The Get Paid Podcast: The Stark Reality of Entrepreneurship and Being Your Own Boss

Mariah Coz has been creating and selling online courses, building webinars, and crafting funnels for many years. During that time, her company has helped hundreds of people create and sell courses about everything from watercolor painting, programming, decluttering, football, and everything in between.   Mariah has become known for a no-BS style and creating insanely highly converting webinars, funnels, and launches for herself and her clients using cutting edge, innovative strategies that no one else is teaching.   Forget everything you think you know about selling courses online. You're about to learn about her fresh-squeezed strategies for making more money teaching what you love.   This Week on the Get Paid Podcast   Sticking to one thing How Mariah hit seven-figures in her online course business… in her first year What charging higher prices means to your business Where does Mariah’s confidence come from? Launching the Accelerator Why sales calls can slow you down Coping with depression, adversity, and inactivity How to feed the funnel Downloading her brain to assistant coaches What motivates Mariah Why Mariah isn’t into journaling and how she achieves her breakthroughs Mentioned in this episode: Mariah Coz’s story on The School of Self-Mastery podcast The Accelerator for course creators Mariah’s Evergreen Engines funnel strategy   Connect with Mariah Coz: Mariah Coz website Instagram Facebook Step up Your Facebook Ads Game   Today’s episode is brought to you by our Free Facebook Ads Masterclass: the 5 ad formula that sells online courses on autopilot. People tell me all the time that even thinking about getting started with Facebook and Instagram ads feels incredibly overwhelming, and I don’t blame them. It isn’t easy! That’s why I recorded this masterclass to teach you about just 5 ads that you can use to sell more of your online course group program or mastermind.    Sign up, watch it, and then I want you to just choose one of those five ads to focus on to start, get instant access to the training here.   Now it’s time to GET PAID   Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today’s episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media.   Now, it’s time to go get yourself paid.

Rachel Rodgers is a woman of color, a mother of four and a seven-figure business owner -- in that order. Rachel started her career working as a lawyer with nonprofits, federal judges and Hillary Clinton. When she realized that changing the world is easier when you have some cash in your bank account, she decided to build a million dollar business and then teach other women how to do the same. Rachel is the creator of the Million Dollar Badass Podcast, the founder of Glow Up and the Million Dollar Badass Mastermind.  Every week, her no-bullshit business and life advice get delivered to over 30,000 fans and her visionary guidance for female entrepreneurs has been featured in Time, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Fast Company and the Washington Post. This week on the Get Paid Podcast, Rachel joins us to chat about her building and scaling her team, finding the balls to charge the rates she deserved, and her journey from Intellectual Property lawyer to Million Dollar Badass. “When you've had to face fear on a regular basis, you develop a level of resiliency that you can bring to entrepreneurship and your professional life” — RACHEL RODGERS    This Week on the Get Paid Podcast Why 6-figures isn't enough  Running a law firm from her bed How she found the balls to charge $$$ Teaching her kids resiliency $40/week to get your whole Sunday back Having a personal chef  The two things that led to Rachel’s success   Resources Mentioned: Small Business Bodyguard Martha Beck Hello Seven Facebook Group Connect with Rachel Rodgers: Website Podcast Instagram The Most Important Training for Course Creators    If you're like me, you've heard the talk: “Evergreen funnels aren't effective. Only certain types of businesses can actually sell on autopilot”. But, that's not true at all. I’ve made $50,000 in revenue with Mariah Coz’s evergreen funnel strategies.    Now, you can walk through her entire system in her free class: ‘How To Sell More Courses With An Evergreen Sales Funnel’.  It's kinda insane how detailed she gets in this training. Visit clairepells.com/ee to get it right now. 

