Ambitious Mom Podcast

Networking as a mom and building connections to grow our businesses is often hard when we are raising kids, home bound with potty training toddlers and consumed with playing taxi for all the activities our family is involved in. There is no doubt about it that making genuine connections and networking can be what makes the difference in growing your business and can help you grow it faster!

In today's podcast episode with Andrea Delucia, we talk about motherhood, business and networking as moms.

Meet Andrea

Andrea DeLucia also known as (Andy) is a wife and mother of 4 she a serial mom-pruner, COACH, SPEAKER, AND CEO. She is the former owner of Elegance & Grace Weddings and the founder of Elite Workshop. With 13 years experience in planning and designing luxury weddings Andrea has received many awards and recognition for her top notch She has designed campaigns working with National brand companies such as UGG Australia, Nordstrom, and Lolli and Pops to promote different products and showcase them in her work.

After over a decade thriving in her business, she launched Elite Workshop an Educational brand where she creates and hosts exclusive unique experiences for attendees to deepen connection, build relationship, and learn valuable content.

She believes that building trust and tribe is very import to support and sustain a business. If you dream it you can do it! You can find Andy hosting her next event in CT at the Say brook Inn and Spa “Rocking The Mother Hustle” For boss moms that are struggling to build and sustain a business while raising their families. To buy tickets for this amazing event.

Noteworthy

• How to handle the mommy guilt around starting your own business as a mompreneur
• Is there such a thing as perfection in motherhood?
• The supportive husband behind an incredible mompreneur
• How to ask for support in your business when you don’t have support from your spouse
• Is there one way to build an online business?
• How to create connections with others as a mom
• The power of live events
• What you should not delegate in business
• How to train yourself to get up early and get a jump on your day

Links

• Come hang out with me Live on Facebook
• Join the $1k Mom Tribe
• Let's hang out on IG Stories
• Connect with Andrea
• Facebook
• Instagram

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Feel free to email me with any questions you might have and I'll be sure to feature you on the next #AskKatie episode! [email protected]

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In this conversation with Sarah Crosley we talk about her journey from starting an etsy business to using automation, tools and passive income to scale her business while homeschooling and raising her family. 

I got my start in a similar place as Sarah, creating Etsy shops, figuring out how many keychains I'd have to sell to make a viable income. I quickly realized just like Sarah, that with the price point of my shop, it just wasn't feasible. In this case, don't give up, just pivot! All the steps along the way matter in leading up to your next best thing! 

Meet Sarah

Sarah is the founder and lead designer of The Creative Boss. After years of running handmade shops on Etsy and scouring the interwebs for tips and advice on how to grow and succeed online, she knew that there needed to be a change! The Creative Boss was launched to offer a one stop shop for busy creatives who want to succeed online with ease.

Noteworthy

• How to instill creativity and entrepreneurship in our kids
• Tools to automate your home life and business with Trello and Zapier
• Monetizing Your Hobbies
• How to know what to outsource
• How to determine what you really want to do in business and to earn an income
• Can you have a business and not outsource being mom?
• What Sarah’s Reading - The One Thing
• Best Book Sarah's Read - Get Rich Lucky Bitch

Connect with $1k Moms & Katie Fleming

• Come hang out with me Live on Facebook
• Join the $1k Mom Tribe
• Let's hang out on IG Stories

Connect with Sarah Crosley

• DOWNLOAD FREEBIE | Website Essentials Toolkit: List of tools and resources needed for DIY website design and custom Divi layout pack -- only available to 1k mom podcast listeners.
• Follow Sarah on Facebook 
• Follow Sarah on Instagram
• The Creative Boss Website

If you are wanting to build your own website on Worpress.org definitely get Sarah's FREE toolkit and check out the Divi Theme. Hands down what I recommend and personally use! 

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Feel free to email me with any questions you might have and I'll be sure to feature you on the next #AskKatie episode! [email protected] 

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I love featuring moms who have successfully started a business. In this episode of the $1k Mom podcast we chat with Susie Parker who started a thriving sleep consulting business. What is a sleep consultant? How does the 4 month sleep regression effect parents, how can we create a good sleep environment for our kids and establish healthy sleep habits? We cover a lot in this episode from business to sleep habits.

Highlights

• How to grow a business lean
• How to establish healthy sleep patterns for your family
• How to create an ideal sleep environment for your baby
• How to create organic traffic to your website

$1k Mom Rapid Fire Questions

• What would you do if you could do it all over again? Create epic blog posts
• What is your favorite app/software/system? Teachable platform
• The best book Susie's read or would recommend? Profit First >> Check it out

Screenshot today's show and tag me in your Insta stories! I would love to hear how this podcast is impacting you!

Links

• Come hang out with me Live on Facebook
• Join the $1k Mom Tribe
• Sleep Baby Love website
• Susie's "epic blog posts"
• 4 Month Sleep Regression
• The Ultimate Guide for Overwhelmed Parents
• The 2 Year Old Sleep Regression Sucks
• Family Success Academy

Screenshot the show and tag me on IG Stories! I would love to hear about the AHA moments you've had!

Feel free to email me with any questions you might have and I'll be sure to feature you on the next #AskKatie episode! [email protected] 

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We all want to know how to accomplish our big goals and make what we want happen in our lives! Often times we can fall into the trap that it is one thing, one big push of action, one magic strategy, that pushes us to reach that goal. But the reality is, it's a lot of tiny steps in the right direction that bring us to our "ultimate" destination.

