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Who else gets all icky and flushed in the face when it comes to actually SELLING the thing we do?! We know we both do and we confess in the episode some of our not so #ladyboss behaviours around avoiding that bit altogether. But we can’t be in business if we don’t sell anything SO here are our 7 tips to help you improve your sales skills – and we know they work because they are what we both used to better our skills in the area. This is episode Six and our final episode in our #profitseries and WOW what a series it’s been! So before we get into the SELLING we wanted to do a quick overview of the whole series!   In this series on PROFIT, we’ve talked about a number of ways to increase our profit. We looked at building a profit mindset, reducing our expenses, adding new profitable streams of income to our business model. We talked to special guests Laura Elkaslassy and Denise Duffeild Thomas. And we got real and honest with you about where things are at in our businesses (and you did too in our gorgeous online community). Today we are talking about the VOLUME dimension – making more sales! An increase in sales won’t always mean more profit, so you really need to understand your numbers before assuming that selling more will make you more. But we can safely say every ladyboss needs to work on her sales skills. Here are our top 7 tips: Tip 1: Mindset Shiz Stop thinking of Sales is a dirty word. Selling is about relationships. So focus on how to build and grow strong relationships with your ideal customer. The selling then comes more naturally. Tip 2: Have a funnel strategy This is about having something at every level of the mountain/funnel, and having those things nurture people towards your premium product (which we talk a little about Episode 20). Tip 3: Tracking your leads How do you manage your leads? Having hot lists, customer vision boards etc Don’t go and spend big on a fancy CRM – simply think about how you track your customers and potential customers and how you could improve that process in your business. Tip 4: Bosses follow up! The fortune is in the follow up! Don’t be shy about re-sending that invitation or asking if that potential client is still keen to work with you. Tip 5: Understanding the lifetime value of a customer It’s easy to get stuck chasing the next new customer – but how can you love on the ones you already have! The 80/20 Rule Book If 100 people pay you $100, 20 (20%) people will pay $400, 4 (20%) people will spend $1600 Tip 6: Sales conversations Whether on a webinar, writing an email, speaking from stage or having a 1:1 conversation – let’s talk about how we sell/talk sales. Practice it and see how you can improve. Tip 7: Review and take note of CHANGES for next time. Don’t forget to take stock and take NOTE of what you want to do differently next time! Remember above all else, people want to know how to work with you so stop being so shy about telling them! #yougotthis

SQUEAL!!!! The penultimate episode of the #profit season is upon us and who better to talk money with us than Denise Duffield-Thomas! Author, speaker and founder of the outrageously successful Lucky Bitch Money Bootcamp – helping zillions of women make peace with their money mindset once and for all! We talk about: being a ladyboss tracking money increasing profit what DDT would dance to when taking a #dancebreak !

Today in the #profit series we are focussing in on developing passive income products to develop our positive money mindset and add more profitable products to our business model. Passive income is NOT the silver bullet in six figure business, it’s not a build it and they will come strategy. BUT having a product that can be leveraged and sold without additional effort from you IS really good, for mindset, business AND Profit. A well executed passive income product will take time in the initial stage to develop, but then it can be sold over and over again Can also be great value-adds for the other work you do, ie. adding value to a VIP client package Examples of passive income products in our #ladyboss community: Claire Barton has a planner (http://www.clairebarton.com.au/shop/the-recovering-perfectionists-2017-planner) Kate Toon has the 10 Day SEO Challenge (https://therecipeforseosuccess.com/seo-courses/10-day-seo-challenge/) Natasha Janssen Financial Education Program (https://www.womenwithcents.com.au/making-cents-of-money/) Coming up with the idea, Developing the idea and Marketing the Product – grab our checklist to explore each step! Don’t forget to take the LadyBoss survey! bit.ly/LBCsurvey

In today’s super episode of the Profit Series the #Ladyboss ladies have their first special guest on the show! Laura Elkaslassy is a #profitpioneer (and she has the LadyBoss tee to prove it!) She works with small business owners to grow their businesses and their profits. She is a Profit First Professional who offers bookkeeping and BAS services, together with one on one mentoring to help businesses owners really understand their money, make more of it and make it work harder for them. In this episode we ask Laura: the biggest money mistake ladybosses make in their biz why is it so important we ladybosses pay ourselves first the obvious question: what’s Profit First and how does it work why do we resist money systems and what’s the very first step we can take to move forward to a profit first ladyboss life Find the ultra fabulous profit pioneer Laura here or here AND super exciting is Laura will be speaking at Artful Business Conference in Brisbane in May AND you can get 10% off your tickets with the code ARTFULEMPIRE Get your tickets here Don’t forget to fill out the LadyBoss survey and have your LB say! bit.ly/LBCsurvey

