She Means Business Show

So many of us waste so much time thinking about our dreams and never doing anything about them. Before I took the leap to start FEA, I used to come up with ideas and then overthink and over complicate them until I felt like I should just forget about it. What happens really often when we have an idea to do something, is that we feel fired up and inspired at first. But the more we think about it, the more we question whether we can do it or if it will even work. In the end we just keep talking ourselves out of doing anything! If this sounds familiar, then this episode is for you! I want to chat to you about: - The biggest thing that kills dreams and ideas (and it has nothing to do with failure!). - The most important thing we all need to do to bring our ideas to life. - How to find answers and inspiration when you don’t know what to do. - Ways of coming up with a great idea to create and sell online. - How to get out of your own way so that you can create success and be of service. I hope this episode gets you fired up to start working on turning your ideas into something you can sell online - because I know how much success is in store for you if you do! I’m also really excited that I’ve been working hard putting all the knowledge I have about creating offers and selling them online into an online program, and that program is launching really soon! If you’re ready to go all in and finally turn those ideas that have been swirling around in your head into income, success and value for other people, sign up to the waitlist and you’ll be the first to know when enrollment opens! https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/createandsell Carrie xx

Your brand, business and offers come to life online through the words you use. Which is why as entrepreneurs, one thing we all have to learn how to do really well is copywriting. If you’ve been wanting to set up an evergreen funnel or you’ve been optimising an existing one, you know what a big part copywriting plays in the success of that funnel.  In this episode of the She Means Business Show I’m joined by the amazing Prerna Malik, conversion copywriter and co-founder of The Content Bistro.  She has written copy for top entrepreneurs like Pat Flynn, Amy Porterfield and Vanessa Lau, and in this episode she’s sharing: What an evergreen funnel is and why it’s so powerful for creating sales on autopilot. Her business journey from mummy blog to copywriting and how she worked with amazing entrepreneurs like Pat Flynn and Amy Porterfield. Her B.A.K.E. framework for writing copy that converts at every stage of your evergreen funnel.  The biggest mistakes that keep entrepreneurs stuck when it comes to finding success with evergreen. Why you need to ask your audience for the sale multiple times and how to use different messaging.  The types of stories you should be sharing with your audience.  One thing to keep in mind to make writing copy so much easier and more authentic. I hope you love this episode and that it gives you loads of ideas to uplevel your copywriting and your evergreen funnel! If you’d love more support with writing copy for your evergreen funnel, Prerna has also created an amazing masterclass for our Members’ Club diving into all the steps of her copywriting framework! If you would like to connect with Prerna, head over to: contentbistro.com/fea

As entrepreneurs and visionaries, one of the most important qualities we need to have is the ability to be flexible in our thinking, our actions and our plans as things change around us (which happens all the time!).  In this episode I’m joined by the amazing Racheal Cook, founder of CEO Collective, as we chat about her journey from starting her first business, to the success she has created by navigating change in her business like a CEO.  In this conversation Racheal and I chat about: How she left the corporate job that burnt her out and leapt into entrepreneurship. The first business she started and how it has evolved and changed from there thanks to the feedback she got from her audience.   How Racheal crafted her message and her offers around the needs of her dream customers.  How she focused on results and serving her audience rather than the ideas, strategies or advice from other people in the industry.  Why 90 day planning works so well and how to set goals you’ll actually achieve. Why we all need to overcome perfection and just share the crappy first draft of our offer with the world.  How Racheal only works 25 hours per week in her business and how she redefined her role as CEO.  Racheal is also the creator of two of our most popular masterclasses inside the Members’ Club: Live Your Dream Life Now and Lead Your Business like A CEO. If you would like to hear more from Racheal and connect with her:  Check out her podcast: Promote Yourself To CEO Head over to her website: www.Rachealcook.com 

In this episode Jadah Sellner and I dive into her experience building the Simple Green Smoothies community from zero into a seven-figure business with over 400,000 Instagram followers and 355,000 email subscribers.  Jadah shares some amazing strategies for building a really engaged community and growing your business by focusing on loving up on your people rather than the metrics, numbers and followers. I hope you love this episode! :) xx

In this episode I’m joined by the amazing Andrea McLean. If you’re in the UK, you’ll have seen Andrea on TV as part of the Loose Women panel! She’s done some incredible things and written 3 incredible books.  No matter what our big goals are, whether that includes building a business at all, is the fact that we all just want to live our best lives and live happy lives. You can set goal after goal, but if you  don’t actually know what makes you happy, those goals become hollow and will never make you feel fulfilled.  In this chat, Andrea and I talk about:  Why we all need to do what it takes to live happy, good lives and thrive rather than settling for just existing. So many of us are stuck in a place of just existing and letting our life make decisions for us.  How we all have a pivot moment in our lives and how Andrea’s pivot moment involved jumping out of a helicopter and how that changed her life.  How Andrea experienced trauma in her personal life and buried them. There was a trigger. Felt like there was a tiger in the room all day long and a constant anxiety. Became physically ill - like many successful entrepreneurs, just kept going until burn out couldn’t run away from it all.  How she realised she no longer wanted some of the goals she had been chasing. How to align yourself with what brings you joy so that you can experience joy now rather than in the future.

As an entrepreneur I love to visualize success, so here are my 3 steps for visualizing success for you to try out! As an entrepreneur, you dream of having a wildly successful business, we all do! This week I want to ask you, have you actually taken the time to picture what your business will look like when you've reached success? Do you know what your vision is, with absolute clarity? You are the visionary of your business, and you know just as well as I, that the special power all entrepreneurs have is the ability to turn our tiny little ideas that get in our head into a successful reality. I want to help you truly step into your vision and learn how to completely immerse yourself in it on a daily basis.

Welcome to the 100th episode of the She Means Business Show! Woohoo! When I pressed publish on that first episode back in January of 2017, I had so many ideas about what I wanted this podcast to be like. I wanted to interview successful female entrepreneurs and inspire others to start their own wildly successful businesses with amazing tips, inspiring stories and meaningful conversations. From that very first episode, the podcast has now grown to over 610,000 downloads, countless success stories and so much inspiration for so many women around the world who are walking in the direction of their dreams! To mark this special 100th episode occasion, we’re doing something completely different! Team FEA had a fun idea to put together a collection of clips and videos going all the way back to 2011, when I first started FEA - I haven’t seen these clips yet and what you’re going to watch (or listen to) is my first-time reaction!  I’m so excited to take a trip down memory lane with you and to show you that we all just start off with a dream and an idea… no flashy videography, no huge audiences, no clue how to make it happen! But with determination - it’s absolutely incredible what we can achieve! Let’s dive into this together! Carrie xx

Every single one of us has the ability to live the most epic, abundant and successful life. So why is it that in reality, most people never go on to experience that? Far from living their best life, so many people find themselves so stuck. This is what we talked about and made breakthroughs on last week in the Package Your Brilliance challenge I hosted with the amazing Gina DeVee. The challenge was about how you can take your ideas, knowledge and passion and turn them into offers and packages that your ideal clients will love to buy, so that you can build a successful business doing something you love. At the beginning of the challenge, so many of the women who took part felt like they didn’t deserve to live an epic life - and I know that this limiting belief is so common. I was so inspired by the transformations we saw during the challenge that in this episode, I wanted to talk to you about: The reason why so many people don’t believe that they deserve to live an epic life. The excuses we all tell ourselves that keep us playing small and hold us back from creating success. How I kept myself stuck for years going round in circles and the realisation I had that changed everything. The new decisions I made and the challenge I created for myself that transformed my life and my business. A simple exercise you can do today to help you condition your mind to create success. Mantras to help you create more abundance and clarity in your life. If you loved this episode and you know you’re meant to create a successful business and live that epic life, I’m collaborating with the incredible Gina DeVee on a transformational program called Perfectly Packaged. Click here to dive into the details and join us there https://divineliving.com/perfectlypackaged Over 10 weeks, Gina and her amazing team of coaches will help you take your ideas, knowledge and unique brilliance and turn them into a successful coaching or service-based business. If you’ve got a burning desire to create success, but you feel like you’ve been teetering on the edge of what could be possible; if you want to go on a transformational journey alongside like-minded women with the best mentoring, support and guidance….this program is for you! Carrie xx

If you have no motivation to work right now... or do anything, don't worry, you're not alone :) it happens to all of us and it's perfectly normal. There have been so many times when I've had no motivation to work... I just felt so uninspired, lost and I couldn't be bothered with anything. When I feel like this, there are some things I always do to get me back on track and I'm sharing them with you in this video :) I hope they help you lots whenever you feel like you have no motivation!

How do other entrepreneurs make it look so simple to grow your visibility, attract leads and grow their business, when you feel like you’re on a marketing treadmill and not seeing the results you’re working so hard for? If you’ve been asking yourself this question, you’re going to love this episode of The She Means Business Show! This week I’m joined by online business consultant and digital marketing strategist, Gemma Went! Gemma previously created two incredible masterclasses for us inside the Members’ Club, all about social media and creating an automated marketing system and her strategies are amazing! Find out more about the Members’ Club and Gemma’s masterclasses right here: femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/gemmawent In this episode she’s sharing more about her evergreen ecosystem, that will help you grow your visibility and attract more leads, without having to constantly hustle! In this episode we talk about: Gemma’s favourite sources for marketing inspiration and her best recommendations to help spark ideas. How signing her first client when she was 4 months pregnant made her realise she needed an automated marketing system. Gemma’s evergreen ecosystem and how she creates online journeys that turn leads into customers. How she plans her content and balances automation with human connection and building trust. Gemma’s top tips for increasing visibility and conversions. If you would like to find out more about Gemma, head over to www.gemmawent.co.uk Links mentioned in this episode: Gemma Went’s masterclasses, exclusively for the Members’ Club: Neil Patel’s Digital Marketing blog: https://neilpatel.com/blog/ Social Media Examiner: https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com I hope you love this episode and before you leave... If you’re a coach or run a service-based business, I have an invitation especially for you! We’re running a free challenge in collaboration with the incredible Gina DeVee called Package Your Brilliance! Find out more right here: https://femaleentrepreneurassociation... Gina will be giving 5 live training sessions inside our pop-up Facebook Group and helping you understand where you can get started with packages, how to get to $10k months, how to know what to charge and how to find your ideal clients. Carrie xx