She Means Business Show

In these strange times when so much of the world’s population is in lockdown at home, many of us are facing uncertainty and fear that we weren’t facing just a couple of months ago. For a lot of us, that includes uncertainty around our jobs, business and income. But this lockdown has also created opportunities. More than ever before, people are at home, shopping online, browsing in search of online solutions, services and learning. So with the internet now being our key connection with the outside world, there has really never been a better time to tap into the power and opportunities of this platform that is open to every single one of us! I always think it’s fascinating to get a glimpse into how people make money online, especially if they’re doing something they’re really passionate about! So a few days ago, I asked the members of our Members’ Club to share all the incredible ways in which they make money online and I’ve put together a list of ideas that I think will spark loads of inspiration! Regardless of whether you already have an online business or not, these money-making ideas will help you see how much is possible... from adding a new income stream, turning an idea into income, starting a side hustle or even creating a completely new business from scratch! If you would love to discover the step-by-step process for turning your ideas into income, then click below and check out our “Make Money Doing Something You Love” bundle, which includes an audio programme, workbook and guided visualisation!

Recently I got to do something I’ve been wanting to do for a really long time… interview my dad! He’s been my biggest business inspiration and the person who’s had the most impact on helping me to create the success I have. I turn to him for business advice all the time, especially when I’m facing challenges or uncertainty. So I asked him if he’d come and share his words of wisdom with you… and it’s turned out to be the MOST inspiring interview I’ve ever done! I’ve never known anyone to work as hard as my dad and I’ve never known anyone to have as much grit and determination as him. He has the ability to keep going, even when things seem impossible and he’s constantly learning new things to help him create success – from cosmic ordering, to daily meditation and his favourite mindset books – we talk about so much. I hope this leaves you feeling so fired up and uplifted! Leave me a comment and let me know what your biggest takeaway is. Carrie xx

We’re facing some crazy things in the world right now that are leading to a lot of uncertainty, fear and challenges. So I really wanted to do something for this amazing community to help us all during this time. I had a good think about what I do when I’m struggling with uncertainty, challenges and fear and I realised that I turn to some incredible people to help me through. So I reached out to these people and asked if they would be up for doing a Facebook live with me to share their amazing wisdom with you. This is the first of 5 Facebook Lives and it’s with my husband, Kelin. He’s the first person I turn to when I’m feeling uncertain or full of fear, so I thought it would be fun to chat with him and share how we stay positive together. This Facebook Live was inside our Members’ Club private Facebook group, but I really wanted to share it with you too. In it we talked about: Specific things we do together to stay positive How we get intentional about creating a happy and positive vibe at home I share questions from a workbook I made for us to fill out when we got married to help us build a solid relationship And how we’re coping working from home with Kasey, our one-year-old! (We had to ply Kasey with treats and Peppa Pig to keep in quiet as we went live haha. Obviously, he still wanted to be heard and at the end he makes a very cute appearance!)   I don’t normally do such personal videos and interviews, but given the nature of everything going on right now, we’re all feeling the impacts of it on a deeply personal level. There’s so much emotion and it’s such a testing time that I wanted to get personal about how I’m dealing with it. Enjoy and stay safe. With love, Carrie xx

For the past six years I’ve focused almost exclusively on building a membership site. My membership site now has over 5,000 active members, with the membership fee costing $47 per month. I’m a big advocate for membership sites as they can be an incredible asset for your business, so in this post I’ll be sharing how you can get started with building a membership site that can generate passive income for you every single month. If you would like to dive deeper and get more help with building your membership site, make sure you check out my course, Start & Grow Your Membership Site, where I share the blueprint of the process I followed to build the Members’ Club to over 5,000 active members.

We all go through periods where we feel completely stuck in a rut and it can feel so frustrating when you just can’t seem to move forward. If you’ve been feeling frustrated because you just can’t seem to be the person you need to be to create the business and life that you dream of, then this guide is going to help you turn that around in a few simple but powerful steps. The tips I’m sharing in this post have helped me time and time again throughout the past few years, giving me the fuel I need to start moving again whenever I’ve felt stuck, lost or frustrated. Finding powerful ways to shift myself into a growth mindset has been one of the most important things I’ve ever done that has completely transformed my life. From 2008 all the way through to 2011 I was stuck in a massive rut, feeling completely lost as to where I wanted my life to go. I had this feeling deep down inside that I wasn’t living the life I was meant to be living. I felt like I was playing small, like there was so much more meant for me. I just wasn’t living up to my potential and if you’ve ever felt like that, you know how annoying it can be. If you want help, guidance and support to achieve a big goal this March, make sure you join our free Mission For March challenge, where we’ll be working together to take the action we need to take to make a big goal happen! Click below to sign up and get your free workbook! THE TURNING POINT I knew that things needed to change and in 2011, I got to a point where I was completely fed up with my own excuses and I finally decided to do something about it. I realised that I was the problem and that my own mindset was the only reason that I was feeling so stuck. I knew I was also the only person that could get myself out of it. I had to change who I was being, the thoughts I was thinking, the way I was showing up every day and the habits I was practicing. So I did some simple things that had a really profound impact and since then, I’ve been repeating these same steps and they’ve worked for me every time, so I know they can do the same for you.

Every single day we each get 86,400 seconds and what we decide to use those seconds for literally determines our entire lives. So how do we use our time to become really productive, without just becoming busy fools, without procrastinating and without drifting aimlessly? What does it take to become as productive and successful as people like Bill Gates and Sarah Blakely? In this post I’m going to share with you some amazing productivity hacks and some powerful tools so that you can become your most focused and productive self.  