In today’s episode, we are putting our curious student hats on to explore money mindset – what we’ve learned about, what we’ve struggled with and the mindset tools, strategies and hacks to help us really work on our abundance mindset! Denise Duffield-Thomas on income tracking – http://luckybitch.com/track-your-income/ Katie’s favourite organising podcast – www.organize365.com Money Mindset Inspiration – http://www.forbes.com/sites/gingerdean/2016/07/28/5-money-mindset-hacks-to-explode-your-income/ http://leoniedawson.com/what-to-do-when-you-hit-a-money-block/ http://luckybitch.com/track-your-income/ Don’t forget to take the survey! bit.ly/LBCsurvey

19: #profitseries What is Profit?

Today’s episode is the last episode of the season! We are having six weeks away from the podcast over the Australian summer / Christmas break and so we turn our minds to what we can all be doing at this time of year in our business. Whether it’s taking time off without losing money or momentum, or embracing a summer/holiday theme to your content and products, there is lots you can do to embrace the summer and holidays in your business! Things we discuss: how to embrace the theme in your marketing and content what you can do to plan for 2017 and plan to have time off admin work that is perfect to do at this time of year and set yourself up for success in 2017! things we are planning on doing over our break What ladyboss items are on our Christmas list! Katie’s 46 books to read in 2016 (of which she’s got to 25!): Pat Flynn, Will It Fly Harlan Coben Fool Me Once Let it Be, Katie Dalebout The One Thing Outrageous Openness Light is the New Black Jessica Ortner, Weight Loss (Body Love) Membership economy Bright precious day’s Jay McInerney Arianna Huffington, Thrive Playing Big The new How and 11 ways to create value in the social era Gretchen Rubin, Happiness Shonda Rhimes, My Year of Yes Conscious Marketing, Caroline Taite Helen Garner, Everywhere I Look Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit Amy Poehler Yes Please Sean d’spuza the brain audit Never Eat Alone Keith Ferazzi The Big Leap Think and Grow Rich Essentialism The Four Agreements The Go Giver The Power of Your Subconscious Mind – Dr Joseph Murphy.g How to Be Wildly Wealthy Now by Sandy Forster Nilofer Merchant only-ness or 11 rules to Andd value in the social era Secret Language of Your Body Jess Lively: Work and Worth Profit First Me before you The royal we Sea sisters Pretty girls Maestra The singles game Truly madly guilty Tell the truth shame the devil Don’t forget to breathe 9 rules to create value in the social era You will know me Secret Mums Business, Angela Counsel A Happier Hour The Automatic Customer the wrong side of goodbye, michael connelly Things we want you to share in the Facebook Group: What other books should be on our mammoth ladyboss reading list What is the perfect Christmas gift for the ladyboss?

On the podcast this week we’re talking CHALLENGES! How to create one, run one, upsell from one, all the goods. Listen to find out: why you should think about creating a challenge as a lead magnet/list builder (and when not to) designing the perfect challenge – the keys! what trends are happening in challenges that you should be aware of (number of days, evergreen versus live, paid versus free, Facebook Group use etc) We shout out some of the great challenges we’ve done (check out the list below!) We talk about how a physical product business or an in-person, bricks and mortar business can use the challenge to grow business and community Challenges we’ve loved! (If the challenge isn’t currently running, we’ve linked to their website, stalk these ladybosses yo!) Swapna Thomas’ Slay with Content Challenge Jo Bendle’s Inbox Zero Challenge Sylvia Cherchia Money Mindset Challenge Kate Toholka’s Simplified Online Business Challenge – not running Kate Toon’s 10 Day SEO Challenge Anna Chisholm’s Super Smoothie Challenge Capturing Gratitude 30 Day Challenge Elle’s Selfies For Success – Personal Branding Challenge Katie’s 7 Day Podcast Challenge