Maya Elious is a personal branding strategist that teaches experts how to position themselves as the go-to authority figure in their industry so they can confidently launch their signature offer. She’s helped hundreds of students and clients get clear on their message, confidently increase their prices, and have successful five-figure launches with their masterclasses, webinars, courses, and programs. Her main mission is to help women increase their impact and income with their gifts and expertise. She’s been featured in publications like Black Enterprise, Forbes, and Business Insider teaching other entrepreneurs how to effectively build their personal brand. As a first-generation American who dropped out of college to break free from the traditional mold, she believes in the power of pursuing your purpose despite the nay-sayers. She enjoys encouraging women to use their voice, and share their message in the form of online content in order to reach more people. She does this through her 12-week accelerator program, Built To Impact, and her signature live event, Impact Weekend. When she’s not helping her clients build their online empire, she can be found traveling, scrolling through IG, or watching Hulu.   This week on the Get Paid Podcast, Maya joins us to chat about why the company you keep matters, pivoting her business, and landing corporate clients on Craigslist.  “You never want to be the smartest person in your circle. People in my circle were making more money than me, and that pushed me to charge scary numbers and do scary launches. Just being around those people shifted my mindset around money.” — MAYA ELIOUS This Week on the Get Paid Podcast wtf is positioning? Landing a corporate client on Craigslist Pivoting her business from design to strategy and consulting Not being the smartest person in the room Being totally ignorant about taxes Buying a home while on holiday What does being responsible for your finances look like Why being a homebody saves you money Resources Mentioned:     Mariah Coz   Caitlin Batcher Ronne Brown  The Side Hustle Pro Podcast  Built to Impact   Connect with Maya Elious:   Website Instagram The Most Important Training for Course Creators    If you're like me, you've heard the talk: “Evergreen funnels aren't effective. Only certain types of businesses can actually sell on autopilot”. But, that's not true at all. I’ve made $50,000 in revenue with Mariah Coz’s evergreen funnel strategies.  Now, you can walk through her entire system in her free class: ‘How To Sell More Courses With An Evergreen Sales Funnel’.  It's kinda insane how detailed she gets in this training. Visit clairepells.com/ee to get it right now.    Now it’s time to GET PAID   Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today’s episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media.   Now, it’s time to go get yourself paid.

Jessica Eley is a personal development and mindset coach for high achieving clients. Through her coaching programs, intensives, and online courses, she has helped countless entrepreneurs achieve the work-life balance they desire, breakthrough boundaries that are holding them back from achieving their next level of success and move from the typical Type-A personality to embracing a Type-Freemindset.   Jessica joins me today to share how your mindset affects your life and reflects the way you see yourself, others, and your circumstances. She discusses her very young beginnings as an entrepreneur and how your goals and priorities help support or stop you from achieving success. She also shares the importance of not being attached to the result of your financial goals as well as how she makes more money by going against what everybody else is saying and not setting her financial goals.    “I don’t focus on the money myself. Retroactively, I absolutely monitor my finances, but I never set financial goals for myself - ever.” - Jessica Eley     This Week on the Get Paid Podcast:   How to bring to light what you’re missing out on in your life right now. How Jessica became an expert at transforming other people’s mindset. Why it’s not healthy to always be the smartest person in the room. The difference between her mindset and that of her husband’s and how it allowed them to push each other to grow and be better. The three areas in your life that will show you where you need to grow. What her money mindset was like before she became an entrepreneur. How her circumstances encouraged her to become an entrepreneur. How Jessica made the transition from working on deliverables to becoming a mindset coach. Her unique strategy for getting her first 100 subscribers. How Jessica’s Prep Work course and Marriage, Motherhood, and Money course help entrepreneurs overcome mindset challenges holding them back from achieving their goals. How to create an engaged audience to warm them up for a launch. Why we didn’t discuss how much money she’s making in her business     Resource Mentioned:   The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Book by Stephen Covey     Connect with Jessica Eley:   Jessica Eley Website Prep Work: Biz Edition Course Marriage, Motherhood, and Money Course Jessica Eley on Facebook     Sell Your Online Course - on Autopilot!   Are you ready to ramp up your online course sales this year? Thinking about using Facebook and Instagram ads to promote your services and online products, but feeling a little overwhelmed?   Then you need the5-Part Ad Formula That Sells Online Courses on Autopilot.   This FREE masterclass is based on my proven formula and teaches you how to create 5 killer Facebook and Instagram ads that will convert newsfeed browsers into new students for your online course, group program, or mastermind.   So… what are you waiting for? Request your free access to The 5 Ads Formula That Sells Online Courses on Autopilot today.     Now it’s time to GET PAID   Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today’s episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media.   Now, it’s time to go get yourself paid.

