Flipped Lifestyle™ Podcast

"I really, really want to help people and do something to make their lives better BUT I don't think I'm even qualified to do it." Does this sound familiar? This is like saying, "I have superpowers and I want to help but I don't think I should because I'm not really a certified superhero." WHAT?! This is a mindset issue. It's sad that you feel this way when deep down you know: "I CAN DO SOMETHING." RIGHT. NOW. "But… b-but…" But what? Why do you let these excuses run your life? I don't know about you but it sure don't look like excuses are what the world needs right now. Excuses won't make your life worthwhile. And it is NOT what your people need to move their life forward. In Luke 12:48, the Bible says: "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." Let that wisdom sink in, y'all. Now, are you ready for the big epiphany that you've probably (secretly) knew all along? YOU have a wealth of skills and talents that can solve people's problems. Yes! We mean, YOU, reading this right now! The opportunity to move forward and succeed is right in front of you. So, what are you waiting for? Do the thing you said you'd do! TAKE ACTION and STRIVE FOR THE LIFE YOU WANT. Don't take your gifts for granted, don't waste your potential, and don't kill your purpose. Let everything you do, everything you are and everything you will become be for the greater good. Be in tune with your superpower, embrace it! EVOLVE. And then never stop evolving, dreaming and doing. Our guest this week is someone with an amazing "superpower." We'll be helping out a real-life cowboy get his horse training business online and overcome his aversion to technological know-how, so he can take it to the next level. It's going to be a huge transition but since training horses and cowboying it up are his superpowers, nothing's going to stop him from understanding the fundamental principles in building the foundations of a successful online business. And now, without further ado, here's David Neasons' story… David is a father of two teenage kids, married to his amazing wife, Katie, and is a day-working cowboy. Before we proceed, let's debunk the common misconception that cowboys equal to rodeo. There are different kinds of cowboys, with different skills that are remarkable labors of love. To cut it short, not all cowboys do rodeos, y'all! Some herd animals, some do the field work, and others are more like horsemen. Take David as an example, he is a working cowboy who specializes in horse training. Growing up in a family of cowboys, he started his first colt when he was in high school, and also trained several horses for other people to make some money while he was in college. But despite being a Texas A&M graduate, he found it difficult to decide which career to pursue, the world was changing and there were a lot of different paths to choose from. With tons of encouragement from Katie, David went on to start his career on horseback as a Feedyard Cowboy. He loved this job and immediately regretted leaving that for a nine-to-five career. By 2005, he decided to leave the office, pick up where he left off as a cowboy and help raise the kids at home. So, how exactly did he start going online if he's a full-time cowboy and horseman? Working with animals that weigh about ten times more than him, he is met with a lot of near misses and near death experiences on a daily basis. So, he goes on to share his daily escapades with his family and friends, to the point where it's almost a running joke that he almost always has at least one close call a day. But leave it to his wife to set the stage!

When we started our online business journey 6 years ago, our goal wasn't simply to make a few bucks online. We wanted to create a consistent stream of income that would pay the bills, meet our family's needs, and allow us to share lots of Can't Miss Moments with our kids and loved ones. But this is easier said than done. Trust us, we know the struggle is real! We know how hard it is to make ends meet, the stress of living paycheck to paycheck, and having little to no means of investing in ourselves, let alone start our own online business. We were parents of, then, very young children (Isaac was a preschooler and Anna Jo was an infant). We had full-time jobs, I was a history teacher and Jocelyn was a school librarian. We lived in Kentucky, where it's basically unheard of to make money online. So, how did we create the change that flipped our lives? The simple answer is... WE TOOK ACTION. It wasn't probably the best time to start an online business, but the clock was ticking and we had to make a choice. Now, we look back and we're just so grateful that we listened to our hearts. We did what we had to do, instead of just wasting our time waiting for the "right" moment. Because if we waited for everything to be perfect, I doubt we'd be where we are now. Our lives changed for the better because we decided to walk this path, invested in ourselves and believed in what we could share with the world. In this week's episode, we'll share 3 practical tips to help you make $100/day online: 1. ACTION IS THE CURE TO FEAR. We understand how terrifying it is to let go of all the indoctrinations the "world" has force-fed our minds... Go to school. Get a degree. Find a job. Start a family. Toil until you retire. Although your fear of the unknown is valid, you also have immeasurable potential. You have, within you, the power to create change in your life! Every time you take action, you take a step past that fear. Every time you take a step past those fears, you gain vital experience that you'll need to conquer future fears far greater than the one you've just defeated. You see, all it takes is for you to take that first step. And then the next step. And then the next. Rinse and repeat. So, don't underestimate yourself and all the amazing things you can share with the world. Your life is a constant testimony of resilience, so don't be so quick to limit yourself to what everybody else says your life should be. Step out of your comfort zone, my friend. :) There's more to life than keeping your dreams trapped behind that cage of self-doubt and fear of failure. It's time to embrace those bright and endless possibilities that your courage will afford you (and your family). If you haven't taken action yet, if you were too scared to try, then the moment is ripe for your picking! Remember... People who succeed are serious in creating success, they DO what it takes to make their lives better. Why? Because successful people are resilient. People who are not successful prefer to DO NOTHING, they are content with the mediocre. Why? Because mediocre is easier. Bottomline: Take action with the intent to succeed and you, ultimately, will. 2. Don't reinvent the wheel and chase fads. With so many tools and courses available in this day and age, it's quite hard to stay focused on what you really need to start, build and grow a successful online business. What you need: Website Product Software to market the product Software to protect the product (so that people can't just search for it and find it) A way to take payments A way to deliver the product. That's it. You don't need a $1,000 logo or 100,000 followers on those social media platforms to start making money online. Bottomline: Keep it simple! The things you need to start,

When life gets hard, sometimes we tend to blame ourselves too much and end up focusing on everything that has gone wrong. We'd say things like... "I don't have any skills to succeed." "Everybody else is moving forward except me, now it's already too late to catch up." Well, this podcast is all about overcoming your fears and helping you carve your success online in your own unique way! Your struggles do not define you, and CANNOT stop you as long as you don't give up. YOU have skills that are vital to your own success, as well as OTHER people's success. And the only one stopping you from becoming successful is you, doubting your own probability of success! Think about it… We live in Kentucky. People here aren't as technologically savvy as everyone else. Years ago people didn't know much about the internet, let alone that you can use it to earn yourself a decent living. WE didn't know much about it when we started either! Here's the truth: Everyone's starting point will be a little different, but anyone who wants a shot at success will have to invest the time and effort it takes to actually make it online. Your effort to move forward will always be met with some sort of resistance (because… PHYSICS!). But despite our success now, we DID struggle to succeed in the beginning just like everybody else. But the biggest factor that led us to success was that we stayed the course and learned from what wasn't working. We shifted our efforts to creating and improving products and services that would change the lives of so many budding talents in our online membership community. Struggling pushes us to evolve. It is up to us to find the lesson from our struggles, and use that lesson to become even better versions of ourselves in order to bless those around us. Because we're all here to help those whose lives we touch! Now, our guest this week has been working in the Airline Industry for over 3 decades. She has gone through her share of struggles and harnessed those experiences to be the support she wished she had access to while going through difficult times. Her name is Debi Talbert. And this is her story… Originally from Florida, Debi moved to Northern Kentucky in 2002 and later went back to Florida in 2011. She's been married to her husband, Duncan, for 20 years; she has 4 adult children, 5 delightful grandbabies, and 5 granddogs. She has been working as a Flight Attendant for 35 years but has had her retirement plan disappear when her company filed for bankruptcy. RETIREMENT PLAN… GONE. POOF! VANISHED! Although disappointed, Debi went on to start her entrepreneurial journey in order to sustain their current lifestyle, spend more time with her growing family, and finally be free from the bonds of corporate employment. She started out doing multi-level marketing, but her schedule proved to be much too random to sustain such a venture. So she looked for the next best thing: ONLINE BUSINESS. It wouldn't come as a surprise that she had decided to dive into online business and begin carving out her own internet success story, since she has always been fascinated with computers. She joined the Flip Your Life community, participated in forum conversations, found the support and insight she needed in order to take her next steps. Since starting her blog, she has been able to apply new ideas for her website to support her true calling, which is guiding high functioning women with extreme drinking habits stay sober But what makes her the expert? You might ask. Remember when we said that everyone has different life struggles that they have to deal with? Well, it just so happened that Debi's struggle was her attempt to silence her anxiety with excessive drinking. She was an introvert who was uncomfortable with her own voice, sharing her thoughts, guilty of her own private drinking prison. She ignored her pent-up emotions,

A couple of weeks ago on the podcast, we had a big discussion about time management and how important it was to kind of shift your mindset away from, "I don't have time," to, "I will find the time and I'm going to do whatever it takes to be successful." We're going to revisit that topic today and learn even more time management strategies. It gets much more practical with our 7 best time management tips. These are the time management tips that helped us build and grow a successful online business, allowed us to quit our jobs, and gave us the freedom that we have now to spend more time with each other and with our kids. In our experience, it doesn't matter where you are in your online business journey, everyone needs time management help. We all have the exact same amount of time, and almost everyone we know struggles at some point with time management. How you're managing your time is something you've got to reevaluate every now and then. One of the things that led to this series on time management in our podcast is because Jocelyn and I had kind of gotten off the path a little bit. We stopped using our calendar quite as much. We weren't getting into our normal routines. Things were getting a little hectic with the kids in school, and life just tends to knock you off of your time management plan and it's really up to you to go redirect your course. You've got to get back on the path and ask, "What are the fundamentals? What are the basics? What are the practical things that I can actually do to manage my time and make sure I'm getting everything done?" That's what we're going to talk about today. Tip #1: Stop letting other people kill your time. Set boundaries to protect your time from distractions and disruptions. We all have a set amount of time every day, so we have to be careful of who and what we spend our time on. Here are some of the things we did (that you can TOTALLY do too!) to take control of our time: Cancel voicemail Checking your voicemail a few minutes a day distracts you from more productive activities. Sure, you'd say, "But it's only a few minutes!" or "I really need to know who left that message." Ask yourself... Do I really NEED to check these voice messages? Why do I need this when there are better ways to communicate? Always find ways to do things and invest time better. Listening to voicemail is definitely not one of them. Take control of your inbox The people in your inbox should be helping you make progress in your life. Get rid of emails that are constantly vying for your time that aren't important, or aren't giving you the answers / resources you need to move forward. Unsubscribe. Delete. Empty your inbox. Do what you've got to do to get started on the right track. Worried about emergencies and urgent emails? If that's even the case, the people / company that sent that to you will stay in touch to get that message across. If you think you'll clean that up later… chances are you wont. So, do it now and do it fast. Shut off unnecessary phone notifications Your time is valuable. We know this. YOU KNOW THIS. So, why aren't you doing anything to eliminate time wasters? You don't need to be on your phone for every single notification that makes that sweet buzzing sound (or whatever sound it's supposed to make). Will knowing someone liked your photo make you money? NO. Will a game alert on Facebook grow your business? NO. So stop getting distracted with things that aren't making you successful. Invest your time and effort only on things that create abundance, freedom and success for you and your family. Get caller ID to filter important calls from unimportant calls Getting caller ID helps you identify calls you absolutely must take, from those you can call back later or even those you can ignore all together. Word to the wise,

Here's the deal: Life can (and will) throw curveballs in our general direction when we least expect it. Things that are beyond our control, things that hurt and things that make us feel disconnected from everything else. And as if that's not enough, this often happens when we're already pretty overwhelmed. Nevertheless, we don't stop there… NO, we endure the challenges with everything we've got. WHY? Because we have the capability to persevere, to look for and find hope, to choose courage, to find peace in our faith -- to emerge victorious in our darkest hours. By now, y'all have probably noticed that we're going off our usual style here, and we're very happy that you did, because that means you're paying attention, and you'll be glad you did. You see, we've already recorded more than 180 podcast episodes. We've heard some really exceptional men and women share their finest hours, as well as recount some of their biggest trials, but none quite as inspiring as our guest, Sandra, has today. Sandra's story has moved and touched us so much that we laughed, ached and cried while recording. We learned so much from her today and you will too, it's going to get super interesting and super inspiring real quick. Here's her story... Sandra is a 34 years old Singaporean, who studied her music degree in the United Kingdom, married a Malaysian and lived in his home country for 5 years, and has always worked as a school music teacher. She struggled to conceive a child for many, many years. They've tried different fertility treatments, but was unsuccessful. Unfazed, she decided to dedicate her time and talent as a Worship Keyboardist to create something that would help and bless others. She searched for ways to do so, and later found out about the online business scene (because Sandra just ain't the kind to idly sit by and do nothing). She listened to several podcasts, dived deep into all the free content she could find, later joined the Flip Your Life community, and started building what she now calls, "The Inspired Keys Academy." She poured thousands of hours of hard work, creating content and leading her community, things were going great, she has been quite successful with her eBook sales as well. Just when you thought things couldn't get any better... She and her husband moved to Australia. New country. New house. New climate. Not to mention, their furniture hasn't even arrived yet, and then... PREGNANT. Sandra became pregnant despite all the new changes in her life! Can you believe just how miraculous that is? But now that she's expecting, she lost all interest in online business and kinda let it slide to the back burner, that doesn't mean she's lost her entrepreneurial spirit though. She was able to set up her own piano studio at home, where she teaches kids one-on-one, and months later had given birth to a healthy baby boy. Okay. Now, let's try that again… New country. New house. New climate. YAY! Pregnant. New piano studio at home. OH MY GOSH! Just gave birth. It doesn't stop there... 10 days after childbirth, Sandra got diagnosed with breast cancer. Let that sink in for a moment, that's the curveball right there. Like anybody receiving this kind of news, she broke down and cried. Factor in post pregnancy hormones and you're in for the craziest emotional roller coaster ride ever. But here's the thing that cancer didn't know, Sandra is probably the closest thing you have to Wonder Woman. With a "Never Give Up" attitude and her strong faith in God, Sandra was able to brush the dust off her shoulders and started counting her blessings. Remember that online business she put on the back burner? Well, it continued to earn her an average of 700 AUD a month. It was automated, so she wasn't even doing anything, how much more would she have earned if she kept growing her community? She thought about how blessed they were,

Are you a busy parent not having enough time for your online business? On this week's episode, we're going to help you find 3-5 hours of time to start, build, and grow a successful online business. These are tried and tested strategies that we apply in our daily routines whenever we get pressed for time. Are you a time-pressed entrepreneur? This episode will help you step up your time management skills, and help you stay laser-focused on your goals. Are you a time-pressed parent? This episode is for you, online business or no online business. If you've been pushing that thing you said you'd do farther and farther away on your calendar, you're going to find heaps of insight to finally find, make and take control of your time. This episode is for everyone who has ever wondered, "Where has all my time gone?" So, stick around and ready your thinking hats, 'cause it's TIME to flip your life. 3 Steps to better time management Step 1: Always look at how you're spending your time. To be able to spend your time wisely, you need a firm understanding of your routines, you need to be honest with yourself and in what you need to do to transform your life for the better. WHAT YOU'RE DOING + WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT + HOW TO DO IT BETTER Knowing just the first two does not equate to effective time management, you must strive to do better. Ask yourself, "What can I do differently that can take me a step closer to my goals and dreams?" Remember, you need to work hard and work smart to become successful. Often times, we become blindsided by the sense of security brought about by our daily routine. You might think that you're doing everything to move your life forward, when in fact, more opportunities would have presented itself if you had been more mindful of how you're spending your time. We created the Flipped Lifestyle 168 hours grid in order to see where we were spending our time, because you know what they say, "Seek and you shall find!" After mapping our hours spent in a week, we realized that you can categorize your daily activities into: Non-negotiables - blocked time meant for things you NEED to do: Eat, sleep, spend time with kids, work, etc. Negotiables - time you spend on activities you want, but could otherwise have been spent on more productive endeavors: Watch TV, play games on your phone, etc. When you see the freed blocks of time right in front of you, you'd be surprised to know that YOU ACTUALLY DO HAVE THE TIME TO DO WHAT YOU SAID YOU SHOULD BE DOING - yeah, those things you said months / years ago. Keyword: Prioritize. Step 2: Make time for more important things. "If you want to do something, you'll find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse." Stop wasting your time hesitating and second-guessing! You've just shed some light on the things that truly matter, it's about time to work on making the right adjustments to start living the life you've always dreamed of. Wouldn't you rather be leagues closer to success by making time for what's important and taking action, than holding yourself back with all those excuses? If you've found a good hour or two (trust us, you will!), use it to launch yourself forward. If you haven't, well… roll up your sleeves, and MAKE TIME to put yourself in that catapult, because if you don't set yourself up for success, no one else will. Take control of your time, before it takes control of you. Keyword: Prioritize! Step 3: Politely say "NO" to external pressures Saying "NO" comes with a price. There will be raised eyebrows, there will be resistance to your shifting gears, but success is a labor of love, as with anything born out of love, you've got to be prepared to make some sacrifices. You need to say no to things that are holding you back from your goal, this can be activities you really enjoy, like watching TV or nights out, etc., but remember, this is only temporary.