As we grow our businesses we go through stages, sometimes we need to knuckle down, focus on our current clients and nurture our exisiting networks. Other times however we want growth and expansion. We want to find new communities to connect with, new people to share our message with and ultimately new clients. How do we do that? We are both big believers in the social marketing of Facebook Groups and tribe building through our own content and connections. But what about when you want to go beyond your circle of influence and find new people to connect to? If you do want to expand your reach and pitch yourself you MUST check out Katie’s webinar tomorrow – JOIN HERE! Why Expand Your Reach There are lot of benefits to reaching out beyond your current networks such as: Up-leveling your business Accelerate your growth Find new inspiration and ideas from outside your industry New clients and therefore more income Sharing your message further and wider can help you get clarity on your own message and see your own value So, How do you go about it? Think about all of the one off encounters you have had, twitter connections with people you thought seemed interesting and follow up on this. Connect again with people you knew a year ago and find out what they are up to now. Find out how you can add value and support them, foster the relationship and see what grows from it. Seek out totally new environments – go to events outside your core industry. Katie meet so many new and exciting entrepreneurs by heading to We Are Podcast a few weeks ago and now has a long list of new business connections. Remember to follow up on new connections and if you aren’t sure how, try asking “Is there anything I can HELP you with right now?” Host your own events such as coffee meet ups, Christmas catchups etc and invite your tribe and ask them to invite their tribe. Seek out events in your local area and make the time to get along to them. Pitch yourself – share your wisdom with new audiences by pitching guest posts, podcast interviews and speaker gigs. Building your influence on your own platforms is a really important step in the process so think about your own social media, newsletter list and Facebook groups etc – building influence here will give you the confidence and the currency to reach out wider. You have to make time for connecting and relationship building – and you have to know it is a LONG game. What about the challenges? The fear of rejection is so innate for us human beings right? Many of us have seriously limiting beliefs about the value of our knowledge and the angst of sharing that with new people – what if they don’t like it? How do you overcome that? Practice! You do get better and it the more you do it. Don’t take it personally (easier said than done we know!) but know a NO is not actually a rejection of your or your values! Until it’s a NO it’s not a NO! If you get a “Not right now” then follow up! Pitch again. Try and be more transactional about the situation. Don’t discount the value of your work if you do get a No – but also don’t let YES be what validates what you have to offer. You need to believe in your work BEFORE you take it out in the world. This will make the reactions much less personal. Just start! Pitch one podcast, reach out to potential connection and just see what happens. Thanks again for listening and loving the show – be sure to leave us a review!!

It’s a bonus spring clean! We got so motivated by all the spring (sprung?) cleaning going on, we added a bonus challenge for you – to spring clean your content – blog, podcasts, whatever your content choice may be! We start by doing a bit of an audit, a looking back at all our content we’ve created, to see the success we’ve had, any repurposing opportunities, and to kill the stuff that no longer serves our brand. Then we talk about planning content for the future – and Katie talks about her new obsession – the 2 year plan! And finally we talk about marketing your content, and share a few tips and tools along the way! Resources mentioned: Our Episode 11 – Your Ideal Client Andrew Griffiths We Are Podcast Revive Old Posts Smart App Banner Meet Edgar Laura Roeder

When was the last time you reviewed and refreshed your Products and Services? Does what you have on offer on your website still reflect the way you do business? Does it still speak to your Ideal Client? In today’s episode we dive into what you need to do to give your offerings a Spring Clean! But first, how have you been going with our Spring Clean Series? Have you tidied up your website and social media? Have you reviewed your opt ins and email lists? Maybe you just cleaned up your desk or sorted out your bookshelf! If you want to brag to us share a pic on Instagram and tag @ladybossproject and #springcleanlikeaboss so we can ooohhh and aahhh over your tidy and shiny biz! Now – for the BIG ONE! How do we spring clean our Products and Services? List out all the products and services you offer – where are they advertised, what is their funnel and how many have you sold, do you enjoy them? What SHOULD you have on offer? One school of thought: Entry level offer Mid range offer Premium offer What DO you have on offer? How have they sold? Revenue you have made How do you feel about them? Are they AVAILABLE on your website? What should you let go? Can you give it away for free? Inside your FB group, etc. Can you update what you’re keeping: Descriptions, Testimonials Funnels A plan for new offerings: Project plan Schedule As with the other episodes in this series, don’t let any of this overwhelm you or distract you from time critical work. Just set aside 30 min a day or 1 hour a week to go through and review and refresh things. If you don’t put these upkeep activities into your weekly schedule it’s easy for them to never happen. Jump over to our Facebook Group and let us know if you have any questions, share your insights and what you have updated! For our Brisbane based babes, Katie and I are heading your way and on Sunday Oct 9th we are hosting an afternoon tea and live podcast recording, which we would LOVE for you to be a part of! Check out the details HERE.