Erika is the mastermind behind DailyWhip, where she dishes out business advice for bold women.   Showing early entrepreneurial skills when she let her brother throw a pie in her face for $5, Erika wheeled and dealed her way through high-school, earned degrees in Women Studies and Apparel Design, spent 9 years swinging around a stripper pole, went on to co-create a multi-million dollar commercial real estate investment company, and now helps women create, sell, and market their products & services.    Erika documented her experiences in her best-selling book Think Like A Stripper, lauded by Dan Pink as “a smart and provocative read”, while Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran says “Erika will not only whip you into shape with her wit, humor, and no-nonsense advice but show you how to bounce back from failure and become the confident sales superstar you’re meant to be.”   This week on the Get Paid Podcast, Erika joins us to chat about how being a stripper shaped her brand, channeling confidence, and leaning into her provocative side through her business.   This Week on the Get Paid Podcast Our mutual love of Gossip Girl Business lessons from stripping Building a business that let her lean into her provocative side How to keep yourself challenged in your business without breaking the business? Creating Contact Superheroes to vanquish your inner Negative Nelly Being a binge meditator "Our businesses can only grow as much as we grow"   Resources Mentioned:     Mariah Coz Sarah Ancalmo Ashman Star Monroe    Triplexpert Think Like A Stripper  Connect with Erika Lyremark:   Website Instagram   Step up Your Facebook Ads Game   This episode of the Get Paid Podcast is sponsored by Claire's free training, the 5 Ad Formula for Selling Online Courses on Autopilot.    Right now, people are spending way more time on Facebook and Instagram, which has significantly lowered ad costs for anyone currently running ads. Make sure you take advantage of this opportunity to grow your audience for cheap - go watch the 5 Ads Formula masterclass, and get at least ONE ad running ASAP. If you need extra help, Claire and her team of coaches have your back inside their signature ads course, Absolute FB Ads. Get all the details when you sign up to watch the masterclass at clairepells.com/5ads   Now it’s time to GET PAID   Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today’s episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media.   Now, it’s time to go get yourself paid.

Tasha is the wealth expert and business strategist behind One Big Happy Life, where she helps people grow their income and learn to spend intentionally so they can live their dream life today while also building wealth along the way.    What started off as a couple of YouTube videos about curly hair, has grown into a social following of over 170,000, and amassed over 10 million views on her YouTube show, all while working full time as a banking and finance attorney.    On today’s episode of the Get Paid Podcast, join Tasha as we chat about the 2017 YouTube Ad Apocalypse, why entrepreneurs overspend, and how she’s helping families build intergenerational wealth.     This Week on the Get Paid Podcast The 6-Figure Side Gig  Should you start a membership platform? But what about the churn!? Building intergenerational wealth How a $100 check planted the seed for an empire The 2017 YouTube Ad Apocalypse Why entrepreneurs overspend How to prioritize work when time's scarce What a personal finance blogger's cash flow looks like Being a nasty woman Tackling trolls   Resources Mentioned:     Amy Porterfield Goal Digger by Jenna Kutcher The Life Coach School Podcast by Brooke Castillo     Connect with Tasha Cochran:   YouTube Instagram   The Most Important Training for Course Creators    If you're like me, you've heard the talk: “Evergreen funnels aren't effective. Only certain types of businesses can actually sell on autopilot”. But, that's not true at all. I’ve made $50,000 in revenue with Mariah Coz’s evergreen funnel strategies.    Now, you can walk through her entire system in her free class: ‘How To Sell More Courses With An Evergreen Sales Funnel’.  It's kinda insane how detailed she gets in this training. Visit clairepells.com/ee to get it right now.    Now it’s time to GET PAID   Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today’s episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media.   Now, it’s time to go get yourself paid.