As soon as she returned to work after having a baby, Lorraine soon realised that she was being held firmly back by the glass ceiling. She had been dabbling with creating a side-income for herself, so when the opportunity came up to take over the online course company she had been enrolled in, Lorraine took the plunge. She had seen it simply as a side-hustle, but it turned into so much more than that. A few years and a lot of hard work later, Lorraine has grown her business, Formula Botanica, into a global success, with almost 9,000 students across 161 countries. Formula Botanica is an online training school for people who want to learn how to make their own organic skincare or haircare and how to then turn those products into a viable and profitable indie beauty brand. In this podcast, Lorraine and I discuss: How being held back at work after having a baby pushed her to start her own business. Her journey from being a student in her own online education business to buying and taking over the company. All the changes, updates and processes she had to put in place to revive and grow the business, the steps she took and the things she focused on. The successful launch that helped her realise she could quit her job and work on the business full-time. How she used customer feedback to change and improve the business. How she juggled growing the business and raising two children and the lifestyle she has managed to create for her family. The struggles she faced with getting herself and her business out there and what she did to overcome her fear of being visible. Winning The Digital Achiever of the Year Award from Google among beauty industry giants. How she got started with video and how her skills have improved over time. The kind of success her students have achieved. All the exciting plans she has ahead of her this year. Lorraine’s top tips for success are: Don’t be scared of being visible - just do it and keep doing it until you feel comfortable with it. It will get easier the more you try! Be really consistent in whatever you do. Be realistic in what you commit to doing and then keep showing up! Find what drives you and gives you your passion as that’s what will get you through the hard times. Find out more or connect with Lorraine Website: https://formulabotanica.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FormulaBotanica/ "Join Lorraine and over 5000 other incredible women in business over in our Members' Club here >>   

Before I started making money from home I remember wondering if all these people who were claiming to be making money from home were just chatting nonsense. I couldn’t believe that you could make so much money just sitting in your living room wearing your pyjamas! But since stepping into the world of online business myself, I’ve managed to build a multiple 7-figure business online being able to work from home or wherever in the world. There are so many incredible ways you can make money from home in this episode I’m going to share with 5 you high earning businesses you can start from home if you simply have a laptop and internet connection!

From interviewing celebrities like Nicole Kidman to reporting from Iraq, Lucy Griffiths has had a really, really exciting career. So after realising that she wanted a more “normal” life away from the jet-setting adventures she had lived out for so many years, Lucy set up an online business turning her passion and expertise into profit. She has now built a multi-six-figure business helping people use video more confidently, and has sold more than 20,000 courses! She’s also in the process of setting up two more businesses and is regularly approached by big brands and businesses to consult and help them do the same! She has been an FEA member for some time now and says one of her favourite things about the Members’ Club is the community of people she can work with and who she trusts. Everyone involved in getting her three current projects off the ground is a fellow Members’ Club member! In this podcast, Lucy and I chat about: The struggles she has faced running her own successful business along with setting up two more businesses and how she’s making it work whilst also being a mum. Her incredible journey from journalism, to coaching, to creating an online course business. What her schedule really looks like as a successful entrepreneur and mum. The success she has had with Pinterest (where she was gaining a million views a month) and how she changed her strategy when she realised it was her biggest driver of traffic. How she deals with being a solopreneur and working from home whilst pitching to boards of directors and big businesses. The strategy she used to grow her email list, make her Facebook Ads profitable and increase her visibility. Her suggestions for getting started and growing your email list if you don’t have a big budget for ads. Find out more or connect with Lucy Website: lucygriffiths.com  Instagram: lucygriffithsdotcom  

One of the biggest reasons that many entrepreneurs struggle to build the business they want is because they’re not in the right mindset to create success. It’s that simple and for such a long time I was that person and it was so frustrating. One day I decided that I really needed to have a mindset shift and when I did this, it literally changed my entire life. So in this post, we’ll be going through four simple steps to help you have that mindset shift that will help you build a wildly successful business. These strategies have really helped me shift my mindset and have been crucial in helping me achieve some of the biggest goals I had on my vision board. Step 1: Create awareness around where you’re at right now. Any sort of change starts with awareness and clarity, so this is all about getting clear about where you’re at and what your mindset is like right now. There’s a powerful intuitive journaling exercise that I love to do that really helps me create awareness around what’s going on in my life and how i’m feeling right now. Take some time somewhere quiet with a pen and a piece of paper and give yourself permission to tune in with yourself and write about what you’re feeling and what’s going on internally. I love the question, “How am I feeling right now and what’s my mindset like?” Just start writing without filtering or thinking too much. Allow the words to flow out on paper and don’t really think as you go and create awareness around what you’re currently thinking: the good, the bad and the ugly. This is all about being really honest with yourself. Step 2: Take a look at what shifts you need to make. As part of the intuitive journaling exercise, write down what your biggest struggle is right now, what your biggest mindset challenge is right. For example, maybe you’ve realised that you’ve got this deep-seated feeling that you’re not good enough. Maybe you’re stuck because you feel embarrassed to put your idea out there and you’re scared of being judged. Whatever is bubbling to the surface for you in terms of a mindset block, a doubt, worry or fear, focus on that and ask yourself “Why do I feel like this?” and write that down. Keep asking yourself to peel back the layers and to get to the root of the problem and what’s really going on. You need to figure out why you’re feeling the way you are so that you can do something about it. So often we think our feelings are the problem, but when you do an exercise like this, it often brings up issues you didn’t even realise were affecting you that are often the real problem. It could be something that happened 3 years ago that you didn’t even realise is having a huge impact on how you’re actually feeling and the mindset you’re keeping today. Doing this exercise helps you uncover what is really going on. Kee asking “but why” to dig deeper and deeper so that you can uncover why you’re feeling the way you’re feeling or why you have a certain fear, doubt, worry or challenge that you’re facing at the moment. Step #3: Discover the shifts you need to make.