Email marketing is such a valuable tool in your business and that means it is VERY worthwhile taking the time to clean up the process and start really nurturing your list. Opt Ins are a great list building tool but you need to make sure they fit your biz and that they are working for you. Today we talk about lots of actions you can consider to Spring Clean your list and boost your open rates and Oh my WOW! We have had such a wonderful response to our last episode and it’s really exciting to hear people share what they taken action on and tidied up on their websites and social media profiles. Today we are digging a little deeper and looking at your email list and opt ins. Are these things really working for you and how can you clean them up and give that fresh spring feel! What are you currently doing and how is it going? What list-building activities are you undertaking? Inventory. Podcast content upgrades, website opt in, blog post content upgrades, webinars, etc How are they working for you? How are your open rates, are people staying subscribed, what is the growth like and what are the current numbers? Do an inventory list of all the Opt Ins you have out in the world currently. How can you spring clean your opt ins? Think about your opt ins as part of FUNNELS. Do you still love them? Are they relevant to the work you are doing in your business now? Are they converting for you? Are they a sensible lead into a funnel that leads to clients? If not, it’s time to let them go (put them in your FB group for your peeps to take for free – #freelove) Can you repurpose old ones into something new and better (ie. a webinar recording chopped into a mini course) Do your funnels / products / services require a new opt in? (in Part 3 of the Spring Clean series we will get you looking at your products and services) How will you identify the RIGHT opt in (ask your list, ask your clients, ask your target market. DON’T just crowdsoruce in FB groups as they won’t all be your ™) Schedule whatever actions you need to take on your optins and give them a gorgeous launch and promo period What email marketing are you doing and how is it working? Can you repurpose old ones into something new and better (ie. a webinar recording chopped into a mini course) How do you actually to spring clean your list of email subscribers? Segment your list and email people who have not opened an email in 6 months >> invite them to opt out, or if they are not opting out, ask them to tell you what they’d like to hear from you – this can reduce your subscribers, but that might save you money and also heartache as your open rates will likely increase. What about the Automated Welcome Series? Go through your own process and make sure it is still up to date and relevant. Check that the Welcome Emails match up with the opt in that got them on the list. Give SUPER awesome value and set clear expectations around what people can expect. Let people get to know YOU and share some of your story. Katie’s HOT TIP Set this stuff up as a draft in a word processing program and THEN move it over to your email program, this lets you play, change and edit with a lot more ease. How do you find the right Opt In Target Market Research – we talked about this a lot in our Ideal Client Episode ASK your list, give them a chance to let you know what they want to hear from them Don’t crowd source this in big groups which are full of people aren’t your IC Ask your own group or your clients – you might be surprised what value other people in the work you offer Elle’s HOT TIP Set out a content plan so you know in advanced what you are going to say in the next few newsletters. Don’t put pressure on yourself to come up with an amazing topic on the day you want to send your newsletter out. Links Mentioned Karyn Gunton and her gorgeous Lighthouse List Being Boss – just because they say AMEN a lot – we are going to say BOOM (hehehe) Our Biggest Top Tip Just pick ONE thing that we talked about and start there. Don’t be overwhelmed by the long list of actions you may want to take now. Just do ONE. Come back and do another later if you want to but just start. Want to connect with like minded ladybosses and get encouragement and support as you Spring Clean you biz? Join our beautiful Facebook Community and be sure to say HI!

Spring has sprung here in Australia and what better time to look over all the aspects of your business and do a freshen up! For the next few episodes we are going to go through a list of helpful actions you can take to give your business a Spring Clean. It feels good when you do it to your wardrobe right? So why not your biz too. Take a listen to the episode to hear all our tips and advice for sprucing up your website and social media platforms. Website How up to date are your pages, contact forms, etc? Is your about page update and talking to your Ideal Client? Do you have opt ins and lead boxes on your blog posts and other important pages? Should you create a Start Here menu option? When was the last time you ran a back up or updated your theme and plugins? What are you currently doing and how is it going? Look at your analytics and start tracking your numbers. Do a more complete Website Review Come in front end with your Ideal Client Avatar in mind and look at all your pages. Write a list of everything that needs changing, don’t get overwhelmed by it, simply jot it all down and prioritise the list. Then set aside a little time each week to work on through the list. Does the site flow and the information make sense for a brand new visitor- is it clear who you are and what you do? Social Media Take stock of what platforms are you on and how is the follower growth, engagement and your own interest in the platform – don’t get stuck in the numbers but tracking can be very helpful. Review your About sections and Profile Info – again making sure that contact information and business details are up to date. Maybe trim down the number of platforms so you can focus on the ones you like and your Ideal Client engage most with. If want to still have a presence on some but not focus on them, automate the content and make it clear where people can find you to properly engage. Top 3 actions to move forward Website Review your About Page and make sure your Products and Services and Lead Magnets are up to date and looking swish. Social Media Feel permission to automate one or stop focussing on it if it’s not inspiring you or paying dividends. Schedule your time on the platforms where you want to be more present. Allow yourself time, ie. an hour a week, where you are SOURCING or CREATING content for your social – batch the task. Come and join our fun and active #Ladyboss Project Facebook Group to share your progress and stay accountable while you work through your Spring Cleaning tasks. And tune in next fortnight when we look at Spring Cleaning your Email List and Opt Ins.

