Cubicle to CEO

The community that we have created with Cubicle to CEO never ceases to amaze me. This week’s episode was actually recorded live because it just so happened that I reached 25,000 friends on my personal Instagram account on the 25th of August. To celebrate, I hopped on live for 25 minutes to answer the questions that have been on my audience’s minds. They asked some incredible, high-quality questions about how to continue to scale after hitting your first $10K month, tips for hiring, why email lists are important, how to audit your IG account, and when is the right time to invest in your business. Press play to listen to this off-the-cuff episode that will provide you with great knowledge to show up as a strong leader for your business. Check out the timestamps below to see who asked what, and where in this episode you can find specific answers! 2:26 - @social.moguls: After hitting your first $10K, what is your best tip for maintaining? 4:19 - @janicedru: How do you balance your time between building courses, coaching, and running your podcast? When and how did you grow your team to help support you do all of it? 10:33 - @smarthacooks: I am a recipe developer with a food blog that is stale. How do I keep it moving and market it? 12:27 - @inesadita: What would be the best things to look at when auditing someone's Instagram? 18:49 - @holistichabitswithpetra: How important is it to grow an email list? 22:07 - @social.moguls: Best tips for creating your first course? 23:39 - @social.moguls: Best tips for bringing other people onto your team when you have a hard time letting go of control? 25:47 - @twillyjane: Knowing when to invest in your business when finances and bookings are tight but you don't want to miss out on the limited time opportunities coming up. Connect with Ellen: @missellenyin @cubicletoceo Cubicle to CEO Community Facebook Group Links mentioned in the episode: ellenyin.com/paidtocreate ellenyin.com/getclients ellenyin.com/flodesk How To Run Your Business Like Clockwork With Adrienne Dorison Natalie Franke's Book 'Built To Belong' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ashley-Lauren Elrod is the founder of Visionary Woman Productions and an entertainment industry powerhouse with two decades of experience in acting, singing, casting, and production design. After years of her business struggling to reach that $10,000 revenue month mark, she took the leap of faith last year to join Cubicle to CEO and ended up TRIPLING her income goal!If you want to hear what she changed in her business to create that explosive growth, why you need to trust yourself to say ‘no’ to people who are not your ideal clients, and how Ashley-Lauren is trying to change the culture of her industry through her business, then make sure you listen through to the end! Connect with Ashley-Lauren: @ashleylaurenofficial www.visionarywomanproductions.com If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Join our referral rewards program by signing up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan , and share your custom referral link with your biz besties to get them to sign up too! Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where are my fellow podcasters at? This episode is for you if you want to grow your show! Starting out as an Audio Engineer grad who caught the travel bug, Jeremy Enns knew he wanted to figure out a way to be able to work for himself from wherever he wanted. Now, after 5 years of deep diving into the podcast space and falling in love with marketing, he runs Counterweight Creative, a successful podcast production and marketing agency helping creatives build podcasts that market & grow themselves. If you are a podcast host with a small audience or you’ve hit a plateau in your monthly downloads, Jeremy is here to help you make your breakthrough! Keep listening to learn why launching a podcast shouldn’t be viewed as your primary audience builder, the most important people to pay attention to when trying to accelerate your podcast growth, and how his client with an average of 200 downloads pulled off a $300K launch. Connect with Jeremy: www.counterweightcreative.co @counterweightcreative @iamjeremyenns Referral Apps Jeremy Mentioned: Refer-O-Matic (Podcast Specific) SparkLoop (Newsletters and Email Marketing Specific) If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Join our referral rewards program by signing up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan , and share your custom referral link with your biz besties to get them to sign up too! Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let’s be real: The holiday season isn’t usually a booming period for businesses focused on nutrition or health, with family gatherings and delicious treats making it almost impossible to get people’s attention. Today’s guest however, defied all industry norms and is here to share how she did it. Bonnie Campbell is a registered dietitian and nutritionist who founded The Nourished Path, a personalized nutrition coaching company. She joined my 12 month mentorship program, Cubicle to CEO, back in December, and within mere weeks of implementing the strategies I teach in my Consistent Clients Cashflow System, she had new clients enrolling in her program even during the week of Christmas! Since then she has not only reached her goal of making her first $10,000 revenue month, but actually exceeded that income goal and made a $14K month, plus brought on 3 new coaches to help her serve her expanding clientele! Keep listening to hear how Bonnie used our CCC System to grow her business, why the simplicity is the key to sustainable success, and 3 easy habits you can try today to eat healthier without going on a strict diet. Connect with Bonnie: thenourishedpath.com @bonnie.rd The Nourished Path Facebook Group If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Join our referral rewards program by signing up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan , and share your custom referral link with your biz besties to get them to sign up too! Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday ----- FREE RESOURCES:Service-based entrepreneurs, are you tired of being on the content hamster wheel + hustling for more followers without more income? I created a FREE, on-demand training just for you on how to use my step-by-step client attraction system to create your first $10K month, WITHOUT a large audience or complicated marketing strategies! Claim your bonus gift by watching now: ellenyin.com/getclients Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When someone tells you to implement systems into your business, does your mind immediately go to automated voicemails that make you press a million numbers before finally being able to talk to a person? You’re not alone if you think that, but processes and automations don’t have to eliminate the human touch, they actually create more space for it by saving you a ton of time in your business. Today I have Jordan Gill from Systems Saved Me on the show to teach you how you can streamline your business using systems, while making sure your clients enjoy every step of your process. Jordan is an operations consultant who helps overworked one-woman shows become streamlined solopreneurs. Keep on listening to hear all the tools Jordan recommends to keep her business running smoothly, what a VIP Day offer is and how she charges $5,000 for 6 hours of her time, and how you can create an extraordinary client experience while still enforcing clear boundaries so you only work when you want to. Connect with Jordan: systemssavedme.com Systems Saved Me Facebook @systemssavedme Check out the teleprompter Jordan mentioned HERE! If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Join our referral rewards program by signing up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan , and share your custom referral link with your biz besties to get them to sign up too! Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a free preview of ⁠Revenue Report Files⁠: an audio archive of five years of Cubicle to CEO’s quarterly revenue reports, from 2020 through 2024. Each episode breaks down our company’s profit and loss numbers, along with the context, decisions, and lessons from that quarter. Full episodes can be found at ⁠cubicletoceo.co/revenuereport⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to earn rewards for sharing a podcast you already listen to weekly? Join our Cubicle to CEO Referral Rewards Program to earn fun rewards like coffee on us, free access to our business resources, and even a spot to be featured on the show! Learn more about our program or sign up right now at ellenyin.com/superfan! Okay, full circle moment here! The woman who put me behind the podcast mic for the very first time four years ago is now a guest on our show! I could not be more thrilled to interview someone I’ve known for years, Julie Solomon. A powerhouse in the online business space with over a decade of PR, branding, and marketing experience, Julie is the creator of Pitch It Perfect & Shine. However, You probably know her best from her chart-topping show, The Influencer Podcast, which boasts millions of downloads in 170 countries worldwide. One of my favorite things about Julie is that she gives it to you straight, so we get honest about how to make big pivots in your career (she’s successfully done it multiple times), 3 tips for nailing your pitches, the biggest difference between making six figures and seven figures, and how to use purpose as a strategy for achieving your goals. Connect with Julie: www.juliesolomon.net Pitch It Perfect SHINE Accelerator @julssolomon If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Join our referral rewards program by signing up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan , and share your custom referral link with your biz besties to get them to sign up too! Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday ----- FREE RESOURCES:Service-based entrepreneurs, are you tired of being on the content hamster wheel + hustling for more followers without more income? I created a FREE, on-demand training just for you on how to use my step-by-step client attraction system to create your first $10K month, WITHOUT a large audience or complicated marketing strategies! Claim your bonus gift by watching now: ellenyin.com/getclients Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to earn rewards for sharing a podcast you already listen to weekly? Join our Cubicle to CEO Referral Rewards Program to earn fun rewards like coffee on us, free access to our business resources, and even a spot to be featured on the show! Learn more about our program or sign up right now at ellenyin.com/superfan! Today’s guest is no stranger to our Cubicle to CEO community as a membership alum turned success coach inside our 12 month mentorship program who has supported, cheered, and guided many of you along your journey to your first $10,000 month! If you don’t know her yet, meet Casey Blum, a women’s weight loss coach and founder of Curvy in Thirty. In the last decade, Casey has had 31 jobs but after joining Cubicle to CEO almost 2 years ago, she is now 100% self-employed and in the first four months of 2021 made more in her business than she did working a full-time day job PLUS a part-time weekend gig. Today Casey’s sharing her own journey of growing her business from a side hustle to multiple $10K months, how she stopped lowballing and discounting her services and actually started attracting her dream clients, the key changes she saw in her business after applying our Consistent Clients Cashflow System, and why growing her followers on Instagram is no longer a priority for her (and what’s been working instead). Connect with Casey: curvyinthirty.com @caseyfitcakes If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Join our referral rewards program by signing up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan , and share your custom referral link with your biz besties to get them to sign up too! Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to earn rewards for sharing a podcast you already listen to weekly? Join our Cubicle to CEO Referral Rewards Program to earn fun rewards like coffee on us, free access to our business resources, and even a spot to be featured on the show! Learn more about our program or sign up right now at ellenyin.com/superfan! If you’re a non-profit leader, today’s guest is one of the foremost thought leaders innovating how we give back and create change through nonprofits. Blythe Hill is the Founder and CEO of the Dressember Foundation, an anti-human trafficking organization that has raised over $13 million dollars through their annual campaigns. Blythe and Dressember have been featured in Forbes, Cosmopolitan, on the TODAY Show, and she was even named one of InStyle’s 50 Badass Women of 2019. Keep listening to hear the #1 strategy she used to grow Dressember from its initial winter style challenge to a global movement, how their organization keeps their donors engaged year-round, the biggest misconceptions the public has about human trafficking and how we can be better allies and advocates, and Blythe’s transparent breakdown of where money is allocated in nonprofit organizations. Even if you’re not a non-profit CEO or founder, Blythe shares wisdom on leadership, networking, and community engagement every business can benefit from. Connect with Blythe: www.dressember.org @dressember @blythehill If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Join our referral rewards program by signing up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan , and share your custom referral link with your biz besties to get them to sign up too! Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday ----- FREE RESOURCES:Service-based entrepreneurs, are you tired of being on the content hamster wheel + hustling for more followers without more income? I created a FREE, on-demand training just for you on how to use my step-by-step client attraction system to create your first $10K month, WITHOUT a large audience or complicated marketing strategies! Claim your bonus gift by watching now: ellenyin.com/getclients Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to earn rewards for sharing a podcast you already listen to weekly? Join our Cubicle to CEO Referral Rewards Program to earn fun rewards like coffee on us, free access to our business resources, and even a spot to be featured on the show! Learn more about our program or sign up right now at ellenyin.com/superfan! Hey it’s your girl Ellen here! We are here to celebrate a crazy milestone together: Happy 100th episode and 2 year show anniversary Cubicle to CEO listeners! If I remember correctly, we launched this show with 4 episodes so that means for the last 96 weeks in a row, no matter what’s going on in my business or life, I have published a new episode for you every Monday and you guys have listened in! Whether you have been here since episode one, or just started listening in, I just want to say a HUGE thank you to all of you for coming back week after week and especially for sharing with your friends. Keeping this show going and being able to provide you this free content is a labor of love and requires a big investment of our time, energy, and money behind the scenes to make it happen. So to help us continue on for another 100 episodes, I have a favor to ask: would you pause this episode real quick to text just two friends who have never listened in to our podcast before and share your favorite episode with them? Your word of mouth support is what helps our content reach more listeners whose businesses we’d love to support. This show is just as much yours as it is mine, and I wanted to take this week as an opportunity to try a different show format that puts me in the interview seat! Today I have my full-time team members, Sabrina, Dassi, and Andi joining me for a fun, unfiltered episode that gives you an idea of what we’re like off the clock! They have each prepared three thought-provoking questions - some personal, some business - that I’ve never answered before on any podcast interview or even shared on social media. Press play to hear how I finessed an interview with Miss USA with zero credentials, the reasons I’d love to go back to my middle school days, and the times I’ve almost quit being an entrepreneur (+ why I didn’t). If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Join our referral rewards program by signing up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan , and share your custom referral link with your biz besties to get them to sign up too! Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to get your hands on some free gifts? Check out the pinned post in the Cubicle to CEO Community Facebook Group to learn how you can get access to an exclusive lesson from inside the Cubicle to CEO Membership, my client contract template from Honeybook (my favorite time-saving client management system), AND my guide sharing 32 ways to get leads fast! Being an entrepreneur is a lonely journey if you don’t have people in your corner who understand the wild ups and downs of owning a business. You’re about to meet my biz besties, Laura Markz and Tessabella Jelten, who have been those people for me. Despite having never YET (although we’re planning a trip) meeting each other in person, the three of us have texted, called, and FaceTimed through some of the best and worst times of each other’s lives over the last three years. Having such motivated, insanely smart women on speed dial is a lifeline on the tough days in my business, and whenever I have needed advice, strategy, a referral, or even swift kick in the butt, they have showed up for my success. This episode really feels like you’re thrown right into the middle of our ongoing group chat, so grab a snack and get cozy as we talk about why it is so important to find business friends whose approaches complement your own + where to find these people, how you can make your business a sellable asset, and the 2 ‘must try’ strategies everyone in the online industry says to do that we flat out disagree with! Connect with Laura: @lauramarkz www.lauramarkz.com Connect with Tessabella: @tessaabellaa www.leadflowagent.com If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Join our referral rewards program by signing up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan , and share your custom referral link with your biz besties to get them to sign up too! Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday ----- FREE RESOURCES:Service-based entrepreneurs, are you tired of being on the content hamster wheel + hustling for more followers without more income? I created a FREE, on-demand training just for you on how to use my step-by-step client attraction system to create your first $10K month, WITHOUT a large audience or complicated marketing strategies! Claim your bonus gift by watching now: ellenyin.com/getclients Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to earn rewards for sharing a podcast you already listen to weekly? Join our Cubicle to CEO Referral Rewards Program to earn fun rewards like coffee on us, free access to our business resources, and even a spot to be featured on the show! Learn more about our program and sign up right now at ellenyin.com/superfan! Today we are back with the second half of our author mini-series with guest Jessi Beyer! If being an author is a dream of yours, but you feel held back because the size of your audience doesn’t fit the mold of what’s required to land a book deal through a traditional publisher, Jessi is here to make the case for why self-publishing may be an even better route for you! Jessi has been an avid writer since she could hold a pen, and landed herself a spot on 9 different bestseller lists within the first 72 hours of her book being released. Despite previously getting rejected by 100 literary agents, Jessi was determined to get her book into the hands who needed it most. She self-published, learned a bunch of tips and tricks that she now teaches in her Aspiring Authors Incubator, and ended up 10xing her business’ revenue within the first 6 months of her book launch! If you’re an aspiring author with a small audience, you’ll want to write all of this down. Press play to hear Jessi’s proven strategy for landing your book on a bestsellers list, the reason she prefers self-publishing over traditional publishing, how to keep the momentum of book sales going long-term, and a brilliant hack for earning 4% extra on every copy of your book sold! Connect with Jessi: @jessibeyerinternational Become A Bestselling Author In The Next Six Months If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Join our referral rewards program by signing up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan , and share your custom referral link with your biz besties to get them to sign up too! Learn more here! Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday ----- FREE RESOURCES: Service-based entrepreneurs, are you tired of being on the content hamster wheel + hustling for more followers without more income? I created a FREE, on-demand training just for you on how to use my step-by-step client attraction system to create your first $10K month, WITHOUT a large audience or complicated marketing strategies! Claim your bonus gift by watching now: ellenyin.com/getclients Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to earn rewards for sharing a podcast you already listen to weekly? Join our Cubicle to CEO Referral Rewards Program to earn fun rewards like coffee on us, free access to our business resources, and even a spot to be featured on the show! Learn more about our program HERE, or sign up right now at ellenyin.com/superfan! This week’s episode kicks off a 2 part interview series for all you aspiring first time authors on how to get your book out in the world. We’ll be exploring this through the lens of traditional publishing as well going the self-publishing route. Our first guest, Kat Harris, walks us step by step through how she landed a traditional six figure publishing deal for her debut book, Sexless In The City. Growing up, Kat was very aware that writing was not her strong suit. In fact, she nearly failed her college writing course and had a teacher tell her that she was not good at it. Years later, Kat ended up starting a blog, The Refined Woman, to have candid conversations about traditionally taboo topics. Similar to myself, Kat believes in the power of transparency and I love how specific she gets with the detailed breakdown of how she landed a two book deal for $160,000 as a first time author. Listen in for Kat’s inspiring story of turning her weakness into her profession, how she negotiated a $10K offer into a six figure deal, and why you should never compromise on your pricing. Connect with Kat: The Refined Collective Podcast @therefinedcollective @therefinedwoman TRW Single Ladies Private Facebook Group If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Join our referral rewards program by signing up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan , and share your custom referral link with your biz besties to get them to sign up too! Learn more here! Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to earn rewards for sharing a podcast you already listen to weekly? Join our Cubicle to CEO Referral Rewards Program to earn fun rewards like coffee on us, free access to our business resources, and even a spot to be featured on the show! Learn more about our program HERE, or sign up right now at ellenyin.com/superfan! I have a real treat for you guys this week. Today I will be the one in the interview seat! My friend Tiff Cheng so graciously allowed me to share this episode of her podcast, Become An Entrepreneur, where she interviewed me and we really had the best time chatting about everything under the sun. There is a lot about my story I haven’t shared on this show previously, so I am very excited to open up more of my life to you guys. I just loved how this conversation was so honest about what it’s really like to leave the cubicle world and dive head first into being the CEO of your own business. If you want to hear more about what it was like for me immigrating to the US and being raised in an Asian household, why I think your comfort zone is like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, and my #1 business strategy (that has nothing to do with marketing), then I would love for you guys to give this episode a listen! Also, if you don’t listen to her already, please add Tiff’s podcast, Become An Entrepreneur, to your podcast rotation. Thank you Tiff for letting us republish this awesome episode! Connect with Tiff: Become An Entrepreneur Podcast @itstiffcheng itstiffcheng.com If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Join our referral rewards program by signing up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan , and share your custom referral link with your biz besties to get them to sign up too! Learn more here! Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dzung is giving away a free copy of her Honeysuckle cookbook! Join our Cubicle to CEO Community Facebook Group and comment on the giveaway post what your favorite recipe to cook is! You definitely don't want to miss out on winning this collection of delicious recipes! If content is king, then food is queen on this talented YouTuber’s channel. Here to talk about her journey to 1 million subscribers and beyond is content creator and author of The Honeysuckle Cookbook, Dzung Lewis! After getting her degree and pursuing an unfulfilling career in finance, Dzung was actually laid off from her job as an analyst, but that ended up being a blessing in disguise. Dzung and her then boyfriend (now husband) dove headfirst into YouTube in 2009. By combining her love of cooking and his creative passion for production, they launched Honeysuckle, a channel with hundreds of mouthwatering recipes and high quality food content that have racked up over 22 million views this year alone. Dzung is dishing out all the insight about how to win with the YouTube algorithm, the ways she generates revenue as a content creator, and how you can drive traffic to your videos even when you don’t have an audience yet. If you’ve been curious to learn more about YouTube as a marketing platform for your business, then this episode is sure to satisfy your craving. Connect with Dzung: Honeysuckle YouTube Channel @honeysuckle If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Join our referral rewards program by signing up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan , and share your custom referral link with your biz besties to get them to sign up too! Learn more here! Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday ----- FREE RESOURCES:Service-based entrepreneurs, are you tired of being on the content hamster wheel + hustling for more followers without more income? I created a FREE, on-demand training just for you on how to use my step-by-step client attraction system to create your first $10K month, WITHOUT a large audience or complicated marketing strategies! Claim your bonus gift by watching now: ellenyin.com/getclients Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join our next Paid to Create 3 Day LIVE Challenge: ellenyin.com/paidtocreate If taxes make you want to cry, today’s guest is going to be your new best friend. Here to share how she saves her clients a minimum of $10,000 in taxes per year through overlooked deductions is tax strategist Jessica Smith, founder & CEO of Tax Savvy Jessica. After having her business as a side hustle for almost a decade, Jessica realized how much her ‘stable job’ was holding her back from the potential of her own company. She joined our Cubicle to CEO membership and within a year of implementing our Consistent Clients Cashflow System, had reached her first $10K month and took the leap from full-time employee to going full-time in her business and hiring her own employee! Stick around to hear 3 things all business owners need to do to prepare for tax season, her #1 tax saving vehicle you should consider, and how she changed her service structure to earn 2-4x more per client and scale her business to consistent $15K months! Connect with Jessica: www.taxsavvyjessica.com @taxsavvyjessica Check out her 'Top 10 Quickbooks Online Mistakes' freebie available in our Cubicle to CEO Community Facebook Group! If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You definitely will not need to play this on 2x speed because today’s guest is packing as much knowledge as possible into every second of this episode! Here to tell us how implementing systems took her from working in a grocery store to growing and managing a team for her thriving agency, is Say Gabriel! After a lifetime of knowing that writing and communication was her calling, Say created the career