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

Rachel Rodgers is the founder of Hello Seven, a multi-million dollar company that teaches women how to earn more money and build wealth. Her mission is to teach women—especially women of color—how to end the cycle of overworking, under-earning, and financial stress, once and for all. Through her podcast and blog, Rodgers' reaches over 50,000 women every week—sharing guidance on how to take charge of your financial situation, increase your income, work smarter, and make decisions like a millionaire (even if you aren't one, yet). As a business coach, attorney, CEO, Black woman, working mother, and self-made millionaire, Rodgers brings a powerful combination of professional and personal insight. She's known for her blunt, sensible advice and for calling out the elephant in the room—whether it's racism, misogyny, or centuries of unfair legal practices that have stripped financial power away from women. Rodgers teaches her clients how to succeed financially in spite of the very real obstacles along the path. Rachel started her career working on The Hill with nonprofits, federal judges, and iconic leaders including Hillary Clinton. When she realized that changing the world is a lot easier when you have some cash in your bank account, she decided to become wealthy and teach other women how to do the same. "To build a sustainable asset out of your business, your job is to build yourself out of the job" - Rachel Rodgers This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: What prompted a major shift and re-evaluation inside the Hello Seven business. The highs and lows of running a $20K mastermind. The truth about successful women and how society sees them. What is the Hello Seven growth scale, and why is Claire obsessed? How and what to focus on to build a valuable and sustainable business. The BIG revenue jump from 2019 to 2020. The importance of building a team and hiring before desperation sets in. Purchase Rachel Rodgers book here. Connect with Rachel Rodgers: Website Instagram Podcast The Lead Lab: Get Paid to Grow Your List This episode is sponsored by The Lead Lab, the program where I teach course creators and coaches how to get paid from their ads as quickly as humanly possible. I created The Lead Lab in response to the NEW reality of Facebook and Instagram ads. Once upon a time, it was relatively easy to spend a dollar and make 4 or 5 in return. But now that everyone and their mother have discovered the power of Facebook's advertising algorithm, costs have gone up. That's why I teach a straightforward strategy for recovering most if not all of your ad spend on your list-building ads. In other words? You get paid to grow your list. To learn more, head over to clairepells.com/lab. If you're running ads to grow your list, or planning to, come join us in The Lead Lab before you spend another dollar. 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 Von Bargen is the founder of Yes and Yes, an online space dedicated to helping people spend their time, money, and energy on purpose. She teaches people how to navigate this stuff - money, habits, goals, happiness - because she doesn't want you to waste months or years clipping coupons, starting and giving up on habits, or chasing the wrong goals, in the wrong way. She's been writing about this for 11+ years and has since been able to help a lot of people. Sarah's experiences have helped her to effectively create helpful content for her courses, books, and one-on-one coaching. She brings some experience from years of being a classroom teacher, some from earning an M.A in Applied Linguistics (if you want to talk about neural pathways, brain plasticity, and impact of personal narrative, Sarah is the nerd for you!), but a lot of it comes from years of trial and error and lessons-learned-the hard way. Sarah joins me today to share how her blogging and writing experiences paved the way to becoming an expert coach and consultant. She also shares how she attracts 150-300 guests in each of the live rounds of her programs, why she keeps her prices low (compared to so many others in the online business world), and how she pays herself more than $100,000 each year... "Do not be hard on yourself for the tools that don't work for you" - Sarah Von Bargen Fabulous resources from Sarah: How To Stop Buying Shit You Don't Need The 1-Hour Money Multiplier Connect with Sarah Von Bargen: Website Instagram Facebook Pinterest Twitter The Lead Lab: Get Paid to Grow Your List This episode is sponsored by The Lead Lab, the program where I teach course creators and coaches how to get paid from their ads as quickly as humanly possible. I created The Lead Lab in response to the NEW reality of Facebook and Instagram ads. Once upon a time, it was relatively easy to spend a dollar and make 4 or 5 in return. But now that everyone and their mother have discovered the power of Facebook's advertising algorithm, costs have gone up. That's why I teach a straightforward strategy for recovering most if not all of your ad spend on your list-building ads. In other words? You get paid to grow your list. To learn more, head over to clairepells.com/lab. If you're running ads to grow your list, or planning to, come join us in The Lead Lab before you spend another dollar. 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 Luna is a highly sought-after international speaker, Certified Master Neuroscience & Life Coach to 7 + 8-figure earning entrepreneurs, and host of the popular podcast 'Permission to Offend' which has listeners in over 90 countries around the world. She teaches you how to completely transform your life and manifest your desires in just 5 min per day through her Faith Activated Journaling Experience program. Often referred to by clients as their "secret weapon," Rachel has a reputation for inspiring confident action and helping her clients double, triple, and quadruple their income. In this episode of the Get Paid Podcast, Rachel took me on a wild tour sharing her values, beliefs, and how they're in alignment with her identity. Rachel talked about the relationship between the power of your mind, brain, and manifestation, and how it all played out during her cancer diagnosis and recovery. And then we got into the one topic I've never discussed in depth with a guest: God. "You must increase your capacity to be rejected. You must increase your capacity to be offended." Rachel Luna Connect with Rachel Luna : On her website On her Email list On Facebook On Instagram On her Podcast The Lead Lab: Get Paid to Grow Your List This episode is sponsored by The Lead Lab, the program where I teach course creators and coaches how to get paid from their ads as quickly as humanly possible. I created The Lead Lab in response to the NEW reality of Facebook and Instagram ads. Once upon a time, it was relatively easy to spend a dollar and make 4 or 5 in return. But now that everyone and their mother have discovered the power of Facebook's advertising algorithm, costs have gone up. That's why I teach a straightforward strategy for recovering most if not all of your ad spend on your list-building ads. In other words? You get paid to grow your list. To learn more, head over to clairepells.com/lab. If you're running ads to grow your list, or planning to, come join us in The Lead Lab before you spend another dollar. 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.