11: You Are Not Your Ideal Client … Or Are You?

Don’t freak out, but you know if you’re a ladyboss you really need to … ask for the sale? Yes, Katie and Elle are tackling this juicy topic which is about 40% mindset (I’m not worthy! No one will ever buy from me!), 40% strategy (knowing what you’re offering, communicating what you’re offering, making it easy to work with you) and 20% magic alchemy ladyboss-style. Join us as we break down the elements of why you need to be asking for the sale, HOW you can improve the way you ask for the sale, and a few mindset tips and tricks to own your value and own this key part of the in-your-own-business process.

Today we are digging around on a topic that we think many of us bosses ponder over a lot >> how to connect with the influencers in our industry. We both believe it’s important to connect with influencers – both for our own inspiration, development and to raise our own credibility and profile in our niche. But there’s definitely an art and a strategy to doing it! We talk about: how we connect with influencers for our podcast and the Artful Business Conference some of the more embarrassing mistakes we’ve made in connecting strategies for connecting – paid and unpaid We are also wrapping our Twitter experiment (short version: It’s a goodie!) and revealing the next: Quality Sleep! We are committing to a daily “wind down” evening ritual and improving our quality of sleep to see what impact it has on our sleep and also our awake time. Join us!

Today we’re talking all things scheduling … like a ladyboss! We have very different schedules – Elle works full time in her business and Katie is side hustling around a full time job and now twins! Today we are breaking down what we do, what works and what you can do to get some more productive scheduling into your boss life! Is scheduling better for business? The short answer is YES. Elle maintains a day free of client calls and consulting so she can work ON the business. Katie has to schedule those blocks of time in because she doesn’t have full days in her biz. Elle shares her “wishlist” which helps her fill unexpected gaps of time wisely Katie talks about her awesome weekly schedule template she created in Asana with the inspiration from productivity guru Jo Bendle We discuss the power of intense blocks of time to smash out a task We each share our morning and evening routines – the ideal and the reality! Elle’s top tip for wanting more structure in your biz routine? Start small with one thing and play with it, have fun with it. Katie’s top tip is to get really clear on your ACTUAL capacity and start putting time allotments against tasks so that you can see when you’re fully committed, and also how good (or bad) you are at estimating time! Resources we mention: Acuity scheduling for scheduling Satori for scheduling Jo Bendle – Productivity Guru – stalk her here Jonathan Fields interviews Arianna Huffington on sleep TWITTER UPDATE: We are loving it, we are going to do a Twitter chat! Join us. First follow us www.twitter.com/katietwyatt and twitter.com/elle_roberts_ Chat will be on living la vida ladyboss! Friday 15 July 830pm AEST The Hashtag will be #LBChats  If you need a reminder jump over HERE and RSVP to the Facebook Event (oh the irony hehe).