of her dreams through her digital agency - Anansi Content - and quickly scaled it to 6 figures in just two years. The turning point for her was when she started creating and implementing systems in every area of her business. You all better have your pen and paper at the ready because listening to Say had me excited to start drawing out flow charts!Stay tuned in to hear the two expectations to get rid of when you’re hiring, the thought processes you can walk yourself through to determine which parts of your business to outsource first, and how to simplify systems so they aren’t as scary and will actually work! Connect with Say: Get to know Say! anansicontent.com @sayanansi Facebook LinkedIn YouTube If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How are you building customer relationships in your business? Most businesses default to sending a coffee as a way to add personal touch, but the real key to connection is just making your customer feel like there is a human in your business that recognizes that they are human as well - not just another number. Today’s CEO built a global company on the core value of connection, helping businesses strengthen the relationships that they have with their customers. Matt Barnett is the official ‘Papa Bear’ of Bonjoro, a product used to provide a unique and personalized approach to engaging directly with customers through video messages. And they’re not stopping there. Bonjoro is available in 27 languages and continues to innovate the customer experience space with new tools that automate processes, but never relationships. If you’re seeking insight on how to turn your customers into loyal brand evangelists and build a thriving affiliate program, then Matt’s your guy. Listen in to hear how personal video introductions helped Matt get a 100% response rate on his emails, how he scaled Bonjoro from 0 to 40,000 users in just 3 years entirely by word of mouth, and what it’s like to lead a business with a remote team spread across more than 5 countries. Connect with Matt: ellenyin.com/bonjoro @bonjoroapp LinkedIn If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a free preview of ⁠Revenue Report Files⁠: an audio archive of five years of Cubicle to CEO’s quarterly revenue reports, from 2020 through 2024. Each episode breaks down our company’s profit and loss numbers, along with the context, decisions, and lessons from that quarter. Full episodes can be found at ⁠cubicletoceo.co/revenuereport⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

View the Cubicle to CEO X Boma Book List of our top 12 must-read books written BY AND FOR women in business: https://www.ellenyin.com/blog/12-books-every-female-founder-entrepreneur-ceo-should-read If you want to shop Boma’s beautiful selection of handmade pieces, you can go to bomajewelry.com and use the code “READERS” at checkout to save 15%. Over the last few years, companies everywhere have been making a conscious effort to implement sustainability into their business models, but I feel that few have done it with the long-term vision and intentionality of one of my favorite brands, Boma. Boma is a handmade, ethical jewelry brand paving the way for social purpose corporations that believe in the triple bottom line: people, planet, and profits. Today I have the honor of talking with my friend, factory owner, and CEO of Boma, Suzanne Vetillart, to get her perspective on what building a truly sustainable business looks like beyond the walls of manufacturing and product creation. After spending her post-grad years working in architecture and becoming a mom of four, Suzanne realized she needed a change of pace in her career. She returned to the family-owned jewelry business her parents founded and stepped into the role of CEO. My conversation with Suzanne left me thinking about how so many social-impact businesses overlook how they can give back internally, starting with their own company footprint and people. It’s challenged me to rethink “sustainability” as just another buzzword, and I know you’ll be inspired by Suzanne’s wisdom to implement changes in your business too. Keep listening to hear the refreshing reason why Suzanne WANTS Boma to be copied by other companies, how leaders can promote sustainability in their teams and culture, ways to innovate, and why we need more diverse examples of what a CEO looks like. Connect with Suzanne: www.bomajewelry.com Use code 'READERS' for 15% off! @bomajewelry If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday ----- FREE RESOURCES:Service-based entrepreneurs, are you tired of being on the content hamster wheel + hustling for more followers without more income? I created a FREE, on-demand training just for you on how to use my step-by-step client attraction system to create your first $10K month, WITHOUT a large audience or complicated marketing strategies! Claim your bonus gift by watching now: ellenyin.com/getclients Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want even more Cubicle to CEO insight, extra resources, and a network of growing entrepreneurs just like yourself? Join our Cubicle to CEO Community Facebook Group to get access to it all! Today is super exciting because we have our very first returning guest on the show! After nearly 2 years, I could not be more thrilled to welcome back a friend, student, and now $10K month earner, Lesa Banks.Lesa is a former Fortune 500 marketing executive who decided to hang up her slacks after 13 years in corporate America so she could work in her PJs from home, founding her own brand, Pajama Marketer. A mom with two young sons, Lesa helps other moms make MORE money while spending LESS time away from their families. She was actually one of the very first students in my membership, Cubicle to CEO, and used our Consistent Clients Cashflow System we teach in our program to generate multiple $10K months! Now in the third year of her entrepreneurial journey, she recently launched a course about Pinterest marketing (check the show notes for a special coupon code just for our community) and runs a marketing agency with her husband, Rick, providing high quality but affordable marketing services to small businesses! If you want to get to know Lesa, or catch up on the growth she’s experienced since the last time she was behind the mic in episode #6 on our podcast, then definitely stick around. We will be chatting about the roadblocks that come with making a huge career transition, the exact breakdown of how she achieved her $10K months, and the key things all small businesses need to know about social media marketing - including one small tweak that will make a HUGE impact on how your customers perceive your brand online.Connect with Lesa: pajamamarketer.com rblbmarketing.com @pajamamarketer Pinterest Pinning for Business Course $20 off for Cubicle to CEO Members! If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want even more Cubicle to CEO insight, extra resources, and a network of growing entrepreneurs just like yourself? Join our Cubicle to CEO Community Facebook Group to get access to it all! If you’re looking for scrappy strategies to grow your business, you came to the right place. Today’s guest knows what it means to use what she has right in front of her, and turn it into something remarkable. Jess Ekstrom is the founder of Headbands of Hope as well as Bright Pages, the creator of Mic Drop Workshop (a program for women who want to become paid keynote speakers - I’m a student and love it!), and author of Chasing the Bright Side.Headbands of Hope has been featured on national TV and worn by celebrities like Kelsea Ballerini & Khloe Kardashian, but more importantly, they’ve donated over 600,000 headbands to children with illnesses with their buy one give one model, reaching every single children's hospital in America and 22 countries.Even more impressive? Jess started this company in 2012 from her dorm room as a 19 year old college student and had to get super creative with launching a product line and spreading the word on a nonexistent budget and social presence. Now after writing a book, creating a course, and launching a new business in the midst of the pandemic, Jess is sharing how she used what she had to make what she wanted, the reasons why you should (or shouldn’t) keep trying to build your business, and why you don’t want to be a Cheesecake Factory speaker (don’t worry you’ll get what I mean after listening). By the way, Jess is generously gifting our podcast community a one month subscription to her online journaling product, Bright Pages! Use the code “ELLEN” at checkout to redeem your free month! You can pick your prompt pathway based on what you want to currently achieve and then receive daily guided journal prompts designed to help you get clarity on what you want to do! Head to brightpages.com, create a free account, pick your prompt pathway, and then use my code “ELLEN” at checkout - this isn’t a sponsored plug, just an awesome gift from Jess to our listeners! Connect with Jess: jessekstrom.com brightpages.com IG: @jess_ekstrom Twitter: @jess_ekstrom LinkedIn Facebook If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by our friends at Honeybook! Sign up for a 7 day free trial and lock in your 50% first year discount with Ellen's favorite client management system software: http://share.honeybook.com/ellen I am back with another short and sweet solo episode. This one is going to be focused on a hot topic that is something you either have been guilty of doing yourself, or it really really irks you. We are going to be talking about the age old question "Hey, can I pick your brain?". We've all been there, either on the receiving