Eman Zabi started a copywriting business in the upstairs bedroom of her parents’ house in Qatar. Now the founder and copywriter behind The Scribesmith, Eman and her team work with entrepreneurs launching courses and membership platforms.     Eventually, she realized that her love of research meant that her skills were best suited to the launch space. With a background in neuromarketing, international politics, and economics, Eman and her team take a strong research-driven approach to create copy that maximizes ROI, or as they like to say, gets clients an air-punching bottom line.    Eman now lives in Vancouver with her cat (Scribesmith’s Chief Officer of Cuddles), traveling every other month, drinking copious amounts of tea, and complaining about how it doesn’t rain enough.   This week on the Get Paid Podcast Eman joins us to chat about investing in mentorship and building relationships, and what being a young, brown, Muslim woman in business can sometimes feel like.    “I think there's so much noise in our industry and there's nothing I would hate more to be than to be adding to it. So until I have something that’s different and can an impact, I don’t see the point in creating a course” — Eman Zabi   This Week on the Get Paid Podcast When time-based retainers are a bad idea (and when they're great) [4:18]   Eman's origin story  [8:35]  Why Eman invested in mentorship from the get-go [16:24] Why having a unique name pays off (Eman and Claire's meet cute) [19:40]   Milking the climb up Kilimanjaro [21:21]   Showing up and doing the work to build relationships [22:49] Why Eman was nervous about having a personal brand [34:29] Being Muslim and a business owner [46:46]  Moving to Canada for the squirrels [50:53] A crash course in immigrating to Canada [51:28] Building a small team [57:28]  Having systems in place before shit hits the fan [1:02:28]    Resources Mentioned: Eight Mindset Shifts that Have Dramatically Changed My Business  The Copywriter Club Podcast Copyhackers Kira and Rob’s Accelerator Kira’s Episode on GPP 10x Emails How Not to Travel Like a Basic Bitch Connect with Eman Zabi: Website Instagram Facebook The Most Important Training for Course Creators    If you're like me, you've heard the talk: “Evergreen funnels aren't effective. Only certain types of businesses can actually sell on autopilot”. But, that's not true at all. I’ve made $50,000 in revenue with Mariah Coz’s evergreen funnel strategies.  Now, you can walk through her entire system in her free class: ‘How To Sell More Courses With An Evergreen Sales Funnel’.  It's kinda insane how detailed she gets in this training. Visit clairepells.com/ee to get it right now.    Now it’s time to GET PAID   Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today’s episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media.   Now, it’s time to go get yourself paid.

Jasmine Star is a photographer and business strategist from Newport Beach, California. She dropped out of law school and became an internationally recognized entrepreneur, later to become the founder of Social Curator, a social media marketing membership for business owners. Harnessing her chutzpah and hustle, Jasmine empowers entrepreneurs to build a brand, market it on social media, and create a life they love.  Some days you'll find her featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, and INC magazine, most days you'll find her in sweatpants scrolling Instagram, but her favorite days are spent with her dog and her high-school sweetheart, eating tacos.   This week on the Get Paid Podcast Jasmine joins us to chat about being unemotional about her business, scrapping a 6-figure course, and building a business that people want to buy. “People's opinions don't pay my bills. People liking my content, liking my social posts, don't pay my bills. What pays my bills is serving a very small audience in a very refined way. ” — Jasmine Star   This Week on the Get Paid Podcast Viewing things in metrics of time and not money [4:31] Money mindset and being "girl in the hood with immigrant parents" [9:37] The "fun" fund [12:30] Having a crisis of confidence when she started teaching courses [22:02] Working from 4:30 AM - 6:30 PM every day [34:03] "Just stop being so fucking precious" about content [35:14]  You define what success means for you [46:47] "My business is a machine, not a baby" [53:50] Resources Mentioned: Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You by John Warrillow The Story of Jasmine + JD: Featuring Amy Porterfield   Connect with Jasmine Star: Website Social Curator Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn YouTube Podcast   Finally dipping your toes in the ads water? Do yourself a favor and start with Absolute FB Ads: Simple step-by-step instructions, instead of wasting a TON of money targeting the wrong audience or selecting the wrong objective. You’ll be shocked by how many people flush money down the toilet just because Zuckerberg and friends are dead set on making their platform a veritable nightmare for small business owners. With me and my crystal clear instructions holding your hand the entire way, you'll be amazed by how straightforward the process actually is. You'll be a pro at running campaigns that convert in no time. Head over to clairepells.com/pod.  Enroll now to save more than 30% on the 2020 price.  Now it’s time to GET PAID   Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today’s episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media. Now, it’s time to go get yourself paid.