So you've heard all the hype about LAUNCHING and how important it is for online business. You've read the posts and seen the webinars on how to launch and how to launch with style - but what do you do when it's over, you've come down off the adrenaline high and you are trying to work out what's next in your business. But how do you assess a launch? How do you decide if it was a success, how do learn from the things that went well or not so well? Today we're chat about our two most recent launches, what worked, what didn't and why the debrief process is SO important for your next launch. How do you assess the results of a launch? What do you do after? How to take the results and LEARN from it? What is the conversation happening around LAUNCHING? Is running a massive, stressful & exhausting launch a badge of honour for a #ladyboss? It takes a lot of time to build your business up to the bigger launches and people aren't always talking about that. Launching is tough - no doubt - but you don't NEED to kill yourself to launch a thing. What measures do you put into place to measure your success, before, during and after? You measures of success need to be true for you and relevant and realistic for where you are at in business and where you are taking your business. What metrics can you use outside of straight sales? How do you measure the more intangible aspects such as the vibe, the conversations about your thing? Focusing on the PEOPLE who do buy your thing rather than the numbers they you didn't hit can shift your focus to failure to excitement. What are LEAD and LAG measures and how do to track mid-launch? Who is your support team throughout the launch process? How do you make sure you are doing the RIGHT tasks? Katie gives an amazing exercises to make sure you are doing the right tasks with your time to bring in the revenue. There are no RULES - don't let anyone tell you that you have to do a big, live launch to be successful in business. Links we talked about Katie's podcasting course - Podwell The Artful Business Conference Denise Duffield Thomas Marie Forleo Todd Herman and his 90 Day Year A link to a blog post explaining Todd's Time Currency Scorecard (tip 1) We also touched base on our Twitter experiment, what we are loving about playing in the twitter-sphere and why lists are making it easier to connect with the right peeps. Want to play along? Join our facebook group so you can join the conversations there, follow us on twitter @ladybossproject and connect with Katie at @KatieTWyatt and Elle @elle_roberts_

Today we are debriefing on the business event of 2016 - Artful Business Conference! This is the brainchild of Elle Roberts and we've both been hanging there all weekend, so we're talking through our key takeaways! What we took from Elle's talk about tribes and connection and community - connect in real life peeps - and why there's no such thing as competition when you're eating pie ... or something The depressing state of creativity in adults and even pre-teens - but Felicity O'Connor gives us all new hope Melanie Midegs shares her journey of emotional empowerment and it even brought her to gorgeous tears Was Katie Wyatt really able to make consistency sexy? You'll have to listen to find out (no nudity) And the bourbon-swilling Jess May shows the power of what honest to God truth can do to a room Why did Sylvia Cherchia's money talk earn her the hashtag #sylviasmackdown ? Katie's new biz crush Emma Veiga-Malta shows us how smart people reinvent themselves for wild success - and how you can too Lisa Fitzpatrick is not only the nicest entrepreneur in the universe but she's wickedly smart and feminine too! We also closed off our read every day challenge - please share your take aways and #bookselfies in the Facebook Group And the next experiment is a bit of Twitter play every day - 5-10 mins max, let's see if we can create some magic over there - follow us at twitter.com/elle_roberts_ and twitter.com/KatieTWyatt AND post your handle in the Facebook Group post about this month's experiment so we can follow you too! And if you're hiding a Twitter Ninja Strategy beneath your skirt, come and share that too! Links and important bits from today: Get on the Artful Biz list if you want access to pre-sale info for 2017 Eric Maisel's quote about creativity: “Creativity is not a talent or ability. It is the fruit of a person’s decision to matter.” And the episode where Elle and Jess talk about Jess' struggle with her business change and her self-imposed definitions of "creativity" Emma Veiga-Malta's questions from Artful to help you transfer your skills to niche down: How do you identify your key creative skill? Do you have a transferable skill? Which skill do you use time and time again (especially if you are multi-passionate)? Look at the data to find your niche Don't be burdened by the status quo - be open to new ideas What interests you? Is there anything you want to change? What does your idea day look like? How does it compare with your average day now? Is there a commonality that binds your passions?

Today we're talking Facebook Groups! Should you run one, and if so, how to rock it like the boss lady that you are! Katie and Elle both have multiple Facebook Groups - they share the story behind each of them! Straight up - should every entrepreneur have a Facebook Group? It's important to be ultra clear about the purpose of your group and why you're starting - is it community? Building authority? Getting clients? Knowing your why will keep you focused and committed during the days when it feels like you're in there talking to yourself Groups take TIME to build, grow and lead - so if you're not ready and interested in doing that consistent work, then maybe it's not right for you We talk about the specific role that leadership and facilitation plays in building a group that rocks - particularly around elevating others over just yourself To theme or not to theme? That is the question And we go on a rant - of course - about the way some group leaders constrain promotions in their group AND ... we have a new Facebook Group to continue the conversation from the podcast and share our findings on our #ladybossexperiments - Click on Join the Community in the menu bar to come and join the action. We mentioned a lot of Facebook Groups in today's episode, here they are for you: Wellness Entrepreneurs Podcaster Posse My Name My Brand Artful Business Community Psychic Playground Heart-Centred, Soul-Driven Entrepreneurs Lighthouse Revolution Thriving Entrepreneur Circle Get the show notes at www.theladybossproject.com/5 Follow THIS LINK to Subscribe, Rate and Review the show in iTunes!