end or perhaps sent that message yourself. Someone actually asked me how to address this kind of message in our monthly CEO calls for my membership, which made me realize that this is something I'm sure a lot of you are curious about as well. And if you have sent that message, don't beat yourself up about it , most of the time people who ask that come from a place of really good intention. The issue is a lack of understanding of what you are actually asking for when you send this message, and that's exactly what we are going to go over today, as well as why you need to set these boundaries, and how to answer this question in a kind but firm way. Want get all of these responses as a PDF download to keep in your back pocket? Join our Cubicle to CEO Community Facebook Group to get access to this free resource! Enjoy these income reports & want to catch up on previous ones? Check them out below! How I Made $560,348 in 2020 (Q4 Income Report) How I Made $209,264 in 90 Days (Q3 2020 Income Report) How I Made $120,458.70 In 3 Months (Q2 2020 Income Report) Q1 Business Review & Income Report Read my Six Figures in Six Months Case Study If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Play BINGO with us! Go to @cubicletoceo to learn how you can win a $100 Amazon Gift Card for while playing a game of our Podcast BINGO! Have you heard? We’re on a mission to help 500 female entrepreneurs who work with clients make their first $10,000 month this year through our 12 month membership (we like to call it more of a mentorship), Cubicle to CEO! Today’s guest is going in our $10K Hall of Fame as one of those 500 women, and we wanted to celebrate her on the show for reaching that milestone of her first $10K month - all with less than 500 Instagram followers! This is proof you can scale your business with a small audience! Meet April Ray, a web designer and marketing strategist who creates websites that turn visitors into customers. This wife and mom of two little ones lives on a cattle farm in Kentucky and joined Cubicle to CEO when she was six weeks postpartum with a business that felt stagnant. In her first 30 days with us, she made back her entire annual investment. Today, April shares with us what gave her the confidence to go from charging $250 for a website to landing $7500 website clients, how empowering her clients through a simple strategy you can implement immediately has not only boosted retention but also created a recurring revenue stream, and how scaling down her service offerings actually allowed her to scale up her revenue to $10K months in just one year! You’ll also want to take notes on her best tips for how your website should flow to convert visitors into customers, and the key elements to focus on with your website if you’re just starting out! Connect with April: aprilraycreative.com Brand Your Business In 30 Minutes! @aprilmichelle9 April Ray Creative Facebook Page If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re giving away a copy of Kelsey’s book inside our free FB group this week! Just hop on over to the pinned post in the Cubicle to CEO Community and tell us your most influential mentor to be entered to win! We’re back with part 2 of our mini series on mentorship! Today’s guest is making the case for why your favorite influencer you have on that pedestal may not actually be the best mentor to help you achieve your goals - and who you should be seeking out instead. Kelsey Chapman is a podcaster and personal cheerleader to women creating their dream businesses and lives. Throughout her life, she was impacted by countless mentors who guided and supported her, which inspired her to write her book, What They Taught Me: Recognizing The Mentors Who Will Take You From Dream To Done. To pay it forward, she spends her days mentoring hundreds of women in her Radiant Communities. Press play for Kelsey’s wisdom on the kinds of qualities you should look for in a mentor, where to find mentors and how to make the big ask, when it's time to start paying for one, and how to get past imposter syndrome if you want to become a mentor yourself! This episode is your one-stop shop for everything you need to know about mentorship, let’s dig in! Connect with Kelsey: Kelseychapman.com/ @kelschapman Order Her Book! What They Taught Me: Recognizing The Mentors Who Will Take You From Dream To Done. If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Answer this week's Question of the Week in our Cubicle to CEO Community Facebook Group NOW for a chance to win a $10 Starbucks gift card! I’m so excited to kick-off two back to back episodes on our podcast on the topic of mentorship. For our first conversation, I want to introduce you to today’s special guest, Delores Morton. Delores is the CEO of Step Up, one of my favorite non-profit organizations offering mentorship programs to high school girls to reach their full potential and become the next generation of womxn leaders. With 20 years as an accomplished nonprofit executive designing and leading creative enterprises, Delores has worked with iconic brands like Americorps, L’Oreal, Disney, and Barbie, to create lasting change through philanthropic partnerships. Not to mention, she has been honored as a Champion for Change by President Obama for her work. No big deal, right? Whether you’re a non-profit leader or a business owner with an impact-driven mission, keep listening to hear Delores share what the data says about why mentorship matters at all stages in your career, how you can attract corporate sponsors, celebrities and build innovative brand partnerships to support your cause, and how to grow a loyal base of donors and members. Connect with Delores: www.suwn.org Step Up's Upcoming Events @stepupwomensnetwork Step Up Women's Network Facebook Page @deloresjewels If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can't get enough Cubicle to CEO? Join our Facebook Group to get extra resources, insider info, and a network of amazing entrepreneurs to chat about all things business with! What are you waiting for? Join the Cubicle to CEO Community Facebook Group NOW! What makes someone instantly appealing? Why do we trust or gravitate toward certain public figures or brands more than others? Today’s guest is an expert on the science of attraction and is going to blow your mind on how you can use this powerful psychology to improve your customer’s learning experience and grow your business. Vicki Kunkel is a serial edu-preneur (AKA educational entrepreneur) who has built a 200,000 subscriber training portal that she sold to an international consultancy in 2010, and her book “Instant Appeal” made Houston Business Chronicle’s list of “one of the top 10 business books to read”! Vicki walks us through everything from the primal factors that influence our unconscious mind and how we perceive brands to the most creative ways to add gamification to your online courses. She even scientifically broke down why certain politicians have lost elections! Trust me, you’ll want your notebook or Notes app nearby for this one. Keep listening to hear Vicki’s advice on subtle changes in phrasing that will hook in your audience, the top 3 recommendations you can implement in your business right now to increase your sales, and why the pursuit of being perfect will actually hurt your business. Connect with Vicki: digitalwits.com Instant Appeal Book If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join our Cubicle to CEO Community Facebook Group! It has been a hot minute since I’ve sat down to record an episode alone that wasn’t an income report! I am so amped to be recording this quick episode for you guys on how to battle Impostor Syndrome. Everyone I know has faced impostor syndrome at one point or another, and many still confront it all the time in their business. That is why today I am here to share 3 tips that I use to face and overcome my impostor syndrome as I continue to grow my business. Press play if you want to hear these tips, as well as what your impostor syndrome says about you, and an easy way to start tackling it TODAY! Want to make your first $10k month? Watch our FREE Masterclass to learn how!If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An entrepreneur’s journey is definitely a rollercoaster, and I think there are few people who understand that more than today’s guest. We are joined on the show by Shelton Wilder, a serial entrepreneur who turned a failed business into founding one of the top luxury real estate teams in the LA area, the Shelton Wilder Group. From living an affluent life as a young entrepreneur, to rebuilding from bankruptcy, to then pitching her clothing company on Shark Tank, and now killing it in the luxury real estate space, Shelton is a true testament to what you can accomplish when you keep your focus on the road in front of you, instead of looking in the rearview mirror. Keep listening to hear Shelton talk about what it was like to pitch to the sharks, the easy ways you can leverage video marketing to grow your business, and how to grieve letting go of something you’ve worked hard on to move onto something better. Connect with Shelton: @sheltonwilderestates www.sheltonwilder.com Wilder Ways of Real Estate Course Make sure to register with Ellen's link and use code 'CEO10' for 10% off! If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not everyone can win over Simon Cowell, but today’s guest did just that to get her golden ticket to Hollywood. Quigley, aka Casey Goode, shined as a contestant on season 8 of American Idol before getting cut during the semifinals round. Even though her dreams of making it as a musician came to a halt, Quigley’s true spotlight