Shinah is a whiskey-loving, curse-word slinging, Harvard-trained former corporate attorney who left everything behind to find her passion.    Shinah spent her entire life on the straight, "proper" path. She went to an Ivy League college, then a prestigious Law School, then worked her butt off as a corporate attorney for a big international law firm.   But, after one too many days of uninspiring work and nights of sleeping under her desk, she decided she had to reclaim her life! She quit her corporate law job and explored so many creative avenues - knitting, woodworking, drawing, graphic design. But CALLIGRAPHY is what she fell in love with.   Shinah needed plenty of inspiration along the way, but the usual sugary, fluffy stuff about beauty and dreams didn't reflect what she was really feeling. So she created Crooked Calligraphy to spread creativity, courage and honest, gritty life inspiration through calligraphy.   Crooked Calligraphy has worked with huge brands like Disney, Anthropologie, Jo Malone, and Dom Perignon, but Shinah’s favorite work is teaching calligraphy and encouraging her students to look at their fears in the face and move toward a life that will make them happy.   This week on the Get Paid Podcast, Shinah joins us to chat about how she gave up her career as a lawyer to start her calligraphy business, being a model minority, and what a professional calligrapher makes.   “I had to do all of the exploration, the trying, the failing, and the learning along the way in order to be ready for calligraphy.” — SHINAH CHANG   This Week on the Get Paid Podcast What a professional calligrapher makes [04:51] "Tiger moms" [09:44] Being the model minority [15:50] Burning out and quitting her job as a lawyer [31:35] Finding and monetizing calligraphy [40:24] Creating and launching her first online course [48:56]   Resources Mentioned: Joy Luck Club Billions Caitlin Bacher Shinah’s Calligraphy tools    Connect with Shinah Chang: Website Instagram YouTube    The Most Important Training for Course Creators    If you're like me, you've heard the talk: “Evergreen funnels aren't effective. Only certain types of businesses can actually sell on autopilot”. But, that's not true at all. I’ve made over $50,000 in revenue with Mariah Coz’s evergreen funnel strategies.    Now, you can walk through her entire system in her free class: ‘How To Sell More Courses With An Evergreen Sales Funnel’.  It's kinda insane how detailed she gets in this training. Visit clairepells.com/ee to get it right now.    Now it’s time to GET PAID   Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today’s episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media.   Now, it’s time to go get yourself paid.

Sarah Noked is an Executive MBA graduate, Certified Online Business Manager® and Digital Marketing Strategist with more than 10 years’ business experience in the online space. Her agency helps online entrepreneurs conquer their growing pains to scale the team-based business of their dreams – with systems, processes, automation, and smart delegation. When she’s not working in her agency supporting 6 and 7-figure entrepreneurs scale their businesses, she is a Certified OBM® Trainer accredited by the International Association of Online Business Managers, she helps other Online Business Managers, Virtual Assistants, and Corporate escapees build fulfilling and lucrative online careers as Certified Online Business Managers®.   This week on the Get Paid Podcast Sarah joins us to chat about why your business needs an OBM, scaling your agency, and the dos and don’ts of building your team. “I hire... people that I would like to shoot the shit with at a bar.” — SARAH NOKED   This Week on the Get Paid Podcast What the heck is an OBM? [3:48] Sarah's unique agency-internship model [6:25] How moving to Israel sparked Sarah's journey as a VA [10:44] The focus bleed [21:17] Hiring full-time employees [25:55] Why she's shifting away from an agency model [39:38]  What Sarah would change about how she ran her agency the first time [1:00:25] Living in a kibbutz and raising a family in Israel [1:08:14]   Resources Mentioned: B-School by Marie Forleo Tina Forsyth International Association of Online Business Managers Launch by Jeff Walker Team Growth Formula by Sarah Noked Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself by Mike Michalowicz  Val Geisler Sarah's SOP templates especially for GPP listeners Connect with Sarah Noked: Website Instagram   Free Facebook Ads Masterclass   Today’s episode is brought to you by our Free Facebook Ads Masterclass. Five ad formulae that sell online courses on autopilot. People tell me all the time that even thinking about getting started with Facebook and Instagram ads feels incredibly overwhelming, and I don't blame them. It isn’t easy! That's why I recorded this masterclass to teach you about just 5 ads that you can use to sell more of your online course group program or mastermind.    Sign up, watch it, and then I want you to just choose one of those five ads to focus on to start, get instant access to the training here.  Now it’s time to GET PAID   Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today’s episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media. Now, it’s time to go get yourself paid.