Elizabeth (Lizzy) Goddard is a UK-based online business strategist and educator for entrepreneurs looking to simplify their businesses for maximum success with minimum effort. Over her five years in business, she's helped over 9,000 students learn how to do business the easy, fun, and profitable way. Lizzy has grown her business to multiple six-figures - all while breaking almost all of the marketing "rules." A self-described "email marketing nerd/tech geek/affiliate marketing lover/mindset magician," her end goal is to always help online business owners have more fun, make things easier for themselves and implement faster. Lizzy lives outside of Nottingham, UK, with her wife and two young daughters - after they go to bed, you can find her watching trashy TV and answering questions on Facebook. In this episode, Lizzy and I had a truly raw conversation on parenting, adoption, and business. Lizzy very generously shared the challenges she faces running her business and raising a family. The Convertkit queen shares how she effectively grew her business with Convertkit, using it as a tool and then as a platform she could grow her expertise around. Lizzy also shares how she makes massive sales with evergreen funnels, how she made sales from over 20 different courses and in a year, and how jumped from charging $347 to $5,500 in six months. "Money doesn't help everything." - Elizabeth Goddard Connect with Lizzy: On her website On Instagram

Alex Hillman is always thinking about the intersection of people, relationships, trust, and business. These days, he splits his time between running Indy Hall (Philly's oldest coworking space), teaching creative people how to bootstrap their own business, and collaborating with people and organizations towards the goal of helping 10,000 people become sustainably independent by 2029. He's worked globally with hundreds of coworking operators and thousands of business owners, executives, entrepreneurs, and community leaders to deploy his lessons in the intersection of business and community building. Alex's expertise has contributed to everything from academic research to mainstream media, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, WIRED magazine, and many more." In this episode, Alex and I delve deep into the reality of running two dramatically different businesses before and during a pandemic. He explains the importance of understanding your community, how to be directly involved in their progress, and why he and his business partner choose to focus on being great teachers instead of being all about the profit. We also talk about life when Alex was broke, profit margins, and how he's working to sustain a coworking space business during a pandemic despite the challenges that come with it. "Don't just have all the money, have the control." -Alex Hillman Connect with Alex Hillman : Indy Hall Community Stacking the Bricks Twitter Mastodon Instagram 240+ Precise Interests You Can Use In Your Targeting Today's episode is brought to you by a Google spreadsheet. People tell me all the time that choosing Facebook and Instagram ad targeting makes them want to throw their computer out the window and I don't blame them. There are a ton of options and that makes it easy for you to flush money down the Zuckerberg drain. So, I put together a big old list of what Facebook calls 'Interests' for you and a totally free spreadsheet separated out by niche. I also created a short PDF that explains how to go about using those interests so you don't waste a ton of time putting together your audience. Take the guessing out of Facebook and Instagram ad targeting. Get my glorious spreadsheet and explainer PDF 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.