moment didn’t come until she discovered her love of photoshoot design & production, putting her creative genius front and center instead of letting a show define her story. Since then, she has become a digital content creator super star with her popular blog and Instagram account, @officiallyquigley, amassing 330,000 loyal followers. If her gorgeous shoots don’t wow you, then her authentic personality will definitely make you a fan! Seriously, go check out her account. Her photo game is unmatched. These days, Quigley loves spending time with her husband and adorable baby, creating unique content, and teaching self-care and mindset to other creators through her education company, Soulcial Media. I actually first connected with Quigley when we collaborated on her Creator Course Bundle last year, and she truly has one of the best hearts. Listen in to hear us talk about the best tips for creating eye-catching photos for social media, the importance of showing off the unedited parts of life, and why quitting can be a good thing when you pause one passion to give yourself the time to pursue another.Connect with Quigley: www.officiallyquigley.com www.soulcialmedia.com @officiallyquigley @thesoulcialmedia If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you want access to Haley's live masterclass on how to scale a 7 figure course or membership site, join us inside the Paid to Create Challenge! Sign up here: ellenyin.com/paidtocreate Try Kajabi (me and Haley's favorite course hosting platform) FREE for 14 days: ellenyin.com/kajabi It’s always a good day on the podcast when I get to host one of my dear friends, and today you get to meet the brilliant Haley Burkhead. Haley is the creator of Recurring Profit. She uses sales psychology to help entrepreneurs scale their course or membership site to $1 million dollars with an evergreen funnel! I’ve seen the power of sales psychology first hand in growing my own membership to a six figure product, and also as a coach inside Haley’s Recurring Profit program. I brought her on today to chat about why we both believe so strongly in the Paid to Create method of pre-selling your online course to a handful of beta students so you can live teach your lessons and get paid to create the content in real-time WITH them. Haley will also be joining us inside the Paid to Create 3 Day Challenge as a special guest speaker! She’ll be live teaching a masterclass on how to go evergreen with the course you create with us inside the challenge and scale it using her Recurring Profit Method - the proven strategies she used to build a $6 million dollar program without relying on Facebook ads, live launching, or a big warm audience to attract leads! You definitely don’t want to miss out on this opportunity to personally learn from her, so head on over to ellenyin.com/paidtocreate and sign up to get access to Haley’s bonus masterclass inside the challenge! Keep listening to hear Haley’s scrappy story of turning $12 in her business bank account into a multi-7 figure company. If you're interested in learning more about Haley's program Recurring Profit and signing up for a 7 figure Action Plan Call, fill out THIS form first, and then submit your name HERE so Ellen can help move your application to the front of the line! Connect with Haley: heyhaley.com @haleyburkhead Ellen's episode on the Hey Haley Podcast If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday ----- FREE RESOURCES:Service-based entrepreneurs, are you tired of being on the content hamster wheel + hustling for more followers without more income? I created a FREE, on-demand training just for you on how to use my step-by-step client attraction system to create your first $10K... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join our next Paid to Create 3 Day LIVE Challenge: ellenyin.com/paidtocreate Today I have another student success story I want to celebrate with you! Claire Woodhouse is an incredible wife, mother, blogger, and new course creator! She is the founder of the Secretly Healthy Home blog, sharing delicious dessert recipes to help other women enjoy their sweet tooth without any guilt. Claire recently launched her Smart Sweet Tooth System through participating in my Paid to Create Challenge and enrolled 12 founding (aka “beta”) students in just 3 days, BEFORE she even created a single lesson! The cash injection from her beta launch allowed her to pay for her video + membership platform hosting costs so she could launch this product with zero dollars spent out of pocket for her expenses. If you want access to the step-by-step Paid to Create method Claire followed to create your own online course in just 3 days, come join me for our next LIVE 3 day challenge! RSVP at ellenyin.com/paidtocreate. Stay tuned to hear about how Claire was able to bootstrap the launch of her first digital product and her #1 advice for all new entrepreneurs. If you’re a listener with big dreams of becoming an entrepreneur or growing your business with online courses, this one's for you! Connect with Claire: secretlyhealthyhome.com @secretlyhealthyhome Secretly Healthy Home Facebook Page Secretly Healthy Home Pinterest @secretlyhealthyhome Tik Tok If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join our next Paid to Create 3 Day LIVE Challenge: ellenyin.com/paidtocreate Get Hashtag Hacks for only $27: ellenyin.com/hashtaghacks Our next guest is coming to you all the way from the land down under. Jennifer McKinley became a serial entrepreneur after realizing her corporate job was no longer bringing fulfillment to her life. Now, she is the founder and CEO of Cor Silver Skincare, and more recently The Beauty of Profit First, a company dedicated to helping small businesses take control of their company’s finances without having to learn or understand accounting. Jennifer is a student in Cubicle to CEO, my annual membership that helps entrepreneurs who offer client services make their first $10,000 month. Not only did she achieve her $10K month, but Jennifer also successfully implemented the methods I teach inside my Hashtag Hacks course and Paid to Create Challenge, proving that you don’t need a large audience to build a profitable business. Keep listening to hear why it is so important to manage your finances with a profit first approach, how Parkinson’s Law impacts her business mindset, and how she got her first client with only 30 Instagram followers. Connect with Jennifer: Learn and Implement Profit First with Jennifer ($300 off with code ELLENYIN) thebeautyofprofitfirst.com @the_beauty_of_profit_first The Beauty of Profit First Facebook Page corsilver.com @corsilver Cor Silver Facebook Page If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a free preview of ⁠Revenue Report Files⁠: an audio archive of five years of Cubicle to CEO’s quarterly revenue reports, from 2020 through 2024. Each episode breaks down our company’s profit and loss numbers, along with the context, decisions, and lessons from that quarter. Full episodes can be found at ⁠cubicletoceo.co/revenuereport⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join our next Paid to Create 3 Day LIVE Challenge: ellenyin.com/paidtocreate Hey, have you been thinking about creating your first digital product this year? I want you to jump into my Paid to Create Challenge. This live challenge is action-oriented & to the point - I’ll walk you step by step through how to launch the beta version of your course or membership site and get your first paying students in just 3 days! I’m serious, if you join me live for ONE hour each day for just 3 days, we can have your product ready to sell before you create a single lesson. Instead, you’ll actually get paid to create the content live with your founding students, so you can prove your offer in the marketplace and get a cash injection to bootstrap your investment in any tech tools so you don’t have to pay money out of pocket or waste your time filming all your lessons before you know if people actually want to buy your course. If you want to join our next live challenge group AND get a free trial of Kajabi, my favorite all-in-one online marketing + course platform, head on over to ellenyin.com/paidtocreate for all the details and to save your spot! And just to show you how realistic this is, I want to introduce you to Kaylyn Dawley, co-founder of Action Jackson Promotions, a videography company in Vancouver, Washington that helps real estate professionals bring in more business by marketing their listings through video. Kaylyn is an amazing member of Cubicle to CEO, my annual membership helping entrepreneurs who sell client services make their first $10K month without a large audience or posting every day, but today, she’s sharing her personal experience of going through the Paid to Create Challenge to create her first online course, YouTube Quickstart. Keep listening to hear how Kaylyn successfully went from idea to her first paying students in literally 3 days and how adding a digital product to her service-based business has not only allowed her to expand her client base but also extend the lifetime value of each of her clients by upselling them into her signature service! You’ll leave this episode feeling super inspired by how simple it can be to create your own digital product, so let’s dive in! Connect with Kaylyn: Action Jackson Promotions @actionjacksonpromos Youtube Quickstart If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It feels like everyone these days wants to get sponsored and tap into the world of influencer marketing, but today’s guest was one of the first to explore the potential of influencer marketing when she started her