Cheers to another month full of new content and insight! Our Flip Your Life guest member this week is Clinical Psychologist, Human Leader and Keynote Speaker, Dr. Jeff Van Meter. Jeff started his career as an engineer with about 4 years of field experience before going back to school to pursue clinical psychology. His career shift led him to the Chicago suburbs where he eventually settled down and had a family. Dr. Van Meter has had reasonable success in his 25 years of clinical practice and as an entrepreneur. One of his unfair advantages is his innate penchant for public speaking which has allowed him to go on several leadership oriented speaking engagements. With 3 children almost ready for college, Jeff's entrepreneurial spirit kicked in. He started looking for other potential streams of income that's not tied to government and insurance regulations since this has had a negative impact on his paycheck. To start his online business, he needed something that won't burn him out, but still gave him the opportunity to change the lives of as many people as possible -- something that would take his family's life to the next level. He created several websites, attended several masterminds, followed a lot of advice from other well-meaning mentors, but this just blurred his focus and now his brand is suffering online identity crisis. Join us as we help Jeff consolidate his websites, highlight his strengths as a seasoned keynote speaker, and get his sales funnel back in shape. It's time to transform ideas into action, and you know, we're always here to help you find better ways to take action. So, don't miss it! You will learn: How to deal with online identity crisis Taking control and staying focused Using your online influence to boost your offline engagements Sales funnel and webinar basics Plus so much more [Tweet "We've got to celebrate all the wins. - Shane and Jocelyn"] [Tweet "You have more great things going on than you think you do. - Shane"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Dr. Jeff Van Meter's Website US History Teachers Elementary Librarian Michael Hyatt John Lee Dumas Aaron Walker Flip Your Life community Flip Your Life LIVE in Nashville! [Tweet "The steps you take must always be focused on achieving the goal. - Jocelyn"] [Tweet "You have to do it your way or you're not going to stick with it in the long term anyway. - Shane"] [Tweet "Find an accountability partner who helps you, and compliments your strengths. - Jocelyn"] Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Success Story of the Week: Today's story comes from a brand new member of the Flip Your Life community. Her name is Shelly, and the subject in her post in the Success Forums says, "I finished my course guidebook!!!" She's super excited about this one. Shelly says, "I just finished my guidebook for my course, which is a huge accomplishment for me. I also finished creating the PowerPoint presentation for my videos, which I'll be recording next week. I can't tell you how wonderful it feels to have the content of the course completed. Thank you, S & J, for all your encouragement, motivating podcast, and helpful tools. 2018 is going to be phenomenal!" I love this post, because Shelly just joined our community and was an action taker from day one; talking in other threads, replying to people's topics, posting action plans, posting her success stories, and this success story is amazing, because you know we always celebrate getting new customers, making more money, getting closer to replacing our incomes, quitting our jobs and changing our lives, but it's those little things you do along the way that you've got to celebrate if you're ever going to make it to your end goal.

Doing Facebook and YouTube LIVE broadcasts really help grow your online business! Yes, you heard it right. So in this week's episode, we're going to share our insight on live video content and how it can exponentially boost your audience's awareness of your brand. Recently, we've been doing several live events online, like Q&As and AMAs (ask-me-anything); we were testing this digital marketing strategy to see how it affects our brand and numbers. The results took us by surprise! There was a massive boost in our online followers, conversion rates and sales shortly after we've done live content. In a Forbes article, it said that 87% of online marketers are implementing the use of video content to grow their brands. This made us realize just how powerful social media is and how online entrepreneurs can benefit from this kind of content creation. Here's a summary of what we've learned about live video content, advantages and some pro tips to overcome that fear of being in front of the camera. 5 Advantages of using LIVE video content: Easy to create. Live videos are super simple and can often be done on your phone. You don't need fancy gear to share it online, no need for editing, and just gives you that freedom to do it anytime or anywhere you want. Boosts authority. If you present yourself as an expert, people are going to accept you as an expert. Doing live videos boosts your online authority, because people think you won't hit "record" if you're not qualified. Boosts authenticity. A live video allows your audience to relate to you on a deeper level. They get a sneak peek of who you are as a person, what your brand is about, and why you're doing what you're doing. Going live shows your audience that successful people are real and they have vulnerabilities too. This makes them eager to know you even more and relate to your story -- which makes them feel that they have a chance of becoming successful too. Engages your audience real time. Live videos notify people who follows your page real time, this gives them the opportunity to jump in and participate. Here, you can establish your credibility as the expert and foster engagement between members of your group. Boosts sales. Build enough curiosity with a good topic and description, and you'll get a huge sales boost. More live videos = more chances of even more people finding you. Ultimately, when more people see your content, the bigger the chance that they'll buy something from you. Pro tips: Do what makes you feel comfortable and confident. Use an outline to guide you through the video. Do it as often as you can, until it becomes routine. Get friends to view your live videos for practice. Build curiosity with a good topic and description. Remember that you have the power to kick trolls off of your group. Address the concern, but ignore unnecessary negative comments. [Tweet ""Live videos are good for boosting your authority and authenticity." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""Authenticity is why people go to your brand." - Shane"] You will learn: Advantages of LIVE video content How to overcome spotlight syndrome Coming up with a plan for your LIVE video content Dealing with haters and trolls Plus so much more! [Tweet ""The more you do it, the easier it gets." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""Repetition removes fear." - Shane"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Flip Your Life LIVE - Nashville (get your tickets now!) Flip Your Life community Video Marketing (Forbes) Success Story of the Week: This week's Flip Your Life success story comes from the Flip Your Life community member, Kevin Depew, and the subject of his post in our success forum said: I sold eight more membership with my Holiday special! It says, "We had a busy, but good December. I ran a Holiday special for five dollars for the first month,

Want to know more about purchase order sales? Purchase order driven sales might be a way to grow your online business. Let's listen in and learn from today's episode. Our guest today is a good friend of ours, FYL community member and School Counselor. We have the ever Passionate Action Taker, Misty. Misty is a school counselor in one of the districts in southeastern Kentucky. She is married and is a mother to 2 lovely girls, aged 4 and 6. Wanting to spend more time with her family, she tried doing several business ventures, but found it too exhausting to juggle her side hustle, family, and career. Shifting to online business After listening to our podcasts, she decided that she wanted her family to experience amazing can't miss moments too, and invested in herself and joined our online community. By 2016, she had learned how to use Canva to create content and sold her first digital product on a third party market. She felt more and more empowered because of her new found sense of creativity. After creating enough content and proving her credibility, she went on to launch her website where she can showcase her skills and expertise, School Counselor World. Here, she provides community support and digital resources to fellow school counselors, helping them fulfill the variety of roles you didn't know school counselors were expected to fill. She now has a thriving community of 30+ paying members, tons of thoughtfully organized content, and over 4,000 email subscribers. Her numbers are growing steadily, but how will she 5x or 10x this? Join us as we dive deep on purchase order sales strategies, your business' potential growth from conducting more B2B type transactions and why success is just a matter of finding the time to take consistent action. The weather's a little crazy, but we're here to take even bigger, crazier next steps to flip Misty's business and maybe your online business to the next level. Don't miss it! [Tweet ""Your initial success shouldn't be your only success." - Shane"] [Tweet ""The best time to plant a tree was 100 years ago, the second best time is TODAY." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: How to find time to start taking action How to grow your B2B (business to business) bigger Pitch your offer to the decision maker The advantage of having an FAQ page Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Focus more on the returns the next time you invest resources on something." -Shane"] [Tweet ""People could do amazing things if they would just start." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: School Counselor World - http://www.schoolcounselorworld.com/ Teachers Pay Teachers - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/ Canva - http://canva.com/ S&J Success Story: Reaching their 2015 goal - https://flippedlifestyle.com/podcast73/ Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Success Story of the Week: This week's success story is a special one because Jocelyn and I are going to celebrate a little success that we have had in our brand and we didn't even really know this had happened, is what's so funny because we set this goal last year. If you listen to our earlier episodes in 2016, you'll catch us sharing our goal from 2015, that we wanted to get 1,000 members in the Flip Your Life community. We wanted 1,000 people or more to be actively flipping their lives, chasing that flipped lifestyle, taking courses, taking action, and doing whatever it took to flip their life and we weren't even really paying attention. And one of our members posted a forum post in success forums that said, "Congrats, guys, you guys achieved your goal. There's over 1,000 members of the community!" It's just amazing and funny how goals work, we didn't focus on that goal.

We've made it this far because of the conscious effort we put into the choices we make. Some choices have bigger impacts on your life and business than others. Today we'll share with you our secret weapons for online success. This is the single choice we made that helped us grow exponentially as husband and wife, as business partners and as entrepreneurs in general. What's our secret weapon? Choosing to invest in ourselves and attend live events! Attending live events has been the single biggest game changer in our online business. There's something about going to a live event that takes everything in your business to the next level. Being surrounded by entrepreneurs of every level is a huge opportunity far too good to pass up. WHY? Everyone who goes to a live event is serious about their business. No one is messing around. Everyone is there to work and make the right connections that will help transform their business in the future. We would not be where we are today, if we had not gone to those live events early in our journey. The revelations you get by meeting the mind (or minds) behind the content, behind the business, will blow you away! [Tweet "Attending live events has been the single biggest difference maker in our online business." - Jocelyn"] Now that we got your attention with the perks, here are some tips and tricks to get you LIVE event ready! How to Choose The Right Event For You AND Get The Most Out of It: "WHO IS LEADING THE GROUP?" You should trust the person leading you to your next step. Make sure you do your research and learn about who is hosting the event, what they value, the purpose of the event and if they have the content you need to start or grow your online business. "WHO IS GOING?" Take time to consider the size of the event. A smaller event gives a more personalized experience that lets you connect with others on a deeper level. There's less clutter, less noise, less competition for everyone's attention, so the opportunity to build relationships with your fellow entrepreneurs is greater. This also makes asking your questions and finding the right answers even easier. Remember: You're not there just for the content. Go connect, build and strengthen relationships with your fellow participants, doing so will make a huge difference to your business in the future. "WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES VS THE REWARDS?" Invest in yourself and your business. We know how difficult it is for people to do this, but you must work on making a commitment to believe and invest in yourself and your business because the rewards are going to be bigger when you do. Overcome challenges and remove obstacles. Being a parent makes this even more complicated since there's going to be some guilt sinking in, "What will happen to the kids while I'm away?" But what if by attending this live event, your business takes off and in turn, it significantly makes your family's life better, would you now be willing to invest time, effort and money? You have to be ready to do whatever it takes to get to the next level and make that a priority. Are you investing your time, money and energy in a way that saves, frees up and generate you MORE time, money and energy? If the answer to the question above is "YES!" then you're already part of the 10% who's setting themselves up for success. If your answer is, "No," then there's no better time than the present to START making the changes needed to create a truly amazing life for your family. Being resourceful is a handy skill that all entrepreneurs must possess, practice resourcefulness and go do what you said you were going to do -- DO IT NOW. [Tweet ""Live events have 10x'd our business time and time again." - Shane"] Bonus Tips On Overcoming Challenges & Removing Obstacles: Try driving to the event location if flying there is too expensive for you. This also works well if you're living in relativ...

What does it take to attract people and get them to pay you for what you offer? How do you market yourself online? Let's find out in this episode with our guest Neil & Kristen Winking. They are a couple working on transitioning their experiences as wedding photography business owners to an online membership business model. Neil & Kristen owned a wedding photography business for about 5 years. Kristen ran their business full time, while Neil continued with his full time job and helped out as much as he could. Their business was born from their love of photography, but what they didn't expect were all of the back-end business responsibilities and the many, many hats that entrepreneurs wear to keep everything running smoothly. In fact, it was quite a struggle for them in the beginning as they were learning, sometimes the hard way, how to build and grow their wedding photography business. They became pretty successful, but relocated at the end of 2015, and with that the business closed. Once the family was settled in their new area, they just knew that they wanted to take their business online to allow them both the freedom and flexibility they need to spend more time with their 5 y/o son. They launched Hobby2Pro, where they provide coaching service to other wedding photographers in order for them to build and grow their own wedding photography business, just like they did. With their content and online infrastructure ready, they are faced with their biggest challenge: how do they market themselves? What does it take to really attract people and get them to pay you for what you offer? We're going to talk about how to overcome that mental hurdle of "tooting your own horn" and tactics that can supplement your mindset shift to get more people in your doors. Cold day, frozen lake, but with a HOT podcast! Now, grab a warm drink and get ready to take down notes. We're not going to let this weather keep us from taking action! [Tweet ""You must be seen doing what they feel is hard or impossible, then start believing they can do it too." - Shane"] [Tweet ""By sharing my experiences & story, I'm possibly helping someone else to impact other people's lives." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: How to market yourself even when you're a private person S&J's Healthy discussion exercise Why transparent people draw the right people in Documenting your success Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Be transparent, people appreciate honesty." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Remember, you are making a difference in other people's lives." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mention in today's show: Neil & Kristen's website - https://hobby2pro.com/ Flip Your Life community - https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Success Story of the Week: Today's success story from the Flip Your Life community forums comes from Sandra Chen. The subject of her Success Story post's says, "I averaged AUD 760 in profit in the midst of having a child and fighting breast cancer!" Wow. This is one of those MASSIVELY inspirational success stories that absolutely brought tears to our eyes, blew our minds and just motivated and inspired us to take action because... Sandra said, "I just did an online business profit chart from June to December 2017, and I was surprised to learn that I was able to earn AUD 760 on average per month. This year, I HARDLY worked on my online business. I focused a lot on my home piano teaching business, having just relocated to a brand new country and city of Melbourne, and trying to set some roots into the community. I spent much of the year pregnant, and shortly after childbirth grappled with a fresh diagnosis of Breast Cancer, and an intense chemotherapy schedule (ends March 2018) takes up ...

We're so excited to start this year's podcast episode with another Flip Your Life community guest member, Special Education High School Teacher and Wrestling aficionado, Kathy Martin. Kathy has been with her husband for 15 years, and has been a special education teacher for 10 years. She has always been passionate about teaching and truly loves working with her students. It isn't surprising that her online business revolves around her math teaching skills. Her website, Pre Algebra Teachers, is geared towards helping fellow math teachers stay encouraged and on top of their class. The website serves as a resource hub for both her curated content and membership community. Kathy has 15 members now, and is ready to grow her numbers. She's done webinars, she has sent the emails, she's keeping up with Facebook, so what else is there to do to boost her numbers? Join us as we discuss different sales strategies that will get Kathy much closer to her online business goals. From content automation to live webinars, to perceived value pricing and scarcity, there's just so many things to consider. 2018 is here, it's time for ACTION! You will learn: Automation VS Live Strategy Perceived value pricing The power of positive language Creating the FOMO: The fear of missing out Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Celebrating small successes prepares you for bigger wins." - Shane"] [Tweet ""If you're selling them something, make sure you're bringing them great value." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Kathy Martin's Website Jeanette Stein's Website Kevin Depew's Website US History Teachers WebinarNinja Elementary Librarian Flip Your Life community [Tweet ""There are obstacles in every path we choose, you just have to keep going to be successful." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Keep dropping breadcrumbs for people to follow until they're ready." - Shane"] Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Can't Miss Moment: Today's Can't Miss Moment is kind of a kind of a different kind of Can't Miss Moment, it's not one event as much as it is like an entire month. We have been on a trip like every other week for six straight weeks. We went on a Disney cruise, we went to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee for four days with my entire family to celebrate my mom and dad's 50th wedding anniversary. We had three full vacations back to back to back. When we were teachers, we'd have to save and go on a vacation every other year. I mean some of you can probably relate to that. You can't just go on trip after trip after trip because it gets really expensive when you travel. We kind of just didn't even have to bat an eye anymore because we worked so hard and built this online business. It provides us with the resources and the income to be able to do these things. You can connect with S&J on social media too! Thank you for listening! Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. See y'all next week! Can't listen right now? Read the transcript below! Jocelyn: Hey y'all! On today's podcast, we help Kathy take her online business to the next level. Shane: Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast where life always comes before work. We're your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. We're a real family that figured out how to make our entire living online. Now we help other families do the same. Are you ready to Flip Your Life? Alright, let's get started! What's going on, everybody?

MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'ALL! This week, we're focusing on getting you in shape for next year's abundance of opportunities by getting into the right mindset. But before we do, we'd like to let y'all know how thankful we are that you stuck around with us through 2017. It has been a wild ride, full of adventures, surprises and lessons. Congratulations on making it through this year, and we pray that the succeeding success stories be sweeter than the last. You guys rock! Now, let's get on to business… online business. The 5 Steps to Making Your Dream A Reality STEP 1: Celebrate last year's successes Take time to be grateful for what you've already achieved. Being mindfully appreciative of all your successes helps you to stay positive and focused on the target. If you don't celebrate your successes and are being too hard on yourself, negative things become amplified. What should you do when you feel bogged down? When personal victories are scarce, be happy for your loved ones' success, celebrate with them, and bask in that positive energy. Don't dwell on the bad stuff, learn from it and then move on. Channeling the spirit of gratitude is a powerful thing. There is so much good in the world, believe in it, and in yourself. Make gratitude a habit and you're already one step closer to your dream. STEP 2: Focus on experiences Hard set goals are good, but if you really think about it, you get that exhilaration from living in the moment. Experiences are things that move on to your next adventures, they add wisdom to your years and teaches you to persevere in times of hardship. Focus on what you FEEL as you're working towards your goals -- how are you experiencing your everyday life? The goal isn't all there is. Money isn't all there is. Fame isn't all there is. Now, be honest. What do YOU want to experience in life next year? STEP 3: Identify your areas of strength and weakness What do you need to learn in order to make those experiences possible? Focus on what makes the biggest impact in your life. Sometimes we aim at multiple targets in the hope that we'd hit a good opportunity, but this just distracts us from focusing all our efforts on hitting the best opportunity. Analyze your mindset and skills. Your success depends on what you put your mind into and the consistency of your actions. STEP 4: Take consistent action! Taking action builds your momentum to get to the next level. You can form this habit by committing yourself to the cause. There is no magic pill, success requires hard work, commitment and passion. When you take consistent action it allows you to learn more, experience more and consequently DO even more. What are three things you can do to make your life and others people's lives better? List and commit to three actions. BONUS: The conditioning of your mind becomes rewired when you take action, you are more alert and can make use of previous action's data to help you decide an even more educated next step. STEP 5: Focus on others: Paying it forward and giving back How are you going to help others? Amazing opportunities happen to genuinely helpful people. Giving is an awesome paradox. When you give, you receive. This is true, and for the most part, what we receive is something intangible like friendship and hope. These intangible treasures are a great source of fulfillment, and allows both the giver and the receiver to grow a mindset of abundance and gratitude. "And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others." 2 Corinthians 9:8 Thank you for listening! Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions,

Want insight on running a successful online membership business? Then this week's episode is a must hear for you. We're going to share the 6 Phases of a Successful Membership with YOU, dear listeners and fans. Recently, Jocelyn and I had our Flipped Lifestyle leadership excursion / vacation, where we took the time to talk about the future, reflect on the things we've learned this year, and enjoy some downtime to really unwind. We wanted to give you more insight on how to start and grow a successful membership community, so we summarized key points about the phases that make up the membership cycle. Happy listening and we wish y'all a very Merry Christmas! 6 Phases of a successful membership Phase One: Discovery Where people learn you exist -- cold traffic. Your audience can discover you through your podcasts, blog post, social media presence, marketing ad campaigns, etc. This is also where you start implementing your marketing plan to get yourself in front of as many people in your niche as possible. Phase Two: Learning Teach people what you're all about. The sales process of teaching them about what you offer, so that they will join your membership. Let people get to know you, your brand and what you have to offer. You can do this in a variety of ways, like creating a really strong "About Me" page. You can also do LIVE videos, just find ways to let people into your world and show them what makes you different from other people who may be offering the same product or service that you're offering. Help the people who have discovered you through the marketing plan, learn more about you and your brand, and sell them into your membership. Phase Three: Onboarding Getting people to join you as fast as possible by leading them to their first solution. Make sure that something is in place to welcome members who have just joined in your membership. Let them know that joining in was the right decision. What we do is we have a "Thank You Page" with a video that shows people how to find their login credentials and how to login to the community. The only page your paying customer is guaranteed to see is your "Thank You Page." If you rely on your customer receiving their email and opening them, but there just happens to be a glitch in the system, then they won't be able to get inside your community. So, give strong instructions and provide ways to get them immediate support in case they encounter any problems. "If they don't get access to what they've purchased, people will quit." - Shane Reach out to your people, especially the ones who haven't been logging in and let them know you're ready to serve them. Phase Four: Assimilation Let them know how your community culture works. If you don't assimilate your new members into your community, they are more likely to quit. So make sure you communicate with your people, don't leave them in the dark. Guide your members to their next course of action, be there for them and make them feel connected with your tribe. Phase Five: Participation This is where everybody becomes a family. They all hangout, getting into their routines and habits. This is also where the user starts leading themselves, taking accountability and helping other members. Instead of being just your tribe's leader, the setting changes into more of a "round table," where everybody is in this together -- unified under an ultimate purpose. You learn more about your members, the membership takes on a life of its own and it becomes a lot easier to manage, because your people have become more independent. Phase Six: Exit It is inevitable that most members will leave at some point for different reasons. You need to have a plan in place to ease this transition. The two things you must focus on in this event are: Learn why they're leaving so you can improve on areas of opportunities. Recover as many members as possible.

You guys know how we always say, "Throw the mud on the wall and see the ones that stick?" On air with us today is a Flip Your Life community couple who did just that! We are super excited to welcome two huge action takers on the show this week, members of the Flip Your Life community's international circle, Tita and Vincent Mangala. Tita & Vincent, originally from the Philippines, moved to Ontario, Canada a few years ago. They are both financial coaches, but Vincent primarily works as a service technician. They want to create an online business together in order to have the freedom to spend more time with their family and build a lasting legacy. Vincent has already created several websites and looks forward to monetizing them, but more isn't always better, especially when you have to invest time and money to grow your membership site. Join us as we help them decide which of their websites they need to focus on and how to effectively consolidate their content through context. Tune in, this might just be the same steps you'd need to take your online business to the next level. [Tweet ""Opportunity happens when you make it a priority & take action ." - Shane"] You Will Learn: Understanding how different niches can fit together Why content & context is important in building your membership How to market to a group segment that needs it Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Put your efforts in the things that matter & stay focused." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Don't force different sites together for convenience." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Ben Alagnam MeMovingToCanada.com Flip Your Life community Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Can't Miss Moment: Today's Can't Miss Moment is a family trip to Holiday World in Santa Claus, IN. Holiday World is somewhere that I (Jocelyn) have been going for a very long time. I started going there, I think in the 80's when it was Santa Claus Land -- it is now Holiday World. We take the kids up there occasionally. We haven't been there in a couple of years, but we decided this year that we were going to go up because I had gone to my 20-year high school reunion. The kids love it, and the whole trip was just an awesome fun time. That's one of the biggest differences, I think between before and now when we travelled. When we use to travel, it was like you had to do it in certain times of the year. You had to do it on weekends, when everyone else had to do it. We always plan our trips now in a way where nobody else is there, or where half the people that are normally there are there. It just saves you so much stress and time. To remove that stress makes the trips more fun, which lets you have more memories and Can't Miss Moments, and that's just not possible without the Flipped Lifestyle. You can connect with S&J on social media too! Thank you for listening! Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. See y'all next week! Can't listen right now? Read the transcript below! Jocelyn: Hey y'all! On today's podcast, we help Tita and Vincent decide whether or not to merge all their websites into one. Shane: Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast where life always comes before work. We're your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. We're a real family who figured out how to make our entire living online. And now, we help other families do the same. Are you ready to flip your life? Alright. Let's get started.

We're so excited to have one of our most active members on air with us this week! On her 4th time guesting on the Flipped Lifestyle podcast, we have the author of the ultimate parenting book called, "Positive Discipline Ninja Tactics: Key Tools to Handle Every Temper Tantrum, Keep Your Cool, and Enjoy Life with Your Young Child," Karen Lock Kolp, M.Ed. Karen is a blogger & podcaster who specializes in helping parents understand their young children. She shares her personal life lessons with her audience, and is driven by the passion to guide us parents through our everyday parenting challenges. Her husband, Ben, helps in processing the audio content for the "We Turned Out Okay" Podcast and is her biggest supporter. They've already gone a long way from when they first started out online, and now need help to grow their parenting community even more. Join us as we share our own experiences on making mistakes, learning from it and how Karen can benefit from embracing these likely mishaps online. If you're feeling discouraged and nothing is going the way you want it in your own business, make sure to tune in and gain the insight that will help take you to the next level! [Tweet ""You can show someone your support by reaching out to them, your encouragement helps them to go forward." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""If there is no reciprocity, people lose energy, people lose drive." - Shane"] You will learn: What to do when things don't go according to plan Stepping away from Spotlight Syndrome Keeping your audience in the loop The beauty of a smaller email list Plus so much more! [Tweet ""For the 1% that disagree, the 99% will be like, 'Oh, she's a real person too, and this makes me feel better about her!'" - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""Spin your disadvantages back to advantages." - Shane"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Karen's website Karen's 1st FL episode Karen's 2nd FL episode Karen's 3rd FL episode Useloom FL YouTube - Disney Cruise Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Can't Miss Moment: This week's Can't Miss Moment is a really, really good one. We got to take our kids on a Disney cruise. We went on a cruise down to the Bahamas with our kids. We got to go to Disney's private island which is Castaway Key. We got to go to Atlantis, which is that big resort that you see on TV all the time. I've always wanted to go there just to see it in person. And we got to go on a Disney cruise, and it was just the best experience I think I've ever had on any trip. We just decided to go, and we went. We had the best time. Isaac, when he was coming back, was like, "Dad, that was the best trip ever. I can't believe I got to actually do something like that." He said it was like all the things he had ever seen on YouTube. Everyone in our family had a really good time, and the best part about it is it's not a once-in-a-lifetime thing. We're already planning on possibly going on another in the near future. That is truly amazing. I couldn't have even dreamt of this when we were still teachers. Now, our online business allows us to have these types of opportunities, which is amazing. You can connect with S&J on social media too! Thank you for listening! Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. See y'all next week! Can't listen right now? Read the transcript below! Jocelyn: Hey, y'all! On today's podcast, we help Karen take her online business to the next lev...

We're closing this month with another amazing member from our Flip Your Life community! Joining us this week, on a mission to take her online business to the next level is Angeline Longshore. Angeline is an Emmy Award nominated former TV news producer, women's talk show producer, and on-camera news reporter originally from Los Angeles, now living in Maui, Hawaii. She has worked with a few one-on-one clients, built courses about video visibility, held free workshops, and have given a few paid talks. She has several brands and ideas, but is now working towards fulfilling her mission to change the face of social media's "perfectly" curated content. She aims to inspire other business owners to be brave enough to reveal their uniqueness, which will help bring clarity in their brand messaging. To form the foundations of her new venture, we'll be helping Angeline focus on finding the right niche so that she can maximize her idea's scalability. Be sure to stick around! There's going to be lots of real, in-depth insights in this episode that you do not want to miss. [Tweet ""Online business isn't just a way to make money, it teaches and helps others to be better." - Shane"] [Tweet ""People need you. You don't realize it, but you do have a responsibility." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: The magnetic entrepreneur mindset Understanding brand scalability Identifying and translating your skill set Why a membership community can help more people Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Serve your audience and figure out what they want." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""As long as your heart is in the right place, you'll keep moving forward and you'll eventually be successful." - Shane"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Angeline Longshore's Facebook Page Melissa Ramos - Sexy Food Therapy Cliff Ravenscraft Voxer FLKids.tv Flip Your Life community Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Can't Miss Moment: Today's Can't Miss Moment is getting our kids some shirts for their YouTube channel. Our kids have a YouTube channel, it is called Flipped Lifestyle Kids, or FL Kids. This is a Can't Miss Moment because it was like one of those surreal things. I took a picture of the kids and they were so excited because they loved having their own YouTube channel. As they were wearing these t-shirts, I was like, "Our kids have a brand. Our eight-year-old and our six-year-old literally have their own brand." They're learning the fundamentals that's going to help them build their own businesses later. It's an opportunity you just never even think about when you're living the society life, the normal life, the 9-to-5 life, and you're doing things the way the world tells you to do it. If you haven't subscribed to their YouTube channel yet, please do! :-D You can go to FLKids.tv and that will take you to their YouTube channel, and please subscribe because they're obsessed with the number of subscribers. And like their videos, please like their videos. It will make their day, and that's what it's all about. It's just keeping them positive, keeping them encouraged. The goal is to help them create content, understand that they have a brand that has an identity, and just lay the foundation for their future endeavors whenever they get into this stuff. I really encourage you guys as you go through your online journey, we, as parents have a tendency to step away from our kids, and not let them be a part of it. Include them. If you are a recording a podcast, record a podcast with your kids. If you're doing videos, do it with your kids. Not only will you be able to spend more time together, but you will change their life with what you teach them along the way.

We're going to be bending the rules a little bit this week. In this episode, we introduce the latest addition to the Flipped Lifestyle Team, Kat Jarman. Kat is our FYL Community Manager and she'll be a breath of fresh perspective in our membership forums, as she shares her knowledge and experience to help members get to the next level. She's tried getting her online business off the ground by herself, joined live events, jumped in a membership community full of other online entrepreneurs, hit the peaks and valleys, but most of all, she took massive action. Her online business journey is an amazing testimony of the freedom that lies on the other side of fear and uncertainty. This amazing collaboration, adding Kat's entrepreneurial voice to the chorus within the membership, is going to blow you away. [Tweet ""Just build in accountability." - Kat"] [Tweet ""You can't teach people something that you haven't done yourself." - Kat"] [Tweet ""It's important that people understand that there are other ways to do online business." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Kat's website The Flip Your Life community [Tweet ""The biggest thing that people do wrong is they get afraid, and they don't do anything." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Put yourself in the position so that when the right thing shows up, you can actually take advantage of it." - Shane"] Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! You can connect with S&J on social media too! Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. See y'all next week! Can't listen right now? Read the transcript below! Shane: Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast where life always comes before work. We're your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. We're a real family who figured out how to make our entire living online. And now, we help other families do the same. Are you ready to flip your life? Alright. Let's get started. What's going on, everybody? Welcome back to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast. It is great to be back with you again this week. We have got a different kind of episode for you this week. This is actually like breaking the rules a little bit but it's our show so we get to break the rules. Normally, we might have something that is on Jocelyn's and my mind, or we might bring on a member of our Flip Your Life community and help them take their business to the next level. But we are actually going to have a guest on the program here in a few minutes, and it is our new community manager, Kat. Before we bring on Kat, we are going to talk a little bit about why we are bringing on a community manager in the first place to help us inside the Flip Your Life community. For those of you who are in the community, you know that a lot of the members of our team, people that work with us to help us produce the community, produce the podcast are in there helping us get people the answers that they need to take their business to the next level. We felt like it was really important to bring on someone who is a successful entrepreneur, who knew what they were doing with some of the stuff that we were teaching to help everyone else make it to the next level, too. Jocelyn: At first, when we first started out our community, Shane and I were answering pretty much every single post. We still answer as many as we can, but as the community is growing, it has gotten harder and harder for us to do that. We want to make sure that there is still a voice in ther...

