She Means Business Show

One of my favourite quotes has always been “Don’t compare your Chapter 1 to someone else’s Chapter 20”.  And being a few chapters into my entrepreneurial journey now, I see so many people get stuck on their own Chapter 1 because they’re too scared to create a crappy first draft of their work.  When it comes to our business, so many of us expect perfection from the very beginning. But you wouldn’t expect to sit at a piano and play like Chopin from day 1!  So why do we put this kind of pressure on ourselves and hold ourselves back from becoming creators, even if it’s messy to begin with?  A few days ago I came across a box full of things I had created in the really early days when I first started FEA and it really took me back to that time. I wanted to share what I found in these boxes with you because so many times, when we scroll through social media, listen to podcasts or watch videos online, we base our comparison on those carefully selected highlight reels.  But we rarely get to see the journey that got people there, or the struggles behind the scenes.  So in this episode I share with you: The crappy first draft I ever created of my now bestselling book, She Means Business (I had no idea what I was doing and none of the content ever even made it into the actual book!). The first inspirational quote wall prints I ever created for myself.  The one thing that keeps most entrepreneurs stuck in ideas mode (and how to get out of it!) How to dive into the creation process (even if it’s really crappy to begin with!). How to move on and improve from that crappy first draft.  A journal entry I wrote years ago, which eventually made it into my book. I hope this episode serves to show you that everyone starts out from Chapter 1. No one has it all figured out from the get-go, so don’t pressure yourself into the pursuit of perfection, just become the creator!

Back in 2011 I made a decision that completely changed my life.  Since making that decision and building the Female Entrepreneur Association, I’ve become obsessed with understanding what makes some people achieve huge success while others stay stuck when it comes to turning their ideas into a successful business.  I’ve come to realise that one of the biggest reasons they stay stuck is because they never truly make the decision to commit and go all in.  They teeter on the edge but never really take the leap to allow success to flow into their life.    The good news is that opening ourselves to the opportunities and abundance that are available to all of us is a choice we can all make! And it all starts with that decision. So in this episode I want to share with you: The decision I made back in 2011 that changed my life and business (and why this is the essential first step we all need to take to create success). Why making that decision changes absolutely everything (and what you can expect to see when you go all in). The one thing I always do to push through the resistance that comes up whenever I make a new decision.  How we can all become intentional creators of our lives (and attract the abundance we deserve). After you dive into the episode, drop me a comment below and let me know: what’s one big decision you know you need to make right now to bring your vision to life? I hope you absolutely love this episode and If you’d like to dive deeper into this topic, make sure you check out our other episodes of the She Means Business Show right here >>>

In this episode of the She Means Business Show, I am talking with the amazing Heather Chauvin. Heather was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer when she was just 27 years old. This traumatic change in circumstances forced Heather to drastically reevaluate her situation. She started to listen to "the knowing" inside of her, which was telling her what she needed and what she needed to do in order to become the person she knew she was meant to be. In her own words, the universe "finally had my attention". In this episode, Heather tells us all about her experience, and how it forced her to shift from a state of learning to a state of doing; to stop simply consuming self-development content and to start acting on it. I hope you love this episode, and if you want to learn more about Heather's story, head over to femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/heather . Carrie :) xx

In today’s episode I share with you: How one of our members, Lucy Griffiths, has sold over 30,000 courses online. How my good friend Michelle Rohr generated over $100,000 selling printable PDF products on Etsy. Loads of ideas for how to tap into the power of the internet to make money doing something you love. The 6-phase process we use inside the FEA Members’ Club to walk you from idea to wildly successful business.  The thing we all need to tap into to create the business of our dreams. 

In this episode I share with you: The lies I kept telling myself that stopped me from pursuing my idea to create FEA for 3 whole years, and the realisation I had that then changed everything.  Why “unbecoming” is such an important first step to creating success. The questions you really need to ask yourself to get clear on what’s holding you back from making your dreams happen and stopping abundance from flowing into your life. The kind of empowering thoughts and mantras we all need to tell ourselves on a daily basis to elevate our lives.

There are a number of key things that I learned in my journey to making my first million, and I wanted to share those with you.  So many of us have this goal to reach a million $ in revenue and this is a dream that I shared a few years ago. I want to take you back to 2009... That year I created this challenge for myself called “Mission To Make A  Million in 365 days”. I was completely set on this idea that I was going to figure out how I was going to make a million in 365 days. I created a website and I was going to document it and share my journey. I ended up completely falling off the bandwagon with this challenge. It was only when 2011 came around, and I recalibrated my goals to what I called my "Mission: Success Challenge" that I actually began to make progress towards that first million. And it took a fundamental mindset shift to get me there. So in this episode, I'm going to tell you all about my journey, how I achieved that mindset shift and impart my best advice for how you can do the same. I hope you love it :) xx

When I started my business I knew that if I could build an audience of people who absolutely loved what I was doing and found value in it, then I could make it a success.  For the first 2 years, I threw myself into building my email list and growing a following on social media - I wanted to grow a community of raving fans who loved FEA and what it was all about.   I’ve since built an email list of over 150,000 subscribers, which has completely changed my business! But like everyone else, I started from zero! I know how frustrating it can feel when you’re starting from square one, but I also know that this kind of success is possible for every single one of us! So in this episode I want to take you behind the scenes and share with you the best lead magnets we’ve used over the past few years to grow this list and how exactly we marketed them to attract subscribers. Links & Resources: The ASK Method - Ryan Levesque Bucket.io  KingSumo Giveaways How To Get Your First 1000 Email Subscribers - Grow Your Email List Fast Email List Building - 3 Steps for an Incredible 2020 Marketing Strategy 4 Ways To Grow Your Email List FAST Our list-building masterclasses - femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/listbuilding

Every single business needs a business plan, but when we’re just getting started, it’s difficult to know how to go about planning everything that goes into creating success!  So I wanted to share with you how I created my own Business Success Plan, which helped me grow FEA to multiple 7-figures. In this episode, I give you the exact steps you can follow so that you can plan out your own journey to success.  It’s a simple plan, but that’s exactly what makes it so incredibly effective!  In this episode I share with you: What you need to do before you even sit down to create your Business Success Plan. The first essential details you need to include in your Business Success Plan that will help you stay on track. How to create a simple yet powerful marketing plan to attract as many potential customers as possible. The easiest way to create a plan for generating revenue in your business and hitting your financial goals. The most important element in the success of your business and how to become the person you need to be to take action on your plan. How to anticipate and plan for the challenges that might come up and hold you back. Your business plan doesn’t need to be complicated! In fact, the simpler your strategy for growth when you’re just starting out, the more quickly you’re likely to level up and make a breakthrough. So keep it simple! If you go all in and take action on your plans success will follow! Head over to femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/successplan to download my simple Business Success Plan template, which will help guide you through this process!

It’s one thing to have an idea or a dream of starting a business... but it’s something completely different to have the courage to turn that dream into a successful and profitable business that you love.  The truth is that we all experience resistance when we have an idea to try something new. And it’s not just something we struggle with at the beginning... I’ve experienced periods of this struggle throughout my entire entrepreneurial journey - whenever I come up with a new idea or have a new dream to get to another level, that resistance creeps back in and gets in my way! As entrepreneurs, we need to become masters of overcoming resistance, even when it feels like there’s no option but to stay stuck.  So in this episode, I wanted to share with you my 5 top tips for doing exactly this. These are the powerful strategies I always turn to whenever doubts, fears and worries flood my brain and cloud my willingness to keep pushing through.  I’m sharing with you: Why it took me 3 years from coming up with the idea for the Female Entrepreneur Association to actually launching it. The most common resistance we all face when it comes to putting ourselves and our ideas out there and the #1 thing we need to do to overcome this. The self-coaching exercise I use every time resistance comes up that helps me uncover the truth behind what’s really going on in my head. How to rewire your brain and flood yourself with positivity and motivation.  How to tap into the foresight of your future self to guide the decisions you make today. How to stop letting everyday distractions hold you back. How to manifest more of what you want into your life If you’re dreaming of taking your life or your business to the next level right now, but you’re feeling weighed down by resistance -  I know that these powerful strategies will help you break through to the other side. 

Before 2015, Allie Casazza was an overwhelmed mum of 4, battling to get through every day, counting the minutes till bedtime and dreading having to start all over again the next morning. The advice she was getting that “you’ll just get through it” just wasn’t t the way Allie wanted to show up in her life and her motherhood. Allie says that one day she stood in her driveway in the mountains of Arkansas, hating her life and struggling to make ends meet and just chose to step into a different energy. She decided what was going to happen in her life and believed with certainty that success was hers for the taking. Since then Allie has built a multiple 7-figure business and she’s even had a $70,000 day selling a $99 product! Allie is the host of The Purpose Show podcast, which has over 6 million downloads and also runs a Facebook Group of over 50,000 highly engaged women!  The main thing that Allie says has helped her achieve huge success in her business has been her ability to grow an engaged community of super fans who absolutely love what she does.  So in this episode, Allie shares her 5-Part Party Cocktail, which is her fun framework for building a tribe of ideal customers. And definitely stay till the end, as we chat about the power of visualisation, which also played a huge part in Allie’s transformation and success! Find out more about Allie at femaleentreprenuerassociation.com/allie Check out Allie on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/allie_thatsme/?hl=en