agency nearly 7 years ago. Lindsey Heppner is the founder and CEO of VAMPPED., the leading creative and talent management agency based in Los Angeles. After facing a near death experience, Lindsey reevaluated everything in her life, and found herself spearheading the influencer movement. Now, she manages talent from micro-influencers to some of the biggest names in social media right now, and has worked with mega brands like Bumble, Sugar Bear Hair, PacSun, and many more. This conversation was such a blast to record, and just talking with Lindsey got my creative juices flowing. Press play to hear why micro-influencers are brands’ secret weapons and how to make a ton of noise when you need to get scrappy and market like a disruptor. Connect with Lindsey: Vampped.com @vampped @linzheppner If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I am SO excited to introduce you to a dear friend and a favorite past client of mine, Amy Lacey. We took a trip down memory lane together and caught up on Amy’s inspiring journey of making a mid-life career pivot at age 46 and starting a business in an industry she had no prior experience in that has changed the food space forever. Amy is the author of Cali’flour Kitchen and founder of Cali’flour Foods, the brand that pioneered the cauliflower pizza crust craze. After being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in 2010, she realized she needed to change her eating habits. With the determination to find recipes to make healthy versions of her favorite foods like pizza, she discovered how amazing cauliflower based products are (despite having hated cauliflower most of her life). These days you can find Cali’flour Foods’ cauliflower pizza crusts, flatbreads, and other entrees in national chains like Safeway, WalMart, Whole Foods, and Kroger! After working dozens of trade + media shows with the Cali’flour Foods team and sampling more cauliflower pizza crusts than most normal humans in a lifetime, I can confidently say that Amy’s products are as delicious as they are healthy. Stay tuned to hear Amy’s story of going from selling at the local farmer's market to $6 million in online sales in one year, the number one marketing strategy that exploded her business, and why she’s on a mission to turn her mess into her message. Connect with Amy: heyamylacey.com califlourfoods.com Cali'Flour Foods @califlourfoods @heyamylacey If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I was so impressed with my conversation with today’s guest, Christina Scalera - and not just because she’s managed to take almost 8 months off this year while still running a 7 figure business. Christina is the attorney and founder of The Contract Shop, a contract template store for creative entrepreneurs, wedding professionals, and coaches. I can’t stress enough how important a solid legal foundation for your business is, so if you need any contracts, check out The Contract Shop here! The queen of D-Commerce, Christina now teaches other entrepreneurs how they too can create their own highly profitable digital downloads shop with her course, Products on Tap. Also, Christina has an Ultimate Product Creation Plan, which includes all the tools you need to build your own digital download product and provide your audience with the ‘done-for-you’ resources they have been searching for. Go to cs.christinascalera.com/upcg to get access to this incredible FREE resource! Listen in to learn how she built a powerful affiliate program, why she purposely paused business growth for a few months to focus on optimizing the customer experience, the key differences between writing a high converting product description page versus traditional sales page or sales funnel, and how she has created her dream schedule that allows her to work as much or as little as she wants to. Christina drops so much knowledge in this one, so grab a pen and paper and let’s dive in. Connect with Christina: Ultimate Digital Download Creation Guide christinascalera.com thecontractshop.com @christinascalera If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finding the balance between work and personal time can be difficult to establish. Today’s guest knows all about the struggles of hustling too hard, and has done a full 180 in order to reprioritize and find time + emotional freedom. Meet one of our Cubicle to CEO members, Apryl Thatch. Apryl achieved “six-figure success” in the finance risk management industry, but, feeling overworked and emotionally drained, she left her career to become a serial entrepreneur. She recently took a six week sabbatical to refresh her outlook, and today we chat about the importance of setting boundaries in your career, the difference between an employee and entrepreneur mindset, and how joining my membership, Cubicle to CEO, helped her achieve THREE $10K DAYS in a single month! If you’re a service-based entrepreneur serious about making your first $10K month, check out out free masterclass to see if you’d be a good fit for our membership: ellenyin.com/getclients Connect with Apryl: @positively_pryl Exploring Gratitude Private Podcast If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leveraging brand partnerships has been a game changer for my business and is something we’re making an even bigger priority going into next year, so I’m really excited to introduce you to today’s guest who has over 9 years of experience in strategizing, negotiating, and executing powerful brand partnerships.As a first generation Asian American, Jenny Dinh Safransky has always been a natural born hustler. In her most recent role as Manager of Partnerships & Business Development at The Recording Academy for The GRAMMYs, she worked closely with brands that are household names like Absolut, Mastercard, Hilton, Trident, Delta and more. After a career transition and making her own leap from cubicle to CEO, Jenny is now sharing her expertise with other women through the launch of JDS Projects - a talent management agency with a focus on empowering and connecting diverse women of color creators, influencers and thought leaders with like-minded brands.Stay tuned to hear Jenny and I talk about how to make the right connections, the importance of creating long-term partnerships over one-off collaborations, and how to think outside the box to authentically integrate an outside brand with your own. Connect with Jenny: JDS Projects @itsjdsprojects LinkedIn If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In lieu of running Black Friday or Cyber Monday sales this year, we want to give back to our community! Enter our Week of Gratitude Giveaways kicking off November 23rd over on our Instagram: @cubicletoceo There are over $800 worth of prizes up for grabs and we're picking a new winner each day!Thanks to our friends at Flodesk (ellenyin.com/flodesk), Baxter Blue (baxterblueglasses.com - use code "ELLEN" to save 10%) and The Merchant Solutions (https://www.california.com/merchant-solutions/) for supporting this show and our community by generously donating awesome prizes for you all! Stay tuned on our IG! I recently had the opportunity to moderate a panel for BlogHer Food where we heard from 3 trailblazing women on how they turned their passion into profit in the food industry. There was so much wisdom shared in our conversation, and BlogHer was generous enough to lend us this audio recording so you guys could access this panel discussion as well. The 3 amazing entrepreneurs you will meet today are Lori Taylor, Dzung Lewis, and Candace Nelson. You’ll get a chance to hear more about their impressive backgrounds when I introduce them on the panel. We chat about the vastly different ways they all got started, the 3 rules of business partnerships, and what people are craving right now more than ever. If you are a product based business, especially in the food space, or are wanting to create an established national brand, this episode is for you! So go grab a snack and stay tuned for the incredible insight these women share about turning their hobby into their career. Connect with Candace: Pie Pop Up @candacenelson Connect with Dzung: Honeysuckle @honeysuckle Connect with Lori: Produce Moms @theproducemoms If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday ----- FREE RESOURCES:Service-based entrepreneurs, are you tired of being on the content hamster wheel + hustling for more followers without more income? I created a FREE, on-demand training just for you on how to use my step-by-step client attraction system to create your first $10K month, WITHOUT a large audience or complicated marketing strategies! Claim your bonus gift by watching now: ellenyin.com/getclients Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know that 50% of new businesses fail within the first 5 years? If you have ever wanted to own your own business but don’t feel drawn to the startup life, today’s guest is a serial entrepreneur and investor who shares a different path to being a business owner: buying an existing, already profitable business instead of starting your own from scratch. Carl Allen has spent 28 years facilitating over 330 business deals worth close to $48 billion, and now devotes his time to helping thousands of people all over the world venture into entrepreneurship by BUYING small businesses without using a dime of their own money.Keep listening to learn the 3 questions you need to ask to evaluate if a business is worth buying, how you can fund your purchase without spending your own money, and what every entrepreneur at the beginning of their journey needs to know. And for all my fellow bookworms out there, be sure to check out Carl’s book, Zero Down Business