Not getting enough traffic on your website? Learn more about optimizing your website look and feel as we listen to today's guest. Asking next level questions this week is returning guest and owner of DentalTutor4Me.com, we have Cathy Middlestetter. Cathy creates content and shares her expertise to help dentistry students prepare for their board exams. Her reach and membership community has grown quite a bit since the last time she was on the show. Cathy is ready to try something new and maximize her website's profit-generating potential. We'll help her analyze her site to find the right look and feel that would impress her audience. Makes sure you have your pen and paper ready, there's going to be a lot of information bombs that's going to help you take your online business to the next level. [Tweet ""Everybody's got a niche." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Give them a chance to consume some of the content before asking them to join in." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""Autoresponders train people to click on the cool stuff." - Shane"] You Will Learn: Basic understanding WordPress themes Why you should add a "Most Popular Post" category on your site Difference between categories and tags Quick autoresponder tips Sales funnel vs Sales chain [Tweet ""Taking action doesn't have to be overwhelming, just be realistic on your commitments." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""Tell them the result & how you can get them that result." - Shane"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Cathy Middlestetter's Website Cathy's first interview Eye Dropper Loom Success Story: Tommy - The Cruise Dudes Flip Your Life community Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Success Story of the Week: Tommy runs a brand called The Cruise Dudes, and these are two of our original members from one of our original Flip Your Life groups back when it was just in beta. The Cruise Dudes guys showed up. We met them, we've built a great relationship with them over the years, and watching them grown their brand. They decided that they were going to release a digital magazine called Seawind, which is celebrating the cruising lifestyle, basically, and they just review cruises and do stuff like that. They just launched last week, and they came into the success forum to share this subject line, "75 Sales in 48 Hours." Tommy says, "Our digital magazine app, Seawind, launched Sunday afternoon on both the Apple store and Google Play Store. This morning, I reviewed the reports, and we've had 75 sales between the two platforms. Most of the purchases were from North America, but we were getting purchases from Europe and Asia, too. Over the next two weeks, I have interviews on a few travel podcasts and vlogs to promote the digital magazine. To say we are excited is putting it mildly. We are ecstatic." Seventy-five sales in 48 hours, that is absolutely incredible for any kind of launch, and we just couldn't be more proud of those guys for sticking with it, keep on going, and keep it grinding and keep trying to find what they can sell. That is why a lot of people don't succeed. They will try one thing, it didn't work the first time; "Well, it wasn't a miracle, I didn't win the lottery. I didn't hit the homerun, so I'm done." A lot of people in our community, what's so awesome about the Flip Your Life community, is they just keep swinging and hitting and swinging and hitting until they make themselves hit that home run. These guys have really hit a homerun; I think this is going to really take off for them. Good job, guys, we are extremely proud of you and it's just awesome to see what you've accomplished with your online business. We would love to help you write the success story for your online business. At the end of today's show,

How time flies! It's amazing how far we've come, from being cogs of a machine to creating this life of freedom. We're going to continue our story, sharing with you our lowest lows to our highest highs and hope that this inspires you to take action and make YOUR dreams into a reality. Last week, we talked about the worst day of our life, a truly terrible experience with a daycare center where they were mistreating our son, and that awful experience with a boss at our workplace that made us say, "Hey, this is not the life for us. We are going to do something else. We are going to find something different." As much as we wanted to quit our jobs right there and then, we couldn't until we figure out a way to earn and replace our current income. We researched, brainstormed and had just so many ideas going on at once. It was really hard. We knew the goal, but we didn't know how to get there. The Bible says in Matthew 7:7, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." We were asking and seeking. It was only a matter of time before our prayers were answered. Check out how we discovered online business, the entrepreneurial struggles and our heart-stopping 11￠ moment! We're thrilled to share what relentless enthusiasm, decisive action and faith can do to flip your life. Here are the links to S&J's Our Story podcast series Our Story - Prologue: A Couple of Kids from Kentucky Our Story - Chapter 1: Love at First Sight Our story - Chapter 2: Welcome to the real world (maybe we should get married?) Our story - Chapter 3: The worst day of our lives Our Story - Chapter 4: How a lawnmower and 11 cents changed our lives forever Our Story - Chapter 5: The Promise Land If you enjoyed this week's chapter, let us know in the comments or better yet, leave us an iTunes review. We will continue our story again next week! You can connect with S&J on social media too! Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. See y'all next week! Can't listen right now? Read the transcript below! Shane: Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast where life always comes before work. We're your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. We're a real family who figured out how to make our entire living online. And now, we help other families do the same. Are you ready to flip your life? Alright. Let's get started. What's up, guys! Welcome back to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast! So excited that you joined us today. We're getting into another chapter of our journey talking about how we basically went from employees to discovering online business to where we are today, living the Flipped Lifestyle. And on the last episode, we talked a lot about how we decided that we were going to try to do something different. We had settled in for the long haul, 27 years of teaching on each of us until we could retire. Life events happened that showed us that that was not the life that we wanted to live. We had a terrible experience with our child in a daycare center where they were mistreating him and then an awful experience with a boss at our workplace that basically made us say, "Hey, this is not the life for us. We are going to do something else, we are going to find something different." Jocelyn: And if there is one thing about us that you will realize from listening to all these stories and even things that we've done since then, we don't mess around. When we decide to do something, we find a way to get it done. Shane: That is really where we pick up today is, figuring out what we were going to do.

[Tweet ""Don't let other people dictate what's possible." - Shane"] Super excited to be back with you again this week, as Jocelyn and I continue our story of what brought us to this whirlwind ride that led to where we are today. Last week, we talked about how our careers started and how we have gotten engaged. If you had a blast last week, we're going to take you on a roller coaster ride of emotions this week! This Chapter's Highlights Our wedding Our career pivots The worst day of our lives -- the catalyst that pushed us closer to a more non-conventional way of living. We've been time-pressed young professionals, then time-pressed married, young professionals, and then time-pressed, working parents… we've been there and done that. We know what it's like and it ain't pretty. So, we hope that our story will inspire you, show you what is possible, and how you can do it too. [Tweet ""Whatever you decide to do is what will happen in your life." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Do what is best for your life, you can't worry what everybody else thinks." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Making the right choice involves making some hard choices." - Jocelyn"] If you enjoyed this week's chapter, let us know in the comments or better yet, leave us an iTunes review. We will continue our story again next week! Here are the links to S&J's Our Story podcast series Our Story – Prologue: A Couple of Kids from Kentucky Our Story – Chapter 1: Love at First Sight Our story – Chapter 2: Welcome to the real world (maybe we should get married?) Our story – Chapter 3: The worst day of our lives Our Story – Chapter 4: How a lawnmower and 11 cents changed our lives forever Our Story – Chapter 5: The Promise Land You can connect with S&J on social media too! Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. See y'all next week! Can't listen right now? Read the transcript below! Shane: Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast where life always comes before work. We're your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. We're a real family who figured out how to make our entire living online. And now, we help other families do the same. Are you ready to flip your life? Alright. Let's get started. What's up, guys? Welcome back to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast. Super excited to be back with you again today as Jocelyn and I continue our story about our entrepreneurial journey so that we can inspire you and show you what is possible, kind of what happened to us, this whirlwind ride that led to where we are today with the Flipped Lifestyle as compared to our old 9-to-5 jobs. In our last episode, we talked about how we got married, how we ended up finally getting married, then we got engaged. It was a really, really whirlwind process because I was coaching football. I just got a job at West Virginia as a graduate assistant. Jocelyn was living in Lexington, Kentucky. I was moving to Morgantown, and I basically called Jocelyn one day and we had a nice logical discussion about if we should get married or not. Jocelyn: Of course we did. Shane: Of course we did. Jocelyn: Because that's how I roll. Shane: I like to tell Jocelyn I was on one knee on the other end of the phone, she just couldn't see it at the time. Jocelyn: Yeah right. Shane: That is totally not true. We were just seriously having a good conversation. We decided that it would be a good idea that we should get married on July 3. What year did we get married? Jocelyn: 2004. Shane: 2004. Okay, that was a total man thing. Not even remembering the year. I do remember the date.

Last week, we had a blast sharing our college days with y'all. We're now moving on to the next chapter of our story, what happened after we moved out of our dorms, graduated from college and suddenly catapulted to what we thought was the vast, fun and glorious real world. Our epic adventure starts with us moving to my hometown, where we took off our part-time adult training wheels, and went in to do some serious, "real world" adulting. You'd think that after getting our college degree we'd be all cozy and comfy, but we were in for a really big surprise. The real world wasn't what we expected it to be, jobs were hard to come by especially since we lived in a very small and rural area. Come to think of it, there were lots of times where we had to really reflect on our next move because there were crossroads everywhere. As a young adult, the corporate environment can be a pretty scary thing to conquer. Zero experience, zero assurance, and with no idea of what's going to happen next. This Chapter's highlights how we forged our career paths how we started figuring out what we wanted to do for ourselves how we supported each other to get to that next level Here's where you'll see most of our early entrepreneurial tendencies kicking in. From Jocelyn's setting of expectations, to Shane's just-do-something-and-see-what-happens, everything that happened then was preparing us to become the people we are today. If you've ever been a struggling 20-something years old, this is going to bring back so many feels. Tune in this week and keep tuning in, who knows? You just might connect the dots in your life and realize you too have the puzzle pieces you need to succeed online. [Tweet ""I started thinking how could I have fun and make money." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Worst-case scenario is they'd say 'no' & I'd have to do something else." - Shane"] [Tweet ""We've learned to turn our backs on negativity." - Jocelyn"] Bonus Trivia: Jocelyn didn't love her MBA classes, and is officially an MBA dropout. When I actually moved from Daphne (AL), Jocelyn and my dad went and rented a big van. This is how I knew that Jocelyn loved me, by the way, for sure. Even being apart, being stupid, and being immature, Jocelyn got in the truck with my dad and drove 13 hours to help me pack and move back home. How to propose to a Jocelyn: "Basically, if we don't get married now, I don't know if we'll ever have a chance to do it." / "Are you free on the 3rd?" Jocelyn's engagement ring had her birthstone on it, instead of a diamond. If you enjoyed this week's chapter, let us know in the comments or better yet, leave us an iTunes review. We will continue our story again next week! Here are the links to S&J's Our Story podcast series Our Story – Prologue: A Couple of Kids from Kentucky Our Story – Chapter 1: Love at First Sight Our story – Chapter 2: Welcome to the real world (maybe we should get married?) Our story – Chapter 3: The worst day of our lives Our Story – Chapter 4: How a lawnmower and 11 cents changed our lives forever Our Story – Chapter 5: The Promise Land You can connect with S&J on social media too! Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. See y'all next week! Can't listen right now? Read the transcript below! Shane: Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast where life always comes before work. We're your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. We're a real family who figured out how to make our entire living online. And now, we help other families do the same. Are you ready to flip your life? Alright.

We're so excited to share this week's Our Story series with y'all! Last week, we let you in about our early life, where we came from, what it was like before Jocelyn and I knew each other. This week's chapter is actually about how we met in college at the University of Kentucky. The first time I ever got to talk to Jocelyn was when I was convinced that she was the woman I was going to marry. Chapter highlights How I won Jocelyn's love and attention How I tricked Jocelyn into being my girlfriend. Brace yourselves, things are going to get cheesy and then hilarious… really, really fast. [Tweet ""Don't live a "good enough" life, you don't have to live life planning for the worst case scenario.""] [Tweet ""Choose a mentality of abundance, success, drive -- strive for something more.""] [Tweet ""There is unlimited potential in all of us.""] BONUS TRIVIA: Gravity: How Shane got Jocelyn's attention... more or less. Jocelyn was born on March 27th, and I (Shane) was born on March 28th. When I told Jocelyn this, she was understandably skeptical. We both dreamed of going to the University of Kentucky, both drove a Buick, and had eventually moved to the "Wellness Dorm." Talk about fate! If you enjoyed this week's chapter, let us know in the comments or better yet, leave us an iTunes review. Next week, we'll talk about our first careers, when we really started pursuing our dreams and I'm going to share the story of my romantic storybook proposal to Jocelyn and how I convinced her to be my bride. Here are the links to S&J's Our Story podcast series Our Story – Prologue: A Couple of Kids from Kentucky Our Story – Chapter 1: Love at First Sight Our story – Chapter 2: Welcome to the real world (maybe we should get married?) Our story – Chapter 3: The worst day of our lives Our Story – Chapter 4: How a lawnmower and 11 cents changed our lives forever Our Story – Chapter 5: The Promise Land You can connect with S&J on social media too! Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. See y'all next week! Can't listen right now? Read the transcript below! Shane: Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast where life always comes before work. We're your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. We're a real family who figured out how to make our entire living online. And now, we help other families do the same. Are you ready to flip your life? Alright. Let's get started. What's up, everybody? Welcome back to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast. Great to be back with you again today. This is going to be a solo show with just me and Jocelyn. We are not going to have a guest on the program today. As we continue to tell you a little bit more about our story, about how two normal people from Kentucky were able to start an online business with no money, no time, while working full-time, raising kids, and basically, how maybe you can do it, too. That is what we are doing today, we are talking about the next chapter in our story. Last week, we told you a little bit about our early life about where we came from, where we grew up, before Jocelyn and I knew each other. The next chapter in our story is actually about how we met in college at the University of Kentucky. Jocelyn: Alright, in our last episode, we were talking about how young I was when I went to college. At the time, I thought I was all grown up and independent but looking back now, I realized how incredibly young and naïve I really was. Shane: You technically were not even legally of age. You are not even 18 years old when you moved away from home.

What is going on, everybody? We are super excited to start our special podcast series where we'll be giving y'all the juicy details of who we are, where we started, what and how it happened. An author is writing a book about our story and part of that process is recording our story on audio for her to listen to in an interview style format. So, Jocelyn and I were sitting here recording, and thought how this would be a great opportunity to fill in the gaps for everyone listening to our podcast. We want to share our story with you, how two normal people from really, really small rural communities in Kentucky went through life, learned about online business, and ended up creating this amazing life that we didn't even know existed a few years ago, and just let you guys in on that. Highlights of this Prologue Family background childhood memories fun high school days Walk this journey with us, listen to our story, let it inspire you, and know that you can do this too. BONUS TRIVIA: Jocelyn is obsessed with computers, and she started with this early 90s computer with 4 MB of RAM & a 256 MB hard drive. Here's an example image and what a 2,400 baud modem looks like. This is waaaaaay before Facebook y'all! Although we're saving the college days story for next week, here's a picture of what "Ethel" looked like. Here are the links to S&J's Our Story podcast series Our Story – Prologue: A Couple of Kids from Kentucky Our Story – Chapter 1: Love at First Sight Our story – Chapter 2: Welcome to the real world (maybe we should get married?) Our story – Chapter 3: The worst day of our lives Our Story – Chapter 4: How a lawnmower and 11 cents changed our lives forever Our Story – Chapter 5: The Promise Land You can connect with S&J on social media too! Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. See y'all next week! Can't listen right now? Read the transcript below! Shane: Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast where life always comes before work. We're your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. We're a real family who figured out how to make our entire living online. And now, we help other families do the same. Are you ready to flip your life? Alright. Let's get started. What is going on, everybody? This is Shane and Jocelyn here, flippedlifestyle.com, super excited to be back with you for another podcast today. This one's going to be a little different than our normal podcast where we're helping our people take their online business to the next level, members of our Flip Your Life community. Jocelyn and I actually are having a book written about us. An author is writing a book about our story and a part of that process is we are recording our story on audio for her to listen to, to go through, kind of like in an interview style format. Jocelyn and I were sitting here recording, and we thought, man, what a great opportunity to fill in the gaps and a lot of you listen to our podcast for online business advice and things like that. But what a great opportunity to share our story with you, how, basically, two normal people from really, really small rural communities in Kentucky over a period of time-- we went through our careers, we learned about online business, and we ended up creating this amazing life that we didn't even know existed a few years ago, and maybe just let you guys in on that, and let you walk that journey with us, listen to it, and listen to our story, let it inspire you, and let you know that you can do this, too. Jocelyn: Today, we are starting out with our early life.