Stephanie Taylor is Co-Founder of HMO Heaven and Rent 2 Rent Success with her sister Nicky. At the age of 45, she founded HMO Heaven, a property management business, and has since attracted contracts worth £2m in 3 years. Then Stephanie launched Rent 2 Rent Success to help professionals who feel stuck because they'd like to get started in property ethically but feel that don't have the enough time, enough money or the right knowledge to get started. On this episode of the Get Paid Podcast, Stephanie takes Claire on a wild tour (really!) of the world of property management, shares how her almost 7-figure year has changed her as a person, and walks us through the messiest launch in the history of this show (and how it changed her life). Important links: Rent 2 Rent Success website https://rent2rentsuccess.com HMO Heaven website https://hmoheaven.co.uk The Rent 2 Rent Success book https://getbook.at/rent2rentsuccess Stephanie on instagram https://rent2rentsuccess.com/insta

Sabrina Torres stands out in a crowd. With her unique point of view about the power of organic growth, engaging content, bold colors, and coffee (lots and lots of coffee), she started Be Truly Social, a social media marketing and sales company that helps business owners around the globe by making their social media pop in a busy online world. From her home in Nashville, Tennessee where she lives with her soon-to-be wife Jen and four children with autism, she puts her caffeinated energy to good use for her clients who range from solo startups to multi-million dollar organizations. They, together, also own Great Democracy Tees, an ecomm tshirt store with a mission to promote equality and democracy, and BOXX BAR, a boutique adult ecomm store for women. You can find Sabrina online at www.betrulysocial.com, where she shares her free video series and her Be Truly Linked program. She's also been a featured speaker for The Elite Facebook Ads Summit, QueerHustle, and Stonewall Inn's Give Back Initiative, and as a contributor to the book "Digital Media Marketers Sound Off." Mentioned in this episode: Great Democracy Tees BOXX BAR Sabrina on TikTok Sabrina on 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.

Lattice is a business coach, leadership mentor and social sales expert. She's on a mission to help women make more money, and increase their impact while living a life that they love. "A woman with wealth, is a woman with power." She specializes in helping online coaches scale past the coveted 6-figure mark by leveraging high-ticket, evergreen group coaching offers. In her free time, she enjoys relaxing on the beach, dancing to the latest Tik Tok trend, and investing in digital real estate online! This Week on the Get Paid Podcast Working a six-figure job and building two successful side-hustles... at age 24! How Lattice found her calling as a coach Where does Lattice's confidence come from? The power of going Live Why you need to nurture your email list How Lattice plans to hit $2million Making $32,000 from a $99 workshop! Why Lattice relocated to sunny Arizona How much Lattice pays her team (and herself) Capturing leads with her free Facebook group The triumphs and challenges of launching Lattice talks through her 10-year retirement plan Plans for 2021 Mentioned in this episode: Lattice's signature program: Elevate to Success Accelerator FB Group: Elevated Women Entrepreneurs Conversations That Convert episode on the Boss Project Podcast Connect with Lattice Hudson: Website Instagram Facebook Pinterest 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.

Emylee Williams is one half of the widely successful company, Boss Project (detailed in episode 90 back in 2019). So what compelled her to start selling earrings from Instagram? How much money did she make from this side gig in 2020? What's her plan going forward? And what's up with stupid internet bullies in the handmade community? Tune in to the first episode of the Get Paid Podcast of 2021, and discover the important change Claire's thinking about making to her interviews. About Emylee: Emylee on Instagram Emylee's online shop Learn about the new way to work with Claire in 2021 by signing up at clairepells.com/updates Want to Work With Me on Scaling Your Business? We're launching a brand new group program in January 2021 to help course creators and coaches streamline their marketing with a very simple but powerful strategy. Sign up to get all the details at clairepells.com/updates 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.

It's time for another Year In Review! I'm sharing what worked well, what went badly, and what's changing in the business in 2021. Resources Mentioned: Rachel Rodgers' We Should All Be Millionaires Club and Podcast Learn about the new way to work with me in 2021 by signing up at clairepells.com/updates Want to Work With Me on Scaling Your Business? We're launching a brand new group program in January 2021 to help course creators and coaches streamline their marketing with a very simple but powerful strategy. Sign up to get all the details at clairepells.com/updates 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.