much for joining me this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below!
If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.
Also, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To submit a question for a chance to be featured in our Soulpreneur 411 series head over here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- Here is the episode on capacity I mentioned, in a wonderful conversation with Lisa Fabrega.
- You can find Micaela at Mindful Momma and on Instagram @mindfulmomma
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
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Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Ever wonder what a real-life business coaching session with Kate looks like? This interview with Kate's childhood friend and current student Jessica Cha is your chance to get a feel for the incredible value that can come from having a coach in your corner.
Every business is different, every person is different, and every vision is different — so that means that coaching has to be nimble and dynamic.
There is no one-size-fits-all answer. And every answer has to be tested in the lab of your own business.
There's a natural and healthy tension between needing the guidance and needing the freedom to try things out.
So in my own journey, I've learned that the very best business coaching is:
- personalized
- grounded in the latest research, and
- full of encouragement to embrace the curiosity of being a beginner
I've known Jessica Cha for a long time, and it's been a joy to get to know her as an entrepreneur in the last few years, as well.
Jessica left a hyper-stressful career in digital media advertising to start Basic Sunday, a lifestyle blog where she shares skincare tips and product reviews for people with sensitive, acne-prone skin. (As a bonus, she also has a wealth of nourishing, delicious, feel-good recipes from her Korean heritage.)
Imagine the sensations, sounds, colors, and aromas of self-care and relaxation and comfort, and that's exactly what her website evokes. You can just feel your shoulders let go.
Jessica won a 1:1 business coaching session with me as part of our SWS birthday celebration, and we thought it would be useful for everyone if we recorded it and shared it with our community. So Jessica's in the hot seat with so many great questions about strategy, SEO, and figuring it all out as you go along — and I hope you get as much out of this conversation as I did!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to decide what to write about
- The reasons why your affiliate links might be underperforming
- How to find the sweet spot with keyword research
- What the heck is going on with backlinks (and how to use them to boost your SEO ranking)
- A technique for maximizing workflow efficiency
- What to do if you're not seeing results with your blog in the first 6-12 months
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If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.
Also, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- You can learn more about Jessica and find her skin care tips and recipes at BasicSunday.com.
- Follow Jessica on Instagram @basicsunday_skincare
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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One of our favorite students, cookbook blogger Kim Reynolds, dishes wisdom about the ups and downs of running an online business, her blog strategy, and finding her confidence.
If you run your own business, you know that success is not linear. Some seasons are great ... and others feel like they're filled with nothing but obstacles. That's just how it is.
For me, even in the toughest seasons, when I have really struggled with self-doubt and what-the-hell-was-I-thinking moments, there has still been this sense deep down that it’s going to be okay somehow.
Yes, I have the systems and the organization. I have a solid blog strategy and the know-how and the stats, and I am always learning. And all of that is critical for success — no question.
But I know that the biggest reason I am able to feel like things are going to be okay is that I have a supportive community around me.
And as you'll hear in this conversation with our next guest, it's the reason why programs like the Success With Soul Incubator and Selena Soo's Impacting Millions are so powerful for women entrepreneurs.
I'm thrilled to welcome one of our favorite 6FBA students, Kim Reynolds. Kim is a home chef and self-identified cookbook addict. She has parlayed her love of cooking and cookbooks into Kitchen Lit, where she reviews cookbooks of every kind and matches other home chefs with the ones that are perfect for them.
Kim had been blogging for more than 5 years when she joined 6FBA in January of 2020. She officially launched her blog six months later. Sounds simple, right?
But to get a sense of what Kim has been able to create and the sheer power of her spirit, you should know that right before she started 6FBA, she ended a 10-year relationship and left New York for her home state of Virginia. During her blog launch, COVID hit. And after she launched Kitchen Lit, the apartment she shared with her sister burned to the ground. Thankfully, she and everyone in the building made it out safely, but she lost basically everything.
I know you're going to love this conversation with Kim. You'll get a sense of how genuine and smart she is — and you'll get a chance to hear someone who's relatively new to this process share how she's developed her blog strategy, how she's dealt with challenges, and where she sees herself headed.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How blogging helped Kim find her way back to herself after so many losses
- Why community boosts your confidence and makes everything possible
- What Kim wishes more people knew about taking the leap and starting your own blog
- Why she chose to participate in Impacting Millions, and what she's learning
- PLUS — her biggest challenge (and an on-the-spot coaching session)
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If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.
Also, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- You can learn more about Kim and her unique work (and find yourself the perfect cookbook!) at www.kitchenlit.com.
- If you feel pulled to support Kim as she is dealing with the after effects of her devastating apartment fire, you can go here.
- Follow Kim on Instagram @mykitchenlit and on Facebook @kitchenlit.
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Learning how to be an effective leader of a growing team is one of THE biggest challenges for any CEO — me included. It's vulnerable and messy for sure. But doing the inner work, so you can create a truly self-managed team, is the ultimate game-changer for you and your business. As someone who started as a solopreneur, one of the toughest habits for me to break was the idea that I have to do everything myself.
When the time came to grow, I wondered if I could really build a self-managed team. Where would I find the right people? I wanted to hire team members who could honor the years of love and labor I'd put into my business.
The truth is, effective leadership and team-building are a serious set of skills. Which means they require a LOT of personal growth.
Thankfully, there are people like my next guest who can help us navigate this process. She knows the secrets to creating a genuinely self-managed team with more courage, more grace, and more wisdom. I'm excited to welcome Theresa Loe. Theresa is a remarkable leadership and business coach for overworked and overwhelmed entrepreneurs. She's been on all sides of the business journey — from working in corporate to managing teams to running her own company.
Today, she helps 6-, 7-, and 8-figure businesses streamline their operations and build self-managed teams, so they can get back their time and scale with ease.
Theresa understands what we entrepreneurs know intuitively: online businesses are NOT like corporate America. They need special back-end setup that promotes creativity and teamwork, which means having the right people, doing the right things, at the right times.
Her free trainings and group coaching program have helped thousands of CEOs become the leaders their businesses needed. And her self-study program Team Up Like a Boss gives leaders the skills to hire the best team members for the right seats, so they can get out of exhaustion mode.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why Theresa recommends "small but mighty" teams for most of her clients
- What the difference is between a high-level integrator and a department head — and where they fit into a business
- The common error that leaders make when they post job descriptions — and what to do instead
- Four key questions you need to ask about any candidate so you can find the right person for the right job
- The truth about letting go and letting people own their roles — so you can create a team that's inspired, passionate, and actually self-managed.
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Also, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- Theresa's Team Up Like a Boss course is great if you're getting ready to hire your first (or next) VA.
- You can learn more about Theresa and her extraordinary work at www.theresaloe.com.
- Follow Theresa on Instagram @streamlinedandscaled.
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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We spend a lot of time talking about how to build businesses and make them successful. But once you’re an entrepreneur (or have committed to being one) — there’s an even bigger question: What’s the legacy you want to leave? While there are lots of reasons people choose to trade cubicles for the entrepreneurial life, one of the biggest has to do with the desire for meaning, service, and legacy. For most of us — there's actually a pull to some larger purpose. We want to use our gifts, time, and resources to make a difference beyond ourselves.
So ... how do you get into the leave-a-legacy mindset? How do you identify what your personal legacy is? And, more importantly, how do you make it happen, starting right now?
If these are questions you've wrestled with, then you're going to love today’s lively, funny, frank conversation.
My guest today is Nicole Walters. You probably know her from her most recent gig as the star of USA's She's the Boss. But her full personal story (which we get into) and her resume are both beyond impressive.
In addition to being a wife and proud mom, she is also a magnetic entrepreneur, business strategist, coach, CEO of Inherent Learning Company, podcaster, and writer (phew!) who is on a mission to inspire people to not only live better lives, but also leave a legacy.
Her Fierce Clarity course has helped thousands of new entrepreneurs find the strategy and direction they need to bring their business ideas to life and begin to walk confidently in their purpose.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why it's 100% okay to take corporate skills with you, even if you couldn't wait to leave corporate life
- The #1 thing you have to do to make your business work — whether you have zero followers or a million
- What it really means to leave a legacy — and how you can start right now
- Why you have to totally re-think your relationship with money (this amazing insight gave me chills)
- A critical mindset shift that will change how you approach your dreams — even if you're still working your day job
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Also, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the Success With Soul Incubator and apply here.
- To learn more about running your business to work with your natural cycles instead of against them, download our free Mindful Planning guide + printables.
- Nicole's Fierce Clarity course is the perfect first step to finding direction, walking in purpose, and claiming your legacy.
- Follow Nicole on Instagram @inheritlearning and @mysummerarrow (as CEO) and @shesthebossusa (as TV star).
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
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We’re no strangers here when it comes to talking about the patriarchy and toxic capitalism. But how do we actually divest out of these systems of harm–especially as entrepreneurs?
It means opting out of typical “business-as-usual”, patriarchal norms like:
- exploitation and extraction
- hyper-productivity
- using guilt, scarcity, and shame to manipulate sales
- concentration of wealth
And instead, focus on feminist business practices that promote:
- collaborative and generative practices
- transparency and accountability
- consent and agency
- redistributing resources
Yes–it’s possible to build businesses without replicating and upholding harm and oppression. Instead, we can build wealth while generating power and resources for all of us!
My guest today, Lauren Elizabeth, is a Radical Courage Coach and Feminist Business Mentor. She helps coaches, healers and creatives own their unique brilliance and build online businesses that are aligned with their vision and values–without replicating patriarchal systems of harm.
Her clients are visionaries, system disruptors, and revolutionaries who are ready to deprogram from the Capitalist Routine, and use their work to shift and shape our world through their messaging, their offerings, and their business practices. At its core, Lauren’s work is about generating collective power, smashing the patriarchy, and building a culture where ALL OF US can thrive.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why the “business-as-usual” paradigm isn’t good for anyone
- Does ethical or conscious capitalism actually exist?
- What are the four P’s? and how they support making our businesses more equitable and sustainable
- Tips to start applying feminist business practices–and one thing you can do today to embrace this in your own marketing
- How to find your unique zone of brilliance
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski
- Learn how to create holistic systems in your business with self-managed teams and hands-off systems inside my Success with Soul Incubator. The Incubator is a one-stop shop and includes everything you need to build a wildly lucrative business while intentionally serving your spirit. Apply here!
- If you want to take the first steps towards improving your relationship with food and your body, get my friend Sarah’s free Intuitive Eating Assessment here!
- Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison
- Visit Lauren Elizabeth’s website here and follow her on Instagram @lauren.elizabeth.coaching
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Why do we focus on the negative experiences in our lives, even when there is so much good happening?
The answer: it’s a biological design in our nervous system to keep us safe. If you think about it, it makes sense that it was evolutionarily advantageous to remember where pain was found, whereas remembering where you encountered joy was less essential for survival.
Nowadays, we fortunately don’t often have to worry about literal survival like our ancestors did, but we still carry threats to our survival ALL the time without even realizing it.
As entrepreneurs, this has an enormous impact on our businesses! Of course, your mental health and emotional wellness play a huge role in your ability to get things done in your business and your life, while feeling joyful and on purpose.
But one sneaky thing most of us don’t realize is that we tend to overly identify with our businesses and think that we ARE our business, and that our safety comes from our business (newsflash: we aren’t and it doesn’t!).
Learning how to feel safe in our bodies and heal from past experiences is ESSENTIAL. It’s the root cause of what we need to get unstuck and start taking the steps to follow our dreams, and that’s exactly what we’re talking about today!
My guest today is Dr. Elizabeth Cohen, a clinical psychologist with over 15 years of experience specializing in the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders. Dr. Cohen has a particular expertise in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and has treated adults, adolescents and children with state-of-the-art CBT treatments.
The underlying goal of Dr. Cohen’s practice is for clients to achieve synchronicity with the person they truly want to be. Throughout her practice, Dr. Cohen has witnessed hundreds of clients break away from the fear, worry, and despair that had once defined them. She believes that it is a unique gift to be part of their journey towards a new, healthy and fulfilling definition of who they are.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Big T and Little T trauma and how it affects all of us (even if you don’t think it does!)–including how trauma impacts our businesses
- How to optimize your gratitude practice
- How to better balance your nervous system, and what flight, fight, or freeze looks like in our business lives
- How the known, even when it’s bad, keeps us safe from the unknown
- how healing the trauma IN our bodies (not our minds) can help us feel safe and take the steps we need to follow our dreams
- Practical solutions for healing trauma in the body
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Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky
- Do you have what it takes to turn your blog into a profitable business? Take our free quiz to find out if you’re ready!
- Patriarchy Stress Disorder by Valerie Rein
- The Fourth Trimester by Kimberly Ann Johnson
- Get your domain name + hosting starting for just $2.95 with Bluehost when you use our special link!
- The Body Keeps the Score by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
- Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine
- Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
- Follow Dr. Cohen @thedivorcedoctor and check out her website at drelizabethcohen.com
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Do you want to grow your profit? Then knowing your numbers is a MUST!
Many entrepreneurs put their heads in the sand when it comes to money management because it can get just so darn confusing and overwhelming. If that’s you, then this episode is a non-negotiable listen! No need to feel ashamed of wherever you’re at, but I beg you, please empower yourself to understand your numbers and finances so that can continue to build a business and a life that you love.
If you’re already somewhat familiar with your numbers but are ready to grow to multi-six or even seven-figures, in this episode we’re going to talk about how to do just that.
It’s time to get clear on your finances, grow your profit beyond 6-figures, and keep more cash while doing it!
My guest today, Dondrea Owens, is a CPA who has been helping women entrepreneurs know their numbers and grow their profit since 2017. It’s her mission to be a resource for business owners who want to make smarter investments and take home more money.
Before starting The Creative’s CFO, Dondrea spent a decade auditing the financial statements of profitable companies at a top national accounting firm. Between both her education and professional experience, she has the skill (and the passion!) to educate and empower business owners in a way that helps them grow more profitable and sustainable businesses.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Do you need to spend money to make money?
- Common mistakes women entrepreneurs make when managing their business finances
- Specific percentages and allocations you should be making in your business (including profit margins, owner salary, taxes, and business investments)
- How to adopt a multi-six or seven-figure CEO identity
- How to financially prepare for hiring, and how to determine your ROI on hires
- Tips for preparing for taxes
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Quickbooks
- Learn how to create holistic systems in your business with self-managed teams and hands-off systems inside my Success with Soul Incubator. The Incubator is a one-stop shop and includes everything you need to build a wildly lucrative business while intentionally serving your spirit. Apply here!
- Want me to personally teach you how to set up an evergreen funnel? Apply to the Success with Soul Incubator and you’ll get access to an advanced training called “Flourish With Funnels” that teaches my exact framework for maximizing your time, energy, and income with evergreen funnels. The only way to access this training is by applying to the Incubator, so head on over now to take the next steps!
- Toggl
- The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
- Visit Dondrea’s website The Creative’s CFO and follow her on Instagram @thecreativescfo
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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If you’re feeling like you’ve hit a plateau, keep self-sabotaging, or are trying strategy after strategy in your business without success–then this episode is for you.
Most strategists, experts, and business/career/leadership coaches are only barely scratching the surface when they talk about “mindset”, “strategies” or “blueprints”.
While all of those things are important–and yes, necessary–that’s not why you’ve tried “everything” and nothing is quite working as you want it to. That’s not why life or your business/career aren’t working anymore.
As ambitious women step into their next level, they inevitably hit a ‘capacity plateau’.
Because it’s not your strategy, it’s your CAPACITY set point. As you’ll learn today: without capacity, you’re never going to get to those next-level places and stages.
When you increase your capacity, you can hold, handle and receive more without burning out. You feel like YOU CAN HANDLE IT ALL–because you CAN!
My guest today, Lisa Fabrega, is a leadership coach who helps ambitious people expand their capacity to handle more growth, wealth & success. For more than 10 years, she has helped entrepreneurs, corporate executives, Academy Award nominees, and Nobel Prize organization candidates break through boundaries that have been holding them back from their next level.
Her signature approach enables clients to reach their highest levels of success and impact.
Lisa has addressed thousands of people both on stage as a keynote speaker as well as when she appeared on podcasts including The Unmistakable Creative, Her Rules Radio, and Tell Me A Story with Debra Silverman. She’s also been featured on CNN, Yahoo! News, and The Huffington Post. She splits her time between Florida and California with her two rescue dogs, Luna and Sadie.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What it means to expand your ‘capacity’ and how this is key to stop self-sabotaging your goals and dreams
- Why hitting a financial plateau is a good thing, and how to increase your ability to earn more
- The six types of hidden capacity plateaus and how they each hold us back
- How to start increasing your capacity to receive more
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- If you’re tired of struggling away at your keyboard without any real income to show for all that blogging effort, I’ve created a brand new free masterclass just for you called 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Six-Figure Blogging, go here to sign up now for this free training!
- Brand spanking new to online business? I’ve got a free video series that I want to invite you to called How to Start your Blog from Scratch the Right Way. Watch it here!
- Radical Candor by Kim Scott
- Visit Lisa’s website here, and follow her on Instagram @lisafabrega
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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I’ve learned time and time again that the secret to creating a truly sustainable, rewarding, and profitable business comes from focus, intention, simplifying, and actually doing less.
How can doing LESS possibly create BETTER results in your business? I mean, don’t you have to stay busy, show up everywhere, and do all the things to create a successful business?
Absolutely not! In fact, that’s the quickest path to burnout and resentment.
Instead, it’s all about creating a business that puts your life FIRST. This is about learning how to change the ways you operate in your business and giving yourself permission to do less, so you can live more. This is about running a life-giving business that provides you with a spacious schedule, flexibility in your days, and true time freedom.
Listen to this episode and learn how you can start improving your quality of life AND making more money in your business, at the same time!
My guest today is small business mentor and coach Ashley Gartland, who helps service-based business owners and online entrepreneurs simplify and streamline their business so they can scale sustainably and build a business that makes the life they desire possible.
She is the host of the Better Than Big podcast, where she shares stories, strategies and solutions to help small business owners run their business with more ease and intention. Ashley runs her six-figure business in 25 hours a week, leaving her plenty of time to enjoy the good stuff in life like trail runs, good books and adventures with her family.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How Ashley shifted from freelance writing to a coaching career
- Can you coach on something that you haven’t yet mastered?
- The counterintuitive approach to business that will make you feel better AND make you more money
- How to let go of the stressful urgency to have to grow your business or reach your next milestone
- What ‘soft skills’ you need to run a streamlined business
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Imagine how your life would change if you could work with your body and its cycles – not against it? That’s why I created my Mindful Planning Printables, to help you tune into your body, hone in on the work you truly love, prioritize your most pressing tasks (and let the rest go!). Go here to get your copy and start learning how to flow WITH your life, instead of against it.
- Company of One by Paul Jarvis
- Learn how to create holistic systems in your business with self-managed teams and hands-off systems inside my Success with Soul Incubator. The Incubator is a one-stop shop and includes everything you need to build a wildly lucrative business while intentionally serving your spirit. Apply here!
- Essentialism by Greg McKeown
- Visit Ashley’s website here and follow her on Instagram @ashleygartland
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Do you feel like you’re one failed launch away from your business not surviving?
Sadly, so many women’s businesses are in ‘entrepreneurial poverty’. What does that mean exactly?
- Financial poverty: Some businesses are simply not bringing in enough income to support the women who run them. Even if a business is bringing in $50k, the owner may only be taking home $20 – $30k a year, which is not enough to sustain a family or future on.
- Time and energy poverty: Time and energy poverty go together in the sense that the more time you spend on your business, trying to get it off the ground, the more depleted your energy becomes.
The keys to overcoming entrepreneurial poverty?
That’s exactly what we’re covering in today’s episode! You’ll learn how to plan for your business to be an asset that creates consistent income–not something that you simply just operate and bootstrap.
My guest today, Racheal Cook, is an award-winning business strategist, host of the Promote Yourself to CEO podcast, and best-selling author who is on a mission to end entrepreneurial poverty for women. Over the last 10 years she has helped thousands of female entrepreneurs design predictably profitable businesses without the hustle and burnout that doing #allthethings inevitably accomplishes.
In fact, Racheal is a sought-after speaker on entrepreneurship, marketing, and productivity and has been featured by the US Chamber of Commerce, Forbes Coaching Council, Female Entrepreneur Association, and more. Her real passion, though, is supporting savvy, soulful women as they implement the strategy, systems, and support to uncomplicate their business so they can work less and live more.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why women aren’t making nearly as much money as men
- How to avoid burnout and build up your energy reserves
- The red flag to look for in your business that’s blunting your growth
- What you need to know about team building and avoiding common mistakes
- What to do if you don’t have any extra money to hire support
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Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Patriarchy Stress Disorder by Dr. Valerie Rein
- Content marketing is one part of my six-part framework in the Success with Soul Incubator. When you apply, you’ll learn my entire framework, and be invited to a private advanced level training where you’ll learn exactly how to scale to $50K a month, on autopilot – without live launching paid ads, social media, or selling your soul. The application only takes five minutes and there’s no obligation to enroll. So go ahead and apply today!
- Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
- Get Rachael’s free business growth checklist here!
- Follow Racheal on Instagram @Rachael.Cook and visit her website here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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How do you know what to sell online so that you can make a profit, while also TRULY serving your audience and making an impact?
My guest today has a revolutionary, out-of-box approach to building your business while giving extraordinary value and genuinely helping people. What's the secret? It's giving away your information and intellectual property for free.
Say what?!
Yep, you read that right! If you're intrigued by this idea, then you're going to love this episode.
My guest today, Bobby Klinck, is a Harvard Law Grad turned online entrepreneur—but he’s NOT your typical lawyer. He doesn't do suits, he hates legalese more than you do, and has a tendency to make lame pop-culture references and dad jokes. He's built a thriving online business by doing things a bit differently than other people, making the legal and business stuff simple with a focus on building real connections with real people instead of thinking of people as potential transactions.
After trying the “secret” strategies all the “expert” online entrepreneurs were telling him to do, Bobby threw out the “online marketing” rulebook and started marketing his way–by giving, connecting with his audience, and building his brand. Throwing out the rulebook helped Bobby skyrocket his business success. Nowadays, besides helping people with the "legal stuff," Bobby helps other entrepreneurs build their own thriving businesses using fundamental marketing concepts.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to authentically give free value AND make a great income online
- Why you shouldn't sell information, and what you should sell instead
- The problem with delegating, automating, and scaling–and how to overcome it
- How to build genuine, real connections with your audience
- How to step out of the 'Bro Marketing' mentality
Subscribe and Review
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Snag our free 99-Step Roadmap to get you from overwhelm to profitable blog in no time (It’s the exact checklist I used to go from $0 to six-figures in three years!)
- Get access to Bobby's BADA$$ Online Marketing University: A 100% FREE online program for online entrepreneurs who want to build businesses that actually last
- Access Ally
- Get Bobby's free legal templates here! Includes GDPR-compliant privacy policy, website terms of use, and a disclaimer
- Follow Bobby on Instagram @bobbyklinck and visit his website Bobby Klinck
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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If you are interested in growing your revenue through organic traffic and leads–meaning no paid ads, no time spent on toxic social media, and no stressful live program launches–then content marketing is going to be your best friend!
Wait… content marketing… huh?
Content marketing is a fancy way of saying that you provide free, valuable content to attract your ideal customer, so that eventually, they want to buy your stuff (be it products, services, programs, etc.).
Content marketing is great because:
- it’s free! (no paid ads)
- it’s housed on your website, that you own and control (vs. social media)
- it builds your ‘know, like, and trust factor’ so that your ideal clients want to buy from you
- regardless of if you prefer writing, speaking, or filming, there’s a content marketing strategy that can work for you!
- there’s so much repurposing potential to help make your content needs a breeze
Let’s dive in to explore content marketing strategies that work in 2021!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What is content marketing?
- How to sell more products, courses, programs, or services through content marketing
- Why you should prioritize content marketing over Facebook ads
- The four steps of the buying cycle
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Content marketing is one part of my six-part framework in the Success with Soul Incubator. When you apply, you’ll learn my entire framework, and be invited to a private advanced level training where you’ll learn exactly how to scale to $50K a month, on autopilot – without live launching paid ads, social media, or selling your soul. The application only takes five minutes and there’s no obligation to enroll. So go ahead and apply today!
- My blog, Root + Revel
- Check out my Six-Figure Blog Academy here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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There are so many ways in 2021 that you can make passive income online. Here are just a few examples:
- Affiliate marketing
- Sponsorships
- Selling courses or programs
- Blogging
In my opinion and experience, the most lucrative is selling your own programs and courses.
That’s why in today’s episode, I’m giving you an introduction to evergreen funnels! Wait… evergreen, huh?
When you have something on ‘evergreen’, that means that anyone can go to your website at any time and buy your product. In theory, the doors are always open, it’s always available; however, with an evergreen funnel, someone needs to first get into your email funnel automation via an opt-in, an ad, or some other traffic source, and then they’ll have a limited time offer window to buy your product.
Confused? No worries–I explain more in today’s episode, so let’s get to it!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The difference between simply being ‘evergreen’ and an ‘evergreen funnel’
- The benefits of evergreen launching vs. ‘live’ launching
- The psychology of how this model works, and how to use it in an authentic, none-sleazy way
Subscribe and Review
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- The Success with Soul incubator is a one-stop-shop for building a sustainable business and life, instead of buying a dozen different courses on business strategy, feminine energy blogging funnels, email marketing, affiliates, team building, and more. This is a course meets mastermind meets group coaching program designed specifically for intermediate entrepreneurs who have had some success in their business and are ready to take it to the next level. If that sounds like you and you’re interested in learning more, head here to apply!
- Deadline Funnel
- Get a free trial of Active Campaign here!
- If you’re looking for an easy-to-use, all-in-one platform for your business needs, check out Kartra. I switched to Kartra last year and am saving $12,000 per year! Get your free 14-day trial and 30-day money-back guarantee here!
- Get access to a private invite-only, advanced-level workshop where you’ll learn exactly how to scale to $50K/month on autopilot without live launching paid ads, social media or selling your soul. To get invited, apply to my Success with Soul Incubator! The application only takes five minutes and there is no obligation to enroll. Once your application is accepted, you’ll learn my exact six-part framework to grow your traffic organically scale your passive income with evergreen funnels, and do it all without burning out. Plus, I’ll explain everything you need to know about the Incubator. Come on over and apply here to get access to this special training!
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
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In this special episode, I talk about the amazing power of inviting feminine energy into our entrepreneurial badassery! If you don’t know what that means, that’s okay–stick with me, because that’s exactly what this episode is all about.
This episode epitomizes WHY I do what I do; why I’ve devoted my work to making sure other female business owners have the skills, the structures, the strategies and the support that they need to create a business and a life they love.
A true holistic business isn’t just about making money. Obviously, profit is important, and you can’t have a business or a sustainable income without it.
But, integrating our feminine energy into our businesses is really where we discover that:
- we don’t have to choose our business or our family
- we don’t have to sacrifice our health to make more money
- we don’t have to work longer, harder hours to reach that next level of success
- we don’t have to struggle to survive the feast and famine cycles of big exhausting launches to create miracle-like results for ourselves and our clients
Instead, our feminine energy incorporates factors like:
- how we feel
- what we can efficiently accomplish during certain phases of our menstrual cycles or of the moon
- when our kids, or our fur babies, or friends need our attention most, and what their unique schedules are
- how much support we have both at work and at home
- how much mental bandwidth is taken up with the emotional labor of maintaining a household AND a company
The magic happens when we can have a balance of both the masculine and the feminine in our business and in our lives.
So buckle up for this episode and get ready to say a big bold “YES!” to having abundance–without the side order of exhaustion, burnout and toxicity.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What the patriarchy is, and how this applies to your business success
- How to opt-out of toxic ‘Bro Marketing’ tactics and the patriarchy while still making a sustainable income
- What it means to embrace your feminine energy and the power of cyclical living
- What a holistic approach to our business actually looks like
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Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Patriarchy Stress Disorder by Dr. Valerie Rein
- Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison
- The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
- Get access to a private invite-only, advanced-level workshop where you’ll learn exactly how to scale to $50K/month on autopilot without live launching paid ads, social media or selling your soul. To get invited, apply to my Success with Soul Incubator! The application only takes five minutes and there is no obligation to enroll. Once your application is accepted, you’ll learn my exact six-part framework to grow your traffic organically scale your passive income with evergreen funnels, and do it all without burning out. Plus, I’ll explain everything you need to know about the Incubator. Come on over and apply here to get access to this special training!
- Make ‘Em Beg to Work With You by Dr. Angela Lauria
- WomanCode by Dr. Alisa Vitti
- Do Less by Kate Northrup
- Sarah Jenks
- The Fifth Vital Sign by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
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I know it can be overwhelming to know what to focus on when you’re running an online business. There are so many moving pieces and shiny objects that truly staying focused on the tasks that matter the most is no easy feat.
In this episode, I’m walking you through the six pillars I believe every online business owner needs to focus on in order to get the results you want, both with your impact and your income.
These are your guiding principles that you should think about on the regular. This means setting goals, having a plan, and being super intentional in all that you do so that you’re both less stressed and more effective.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to make yourself findable to your ideal client or audience (so you can, in turn, make a profit)
- The #1 most important asset of your online business
- My top 2 recommendations for getting started with SEO
- Tips for optimizing Pinterest
- What your ‘zone of genius’ is and how it informs your hiring
- What’s wrong with the hustle mentality
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- ConvertKit (use this link for a 30-day free trial!)
- Active Campaign (start your free trial here!)
- If you’re looking for an easy to use, all-in-one platform for your business needs, check out Kartra. I switched to Kartra last year and am saving $12,000 per year! Get your free 14-day trial and 30-day money-back guarantee here
- Ubersuggest
- Yoast SEO
- Tailwind (Start a free trial and get a $30 credit with our link)
- Go here for 10 more ways on how to increase your traffic
- Check out my free webinar here called 3 Behind the Scenes Secrets to Six-Figure Blogging to learn more about my Six-Figure Blog Academy!
- The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
- 10 tips for hiring your first virtual assistant
- Calling all female entrepreneurs with an existing business or a blog who are ready to scale to the next level! If you want to grow in a way that doesn’t require you to sacrifice your health, your wellness, your relationships, your family, your spirituality, selling your soul, burnout, or working out of alignment – then my brand new program called the Success with Soul Incubator is for you! This program is by application only. If you feel the call, go here to get the process started and apply today!
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
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- Email me new episodes
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Copywriting is one of the most important skills you need to develop as an entrepreneur. Think of how much copy you need to write in a given year: weekly emails, blog posts, social media captions, marketing emails, sales pages–oh my!
But so many entrepreneurs tell me, “Yea, but I just don’t know WHAT to say!” or “I don’t know how to sound like myself!” or “I don’t know how to be engaging and capture people’s attention.”
If you’ve got a major case of writer’s block, or if trying to write emails or copy for your business makes you groan or break a sweat, this episode is for you!
My guest today, Laura Belgray, is the founder of Talking Shrimp and co-creator of The Copy Cure. Laura is a copywriting expert who helps entrepreneurs find the perfect words to express and sell what they do in a way that gets them paid to be themselves. Through her work with hundreds of clients (including online biggies like Marie Forleo and Amy Porterfield) she’s seen firsthand that putting “you” into your copy and all through your business is pure magic for getting people to love you up, share your ideas, and happily click your Buy button.
In addition to online types, Laura’s list of clients and credits include NBC, Bravo, HBO, TBS, Fandango, and many, many more. So if you watch TV — and don’t skip the commercials — you’ve probably seen her words on air.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to deal with haters or unsubscribers from polarizing emails
- How Laura teamed up with Marie Forleo to create The Copy Cure course
- How to do a ‘lazy launch’ in your business
- What to do if you don’t know how to sound like yourself when you write, or if you think you’re “boring”
- How to come up with story ideas
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Join Selena Soo’s Impacting Millions here and get our special bonuses! (cart closes April 6, 2021)
- Ready to make your publicity dreams come true in 2021? Check out my friend Selena Soo’s publicity calendar! It includes 40+ pages of story ideas you can pitch to the media, strategies for tackling sensitive and timely issues, and Selena’s top 3 insider secrets for scoring major media coverage (and building an audience of raving fans along the way). Go here to grab your copy now!
- Get Laura’s 33 non-sucky subject lines for emails that always get opened here
- Visit Laura’s website Talking Shrimp here and on Instagram @talkingshrimpnyc
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
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- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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So many of us tell ourselves the same story day in, day out that sounds like this:
- “I don’t have enough time!”
- “I need more hours in the day.”
- “I’m just so busy.”
- “I’ll never be able to get everything on my to-do list done!”
Sound familiar? Feeling short on time is one of the biggest ways we experience a lack mentality, or a scarcity mindset. But the truth is, while time may seem linear and finite, it’s actually an abundant resource that shifts in relationship to how we think about it.
So how do we create more time?
The answer is actually a really simple shift. You are the source of your time, and today we’re teaching you how to change your thoughts so you can change your reality.
My guest today, Carla Reeves, is known for her compassionate, direct and truth-telling candor. Ambitious leaders rely on Carla to call out their blind spots, challenge their thinking and expand their perspective. Carla believes in ditching the illusion that life will be great “someday” in the future and teaches leaders how to wake up their thinking to create and live a juicy, rich meaningful everyday life – starting today.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to shift your mindset when life feels out of control
- What’s really happening when you say “I’m busy” or “I don’t have enough time”–and how to create a new reality
- How can we start to better honor our time?
- Why “working hard” is very rarely the answer, and how to turn this mindset around
- How to use journaling as a tool to navigate life
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- Clockwork by Mike Michalowicz
- My friend Selena Soo just released a brand new 3-part publicity video training series that will stretch you to think bigger about what’s possible for you – watch it here! (Plus, you’ll have a chance to win a paid trip to beautiful Puerto Rico with accommodations at the Caribbean’s sexiest hotel!)
- The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
- Brand spanking new to online business? I’ve got a free video series that I want to invite you to called How to Start your Blog from Scratch the Right Way. Watch it here!
- Follow Carla on Instagram @carlareeves and visit her website here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
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Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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At the beginning of 2019, business coach Shanda Sumpter set a goal to fail 19 times in the next 12 months and publicly declared her goal.
Guess what happened?
By the time she hit her 7th failure that year, she’d already doubled her company.
Why? Because setting a goal to fail forced her to play BIG. She pushed herself to be brave, and the result was big time business growth and all kinds of opportunity.
I don’t know about you, but Shanda’s story makes me want to get busy failing.
So, while everybody else is busy talking about resolutions and goals and all their grand plans to make 2021 their best year ever, I’m actually setting the goal to fail 21 times in the next 12 months.
And that’s what we’re diving into in this episode. You’ll learn:
- Why failure can make this your best year yet
- Exactly why we’re so afraid to fail, and how to do the hard things anyway
- The four main types of risk
- The price we pay for avoiding mistakes
- The power we unleash when we overcome our fear
- And exactly how we overcome the fear that cripples us so we can get busy failing forward towards our biggest goals!
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Visit Shanda Sumpter's website and follow her on Instagram @shandasumpter
- Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- The Power of Failure: 27 Ways To Turn Life's Setbacks Into Success by Charles C. Manz
- The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
- The Responsibility Ethic by Adam Kreek
- Snag our free 99-Step Roadmap to get you from overwhelm to profitable blog in no time (It’s the exact checklist I used to go from $0 to six-figures in three years!)
- Don’t forget to join the free Success with Soul Facebook community here! We have follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and I often go live to answer your burning questions.
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
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It's the end of the year, which means many of us are thinking about our goals for the new year. We all have big dreams and aspirations, but one of the most common challenges I hear from people about why they haven't started their business yet or aren't further along is, "I don't have the time."
This is often a very limiting belief, something that holds us back that is not actually true. But it feels so true, doesn't it?
Here's the truth: we all have the same number of hours in a day. So how are other people able to do it?
This episode is super special, because I asked a handful of my favorite online entrepreneurs to answer the question, "How do you make time for your dreams?"
The women featured on this episode DON’T:
- pretend that they do it all.
- hustle their asses off until they're sick and completely burnt out.
- wear busy like a badge of honor.
- let the "I don't have time" excuse hold them back.
Instead, they focus on the things that matter. Remember: it's not about doing more things. It's about doing the right things.
In today's amazing lineup, we have:
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Amy Porterfield, an online marketing expert and the host of the top-ranked podcast, Online Marketing Made Easy. Before building a multi-million dollar digital course business, Amy worked with mega-brands like Harley-Davidson and Peak Performance Coach, Tony Robbins, where she oversaw the content team and collaborated on ground-breaking online marketing campaigns.
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Selena Soo, a publicity and marketing strategist for visionary entrepreneurs, experts, and authors who want to reach millions with their message. She’s helped clients and students get featured in places like O, The Oprah Magazine, Forbes, and Inc., and land interviews on popular podcasts and national TV. Many of Selena's clients have become industry leaders with 7-figure businesses, raving fan bases, and hundreds of thousands of followers.
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Lattice Hudson is an online business coach and mentor who specializes in helping women entrepreneurs scale their online coaching business to 6 figures and beyond with strategy, systems, and leveraged evergreen offers.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why investing in yourself is one of the best things you can do
- The importance of delegating and staying in your zone of genius
- How to decide whether to say yes or no to an opportunity
- What happens when you stay connected to your vision
- The difference between working ON your business vs. IN your business
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Visit Amy Porterfield’s website and follow her on Instagram @amyporterfield
- 021: How to Create an Online Course with Amy Porterfield
- Get your domain name + hosting starting for just $2.95 with Bluehost when you use our special link!
- Visit Selena Soo at Impacting Millions and follow her on Instagram @selena_soo
- Visit Lattice Hudson’s website and follow her on Instagram @latticehudson
- Don’t forget to join the free Success with Soul Facebook community here! We have follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and I often go live to answer your burning questions.
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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In our culture, we're taught to work really hard and to take constant action in order to get what we want.
But the truth is, running on a constant hamster wheel is the hard way of living and creating that leads straight to burnout, and often, doesn't ever get us the results we want, anyway!
If you've tried pushing and running your business from a place of hustle without success and are looking for a new way, you're in the right place.
My guest today, Madison Surdyke, is a globally renowned life and business coach who has devoted 500+ hours of coaching to help her clients achieve extraordinary results. She’s on a mission to help women fully tap into the power of their thoughts, energy, and intuition to achieve more success, abundance, freedom, and impact than they ever thought possible.
Madison’s signature method works from the inside out to transform your life, leveraging insights from the latest research in Subconscious Reprogramming and Brain Science. Madison has been featured in well-known publications like Reader’s Digest, Institute for Integrative Nutrition and THRIVE and she's worked with clients from around the world, including entrepreneurs, best-selling authors and high-level professionals.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The importance of giving yourself permission to be a beginner
- How to let feeling good be your only job
- Understand what actually creates your outer reality
- How to balance feminine energy of being vs. masculine energy of doing
- How to tap into and practice using your intuition
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Sign-up for my FREE blogging masterclass called 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Profitable Blogging in 2020 and Beyond if you’re willing to invest just 60 minutes to get FULLY up to speed on how to turn your blog into a six-figure business.
- Snag our free 99-Step Roadmap to get you from overwhelm to profitable blog in no time (It’s the exact checklist I used to go from $0 to six-figures in three years!)
- You are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter by Joe Dispenza
- Check out Madison's website Magnetically You and follow her on Instagram @magneticallyyou
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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It is so important to build real relationships and trust with your peers and community in order to have a business that lasts the test of time.
When you nurture a community of people who love what you do, you can create so much success and impact!
Even though everyone seems to talk about community building these days, creating an engaged audience is easier said than done when you’re competing for small attention spans in the digital world.
Join us today to talk about how to build an online community with heart, and in a way that creates genuine connection, authentic engagement, and raving fans!
My guest today, Jadah Sellner, is the host of the Lead with Love® podcast, Business Mentor, and a TEDx speaker redefining the future of work for female founders.
As the co-founder and author of Simple Green Smoothies (featured in Oprah's O Magazine, the Wall Street Journal and CBS’s The Doctors TV Show.), serial entrepreneur and business strategist, Jadah built a community of 355,000 email subscribers and 415,000 Instagram followers.
With a simple and inspiring model, Jadah dedicates her time consulting companies and personal brands to build a business and life with love, service, and impact.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The importance of connection and building community, and how Jadah built two businesses from scratch
- How to unhook your self worth from your net worth
- Why love over metrics is so important
- How to use free challenges to grow your email list and sell digital products
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Don’t forget to join the free Success with Soul Facebook community here! We have follow up conversations about the podcast episodes and I often go live to answer your burning questions.
- 018: Marketing Advice for Your Myers-Briggs Type with Brit Kolo
- Get Jadah's free 5 Step Challenge Roadmap here!
- Check out Jadah's She Builds Advisory Program for female founders
- Essentialism: Do Less But Accomplish More, Guide to Identifying the Essential Things, Focus On and Getting Them Done By Martin Hell
- Learn more at JadahSellner.com and follow her on social media @jadahsellner
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
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Email me new episodes
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Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Even if you don’t consider yourself a natural-born writer, ANYONE can learn key copywriting principles and use them to jumpstart your business. It’s one of the most valuable skills you can have!
But first, what is copywriting anyway?
Copywriting is the art and science of using words to get people to take your desired action.
It’s about helping your prospective clients feel deeply seen and heard. The more personal you get, the more connection you’ll form with your ideal customer, and ultimately, the more conversions you’ll get in your business!
My guest today, Kelsey Formost, is a copywriting expert who teaches entrepreneurs how to write words that sell. Whether you’re writing for your website, your email list, or even your social media captions, Kelsey helps you break it all down into actionable steps, demystifying the sometimes-overwhelming task of writing for your business.
Learning some key copywriting skills will definitely increase your conversions and make you a more effective communicator, but it goes deeper than just “more sales”. Kelsey’s mission is to help her students feel deeply seen and heard in the echo chamber of the internet. It’s about feeling confident and empowered every time you sit down to communicate with your audience!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to improve your writing if it’s not your natural talent
- The 10-minute tip to help you find the exact words that speak to your Ideal Customer Avatar
- The most important, fundamental copy principle you need to know
- How to create a value proposition and let people know why they should care about what you have to say
- The #1 mistake people make on their website copy
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- See Kelsey’s free tips here
- Copyhackers
- Ashlyn Writes YouTube channel
- Join Kelsey’s Signature course, The Copy Class, here!
- Sign-up for my FREE blogging masterclass called 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Profitable Blogging in 2020 and Beyond if you’re willing to invest just 60 minutes to get FULLY up to speed on how to turn your blog into a six-figure business.
- Get a free 30-day trial of ActiveCampaign, my favorite email service provider, here!
- The Hemingway App
- Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Magic Lessons Podcast by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Follow Kelsey on Instagram @kelsey.writes and visit her website
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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It may not seem obvious, but understanding your menstrual cycle is the secret to unlocking your intuition and watching your business soar.
How? Getting to know your body will help you understand how your mood, energy, and emotions change with your cycle, so you can work with this information–instead of fighting it–and be the most effective version of yourself.
My guest today, Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator and Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner who teaches women to chart their menstrual cycles for natural birth control, conception, and monitoring overall health.
In her new book The Fifth Vital Sign, Lisa debunks the myth that regular ovulation is only important when you want children by recognizing the menstrual cycle as a vital sign. Drawing heavily from the current scientific literature, Lisa presents an evidence-based approach to fertility awareness and menstrual cycle optimization. She hosts the Fertility Friday Podcast, a weekly radio show devoted to helping women connect to their fifth vital sign by uncovering the connection between menstrual cycle health, fertility, and overall health.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why do women not understand our menstrual cycles?
- An overview of the four seasons and what happens energetically in our bodies
- How to work with our bodies, give ourselves grace, and make things easier for ourselves
- A perspective shift for postpartum moms and any woman who struggles with body image
- What you need to know about birth control and ‘The Pill’ that you’ve probably never heard before
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Want a bigger business with less work? The “Do Less Methodology” will take you from being overwhelmed, isolated, overworked, and underpaid to being peaceful, profitable, connected, and purposeful! When you join Kate Northrup’s Origin Membership with me this year, I’m also throwing in some bonuses of my own, including an intimate, small group call with me and Kate Northrup herself where we’ll get to support you in leaning into this Do Less mindset and journey. See all the other bonuses I’m gifting you and join Origin today! (Doors close Thursday, October 15, 2020!)
- Order Lisa’s book The Fifth Vital Sign or get the first chapter here for free!
- Read Root + Revel’s article sharing The Truth About Birth Control Pill Side Effects
- Ready my story about How I Reversed my PCOS Naturally
- Follow Lisa On Instagram @fertilityfriday, join her free Facebook group here, and visit her website Fertility Friday
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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There’s never been a better time to become a Virtual Assistant (VA), with more businesses than before ever working virtually. Especially if you’re a mom who wants to work from home, it’s really a perfect fit since you can bring in an income while working flexible hours AND doing something you enjoy!
Or, maybe you have a small business and are feeling overwhelmed with all the things you need to do to keep it going. You’ve been thinking about hiring but wondering if it’s the right time to outsource.
Enter: the world of Virtual Assistants!
A VA is also sometimes called a freelancer. It just means you operate as an independent contractor to help small or online businesses grow. You might have a specialized skill set like graphic design, social media marketing, or copywriting, or you might offer virtual admin support.
In today’s episode, we discuss everything you want to know about either hiring a VA or learning how to become a VA yourself!
My guest today, Micala Quinn, is a wife, mom, online course creator, podcaster, and work at home enthusiast. Her mission is to revolutionize what it means to be a working mother. Micala’s online course is designed to launch working moms into the freelance world prepared, confident, and ready to make their mark.
To date, more than 1,000 moms across the country and world have enrolled in Overwhelmed to Overbooked. In late 2018, Micala launched the Live Free podcast to spread her freelancing method and mission throughout the world. With more than 200 5-star reviews, the podcast has surpassed 100,000 downloads.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to launch into becoming a freelancer/Virtual Assistant
- How being vulnerable led to Micala’s dream job
- Who should your first hire be as an entrepreneur and how do you know when you’re ready? Plus how to get creative and barter when you don’t yet have the cash
- How to balance working mom life, plus child care options as a work-at-home-mom
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- If you are thinking about launching a digital course someday, do yourself a favor and save some major headaches and expensive trial and errors. Take my mentor, Amy Porterfield’s, free quiz here to discover your personal path to creating a profitable digital course. In less than 2 minutes, you’ll figure out action by action what steps YOU should take based on YOUR goals, audience, and business level.
- Join Micala’s free Facebook group here!
- Fill out Micala’s hiring form to find your next team member or assistant
- Sign-up for Micala’s free workshop: 3 Secrets to Start, Launch & Grow a Freelance Business (No Matter What Your Current Job Is or Isn’t!) here!
- If you want to lend your voice to create positive change in the beauty industry and make some money in the process, becoming a Beautycounter consultant is for you! (I use Beautycounter like an affiliate program on my blog and it’s my second highest affiliate earner!) Find out more here and register to join my team!
- Erin Condren’s Planners
- Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo
- Follow Micala on Instagram @Micala.Quinn or join her Overwhelmed to Overbooked Course here!
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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How would it feel if you could simplify your business… and your life?
Let’s be real: our modern, hectic lifestyles are overwhelming, exhausting, and downright unhealthy.
We are often on a quest for more; we give in to pressure every day to work more, own more, and do more. But why? To what end?
When you push so hard, it inevitably leads to burnout. You simply can’t produce great work when you’re burned out, nor can you take care of yourself and be truly present to what matters most like your relationships, health, and overall well-being.
The truth is, if you’re always keeping score of how you’re doing based on anything outside of yourself (like if you checked enough items off of your to-do list that day), then it’s time to question your motives for WHY you’re doing what you’re doing.
When you embrace more of a minimalist approach to your life and business, you’ll counterintuitively discover that you can create more with less--all while being happier and more free.
My guest today is Courtney Carver, a well-known simplicity and minimalist expert. Courtney is the author of Soulful Simplicity and the blog Be More With Less. Courtney moved from a devastating multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2006 to feeling the best she’s felt in decades, from being deep in debt and clutter to living debt and clutter-free.
She realized after years of decluttering and letting go that happiness isn’t waiting for us, it’s within us. Courtney also writes about dressing with less in her book Project 333, The Minimalist Fashion Challenge That Proves Less Really is So Much More. Some of her concepts have truly changed my life, and I can’t wait to share her wisdom with you today!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to let go of obsessing over your analytics
- Why people’s comments and reactions are not about you (even when they are!)
- How do you make soul-centered, big decisions in your business?
- Tips for creating a minimalist business that prioritizes your health and well-being (instead of always pushing to do more and leading to burnout)
- A minimalist’s perspective on how to measure and keep score of your progress
- How to let go of fear, scarcity, and not having or being enough
- Tips for simplifying your email management
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Project 333: The Minimalist Fashion Challenge That Proves Less Really Is So Much More
- If you are thinking about launching a digital course someday, do yourself a favor and save some major headaches and expensive trial and errors by taking my mentor, Amy Porterfield’s, free quiz to discover your personal path to creating a profitable digital course here. In less than 2 minutes, you’ll figure out action by action what steps YOU should take based on YOUR goals, audience, and business level.
- 16 Personalities (free Myers-Briggs Personality Test)
- Get a free 30-day trial of ActiveCampaign, my favorite email service provider, here!
- Courtney’s blog post: There’s No Such Thing as Being Caught Up
- The Power of Now by Eckhardt Tolle
- Follow Courtney at Be More With Less and on Instagram @bemorewithless
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Whether you're a newbie at online business or you've been around for a few years, email marketing can be super intimidating.
However, it's something you NEED to figure out and prioritize because email is by far your #1 most critical element if you have any type of online business (or really, a business of ANY kind)!
But what do you even say to your list? How do you convert a subscriber into a sale? How often should you send emails? How do you keep your content interesting and inspire people to read it, instead of it being a major snoozefest that makes your subscribers never want to open another email from you again?
The secret is that there is actually a formula you can follow to increase the effectiveness of your copywriting--all while humanizing people to be more than just a 'lead' or a 'subscriber'.
If you understand why you’re writing what you’re writing and who you’re writing to, it will not only cut down on the time it takes you to write (goodbye staring at a blank page!), but your results will be infinitely better then shooting in the dark when it comes to building community and conversions (hello income and impact!).
For example, one of the tips we’ll be sharing with you today is how to use a color-coded personality system to not only create diversity and variance in your emails, but to speak directly to different personality types so everyone on your list feels seen and understood. This system is GOLD!
My guest today is Tarzan Kay, a launch strategist and copywriter who teaches women (and a few good men) how to sell bigger, so they can serve bigger. Tarzan is a master of email marketing and former copywriter-for-hire (working with people like Amy Porterfield) who specializes in fun-to-read, more-addictive-than-Game-of-Thrones email copy. She also helps freelancers attract better clients who’ll reach deeper into their pockets to pay for top-quality services–also using the power of email, duh!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why being the best and making all the money isn’t the most important thing for your business
- What it’s like to be the primary breadwinner for your family as a woman living in a patriarchal society while your partner is a stay-at-home-dad
- The 2 key things Tarzan did to earn over $200K in just her second year of business
- How to write effective emails that convert using Tarzan’s approach to color-coded personality (based on the DiSC personality assessment–and we even use some Game of Thrones characters to make it more interesting!)
- How many emails should you send during a launch? Plus the importance of pre-launch emails, her unique ’29-minutes-til-close’ email, and the post-promotion survey
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Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Joanna Wiebe’s Copyhackers
- If you love the idea of blogging but have no idea what you even want to blog about, take our free quiz to find out what kind of blog you should start!
- Tarzan’s approach to color-coded personality and how it applies to email marketing
- Get a free Convert Kit email account up to 1,000 subscribers!
- Get a free 30-day trial of ActiveCampaign, my favorite email service provider, here!
- Breathwork with Kathleen Oh
- The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris
- Get Tarzan’s Email Promo Sequence Swipe Copy here for free!
- Follow Tarzan on Instagram @tarzan_kay
- Check out our blog post Email Marketing 101 for Beginners + Bloggers
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Are you hustling your butt off to market your product, service, membership, or online course?
Let me tell you a little secret: there's an easier way!
I’m all about working smarter, not harder, and the marketing strategy we’re talking about today fits in perfectly with this philosophy.
We’re deep-diving into how to utilize partnerships and affiliates to grow your business. It’s a “quadruple win” because it’s:
- a win for you (more sales and impact--without ever paying for traffic),
- a win for your team (it’s fun and takes some of the marketing pressure off),
- a win for your partners (they get to make money without having to deliver the product or service, all while helping their audience meet a need), and finally
- a win for the students or buyers (who discover something that helps them solve a problem or reach their goals).
In my last Six-Figure Blog Academy launch in January 2020, 54% of sales came from affiliates! That's more than HALF! Partnerships generated over $50,000 in sales for my business in a two-week time period.
On my wellness blog Root + Revel, we earned $86,285.10 in 2019 JUST from affiliate marketing alone!
Convinced yet?
If you have a course, product, or service and have been considering partnerships to make more money and get more sales, I HIGHLY recommend you take a listen!
Laura Sprinkle is an affiliate launch strategist for online course creators and coaches who are ready to take their product launches to the next level with the help of affiliate partners.
Through her affiliate concierge service, she offers bespoke affiliate solutions and has worked with clients such as Amy Porterfield, Selena Soo, and Todd Herman on some of the biggest and most successful launches in the online marketing world.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why partnerships are a win-win for both you and your partners
- The 4 Rings of Recruitment and how to find partners to promote your stuff
- The 4 Phases of Affiliate Programs and how to get your affiliates to actually care and share about your program
- How to run your evergreen program like a live launch to build excitement with your partners
- How to know what partners are a good fit for you and your brand
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Are you a great fit for our Six-Figure Blog Academy affiliate program? Apply here!
- Snag our free 99-Step Roadmap to get you from overwhelm to profitable blog in no time (It’s the exact checklist I used to go from $0 to six-figures in three years!)
- Get a free 30-day trial of ActiveCampaign, my favorite email service provider, here!
- AccessAlly, Laura’s recommended affiliate software
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle
- Get Laura’s free Get Started Kit here if you’re ready to start your partner program!
- Connect with Laura on her website here and on Instagram @imlaurasprinkle
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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What’s the secret to manifesting your dreams? Here’s a clue: it almost never happens in the ways we think it will. Contrary to what we think, we actually get in our own way when we get attached to ‘how’ it’s going to happen.
The answer? We need to get rid of the hows and just commit to where we want to go. But balancing surrender with intentional action is no easy task, so we’re breaking it down to help get you closer to your dreams and goals, both in business and in life!
My guest today is Danika Brysha, the founder and CEO of Model Meals (a healthy meal delivery business), a self-care coach, the creator of The Brunch Series wellness events and 2018 US tour, and an IMG Curve Model.
All of her businesses are Danika’s way of giving back after her own personal transformation. For most of her life Danika suffered with an eating disorder that led her to some extremely dark places of self-hatred and destructive habits. After hitting the bottom mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially, Danika healed through a variety of tools, which she now shares with thousands of women all over the country.
Her work will only continue to help empower more and more women know that they, too, can live a life of their dreams!
What you’ll learn in this episode: * Why it’s actually selfish NOT to practice self-care! * Danika’s self-care checklist and how to use microtasks and teeny everyday habits that support your identity (rather than focusing on results and feeling guilt and shame for not achieving or doing) * How to know when your spiritual connection and intuition is blocked, and what to do to change your inner dialogue and manifest the career and life of your dreams * How to give yourself permission to truly follow what feels good * The importance of profit vs. revenue and paying yourself
Subscribe and Review Thanks so much for joining me this week.
Please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode: * Women Food and God by Geneen Roth * The Whole30 * Model Meals * Gretchin Rubin’s Abstainers and Moderators * Do Less by Kate Northrup * Profit First by Mike Michalowicz * A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson * The Fire Starter Sessions by Danielle LaPorte * Learn more about Danika Brysha here and follow her on Instagram @DanikaBrysha * Ready to start a blog but not sure what you should blog about? Take this quiz: What Kind of Blog Should you Start? * If you want to lend your voice to create positive change in the beauty industry and make money in the process, then becoming a Beautycounter consultant is for you!
Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Trying to manage your time and productivity can be exhausting. If you’ve been struggling with how to prioritize tasks or fine-tune your schedule and feel like you’re on a constant hamster wheel, you are not alone. Nearly everyone I know struggles with this, whether you’re an entrepreneur or not.
If you missed last week’s episode, I shared why I don’t believe in hustle and how to work from a place of rest, alignment, and abundance. Listen to part one of this series here.
Work with your energy rather than against it.
Here’s the thing: unless you learn to manage your energy, you will unknowingly undercut your productivity and progress every. single. time. It's not just about the physical work and time management tips and techniques, but about the energy alignment.
Ready to do less and achieve more with these time management tips and productivity tools?
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why the quality of your work matters over quantity.
- How to manage your energy. Unless you learn to manage energy, you will unknowingly undercut your productivity.
- Why working with intention is essential.
- How to manage your energy with productivity tools. Unless you learn how to do this, you will unknowingly undercut your productivity.
- Why you should get yourself a good paper planner, plus some tips on how to utilize it (including what to track, what NOT to track, and more).
- Some of my tried-and-true tips for maintaining work/life balance.
- The assessment tests I recommend to help you tune into your innate gifts and find what works for your specific personality.
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron + Suzanne Stabile (Enneagram)
16 Personalities / Myers-Briggs Personality Testing (also refer to Episode 5 with Jessica Butts)
Gretchen Rubin’s 4 Tendencies
Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt
Do Less by Kate Northrup
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Traction by Gino Wickman
Ready to start a blog but not sure what you should blog about? Take this quiz: What Kind of Blog Should you Start?
Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
Ready to start your blog today? Let me show you how, step-by-step! In this two-hour How to Start A Blog Workshop you’ll get everything you need and nothing you don’t.
I’ll help you narrow down your niche and discover what to actually blog about, how to buy your domain name and hosting service, and how to install WordPress, your theme, and the right plug-ins–along with the CONFIDENCE to actually do the dang thing and start monetizing stat!
Not to mention you’ll get a downloadable workbook to make this even easier, along with a Q&A vault and lifetime access. Go here to get started TODAY!
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Thanks for tuning in! We're taking a short break while we prepare for season 2 of the Success with Soul Podcast. In the meantime, here are some of Team KK's favorite episodes on building a business and life you love... Be sure to leave a review on your biggest takeaways from each episode. See you in January!
There is so much talk these days about hustle. Everyone’s got a ‘side hustle’. We hear so many messages about hustling: it’s what the successful people do. If you want to be successful, they say, you gotta work harder than everyone else and at the expense of everything else. Sacrifice, long hours and hard work are the only ways to achieve success…so they say.
But the truth is: I don’t believe in hustle.
They say you teach what you need to learn yourself. I’ve struggled with the belief that I need to prove myself, achieve and constantly be “doing” in order to be worthy and loved. But the truth is, we are all inherently worthy regardless of our success. We all are born with value no matter what we do or don’t do. Hustle perpetuates the belief that we have to prove ourselves, which is simply not true.
Over the next two weeks, I will be sharing why hustle isn’t the answer and what I believe instead. And y’all, I am speaking as much to myself as I am to you. I don’t have it all figured out. But I have learned a few things along the way, and today I’m sharing all those lessons with you.
What you’ll learn in this episode: * Why I think the hustle mentality is doing a disservice to you and your business. * Work smarter, not harder: A sustainable biz requires self-care, play, creativity, restorative rest, purposeful actions, setting intentions, and goals. * How to get into alignment and gain clarity, plus some questions to support your planning + success. * How to tap into both the masculine (hustle) and feminine (flow) energies in cycles and seasons.
Subscribe and Review Thanks so much for joining me this week.
Please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode: * Manifestation Babe Blog + Website (How to Get Into Alignment and Hustle OR Flow) * Atomic Habits by James Clear * Kate Northup and her book Do Less and her Do Less Planner * Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt
Ready to start a blog but not sure what you should blog about? Take this quiz: What Kind of Blog Should you Start?
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Ready to start your blogging journey? Join my free masterclass to discover 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Profitable Blogging in 2020 and Beyond!
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul * Download a transcript of this episode * Download on Apple Podcasts * Email me new episodes * Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Welcome to our Course Creation mini-series! From August 26, 2021 - September 23, 2021, we're bringing back a mix of fan favorites episodes from 2020 all about digital courses, plus a brand new interview with course creation queen Amy Porterfield herself! If you want to create an online course, this series is for you.
So you’ve created an online course you want to sell–now what?!
It can be overwhelming thinking about the marketing and all that goes into selling and launching your online course.
Where do you start? What should you do if your launch ‘flops’? What team and systems do you need in place? Should you live launch or evergreen? Should you work with affiliates?
The list of questions goes on and on, but fortunately today, we’ve got answers!
My incredible guest today is Amy Porterfield, an online marketing expert and the host of the top-ranked podcast, Online Marketing Made Easy. Before building a multi-million dollar digital course business, Amy worked with mega brands like Harley-Davidson and Peak Performance Coach, Tony Robbins, where she oversaw the content team and collaborated on ground-breaking online marketing campaigns.
Through her bestselling courses and popular podcast, Amy’s action-by-action approach proves that even the newest online entrepreneurs can bypass the overwhelm, and instead generate exciting momentum as they build a business they love. Her Digital Course Academy opens for enrollment for a limited-time on September 21st, 2021!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The first thing you need to have in order to have a successful course launch
- When to start with paid ads
- How to troubleshoot when you have an ‘unsuccessful’ launch
- When to use live launches vs. evergreen launches
- How to stop plateauing and scale your launches over time
- When and who to hire to help your launches grow, plus how to create systems
- When should you use affiliates to help promote your course, and how can you best support their success?
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Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out Digital Course Academy here, plus discover all of our amazing bonuses!
- Deadline Funnel
- Kartra
- If you are thinking about launching a digital course someday, do yourself a favor and save some major headaches and expensive trial and errors by taking my mentor, Amy Porterfield’s, free quiz to discover your personal path to creating a profitable digital course here. In less than 2 minutes, you’ll figure out action by action what steps YOU should take based on YOUR goals, audience, and business level.
- Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman
- Click Up
- Follow Amy on Instagram @amyporterfield and check out her Digital Course Academy
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Welcome to our Course Creation mini-series! From August 26, 2021 - September 23, 2021, we're bringing back a mix of fan favorites episodes from 2020 all about digital courses, plus a brand new interview with course creation queen Amy Porterfield herself! If you want to create an online course, this series is for you.
Today I’m walking you through the journey of how, in six months (July 2019 – Jan 2020), I was able to earn nearly $150,000 from my online course, The Six-Figure Blog Academy.
But it wasn’t easy… here’s how I did it, plus the mistakes I made so you can learn from them and not have to repeat them yourself!
I break down the details all about…
- how I first created my course
- how I approached my first “soft launch” and then my first “official launch” (where I actually LOST money!)
- what I did for a Black Friday promotion (and won’t do again)
- how I totally transformed my launch model before my second “official launch” in January 2020–when we achieved a gross revenue of just over $100,000!
This episode is jam-packed with helpful info, real-talk and inspiration. Let’s get into it!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What I recommend you do BEFORE you launch your digital course to the public
- The biggest mistake people (including myself!) make when it comes to hosting webinars
- Whether or not to offer payment plans and how to price your course
- The fatal mistake I made that put my company in debt for the first time ever
- When and how to bring in affiliates for your course
- How I turned a failed, in the red launch into a profitable six-figure launch only THREE months later! Plus the key strategy I implemented BEFORE my six-figure launch that was paramount in my success
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the incredible Digital Course Academy free resources here!
- If you are thinking about launching a digital course someday, do yourself a favor and save some major headaches and expensive trial and errors by taking my mentor, Amy Porterfield’s, free quiz to discover your personal path to creating a profitable digital course here. In less than 2 minutes, you’ll figure out action by action what steps YOU should take based on YOUR goals, audience, and business level.
- If you’ve ever wanted to build a digital course but haven’t actually DONE it, then you need to join me and Amy Porterfield inside her FREE Facebook Bootcamp group, The Digital Course Kickstarter: A 30-Day Bootcamp
- Read all of my income reports here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Welcome to our Course Creation mini-series! From August 26, 2021 - September 23, 2021, we're bringing back a mix of fan favorites episodes from 2020 all about digital courses, plus a brand new interview with course creation queen Amy Porterfield herself! If you want to create an online course, this series is for you.
While there are many passive income opportunities in 2021, today we’re talking all about how to generate regular, recurring income through the revenue stream of online courses.
But the thing is, just because you build it, does not mean it will be an instant success. It’s just not that simple.
Today, we’re diving into the strategies that will help you not only create an online course, but how to actually make consistent, scaleable passive income from it!
The strategy we’re talking about today is called evergreen, meaning your course is always available for purchase, 365 days a year.
But here’s the catch: there’s almost no information about the actual course on the website anywhere. Huh?
Listen to today’s episode to learn how this works!
My guest today, Jacques Hopkins, worked as an engineer for eight years before quitting his job and turning his biggest hobby into a highly successful online piano course.
PianoIn21Days.com has brought in over $1.7 Million in revenue to date, with over 5,000 students all over the world. Today, Jacques supports his family with the passive income from his course, while teaching others to do the same at TheOnlineCourseGuy.com and The Online Course Show podcast.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to convey the value of what you sell (especially if you’re not teaching business or money-making strategies)
- How to get past Imposter Syndrome and the idea that you’re not enough of an expert to teach something online
- The difference between just evergreen and an evergreen funnel
- The most important thing you need in order for your funnel to actually convert
- How to troubleshoot your funnel when it’s “not working”
- What to do with the people on your email list if they don’t buy, and how to launch to them again
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out our incredible Digital Course Academy free resources here!
- The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris
- Kajabi course creation platform
- Chillpreneur by Denise Duffield-Thomas
- Get the entire first module of Amy Porterfield’s Digital Course Academy for FREE here! Hurry, this won’t last long (ends September 14, 2021).
- Deadline Funnel
- Episode 015: How to Write Email Marketing Campaigns that Convert with Tarzan Kay
- Clockwork by Mike Michalowicz
- If you’re looking for an easy to use, all-in-one platform for your business needs, check out Kartra. I switched to Kartra last year and am saving $12,000 per year! Get your free 14-day trial and 30-day money-back guarantee here
- Getting Things Done by David Allen
- Expert Secrets by Russell Brunson
- If you’ve ever wanted to build a digital course but haven’t actually DONE it, then you need to join me and Amy Porterfield inside her FREE Facebook Bootcamp group, The Digital Course Kickstarter: A 30-Day Bootcamp
- Follow Jacques on Instagram @pianoin21days and his websites PianoIn21Days.com and TheOnlineCourseGuy.com
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Welcome to our Course Creation mini-series! From August 26, 2021 - September 23, 2021, we're bringing back a mix of fan favorites episodes from 2020 all about digital courses, plus a brand new interview with course creation queen Amy Porterfield herself! If you want to create an online course, this series is for you.
Before I went on maternity leave last year, I knew that I really wanted to create passive income in my business while I was away.
For the past year, I had been experimenting with live launching my online course, The Six-Figure Blog Academy (see all my launch debriefs here). While I had figured out how to make that work well and even had my first six-figure launch in January 2020, I knew that wasn’t going to be an option while I was on maternity leave.
This is when I decided to try moving my course to an evergreen model, thanks to Amy Porterfield’s amazing bonus training in her Digital Course Academy.
I had always heard about the magical allure of the evergreen model–where your course is essentially always available to purchase–and it sounded amazing. It’s an automated funnel that, when done well, creates ease and sustainability in your business by bringing in regular revenue.
In fact, we earned $58,279.76 in new revenue from our course while I was on a three-month maternity leave in 2020! This blew my mind and now I’m convinced of the power of evergreen.
But even though things run mostly on auto-pilot with evergreen funnels, it definitely has some drawbacks and is not easy to set up well–especially if you want to do it in a way that feels authentic, while also creating true urgency with buyers.
Today, I’m sharing all about the pros and cons of the evergreen course model when it comes to the process of getting it set up, maintaining it, the financial expectations, and the impact of evergreen on your user or student experience.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What an ‘evergreen funnel’ is
- The pros and cons of this model vs. a ‘closed-cart’ or ‘live launch’ model
- The key tech tool I use to make this process work on autopilot
- My 7 tips for going evergreen in your business
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the incredible Digital Course Academy free resources here!
- If you’ve ever wanted to build a digital course but haven’t actually DONE it, then you need to join me and Amy Porterfield inside her FREE Facebook Bootcamp group, The Digital Course Kickstarter: A 30-Day Bootcamp
- Ready my Maternity Leave Income Report here
- Deadline Funnel automation tool
- The Facebook Live and podcast episode where I share My Personal Path to a Six-Figure Launch
- If you are thinking about launching a digital course someday, do yourself a favor and save some major headaches and expensive trial and errors by taking my mentor, Amy Porterfield’s, free quiz to discover your personal path to creating a profitable digital course here. In less than 2 minutes, you’ll figure out action by action what steps YOU should take based on YOUR goals, audience, and business level.
- Not sure about your course topic? Grab my free Narrow Your Niche Guide
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Welcome to our Course Creation mini-series! From August 26, 2021 - September 23, 2021, we're bringing back a mix of fan favorites episodes from 2020 all about digital courses, plus a brand new interview with course creation queen Amy Porterfield herself! If you want to create an online course, this series is for you.
So you’ve heard all about the benefits of creating and selling online courses: they boost your business revenue and give you more freedom, all while allowing you to reach more people and transform more lives. Yes, please!
But where do you start? And what about all those doubts that come up, like, “who am I to teach this topic and sell a digital course”?
Not to worry, my friend! Today, we’re sharing how to boost your confidence and overcome imposter syndrome, and breaking down how to actually get started.
It doesn’t need to be overwhelming to create an online course–you just need to offer a proven system or roadmap that works.
My incredible guest today is Amy Porterfield, an online marketing expert and the host of the top-ranked podcast, Online Marketing Made Easy. Before building a multi-million dollar digital course business, Amy worked with mega brands like Harley-Davidson and Peak Performance Coach, Tony Robbins, where she oversaw the content team and collaborated on ground-breaking online marketing campaigns.
Through her bestselling courses and popular podcast, Amy’s action-by-action approach proves that even the newest online entrepreneurs can bypass the overwhelm, and instead generate exciting momentum as they build a business they love. Her Digital Course Academy opens for enrollment for a limited-time on September 21st, 2021!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Overcoming imposter syndrome with the 10% edge
- Why you should launch a digital course now, even during a pandemic, plus pricing secrets for selling during this time
- 3 approaches to selling digital courses and how to get started
- How to authentically build a diverse, equitable and inclusive community
- Why blogging and digital courses are a match made in heaven
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Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out all these free resources about how to actually create a successful digital course!
- If you are thinking about launching a digital course someday, do yourself a favor and save some major headaches and expensive trial and errors. Take my mentor, Amy Porterfield’s, free quiz here to discover your personal path to creating a profitable digital course. In less than 2 minutes, you’ll figure out action by action what steps YOU should take based on YOUR goals, audience, and business level.
- Full Focus Planner by Michael Hyatt
- Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt
- Kate Northrup’s Do Less Planner
- Rework by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
- Traction by Gino Wickman
- Follow Amy on Instagram @amyporterfield and check out her Digital Course Academy
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Many of us think it’s normal to wake up feeling tired and rely on copious amounts of coffee to get through our recurring brain fog, only to have our energy crash in the afternoon. But the truth is: it’s not!
By ‘biohacking’ yourself, you can actually transform your body so you feel more energized, more productive, and, overall, like the best possible version of yourself.
If the term ‘biohacking’ makes you think of male-dominated Silicon Valley, tech gurus, and millionaire entrepreneurs, you’re not alone. While that may be where it originated, today we’re ditching the data that’s focused on men and, instead, talking about biohacking for WOMEN!
Women and men have different bodies, and it’s time we learn how to work WITH our bodies–not against them!
If you’ve been relying on way too much coffee and six hours of sleep each night to scale your business, then this episode is for you!
My guest today is Tanessa Shears is a health consultant and host of the Becoming Limitless podcast. She helps entrepreneurs scale their business by optimizing their health, focus & productivity with science and biohacking.
Her passion is working closely with business owners to implement effective sleep, nutrition, workflow, and stress management strategies to eliminate brain fog and help them get more done in 8 hours than most people can get done in a week. She does this by optimizing the performance capacity of your body and brain so you can produce more meaningful, impactful work output and scale your business faster.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What it means to live in a state of peak performance
- Tips on how to actually get started with biohacking your day (including how to optimize your sleep!)
- How Tanessa pivoted from a personal training career to working with entrepreneurs on their health
- How to apply the knowledge of our different brainwave frequencies to being an entrepreneur
- What is brain fog? plus what to do about it
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Brand spanking new to online business? I’ve got a free video series that I want to invite you to called How to Start your Blog from Scratch the Right Way. Watch it here!
- Brain FM app
- The Success with Soul incubator is a one-stop-shop for building a sustainable business and life, instead of buying a dozen different courses on business strategy, feminine energy blogging funnels, email marketing, affiliates, team building, and more. This is a course meets mastermind meets group coaching program designed specifically for intermediate entrepreneurs who have had some success in their business and are ready to take it to the next level. If that sounds like you and you’re interested in learning more, head here to apply!
- Get Tanessa’s free guide on 12 Ways to Biohack Your Energy
- Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza
- Visit Tanessa’ website and follow her on Instagram @tanessashears
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Has committing to a meditation practice been stuck on your “one day when I have more time” list?
If so, that likely means that you haven’t yet realized the incredible power and benefits of meditation–because if you had, you’d soon realize this is a non-negotiable practice that you can’t afford NOT to do! Meditation will give you a return on that time investment in every area of your life. You’ll enjoy optimized health, more restful sleep, and a surge in productivity.
Take these research-backed meditation benefits for example:
- When you meditate, your body gets rest that is 2-5x deeper than sleep, which allows your cells to regenerate and heal
- Meditation helps you make better, more strategic decisions–plus it increases emotional intelligence (according to Harvard Business Review)
- Meditation can reverse your body age (based on stress, happiness, blood pressure, cognitive function, etc.) by up to eight years (Tufts & Wake Forest University)
- Meditation floods the brain with dopamine and serotonin, decreasing symptoms of depression and anxiety (JAMA Internal Medicine)
- Meditation strengthens the corpus callosum, which is the bridge between the right and left hemispheres of the brain; this allows you to access creative downloads, even in the middle of a high demand situation
The point of meditating isn’t to get good at meditation (newsflash: nobody cares!); the point is to get good at life. Learn how to start by listening to today’s episode!
My guest today, Emily Fletcher, is the founder of Ziva Meditation and the leading expert in meditation for performance. She has taught over 40,000 people the skill of meditation. She is an international speaker and author. Her best-selling book, Stress Less, Accomplish More, debuted at #7 out of all books on Amazon and has been translated into 12 languages.
The New York Times, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Vogue and ABC have all featured Emily’s work. She’s been named one of the top 100 women in wellness to watch and has spoken at Apple, Google and Harvard Business School.
Ziva graduates include Oscar, Grammy, & Emmy award winners, Navy SEALS & NBA players.
The Ziva Technique is a powerful combination of mindfulness, meditation and manifesting designed to help you get better at life, not meditation.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What is ZIVA meditation, and what makes this technique different from guided visualizations and all those meditation apps
- The science of meditation and how it helps us heal, manifest, and improve our health and performance
- The biggest misconception about meditation, and what meditation really is
- How to actually find the time to prioritize meditation
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Learn how to meditate with ZIVA meditation here! You’ll get the first 3 days of the course for FREE and learn mindfulness, meditation, and manifesting
- Learn how to create holistic systems in your business with self-managed teams and hands-off systems inside my Success with Soul Incubator. The Incubator is a one-stop shop and includes everything you need to build a wildly lucrative business while intentionally serving your spirit. Apply here!
- Stress Less, Accomplish More by Emily Fletcher
- Imagine how your life would change if you could work with your body and its cycles – not against it? That’s why I created my Mindful Planning Printables, to help you tune into your body, hone in on the work you truly love, prioritize your most pressing tasks (and let the rest go!). Go here to get your copy and start learning how to flow WITH your life, instead of against it.
- Check out ZIVA for Kids here!
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle
- Follow ZIVA on Instagram @zivameditation and join the free Facebook group here, and follow Emily on Instagram @emilystellafletcher
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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In the old business-as-usual paradigm, incorporating spirituality into your business was typically a big no-no. It was seen as “unprofessional” and not widely accepted.
Today, we’re ready to bust that paradigm! People are craving authenticity, the integration of work and life, and are ready to create their own reality where they write the rules.
The best part is, when you come from this place, your ideal clients start gravitating to you and you get to hang out and serve the exact people who are fully aligned with your mission and higher purpose!
Today, we’re talking all about this intersection of business and spirituality. How do you incorporate both into your mission, into your own day-to-day life, and how do you actually serve your clients from this place? Listen to find out!
My guest today, Kc Rossi, is a Business & Leadership Coach who helps women scale a profitable and soul-aligned business. She is the Founder of the Soulprint Method™, a system that helps entrepreneurs leverage their strengths joyfully to enhance performance and thrive. She is the host of the Women Developing Brilliance® podcast; a show dedicated to growth strategies for leaders with a purpose.
Kc’s been a full-time entrepreneur since 1991 and has built 6 and 7+ figure businesses. Kc is also a Certified Aromatherapist, Mind-Body Eating Coach, and NLP Practitioner which allows her to bring a holistic and intuitive approach to her coaching.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The difference between spirituality and religion, and how to incorporate spirituality into your business
- How to implement digital minimalism–even if you own an online business!
- The practical tools you can use to slow down, get quiet, and actually hear your intuition
- Kc’s holistic Soul Print Method for balancing both the feminine and masculine sides of business
- How to tap into your heart wisdom and experience your highest potential
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- If you’re tired of struggling away at your keyboard without any real income to show for all that blogging effort, I’ve created a brand new free masterclass just for you called 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Six-Figure Blogging, go here to sign up now for this free training!
- The Tapping Solution EFT app
- Content marketing is one part of my six-part framework in the Success with Soul Incubator. When you apply, you’ll learn my entire framework, and be invited to a private advanced level training where you’ll learn exactly how to scale to $50K a month, on autopilot – without live launching paid ads, social media, or selling your soul. The application only takes five minutes and there’s no obligation to enroll. So go ahead and apply today!
- The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins
- I Am Enough by Marissa Peer
- Get a free complimentary strategy session with Kc here or grab her free mini-training and uncover the 3 secrets you need to joyfully thrive
- Follow KC on Instagram @my.coach.KC and visit her website KC Rossi
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Businesses can be effective, profitable, AND feminist–all at the same time. It’s true! But the great majority of our business development tools (as they exist now) reinforce masculine models of thinking and patriarchal operating by design.
If you want to smash the patriarchy and, instead, opt-in to feminist business practices, this episode is for you!
Building a business, as a feminist, means that you get to create your own economic destiny built on principles that you think are fair, humanistic, and sustainable. Some examples include*:
- Build and grow a business based on your personal and political values
- Wholeheartedly believe in community over competition and strive to lift others while you climb
- Understand that you are not your business and it does NOT define your worth
- Honor your intuition and refer to it as your most trusted business advisor
- Create your own definition of success that isn’t tied to productivity or the number of zeros in your income, it’s instead based on your happiness and life goals
(*These examples all come from The Feminist Agenda by Rachel Wynn)
Are you ready to smash the patriarchy with us?!
Our incredible panel today includes:
1) Through her work in the fields of psychology and self-improvement, Amée Quiriconi brings a thought-provoking harmony of practical strategies together with the underlying drives that affect women and their business success. Her second book, The Fearless Woman’s Guide to Starting a Business: What Every Woman Needs to Know to be a Courageous, Authentic, and Unstoppable Entrepreneur, is her firm step forward towards helping other women learn how to unlock their real, life-changing potential.
2) Melanie Childers is a Master Coach for feminist entrepreneurs who are committed to changing the world for women. She helps women disrupt their internalized patriarchy so they can scale successful businesses that support themselves and their communities without burning out.
3) Rachel Wynn is a multi-passionate creative entrepreneur and founder of both Starlight Social, a digital marketing company, and Feminist Founder, where she coaches feminist entrepreneurs on the topics of setting and maintaining client boundaries, the importance of delegation, invisible labor in the home, and much more! She currently lives in a co-op near Malcolm X Park with her partner, David, and dog-child Rufus on unceded Piscataway native land in Washington, DC.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What the word feminist means in 2021
- The difference between emotional labor and invisible labor, and how this impacts women
- How to ensure the division of household labor is equitable between you and your partner
- Why rest is an act of defiance against the patriarchy
- How conscious capitalism and feminism can co-exist
- Practical tips on how to build a team in an equitable, inclusive way
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- The Fearless Woman’s Guide to Starting a Business by Ameé Quiriconi
- Rachel Wynn’s Feminist Agenda
- Proposal for a Feminist Economy by Jennifer Armbrust’s
- The Success with Soul incubator is a one-stop shop for building a sustainable business and life, instead of buying a dozen different courses on business strategy, feminine energy blogging funnels, email marketing, affiliates, team building, and more. This is a course meets mastermind meets group coaching program designed specifically for intermediate entrepreneurs who have had some success in their business and are ready to take it to the next level. If that sounds like you and you’re interested in learning more, head here to apply!
- Imagine how your life would change if you could work with your body and its cycles – not against it? That’s why I created my Mindful Planning Printables, to help you tune into your body, hone in on the work you truly love, prioritize your most pressing tasks (and let the rest go!). Go here to get your copy and start learning how to flow WITH your life, instead of against it.
- Follow Rachel @feministwynn, visit her website Feminist Founder, and get her sliding scale bonus coaching call just for listeners here!
- Follow Melanie @theenlightenedbadass and visit her website Melanie Childers
- Follow Amée @thefearlesswomansguide and visit her website The Fearless Women’s Guide to Business
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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If you’re a solopreneur or freelancer, you likely know what it’s like to be frustrated that you:
- can’t scale your business without having to do more work
- can’t take time off without losing money
- are always implementing and constantly having to focus on deliverables, leading to burnout
- have to limit the number of clients you can serve–there’s only so much time in a day!
What’s the solution?
One potential lucrative and successful business model is to start an agency. An agency is a company that provides specific services to other businesses, and has almost infinite growth and scalability potential. If you get more clients, you can always hire more people and create more capacity.
If your interest is piqued, you're going to love this episode!
My guest today, Tasha Booth, is an agency owner, coach, and podcaster. She is the Founder & CEO of The Launch Guild, a Course Launch Support & Digital Marketing Implementation Agency supporting established coaches and course creators with course and podcast launches, operations and systems management, and content management and repurposing.
Her team is over 20 members strong and works together to support their clients in being able to focus back onto their zones of genius. Additionally, she mentors Virtual Support Pros (VAs, OBMs, & PMs) who are passionate and ready to grow their businesses while living life on their own term. Tasha is the host of the How She Did That Podcast, a podcast for Virtual Assistants, Online Business Managers, and Project Managers to learn business and tech tips.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to get started with your first hire
- The pros and cons of an agency model
- How to transition from a “me” to a “we” business when you’re used to being a solopreneur
- How to remove yourself from the day-to-day operations and eliminate bottleneck
- The 4 steps to hiring the right person
- Tips for delivering consistent quality to your clients
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Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Snag our free 99-Step Roadmap to get you from overwhelm to profitable blog in no time (It’s the exact checklist I used to go from $0 to six-figures in three years!)
- Learn how to create holistic systems in your business with self-managed teams and hands-off systems inside my Success with Soul Incubator. The Incubator is a one-stop shop and includes everything you need to build a wildly lucrative business while intentionally serving your spirit. Apply here!
- Radical Candor by Kim Scott
- We Should All Be Millionaires by Rachel Rodgers
- Follow Tasha on Instagram @thetashabooth or @thelaunchguild and visit her website here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Struggling with lead generation and sales for your programs, courses, or services?
Social selling is where it’s at! Social selling is selling your programs, courses, or services over social media, primarily in the Direct Messages (DMs). Instead of the traditional sales call model, it’s having conversations that convert right in the DMs on any social media platform.
DMs are efficient for getting clients because it gives you a more direct and uncomplicated avenue for communication, where you can provide value, personally connect, and authentically serve your prospective clients, warming them up into a sale. Social selling benefits include an increased number of leads, improved conversion rate, and shorter sales cycles–yes please!
Convinced yet? Get ready to learn how to use this powerful strategy in your online business!
My guest today, Lattice Hudson, is a business coach, leadership mentor, and social sales expert. Lattice is on a mission to help women make more money, increase their impact all while living a life that they love since “a woman with wealth, is a woman with power”.
Lattice specializes in helping online coaches scale past that coveted six-figure mark by leveraging high ticket evergreen group coaching offers. In her free time, she enjoys relaxing on the beach, dancing to the latest TikTok trend, and investing in digital real estate online!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to overcome mental and energetic blocks around money
- Why high-ticket group coaching is the best route to grow BOTH your business revenue and your impact!
- How to navigate accessibility while still maintaining a profitable business
- How to successfully use a free Facebook group as lead generation
- How to sell and convert clients in the DMs on social media, while still being authentic and coming from service
- How to handle the common objection of “I can’t afford it”
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Content marketing is one part of my six-part framework in the Success with Soul Incubator. When you apply, you’ll learn my entire framework, and be invited to a private advanced level training where you’ll learn exactly how to scale to $50K a month, on autopilot – without live launching paid ads, social media, or selling your soul. The application only takes five minutes and there’s no obligation to enroll. So go ahead and apply today!
- Brand spanking new to online business? I’ve got a free video series that I want to invite you to called How to Start your Blog from Scratch the Right Way. Watch it here!
- You Are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero
- Join Lattice’s free Facebook group for a safe space for all womxn coaches who want to feel safe, seen, and heard and are ready to level up and create wealth.
- Follow Lattice on Instagram @LatticeHudson and visit her website
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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What if you worked with clients only four days a month, while earning five-figures a month? That’s what’s possible with the VIP Day business model!
The problem with monthly retainers for service providers is that more and more service entrepreneurs are experiencing deep burnout. Their work becomes too overwhelming and unsustainable trying to fulfill ongoing tasks, communications, and projects with multiple clients.
Instead, a virtual VIP Day is a four-figure offering, lasting three to eight hours, where you lead your client through a three to five-phase transformation. Instead of months of implementation, you give them an incredible result in a short time frame.
With the VIP Day business model, you have the opportunity to truly regain time freedom and energy flexibility. You can even implement them in your service-based business without any new tech or marketing!
How? That’s exactly what we’re talking about in today’s episode!
My guest today, Jordan Gill, is an operations consultant and founder of Systems Saved Me, helps overworked one-woman shows become streamlined solopreneurs. Her jam is creating a cohesive operating system for managing your tasks, files, and inbox.
She’s been on podcasts like What Works and CEO Vibes sharing her love of replacing monthly retainers with one-day virtual intensives. She currently lives in Dallas TX with her Cavapoo Vivienne and collection of 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzles.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The four types of transformational results you can offer during your VIP Day
- How to price your VIP Day
- The four-part VIP Day framework to make your day a success
- The biggest mistakes people make when offering VIP Days
- How to overcome the fear of selling a four-figure price point for one day of your time
- One of the most overlooked areas of business that, when done right, will keep clients with you for life!
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Learn more VIP Days with Jordan’s Done in a Day Program here!
- If you’re tired of struggling away at your keyboard without any real income to show for all that blogging effort, I’ve created a brand new free masterclass just for you called 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Six-Figure Blogging, go here to sign up now for this free training!
- Grab Jordan’s free 9-Step Roadmap to Creating Virtual VIP Days here!
- The Success with Soul incubator is a one-stop shop for building a sustainable business and life, instead of buying a dozen different courses on business strategy, feminine energy blogging funnels, email marketing, affiliates, team building, and more. This is a course meets mastermind meets group coaching program designed specifically for intermediate entrepreneurs who have had some success in their business and are ready to take it to the next level. If that sounds like you and you’re interested in learning more, head here to apply!
- Radical Candor by Kim Scott
- Follow Jordan on Instagram @systemssavedme and visit her website Systems Saved Me
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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We’re no strangers here when it comes to talking about the patriarchy and toxic capitalism. But how do we actually divest out of these systems of harm–especially as entrepreneurs?
It means opting out of typical “business-as-usual”, patriarchal norms like:
- exploitation and extraction
- hyper-productivity
- using guilt, scarcity, and shame to manipulate sales
- concentration of wealth
And instead, focus on feminist business practices that promote:
- collaborative and generative practices
- transparency and accountability
- consent and agency
- redistributing resources
Yes–it’s possible to build businesses without replicating and upholding harm and oppression. Instead, we can build wealth while generating power and resources for all of us!
My guest today, Lauren Elizabeth, is a Radical Courage Coach and Feminist Business Mentor. She helps coaches, healers and creatives own their unique brilliance and build online businesses that are aligned with their vision and values–without replicating patriarchal systems of harm.
Her clients are visionaries, system disruptors, and revolutionaries who are ready to deprogram from the Capitalist Routine, and use their work to shift and shape our world through their messaging, their offerings, and their business practices. At its core, Lauren’s work is about generating collective power, smashing the patriarchy, and building a culture where ALL OF US can thrive.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why the “business-as-usual” paradigm isn’t good for anyone
- Does ethical or conscious capitalism actually exist?
- What are the four P’s? and how they support making our businesses more equitable and sustainable
- Tips to start applying feminist business practices–and one thing you can do today to embrace this in your own marketing
- How to find your unique zone of brilliance
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski
- Learn how to create holistic systems in your business with self-managed teams and hands-off systems inside my Success with Soul Incubator. The Incubator is a one-stop shop and includes everything you need to build a wildly lucrative business while intentionally serving your spirit. Apply here!
- If you want to take the first steps towards improving your relationship with food and your body, get my friend Sarah’s free Intuitive Eating Assessment here!
- Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison
- Visit Lauren Elizabeth’s website here and follow her on Instagram @lauren.elizabeth.coaching
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
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I’ve learned time and time again that the secret to creating a truly sustainable, rewarding, and profitable business comes from focus, intention, simplifying, and actually doing less.
How can doing LESS possibly create BETTER results in your business? I mean, don’t you have to stay busy, show up everywhere, and do all the things to create a successful business?
Absolutely not! In fact, that’s the quickest path to burnout and resentment.
Instead, it’s all about creating a business that puts your life FIRST. This is about learning how to change the ways you operate in your business and giving yourself permission to do less, so you can live more. This is about running a life-giving business that provides you with a spacious schedule, flexibility in your days, and true time freedom.
Listen to this episode and learn how you can start improving your quality of life AND making more money in your business, at the same time!
My guest today is small business mentor and coach Ashley Gartland, who helps service-based business owners and online entrepreneurs simplify and streamline their business so they can scale sustainably and build a business that makes the life they desire possible.
She is the host of the Better Than Big podcast, where she shares stories, strategies and solutions to help small business owners run their business with more ease and intention. Ashley runs her six-figure business in 25 hours a week, leaving her plenty of time to enjoy the good stuff in life like trail runs, good books and adventures with her family.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How Ashley shifted from freelance writing to a coaching career
- Can you coach on something that you haven’t yet mastered?
- The counterintuitive approach to business that will make you feel better AND make you more money
- How to let go of the stressful urgency to have to grow your business or reach your next milestone
- What ‘soft skills’ you need to run a streamlined business
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Imagine how your life would change if you could work with your body and its cycles – not against it? That’s why I created my Mindful Planning Printables, to help you tune into your body, hone in on the work you truly love, prioritize your most pressing tasks (and let the rest go!). Go here to get your copy and start learning how to flow WITH your life, instead of against it.
- Company of One by Paul Jarvis
- Learn how to create holistic systems in your business with self-managed teams and hands-off systems inside my Success with Soul Incubator. The Incubator is a one-stop shop and includes everything you need to build a wildly lucrative business while intentionally serving your spirit. Apply here!
- Essentialism by Greg McKeown
- Visit Ashley’s website here and follow her on Instagram @ashleygartland
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
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- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Do you struggle with your body image, weight loss, yo-yo dieting, or wishing you looked different?
If you’re like the majority of women out there, it’s likely that some of your beliefs about your body, weight, or physical appearance are preventing you from either starting a business, growing your business, or showing up in a true and authentic way in your business.
This preoccupation with our bodies keeps us small–not only physically striving for a smaller body, but keeps us playing small in our lives. It keeps us stuck in cycles of self-doubt, shame, and unworthiness.
Listen to this episode to find out how ‘Diet Culture’ is negatively impacting you, and learn how you can claim back your power and innate wisdom–in both your business and your life!
My guest today, Sarah Newman, is a holistic wellness coach who helps women ditch dieting, heal from food and wellness obsession, and reclaim their innate power and happiness. Sarah is a body image enthusiast and former disordered eater who learned to make peace with her body, food, and life. Now, she’s giving women the tools to do the same!
Sarah helps women learn how to trust and accept their bodies at any size, including how to eat intuitively and become the experts of their own bodies. Sarah is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and has a BA in Psychology from The College of William & Mary. She’s also the editorial director at our sister site, Root + Revel!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What Diet Culture is, and how it’s holding you back in online business and entrepreneurship
- Why your happiness and your holistic health have nothing to do with your weight
- What stigmatized group is often left out of the social justice conversation
- A few practical steps you can take to opt-out of Diet Culture
- What political power has to do with unrealistic beauty standards–and why this is a feminist issue
- How we pivoted the Root + Revel brand to reflect our evolved perspective on what holistic health actually means
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- If you want to take the first step towards improving your relationship with food and your body, get Sarah’s free Intuitive Eating Assessment here!
- Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison
- Apply to Sarah’s program RECLAIM here! When you join by June 30, 2021, you’ll receive a special bonus: a free one-to-one coaching session with Sarah!
- Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
- Visit Sarah’s website The Body Reclaimed, follow her on Instagram @thebodyreclaimed, and join her free Body Acceptance + Intuitive Eating Facebook group here!
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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How do you know what to sell online so that you can make a profit, while also TRULY serving your audience and making an impact?
My guest today has a revolutionary, out-of-box approach to building your business while giving extraordinary value and genuinely helping people. What's the secret? It's giving away your information and intellectual property for free.
Say what?!
Yep, you read that right! If you're intrigued by this idea, then you're going to love this episode.
My guest today, Bobby Klinck, is a Harvard Law Grad turned online entrepreneur—but he’s NOT your typical lawyer. He doesn't do suits, he hates legalese more than you do, and has a tendency to make lame pop-culture references and dad jokes. He's built a thriving online business by doing things a bit differently than other people, making the legal and business stuff simple with a focus on building real connections with real people instead of thinking of people as potential transactions.
After trying the “secret” strategies all the “expert” online entrepreneurs were telling him to do, Bobby threw out the “online marketing” rulebook and started marketing his way–by giving, connecting with his audience, and building his brand. Throwing out the rulebook helped Bobby skyrocket his business success. Nowadays, besides helping people with the "legal stuff," Bobby helps other entrepreneurs build their own thriving businesses using fundamental marketing concepts.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to authentically give free value AND make a great income online
- Why you shouldn't sell information, and what you should sell instead
- The problem with delegating, automating, and scaling–and how to overcome it
- How to build genuine, real connections with your audience
- How to step out of the 'Bro Marketing' mentality
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Snag our free 99-Step Roadmap to get you from overwhelm to profitable blog in no time (It’s the exact checklist I used to go from $0 to six-figures in three years!)
- Get access to Bobby's BADA$$ Online Marketing University: A 100% FREE online program for online entrepreneurs who want to build businesses that actually last
- Access Ally
- Get Bobby's free legal templates here! Includes GDPR-compliant privacy policy, website terms of use, and a disclaimer
- Follow Bobby on Instagram @bobbyklinck and visit his website Bobby Klinck
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Do you feel like you’re one failed launch away from your business not surviving?
Sadly, so many women’s businesses are in ‘entrepreneurial poverty’. What does that mean exactly?
- Financial poverty: Some businesses are simply not bringing in enough income to support the women who run them. Even if a business is bringing in $50k, the owner may only be taking home $20 – $30k a year, which is not enough to sustain a family or future on.
- Time and energy poverty: Time and energy poverty go together in the sense that the more time you spend on your business, trying to get it off the ground, the more depleted your energy becomes.
The keys to overcoming entrepreneurial poverty?
That’s exactly what we’re covering in today’s episode! You’ll learn how to plan for your business to be an asset that creates consistent income–not something that you simply just operate and bootstrap.
My guest today, Racheal Cook, is an award-winning business strategist, host of the Promote Yourself to CEO podcast, and best-selling author who is on a mission to end entrepreneurial poverty for women. Over the last 10 years she has helped thousands of female entrepreneurs design predictably profitable businesses without the hustle and burnout that doing #allthethings inevitably accomplishes.
In fact, Racheal is a sought-after speaker on entrepreneurship, marketing, and productivity and has been featured by the US Chamber of Commerce, Forbes Coaching Council, Female Entrepreneur Association, and more. Her real passion, though, is supporting savvy, soulful women as they implement the strategy, systems, and support to uncomplicate their business so they can work less and live more.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why women aren’t making nearly as much money as men
- How to avoid burnout and build up your energy reserves
- The red flag to look for in your business that’s blunting your growth
- What you need to know about team building and avoiding common mistakes
- What to do if you don’t have any extra money to hire support
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Patriarchy Stress Disorder by Dr. Valerie Rein
- Content marketing is one part of my six-part framework in the Success with Soul Incubator. When you apply, you’ll learn my entire framework, and be invited to a private advanced level training where you’ll learn exactly how to scale to $50K a month, on autopilot – without live launching paid ads, social media, or selling your soul. The application only takes five minutes and there’s no obligation to enroll. So go ahead and apply today!
- Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
- Get Rachael’s free business growth checklist here!
- Follow Racheal on Instagram @Rachael.Cook and visit her website here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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In this special episode, I talk about the amazing power of inviting feminine energy into our entrepreneurial badassery! If you don’t know what that means, that’s okay–stick with me, because that’s exactly what this episode is all about.
This episode epitomizes WHY I do what I do; why I’ve devoted my work to making sure other female business owners have the skills, the structures, the strategies and the support that they need to create a business and a life they love.
A true holistic business isn’t just about making money. Obviously, profit is important, and you can’t have a business or a sustainable income without it.
But, integrating our feminine energy into our businesses is really where we discover that:
- we don’t have to choose our business or our family
- we don’t have to sacrifice our health to make more money
- we don’t have to work longer, harder hours to reach that next level of success
- we don’t have to struggle to survive the feast and famine cycles of big exhausting launches to create miracle-like results for ourselves and our clients
Instead, our feminine energy incorporates factors like:
- how we feel
- what we can efficiently accomplish during certain phases of our menstrual cycles or of the moon
- when our kids, or our fur babies, or friends need our attention most, and what their unique schedules are
- how much support we have both at work and at home
- how much mental bandwidth is taken up with the emotional labor of maintaining a household AND a company
The magic happens when we can have a balance of both the masculine and the feminine in our business and in our lives.
So buckle up for this episode and get ready to say a big bold “YES!” to having abundance–without the side order of exhaustion, burnout and toxicity.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What the patriarchy is, and how this applies to your business success
- How to opt-out of toxic ‘Bro Marketing’ tactics and the patriarchy while still making a sustainable income
- What it means to embrace your feminine energy and the power of cyclical living
- What a holistic approach to our business actually looks like
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Patriarchy Stress Disorder by Dr. Valerie Rein
- Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison
- The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
- Get access to a private invite-only, advanced-level workshop where you’ll learn exactly how to scale to $50K/month on autopilot without live launching paid ads, social media or selling your soul. To get invited, apply to my Success with Soul Incubator! The application only takes five minutes and there is no obligation to enroll. Once your application is accepted, you’ll learn my exact six-part framework to grow your traffic organically scale your passive income with evergreen funnels, and do it all without burning out. Plus, I’ll explain everything you need to know about the Incubator. Come on over and apply here to get access to this special training!
- Make ‘Em Beg to Work With You by Dr. Angela Lauria
- WomanCode by Dr. Alisa Vitti
- Do Less by Kate Northrup
- Sarah Jenks
- The Fifth Vital Sign by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Produced by Danny Ozment at https://katekordsmeier.com/pli
There are so many ways in 2021 that you can make passive income online. Here are just a few examples:
- Affiliate marketing
- Sponsorships
- Selling courses or programs
- Blogging
In my opinion and experience, the most lucrative is selling your own programs and courses.
That’s why in today’s episode, I’m giving you an introduction to evergreen funnels! Wait… evergreen, huh?
When you have something on ‘evergreen’, that means that anyone can go to your website at any time and buy your product. In theory, the doors are always open, it’s always available; however, with an evergreen funnel, someone needs to first get into your email funnel automation via an opt-in, an ad, or some other traffic source, and then they’ll have a limited time offer window to buy your product.
Confused? No worries–I explain more in today’s episode, so let’s get to it!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The difference between simply being ‘evergreen’ and an ‘evergreen funnel’
- The benefits of evergreen launching vs. ‘live’ launching
- The psychology of how this model works, and how to use it in an authentic, none-sleazy way
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- The Success with Soul incubator is a one-stop-shop for building a sustainable business and life, instead of buying a dozen different courses on business strategy, feminine energy blogging funnels, email marketing, affiliates, team building, and more. This is a course meets mastermind meets group coaching program designed specifically for intermediate entrepreneurs who have had some success in their business and are ready to take it to the next level. If that sounds like you and you’re interested in learning more, head here to apply!
- Deadline Funnel
- Get a free trial of Active Campaign here!
- If you’re looking for an easy-to-use, all-in-one platform for your business needs, check out Kartra. I switched to Kartra last year and am saving $12,000 per year! Get your free 14-day trial and 30-day money-back guarantee here!
- Get access to a private invite-only, advanced-level workshop where you’ll learn exactly how to scale to $50K/month on autopilot without live launching paid ads, social media or selling your soul. To get invited, apply to my Success with Soul Incubator! The application only takes five minutes and there is no obligation to enroll. Once your application is accepted, you’ll learn my exact six-part framework to grow your traffic organically scale your passive income with evergreen funnels, and do it all without burning out. Plus, I’ll explain everything you need to know about the Incubator. Come on over and apply here to get access to this special training!
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hang out with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://katekordsmeier.com/pli
If you are interested in growing your revenue through organic traffic and leads–meaning no paid ads, no time spent on toxic social media, and no stressful live program launches–then content marketing is going to be your best friend!
Wait… content marketing… huh?
Content marketing is a fancy way of saying that you provide free, valuable content to attract your ideal customer, so that eventually, they want to buy your stuff (be it products, services, programs, etc.).
Content marketing is great because:
- it’s free! (no paid ads)
- it’s housed on your website, that you own and control (vs. social media)
- it builds your ‘know, like, and trust factor’ so that your ideal clients want to buy from you
- regardless of if you prefer writing, speaking, or filming, there’s a content marketing strategy that can work for you!
- there’s so much repurposing potential to help make your content needs a breeze
Let’s dive in to explore content marketing strategies that work in 2021!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What is content marketing?
- How to sell more products, courses, programs, or services through content marketing
- Why you should prioritize content marketing over Facebook ads
- The four steps of the buying cycle
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Content marketing is one part of my six-part framework in the Success with Soul Incubator. When you apply, you’ll learn my entire framework, and be invited to a private advanced level training where you’ll learn exactly how to scale to $50K a month, on autopilot – without live launching paid ads, social media, or selling your soul. The application only takes five minutes and there’s no obligation to enroll. So go ahead and apply today!
- My blog, Root + Revel
- Check out my Six-Figure Blog Academy here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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- Download a transcript of this episode
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Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Do you want to grow your profit? Then knowing your numbers is a MUST!
Many entrepreneurs put their heads in the sand when it comes to money management because it can get just so darn confusing and overwhelming. If that’s you, then this episode is a non-negotiable listen! No need to feel ashamed of wherever you’re at, but I beg you, please empower yourself to understand your numbers and finances so that can continue to build a business and a life that you love.
If you’re already somewhat familiar with your numbers but are ready to grow to multi-six or even seven-figures, in this episode we’re going to talk about how to do just that.
It’s time to get clear on your finances, grow your profit beyond 6-figures, and keep more cash while doing it!
My guest today, Dondrea Owens, is a CPA who has been helping women entrepreneurs know their numbers and grow their profit since 2017. It’s her mission to be a resource for business owners who want to make smarter investments and take home more money.
Before starting The Creative’s CFO, Dondrea spent a decade auditing the financial statements of profitable companies at a top national accounting firm. Between both her education and professional experience, she has the skill (and the passion!) to educate and empower business owners in a way that helps them grow more profitable and sustainable businesses.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Do you need to spend money to make money?
- Common mistakes women entrepreneurs make when managing their business finances
- Specific percentages and allocations you should be making in your business (including profit margins, owner salary, taxes, and business investments)
- How to adopt a multi-six or seven-figure CEO identity
- How to financially prepare for hiring, and how to determine your ROI on hires
- Tips for preparing for taxes
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Quickbooks
- Learn how to create holistic systems in your business with self-managed teams and hands-off systems inside my Success with Soul Incubator. The Incubator is a one-stop shop and includes everything you need to build a wildly lucrative business while intentionally serving your spirit. Apply here!
- Want me to personally teach you how to set up an evergreen funnel? Apply to the Success with Soul Incubator and you’ll get access to an advanced training called “Flourish With Funnels” that teaches my exact framework for maximizing your time, energy, and income with evergreen funnels. The only way to access this training is by applying to the Incubator, so head on over now to take the next steps!
- Toggl
- The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
- Visit Dondrea’s website The Creative’s CFO and follow her on Instagram @thecreativescfo
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://katekordsmeier.com/pli
Calling all entrepreneur moms: if you're struggling to balance being a mom with building your business, it's time to learn how you can enjoy both a profitable career AND raising your family.
The real key is learning how to baby-proof your business with simple strategies, systems, and scalable offers. Yes, you can build a 6-figure+ business that you can grow in 20 hours a week or less WHILE you grow your family – without sacrificing school parties, baby cuddles, and date nights without guilt!
Today, we’re talking about how to do just that!
My guest, Yael Bendahan, is a marketing and visibility coach for female entrepreneurs who want to create consistently growing income and hit six-figures PLUS with simple, “baby-proof” sales systems. She grew her own business from zero to six-figures within 18 months and specializes in helping her clients unblock the mindset that’s holding them back and create “baby-proof” businesses – that is, businesses that can grow alongside your family!
Yael is a New York ex-pat and not-so-hidden mega-nerd – she geeks out over Harry Potter, Hamilton, and Disney – and lives in Israel with her husband and 5 kids (4 boys and a baby girl!).
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How Yael grew her own business from zero to six-figures within 18 months
- How Yael simultaneously managed being pregnant, raising 4 kids without childcare, AND building her business
- Tips for entrepreneur moms who are balancing motherhood with online business
- How to come up with offers that work with your lifestyle
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Brand spanking new to online business? I’ve got a free video series that I want to invite you to called How to Start your Blog from Scratch the Right Way. Watch it here!
- Imagine how your life would change if you could work with your body and its cycles – not against it? That’s why I created my Mindful Planning Printables, to help you tune into your body, hone in on the work you truly love, prioritize your most pressing tasks (and let the rest go!). Go here to get your copy and start learning how to flow WITH your life, instead of against it.
- The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
- Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
- Visit Yael’s website here, apply to her Baby Proof Your Business Accelerator here, and follow her on Instagram @theyaelbendahan
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://katekordsmeier.com/pli
If you’re feeling like you’ve hit a plateau, keep self-sabotaging, or are trying strategy after strategy in your business without success–then this episode is for you.
Most strategists, experts, and business/career/leadership coaches are only barely scratching the surface when they talk about “mindset”, “strategies” or “blueprints”.
While all of those things are important–and yes, necessary–that’s not why you’ve tried “everything” and nothing is quite working as you want it to. That’s not why life or your business/career aren’t working anymore.
As ambitious women step into their next level, they inevitably hit a ‘capacity plateau’.
Because it’s not your strategy, it’s your CAPACITY set point. As you’ll learn today: without capacity, you’re never going to get to those next-level places and stages.
When you increase your capacity, you can hold, handle and receive more without burning out. You feel like YOU CAN HANDLE IT ALL–because you CAN!
My guest today, Lisa Fabrega, is a leadership coach who helps ambitious people expand their capacity to handle more growth, wealth & success. For more than 10 years, she has helped entrepreneurs, corporate executives, Academy Award nominees, and Nobel Prize organization candidates break through boundaries that have been holding them back from their next level.
Her signature approach enables clients to reach their highest levels of success and impact.
Lisa has addressed thousands of people both on stage as a keynote speaker as well as when she appeared on podcasts including The Unmistakable Creative, Her Rules Radio, and Tell Me A Story with Debra Silverman. She’s also been featured on CNN, Yahoo! News, and The Huffington Post. She splits her time between Florida and California with her two rescue dogs, Luna and Sadie.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What it means to expand your ‘capacity’ and how this is key to stop self-sabotaging your goals and dreams
- Why hitting a financial plateau is a good thing, and how to increase your ability to earn more
- The six types of hidden capacity plateaus and how they each hold us back
- How to start increasing your capacity to receive more
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- If you’re tired of struggling away at your keyboard without any real income to show for all that blogging effort, I’ve created a brand new free masterclass just for you called 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Six-Figure Blogging, go here to sign up now for this free training!
- Brand spanking new to online business? I’ve got a free video series that I want to invite you to called How to Start your Blog from Scratch the Right Way. Watch it here!
- Radical Candor by Kim Scott
- Visit Lisa’s website here, and follow her on Instagram @lisafabrega
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://katekordsmeier.com/pli
If you have a podcast or are thinking about starting one soon, but are wondering about HOW to actually grow your podcast listeners and get engagement, today’s episode is for you!
Podcasting is an incredible way to build the know, like and trust factor with your audience, and really get to connect with them in a deep and meaningful way. Once someone finds a podcast they like, they often binge it and become a loyal fan.
That’s exactly what happened with our guest today, who grew her podcast to a top 20 spot and 100,000 downloads in less than a year–AND has two children at home. Mind blown!
Today, she’s sharing her secrets with us, and proving how you don’t have to choose between a successful career and spending time with your family.
My guest today, Kelsey Murphy, is a Business & Life Coach working with Fortune 500 companies, like Facebook and Twitter, industry thought leaders like Marie Forleo and her B-Schoolers, as well as celebrity nutritionists, coaches, and other brilliant humans creating meaningful businesses and lives. She’s been featured in places like Forbes, Business Insider, Huffington Post, LiveStrong, Living Healthy, LaurenConrad.com and more.
When Kelsey’s not coaching you can find her hosting the Whiskey & Work podcast giving her wise (and sometimes comical) advice on navigating the waters of business, life, and relationships. But on her other card, it might say snowboarder, eater, dreamer and fresh-air-addict.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How Kelsey grew her podcast to over 100,000 downloads in her FIRST year!
- What assets to give your podcast guests to make it super easy for them to share with their audience
- Tips for how to pitch yourself to be a guest on other podcasts
- The importance of the ‘deeper vs. wider’ mentality
- How to have a successful business AND be present with your kids
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Brand spanking new to online business? I’ve got a free video series that I want to invite you to called How to Start your Blog from Scratch the Right Way. Watch it here!
- Imagine how your life would change if you could work with your body and its cycles – not against it? That’s why I created my Mindful Planning Printables, to help you tune into your body, hone in on the work you truly love, prioritize your most pressing tasks (and let the rest go!). Go here to get your copy and start learning how to flow WITH your life, instead of against it.
- The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
- Visit Kelsey’s website here and follow her on Instagram @kelseymurphy, plus get her free step-by-step guide to planning your business here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
What if you had a framework or tool to help you and your team optimize your energy and performance, make it easier and more effective to communicate, and help you all build the business and careers of your dreams?
That’s exactly what’s possible with Human Design!
Human Design sheds light on your emotional, psychological and energetic makeup, giving you the self-awareness and tools to align with your nature and step into your highest potential in every area of your life — in your career, partnership and relationships.
That’s why Human Design is SO crucial when it comes to building and managing a team. When we apply this wisdom and see how everyone’s unique design works both independently and together, we then have the tools to best support our communication, workflow, and overall satisfaction and success.
Plus, it’s a useful lens to use when hiring, delegating, scheduling, and being able to honor the unique talents and energies that everyone on your team brings to the table.
My guest today, Erin Claire Jones, uses Human Design to help thousands of individuals and companies step into their work and their lives as their truest selves and to their highest potential. Her work as a guide, coach, and speaker has attracted a growing community of over 50,000 people who turn to her teachings for practical tools, digestible tips, and deeper self-knowledge they can access to live with greater ease and authenticity every single day.
With work featured in Forbes, mindbodygreen, Well&Good, and Nylon; words shared on over 60 podcasts such as Almost30, That’s So Retrograde, Highest Self, and Chatty Broads; and conversations with crowds of hundreds around the world, Erin’s insights are highly sought-after because they make Human Design pragmatic, tangible, accessible — and immediately applicable to everyday life.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What Human Design type is best suited to be an entrepreneur
- How we should build out our teams based on our Human Design
- What roles, positions, or tasks are best for each type
- What your ‘authority’ means in Human Design and how to use it to make decisions
- How to interpret your defined vs. undefined centers, and what that means for how you show up in your business
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Look up your Human Design chart here
- If you’re tired of struggling away at your keyboard without any real income to show for all that blogging effort, I’ve created a brand new free masterclass just for you called 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Six-Figure Blogging, go here to sign up now for this free training!
- Imagine how your life would change if you could work with your body and its cycles – not against it? That’s why I created my Mindful Planning Printables, to help you tune into your body, hone in on the work you truly love, prioritize your most pressing tasks (and let the rest go!). Go here to get your copy and start learning how to flow WITH your life, instead of against it.
- Use the code SWS to get a 10% discount on Erin's Human Design Blueprint: a 30-page, comprehensive guide to how you are uniquely designed to lead, make decisions, communicate, cultivate relationships, and so much more
- Human Design: The Definitive Book of Human Design by Ra Uru Hu & Lynda Bunnell
- I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
- Visit Erin's website here, book an individual session with her here, and follow her on Instagram @erinclairejones
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Copywriting is one of the most important skills you need to develop as an entrepreneur. Think of how much copy you need to write in a given year: weekly emails, blog posts, social media captions, marketing emails, sales pages–oh my!
But so many entrepreneurs tell me, “Yea, but I just don’t know WHAT to say!” or “I don’t know how to sound like myself!” or “I don’t know how to be engaging and capture people’s attention.”
If you’ve got a major case of writer’s block, or if trying to write emails or copy for your business makes you groan or break a sweat, this episode is for you!
My guest today, Laura Belgray, is the founder of Talking Shrimp and co-creator of The Copy Cure. Laura is a copywriting expert who helps entrepreneurs find the perfect words to express and sell what they do in a way that gets them paid to be themselves. Through her work with hundreds of clients (including online biggies like Marie Forleo and Amy Porterfield) she’s seen firsthand that putting “you” into your copy and all through your business is pure magic for getting people to love you up, share your ideas, and happily click your Buy button.
In addition to online types, Laura’s list of clients and credits include NBC, Bravo, HBO, TBS, Fandango, and many, many more. So if you watch TV — and don’t skip the commercials — you’ve probably seen her words on air.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to deal with haters or unsubscribers from polarizing emails
- How Laura teamed up with Marie Forleo to create The Copy Cure course
- How to do a ‘lazy launch’ in your business
- What to do if you don’t know how to sound like yourself when you write, or if you think you’re “boring”
- How to come up with story ideas
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Join Selena Soo’s Impacting Millions here and get our special bonuses! (cart closes April 6, 2021)
- Ready to make your publicity dreams come true in 2021? Check out my friend Selena Soo’s publicity calendar! It includes 40+ pages of story ideas you can pitch to the media, strategies for tackling sensitive and timely issues, and Selena’s top 3 insider secrets for scoring major media coverage (and building an audience of raving fans along the way). Go here to grab your copy now!
- Get Laura’s 33 non-sucky subject lines for emails that always get opened here
- Visit Laura’s website Talking Shrimp here and on Instagram @talkingshrimpnyc
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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So many of us tell ourselves the same story day in, day out that sounds like this:
- “I don’t have enough time!”
- “I need more hours in the day.”
- “I’m just so busy.”
- “I’ll never be able to get everything on my to-do list done!”
Sound familiar? Feeling short on time is one of the biggest ways we experience a lack mentality, or a scarcity mindset. But the truth is, while time may seem linear and finite, it’s actually an abundant resource that shifts in relationship to how we think about it.
So how do we create more time?
The answer is actually a really simple shift. You are the source of your time, and today we’re teaching you how to change your thoughts so you can change your reality.
My guest today, Carla Reeves, is known for her compassionate, direct and truth-telling candor. Ambitious leaders rely on Carla to call out their blind spots, challenge their thinking and expand their perspective. Carla believes in ditching the illusion that life will be great “someday” in the future and teaches leaders how to wake up their thinking to create and live a juicy, rich meaningful everyday life – starting today.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to shift your mindset when life feels out of control
- What’s really happening when you say “I’m busy” or “I don’t have enough time”–and how to create a new reality
- How can we start to better honor our time?
- Why “working hard” is very rarely the answer, and how to turn this mindset around
- How to use journaling as a tool to navigate life
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- Clockwork by Mike Michalowicz
- My friend Selena Soo just released a brand new 3-part publicity video training series that will stretch you to think bigger about what’s possible for you – watch it here! (Plus, you’ll have a chance to win a paid trip to beautiful Puerto Rico with accommodations at the Caribbean’s sexiest hotel!)
- The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
- Brand spanking new to online business? I’ve got a free video series that I want to invite you to called How to Start your Blog from Scratch the Right Way. Watch it here!
- Follow Carla on Instagram @carlareeves and visit her website here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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- Download a transcript of this episode
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Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Entrepreneurs, coaches, and experts can all elevate their status (and their income!) using the power of media.
But for many people, the idea of pitching to media outlets is overwhelming, confusing, and intimidating. How do you write a pitch? Who do you pitch? When do you pitch? What do you do if you get rejected?
Or, what if you’re feeling like a total imposter and don’t think you’re cut out for media coverage?
I promise you–you are worthy and have an amazing story to share, regardless of where you’re at in your business. I hope today’s episode proves this to you!
My guest today, Lynya Floyd, is the senior media coach for Selena Soo’s Impacting Millions program, where she works with entrepreneurs, coaches and experts who want to elevate their status using the power of the media. She has helped clients land stories in media outlets like Forbes, Fast Company, Entrepreneur on Fire and more. Lynya has nearly two decades of experience working in the media as an editor at magazines including Glamour, Essence, Family Circle, Seventeen.
As a journalist, her articles have appeared in national publications like Money, Health, Cosmopolitan, Parents, Prevention, and more. She has also been featured as a health expert on The Today Show, The Dr. Oz Show, The Doctors, FOX, NPR and more. When she’s not helping her clients put a megaphone to their message, she’s working as a National Board-certified health and wellness coach in New York City.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What to do if you’re afraid of pitching yourself for publicity
- How to actually pitch editors your ideas, including who to pitch and how to do the necessary research on media outlets
- What platforms are the most powerful in 2021?
- How to leverage your publicity once it’s published to build your brand, authority, and engagement
- Should you expect to be paid if you’re contributing content to the media?
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- oin the waitlist for Impacting Millions! You’ll get 12 live bonus media mentor calls with Lynya – perfect for anybody who wants that specialized attention and help with getting your pitches reviewed and your questions answered!
- See my feature in Forbes here
- My friend Selena Soo just released a brand new 3-part publicity video training series that will stretch you to think bigger about what’s possible for you – watch it here! (Plus, you’ll have a chance to win a paid trip to beautiful Puerto Rico with accommodations at the Caribbean’s sexiest hotel!)
- Ready to make your publicity dreams come true in 2021? Check out my friend Selena Soo’s publicity calendar! It includes 40+ pages of story ideas you can pitch to the media, strategies for tackling sensitive and timely issues, and Selena’s top 3 insider secrets for scoring major media coverage (and building an audience of raving fans along the way). Go here to grab your copy now!
- Visit Selena Soo’s website here
- Follow Lynya on Instagram @lynyafloyd
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Marketing and publicity must be a key part of your strategy as an entrepreneur, regardless of what stage of business you’re in. Even if no one knows your name right now, that can all change when you land the right media opportunities. I know what you’re thinking…
- But I’m terrified of being visible!
- I’m an introvert – no thanks.
- I don’t know how to pitch or who to pitch or what to pitch.
Don’t worry–we’re covering how to overcome all those fears and sharing how to show up so you can impact millions.
My guest today, Selena Soo, is a publicity and marketing strategist for visionary entrepreneurs, experts, and authors who want to reach millions with their message. She’s helped clients and students get featured in places like O, The Oprah Magazine, Forbes, and Inc., and land interviews on popular podcasts and national TV.
Many of Selena’s clients have become industry leaders with 6 and 7-figure businesses, raving fan bases, and hundreds of thousands of followers. A former New Yorker, Selena now lives by the beach in beautiful Puerto Rico.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How introverts can still thrive in business and publicity
- Tips for how to overcome your own fears of visibility
- How to leverage your media features and spotlights after they’re published
- Where to get started with brainstorming topics and publicity opportunities
- The 3 mistakes entrepreneurs make when pitching themselves
- How to authentically build connections and network
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Read Selena’s story on Medium here where she opens up about her emotionally abusive relationship
- Ready to make your publicity dreams come true in 2021? Check out my friend Selena Soo’s publicity calendar! It includes 40+ pages of story ideas you can pitch to the media, strategies for tackling sensitive and timely issues, and Selena’s top 3 insider secrets for scoring major media coverage (and building an audience of raving fans along the way). Go here to grab your copy now!
- Essentialism by Greg McMullen
- Visit Selena’s website here and follow her on Instagram @selena_soo
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
If you resist formal structures and love to be in the flow and nurturing your creativity – but also have creative business ideas that you want to launch and turn into a successful career – then this episode is for you!
I promise you: it IS totally possible to turn your hobby or creative passion into a 6- or even 7-figure business!
If you’re thinking, “but I’m not creative!” Then think again. We are all born creative, we just need to give ourselves the space to cultivate it.
If you want to either wake up the passions in your life or grow your existing passions into profits, then you’re in the right place.
My guest today, Jenna Rainey, is a born-and-raised Southern California girl and – with nothing more than some paint brushes, her laptop and passion – she’s proud to have built the creative business of her dreams where she’s been able to serve hundreds of thousands of people across the world.
Through her best-selling how-to watercolor books, YouTube channel, and online courses that have served the world, Jenna helps people like you get their hands dirty and wake up the passion in their life.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to run a business as a ‘Type B’ personality
- What it takes to overcome the ‘starving artist’ mentality and treat your art like a business
- The ins and outs of creating and managing diverse revenue streams, including a deep dive into email automations and funnels
- How to balance creativity and flexibility with structure and systems
- Tips for building a thriving Instagram account
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Ready to make your publicity dreams come true in 2021? Check out my friend Selena Soo’s publicity calendar! It includes 40+ pages of story ideas you can pitch to the media, strategies for tackling sensitive and timely issues, and Selena’s top 3 insider secrets for scoring major media coverage (and building an audience of raving fans along the way). Go here to grab your copy now!
- If you’re looking for an easy to use, all-in-one platform for your business needs, check out Kartra. I switched to Kartra last year and am saving $12,000 per year! Get your free 14-day trial and 30-day money-back guarantee here
- If you’re tired of struggling away at your keyboard without any real income to show for all that blogging effort, I’ve created a brand new free masterclass just for you called 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Six-Figure Blogging, go here to sign up now for this free training!
- Traction by Gino Wickman
- Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman
- Visit Jenna’s website here and follow her on Instagram @jennarainey
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
I know it can be overwhelming to know what to focus on when you’re running an online business. There are so many moving pieces and shiny objects that truly staying focused on the tasks that matter the most is no easy feat.
In this episode, I’m walking you through the six pillars I believe every online business owner needs to focus on in order to get the results you want, both with your impact and your income.
These are your guiding principles that you should think about on the regular. This means setting goals, having a plan, and being super intentional in all that you do so that you’re both less stressed and more effective.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to make yourself findable to your ideal client or audience (so you can, in turn, make a profit)
- The #1 most important asset of your online business
- My top 2 recommendations for getting started with SEO
- Tips for optimizing Pinterest
- What your ‘zone of genius’ is and how it informs your hiring
- What’s wrong with the hustle mentality
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- ConvertKit (use this link for a 30-day free trial!)
- Active Campaign (start your free trial here!)
- If you’re looking for an easy to use, all-in-one platform for your business needs, check out Kartra. I switched to Kartra last year and am saving $12,000 per year! Get your free 14-day trial and 30-day money-back guarantee here
- Ubersuggest
- Yoast SEO
- Tailwind (Start a free trial and get a $30 credit with our link)
- Go here for 10 more ways on how to increase your traffic
- Check out my free webinar here called 3 Behind the Scenes Secrets to Six-Figure Blogging to learn more about my Six-Figure Blog Academy!
- The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
- 10 tips for hiring your first virtual assistant
- Calling all female entrepreneurs with an existing business or a blog who are ready to scale to the next level! If you want to grow in a way that doesn’t require you to sacrifice your health, your wellness, your relationships, your family, your spirituality, selling your soul, burnout, or working out of alignment – then my brand new program called the Success with Soul Incubator is for you! This program is by application only. If you feel the call, go here to get the process started and apply today!
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Whether you’re a coach, consultant, or any other type of small business leader, building a business that is striving towards anti-racism and prioritizes Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is of utmost importance in 2021. We need to question how our standard business practices are perpetuating systems that no longer serve us.
It’s not just something you do once, but a daily practice that you commit to long-term. While the work isn’t easy or simple, DEI is vital to creating and maintaining a successful workplace; one founded on the principle that all people can thrive personally and professionally.
My guest today, Trudi Lebron, PhD (ABD), is a diversity, equity and inclusion coach who teaches individuals and institutions how to build successful, anti-racist businesses. In the past seven years, she has grown her company, Scriptflip, into a multi-six figure machine for helping others maximize their social impact.
Trudi is the host of the Business Remixed Podcast, has been featured in Forbes and was recognized as one of the Hartford Business Journal 40 Under 40 Leaders in 2016. She lives in Hartford with her two children.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What DEI (Diversity Equity and Inclusion) actually means
- What a “default business culture” is and how it can crush your business
- How to navigate hiring, salaries, and company culture through the lens of DEI
- What matters the most in anti-racist practices, and how to do this in a genuine – not performative – way
- Where most people fall short with their DEI work
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Calling all female entrepreneurs with an existing business or a blog who are ready to scale to the next level! If you want to grow in a way that doesn’t require you to sacrifice your health, your wellness, your relationships, your family, your spirituality, selling your soul, burnout, or working out of alignment – then my brand new program called the Success with Soul Incubator is for you! This program is by application only. If you feel the call, go here to get the process started.
- Imagine how your life would change if you could work with your body and its cycles – not against it? That’s why I created my Mindful Planning Printables, to help you tune into your body, hone in on the work you truly love, prioritize your most pressing tasks (and let the rest go!). Go here to get your copy and start learning how to flow WITH your life, instead of against it.
- Visit Trudi’s website here, join her Equity-Centered Coaching Collective here, and follow her on Instagram @trudilebron
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Today I’m revealing the huge paradigm shift that’s happening in online marketing in 2021.
I’m sharing why you don’t think you need a blog… but how you actually do (no matter what business you have)!
Think of your blog like your home base. It’s a billboard that represents your business and your brand. A blog is how you attract people into your corner of the internet.
Ready to learn how this works?
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The fastest way to show up in Google search results
- How all businesses can benefit from blogging, and how this translates into a revenue stream
- Why blogging is NOT dead - even today in 2021!
- How I brought in over $42,000 in the spring of 2020 (yes, right after the pandemic hit)
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Brand spanking new to online business? I've got a free video series that I want to invite you to called How to Start your Blog from Scratch the Right Way. Watch it here!
- Check out my free webinar here called 3 Behind the Scenes Secrets to Six-Figure Blogging
- Calling all female entrepreneurs with an existing business or a blog who are ready to scale to the next level! If you want to grow in a way that doesn't require you to sacrifice your health, your wellness, your relationships, your family, your spirituality, selling your soul, burnout, or working out of alignment - then my brand new program called the Success with Soul Incubator is for you! This program is by application only. If you feel the call, go here get the process started.
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
While there are many passive income opportunities in 2021, today we’re talking all about how to generate regular, recurring income through the revenue stream of online courses.
But the thing is, just because you build it, does not mean it will be an instant success. It’s just not that simple.
Today, we’re diving into the strategies that will help you not only create an online course but how to actually make consistent, scalable passive income from it!
The strategy we’re talking about today is called evergreen, meaning your course is always available for purchase, 365 days a year.
But here’s the catch: there’s almost no information about the actual course on the website anywhere. Huh?
Listen to today’s episode to learn how this works!
My guest today, Jacques Hopkins, worked as an engineer for eight years before quitting his job and turning his biggest hobby into a highly successful online piano course.
PianoIn21Days.com has brought in over $1.7 Million in revenue to date, with over 5,000 students all over the world. Today, Jacques supports his family with the passive income from his course, while teaching others to do the same at TheOnlineCourseGuy.com and The Online Course Show podcast.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to convey the value of what you sell (especially if you’re not teaching business or money-making strategies)
- How to get past Imposter Syndrome and the idea that you’re not enough of an expert to teach something online
- The difference between just evergreen and an evergreen funnel
- The most important thing you need in order for your funnel to actually convert
- How to troubleshoot your funnel when it’s “not working”
- What to do with the people on your email list if they don’t buy, and how to launch to them again
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris
- Kajabi course creation platform
- Chillpreneur by Denise Duffield-Thomas
- Ready to make your publicity dreams come true in 2021? Check out my friend Selena Soo’s publicity calendar! It includes 40+ pages of story ideas you can pitch to the media, strategies for tackling sensitive and timely issues, and Selena’s top 3 insider secrets for scoring major media coverage (and building an audience of raving fans along the way). Go here to grab your copy now!
- Deadline Funnel
- Episode 015: How to Write Email Marketing Campaigns that Convert with Tarzan Kay
- Clockwork by Mike Michalowicz
- If you’re looking for an easy to use, all-in-one platform for your business needs, check out Kartra. I switched to Kartra last year and am saving $12,000 per year! Get your free 14-day trial and 30-day money-back guarantee here
- Getting Things Done by David Allen
- Expert Secrets by Russell Brunson
- Follow Jacques on Instagram @pianoin21days and his websites PianoIn21Days.com and TheOnlineCourseGuy.com
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
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Download on Apple Podcasts
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Email me new episodes
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Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Today, we’re talking about how to set up processes and systems in your own business to allow for greater success and more profit in less time. Learn all the nitty-gritty details on operations, systems, organization, and processes to take your business to the next level.
This episode is for you if:
- you’re lost on how to structure the back end, behind-the-scenes part of your online business
- you want to become a Director of Operations
- you want to hire a Director of Operations
- you want to learn how to create a certification program
Today we’re digging into something that has been the hardest part of growing my business: building a team. Specifically, it’s figuring out the right roles for the right people at the right time for your business.
We’re breaking down the structure of a leadership team, what qualities to look for, and how to conduct an interview.
My guest today, Natalie Gingrich, has spent two decades in the operations industry. She spent much of that in corporate America as a Human Resources leader and a certified Project Manager. She left corporate and quickly began filling a gap in the small business market by teaching and mentoring 6 and 7 figure business leaders about the nuances of operations. Her gift is in simplifying complex business strategies to show CEOs how to scale through operations.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to create a certification you can stand behind
- What qualities should you look for in a great Director of Operations? How is this different from a Virtual Assistant, or Online Business Manager, or Integrator?
- A framework for how to know when you’re ready to hire a team
- What’s the best project management software or tool?
- How to set 30/60/90 day goals for you and your team, and how to evaluate if the costs are worth the return
- What interview questions to ask when hiring a leadership position
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- The Kolbe Test
- If you’re looking for an easy to use, all-in-one platform for your business needs, check out Kartra. I switched to Kartra last year and am saving $12,000 per year! Get your free 14-day trial and 30-day money-back guarantee here
- Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman
- If you’re tired of struggling away at your keyboard without any real income to show for all that blogging effort, I’ve created a brand new free masterclass just for you called 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Six-Figure Blogging, go here to sign up now for this free training!
- Visit Natalie’s website The Ops Authority and follow her on Instagram @theopsauthority, and join her Ops Insider Facebook group here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Want to know how to be a podcast guest?
It’s easier than you think… all you have to do is ask!
Okay, there is admittedly MORE strategy than that, but you don’t get what you don’t ask for. Oftentimes, we’re so afraid of rejection that we don’t even bother asking for what we truly want.
So the first key to pitching yourself is to actually DO it and ask for the interview!
From there, we’ve got lots of practical, tangible advice in today’s episode for not only how to land spots as a podcast guest, but how to form genuine, lasting connections.
As a podcast visibility expert and host of the Go Pitch Yourself podcast, my guest today Angie Trueblood knows that the only ‘perfect pitch’ is the one that leads with value and focuses on building a genuine connection. Whether she is teaching entrepreneurs how to pitch themselves or working behind the scenes to secure opportunities for others, Angie leverages her super-connector powers to grow businesses and build long-lasting relationships.
When she’s not working with her clients or being active in her local community, she loves exploring Richmond, Virginia’s parks and playgrounds with her two kiddos, checking out new restaurants with her hubs, and laughing about motherhood over cocktails with friends.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why are podcasts the best outlet to increase visibility and grow your business?
- How to create genuine connections and friendships online
- How you can pitch yourself for podcasts when you don’t have the time
- Why you shouldn’t just go to iTunes and search for podcasts in your industry to pitch
- WHO to pitch, HOW to pitch, and WHAT to pitch to land an interview on your ideal podcasts
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- If you’re ready to stop thinking about starting a podcast and actually want to get started today, join Pat Flynn’s podcast course Power Up Podcasting! When you sign up through our link, you’ll get a bonus from me: access to the exact Podcast Plan I created before launching Success with Soul, so you can get inspiration and see an example of how I did it! Simply email our team at hi@katekordsmeier.com with a screenshot of your receipt and we’ll send you this bonus!
- The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
- Hunter.io chrome extension
- Want to start your blog from scratch the right way? Watch my free video training series to show you how to get your blog idea into the world–sign up here! Learn the biggest mistakes people make, and what to do instead!
- Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
- Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself by Mike Michalowicz
- Traction by Gino Wickman
- Get Angie’s roadmap for podcast pitching success that details the 6 steps needed in any effective podcast pitching strategy, plus the most common mistakes to avoid.
- Follow Angie on Instagram @angie_trueblood and visit her website here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Did you hear the news? I’ve started taking business questions directly from you, my audience!
You’ve got burning questions about online business–and I’ve got answers! In this Q&A episode, I’m sharing all my wisdom and no B.S. responses to your personal questions about blogging, traffic, starting a business, and so much more.
I’m so excited to do something a little different on today’s episode. I love hearing from y’all and directly supporting you with my advice and tips!
If you like this episode format and have a question of your own, leave me a voicemail by going here. At the bottom of the page, you’ll see a place where you can leave me your voice recording and ask me anything for a future episode!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- My advice for moms who can’t delegate work off their plate
- What’s the single best investment I’ve made?
- My tips for driving more traffic to your website
- My advice to people who haven’t made any money from their blog yet or are just starting out
- How I made my first ever income on my blog
- Do I have any success stories of bloggers making thousands of dollars who started their blog after 2019?
- What is Kartra, and why did I switch to it?
- My advice if you’re in a lucrative job right now but dream about starting your own lifestyle business and want to make the switch
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Get my mindful planning printables here!
- Get on the waitlist for The Six-Figure Blog Academy here!
- Check out all of my income reports here
- AdThrive Ad Network
- If you’re tired of struggling away at your keyboard without any real income to show for all that blogging effort, I’ve created a brand new free masterclass just for you called 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Six-Figure Blogging, go here to sign up now for this free training!
- Root + Revel’s Meat Delivery post
- Check out Monica Louise’s Facebook ads course, Flourish with Facebook Ads, or get her free Facebook Ads Starter Kit here
- Ready to make your publicity dreams come true in 2021? Check out my friend Selena Soo’s publicity calendar! It includes 40+ pages of story ideas you can pitch to the media, strategies for tackling sensitive and timely issues, and Selena’s top 3 insider secrets for scoring major media coverage (and building an audience of raving fans along the way). Go here to grab your copy now!
- Get a free 14-day trial of Kartra here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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At the beginning of 2019, business coach Shanda Sumpter set a goal to fail 19 times in the next 12 months and publicly declared her goal.
Guess what happened?
By the time she hit her 7th failure that year, she’d already doubled her company.
Why? Because setting a goal to fail forced her to play BIG. She pushed herself to be brave, and the result was big time business growth and all kinds of opportunity.
I don’t know about you, but Shanda’s story makes me want to get busy failing.
So, while everybody else is busy talking about resolutions and goals and all their grand plans to make 2021 their best year ever, I’m actually setting the goal to fail 21 times in the next 12 months.
And that’s what we’re diving into in this episode. You’ll learn:
- Why failure can make this your best year yet
- Exactly why we’re so afraid to fail, and how to do the hard things anyway
- The four main types of risk
- The price we pay for avoiding mistakes
- The power we unleash when we overcome our fear
- And exactly how we overcome the fear that cripples us so we can get busy failing forward towards our biggest goals!
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Visit Shanda Sumpter's website and follow her on Instagram @shandasumpter
- Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- The Power of Failure: 27 Ways To Turn Life's Setbacks Into Success by Charles C. Manz
- The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
- The Responsibility Ethic by Adam Kreek
- Snag our free 99-Step Roadmap to get you from overwhelm to profitable blog in no time (It’s the exact checklist I used to go from $0 to six-figures in three years!)
- Don’t forget to join the free Success with Soul Facebook community here! We have follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and I often go live to answer your burning questions.
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
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Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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It's the end of the year, which means many of us are thinking about our goals for the new year. We all have big dreams and aspirations, but one of the most common challenges I hear from people about why they haven't started their business yet or aren't further along is, "I don't have the time."
This is often a very limiting belief, something that holds us back that is not actually true. But it feels so true, doesn't it?
Here's the truth: we all have the same number of hours in a day. So how are other people able to do it?
This episode is super special, because I asked a handful of my favorite online entrepreneurs to answer the question, "How do you make time for your dreams?"
The women featured on this episode DON’T:
- pretend that they do it all.
- hustle their asses off until they're sick and completely burnt out.
- wear busy like a badge of honor.
- let the "I don't have time" excuse hold them back.
Instead, they focus on the things that matter. Remember: it's not about doing more things. It's about doing the right things.
In today's amazing lineup, we have:
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Amy Porterfield, an online marketing expert and the host of the top-ranked podcast, Online Marketing Made Easy. Before building a multi-million dollar digital course business, Amy worked with mega-brands like Harley-Davidson and Peak Performance Coach, Tony Robbins, where she oversaw the content team and collaborated on ground-breaking online marketing campaigns.
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Selena Soo, a publicity and marketing strategist for visionary entrepreneurs, experts, and authors who want to reach millions with their message. She’s helped clients and students get featured in places like O, The Oprah Magazine, Forbes, and Inc., and land interviews on popular podcasts and national TV. Many of Selena's clients have become industry leaders with 7-figure businesses, raving fan bases, and hundreds of thousands of followers.
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Lattice Hudson is an online business coach and mentor who specializes in helping women entrepreneurs scale their online coaching business to 6 figures and beyond with strategy, systems, and leveraged evergreen offers.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why investing in yourself is one of the best things you can do
- The importance of delegating and staying in your zone of genius
- How to decide whether to say yes or no to an opportunity
- What happens when you stay connected to your vision
- The difference between working ON your business vs. IN your business
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Visit Amy Porterfield’s website and follow her on Instagram @amyporterfield
- 021: How to Create an Online Course with Amy Porterfield
- Get your domain name + hosting starting for just $2.95 with Bluehost when you use our special link!
- Visit Selena Soo at Impacting Millions and follow her on Instagram @selena_soo
- Visit Lattice Hudson’s website and follow her on Instagram @latticehudson
- Don’t forget to join the free Success with Soul Facebook community here! We have follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and I often go live to answer your burning questions.
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Manifesting, meaning how to magnetize and create what you want in your life, is a muscle you need to practice. It’s made up of your mindset, your energy, and your emotions.
All of this needs to align with what you want to believe. Then, you have to practice your new identity until it becomes your default state.
It’s about WHO you’re being vs. WHAT you’re doing.
The biggest key is getting into alignment with ourselves. But what does that mean, and how do we actually do it?
My guest today, Elyse Santilli, is an award-nominated life coach, writer and host of the Wake Up And Manifest podcast. She guides ambitious spiritual women to create their soul calling and wildest dreams through alignment, mindset work and inspired action. She works with clients through her 1:1 private coaching, online courses and group programs.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Where to get started if you’re struggling to find yourself or feel like you’re not living your most aligned, fullest life
- What manifesting and the law of attraction really means, and how this translates on a practical level
- How to know if you’re taking “inspired action” vs. action from a place of stress or autopilot
- What holds entrepreneurs back the most when it comes to our mindset and belief systems
- Do affirmations really work?
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Don’t forget to join the free Success with Soul Facebook community here! We have follow up conversations about the podcast episodes and I often go live to answer your burning questions.
- Snag our free 99-Step Roadmap to get you from overwhelm to profitable blog in no time (It’s the exact checklist I used to go from $0 to six-figures in three years!)
- Manifesting Change by Mike Dooley
- Keys to the Kingdom by Alison Armstrong
- Visit Elyse’s website here and follow her on Instagram @elyse.santilli
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Instagram is overwhelming; there are posts, stories, reels, guides, highlights, DMs (direct messages), feeds… AHH!! But what really moves the needle when it comes to using this platform to grow your business and actually making money?
You may be surprised to find out that it’s not about posting, followers, likes or comments.
It’s all about creating real, genuine connections and humanizing your business.
If you want to learn how to monetize a relatively small audience and build your business through using DMs (Direct Messages) on Instagram, this episode is for you!
My guest today, Molly Cahill, is obsessed with all things health and holistic wellness. A few years ago, she decided to marry this love with her other passions–marketing and sales! Molly worked in outside sales for nine years before burning out and “retiring” when she was 14 weeks pregnant with her now almost four year old, MJ.
She now teaches chiropractors, NDs, health coaches and the like how to market themselves using Instagram in less time–without obsessing over followers and likes–in her signature Instagram marketing course, Holistic Marketing Hub. This is a course meets content library meets community that was created solely for busy, holistic wellness pros!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to not fall into the comparisonitis trap or other common pitfalls of Instagram and social media
- What matters more than your number of followers
- The biggest mistakes people make when engaging on Instagram–and what to do instead!
- Should you have a personal and a business account?
- What’s up with reels? Plus Molly’s “3 Things Framework” to make it easy to get started with your first reel
- Should you talk about politics on Instagram?
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- 018: Marketing Advice for Your Myers-Briggs Type with Brit Kolo
- Big Summer: A Novel by Jennifer Weiner
- Strengths Finder by Tom Rath
- 1000 True Fans by Jongo Longhurst
- Snag our free 99-Step Roadmap to get you from overwhelm to profitable blog in no time (It’s the exact checklist I used to go from $0 to six-figures in three years!)
- Get Molly’s free Instagram engagement checklist here!
- 012: Blogging Tips + Online Business Secrets with Jillian Leslie
- If you love the idea of blogging but have no idea what you even want to blog about, take our free quiz to find out what kind of blog you should start!
- Do Less by Kate Northrup
- On the Edge by Alison Levine
- Chillpreneur by Denise Duffield-Thomas
- Follow Molly on Instagram @mollyacahill and visit her website here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
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So, you’re curious about Facebook ads and if they can work in your business, but you…
- feel completely overwhelmed at the prospect of learning this new skill, frozen in analysis paralysis
- fear wasting money
- don’t want to get discouraged in the process
- have no clue where to even start this strategy
Look, I know what it’s like to have ups and downs when it comes to Facebook ads (I lost tens of thousands of dollars with Facebook ads last year!), but ultimately, I figured out how to make Facebook ads work for me to fast track my success--and you can, too!
My guest today, Monica Louie, is a Facebook and Instagram ads strategist who helps ambitious online entrepreneurs increase their impact with high-converting ads. You may have heard her on the Smart Passive Income Podcast, the Boss Mom Podcast, the Art of Online Business Podcast, or her own podcast called Flourish to 7 Figures.
Along with her premium agency, Team Flourish, Monica manages ads for 6- and 7-figure online business owners, has managed more than $2 million in ad spend, and has taught hundreds to successfully run their own ads through her online training program, Flourish with Facebook Ads.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How do Facebook ad strategies differ for bloggers vs. course creators?
- What a ‘lookalike’ audience is and how to use this strategy
- What you need to know if you want to try Facebook ads yourself, including how to budget and average costs to expect
- Our take on “The Social Dilemma” documentary
- How Monica sold her blog and pivoted in her career
- Should you use Facebook ads when you’re a brand new business?
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out Monica’s course, Flourish with Facebook Ads
- Get Monica’s free Facebook Ads Starter Kit here
- Don’t forget to join the free Success with Soul Facebook community here! We have follow up conversations about the podcast episodes and I often go live to answer your burning questions.
- “The Social Dilemma“
- Get your domain name + hosting starting for just $2.95 with Bluehost when you use our special link!
- Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
- Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen by Donald Miller
- Visit Monica’s website and follow her on Instagram @FlourishwithMonica
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
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Looking for period pain relief?
The answer is not the typical recommendation you’d get from most Western doctors these days (a.k.a. taking some kind of pill as a band-aid. Um, no thanks!).
It’s actually about becoming aware of your cycle and honoring its rhythms. Yep!
What if we…
- no longer had to struggle with painful period symptoms and PMS?
- actually embraced our menstrual cycles and recognized the power and beauty that exists within them?
- could finally awaken to our powerful feminine energy, our natural leadership, and innate authority by aligning to our cycles?
- could move away from exhaustion and burnout, stop hustling, and instead improve our health, increase our impact and influence, and find success in our business and in our life?
Well, today’s guest is going to help us do exactly that!
Vianney Leigh is a life and success coach, menstrual cycle alignment expert, and host of the Periods & Power Moves Podcast. Vianney helps online coaches, consultants, and service based female entrepreneurs with energy-draining periods problems invite more flow and balance into their lives.
Her clients love her modern and vibrant narrative for disrupting to the status quo of periods, her fusion of period power practices and subconscious mind mastery, and her unshakeable commitment to helping online coaches, consultants and creative entrepreneurs reconnect with their feminine energy and create unstoppable confidence and become the most aligned versions of themselves so that they can shine their light, feel abundant and in flow.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- An overview of the four seasons of your menstrual cycle and what to expect with each one
- A new, empowering acronym for PMS
- Where to start when it comes to tracking your menstrual cycle
- What to do if you don’t have a period right now
- How to use the power of your menstrual cycle for activism and social change
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Snag our free 99-Step Roadmap to get you from overwhelm to profitable blog in no time (It’s the exact checklist I used to go from $0 to six-figures in three years!)
- Moody Month app
- Clue app
- My Flo app
- Moon Calendar app
- Don’t forget to join the free Success with Soul Facebook community here! We have follow up conversations about the podcast episodes and I often go live to answer your burning questions.
- Becoming Supernatural by Joe Dispenza
- Light is the New Black by Rebecca Campbell
- Follow Vianney on Instagram @statusflow.co, listen to her podcast Periods & Power Moves, and join the waitlist for her Flow Zone Alchemy program
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
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Email me new episodes
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Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
In our culture, we're taught to work really hard and to take constant action in order to get what we want.
But the truth is, running on a constant hamster wheel is the hard way of living and creating that leads straight to burnout, and often, doesn't ever get us the results we want, anyway!
If you've tried pushing and running your business from a place of hustle without success and are looking for a new way, you're in the right place.
My guest today, Madison Surdyke, is a globally renowned life and business coach who has devoted 500+ hours of coaching to help her clients achieve extraordinary results. She’s on a mission to help women fully tap into the power of their thoughts, energy, and intuition to achieve more success, abundance, freedom, and impact than they ever thought possible.
Madison’s signature method works from the inside out to transform your life, leveraging insights from the latest research in Subconscious Reprogramming and Brain Science. Madison has been featured in well-known publications like Reader’s Digest, Institute for Integrative Nutrition and THRIVE and she's worked with clients from around the world, including entrepreneurs, best-selling authors and high-level professionals.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The importance of giving yourself permission to be a beginner
- How to let feeling good be your only job
- Understand what actually creates your outer reality
- How to balance feminine energy of being vs. masculine energy of doing
- How to tap into and practice using your intuition
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Sign-up for my FREE blogging masterclass called 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Profitable Blogging in 2020 and Beyond if you’re willing to invest just 60 minutes to get FULLY up to speed on how to turn your blog into a six-figure business.
- Snag our free 99-Step Roadmap to get you from overwhelm to profitable blog in no time (It’s the exact checklist I used to go from $0 to six-figures in three years!)
- You are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter by Joe Dispenza
- Check out Madison's website Magnetically You and follow her on Instagram @magneticallyyou
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Maybe starting a podcast has crossed your mind, but you’re still on the fence about if it’s worth it.
But did you know there are only 1 million podcasts, vs. 500 million blogs and 50 million YouTube channels?
And did you know that podcasting is one of the best ways to build an audience, connect with others in meaningful ways, and build your brand–even from scratch?
My guest today, Pat Flynn, is a father, husband, and entrepreneur who lives and works in San Diego, CA. He owns several successful online businesses and is a professional blogger, keynote speaker, Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and host of the Smart Passive Income and AskPat podcasts, which have earned a combined total of over 60 million downloads, multiple awards, and features in publications such as The New York Times and Forbes. He is also an advisor to ConvertKit, LeadPages, Teachable, and other companies in the digital marketing arena.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why podcasts are the best platforms (even if you don’t have an audience!)
- How to bust common myths about podcasting
- Tips and practical strategies on how to engage and grow your audience and create superfans (and thus create a sustainable business)
- Why ‘the riches are in the niches’ and how you can make six-figures with only 1000 true fans
- How to use podcasting and blogging in tandem
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Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- If you’re ready to stop thinking about starting a podcast and actually want to get started today, join Pat Flynn’s podcast course Power Up Podcasting! When you sign up through our link, you’ll get a bonus from me: access to the exact Podcast Plan I created before launching Success with Soul, so you can get inspiration and see an example of how I did it! Simply email our team at hi@katekordsmeier.com with a screenshot of your receipt and we’ll send you this bonus!
- Fusebox
- Speakpipe
- The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
- The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier
- Visit Pat Flynn’s website, his site Smart Passive Income, follow him on Twitter @PatFlynn, on Instagram @PatFlynn, and on YouTube here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
It is so important to build real relationships and trust with your peers and community in order to have a business that lasts the test of time.
When you nurture a community of people who love what you do, you can create so much success and impact!
Even though everyone seems to talk about community building these days, creating an engaged audience is easier said than done when you’re competing for small attention spans in the digital world.
Join us today to talk about how to build an online community with heart, and in a way that creates genuine connection, authentic engagement, and raving fans!
My guest today, Jadah Sellner, is the host of the Lead with Love® podcast, Business Mentor, and a TEDx speaker redefining the future of work for female founders.
As the co-founder and author of Simple Green Smoothies (featured in Oprah's O Magazine, the Wall Street Journal and CBS’s The Doctors TV Show.), serial entrepreneur and business strategist, Jadah built a community of 355,000 email subscribers and 415,000 Instagram followers.
With a simple and inspiring model, Jadah dedicates her time consulting companies and personal brands to build a business and life with love, service, and impact.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The importance of connection and building community, and how Jadah built two businesses from scratch
- How to unhook your self worth from your net worth
- Why love over metrics is so important
- How to use free challenges to grow your email list and sell digital products
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Don’t forget to join the free Success with Soul Facebook community here! We have follow up conversations about the podcast episodes and I often go live to answer your burning questions.
- 018: Marketing Advice for Your Myers-Briggs Type with Brit Kolo
- Get Jadah's free 5 Step Challenge Roadmap here!
- Check out Jadah's She Builds Advisory Program for female founders
- Essentialism: Do Less But Accomplish More, Guide to Identifying the Essential Things, Focus On and Getting Them Done By Martin Hell
- Learn more at JadahSellner.com and follow her on social media @jadahsellner
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
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Email me new episodes
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Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Even if you don’t consider yourself a natural-born writer, ANYONE can learn key copywriting principles and use them to jumpstart your business. It’s one of the most valuable skills you can have!
But first, what is copywriting anyway?
Copywriting is the art and science of using words to get people to take your desired action.
It’s about helping your prospective clients feel deeply seen and heard. The more personal you get, the more connection you’ll form with your ideal customer, and ultimately, the more conversions you’ll get in your business!
My guest today, Kelsey Formost, is a copywriting expert who teaches entrepreneurs how to write words that sell. Whether you’re writing for your website, your email list, or even your social media captions, Kelsey helps you break it all down into actionable steps, demystifying the sometimes-overwhelming task of writing for your business.
Learning some key copywriting skills will definitely increase your conversions and make you a more effective communicator, but it goes deeper than just “more sales”. Kelsey’s mission is to help her students feel deeply seen and heard in the echo chamber of the internet. It’s about feeling confident and empowered every time you sit down to communicate with your audience!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to improve your writing if it’s not your natural talent
- The 10-minute tip to help you find the exact words that speak to your Ideal Customer Avatar
- The most important, fundamental copy principle you need to know
- How to create a value proposition and let people know why they should care about what you have to say
- The #1 mistake people make on their website copy
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- See Kelsey’s free tips here
- Copyhackers
- Ashlyn Writes YouTube channel
- Join Kelsey’s Signature course, The Copy Class, here!
- Sign-up for my FREE blogging masterclass called 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Profitable Blogging in 2020 and Beyond if you’re willing to invest just 60 minutes to get FULLY up to speed on how to turn your blog into a six-figure business.
- Get a free 30-day trial of ActiveCampaign, my favorite email service provider, here!
- The Hemingway App
- Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Magic Lessons Podcast by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Follow Kelsey on Instagram @kelsey.writes and visit her website
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Being a guest on podcasts is a great way to build genuine, authentic connections in your industry, establish your expertise in your niche, and skyrocket your business for years to come by getting in front of new audiences.
But: most people the mistake of focusing on quantity over quality and pitch themselves for podcasts in a way that can sometimes feel downright icky.
Today, we’re talking all about how to pitch yourself for guest podcasting with integrity, alignment, and genuine connection so you can build sustainable visibility.
Get ready to learn how to pitch a podcast the right way!
My guest today, Mai-kee Tsang, is a podcast guesting strategist, mentor and podcast host who helps purpose-driven experts to become SUSTAINABLY visible.
She does this by helping her clients and students build self-sustaining systems in their business to book themselves on ALIGNED podcasts in their industry, so that they can share their vision with audiences who are ready to fully receive their message.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What sustainable visibility means and how to build genuine, authentic connections in your industry
- The myriad of benefits you'll get from guest podcasting
- How to reverse engineer your business goals with both hard and soft metrics and be ready to receive an influx of new followers
- How to pitch with purpose and personalization and make a cold pitch feel warm
- What to do AFTER you land the podcast interview
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Don’t forget to join the free Success with Soul Facebook community here! We have follow up conversations about the podcast episodes and I often go live to answer your burning questions.
- Yet Another Mail Merge
- Asana
- The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die by John Izzo
- Follow Mai-Kee on Instagram @maikeetsang and visit her website here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Many people think that the only way to monetize your blog is with ads, sponsors, and affiliates–but what if that’s not a fit for your business?
Patreon is a membership platform that makes it easy for artists and creators to get paid for their work. It allows content creators like artists, musicians, and influencers to focus on their work full-time with the support of their patrons. For fans, the site is a good way of funding the work of your favorite creators, while also getting rewards in return.
If you’ve never thought about using Patreon as a way to monetize your blog, today’s conversation just might change your mind!
Plus, with the political and social justice climate of 2020, a lot more people are highlighting BIPOC voices than ever before. While uplifting marginalized voices is a beautiful thing, it can also be done in ways that are exploitive–so today, we’re talking about what NOT to do when amplifying BIPOC voices.
My guest today, Anela Malik, is a food writer and advocate based in Washington, D.C. Malik’s work focuses on highlighting marginalized voices in food through her blog and Instagram, Feed the Malik, founded in 2018. Her platforms highlight the perspectives and contributions of women, immigrants, and the LGBTQ and Black communities in food culture and history.
Recently, Malik has worked to uplift Black-owned food businesses in the DMV. She created the first comprehensive database of D.C.-area Black-owned restaurants open during COVID and launched a service connecting local Black-owned food businesses to free resources and expertise to help them survive and thrive. Malik’s work has been featured in publications, including The Washington Post, The Washingtonian, and Washington City Paper.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How do you find unrecognized stories in the food and restaurant industry?
- How to make the leap from a passion project to full-time blogging
- How to use Patreon, a monthly subscription site, to monetize your business
- What’s more important and valuable than the size of your audience and the algorithm
- Exploring People Of Color during Black Lives Matter, and how NOT to amplify black voices
- The politics of food and how it represents the power to change
- A business idea for restaurants during COVID
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Patreon
- Snag our free 99-Step Roadmap to get you from overwhelm to profitable blog in no time (It’s the exact checklist I used to go from $0 to six-figures in three years!)
- See Anela’s directory of black-owned restaurants and food businesses in the DC area
- Get my 2-hour “How to Start Your Blog” Workshop here where I show you step-by-step how to start your blog from scratch!
- Follow Malik on Instagram @feedthemalik and visit her blog, Feed The Malik, and visit her on Patreon here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
I get this comment ALL.THE.TIME and it drives me BONKERS: “I’m going to start my blog on Instagram!”
Hold up, not so fast! If this is your current mindset, then I’m here to give you a newsflash: INSTAGRAM IS NOT A BLOG!! (Seriously, this is my biggest pet peeve!)
They are completely different things. For business longevity and success, you absolutely MUST have a website (a.k.a. a blog). But are blogs still a thing? Hell yes!
I’m living proof that blogging is NOT dead! I make over $200k/year just from my blog (not counting digital course sales)–and it’s almost entirely on autopilot.
Today we’re talking all about how to actually make money online and build a business that stands the test of time.
My guest today, Shaunda Necole is just the person to teach Instagram, Pinterest, and SEO marketing strategies. Shaunda will tell you how one Instagram contest changed her entrepreneurial path and how she leveraged this experience to grow an online following of over 100,000 people, and then rechanneled her influence to garner features in Forbes and Cosmo!
You’ll learn how to use social media to put your business on the map, form online partnerships, and use Pinterest for opportunities, followers and clients to come to you rather than chasing after them! Shaunda believes her success is possible for everyone, whether you’re seasoned in business or just getting started.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How Shaunda went from cheerleader to award-winning business coach, speaker and lifestyle influencer with over 100K followers!
- Why you shouldn’t start your blog on Instagram
- How to get into a business mindset for your blog and why it will make all the difference
- How Shaunda’s hysterectomy wound up being one of the best things for her business
- Pinterest tips, including the best images to get people to click and how to convert visitors into subscribers and customers
- Why story is THE MOST IMPORTANT thing to focus on, second only to people and partnerships
- Resources for women of color
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Frustrated by your lack of progress with your blog, despite working tirelessly on it? If you’re ready to unleash your inner entrepreneur badass who already knows she’s worthy and successful and can do anything she puts her mind to (even if your inner critic is currently calling the shots!) then I’ve got you covered. Sign-up for my FREE blogging masterclass called 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Profitable Blogging in 2020 and Beyond here!
- If you love the idea of blogging but have no idea what you even want to blog about, take our free quiz to find out what kind of blog you should start!
- Brittany Hennessy
- co ambassador marketing
- Selena Soo
- Lynya Floyd
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
- Visit Shaunda's website here and follow her on Pinterest @ShaundaNecoleBlog and Instagram @ShaundaNecole
- Sign up for Shaunda's brand new Pinterest Magic Marketing Masterclass here!
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
It may not seem obvious, but understanding your menstrual cycle is the secret to unlocking your intuition and watching your business soar.
How? Getting to know your body will help you understand how your mood, energy, and emotions change with your cycle, so you can work with this information–instead of fighting it–and be the most effective version of yourself.
My guest today, Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator and Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner who teaches women to chart their menstrual cycles for natural birth control, conception, and monitoring overall health.
In her new book The Fifth Vital Sign, Lisa debunks the myth that regular ovulation is only important when you want children by recognizing the menstrual cycle as a vital sign. Drawing heavily from the current scientific literature, Lisa presents an evidence-based approach to fertility awareness and menstrual cycle optimization. She hosts the Fertility Friday Podcast, a weekly radio show devoted to helping women connect to their fifth vital sign by uncovering the connection between menstrual cycle health, fertility, and overall health.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why do women not understand our menstrual cycles?
- An overview of the four seasons and what happens energetically in our bodies
- How to work with our bodies, give ourselves grace, and make things easier for ourselves
- A perspective shift for postpartum moms and any woman who struggles with body image
- What you need to know about birth control and ‘The Pill’ that you’ve probably never heard before
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Want a bigger business with less work? The “Do Less Methodology” will take you from being overwhelmed, isolated, overworked, and underpaid to being peaceful, profitable, connected, and purposeful! When you join Kate Northrup’s Origin Membership with me this year, I’m also throwing in some bonuses of my own, including an intimate, small group call with me and Kate Northrup herself where we’ll get to support you in leaning into this Do Less mindset and journey. See all the other bonuses I’m gifting you and join Origin today! (Doors close Thursday, October 15, 2020!)
- Order Lisa’s book The Fifth Vital Sign or get the first chapter here for free!
- Read Root + Revel’s article sharing The Truth About Birth Control Pill Side Effects
- Ready my story about How I Reversed my PCOS Naturally
- Follow Lisa On Instagram @fertilityfriday, join her free Facebook group here, and visit her website Fertility Friday
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
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Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
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You’ve probably heard this word tossed around, but what does ‘the patriarchy’ really mean?
Dr. Valerie Rein defines the patriarchy as a system of oppression, where historically, the power, economic, political, and moral superiority belong to men; in turn, this reflects in how women are perceived, judged, and how we subconsciously do not trust ourselves, each other, and are not trusted by society.
This isn’t the fault of any particular person, or even ‘men’ as a whole. Everyone plays a role in upholding this invisible system. The beautiful thing is, once we can see the invisible, then we can actually liberate ourselves and create a better world.
My guest today, Dr. Valerie Rein, discovered Patriarchy Stress Disorder (PSD) and created the only science-backed system for helping women achieve their ultimate success, happiness, and fulfillment by healing the intergenerational trauma of oppression. She holds an EdM in Psychological Counseling from Columbia University and a PhD in Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.
Her bestselling book, Patriarchy Stress Disorder: The Invisible Inner Barrier to Women’s Happiness and Fulfillment has been heralded by Amazon reviewers as “the most important body of literary work of our modern times” and “perhaps the most important book of the century for women.” Her cutting-edge programs have helped thousands of women shift from survival to thriving and master the game of “How good can it get?” in their lives and work in the world.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Who and what is the patriarchy? (Hint: the patriarchy is NOT synonymous with men)
- The different types of trauma backed with scientific studies
- How owning your trauma is actually the opposite of a victim mentality
- The 4 key areas PSD effects
- How to process the trauma OUT of your BODY, not your mind
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Download the first chapter of Patriarchy Stress Disorder: The Invisible Inner Barrier to Women’s Happiness and Fulfillment for free here at Dr. Valerie’s website
- Join Dr. Valerie’s Free Virtual Retreat at The Thriving Experience
- Do you have what it takes to turn your blog into a profitable business? Take our free quiz to find out if you’re ready!
- Join Kate Northrup’s free 28-day experience happening right now called Right Thing, Right Time to learn how to let your body lead your business and achieve more by doing less
- This is Marketing by Seth Godin
- Follow Dr. Valerie on Instagram @drvalerierein, on Facebook here, and YouTube here, and her website
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
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- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Like Myers-Briggs, the Enneagram, and many other profiling systems, Human Design is a personality model used to dive deeper in the understanding of the self.
Human Design combines layers of ancient modalities like the Sephirot of the Kabbalah, the Hindu-Brahmin Chakra system, the Chinese I’Ching, and Western Astrology with modern sciences like Biochemistry, Astronomy, Quantum Mechanics, and Genetics.
This system helps us understand our unique personal blueprint for our energy, how we make decisions, our strengths and weaknesses, where we are prone to conditioning, and so much more. It illuminates where we’re in alignment with our authentic selves–and where we’re not–so we can work towards more ease and less stress (and ditch the things that DON’T work for us!).
My guest today, Nikki Brafman, is a Human Design Reader, Business Coach, Mama to 1-year-old Julian, and Speaker. She believes that all chaos comes from living and working out of alignment with our design, our mission, and our values. She uses Human Design as a mirror to show her clients their uniqueness and brilliance as she helps guide them from where they are to where they want to go.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- A beautiful lesson in specificity, niching down and celebrating our innate uniqueness
- How Human Design brings consciousness and spirituality to business with a scientific lens
- An overview of the 5 human design energy types and what strategy you should use to allow the most amount of flow (and help eliminate stress!) in both life and business
- What it means to have a sacral vs. emotional inner Authority
- How to decipher your chart’s Profile and ‘Not Self’ Theme
Subscribe and Review
Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Download your free Human Design chart here
- Join Kate Northrup’s free 28-day experience happening right now called Right Thing, Right Time to learn how to let your body lead your business and achieve more by doing less
- Snag our free 99-Step Roadmap to get you from overwhelm to profitable blog in no time (It’s the exact checklist I used to go from $0 to six-figures in three years!)
- Get 15% off a Chart Brief or Extended Chart Brief from Nikki with the code SWS15: a personalized overview of your Energy Type, Authority, and Profile along with custom journal prompts and affirmations
- The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn
- The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
- Follow Nikki on Instagram @humandesignforbusiness, @nikkibrafman, check out her new podcast @thebridgeworkpod, and visit her website Nikki Brafman
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
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Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
You’ve likely heard a ton about membership websites over recent years as they’re becoming a really popular way for consumers to learn new skills, be a part of a like-minded community, and get results that take them from where they currently are to where they want to go.
For entrepreneurs, having a membership site is an incredible business model because it creates recurring revenue for your business–in turn resulting in a sustainable business that gets rid of feast or famine and all the stress that comes with financial instability and not knowing how you’re going to generate income in the coming months.
We talk all the ins and outs of membership sites in today’s episode, along with so much more goodness including how to change your relationship to time and energy, what it looks like to take a holistic approach to life and business, and how to save time and reduce stress by doing less (all while making more money!).
Our special guest today is my personal business mentor, Kate Northrup, an entrepreneur, bestselling author, speaker, and mother who has built a multimedia digital empire with her husband, Mike Watts, that reaches hundreds of thousands globally. They are committed to supporting ambitious women to light up the world without burning themselves out in the process. Kate teaches data-driven and soul-driven time and energy management practices that result in saving time, making more money, and experiencing less stress.
Kate has a membership of over 1,000 entrepreneurs called Origin® Collective that’s about infusing more feminine energy into your business and reclaiming your time, and she has also helped over 5,000 students heal their relationship with money with her signature Money Love Course. Her first book, Money: A Love Story, has been published in 5 languages, and her second book, Do Less: A Revolutionary Approach to Time and Energy Management for Ambitious Women, is now available wherever books are sold.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What is cyclical living? and how can it help you live your best life
- The beauty of membership websites vs. courses and how recurring revenue allows you to work more from a place of rest
- Unraveling assumptions about quitting and permanence
- How to get experts to come speak in your membership
- How to determine what your membership will offer (hint: don’t offer too much!) using the 80/20 rule
- Diversifying your revenue streams to bring more ease into your life
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Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Get Kate’s Do Less Planner for 10% off with the code KK10
- Let Nature be Your Financial Planner blog post
- Join Kate Northrup’s free 28-day experience happening right now called Right Thing, Right Time to learn how to let your body lead your business and achieve more by doing less
- The Calling by Rha Goddess
- Check out Kate Northrup’s website and follow her @katenorthrup
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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One of the most common questions and hesitations I get from people who want to start a digital business is about all the technology.
What platforms, systems, and services do you use? How do they work together? And, um, how much is this all going to cost?!
I get it–there are SO many options out there these days that it can be hard to decide what’s going to be best for your business, and what’s worth the expense–especially when you’re just getting started.
That’s why today I’m sharing with you my top 10 tools I personally use to create, automate, and run my digital course!
It’s time to nix the overwhelm and start taking on your dream. Remember: action stops fear.
Until you actually DO it, you can spend hours (and hours and hours!) being scared. That probably will never go away until you actually take the leap and just do the dang thing!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How I integrate different software and services so they all talk to each other and work seamlessly together!
- My favorite tools and platforms for webinars, payments, course education, and everything else you need for a digital course business
- What this all costs me every month
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- TODAY is the LAST day to enroll in my favorite program, Digital Course Academy with Amy Porterfield! Did you see the over $1,500 of bonuses I’m offering?! Doors won’t open again until next year so don’t miss out!
- Kajabi : my favorite course creation platform–get a free 14-day trial with our link!
- ActiveCampaign: my favorite email service provider–get a free 30-day trial with our link!
- Leadpages: easy to build landing pages, opt-in boxes, etc.
- Interact: Quiz creation platofrm–get 15% off any plan with the code 6FBA15
- Deadline Funnel: a must-use software if you want to go evergreen with your course
- Samcart: payment processor
- Zapier: connects all the different apps and softwares so they talk to each other
- Demio: webinar software
- Canva: what I use for all graphics and images
- Gsuite: for emails, documents, and storage
- Sortd: an amazing inbox organizer app that integrates right with Gmail
- Tailwind: Pinterest and Instagram scheduler
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Before I went on maternity leave earlier this year, I knew that I really wanted to create passive income in my business while I was away.
For the past year, I had been experimenting with live launching my online course, The Six-Figure Blog Academy–see all my launch debriefs here.
While I had figured out how to make that work well and even had my first six-figure launch in January 2020, I knew that wasn’t going to be an option while I was on maternity leave.
This is when I decided to try moving my course to an evergreen model, thanks to Amy Porterfield’s amazing bonus training in her Digital Course Academy.
I had always heard about the magical allure of the evergreen model–where your course is essentially always available to purchase–and it sounded amazing. It’s an automated funnel that, when done well, creates ease and sustainability in your business by bringing in regular revenue.
In fact, we earned $58,279.76 in new revenue from our course while I was on maternity leave over just three months! This blew my mind and now I’m convinced of the power of evergreen.
But even though things run mostly on auto-pilot with evergreen funnels, it definitely has some drawbacks and is not easy to set up well–especially if you want to do it in a way that feels authentic, while also creating true urgency with buyers.
Today, I’m sharing all about the pros and cons of the evergreen course model when it comes to the process of getting it set up, maintaining it, the financial expectations, and the impact of evergreen on your user or student experience.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What an ‘evergreen funnel’ is
- The pros and cons of this model vs. a ‘closed-cart’ or ‘live launch’ model
- The key tech tool I use to make this process work on autopilot
- My 7 tips for going evergreen in your business
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the over $1,500 of bonuses I’m offering you when you enroll in Digital Course Academy this year! Doors close in 3 days on September 17th.
- Ready my recent Maternity Leave Income Report here
- Deadline Funnel automation tool
- Last week’s Facebook Live and podcast episode where I share My Personal Path to a Six-Figure Launch
- If you are thinking about launching a digital course someday, do yourself a favor and save some major headaches and expensive trial and errors by taking my mentor, Amy Porterfield’s, free quiz to discover your personal path to creating a profitable digital course here. In less than 2 minutes, you’ll figure out action by action what steps YOU should take based on YOUR goals, audience, and business level.
- Get Amy’s Course Starter Kit here!
- Not sure about your course topic? Grab my free Narrow Your Niche Guide
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Today I’m walking you through the journey of how, in six months (July 2019 – Jan 2020), I was able to earn nearly $150,000 from my online course, The Six-Figure Blog Academy.
But it wasn’t easy… here’s how I did it, plus the mistakes I made so you can learn from them and not have to repeat them yourself!
I break down the details all about…
- how I first created my course
- how I approached my first “soft launch” and then my first “official launch” (where I actually LOST money!)
- what I did for a Black Friday promotion (and won’t do again)
- how I totally transformed my launch model before my second “official launch” in January 2020–when we achieved a gross revenue of just over $100,000!
This episode is jam-packed with helpful info, real-talk and inspiration. Let’s get into it!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- What I recommend you do BEFORE you launch your digital course to the public
- The biggest mistake people (including myself!) make when it comes to hosting webinars
- Whether or not to offer payment plans and how to price your course
- The fatal mistake I made that put my company in debt for the first time ever
- When and how to bring in affiliates for your course
- How I turned a failed, in the red launch into a profitable six-figure launch only THREE months later! Plus the key strategy I implemented BEFORE my six-figure launch that was paramount in my success
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the over $1,500 of bonuses I’m offering you when you enroll in Digital Course Academy this year! The early-bird bonuses end TODAY, September 10th, so don’t delay (for an extra $399+ of bonuses)! Doors close September 17th.
- If you are thinking about launching a digital course someday, do yourself a favor and save some major headaches and expensive trial and errors by taking my mentor, Amy Porterfield’s, free quiz to discover your personal path to creating a profitable digital course here. In less than 2 minutes, you’ll figure out action by action what steps YOU should take based on YOUR goals, audience, and business level.
- Read all of my income reports here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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So you’ve heard all about the benefits of creating and selling online courses: they boost your business revenue and give you more freedom, all while allowing you to reach more people and transform more lives. Yes, please!
But where do you start? And what about all those doubts that come up, like, “who am I to teach this topic and sell a digital course”?
Not to worry, my friend! Today, we’re sharing how to boost your confidence and overcome imposter syndrome, and breaking down how to actually get started.
It doesn’t need to be overwhelming to create an online course–you just need to offer a proven system or roadmap that works.
My incredible guest today is Amy Porterfield, an online marketing expert and the host of the top-ranked podcast, Online Marketing Made Easy. Before building a multi-million dollar digital course business, Amy worked with mega brands like Harley-Davidson and Peak Performance Coach, Tony Robbins, where she oversaw the content team and collaborated on ground-breaking online marketing campaigns.
Through her bestselling courses and popular podcast, Amy’s action-by-action approach proves that even the newest online entrepreneurs can bypass the overwhelm, and instead generate exciting momentum as they build a business they love. Her Digital Course Academy opens for enrollment for a limited-time on September 9th, 2020!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Overcoming imposter syndrome with the 10% edge
- Why you should launch a digital course now, even during a pandemic, plus pricing secrets for selling during this time
- 3 approaches to selling digital courses and how to get started
- How to authentically build a diverse, equitable and inclusive community
- Why blogging and digital courses are a match made in heaven
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out the over $1,500 of bonuses I’m offering you when you enroll in Digital Course Academy this year!
- Amy Porterfield’s got a mind-blowing, NEW free masterclass called “How to Create and Launch a Profitable Digital Course From Scratch (The Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Generate Revenue Year-Round).” It’s only available for a limited-time, so jump into the live training time that works best for YOU here!
- If you are thinking about launching a digital course someday, do yourself a favor and save some major headaches and expensive trial and errors. Take my mentor, Amy Porterfield’s, free quiz here to discover your personal path to creating a profitable digital course. In less than 2 minutes, you’ll figure out action by action what steps YOU should take based on YOUR goals, audience, and business level.
- Full Focus Planner by Michael Hyatt
- Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt
- Kate Northrup’s Do Less Planner
- Rework by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
- Traction by Gino Wickman
- Follow Amy on Instagram @amyporterfield and check out her Digital Course Academy
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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There’s never been a better time to become a Virtual Assistant (VA), with more businesses than before ever working virtually. Especially if you’re a mom who wants to work from home, it’s really a perfect fit since you can bring in an income while working flexible hours AND doing something you enjoy!
Or, maybe you have a small business and are feeling overwhelmed with all the things you need to do to keep it going. You’ve been thinking about hiring but wondering if it’s the right time to outsource.
Enter: the world of Virtual Assistants!
A VA is also sometimes called a freelancer. It just means you operate as an independent contractor to help small or online businesses grow. You might have a specialized skill set like graphic design, social media marketing, or copywriting, or you might offer virtual admin support.
In today’s episode, we discuss everything you want to know about either hiring a VA or learning how to become a VA yourself!
My guest today, Micala Quinn, is a wife, mom, online course creator, podcaster, and work at home enthusiast. Her mission is to revolutionize what it means to be a working mother. Micala’s online course is designed to launch working moms into the freelance world prepared, confident, and ready to make their mark.
To date, more than 1,000 moms across the country and world have enrolled in Overwhelmed to Overbooked. In late 2018, Micala launched the Live Free podcast to spread her freelancing method and mission throughout the world. With more than 200 5-star reviews, the podcast has surpassed 100,000 downloads.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to launch into becoming a freelancer/Virtual Assistant
- How being vulnerable led to Micala’s dream job
- Who should your first hire be as an entrepreneur and how do you know when you’re ready? Plus how to get creative and barter when you don’t yet have the cash
- How to balance working mom life, plus child care options as a work-at-home-mom
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- If you are thinking about launching a digital course someday, do yourself a favor and save some major headaches and expensive trial and errors. Take my mentor, Amy Porterfield’s, free quiz here to discover your personal path to creating a profitable digital course. In less than 2 minutes, you’ll figure out action by action what steps YOU should take based on YOUR goals, audience, and business level.
- Join Micala’s free Facebook group here!
- Fill out Micala’s hiring form to find your next team member or assistant
- Sign-up for Micala’s free workshop: 3 Secrets to Start, Launch & Grow a Freelance Business (No Matter What Your Current Job Is or Isn’t!) here!
- If you want to lend your voice to create positive change in the beauty industry and make some money in the process, becoming a Beautycounter consultant is for you! (I use Beautycounter like an affiliate program on my blog and it’s my second highest affiliate earner!) Find out more here and register to join my team!
- Erin Condren’s Planners
- Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo
- Follow Micala on Instagram @Micala.Quinn or join her Overwhelmed to Overbooked Course here!
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Have you dreamed of being a travel writer?
It's a job most people hear about it and automatically assume that it's a luxurious lifestyle filled with relaxing vacations and perks. And while that's partly true, there's definitely a lot more to this career than meets the eye.
Today we're getting a peek behind-the-scenes at what it really means to have a freelance travel writing career and how to make a six-figure, sustainable living when most people tell you that there's no money in this line of work. (Hint: they're wrong!)
We're also discussing what travel trips REALLY look like when you're a journalist, and some of the not-so-glamorous aspects of being a freelance travel writer, plus how to decide what jobs are worth saying yes to.
My guest today is my friend, Jennifer Bradley Franklin, an Atlanta-based multi-media journalist, storyteller, editor and author. Her work appears in Conde Nast Traveler, Architectural Digest, Bon Appetit, USA Today, Delta SKY, American Way, People, Food Network, Southbound, Flavors, Hospitality Design, Time.com, Southern Seasons, and a host of others.
She holds an ABJ in Journalism from the University of Georgia's Grady College. Jennifer has ridden a camel in Morocco, dug ditches in a remote Kenyan village, been taught to make gnocchi by a master chef in Florence, and learned to surf in Australia. However, one of her greatest joys has been immersing herself in some of the biggest concerns facing America's young people - weighty issues like poverty, hunger and much more--through the research and writing of Make it ZERO.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Copywriting vs. editorial work, and how to find the right balance to pay your bills and fuel your soul
- How to maintain journalistic integrity
- How to treat your writing like a business vs. a hobby, plus what making this mindset shift looks like and how it creates powerful results
- Press trips: what they are, how to get invited, how to maximize your time away and your income when you return
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Get a copy of My 13 Pitches That Worked For Freelancers e-book. You’ll get an exact copy of 13 real email pitches I’ve used as a freelance journalist to land paid writing gigs across different niches, plus some notes for me about why it worked. Get your copy today for just $10 today to earn hundreds–if not thousands!–of dollars from one pitch!
- If you’ve ever considered building a digital course,my go-to digital course creation coach Amy Porterfield just released her new, FREE 19-page Ultimate Course Creation Starter Kit! It was a GOLD mine for me in creating my Six Figure Blog Academy, so download it now to make some magic happen in your business.
- Listen to episode 014: Want to Be a Freelance Food Writer? Here’s How with Nevin Martell
- Time Camp time tracking tool
- The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
- Visit Jessica’s website and follow her on Instagram @Jenniferbfranklin, and grab her book Make it ZERO
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Are you finally ready to achieve the marketing results you've always dreamed about?
Believe it or not, you can actually approach your marketing in a way that not only feels great to you, but that ACTUALLY works!
Today we're talking about how to work with who YOU naturally are, as the implementer and entrepreneur, and what feels easy and exciting to you. Forget your traditional, one-size-fits-all approach to digital marketing.
Instead, this revolutionary framework is designed to match you with your best marketing strategy based on your Myers-Brigg personality type.
This four-letter acronym tells you about your preferences and gives you key insights into how you naturally prefer to show up in the world.
In short, your Myers-Briggs type tells us what you like. If you know what you like, you can work that into your marketing so you can finally feel good about it.
Marketing that feels good is marketing that works.
Brit Kolo, today's guest expert, is the creator of the Marketing Personality Type Framework at MarketingPersonalities.com and the Host of the Marketing Personalities Podcast.
Through her framework, designed to match you with your best marketing strategy based on your Myers-Briggs Personality Type, she’s here to shake up your approach to marketing and inspire you to grow your business in a feel-good way. Get ready to go deep, find your true self, and grow that business of yours WITHOUT feeling fake and salesy!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why we need to stop with the 'shoulds' (and how to work with who we are FIRST!)
- Why your ICA (Ideal Customer Avatar) isn’t as important as knowing who YOU are when it comes to marketing
- How to reframe our conditioning to honor who we truly are
- Specific marketing advice for each of the four Myers-Briggs tribes
- How to get big results through customized implementation plans
- How to work with your types as you evolve as a person, and what to do when you fall somewhere closer to the middle of the spectrum
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Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Listen to FREE Marketing Personality Type Mini Report here
- Download your FREE Marketing Personality Type Mini Report here!
- If you’ve ever considered building a digital course,my go-to digital course creation coach Amy Porterfield just released her new, FREE 19-page Ultimate Course Creation Starter Kit! It was a GOLD mine for me in creating my Six Figure Blog Academy, so download it now to make some magic happen in your business.
- Listen to Brit’s podcast episode on how to set up your best work schedule based on your personality type
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle
- Get my 2-hour “How to Start Your Blog” Workshop here where I show you step-by-step how to start your blog from scratch!
- Predictably Irritational by Dan Ariely for the analyst tribe
- Start With Why by Simon Sinek for the diplomat tribe
- Playing Big by Tara Mohr for the sentinel tribe
- Chillpreneur by Denise Duffield-Thomas for the explorer tribe
- The Go Giver by Bob Burg
- The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity by Edwene Gaines
- Go to Brit Kolo’s website Marketing Personalities to figure out your personality type and get your free report! Follow Brit on Instagram @marketingpersonalities
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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How would it feel if you could simplify your business… and your life?
Let’s be real: our modern, hectic lifestyles are overwhelming, exhausting, and downright unhealthy.
We are often on a quest for more; we give in to pressure every day to work more, own more, and do more. But why? To what end?
When you push so hard, it inevitably leads to burnout. You simply can’t produce great work when you’re burned out, nor can you take care of yourself and be truly present to what matters most like your relationships, health, and overall well-being.
The truth is, if you’re always keeping score of how you’re doing based on anything outside of yourself (like if you checked enough items off of your to-do list that day), then it’s time to question your motives for WHY you’re doing what you’re doing.
When you embrace more of a minimalist approach to your life and business, you’ll counterintuitively discover that you can create more with less--all while being happier and more free.
My guest today is Courtney Carver, a well-known simplicity and minimalist expert. Courtney is the author of Soulful Simplicity and the blog Be More With Less. Courtney moved from a devastating multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2006 to feeling the best she’s felt in decades, from being deep in debt and clutter to living debt and clutter-free.
She realized after years of decluttering and letting go that happiness isn’t waiting for us, it’s within us. Courtney also writes about dressing with less in her book Project 333, The Minimalist Fashion Challenge That Proves Less Really is So Much More. Some of her concepts have truly changed my life, and I can’t wait to share her wisdom with you today!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to let go of obsessing over your analytics
- Why people’s comments and reactions are not about you (even when they are!)
- How do you make soul-centered, big decisions in your business?
- Tips for creating a minimalist business that prioritizes your health and well-being (instead of always pushing to do more and leading to burnout)
- A minimalist’s perspective on how to measure and keep score of your progress
- How to let go of fear, scarcity, and not having or being enough
- Tips for simplifying your email management
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Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Project 333: The Minimalist Fashion Challenge That Proves Less Really Is So Much More
- If you are thinking about launching a digital course someday, do yourself a favor and save some major headaches and expensive trial and errors by taking my mentor, Amy Porterfield’s, free quiz to discover your personal path to creating a profitable digital course here. In less than 2 minutes, you’ll figure out action by action what steps YOU should take based on YOUR goals, audience, and business level.
- 16 Personalities (free Myers-Briggs Personality Test)
- Get a free 30-day trial of ActiveCampaign, my favorite email service provider, here!
- Courtney’s blog post: There’s No Such Thing as Being Caught Up
- The Power of Now by Eckhardt Tolle
- Follow Courtney at Be More With Less and on Instagram @bemorewithless
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Why do we focus on the negative experiences in our lives, even when there is so much good happening?
The answer: it’s a biological design in our nervous system to keep us safe. If you think about it, it makes sense that it was evolutionarily advantageous to remember where pain was found, whereas remembering where you encountered joy was less essential for survival.
Nowadays, we fortunately don’t often have to worry about literal survival like our ancestors did, but we still carry threats to our survival ALL the time without even realizing it.
As entrepreneurs, this has an enormous impact on our businesses! Of course, your mental health and emotional wellness play a huge role in your ability to get things done in your business and your life, while feeling joyful and on purpose.
But one sneaky thing most of us don’t realize is that we tend to overly identify with our businesses and think that we ARE our business, and that our safety comes from our business (newsflash: we aren’t and it doesn’t!).
Learning how to feel safe in our bodies and heal from past experiences is ESSENTIAL. It’s the root cause of what we need to get unstuck and start taking the steps to follow our dreams, and that’s exactly what we’re talking about today!
My guest today is Dr. Elizabeth Cohen, a clinical psychologist with over 15 years of experience specializing in the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders. Dr. Cohen has a particular expertise in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and has treated adults, adolescents and children with state-of-the-art CBT treatments.
The underlying goal of Dr. Cohen’s practice is for clients to achieve synchronicity with the person they truly want to be. Throughout her practice, Dr. Cohen has witnessed hundreds of clients break away from the fear, worry, and despair that had once defined them. She believes that it is a unique gift to be part of their journey towards a new, healthy and fulfilling definition of who they are.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Big T and Little T trauma and how it affects all of us (even if you don’t think it does!)–including how trauma impacts our businesses
- How to optimize your gratitude practice
- How to better balance your nervous system, and what flight, fight, or freeze looks like in our business lives
- How the known, even when it’s bad, keeps us safe from the unknown
- how healing the trauma IN our bodies (not our minds) can help us feel safe and take the steps we need to follow our dreams
- Practical solutions for healing trauma in the body
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Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky
- Do you have what it takes to turn your blog into a profitable business? Take our free quiz to find out if you’re ready!
- Patriarchy Stress Disorder by Valerie Rein
- The Fourth Trimester by Kimberly Ann Johnson
- Get your domain name + hosting starting for just $2.95 with Bluehost when you use our special link!
- The Body Keeps the Score by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
- Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine
- Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
- Follow Dr. Cohen @thedivorcedoctor and check out her website at drelizabethcohen.com
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Whether you're a newbie at online business or you've been around for a few years, email marketing can be super intimidating.
However, it's something you NEED to figure out and prioritize because email is by far your #1 most critical element if you have any type of online business (or really, a business of ANY kind)!
But what do you even say to your list? How do you convert a subscriber into a sale? How often should you send emails? How do you keep your content interesting and inspire people to read it, instead of it being a major snoozefest that makes your subscribers never want to open another email from you again?
The secret is that there is actually a formula you can follow to increase the effectiveness of your copywriting--all while humanizing people to be more than just a 'lead' or a 'subscriber'.
If you understand why you’re writing what you’re writing and who you’re writing to, it will not only cut down on the time it takes you to write (goodbye staring at a blank page!), but your results will be infinitely better then shooting in the dark when it comes to building community and conversions (hello income and impact!).
For example, one of the tips we’ll be sharing with you today is how to use a color-coded personality system to not only create diversity and variance in your emails, but to speak directly to different personality types so everyone on your list feels seen and understood. This system is GOLD!
My guest today is Tarzan Kay, a launch strategist and copywriter who teaches women (and a few good men) how to sell bigger, so they can serve bigger. Tarzan is a master of email marketing and former copywriter-for-hire (working with people like Amy Porterfield) who specializes in fun-to-read, more-addictive-than-Game-of-Thrones email copy. She also helps freelancers attract better clients who’ll reach deeper into their pockets to pay for top-quality services–also using the power of email, duh!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why being the best and making all the money isn’t the most important thing for your business
- What it’s like to be the primary breadwinner for your family as a woman living in a patriarchal society while your partner is a stay-at-home-dad
- The 2 key things Tarzan did to earn over $200K in just her second year of business
- How to write effective emails that convert using Tarzan’s approach to color-coded personality (based on the DiSC personality assessment–and we even use some Game of Thrones characters to make it more interesting!)
- How many emails should you send during a launch? Plus the importance of pre-launch emails, her unique ’29-minutes-til-close’ email, and the post-promotion survey
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Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Joanna Wiebe’s Copyhackers
- If you love the idea of blogging but have no idea what you even want to blog about, take our free quiz to find out what kind of blog you should start!
- Tarzan’s approach to color-coded personality and how it applies to email marketing
- Get a free Convert Kit email account up to 1,000 subscribers!
- Get a free 30-day trial of ActiveCampaign, my favorite email service provider, here!
- Breathwork with Kathleen Oh
- The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris
- Get Tarzan’s Email Promo Sequence Swipe Copy here for free!
- Follow Tarzan on Instagram @tarzan_kay
- Check out our blog post Email Marketing 101 for Beginners + Bloggers
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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So you want to be a freelance food writer?
What does it even mean to be a paid freelance writer in today’s world full of digital media, slashed budgets for writing, and excessive amounts of online content–with more and more free content being produced every single day?
People have so many questions about this career choice. Are you a food critic? Is it the same thing as being an influencer or blogger? What is your day-to-day really like?
Getting paid to eat and travel the world sounds glamorous in a lot of ways, but there is SO much more than meets the eye.
If you’re interested in freelance writing but don’t know where to start, this episode is for you!
Today we’re breaking down the mystique of this career and what it REALLY means and takes to be successful.
Our guest today is Nevin Martell, a Washington, D.C.-area based food and travel writer, parenting essayist, recipe developer, and photographer who has been published by The Washington Post, New York Times, Saveur, Men’s Journal, National Geographic Traveler, Fortune, Travel + Leisure, Runner’s World, Michelin Guide, Plate, and many other publications. He is also the author of eight books.
For nearly a decade, I was a full-time, freelance journalist for over 125 magazines, newspapers and websites, including USA Today, EatingWell, Cooking Light, Travel + Leisure, The Washington Post, Forbes, Esquire, Women’s Health, Clean Eating, Wine Enthusiast, SELF and Real Simple. Nevin and I met as fellow freelancers, and I can’t wait to share this candid conversation with you today!
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How to get paid to eat and write about food
- How not to chase the perks and maintain journalistic integrity
- Tips on how to pitch editors
- How financial planning is a huge part of running a freelance writing business
- Why you should avoid aggregate freelance sites like Upwork and content mills
- Why niching down and establishing yourself as an expert is key to success
- Why the ‘community over competition’ mindset is critical
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Don't forget to join the free Success with Soul Facebook community here! We have follow up conversations about the podcast episodes and I often go live to answer your burning questions.
- Get a copy of My 13 Pitches That Worked For Freelancers e-book. You'll get an exact copy of 13 real email pitches I've used as a freelance journalist to land paid writing gigs across different niches, plus some notes for me about why it worked. Get your copy today for just $10 today to earn hundreds--if not thousands!--of dollars from one pitch!
- Joseph Gordon Levitt's Creative Processing Podcast
- Check out Nevin's website or follow him on Instagram @nevinmartell and Twitter @nevinmartell
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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How to manage your money as an entrepreneur is one of the most common questions I get. As a business owner, your money management will make or break your business.
That's why it's shocking to see how most people bury their heads in the sand and ignore the details of their money, willy nilly making decisions without a plan. That is a highly stressful way to live and work. You can't make any good or clear decisions when you're anxious, fearful, and scattered.
If this sounds like you, don't worry--there's no shame here, and we're sharing with you our top tips on how to manage your money in both your business and your life.
You need to BOTH know your numbers and shift your mindset.
If you spend time with your money every day for just a few minutes, your entire relationship to money will change. When you transition from impulsive and stressful spending into feeling more at peace and secure with your financial picture--that is gold!
The goal is to put you in the driver's seat so you can feel empowered. You CAN do this!
You need to believe that you ARE worthy of money, of success, of prosperity, and that you have the skills, the story, and the expertise you need to create wealth.
When you couple your money mindset with learning money skills, you will be unstoppable!
Our money expert today is Shannah Compton Game, CFP®, MBA, the leading expert for millennials on money. She is the host of the popular iTunes podcast, Millennial Money, where over 500,000 listeners from around the world join her twice a week to tackle their finances. Shannah is passionate about millennials and loves producing original content for this underserved segment.
Aside from her podcast, Shannah is an accomplished financial writer, with weekly contributions featured in the Huffington Post, Wise Bread, PolicyGenius and Haven Life. Shannah’s financial expertise has been highlighted in articles for Women’s Health, MSN Money, Reuters, Bankrate.com, Refinery 29, Yahoo! Finance, and Co-Op Credit Union to name a few. In her free time, Shannah is the Principal at Shannah L. Compton, CFP(r), MBA, a California Registered Investment Advisory firm, where she consults with entrepreneurs, millennials, and couples.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Do you need to spend money to make money?
- How to know when it's time to hire help
- How to budget for business expenses and create a mindful money plan for both your business AND your life
- When and how much to pay yourself
- The most common limiting beliefs we have as doers, dreamers, and creatives and show to shift them
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Listen to Shannah's podcast, Millenial Money
- Frustrated by your lack of progress with your blog, despite working tirelessly on it? If you’re ready to unleash your inner entrepreneur badass who already knows she’s worthy and successful and can do anything she puts her mind to (even if your inner critic is currently calling the shots!) then I’ve got you covered. Sign-up for my FREE blogging masterclass called 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Profitable Blogging in 2020 and Beyond here!
- Calm meditation app
- Get my 2-hour "How to Start Your Blog" Workshop here where I show you step-by-step how to start your blog from scratch!
- Check out Shannah's new company, Hello It's Me
- Get Shannah's Money Mindset Journal
- Happy Money by Ken Honda
- Follow Shannah on Instagram @shannahgame and @helloitsmeco
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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What are the best blogging tips to grow a sustainable, successful business?
When it comes to blogging, you have to wear so many hats in order to be successful. But beyond honing your practical skills (like writing, SEO, monetization, etc.), there are also some bigger-picture blogging tips, concepts and mindset shifts you need to embrace if you really want to crack the code of how to build a successful blog AND how to create a long-term, sustainable business.
Regardless of your niche, today’s blogging tips and online business secrets apply to YOU!
My guest today is Jillian Leslie, the host of the podcast Blogger Genius and founder of MiloTree and Catch My Party.
The Blogger Genius podcast is about learning how other successful bloggers and online entrepreneurs grow their businesses, what’s working now for them, and how you can use their tips and tricks to grow your own business. Jillian is also passionate about helping female entrepreneurs dream big.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The #1 thing you can do to grow your business
- Do pop-ups on your site actually work?
- “Nobody cares about you”–and why that’s actually a GOOD thing!
- Why it’s important to separate your ego from your business
- Tips for managing multiple online businesses and how to build a team of great people
- Do you need to have a product or service as a blogger?
- Tips for working with your spouse as a business partner
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Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Check out MiloTree, a smart pop-up to grow your email list, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and Pinterest that appears in the bottom right corner of your site
- Sign-up for my FREE blogging masterclass called 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Profitable Blogging in 2020 and Beyond if you’re willing to invest just 60 minutes to get FULLY up to speed on how to turn your blog into a six-figure business.
- Learn more about my Six-Figure Blog Academy here!
- Listen to the Blogger Genius podcast with Jillian
- Order your first organic, grass-fed meat and wild-caught seafood subscription box today with ButcherBox and get an exclusive deal of $10 off plus FREE bacon in your first box (enter promo code SWS at checkout)!
- Get a customized, optimized WordPress site set up by Jillian and David here!
- Slack for team communication
- Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
- Basecamp for project management
- Follow Jillian on Instagram @milotreeapp, join her Facebook group here
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Are you hustling your butt off to market your product, service, membership, or online course?
Let me tell you a little secret: there's an easier way!
I’m all about working smarter, not harder, and the marketing strategy we’re talking about today fits in perfectly with this philosophy.
We’re deep-diving into how to utilize partnerships and affiliates to grow your business. It’s a “quadruple win” because it’s:
- a win for you (more sales and impact--without ever paying for traffic),
- a win for your team (it’s fun and takes some of the marketing pressure off),
- a win for your partners (they get to make money without having to deliver the product or service, all while helping their audience meet a need), and finally
- a win for the students or buyers (who discover something that helps them solve a problem or reach their goals).
In my last Six-Figure Blog Academy launch in January 2020, 54% of sales came from affiliates! That's more than HALF! Partnerships generated over $50,000 in sales for my business in a two-week time period.
On my wellness blog Root + Revel, we earned $86,285.10 in 2019 JUST from affiliate marketing alone!
Convinced yet?
If you have a course, product, or service and have been considering partnerships to make more money and get more sales, I HIGHLY recommend you take a listen!
Laura Sprinkle is an affiliate launch strategist for online course creators and coaches who are ready to take their product launches to the next level with the help of affiliate partners.
Through her affiliate concierge service, she offers bespoke affiliate solutions and has worked with clients such as Amy Porterfield, Selena Soo, and Todd Herman on some of the biggest and most successful launches in the online marketing world.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why partnerships are a win-win for both you and your partners
- The 4 Rings of Recruitment and how to find partners to promote your stuff
- The 4 Phases of Affiliate Programs and how to get your affiliates to actually care and share about your program
- How to run your evergreen program like a live launch to build excitement with your partners
- How to know what partners are a good fit for you and your brand
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Are you a great fit for our Six-Figure Blog Academy affiliate program? Apply here!
- Snag our free 99-Step Roadmap to get you from overwhelm to profitable blog in no time (It’s the exact checklist I used to go from $0 to six-figures in three years!)
- Get a free 30-day trial of ActiveCampaign, my favorite email service provider, here!
- AccessAlly, Laura’s recommended affiliate software
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle
- Get Laura’s free Get Started Kit here if you’re ready to start your partner program!
- Connect with Laura on her website here and on Instagram @imlaurasprinkle
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Does thinking about Instagram metrics, the algorithm, and strategies make you feel confused and crazy?!
Instagram (like all social media platforms) is constantly changing. So what's working TODAY on Instagram?
In today’s episode, we're talking about how to nurture your current followers (and how that is so much more important than chasing new followers), as well as the journey you need to take your followers on from the time they first engage with you to, eventually, trust you and buy from you.
My guest expert today is Manu Muraro, the founder of Your Social Team, who helps brands and entrepreneurs use Instagram to connect with more people and get more customers and clients. She brings to the Instagram world 20 years of experience in creative, marketing, and strategy, working full time for brands such as the Cartoon Network and King of Pops.
With Your Social Team, Manu has taught over 100 classes and workshops, created several online trainings and started a membership (that she swears is the best thing since sliced bread!).
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why engagement is so much more important than followers
- The 7-step journey to turn a cold scroller into a follower, engager, and buyer
- How to optimize the structure of your post captions
- Which Instagram metrics matter the most (hint: it’s not likes, reach or impressions!)
- How to create the ultimate "Superpost"
- How to analyze your IG insights, diversify your content, and see patterns of what works for your audience
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And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Your Social Team's Courses (Legit Insta Growth and Influencer Marketing Done Right)
- Snag our free 99-Step Roadmap to get you from overwhelm to profitable blog in no time (It's the exact checklist I used to go from $0 to six-figures in three years!)
- If you want to lend your voice to create positive change in the beauty industry and make some money in the process, becoming a Beautycounter consultant is for you! (I use Beautycounter like an affiliate program on my blog and it's my second highest affiliate earner!) Find out more here and register to join my team!
- [easyazon_link identifier="1936661837" locale="US" tag="rore0a-20"]Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business[/easyazon_link] by Gino Wickman
- Follow Manu on Instagram @yoursocialteam, on TikTok @yoursocialteam or visit her website Your Social Team
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Consciously making mindset shifts is the only way you'll bust through your upper limits and become the entrepreneur you've always dreamed about.
In today's episode, we're debunking common myths and limiting beliefs when it comes to blogging (or any online business) and how to actually make those important mindset shifts so you can rewrite what's possible for yourself and actually create sustainable change.
Don't believe everything you think. Most of what we think are just BELIEFS, NOT TRUTHS.
Our minds have a tape player inside them, repeating the same thoughts again and again, day in and day out.
Would you believe that, according to the National Science Foundation, the average person has about 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts PER DAY, and of those thousands of thoughts, 80% are negative and 95% are exactly the same repetitive thoughts as the day before!?
Another interesting study from Cornell University found that 85% of what we worry about never happens. With the 15% of the worries that did happen, 79% of the subjects discovered that either they could handle the difficulty better than expected, or that the difficulty taught them a lesson worth learning.
These studies make it pretty clear that if you (like most people) are doing the same things every day, thinking the same thoughts, and talking to the same people–your life is likely going to look and feel pretty much the same day-to-day (and unfortunately, a lot of it is negative).
The good news? You already have everything you need to be successful.
Wayne Dyer said, "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
With the mindset shifts and limiting beliefs we're addressing in today's show, I know that you'll be able to get out of your own way and make the changes necessary to step into your dreams and kick your old beliefs to the curb.
Are you ready to start creating your new reality?
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- The #1 thing that holds us back from going for our dreams
- What limiting beliefs are, how to spot them, and--most importantly--how to change them into empowered truths!
- Why saying, “I’m just so busy all the time!” stunts your growth, and the mindset shift you need to make if you want to create more time in your day
- What to do when you want something but can't afford it
- Why you shouldn't wait until you're 'ready' to take action
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- Join The Six-Figure Blog Academy today to create your dream life where I'll show you step-by-step how to create a profitable blog!
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- How to Outsource, Delegate, and Invest in Your Business for fast growth
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- Success with Soul Episode 2: Is Blogging Dead? 9 Reasons to Start a Blog Today!
- Check out our Income Reports for proof that blogging works and is a viable business
- Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Your money mindset is the most important thing when it comes to creating more wealth and building a sustainable business.
If you find yourself getting overwhelmed when you think about finances, or ignoring your money situation hoping it will go away or resolve itself, or if you carry shame around your money management, spending habits, or history with money–then you’re never going to create a stable, lasting business.
When you learn how to celebrate money and work with it in a way that feels the most natural to you (NOT what some random expert tells you to do), then everything shifts and your abundance can flow.
One incredibly useful framework to help you understand your motives, patterns, and how to step into a healthier version of yourself is using the sacred money archetypes. These eight archetypes show us how we filter and make our money decisions, revealing where we’re in alignment and where we’re in conflict with ourselves.
Understanding these sacred money archetypes has been one of the biggest game-changers in my business, my mental health, and just understanding myself and my business better. I can’t wait to share them with you today!
My guest today, Kelly Marshall, works with heart-centered female entrepreneurs who find the financial part of their business completely overwhelming. She provides them with the tools they need to take charge of their finances, ease their money worries, grow healthy and profitable conscious businesses and—ultimately—gain the freedom to focus on what they truly love.
Working with Kelly over the past year has totally transformed my business, my reporting, my tracking, my projections, my understanding of my finances, and–most importantly–my money mindset! I can’t wait to share her wisdom with you today.
What you’ll learn in this episode: * Why your money mindset and identity is the #1 focus when it comes to making more money and reaching “success” * How to replace limiting beliefs and mindset blocks with empowering mantras * How to heal and release shame around money * How to charge what you’re worth in your business * An overview of the sacred money archetypes and how knowing yourself in this way can help you work in alignment
Subscribe and Review Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode: * Learn more about Kelly’s services here and join her free Facebook group Prosperous & Profitable Female Entrepreneurs, or find Kelly on LinkedIn here * Find out your Sacred Money Archetype! Take the free quiz here. * A Happy Pocket Full of Money by David Cameron Gikandi * Profit First by Mike Michalowicz * Frustrated by your lack of progress with your blog, despite working tirelessly on it? If you’re ready to unleash your inner entrepreneur badass who already knows she’s worthy and successful and can do anything she puts her mind to (even if your inner critic is currently calling the shots!) then I’ve got you covered. Sign-up for my FREE blogging masterclass called 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Profitable Blogging in 2020 and Beyond. * If you want to lend your voice to create positive change in the beauty industry and make some money in the process, becoming a Beautycounter consultant is for you! I use Beautycounter like an affiliate program on my blog and it’s my second highest affiliate earner. When you join my team, you’ll also get access to me and my mentors who have incredible results! * Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Produced by Danny Ozment, https://emeraldcitypro.com
Today we’re diving into understanding how your nervous system works and the importance of getting chiropractic care to alleviate stress. But how does this relate to entrepreneurship, you’re probably wondering?
So many common day-to-day occurrences cause stress: Sitting at a desk for hours. Mental pressure. Financial strain. A fight with a loved one or disagreement with someone on your team. A tech glitch. Toxins and pollutants from food, beauty products, and our environments.
Literally thousands of things can cause a fight, flight, or freeze response in our bodies, which is a stressed state. This causes interference in our nervous system where the body becomes more and more challenged to do its job.
By getting chiropractic support for your body, you’re removing interference and helping your body adapt to stress and function more optimally–which will help you in all aspects of your life and business.
My guest on the podcast today is Dr. Krysti Wick, who has spent the past 12 years building a thriving family chiropractic practice in Wisconsin. As her practice grew over 500% in the past six years, so did Krysti’s desire to share her story and strategies through speaking and mentoring.
Dr. Krysti has coached hundreds of chiropractors from multiple countries and now her most recent venture, The Illuminated Squad, allows her to assist female DCs in amplifying their strengths and implementing the action steps necessary to build the practice of their dreams.
What you’ll learn in this episode: * How chiropractic works and how improving your body’s ability to adapt to stress will make you a better leader, entrepreneur, and human * The 3 types of stress our bodies experience and how you can minimize each * The pros of cons of a brick and mortar business vs. online * Should you hire the expert or train someone yourself?
Subscribe and Review Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode: * 7 Ways to Transition to a Non-Toxic Life * The Best At-Home Health Tests * The 10 Most Toxic Skincare Ingredients to Avoid * Water Filtration Guide * Ultimate Guide to Air Purifiers * 50 Self Care Ideas * Now, Discover Your Strengths by Don Clifton * Overview of the Enneagram in The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron * Overview of Myers-Briggs at 16 Personalities * Full Focus Planner by Michael Hyatt * Untamed by Glennon Doyle * Learn more about Dr. Krysti here and follow her on Instagram @drkrysti * Sign-up for my FREE blogging masterclass called 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Profitable Blogging in 2020 and Beyond if you’re willing to invest just 60 minutes to get FULLY up to speed on how to turn your blog into a six-figure business. * Order your first organic, grass-fed meat and wild-caught seafood subscription box today with ButcherBox and get an exclusive deal of $10 off plus FREE bacon in your first box (enter promo code SWS at checkout)! * Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
What’s the secret to manifesting your dreams? Here’s a clue: it almost never happens in the ways we think it will. Contrary to what we think, we actually get in our own way when we get attached to ‘how’ it’s going to happen.
The answer? We need to get rid of the hows and just commit to where we want to go. But balancing surrender with intentional action is no easy task, so we’re breaking it down to help get you closer to your dreams and goals, both in business and in life!
My guest today is Danika Brysha, the founder and CEO of Model Meals (a healthy meal delivery business), a self-care coach, the creator of The Brunch Series wellness events and 2018 US tour, and an IMG Curve Model.
All of her businesses are Danika’s way of giving back after her own personal transformation. For most of her life Danika suffered with an eating disorder that led her to some extremely dark places of self-hatred and destructive habits. After hitting the bottom mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially, Danika healed through a variety of tools, which she now shares with thousands of women all over the country.
Her work will only continue to help empower more and more women know that they, too, can live a life of their dreams!
What you’ll learn in this episode: * Why it’s actually selfish NOT to practice self-care! * Danika’s self-care checklist and how to use microtasks and teeny everyday habits that support your identity (rather than focusing on results and feeling guilt and shame for not achieving or doing) * How to know when your spiritual connection and intuition is blocked, and what to do to change your inner dialogue and manifest the career and life of your dreams * How to give yourself permission to truly follow what feels good * The importance of profit vs. revenue and paying yourself
Subscribe and Review Thanks so much for joining me this week.
Please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode: * Women Food and God by Geneen Roth * The Whole30 * Model Meals * Gretchin Rubin’s Abstainers and Moderators * Do Less by Kate Northrup * Profit First by Mike Michalowicz * A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson * The Fire Starter Sessions by Danielle LaPorte * Learn more about Danika Brysha here and follow her on Instagram @DanikaBrysha * Ready to start a blog but not sure what you should blog about? Take this quiz: What Kind of Blog Should you Start? * If you want to lend your voice to create positive change in the beauty industry and make money in the process, then becoming a Beautycounter consultant is for you!
Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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What if you could embrace your innateness…and stop doing stuff you suck at? The Myers-Briggs personality type assessment is the most popular personality test in the world. But what does it have to do with business? What if you knew how to focus, how to hire, how to plan, and how to operate in the day-to-day of your business based on your strengths, and surrounded yourself with people who have amazingly valuable–but very different–strengths than you?
We all have strengths and very specific things we’re great at. Likewise, we all have things that we are NOT innately good at. What if you stopped trying to be well rounded and started solely working in your zone of genius?
In this episode, Meyers-Briggs expert Jessica Butts has come up with a revolutionary new approach to get the most out of the Myers-Briggs personality assessment. Jessica is CEO and Founder of Front Seat Life where she helps inspire, motivate, and educate people to live their life from the ‘front seat’ using their innate abilities.
As you’re about to find out, the Myers-Briggs is FAR more than just a personality test!
What you’ll learn in this episode: * How to embrace your innateness, stop doing things you suck at, and let go of being well rounded * The differences between I and E, N and S, F and T, J and P on the Myers-Briggs assessment * How Myers-Briggs can save marriages (and all relationships) and how to handle being married to your opposite * The importance of both masculine and feminine energy in business * What personality type is best suited for entrepreneurship, blogging, and owning your own business * How Myers-Briggs can help entrepreneurs bring more ease into their businesses, increase productivity and hire the right people
Subscribe and Review Thanks so much for joining me this week.
Please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode: * Don’t Do Stuff You Suck At by Jessica Butts * Live Your Life from the Front Seat by Jessica Butts * 16personalities.com * Rocket Fuel and Traction by Gino Wickman * Take this quiz to find out your ‘front seat’ and your ‘back seat’ * Connect with Jessica Butts here or on Instagram @frontseatlife * Fire Starter Sessions by Danielle LaPorte * Codependent No More by Melody Beattie * The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz * Ready to start a blog but not sure what you should blog about? Take this quiz: What Kind of Blog Should you Start? * Start your blog today with Bluehost–get your domain name for free when you sign up for hosting!
Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul * Download a transcript of this episode
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Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
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Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
Trying to manage your time and productivity can be exhausting. If you’ve been struggling with how to prioritize tasks or fine-tune your schedule and feel like you’re on a constant hamster wheel, you are not alone. Nearly everyone I know struggles with this, whether you’re an entrepreneur or not.
If you missed last week’s episode, I shared why I don’t believe in hustle and how to work from a place of rest, alignment, and abundance. Listen to part one of this series here.
Work with your energy rather than against it.
Here’s the thing: unless you learn to manage your energy, you will unknowingly undercut your productivity and progress every. single. time. It's not just about the physical work and time management tips and techniques, but about the energy alignment.
Ready to do less and achieve more with these time management tips and productivity tools?
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Why the quality of your work matters over quantity.
- How to manage your energy. Unless you learn to manage energy, you will unknowingly undercut your productivity.
- Why working with intention is essential.
- How to manage your energy with productivity tools. Unless you learn how to do this, you will unknowingly undercut your productivity.
- Why you should get yourself a good paper planner, plus some tips on how to utilize it (including what to track, what NOT to track, and more).
- Some of my tried-and-true tips for maintaining work/life balance.
- The assessment tests I recommend to help you tune into your innate gifts and find what works for your specific personality.
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Thanks so much for joining me this week. If you liked what you heard, please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron + Suzanne Stabile (Enneagram)
16 Personalities / Myers-Briggs Personality Testing (also refer to Episode 5 with Jessica Butts)
Gretchen Rubin’s 4 Tendencies
Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt
Do Less by Kate Northrup
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Traction by Gino Wickman
Ready to start a blog but not sure what you should blog about? Take this quiz: What Kind of Blog Should you Start?
Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
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I’ll help you narrow down your niche and discover what to actually blog about, how to buy your domain name and hosting service, and how to install WordPress, your theme, and the right plug-ins–along with the CONFIDENCE to actually do the dang thing and start monetizing stat!
Not to mention you’ll get a downloadable workbook to make this even easier, along with a Q&A vault and lifetime access. Go here to get started TODAY!
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul
- Download a transcript of this episode
- Download on Apple Podcasts
- Email me new episodes
- Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com
There is so much talk these days about hustle. Everyone’s got a ‘side hustle’. We hear so many messages about hustling: it’s what the successful people do. If you want to be successful, they say, you gotta work harder than everyone else and at the expense of everything else. Sacrifice, long hours and hard work are the only ways to achieve success…so they say.
But the truth is: I don’t believe in hustle.
They say you teach what you need to learn yourself. I’ve struggled with the belief that I need to prove myself, achieve and constantly be “doing” in order to be worthy and loved. But the truth is, we are all inherently worthy regardless of our success. We all are born with value no matter what we do or don’t do. Hustle perpetuates the belief that we have to prove ourselves, which is simply not true.
Over the next two weeks, I will be sharing why hustle isn’t the answer and what I believe instead. And y’all, I am speaking as much to myself as I am to you. I don’t have it all figured out. But I have learned a few things along the way, and today I’m sharing all those lessons with you.
What you’ll learn in this episode: * Why I think the hustle mentality is doing a disservice to you and your business. * Work smarter, not harder: A sustainable biz requires self-care, play, creativity, restorative rest, purposeful actions, setting intentions, and goals. * How to get into alignment and gain clarity, plus some questions to support your planning + success. * How to tap into both the masculine (hustle) and feminine (flow) energies in cycles and seasons.
Subscribe and Review Thanks so much for joining me this week.
Please leave an honest review for The Success with Soul Podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can improve and better serve you in the future. Plus, you could be featured on a future episode during our listener spotlights. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.
And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts to get automatic updates. My goal for this podcast is to inspire those who seek flexibility and freedom in their lives by making something happen with holistic, soulful, step-by-step strategies from me and other experts.
Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode: * Manifestation Babe Blog + Website (How to Get Into Alignment and Hustle OR Flow) * Atomic Habits by James Clear * Kate Northup and her book Do Less and her Do Less Planner * Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt
Ready to start a blog but not sure what you should blog about? Take this quiz: What Kind of Blog Should you Start?
Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel
Ready to start your blogging journey? Join my free masterclass to discover 3 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets to Profitable Blogging in 2020 and Beyond!
More Ways to Enjoy Success with Soul * Download a transcript of this episode * Download on Apple Podcasts * Email me new episodes * Don’t forget to join our free Success With Soul Facebook community for follow-up conversations about the podcast episodes and where I also often go live to answer your burning questions. Hangout with like-minded bloggers and heart-centered online business owners exchanging priceless feedback, encouragement, and other golden insights from the trenches.
EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com