5 years ago, we were both working as school teachers, barely getting by and living on someone else's schedule. We were time-pressed parents with no control over our lives. Our greatest journey started with a thought, "We want total control of our lives." That thought led to questions like, "How can we achieve that?" which led us to take action, and THOSE actions later led to our success. It started with creating and selling lesson plans online, which now has evolved to an even bigger calling. It's been 4 years since we left our nine-to-five jobs. We're full-time online entrepreneurs serving our online community, all while having the freedom to spend more time with our kids and each other. Our lives have changed for the better because: We figured out our WHY. We opened our minds to the possibilities. We took action AND because we did whatever it took to flip our life. So, to commemorate our 4th quit-iversary, here are 3 of the most important lessons we learned that enabled us to quit our jobs: Mindset Shift #1: Real people can do this! Yes, this means YOU! :-) You might think that you're not enough, or that you don't have what it takes, that you need a PHD to come up with a brilliant idea or need decades of experience to succeed online… THAT IS NOT TRUE. There were other people like us online and they made it work, so why can't we? I was a 0-10 head coach at one time, and built an online business that sold football playbooks. Jocelyn was a librarian for just 3 years when she sold lesson plans on her website. Don't let the world dictate what you can and cannot do. Folks working nine-to-five jobs can make money online. Parents can make money online. Retired, empty-nesters can make money online. We believed and took action, that is why we made it. You are more than capable to succeed too! Mindset Shift #2: Making money is easier than you think When you're working for someone else, hard work doesn't always guarantee your family's financial security. When you trade in your time for that paycheck, that is time away from your spouse, your kids, and things you're really passionate about. Which brings us to mindset shift #2, making money is easier than you think! There is ALWAYS a way to make money online. Because: Solving problems = Money Bigger problems solved = More money The only one stopping you from making money online is, well, YOU. #YouCanDoIt Mindset Shift #3: We all HAVE the time 60 seconds in a minute. 60 minutes in an hour. 24 hours in a day. 168 hours a week! We all have the same set of time and it's really up to us HOW we spend it. Prioritize what's important. What are your non-negotiables? To make it online, you have to be ready to make sacrifices. That means, cutting down on watching TV and even saying no to night out with friends. The time you invest on building your online business today, can spell your success in the future, so you need to decide what stays and what needs to change. Take control of your time, don't let it control you. We hope you had as much fun learning with us as we have while recording this episode for y'all :-) Don't forget to watch out for the Flipped Lifestyle's "Our Story" Series, see you next week! You can connect with S&J on social media too! Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Flip Your Life Community Jeanette Stein Brad Barrett Evan Burse Pat Flynn Rebecca & Dan Dekker Jeff Twiddy FL 168 Grid - Time Management Guide.pdf Elementary Librarian US History Teachers Thank you again for listening! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. :-) Transcript will be uploaded soon~

Need help driving more traffic to your website? We have Layne and Sondra Johnson on the show today, and getting more traffic to their website is one of the things we will learn in this episode. We'll be sharing insights on how they can take their fine art business to the next level! Sondra and Layne are a power couple, who's been working expanding their business both offline and online. Layne the first part of his career as a freelance illustrator, then 15 years as a children's book artist with over 20+ published books. Last year, he has officially switched to fine art and started creating a whole new body of work. He is primarily responsible for creating the content and the products. Sondra, on the other hand, has a full-time corporate job with a company she's served for 20 years. She was the one who laid out the foundations for their site, managing and learning how to handle the marketing and sales of fine art online. With the fine art business evolving like many other industries, the Johnsons are now looking into effective online marketing campaigns to grow their audience, but with so many platform options, how do you know which one is the right one? Join us as we discuss options of how artists can make money online, finding their effective social media platform and opt ins to get more people interested in the product. Are you a struggling artist hoping to get the right people to find your creations? Tune in and this just might help you take your idea to the next level. [Tweet ""You won't make money until you go out there and make something." - Shane"] [Tweet ""If you can make 1, you can make 101 or 1,001!" - Shane"] You Will Learn: How artists can sell online Driving more traffic to your website How to build and grow your mailing list Maximizing content type and platforms Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Don't do everything at once, work through a process." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""Everything is a trend, be prepared for the change." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Connect people who find interest in what you do." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Layne & Sondra's Website Evan Burse - the Cartoon Block Flip Your Life community Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Success Story: Today's success story comes from Paul. Paul is a fellow Kentuckian with me and Jocelyn, so we love Paul. And Paul writes in our success forums inside the Flip Your Life community, "12 Members to 20." Paul says, "This is starting to look like something. Since the beginning of this summer, I've gone from 12 members to 20. At 12 I felt like maybe I was making a mistake." "It's funny. It's feeling like a legit side business. At 50, I think I will be able to concentrate on it exclusively. Last fall, I was making pizza money. Now, I'm almost paying for my health insurance. Next stop, rent. Then, it really starts to get interesting." We would love to help you write the success story for your online business. At the end of today's show, head over to flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife where you can learn more about building and growing a successful online business with the help of our Flip Your Life community. Can't Miss Moment: Our Can't Miss Moment for this week is a Wednesday afternoon walk with the kids and the dogs. The other day, it was a Wednesday, it was around 11 o'clock and I was kind of getting burned out, and I was trying to figure some stuff out, the kids were here. I was like, "You know what? I'm not going to work the rest of the day." I just shut everything down, got the kids, got the dogs, threw them in the truck -- I didn't throw them in the truck, like the back of the pickup for anything. I actually got in the truck. We drove up to this little hunting club that we are a mem...

We're so excited to have one of our Aussie Flip Your Life friends on the show today! Ready for this week's exhilarating mind mapping session, we have FYL community member and journalist-autobiographer, Nicola Davison. Nicola is a wife, and mom with two kids from Queensland, Australia. She has been a journalist for over 15 years and She has worked for daily and community newspapers in New South Wales and Queensland, as well as in the United Kingdom. She has interviewed thousands of people throughout her career and believes that everyone has their own story to tell, with years full of many interesting and inspiring lessons, it would be a waste to miss the chance to share it with loved ones. Her online business, Forever Young Autobiographies, focuses on helping folks write their life story, get it self-published and preserve their key memories to pass on to the next generation. With her avatar identified, Nicola will be needing our help to develop her next offer. Would it be an opt-in, an introductory offer or can it be MUCH BIGGER than that? Join us as we get our thinking caps on and polish Nicola's gem of an idea. We'll be diving in on the importance of getting standard procedures in place, creating irresistible challenges and experience how we help take our members from mind mapping a product to their sales game. Let's have some Flipped Lifestyle fun and take this online business to the next level! [Tweet ""Create something that can passively accomplish tasks for you." - Shane"] [Tweet ""You have more opportunity then you are really thinking about." - Jocelyn"] You will learn: The anatomy of an introductory offer-based challenge Why it's important to have standard procedures in place What its like when we do a "product" brainstorming session Plus so much more! [Tweet ""If people want to take it a step further, give them that opportunity." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""It takes a lot of hard work & perseverance to really reach your goals." - Shane"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Nicola's Website Flip Your Life community Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Success Story: Today's success story comes from Kathy, and Kathy writes, "Holy cannoli," -- she is really doing in her subject line right, 'Holy cannoli!' with two exclamation points -- "I've hit double digits!! " Kathy says, "I spent my entire summer vacation just grinding and working away at my business. I head back to school on Monday and I am so pumped and excited to show that I have officially hit double digits with my members. I have 10 real life people who are paying me money, and using my stuff. What the heck?! I actually had had 12 members, but to members left which was totally okay. I'm learning to navigate the highs and lows of people leaving, but all is good. Thank you for everyone's help here especially Shane, Jocelyn, Kitty, and Kat." "Your encouragement on all my posts, especially my action plans really help to continue to push me onto the next 10. Mega high-fives all around." Something I love about Kathy is that she shows up. She just said that she goes and posts in the action plans. I see her all the time on our live member calls twice a month. She asks good, insightful questions, she comes in, she signs up for her podcast, if you are one of our members you get a podcast once every six months. She signs up every time. She takes action on what we tell her to do. I love working with people like Kathy. Great job! We would love to help you write the success story for your online business. At the end of today's show, head over to flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife where you can learn more about building and growing a successful online business with the help of our Flip Your Life community. Can't Miss Moment:

Need ideas on monetization strategies? Listen in as we talk to today's guest about analyzing different monetization strategies for her online business. On air with us today is a returning guest and Caregiver Advocate, Elizabeth Miller. Elizabeth helps overwhelmed & stressed family caregivers find time for themselves and the things they love. She initially launched as Savvy Sandwicher in Feb 2015 on SquareSpace, then joined the Flip Your Life community in October and participated in our mastermind, which led her to do a re-brand early 2016. Her website, Happy Healthy Caregiver, is where she launched her products and her support community for caregivers craving work-life balance. She has tons of content, offers, and some members. Elizabeth has already earned some money, but is looking into monetizing the brand even more and be able to work on her online business full-time. With a network and speaking engagements lush with prospects, we analyze which route would lead to a more stable, recurring income. We've seen Elizabeth take action before and it's brought her some success, now join us as we help her take even more action to get her online business to the next level. [Tweet ""Your job is to get the content into their hands." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Continue bringing value into their lives." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: Repurposing and repackaging old content What is a long-term nurture sequence Jocelyn's long-term nurture email sequence strategy Automation & curation Institutional products & the workshop environment Plus so much more! [Tweet ""It doesn't always happen overnight no matter how hard you work." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Great service brings in more customers." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Elizabeth's Website FL 90 - Elizabeth's First FL Interview Women's Day with Elizabeth Grant Baldwin's Website Designrr Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Success Story of the Week: This week's success story from our Success Story Forum in the Flip Your Life community, is from Rachel, and Rachel's subject line reads, "414 Email Subscribers in Just Three Weeks," and we've got a smiley face emoticon. Rachel says, "In the last three weeks, I have done two webinars. The first webinar, I grew my email list from 0 to 232. I just finished my second webinar, and I now have 414 email subscribers. I'm not in any paying ads, just sharing things on Facebook groups. This is very encouraging. I think I will keep doing webinars." And you know, this is something we teach in our Flip Your Life membership in the Flip Your Life blueprint is how to get emails, how to go out and find subscribers, how to find your perfect customer, and put yourself out there to do it. A lot of times, people have all the puzzle pieces, and they're just not taking action. We just want to congratulate Rachel today. She took action, that is why she went from zero email subscribers to 414 email subscribers in just three weeks. If you are having trouble growing your list, if you are not quite getting the following that you would want to do, maybe you need to do some webinars, maybe need to take action like Rachel, or maybe you need to jump in the community with Rachel, and learn how you can do it, too. We would love to help you write the success story for your online business. At the end of today's show, head over to flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife where you can learn more about building and growing a successful online business with the help of our Flip Your Life community. Can't Miss Moment: Today's Can't Miss Moment is our children's first day of school. Isaac was going to a new school, he was super nervous, and we were able to be there for him.

The power of social media is at its peak now more than ever. As online entrepreneurs, we must learn how it works and how we can take advantage of it. Listen in on this episode to learn how to use social media platforms to grow your online membership community. We have another fantastic guest on the show today who's serving his community in a truly meaningful way. Flipping his life and online business to the next level is FYL community member & Church Tech Specialist, Paul Clifford. Paul has been married to his wife, Christina, for 18 years. They have two kids: Trinity and Ellie. He has been called to serve since his teenage years, but was unsure how to fulfill this purpose until he became Church Technician. He is an expert in a church presentation software -- ProPresenter, and has created several courses on it. Being a church tech is quite a lonely vocation, but Paul was dedicated to creating a platform by which he can help others like himself to provide high quality church presentations in order to improve the service experience. He started his online venture in February 2011 and has significantly grown his online presence and credibility. He has also created books and multiple courses that would lead his audience towards his online membership. Paul has already gotten his first 12 members. The questions now is, how do we ramp it up to 100? Join us as we help Paul understand the push and pull behind social media platforms, how to use that to his advantage and win the sales-numbers game. The conversation is fun and easy to digest, if you're looking into taking your online business to the next level without all the crazy jargon, we got you covered -- so don't miss this! [Tweet ""It's just crazy what happens when you really put yourself out there." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Don't be so concerned about losing control as long as you're following the guidelines." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: Facebook groups VS Forums Finding a way for your avatar to talk conveniently Sales as a numbers game How to drive in more traffic using Google Ads Google-Facebook strategy Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Use your talents to do what you're supposed to do to serve." - Shane"] [Tweet ""What if you had only one other person that could say that you changed their life, would it be worth it?" - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Paul's Website Flipped Lifestyle's Mobile App Elementary Librarian US History Teachers Learn Scrivener Fast Flip Your Life community Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Success Story of the Week: Today's success story comes from Lea, and it is an awesome success story because we get so wrapped up as entrepreneurs in the money and in growing our memberships, and growing our businesses that we forget that our online business is changing people lives, are changing the world and that is what this one is about. The subject for this success story is, "Making an impact." Lea posted: "It's not often that we hear how we are impacting lives through the content and teachings we offer. I just had the best conversation with one of my followers. She told me that my recent blog post, 'Seven ways parents can help teens find their passion,' helped her reconnect with her daughter in a spectacularly meaningful way. She downloaded the lead magnet, and use the questions there as conversation starters to help her kid figure out what she really cared about. It brought to light a lot of the things mom didn't know about her teenager, and helped the daughter really feel better about her own path. The best part: the mom cried when she told me that it brought her closer to her teen. Their relationship has been strained for years, and this left them both feeling great.

Our guest this week is a real inspiration! We're super excited to help Flip Your Life community member & ASL Resource Developer, Cynthia Long. Cynthia has been married 32 years, a mother of 3 AND grandmother of 3. Her passion in learning ASL began when her son had met a deaf boy in his study group. He said, "Mom, no one is talking to him." It's how they decided to learn sign language and she became hooked. She loved signing so much that she eventually got a degree in ASL. Because her passion was so strong, she took her board exam fresh off her first year. She was the first in her college to become Nationally Certified and later was the first to be Certified in the school district. After 8 years of interpreting in the school system, she noticed that there were no resources for deaf and hearing impaired kids. This led her to create Sign Baby Sign that was initially meant to teach babies ASL, and has now evolved to supplementing school systems with ASL resource. Their website is now ASLteachingresources.com and continues to expand its content. Cynthia's website is loaded with content and has generated income mostly from one-off sales. She is looking into turning her online business to lean towards a more sustainable and recurring feature. This brings us to her guest question, "How do I set up my membership site for my niche?" Join us as we help Cynthia pivot from one-off sales to the more passive income generating membership model. Are you interested on what the membership model can do for you and your business? Do you want to learn about its advantages and the strategies we use to implement it? Then get your thinking cap on and tune in, this episode just might take you to that next level you've been wanting to reach! [Tweet ""When you're stuck & things aren't working out, it's important to learn from it, step back and evolve." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""It's amazing how just one idea can really explode into such an awesome thing." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: The advantage of upsells and what it can do for your sales Maximizing your customer's lifetime value How to offer your upsells Purchase orders VS Credit cards Where does your niche / community like to talk Understanding your avatar calendar Plus so much more! [Tweet ""One of the goals in business is to create a forever customer." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Knowing your calendar is critical to making launches and really good sales." - Shane"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Cynthia's Website Cynthia's iTunes Podcast US History Teachers Elementary Librarian FL Kids on YouTube FL Kids on Facebook Flip Your Life community Flipped Lifestyle's Patreon page Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Success Story of the Week: This week's success story comes from Sabrina, and Sabrina writes, "I just received my first payment from online retailers." The post says, "I just received my first payment from print on demand estimators of my book. I don't know which distributors they were. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Chapters Indigo, etc., but I sold 10 books." And there is a cool follow-up to this story. Sabrina actually just went to a conference. She sold a hundred more books. So she is really doing a great job promoting her content. A lot of people think it is just memberships, or it's just online business. But there are so many people doing so many different things in the Flip Your Life community, whether it is selling on Amazon, maybe it is reselling on eBay, or eight maybe even writing books and selling them in marketplaces like Amazon. There are some new ways to make money online, and Sabrina is just rocking it with the path that she chose. Good job! We would love to help you write the success story for your online business.

Having a hard time finding paying customers / members? Maybe you havn't accurately narrowed down your target avatar yet. Listen in and learn more how to do this as we talk to our guest, Flip Your Life community member and Christian Counselor, Tawnya Kordenbrock. Tawnya has been married for 35 years with two adult sons and one grandson. She is a licensed professional clinical counselor in Northern KY with a solo private practice called A Renewed Life Counseling, where she helps adults who have come from a background of abuse, neglect, or chaos and feel stuck in anxiety, depression, and relationship patterns. She started her blog more than 4 years ago, ARenewedLife.com, where an online course called, "Claim Your Calm," is offered for those who struggle with anxiety learn how to bring peace to their mind, body, and spirit. Having blogged this long, Tawnya is now ready to take the next step towards a more recurring and passive income. Join us as we talk about strategies that will help our guest to overcome her current online business roadbump. We'll be sharing our insight on digital coaching, what recurring revenue is and how to make it work without having to overextend your efforts. If you're stuck deciding what to do, if there's a push and pull between what you want and what the customer wants, then stick around and get ready to take action! [Tweet ""There is no perfect path to success." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Don't force yourself to do what's burdensome, do what feels light." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: What is digital coaching Recurring revenue strategies Creating a Facebook group vs. your own community area Tips on one-on-one calls Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Give the people what they want, but you have to do what's right for you too." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""Think outside the box to serve your people." - Shane"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Tawnya's Website / Blog Flip Your Life community Flipped Lifestyle's Patreon Page Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series: This week's question is from Kevin. "Why is my sales funnel not converting? I'm getting emails, but no sales." Click here to hear the answer to today's featured question! And if you would like to watch all of our Q&A with S&J videos, head on over to flippedlifestyle.com/YouTube, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. To ask a question for the Q&A with S&J YouTube show, you can do that over on our Patreon page at flippedlifestyle.com/patreon. Click on the image to Listen on iTunes: To learn more about working directly with Shane & Jocelyn in their Flip Your Life community, visit: https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Join HUNDREDS of entrepreneurs from around the world pursuing the Flipped Lifestyle online! Success Story of the Week: This week's success story is from Marie, and Marie's headline in the success of forums said, "Itsy-bitsy Success," with a little smiley face emoticon. I love this because a lot of times, that is what we need. All of us. There are days that I don't get things done, and I just need one itsy-bitsy success, just as Marie said. Marie writes, "I actually managed to write up and complete this week's action plan. This is actually a huge victory for me, so I wanted to celebrate it." And then she said, "Dances happy dance," like in quotations marks there. Good job, Marie. Sometimes, when you are in a funk, you just need somewhere to go and do something. That is what our action plan forum is for. Everybody posts on Monday what they are going to do that week, what they're going to get accomplished, and then we hold each other accountable to make sure that we get it done.

Today's guest is a rock star in our membership community. Here for another round of high energy, next level action is Flip Your Life Hall of Famer, Jeanette Stein. Jeanette is a wife, mom to 6 wonderful kids and is a former high school math teacher with over 17 years of teaching experience. She began her online journey about 6 years ago when she needed something new to learn, starting with Dreamweaver, then Blogger, then WordPress - mostly by herself. Not wanting to choose between her family and career, she used all her new skills into creating her own website, HighSchoolMathTeachers.com where she sold lesson plans to Algebra and Geometry teachers. In her site's infancy stages, there wasn't really much money coming in and she knew that there must be a way to gain traction. After hearing about Shane & Jocelyn, she decided to join the Flip Your Life community and everything else was history. Moving all of her lesson plans into a membership community almost two years ago had made all the difference and brought her site full circle. She has since quit job and had gotten amazing opportunities that wouldn't have been possible had she decided to quit early on. You know what? The fun doesn't stop with good sales metrics, because there's always room for growth and we're here to help her take that next step, so join us as we help Jeanette focus on marketing strategies to boost sales. You seriously do not want to miss this! [Tweet ""There is always a way to make money." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Make sure that you are not going above & beyond what you want to do." Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: How much to spend on Facebook ads Going deeper into our Profit First Budget Good is the enemy of great argument The advantage of knowing your customer's lifetime value Why you should consider doing upsells Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Think about the next peak so you can get through the valley." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Start it small, when it works, go ahead and put more into it." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Jeanette's Website Jeanette's first guest call Jeanette's second guest call Shane & Jocelyn on SPI with Patt Flynn Experiencing guilt over growth? Here's Shane's thoughts on contentment Profit First Accounting + More Jessica Larrew's Website Disney's Magic Kingdom Review Flip Your Life community Flipped Lifestyle's Patreon Page Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series: This week's question is from Derek. Derek says, "How do you work when your kids are at home during the summer?" Click here to hear the answer to today's featured question! And if you would like to watch all of our Q&A with S&J videos, head on over to flippedlifestyle.com/YouTube, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. To ask a question for the Q&A with S&J YouTube show, you can do that over on our Patreon page at flippedlifestyle.com/patreon. Click on the image to Listen on iTunes: To learn more about working directly with Shane & Jocelyn in their Flip Your Life community, visit: https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Join HUNDREDS of entrepreneurs from around the world pursuing the Flipped Lifestyle online! Success Story of the Week: Today's a success story comes from Lily, and Lily writes, "I got my first testimonial today!" "I just wanted to let you know that I got my first testimonial today after piloting my membership site with beta testers on and off for the last 2 1/2 months. Thank you for your constant support." That is awesome because testimonials can make or break an online business. You only need two or three really good testimonials on your sales page to really start converting sales. Good job, Lily!

Need help with goal setting and focus on your online business? Listen in as we discuss this topic to help today's guest. Stepping up to take action are Flip Your Life community members & best friends, Kellie & Randi. The dynamic duo currently are full-time working professionals, married, and each have three children. Kellie works as a health psychologist, while Randi is a CPA/college professor. A few years ago, they became super interested in nutrition and healthy living, so they obtained a health coach certification. After multiple life events, the constant juggling of family and career life balance, they are now ready to dedicate themselves to turning their online business dreams into a reality. They are just finalizing their website, and haven't built a significant online presence yet at this point, but are determined to create a platform where they can have a broader reach and help women develop a healthy habit change. The struggle now is which path to take, since health is just too broad a target. Join us as we help Randi and Kellie align their goals, maximize content effectivity, and tips on how to start their own podcast where they can support women in the throes of work and motherhood. Let's get to work! [Tweet ""There is no reason to sit on content." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Pro tip: you can always change it later." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: How to start a podcast Content Creation: The advantage of branching out Facebook Challenges and warming up your audience Pricing strategies for when you're just starting out Plus so much more! [Tweet ""It's difficult to convince people that you can fix everything in their life." - Shane"] [Tweet ""It's far easier to choose, focus & work on one task at a time" - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Randi & Kellie's Website Flip Your Life community Flipped Lifestyle's Patreon Page Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series: This week's question is from Amy. "What are the pros and cons of having a free Facebook group?" Click here to hear the answer to today's featured question! And if you would like to watch all of our Q&A with S&J videos, head on over to flippedlifestyle.com/YouTube, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. To ask a question for the Q&A with S&J YouTube show, you can do that over on our Patreon page at flippedlifestyle.com/patreon. Click on the image to Listen on iTunes: To learn more about working directly with Shane & Jocelyn in their Flip Your Life community, visit: https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Join HUNDREDS of entrepreneurs from around the world pursuing the Flipped Lifestyle online! Success Story of the Week: This week's success story comes from Veronica Lopez, who has been on the podcast before. She writes in the success story forum, "I have a huge success story. My automated webinars are working." Veronica says, "In January, I posted a rant/rave encouraging everyone to dive into webinars. I recently had a chance to speak to Shane and Jocelyn in a podcast episode, and my action step was related to diving into automated webinars. I jumped in with Easy Webinar on Monday evening. The platform is pretty easy, it took me a day to play around with the system, re-record my webinar and set up a Facebook ad to send people to register for it. The first automated webinar ran last night, and another one ran tonight. I had six attendees and two sales from the training. I had another sale just from the ad. That's three sales on a $187 course. Basically, the software and the ad is now paid for, and the rest will be profit. If you have a webinar that is working, don't delay. Get the automated set-up pronto.

Want to know more about creating product tiers in your membership community? In this episode, we will discuss this strategy with our our Flip Your Life guest member, Joe Muench. Joe is a pharmacist who works in a hospital's intensive care unit, and has been practicing since 2000. His wife Daphne is an elementary reading teacher and supports him in his online business through brainstorming and doing all the editing. They spent the first year building their audience with their podcast, but didn't have a product yet. At the end of the first year, he wrote a book, called "A Pharmacist's Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies" to teach hospital pharmacists and residents what to do during a "code blue" in the hospital. On September 2016, Joe pre-sold and then launched the beta version of his critical care pharmacy academy - intended as a recurring membership site. The membership successfully launched by December 2016 and has garnered him over 90 members to date. Joe and Daphne are wanting to flip their lives by growing their online academy, so they can have the flexibility to spend more quality time with their two kids. They also want to foster the entrepreneur mindset as the children, ages 9 & 7, have expressed interest and had created websites of their own. Join us as we help Joe decide how to deliver different product levels in order to get more people onboard. We will share our insight on the advantages of using pricing strategies and get a deeper understanding on customer lifetime value. There are huge nuggets of online business wisdom that will help you take your online business to the next level in this episode. Time to get things started! [Tweet ""You gotta have an anchor sitting on one side of your product." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Give them a 30-second pitch, not a major pitch fest." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: What product levels to offer Understanding your customer's lifetime value What your upsell looks like per product level How do you calculate the lifetime value Plus so much more! [Tweet ""You always want customers to step up to the next level." -Shane"] [Tweet ""A product's lifetime is over when it's no longer accurate or relevant." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Joe's Website Flip Your Life community Flipped Lifestyle's Patreon Page Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series: This week's question is from Sarah. Sarah says, "I have lots of ideas for an online business. How do I research which one is best?" Click here to hear the answer to today's featured question! And if you would like to watch all of our Q&A with S&J videos, head on over to flippedlifestyle.com/YouTube, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. To ask a question for the Q&A with S&J YouTube show, you can do that over on our Patreon page at flippedlifestyle.com/patreon. Click on the image to Listen on iTunes: To learn more about working directly with Shane & Jocelyn in their Flip Your Life community, visit: https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Join HUNDREDS of entrepreneurs from around the world pursuing the Flipped Lifestyle online! Success Story of the Week: This week's success story comes from Brenda, and Brenda wrote in the Success Forums in the Flip Your Life community, "I started an art teacher group challenge, and it was a success." Brenda says, "I wanted to share that yesterday, I put together a five-day art teacher drawing challenge, and I have 47 art teachers registered to do the challenge, 47 people on my mailing list, and my Facebook group, art teachers teaching art is at 120 members. I was able to automate the entire challenge with email. Now, I will try to do a video each morning in the Facebook group to ...

We are super pumped to introduce you guys to Lynda & Kevin Malleck, our Flip Your Life community members and wonder couplepreneur behind the healthy lifestyle kitchen website - themalleckfamily.com Kevin & Lynda live just outside of Washington, DC in northern Virginia. They have been married for over 17 years and are the parents to a sweet teenage boy named Colin. Lynda's background originally started in education, but she later shifted her interest to business. Kevin, on the other hand, is an awesome Head Chef, who at some point even managed his own restaurant. Lynda realized that they had to reassess their current lifestyle after her sister had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. They decided that it was time to focus on living a healthier lifestyle and make wiser food choices. This was when Kevin brilliantly created delicious dishes that were way healthier than their traditional counterparts, and they soon found themselves losing weight almost effortlessly. They documented this transition and had set up a website to host their blog and sell their cookbooks. They had sold paperback versions of their cookbooks and are now looking into generating a steady income stream by offering their digital products as well. They also want to show Colin the limitless possibilities that online business creates, and encourage him to become an entrepreneur too. Which brings us to the question at hand. What should they focus on to build the business to fit the membership model? We're going to dive in deep and share insight on how to attract your avatar with your own unique backstory, where to get emails for your email list, how to overcome brand identity problems and a whole lot more. This is a really fun episode with tons of gold nuggets of online business wisdom, so join us and let us help you take action too. [Tweet ""Your story is what actually makes you unique in any space." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Concentrate on getting consistent content out." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""Getting people to buy is validation that you're striking a pain point." - Shane"] You Will Learn: How your story sets you apart from your business competitors Where do you get emails and how to grow your email list What you can learn from checking the competition How to overcome brand identity problems What is the "Challenge Model" Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Just go ahead & create, see if it catches on. If they like it, then keep going." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""You can't change everything in the past, so reflect and evolve moving forward." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Make sure people are relating to you so they will follow you in the future." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Kevin & Lynda Malleck's Healthy Food Website US History Teachers Elementary Librarian Flip Your Life community Flipped Lifestyle's Patreon Page Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series: This week's question is from Sheldon, and it is, "What should I do to get more conversions on a Facebook ad with a relevancy score of seven?" Click here to hear the answer to today's featured question! And if you would like to watch all of our Q&A with S&J videos, head on over to flippedlifestyle.com/YouTube, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. To ask a question for the Q&A with S&J YouTube show, you can do that over on our Patreon page at flippedlifestyle.com/patreon. Click on the image to Listen on iTunes: To learn more about working directly with Shane & Jocelyn in their Flip Your Life community, visit: https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Join HUNDREDS of entrepreneurs from around the world pursuing the Flipped Lifestyle online! Success Story of the Week:

How do you start an engaging online membership community where people come and stay month-after-month? That's what we're going to be analyzing with you and Kristin today. Joining us on today's show is a Private Mastermind participant and fellow educator, Kristin Houser. Kristin is currently working and researching as an Elementary School Instructional Coach. She has been in the education scene for about 13 years now, 7 years as a Classroom Teacher and 6 years as an Instructional Coach. She specializes in helping teachers maximize their potential and enable them to improve their way of teaching. During her transition from classroom teacher to instructional coach, she had been searching for content and possibly a community, where she could get the extra boost that could help her in her own coaching journey. Having found little information online, she decided to create a place to provide a solid resource for other coaches that she had wished to have while she was just starting out. Kristin wants to take her 6 years old blog a step and a leap further. More than just making some stable and recurring income, she wants to create a place where these professionals can get together and have a community. It's going to be a super action-packed day, AND it's also going to be a lot of fun. Don't miss it! [Tweet ""Everyone starts something at some point and they need mentorship." - Shane"] [Tweet ""The process always takes longer at the beginning than it will later down the road." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: How to set realistic expectations within your community Other ways to lead and serve your members When to move forward from the beta member testing phase Advantages of launching multiple beta test group layers How to decide on the content model to build your community around How to use free content to promote the membership community How to bundle a physical product with a membership site Plus so much more! [Tweet ""It's not about the time you're spending, but how you take control of your time." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Keep your beta group big enough to get ample feedback." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Kristin's Website Elementary Librarian Flip Your Life community Flipped Lifestyle's Patreon Page [Tweet ""A fulfilling life doesn't always revolve around the most money." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""Build your business by aligning what they want with what you want." - Shane"] Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series: This week's question is from Danielle, it says, "What do you do with people who never confirm their email address?" Click here to hear the answer to today's featured question! And if you would like to watch all of our Q&A with S&J videos, head on over to flippedlifestyle.com/YouTube, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. To ask a question for the Q&A with S&J YouTube show, you can do that over on our Patreon page at flippedlifestyle.com/patreon. Click on the image to Listen on iTunes: To learn more about working directly with Shane & Jocelyn in their Flip Your Life community, visit: https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Join HUNDREDS of entrepreneurs from around the world pursuing the Flipped Lifestyle online! Success Story of the Week: This week's success story comes from Travis, and the subject line in the Success Forum says, "26 NEW Members! I just gave myself a $754 raise, here's how I did it!" Travis writes, "Hey Flip Your Life family! I did a 2 day push for $1 trials for my drop-shipping course and I'm very pleased with the results. I have 47 sign ups, 26 of those ended up sticking around and it gave me a $754 a month revenue bump! But the most exciting part about this is that my...

Want to be successful in getting new members join your community? Listen in on this episode and find out! Sharing her success and ready to take on the next level with us today is Veronica Lopez. Veronica is an Educational Consultant who works with K-12 teachers. For about nine years, she has provided district and campus workshops, serving teachers through one-on-one coaching. She has also provided one-off products through her website, http://math-lesson-plans.thinkific.com, and had successfully launched her membership program August of last year. As a teacher herself, it's been her greatest goal to provide quality content, support and service in order to make a difference in the education scene. When she launched her first online course last year, she had earned $16,000. This signature course of hers is aimed to help teachers with their state test preparation. Her most recent success, an additional 70 members to her membership community, is a testament to how her strategy has enabled her to scale the business. Now, Veronica is not stopping there. Her next move is still a mystery and that's what we're going to help her with in this episode. We'll be talking about some really cool strategies that have been tried and tested by Jocelyn, Veronica, and a lot of other members of our Flip Your Life community. You definitely shouldn't miss out, this might just get you unstuck and catapult you to the next level. [Tweet ""Webinars are meant to get people to raise their hand." - Shane"] [Tweet ""You'll never get 100% participation, that's just a fact of life." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: Veronica's webinar strategy Jocelyn's follow up recommendation Flipped Life Cycle Basics Inventory & calculating your effective hourly rate Plus so much more! [Tweet ""You don't just go grind and work forever." - Shane"] [Tweet ""It boils down to, 'Do you want a thumbs up or make money?'" - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Veronica's Website FL 86 - We help Veronica take her education business to the next level Flip Your Life community Flipped Lifestyle's Patreon page Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series: This week's question is from Kathy, she says, "What are things that I should be looking for when I'm analyzing the data from my Facebook ads?" Click here to hear the answer to today's featured question! And if you would like to watch all of our Q&A with S&J videos, head on over to flippedlifestyle.com/YouTube, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. To ask a question for the Q&A with S&J YouTube show, you can do that over on our Patreon page at flippedlifestyle.com/patreon. Click on the image to Listen on iTunes: To learn more about working directly with Shane & Jocelyn in their Flip Your Life community, visit: https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Join HUNDREDS of entrepreneurs from around the world pursuing the Flipped Lifestyle online! Success Story of the Week: This week's success story comes from Ben, and Ben's subject line in our Success Forum said, "I just got to 3,000 YouTube subscribers!" Ben says, "I love YouTube and I just hit 3,000 subscribes this week. I've also noticed that my Twitter and YouTube follows seem to track evenly with my email list numbers, although I have no way to confirm where the conversions are coming from, it's just a sneaky suspicion. I just wanted to step up to the brag table with my Flip Your Life friends, I love hearing all of your successes, keep up the hustlin'!" Well done, man! That is awesome. We don't just worry about sales funnels and sales in the Flip Your Life community, we talk about growing audience, getting subscribers,