Buying Secrets, for a deeper look at what he shares with us today. He was kind enough to give our community a special deal, so go claim your copy for less than $5 at trainwithcarl.com/cubicletoceo! Connect with Carl: dealmakerwealthsociety.com Facebook Youtube If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday ----- FREE RESOURCES:Service-based entrepreneurs, are you tired of being on the content hamster wheel + hustling for more followers without more income? I created a FREE, on-demand training just for you on how to use my step-by-step client attraction system to create your first $10K month, WITHOUT a large audience or complicated marketing strategies! Claim your bonus gift by watching now: ellenyin.com/getclients Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re joined today by the magnetic Jen Gottlieb, who will be sharing how to leverage the media and free press to go from the best kept secret in your industry to a household name. Jen is the co-founder of Super Connector Media, a full service PR agency. She has been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Women’s Health, Good Morning America, PBS and Goop. In her career, she also had a 14-season run as a co-host on VH1 and a starring role in a Broadway national tour to boot.We talk about how Jen literally manifested her dream man and now business partner, the magic a future gratitude list can bring into your life, and her best tips for amplifying your media presence to skyrocket the growth of your business - including how a Super Connector Media client increased her revenue by 55% in just 7 months. If you’re ready to use the power of your story to be on TV and become the recognized expert in your niche, join me for the next Be on TV Bootcamp that starts December 7th! This is a 5 day bootcamp and I’ll be participating with you LIVE! Head over to ellenyin.com/beontv for all the details. Connect with Jen: Instagram superconnectormedia.com beontvchallenge.com If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I hope you’re excited because today we are talking about how to get in front of thousands of your dream people even if you have a tiny online audience. People often ask me, “Ellen, how do I grow online and get more followers?” And while I don’t think that’s a bad question, I do want to show you a faster way to get in front of more of the RIGHT people...hashtags!Listen in to hear how to optimize your hashtag usage to bring thousands of new people to your account, how to go mini-viral on a tiny account, and the top three mistakes I see entrepreneurs make with hashtags (and how to avoid making them). This short and sweet episode is packed with tangible takeaways, so you’ll want to grab a pen and paper for this one!If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This conversation has been top of mind for me for a long time, and it feels like the right time to bring this up! I want to answer the question, “how do I know if this course or program is a good investment for me?”I truly believe that the success of your business is dictated by the quality of the questions you ask, and the most common questions I get asked on a daily basis are: “How is your program different?” “How can you guarantee my success?” “Is it worth the cost?” “Should I invest in a coach?” “What program or course should I take next?” These questions, while valid and asked with good intentions, keep us playing small in our businesses. My intention with this episode is to help you show up as better business leaders in your daily work, and show you a new perspective about making an investment in a program or course. If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You guys get to meet one of my business heros today! I am thrilled to be sharing my conversation with bestselling author & CEO, Emma Isaacs. Emma is the founder and CEO of Business Chicks, a community that reaches 500,000 women worldwide. Not only that, but she is a bestselling author and a mom to six kids (she even live streamed the birth of her sixth child, how badass!) I love Emma because she embodies the spirit of entrepreneurship with her philosophy of winging it - we chat in depth about why taking action beats planning every time in business. Her new book, Winging It, is actually kicking off our inaugural Cubicle to CEO Book Club at the end of this month! If you’re interested in joining us, shoot me a DM @missellenyin so I can give you the invite. Listen in to learn how this college dropout owned a successful recruiting business by age 18, grew the Business Chicks community from 200 women to over half a million, and her top tips for networking that has landed her in the company and friendship of legends like Bill Gates, Sir Richard Branson, and Arianna Huffington.Connect with Emma: emmaisaacs.com @emmaisaacs Get a copy of Winging It! If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday ----- FREE RESOURCES:Service-based entrepreneurs, are you tired of being on the content hamster wheel + hustling for more followers without more income? I created a FREE, on-demand training just for you on how to use my step-by-step client attraction system to create your first $10K month, WITHOUT a large audience or complicated marketing strategies! Claim your bonus gift by watching now: ellenyin.com/getclients Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a free preview of ⁠Revenue Report Files⁠: an audio archive of five years of Cubicle to CEO’s quarterly revenue reports, from 2020 through 2024. Each episode breaks down our company’s profit and loss numbers, along with the context, decisions, and lessons from that quarter. Full episodes can be found at ⁠cubicletoceo.co/revenuereport⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you see my segment on the Today Show with Hoda & Jenna?! Watch it Here! I am joined today by a new friend who I’ve quickly grown to love, the amazingly talented Brittney Levine.In case you missed it, I had the incredible opportunity to work with Brittney a couple of weeks ago on the Today Show with Hoda & Jenna for a super fun, couples quarantine makeover segment. I can’t say enough good things about Brittney and my entire experience on the show. What struck me most about Brittney was her humility - chatting with her felt like talking to one of my best girl friends over coffee.Brittney has appeared regularly as a style expert on nationally syndicated shows like: the Today Show, Wendy Williams, E! News, and QVC, to name a few. She also has worked with big name celebrities like Catherine Zeta-Jones, and co-hosts the “Be My Neighbor” podcast with her actual NYC neighbor, Bevin Prince, of One Tree Hill fame.We talk about what she learned from almost 5,000 rejections, the anatomy of an attention-grabbing media pitch, and how to turn any “no” into a second opportunity.Connect with Brittney: On Instagram Listen to the Be My Neighbor Podcast If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get PAID to create your first course! If you have ever used the words “sales,” and “icky,” in the same sentence, this one’s for you. Today we are talking all things selling, and more specifically direct sales, with founder of Emerge Sales Training, Tasha Smith. Tasha has over 20 years of experience in sales, and has trained and coached over 8,000 network marketing clients to create thriving teams and businesses full of confidence, profit, and joy.We talk about Tasha’s customer first approach to direct selling, why the sales advice your upline gave you is probably outdated, what most network marketers don’t prioritize in their business that is hurting their growth (hint: it’s NOT recruiting more business builders), and exactly how to structure a sales conversation so you stop getting ghosted or coming across pushy. Guys, I swear Tasha and I share the same brain because we are in complete agreement on how to sell in a way that is actually enjoyable for all parties involved - this is honestly a great listen even if you’re not part of the network marketing industry. I use these same principles in my courses and service-based businesses daily!So if you haven’t already, grab a pen and paper and let’s dive in. Connect With Tasha: Emergesalestraining.com Get Tasha's Book! On Facebook If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn how to get paid to create your own digital product! Is it better to build your own business or buy an existing one? Today’s guest has done both and is here to share her wisdom. Tonya Rapley walks us through her recent experience of acquiring Club Loofah, an ecommerce bath & self-care brand in an industry she had no prior experience in. In addition to heading up this new venture, Tonya is a best-selling author and millennial money expert who founded My Fab Finance, an online resource for women to stop the cycle of living paycheck to paycheck so they can do more of what they love. Tonya shares with us her top 3 tips for eliminating debt, when to walk away from a goal versus when to push through a challenging season, and what changes she’s bringing to her new business to grow and scale faster. Connect with Tonya www.loofah.club Myfabfinance.com Instagram If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday ----- FREE RESOURCES:Service-based entrepreneurs, are you tired of being on the content hamster wheel + hustling for more followers without more income? I created a FREE, on-demand training just for you on how to use my step-by-step client attraction system to create your first $10K month, WITHOUT a large audience or complicated marketing strategies! Claim your bonus gift by watching now: ellenyin.com/getclients Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices