She Means Business Show

The She Means Business show is all about helping you to have confidence in yourself, to have clarity around your vision and to help you realise that you can live an amazing life and build a successful business.  If you’re new to the Female Entrepreneur Association, this platform and community is all about showing you exactly how to do that - how to build a successful business and create the life of your dreams.  But mostly it’s about helping you to see the value that you have in yourself and that you bring to this world… The fact that you have a powerful message to share, whatever it may be.  However, even though I built the Female Entrepreneur Association, this wasn’t always the case for me.  For many years before that I struggled so much, feeling stuck and confused about what my purpose in life was.  So in this episode I want to share my whole story with you, all the way back to 2005 when my entrepreneurial journey started. 

Kenz Soliman shares her story and tips on how she went from an idea to selling over 42,000 online courses! Starting a successful online business doesn’t have to be complicated or difficult. Kenz Soliman is the perfect example of this. Despite all the fears and self-doubt she was struggling with, a few years ago Kenz decided to create a simple, 30-minute course about hashtags and publish it on Udemy. That was the first step to what is now her dream business and she has sold over 42,000 courses since then! Kenz is a member and a Team Leader inside the Members’ Club and her story is incredible. She’s proof that you can be anywhere in the world with a laptop, an internet connection and belief in yourself, and if you just take action, you can create so much success! In this episode we chat about: - How Kenz started her online business while caring for her son as a stay-at-home mum. - The impostor syndrome and fear she had to face, especially when it came to charging what she was worth. - Publishing her first course, getting 1,000 students in just 26 hours and how it grew from there. - What she thinks about making mistakes, pivoting in your business and creating courses in a competitive market. - Her best tip for marketing your online course. I know you’re going to love this episode and if you’ve been dreaming of creating a course about something, I hope this is the push you need to take that leap! You can also find Kenz at: www.herdigitalbusiness.com Instagram: @herdigitalbusiness Carrie xx

What if thinking like a millionaire and making million-dollar decisions is actually the key to creating millions? We're trained to think "realistically" our whole lives: to make sensible decisions, expect the worst and be financially conservative, even at the best of times. But what if attracting success is about more than just the nitty gritty of marketing and ROI? It all starts with mindset, and in order to draw the millionaire lifestyle to yourself you have to start thinking, "What decision would millionaire-me make?". I know that changing my thinking around my own decision-making and biases was key to moving the needle for my business and finally reaching seven figures. My amazing friend Michelle Rohr - founder of the Secret Owl Society - practices making million dollar decisions every day, and in this episode Michelle talks all about how she shifted her mindset to think like a millionaire and gives some really practical tips to help you to get there too. I hope you love this episode, which we recorded out in beautiful Palm Springs during our 2019 Inspired Vacay event! Carrie xx

As we’re about to get into 2021, I got to thinking about everything that's happened this year - in the world, in my own life at home, and in my business. This year proves that we never know what’s going to happen, we can’t foresee the future and we never know what kind of obstacles or challenges we’re going to have to face. But as Viktor Frankl says, what we do have control over is how we choose to respond. Even in the most frustrating or challenging situations, we always have the freedom to step back and choose a response that’s going to help empower us and give us the best outcome possible. And amidst all of the scary stuff, so much good has come about this year: - We finished renovation on the office and started working in there with the team, which has been amazing. - So many exciting things have happened in FEA; new opportunities have come up and we've welcomed some amazing new members to the team and the Members' Club. - And of course, Miss Marlie arrived in this world! ♥ So whatever comes in 2021, I have to remind myself to keep an eye on what I do have in life, and how much I have to be grateful for. And remember, "Everything you have in life can be taken from you except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation." Have an amazing New Year, I can't wait to see you in 2021 :) Carrie xx

If you work a full time job and you’ve been dreaming of starting and growing a side business doing something you love - this episode is for you! I’m joined by the amazing Luisa Zhou, creator of the Employee To Entrepreneur program, where she teaches people how to turn their expertise into a successful business.  When she had a 9-5 job, it took Luisa just 4 months to make $100,000 in her side business! But her journey wasn’t easy or straightforward. In fact she had to try loads of ideas before she landed on the right one.  In this episode we chat about: Her journey from electrical engineering (working on the Space Station!), to corporate and finally to becoming an entrepreneur.  The ideas she tried to replace her corporate income.  How she made $100,000 in 4 month (once she found the right side-hustle idea!). The main tool she used to find her first clients.  Her top tips to help you start your own successful side-hustle. Luisa is also the creator of an amazing masterclass in our Members’ Club called Captivate With Content. If you’d love to be the first one to know when enrollment for the Members’ Club opens up again, https://mc.femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/fea/waitlist/ Connect with Luisa on Instagram: @Luisa.zhou Get Luisa’s guide on building your own six figure coaching business: www.luisazhou.com/gift 