Need ideas on how to build your membership into an engaging community? Listen in as we discuss strategies on membership community to help our guest for today. On the Flipped Lifestyle podcast this week, we have the online entrepreneur behind ECHE Music, Simone Henry. Having been born to a family passionate about music, Simone grew up loving every aspect of it and used to sing in their church with her sisters. She was also fascinated with business and the internet, and went on to college and got a degree in Information Systems from business school. The Christian Jukebox was a wondrous blend of her many passions. She had gotten the idea after her sister emailed from Spain asking for help to find a recording of a song for the accompanying musicians to play during her performance. Simone did what any devoted sister would do, she scoured the internet but couldn't find a quality recording. She thought "there ought to be a place on the internet where I can get quality Christian music," and thus, The Christian Jukebox was born! This was simply the beginning. She later relinquished The Christian Jukebox and had launched ECHE Music in 2013. Her latest venture intends to bring together indie Christian artists, helping them learn about the music industry so that they can better spread their positive message to the world as well as sustain their lives and ministries. Simone is determined to turn her current membership layout into an indie artist's nest. Her question now is, how does one create an engaging membership community? Join us as we help her take her Christian music business to the next level, share strategies to encourage member engagement even when being a conversationalist isn't exactly your strong suit. Don't miss it! [Tweet ""Don't panic if everyone is not talking." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Be the conversation starter in your community." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: The Results Driven Content Strategy How to turn a membership into a community The advantages of evergreen content: Automate and Rotate How to get your members talking even when you're not a great conversationalist Plus so much more! [Tweet ""People who don't get results will leave and forget."- Shane"] Links and resources mention in today's show: Simone's Website Flip Your Life community Elementary Librarian Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series: This week's question is from Marnie, she says, "There are lots of down-times in my niche. How can I make more effective seasonal offers to my avatar and boost sales year round?" Click here to hear the answer to today's featured question! And if you would like to watch all of our Q&A with S&J videos, head on over to flippedlifestyle.com/YouTube, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. To ask a question for the Q&A with S&J YouTube show, you can do that over on our Patreon page at flippedlifestyle.com/patreon. Click on the image to Listen on iTunes: To learn more about working directly with Shane & Jocelyn in their Flip Your Life community, visit: https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Join HUNDREDS of entrepreneurs from around the world pursuing the Flipped Lifestyle online! Success Story of the Week: Today's Success Story comes from Paul and he writes, "My initial sales funnel is a success!" "Alright, I just made new sales funnels based on who joined my list using which mini course. Now, this month alone, I've sold $203.00 in a la carte courses. I feel like the fly wheel is starting to turn. Maybe, just maybe, it will gain more speed and free me up to do what I prefer to do - teach - allowing me to pay for editors to post my backlog of content and ideas." Awesome job, Paul! We love seeing momentum.

Thinking of switching to a membership model for your online business? Listen in as we help today's guest create a sustainable and recurring income with the membership model. On this week's podcast, we have Flip Your Life community member and aspiring Canadian Actuary, Breanne Fried. Breanne is a 26 years old online entrepreneur from Canada, who has taken and passed 6 of her 8 actuarial examinations. Now, for those of you unfamiliar with the terms, actuaries are business professionals that deal with the measurement and management of risk and uncertainty. Her website, http://etchedactuarial.com, serves as her platform to share knowledge and experience she had acquired through years of studying and practice. She has created content that focuses on helping students pass their examinations and is now looking into developing this into a community to provide additional support - a place where students can go to find encouragement and motivation. Join us as we help her shift from her current model into the membership model. We'll be sharing tips on how to agitate pain points, maximizing ads through demographics and so much more. Let's get started! [Tweet ""What matters is you've been there & done that, now you can help other people too." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Don't get bogged down over the little details." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: The Blue Ocean Marketing Concept How to agitate your niche market's pain point Maximizing ads by choosing the right demographics How to build your online credibility Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Being alone is almost always a problem in every niche." - Shane"] [Tweet ""In this day and age, it's so vitally important to have good testimonials." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Breanne's Website Pat Flynn's Website Flip Your Life community Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series: Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series. This week's question is from Dr. Young. Dr. Young writes, "How can I automate scheduling for my online business? Like for my one-on-one coaching calls or other appointments? This is so time-consuming. How can I save that time?" Click here to hear the answer to today's featured question! And if you would like to watch all of our Q&A with S&J videos, head on over to flippedlifestyle.com/YouTube, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. To ask a question for the Q&A with S&J YouTube show, you can do that over on our Patreon page at flippedlifestyle.com/patreon. Click on the image to Listen on iTunes: To learn more about working directly with Shane & Jocelyn in their Flip Your Life community, visit: https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Join HUNDREDS of entrepreneurs from around the world pursuing the Flipped Lifestyle online! Success Story of the Week: Today's success story comes from Nikki, and that the subject line in her post says, "So I soft-launched my membership site yesterday, and..." That is a great headline writing, first of all, because that totally made me click that link. I had to click it, and Nikki says, "I have 12 members!!!!" And she says, "Three paid the annual fee, the rest paid monthly." She did a soft lunch to a private Facebook group she had been running. She has now done a Zoom call with them, gave them a private tour of the site, and they were super excited. She says, "Tonight I roll off the site to a larger group. I've been running a challenge on. The message is slightly different for them, so I'm working on it today. But onward and upward, baby." We know what happened after this. She got a bunch more members. Nikki actually was on the show. We will put a link in that success podcast in our sh...

Need ideas on how to focus on your target niche market? Listen in as we help today's guest analyze his niche market to help grow his online business. We are really excited today because we have another one of our international members on the program. On air with us this week is Flip Your Life community member, Michael Hughes from England. Michael is an Electrical Engineer by profession, but has had a huge interest in meditating, martial arts and health for most of his life. He has also been practicing his meditation for over 30 years and used to teach various practices like Tai Chi, Aikido and Jujitsu. He is married and has 2 children, whom he shares his passion with, he even managed to help his wife conquer her fear through meditation. He has been in the online space since for more than a decade and has since created a few websites. His main website, Quietmindsystem.com hosts his content that revolves around helping beginners understand the positive holistic effects of meditation on the mind and body. He has created an eBook and used to send out CDs to supplement his learners, however sales aren't coming in as they used to, so we're going to help him figure out what he can do to find his perfect niche market. Let the action begin! [Tweet ""Don't convince people to do your thing. Sell to people who already want it!" - Shane"] [Tweet ""People will follow you once you've proven that you created a result for somebody." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: Our thoughts on product cross-promotions What do people pay for How much should I charge for a product How to invigorate your email list Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Choose the path of least resistance for your online business." - Shane"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Michael's Website US History Teachers Jeanette Stein's Website FL 93 - Jeanette's Success Story Disney's Magic Kingdom Travel Review Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series: Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series. This week's question is from Sheldon. Sheldon says, "Everything I want to teach can be found somewhere online with a little effort. How is it possible to sell content that people can find for free in other places?" Click here to hear the answer to today's featured question! And if you would like to watch all of our Q&A with S&J videos, head on over to flippedlifestyle.com/YouTube, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. To ask a question for the Q&A with S&J YouTube show, you can do that over on our Patreon page at flippedlifestyle.com/patreon. Click on the image to Listen on iTunes: To learn more about working directly with Shane & Jocelyn in their Flip Your Life community, visit: https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Join HUNDREDS of entrepreneurs from around the world pursuing the Flipped Lifestyle online! Success Story of the Week: Today's success story comes from one of our "Hall of Fame" Flip Your Life community members, Jeanette Stein. She says: "My site had too much traffic yesterday, (LOL) laugh out loud. I just had to share that I received an email this afternoon. "On a recent analysis of our servers issues were detected with extremely high memory usage coming from your site. With this level of traffic, you require more resources than our shared plan can provide." I have been working on increasing my organic traffic to bulk up my list for summer. It looks like my work has finally paid off. It seems some math geek Facebook trendsetters have been sharing my stuff. I need to upgrade my hosting; no more shared hosting for me. It feels awesome! That is an awesome success story from the community...

Need ideas on how to drive more traffic to your membership site? Listen in as we help today's guest with strategies on driving traffic to her membership site to grow her online business. Setting the Flipped Lifestyle stage this week is one of our most engaging community members, Lea Saccoman. Lea is a proud mother of two teenage girls, and has been married for over 22 years now to her amazing husband. Their family lives in Boise, Idaho, which also happens to be the birthplace of her online business called, "Mom Knows College." For the last 10 years, she has worked for an educational company doing ACT and SAT prep, as well as provide other academic tutoring assistance. Aside from her usual nine-to-five job, she also coaches clients with high schoolers, helping them understand the college planning process and admission. Now that she has become an expert in college planning, she wrote an eBook called, "Eight Steps to Finding the Best College Fit" and has already managed to sell these in the market. Lea's puzzle pieces are right on the table. Her website and avatar are in place, but she needs help on how to launch her membership - what's the process and timing to do this effectively? Join us as we share our strategies on how to drive traffic to your website, tips on how to start a beta membership, and creating & analyzing scarcity. Are you ready to take action? Let's get started. [Tweet ""A question being asked multiple times is a huge red flag that it can be turned into a product.""] [Tweet ""Action leads to result, but that doesn't mean you have to do it like someone else does it." - Shane"] You Will Learn: Cold ads, warm ads and hot ads How to drive traffic to your website Timing your grand opening Creating and analyzing scarcity Tips for opening a beta membership Plus so much more! [Tweet ""You want to remove friction while you are building your Know, Like and Trust." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Speak to people, figure out the problem, speak to their problems, then have solutions for their problems." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Mom Knows College FL 130 - Executor Help Network, Atty. David Harris The Solopreneur Hour [Tweet ""Do something, then simplify and master it." - Shane"] [Tweet ""If you have one direct path, you can later come up with more direct paths." - Jocelyn"] Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series: Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series. This week's questions as from Cathy B. She writes, "There are so many options for building a website. Which platform should I use to build an online business?" Click here to hear the answer to today's featured question! And if you would like to watch all of our Q&A with S&J videos, head on over to flippedlifestyle.com/YouTube, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. To ask a question for the Q&A with S&J YouTube show, you can do that over on our Patreon page at flippedlifestyle.com/patreon. Click on the image to Listen on iTunes: To learn more about working directly with Shane & Jocelyn in their Flip Your Life community, visit: https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Join HUNDREDS of entrepreneurs from around the world pursuing the Flipped Lifestyle online! Success Story of the Week: Today's success story comes from Joanne, and that the subject line in her success forum post is, "I can finally tell my husband I made money online!" "So I threw out a $5.99 entry-level product out into the world, and people bought it. I've made $29.95 so far. I know that is not so much compared to many of you, but it is my 11 cents moment." "As some of you know, I've been here since the beginning and it has taken m...

Need help understanding how to use keyword research and analytics? Listen in as we help today's guest, Flip Your Life member Valerie Roper use keyword research and analytics to target her niche more effectively. Thanks to her mother's influence, Valerie has found great interest in fitness and nutrition even at a young age. Unsurprisingly, she has now steadily built her credibility and expertise in Integrative Nutrition, Holistic Health and Fitness Training. She faced her crossroads a year and a half ago, when she had gotten engaged and later needed to go through a major surgical operation. As her wedding day dawned closer, she had decided to clean up her act and stay laser-focused to get back in shape quickly. Her efforts did not go unrewarded, at her wedding, she looked and felt amazing. This made her think about others who are likely struggling with the same problem, how do you live a healthy lifestyle and look amazing in your wedding photos? This turned out to be her calling, and now her website, ValRoperWellness.com, has turned into an abundant source of content for women who need help losing weight quickly and healthily by offering well thought out recipes and exercise plans to achieve their goals. Here's the problem, Valerie has been pouring her heart into creating helpful and informative content, but isn't getting the attention it deserves. So, we're going to help her out, share our strategies to get more traffic and take her wedding fitness site to the next level. [Tweet ""People search for their symptoms, they don't always know what the exact problem is." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Always lead your people to next logical step." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: Taking advantage of target market timing Importance of keyword research How does analytics software work Creating content vs. curating content Plus so much more! Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Valerie's website & blog FL podcast episode featuring Shon Gerber Evan Burse's Website Flip Your Life Community Flipped Lifestyle's Patreon Page [Tweet ""Your branding must be obvious so you attract the right customer." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""Get out there, build something that can make your dreams come true & help other people." - Shane"] Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series: Patreon question of the week from Q&A with S&J YouTube series. This week's question is from Lisa. She says, "I'm having trouble determining if my product is a Need or a Want for my audience. How can I tell?" Click here to hear the answer to today's featured question! And if you would like to watch all of our Q&A with S&J videos, head on over to flippedlifestyle.com/YouTube, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. To ask a question for the Q&A with S&J YouTube show, you can do that over on our Patreon page at flippedlifestyle.com/patreon. Click on the image to Listen on iTunes: To learn more about working directly with Shane & Jocelyn in their Flip Your Life community, visit: https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Join HUNDREDS of entrepreneurs from around the world pursuing the Flipped Lifestyle online! Success Story of the Week: This week's featured success story is Karen. She writes in her subject in the Flip Your Life forums, "My First Annual Member," with two exclamation points, not one exclamation point. This is two exclamation points - like super excited. "I'm so excited to share that I've just had my very first annual member join my community. I'm doing such a happy dance. What you guys are teaching here really works. Can't thank you enough, Shane, Jocelyn, and a whole Flipped Lifestyle community." Karen is one of our awesome members,

Need help on online business basics? Listen in as we discuss online business basics with today's guests and help they start their own based on what they are already doing. In this episode we have Brian and Mandi Stephens, a couple we met at Funnel Hacking Live a few months ago. Brian and Mandi are from Texas, have been married for almost 17 years now, and are blessed with two wonderful kids - Adrian & Gavin. Between the two, Brian is the expert in Internet Marketing, he has seen the huge potential to earn a sustainable income online. He also loves to do photography among other things. Mandi is a dedicated Special Education Teacher, whose love for teaching stems from caring for her daughter who has autism. Although new to the idea of online business, she has found inspiration to create her own membership site so she can help others communicate with their special needs child in a creative and fun way. Join us as we help this amazing duo go through the basics that will help them lay the groundwork to get their online business idea started. Everybody has to start somewhere. Tune in and this just might be where your "START" begins! [Tweet ""You get less friction when you split & assign tasks best suited to your skills." - Shane"] [Tweet ""It's not always about how much money can you make, but how many lives can you affect." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: Getting your online business started Building your online presence using Facebook Setting expectations and role organization Why you should attend LIVE events Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Go and see people live, go and shake hands, there's no substitute to real life." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Your audience must see you as someone who gets what it's like to be in their shoes." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Brian's Website FL 140 - Ryan & Hannah, the Australian couple-preneurs Elementary Librarian Screw the Nine-to-five John Lee Dumas' Website Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series: Patreon Question of the Week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series. This week's question is from Bridget. Bridget says, "How do I improve conversions on my autoresponder? I am getting traffic and emails, but people are not buying. Help." Click here to hear the answer to today's featured question! And if you would like to watch all of our Q&A with S&J videos, head on over to flippedlifestyle.com/YouTube, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. To ask a question for the Q&A with S&J YouTube show, you can do that over on our Patreon page at flippedlifestyle.com/patreon. Click on the image to Listen on iTunes: To learn more about working directly with Shane & Jocelyn in their Flip Your Life community, visit: https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Join HUNDREDS of entrepreneurs from around the world pursuing the Flipped Lifestyle online! Success Story of the Week: Today's success story comes from Leah, and I tried to get Jocelyn to read this one on the air, but she totally refused because she said, "This ain't me." She says, "Here you go, you read the subject line." So Leah writes, "ERMAHGERRRD--" ermahgerd, you know like the meme, "... MY FIRST SALE!" in all capital letters with a giant exclamation point. "I lowered the price of my eBook a couple of weeks ago. I've been running Facebook ads to get clicks in order to reach target later for my membership site, which has been simultaneously growing my email list little by little. I'm offering my e-book and my autoresponder I am thrilled that I finally sold one. I just sent a text to my husband, 'Made some big money online. Ten bucks. Giddy up!'" Good job, Leah, that is awesome.

Need ideas on opt-in targeting? Listen in as we help today's guest with strategies to align her opt-in traffic and target avatar to grow her membership. Joining us this week is an amazing Flip Your Life member with a huge passion for teaching, Cathy Middlestetter MA, RDH, EFDA. Cathy has been a dental hygienist since the mid 80's and has always dreamed of becoming a teacher. She has been in the dentistry field for over 3 decades and has been teaching college since 2007. She's a natural at helping aspiring students succeed in their academics. Cathy has 4 grown children, 3 boys and a darling girl. Her daughter is the reason behind her determination to crossover into the online business world. She created a website called, DentalTutor4Me.com, to reach out to students who are preparing for their board exams. Her membership site is a great platform to host her expertise in dentistry. She has a few members on her online community, so we're going to help her take it to the next level. We'll share our strategies with her so she can draw in more traffic into her website. Keyword research, lead magnets and pillar posts are but a few of the other topics we'll discuss on air. If you need a little direction to get past that roadblock in your online business or are still new to the terms, this will definitely give you a great perspective on what's possible online. [Tweet "Always be strategic with your content. - Shane"] [Tweet "Make your offers geared toward the kind of person you want to attract. - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: What is keyword research How to apply keyword research data to strategically create content Setting up and maximizing your opt-ins What are "Pillar Posts" What is a Lead Magnet Plus SO much more! [Tweet "Most people want to be guided because they don't want to look for it by themselves. - Shane"] [Tweet "We all start somewhere, don't be upset by what you don't know, that's how you learn things. - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Cathy Middlestetter's Website Elementary Librarian Flip Your Life community Flipped Lifestyle Patreon Page Flipped Lifestyle YouTube Channel Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series: Patreon Question of the Week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series. This week's question is from Laura. Laura writes, "How do I create an onboarding sequence on my new members understand what to do once they purchase my product?" Click here to hear the answer to today's featured question! And if you would like to watch all of our Q&A with S&J videos, head on over to flippedlifestyle.com/YouTube, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. To ask a question for the Q&A with S&J YouTube show, you can do that over on our Patreon page at flippedlifestyle.com/patreon. Click on the image to Listen on iTunes: To learn more about working directly with Shane & Jocelyn in their Flip Your Life community, visit: https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Join HUNDREDS of entrepreneurs from around the world pursuing the Flipped Lifestyle online! Success Story of the Week: Today's a success story comes from Rebecca, and Rebecca's subject in the Flip Your Life forums said, "Our first automated funnel is actually creating sales!" with a giant exclamation point. Just a little background, we've been working with our people in the community on creating ad chains, and focusing on hot ads, warm ads and cold ads, and she's finally got one that is making money. "You will never believe this, but it has been since a week since we put up our hot ad, and we made two membership sales. Our warm ad has generated 502 opt ins out of 6,291 reach over the past two weeks, so an 8% conversion rate.

Surprise! We've decided to create some extra special content to give our fans and listeners the latest scoop here at the Flipped Lifestyle and our Flip Your Life community. On our first weekend special, we're going to share tips on outsourcing tasks and just taking back some control over your time. We also have a huge announcement of a long awaited project in the works to help you connect with us easier. We also have Flip Your Life member, Paul Cameron, sharing what happens when you take immediate action and how it leads you to success. Paul's post says: "My podcast just aired today, S&J suggested that I completely rework my home page at speedupmyjobsearch.com, make it less text-y, change my get started button from blue to red, remove the ads, simplify everything and use the testimonials more strategically - so I did. I haven't had a new member in 2 months, but last Wednesday I made all the changes they suggested, then Thursday I got a new monthly member on my $19 plan, Friday I got a quarterly coaching member at $297 and Sunday I got a new full monthly member at $49 - all out of the blue! None of them had seen me speak before, none are in my autoresponder, they were just my website visitors. To top it off, I started a 2nd membership site a couple weeks ago because the 1st one had been struggling so much, it's no where near done yet, but yesterday, someone just joined that one for $100. That's $450 in one week from websites! Very cool." [Tweet ""Look at your time, be intentional, because if you choose one thing you lose another." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: FL 142 Paul Cameron's recent success Flipped Lifestyle App update How to take control of your time Tips on outsourcing tasks What are opportunity costs? [Tweet ""Outsourcing doesn't need to be limited to online business, you can also use it in real life." - Shane"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: SPI 265: Shane & Jocelyn Sams' and their AWESOME Advertising Strategy SPI 122 : From Teachers to Totally Rocking It Online - S&J's Success Story FL 142 - Paul Cameron's Featured Member Call Flip Your Life Community Q&A with S&J YouTube Channel Flipped Lifestyle YouTube Channel Flipped Lifestyle Kids YouTube Channel Flipped Lifestyle Patreon Page We would love to help you write the success story for your online business. To learn more about working directly with Shane & Jocelyn in their Flip Your Life community, visit: https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Join HUNDREDS of entrepreneurs from around the world pursuing the Flipped Lifestyle online! You can connect with S&J on social media too! Thank you for listening! Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post.

Need ideas to improve membership conversion? Join us as we help today's guest with strategies on how to improve his membership conversion. We're super excited to introduce, DriveStaff Founder and Technology Recruitment Firm President, Paul Cameron. Paul has been an IT Headhunter since 1998, and has delivered tons of speeches as a Job Search Coach and Motivational Speaker. He is also the Author of "Turning Interviews into Offers through Advanced Selling Techniques," that teaches applicants easy-to-learn techniques to give them that edge to land their dream job. Thanks to almost 20 years worth of training and experience, he has become a widely established industry expert helping thousands upon thousands of job seekers get hired faster. He created SpeedUpMyJobSearch.com in 2014, a website that provides job search resources, employment opportunities and community to provide support for applicants young and old. Paul has most of the puzzle pieces in place, but we're going to help him analyze the rest of the pieces even further. Join us as we share our best tactics to incorporate testimonials into his website, strengthen his sales chain, and get his online business journey to the next level. Buckle up coz this might just be what takes to flip your life too! [Tweet ""When you keep going, it keeps that door open for success." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Keep things simple, and make it painfully obvious what you want people to do." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""Get out there, serve other people. People need you and what you know." - Shane"] You Will Learn: How to strategically use your testimonials What is a sales page What is an offer page Sale Funnel vs. Sales Chain Plus so much more! Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Paul's Membership Website Flip Your Life community Flipped Lifestyle Patreon Page Flipped Lifestyle YouTube Channel Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Patreon question of the week from our Q&A with S&J YouTube series: This week's question is from Rebecca. Rebecca says, "Do you plan your content for the entire year? How far ahead should I batch?" Click here to hear the answer to today's featured question! And if you would like to watch all of our Q&A with S&J videos, head on over to flippedlifestyle.com/YouTube, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. To ask a question for the Q&A with S&J YouTube show, you can do that over on our Patreon page at flippedlifestyle.com/patreon. Click on the image to Listen on iTunes: To learn more about working directly with Shane & Jocelyn in their Flip Your Life community, visit: https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Join HUNDREDS of entrepreneurs from around the world pursuing the Flipped Lifestyle online! Success Story of the Week: Today's success story comes from Valerie. This is not actually a success story in terms of making progress for my business, but my husband and I have decided to follow in Shane and Jocelyn's footsteps, and downsize into our version of a Freedom Home. We're going from a large two-bedroom, two-bath apartment with an office to a one-bedroom, one bath apartment with no office. I'll be giving up an extra bathroom, and my beloved little office. Deep breath. But we will be saving about $500 a month, and it is in a quieter location with a pretty view, and trees and a private access to a lake and trails. I'm having a little anxiety, about moving into a much little space, and especially giving up my my office/work space/introverts getaway-- But I know we have to make sacrifices now to have what is really important to us later. Now, we just have to be sure we make the most of it. That is an awesome story, Valerie. We are so glad that you shared that in the community,

Need ideas on how to transition from one-off product sales into a membership community? Listen in as we help today's guest transition her business into a membership model. We're so excited to have someone on air that really understands the triumphs and responsibilities that go with being a teacher, our good friend, JoAnne Westbrook. Joanne lives in Missouri with her three children and husband. She started off teaching in 1995, and later received bigger district level responsibilities as a principal-superintendent. Over at www.JoAnneWestbrook.com, she has created numerous posts that provides support to others who may be overwhelmed by the grind, or are just simply wanting to consume some well-organized content. Having married a teacher herself, and with more than two decades of experience and expertise as an educator, JoAnne's goal is to help fellow teachers be successful in their careers as well as achieve a balanced lifestyle. She has recently launched an eBook that had brought in her first few sales, as validating as this is, she now has to think of other ways to monetize her blog. Join us, as we help her transition towards a full-scale membership community model that will turn sales into something bigger, predictable and sustainable minus the pressure of launching new one-off products every month. So much learning to be done, now let's get started! [Tweet ""To be successful, you must have the right mindset, be devoted and find time." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""Take action on the things you've learned & the dreams you have to grow." - Shane"] You Will Learn: The phases of the Flipped Life Cycle How to get your spouse onboard One-off products vs. membership How to create and sell monthly member challenges Plus so much more! [Tweet ""If you're not growing, you're dying." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Batching content and automating responses makes for a less stressed you." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""There's going to be somebody pushing you off the cliff because you won't jump." - Shane"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: JoAnne's website Flip Your Life community 5 Tips for Getting Your Spouse On Board with Your Online Business How to work together, without killin' each other 3 More habits that will make you successful online Jada Sellner's website Get Your Pretty On Simple Green Smoothies Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Can't Miss Moment: Today's can't miss moment is Isaac designing his first video game. We have recently relinquished control of one of our MacBooks, and he has been using it a lot. He has started to play this game. He is now even starting to design his own worlds on it. Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! You can connect with S&J on social media too! Thank you for listening! Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. Can't listen right now? Read the transcript below! Jocelyn: Hey y'all! On today's podcast, we help JoAnne take her lifestyle coaching business to the next level. Shane: Welcome to Flipped Lifestyle podcast where life always comes before work. We're your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. We're a real family who figured out how to make our entire living online. And now, we help other families do the same. Are you ready to flip your life? Alright.

Need ideas on building solid foundations for your online business? Listen in as we help today's guest strategize and lay the foundations for their online business. Joining us in this week's podcast, we have Ryan and Hannah O'Flaherty, two determined individuals ready to flip their lives to the next level. Ryan & Hannah are Australians who moved to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in order to pursue their passions, Ryan as a Golf Professional and Hannah as a Primary School Teacher. As young professionals and volunteers, the two have set out to help others by sharing their expertise as well as providing support and opportunities. They recently joined the Flip Your Life community to get their online business started on the right path. Ryan has created a website called, Flats Golf n Fitness, where he shares coaching and training programs enabling golfers to improve their game and get results. They currently have a few eBooks and content rolling, but Ryan & Hannah are still in the infant stages of turning this website into a reliable source of income. Join us as we help them prioritize, strategize and lay the foundations for their online membership and have it anchored to Ryan's expertise. You don't want to miss this! [Tweet ""Always make sure to deliver value in everything you create." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Figure out exactly what you want & the best way to make it work." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: Why you should give away some free content How to write a blog post for your professional-based audience The "Unexpected Bonus" & The "Wow Bonus" What is an Introductory Offer Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Find people who are interested in what you have to offer." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""You can have an idea, just make sure it's what the audience wants." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Ryan's Website Elementary Librarian Flip Your Life community Flipped Lifestyle Patreon Page [Tweet ""Every dime that is spent online is paid for access." - Shane"] [Tweet ""If you try putting all the pots on the stove, you're going to boil over." - Shane"] Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Can't Miss Moment: Today's Can't Miss Moment is volunteering at Anna's school, making some rain sticks for a program that the Kindergarten class presented to the rest of the school. This is something that we do occasionally. We go to the school, and we ask the teachers what kind of help do they need, and our kids love it when we come. Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! You can connect with S&J on social media too! Thank you for listening! Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. Can't listen right now? Read the transcript below! Jocelyn: Hey y'all! On today's podcast, we help Ryan and Hannah start their online business and figure out how to make money online. Shane: Welcome to Flipped Lifestyle podcast where life always comes before work. We're your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. We're a real family who figured out how to make our entire living online. And now, we help other families do the same. Are you ready to flip your life? Alright. Let's get started. What's going on everybody? Welcome back to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast. As always it is great to be back with you this week.

Need insight on how to make successful membership launch? Listen in on how today's guest did it and lear strategies on how to take your online business to the next level! We have another amazing member on call this week, sharing her story of what got her started, why and how she did it, we have none other than, Nikki Massie. Nikki is a staff writer for an international non-profit organization by day, food blogger and social media convener by night. She had started her online blog 9 years ago when she had gastric bypass surgery. She wanted to help people who had undergone the procedure have and maintain a fulfilling healthy lifestyle by teaching them creative ways to cook their meals. Her audience swelled to 32,000+ followers, all of them benefiting from Nikki's innovative and informative content. Nikki recently launched to a segment of her wide audience, and had gotten 50 members. Her website, Bariatric Foodie, hosts her cookbooks, online blog and supportive community. She has tried a number of ways to generate income through her website; such as selling advertisements, doing some brand relationship work, as well as awareness campaigns. She is now ready to focus on turning it to a more consistent and sustainable business. We keep saying, "Success leaves breadcrumbs," so we're going to help Nikki follow the trail towards her online business dreams. Join us as we help her maintain and encourage member engagement, plus some effective onboarding strategies to help get her members started. Do you have the same struggles? Need proof that there is money to be made online? Then look no further and tune in to another information-packed episode of the Flipped Lifestyle podcast, let us help you take it to the next level. [Tweet ""A challenge is a great way to launch your community." - Shane"] [Tweet ""The voices of those who dislike it shouldn't be louder than those who love it." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: Advantages of the membership model How to welcome your members into your community Nurture Sequence: How to keep them engaged What is onboarding and how it works Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Be a magnet, attract the right people and repel those who aren't." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Guide your people through the steps no matter how simple." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Nikki's Website Evan Burse's Website Jeanette Stein's Website Elementary Librarian Flip Your Life community Flipped Lifestyle Patreon page Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Can't Miss Moment: Today's can't miss moment is taking some time to go over and see my 97-year-old great grandmother. There are not a lot of 36-year-old people who can say that they have a great grandmother. My family is a very young, which is good and bad in some ways. She is still here, she just start celebrated her 97th birthday, and we went over to hang out with her. The amazing thing is, she still lives at home. Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! You can connect with S&J on social media too! Thank you for listening! Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. Can't listen right now? Read the transcript below! Jocelyn: Hey y'all! On today's podcast we help Nikki grow her weight loss support community. Shane: Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast...

Need ideas on efficient content batching strategies? Listen in as we help today's guest grow her parenting membership site through batching content. We have a returning guest member on call with us this week, one of our most active members in the Flip Your Life community, Karen Lock Kolp. Karen is our resident expert in child development. She has a master's degree in Early Childhood Education and years worth of experience in understanding how kids work. Her expertise makes her an invaluable resource for those who have found themselves embarking this wonderful adventure we call, "parenthood." She helps teach struggling parents how to handle their child's milestones and challenges in ways that are both insightful and fulfilling - basically, the life hack of how to be a ninja parent. Loaded with tons of content and blessed with thousands of listeners, she recently launched her membership community and has reached her first 3 members. Her community is still in its fledgling phase, so we're going to dive right in and discuss the best "next step" strategies to push her online business towards the right direction. You don't want to miss this! [Tweet ""Do what you can, when you can." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Roll your weakness into a strength." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: How attending live events can help grow your leads Content batching hacks The advantages of doing AMAs, also known as the "Ask Me Anything" segment Our Strategy: Changing The Rules Why you should give away free content Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Take action, always do what's necessary to achieve success." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Don't let obstacles stop you, let it encourage you to do better." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned on today's show: Karen's Website FL 108, Karen's First FYL Member Call S&J's Guesting over at weturnedoutokay.com Flip Your Life Community & The Flipped Lifestyle Blueprint Flipped Lifestyle Patreon Page Flipped Lifestyle Kids Youtube Channel Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Can't Miss Moment: Today's can't miss moment is going out on a road trip to Jacksonville, FL to watch the Kentucky Wildcats play football. we have been flying around so much lately and we thought it would be fun to take the scenic route to Florida with the kids. we absolutely loved the time in the sun and are just so thankful that we can do spur of the moment stuff like this, something we never could have done if we were stuck working at our nine-to-fives. Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! You can connect with S&J on social media too! Thank you for listening! Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. Can't listen right now? Read the transcript below! Jocelyn: Hey y'all! On today's podcast we welcome Karen back and help her take her online business to the next level. Shane: Welcome to Flipped Lifestyle podcast where life always comes before work. We're your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. We're a real family who figured out how to make our entire living online. And now, we help other families do the same. Are you ready to flip your life? Alright. Let's get started. What's going on everybody? Welcome back to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast. It is great to be back with you again this week. For those of you who may be new to the Flipped Lifesty...