All the dreams I’ve ever had started as just a crazy idea in my head.  When I had the dream to start FEA, write my book or do my TEDx Talk... I had no idea how I was going to turn any of them into reality. It felt completely terrifying and impossible! But creating success isn’t about knowing how to do everything from the get-go. It’s about taking little step after little step until that vision slowly becomes a reality.  In this quick episode of the She Means Business Show, I want to share with you what it has taken for me to turn so many of my dreams into reality (and how you can do it too!!). I’m also sharing with you the one thing we all need to create success in life and in business that has made all the difference for me and thousands of successful entrepreneurs. If you’re ready to close the chapter on 2020 and make 2021 your best year ever, you’re going to love this episode! And if you’d love all the support, resources and guidance you need to make it all happen - we’d love to have you inside the Members’ Club!  Enrollment is open until Thursday and when you join, you get the Build Your Business Bootcamp bonus completely free (it’s worth $497)! - https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/enroll/

Building a successful business isn’t just about creating one-time transactions. It’s about designing experiences and evoking emotions that make your audience fall in love with what your business is all about and keep customers coming back. Which is why I’m so excited for this episode of the She Means Business show with the amazing Jennifer Kem! Jen is a genius when it comes to brand strategy and she’s worked with amazing brands such as the Oprah Winfrey Network, Nestle and Verizon! In this episode we talk about how: Jen’s early career and the moment she decided to leave the corporate world and own her destiny. Her first experience as an entrepreneur - losing everything in the 2008 financial crash and creating success all over again. Why building a brand is an amazing way to future-proof your business. What brand strategy actually means for business owners and the difference between branding and marketing. Why customer experience plays such an important part of your brand strategy. How to do market and customer research that will help you to start a strong brand. Communicating your brand and selling through storytelling. How to build your own story bank and a 30 day story challenge that will help you to use storytelling more effectively in your business. If you love this episode and you’re excited to build your brand, but you keep feeling stuck because fear is holding you back from really putting your business out there - I’ve got a special invitation for you! This week we’re doing the Fearless 2021 Challenge with over 17,000 amazing women from all over the world coming together to become our most fearless and powerful selves for 2021! If you’d love to feel confident, fearless and totally ready to get your business out there - there’s still time to join us!  Head over to http://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/fearless Carrie xx

When we follow our intuition and give ourselves permission to do what we’re truly meant to be doing in our lives, we can manifest all kinds of success and happiness. And this is exactly how Amber Lilyestrom created a 7-figure business and the lifestyle of her dreams.  In this episode of the She Means Business Show, I’m joined by the incredible Amber, Brand Coach and host of The Amber Lilyestrom Show, which gets over 100,000 downloads per month! Amber shares so many amazing and inspirational insights in this episode all about allowing yourself to do what you’re meant to do and following your purpose, including:  How to move yourself out of the overwhelm of inaction and feel less stressed. How a traumatic experience in her childhood and a near-death experience later on in life shaped her life and career. Why she quit her job to start her business as soon as she got her first client. Her 4-part process to step into who you are, create success and live your best life. How Amber manifested her dream house and lifestyle.

There’s a quote by Viktor Fankl I love that says, “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” It’s so empowering because even though we never know what’s going to happen or how our circumstances are going to change, the one thing we always have control over in life is how we react and respond. So after the fear and uncertainty that we’ve all had to deal with in 2020, how can we make sure that we show up in a way that attracts more of what we want into our lives for 2021? How can we stop letting fears hold us back and go for our dreams like never before? Even when it feels scary, uncertain and overwhelming?  In this episode I wanted to chat to you about why we all need to show up as our most fearless selves in 2021 and how we can attract more of what we want into our lives, despite the fear, uncertainty and overwhelm that may surround us.   How far would you go if you decided that 2021 is your time? Your year of taking fearless action? If you’re ready to find out, I want to help you!  Join us for the free Fearless 2021 Challenge and let’s find out how far we can go when we no longer let fear stand in our way.  For 5 days in December we’re going to come together, hold each other’s hands and step into our most fearless selves together so click below and don’t miss this amazing opportunity! Head over to femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/fearless to find out about the Fearless 2021 Challenge.

So many entrepreneurs feel like they need to hit 6 figures or achieve a huge milestone success before they’re ready and worthy to get publicity.  But this couldn’t be further from the truth!  We all have interesting stories to share and our personal perspectives and experiences can impact so many people.  Publicity is the perfect way to not only get yourself and your work out there, but also to get in front of people who might see themselves in you and feel inspired.   I have an incredible conversation to share with you in this episode that I had with the amazing Selena Soo, all about how anyone at any stage of their business can get publicity. In this episode Selena and I chat about: Why being an introvert can actually help you to be even more relatable when you get publicity.  How Selena was inspired to get into publicity by sharing meaningful stories she knew would impact other people’s lives.  The 7 steps to getting publicity and making the most of that exposure to get amazing results in your business.  The biggest challenge that keeps people back from trying to get publicity. The 5 levels of publicity that you can get and the different advantages of each one.  I know this episode is going to show you that we all have interesting stories to share and will inspire you to get publicity for your own business!