It's not as glamorous and can often feel like no progress is being made, but I truly believe what Lara Casey says, that the Little by Little progress adds up!

In today's episode, inspired by my Instagram Story series of Tuesday night, we are talking about that little by little progress. I'm sharing the behind the scenes of my January, the good, the bad, the ugly, the hard, the incredible, the blessings, the triumphs, the struggles, etc. If you want to see the exact goal planner I'm using, check out the links below to my favorites, or go here to hear the heart behind Lara Casey & Cultivate What Matters.

Screenshot today's show and tag me in your Insta stories! I would love to hear how this podcast is impacting you!

Links

• Come hang out with me Live on Facebook
• Join the $1k Mom Tribe
• Let's hang out on IG Stories
• Powersheets by Cultivate What Matters - I use the One Year & They're sold out of the 6 months. Wait until mid-year for the restock.

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Feel free to email me with any questions you might have and I'll be sure to feature you on the next #AskKatie episode! [email protected] 

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Learn how to manage your business and family and build a business that is a benefit to your family and not a burden.

Meet Abbey

Hey there! I am Abbey. I started in business a decade ago when I opened my own photography studio, AK Studio & Design. I was just like so many others out there. I struggled to figure out how to run a profitable, effective business that made me happy and wasn’t a burden on my family.

Have you ever felt that way? Do you stay up long after everyone else has gone to bed? Do you entertain your kids with technology so you can sneak work in? I have been there and I know how that makes us feel as both business owners and parents and it isn’t good.

We all started these businesses to be a BENEFIT to our families, right? But it's really easy for that dream to get lost in the details of doing the work. It took a lot of hard work but I finally figured it all out and grew my business from a one-woman hustle to a thriving team. I was able to put all my business degree skills to the ultimate test.

And now with my team at Seven Summers Creative we are helping even more of you do that exact thing!

Noteworthy

• (0:51) Who is Abbey Kyhl
• (1:49) How to build a business that is a benefit to your family and not a burden
• (2:48) Their team of moms
• (4:07) Time management pre kids vs. Time management after kids
• (7:02) Recognizing the season you’re in and working with it
• (7:36) The Jar Approach
• (9:30) The reason behind the name 7Summers Creative
• (11:16) Have you always had a business that fits with motherhood?
• (14:30) THE SHIFT!
• (18:16) Being ok with who you are and the epitome of Pinterest Moms
• (22:40) The pressures we put on ourselves and motherhood
• (26:40) Abbey’s workweek
• (33:00) Starting the habit of being unplugged and getting to bed earlier
• (40:37) Spend 3 Hours a Week on Marketing
• (45:37) Motherhood/Business Hack
• (45:48) Mel Robbins 5 Second Rule
• (45:57) If you could do it all over again what would you tell yourself or do differently
• (46:19) Favorite app/software/system
• (47:57) Emily Ley’s notes app tips
• (48:14) Best book you’ve read or are going to read
• Better than Before by Gretchen Rubin
• The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
• The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
• (51:52) Where to connect with Abbey

Links to Connect

• Join the $1k Mom Tribe
• Screenshot today’s episode and tag me on Instagram Stories
• 7 Summers Creative Website
• 7 Summers Creative Facebook Group
• 7 Summers Creative Instagram

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Each one of our kids has greatness inside of them and their own unique talents and abilities and callings. How can we as parents instill confidence in our kids?

If you have a small or big way in which you create confidence in your kids, I’d love to hear how you do that. DM me on Instagram and let me know. I will create a big montage of all of our $1k Moms and how we create confidence in our kids, big or small.

Take advantage of every little or big opportunity that you have to show your kids that they are PRETTY BIG DEALS. Help them step into that confidence.

It takes a lot more effort and time to build up confidence in our kids but it’s super easy to tear down their confidence. Be very aware of how our words, actions and environment is affecting their confidence.

Here’s a small hack that I do to create confidence in my 4 year old

We have an Amazon Echo - Alexa. She probably does all kinds of wonderous things but just about all we use her for in our household is playing music from Spotify and setting timers because #parenting. Lizzie at this age is all about doing what mommy does and daddy does and she hears us frequently tell Alexa to play music. So I’ve been noticing lately how she will command Alexa to play a song, like the Trolls soundtrack or Juju on that beat. **sidenote, her sister’s name is Julianna aka JuJu so we like that song.

Alexa has a hard time following Lizzie’s commands so here was my opportunity to show up and make my daughter look like a hero and boost her confidence. She’ll learn in time how Alexa actually works and will be able to do it herself, but in the meantime, here’s how I boosted her confidence. From my spotify app on my phone I can select music and select where the music will play whether that’s on my phone, my iMac, my Macbook air or the Alexa Echo or my parents Alexa (that’s a whole other story...if someone knows how the heck to disconnect an Echo from a Spotify account, DM and let me know)

So as she calls out her favorite songs, I play them from my phone and send them to the Alexa.

You might be saying, this is petty and meaningless. But I really think that with our kids the little ways we can build confidence in them today will make all the difference. Confidence takes a long time to build up and a moment to tear down. Building up strong confidence in our kids is a lot of little moment by moment decisions.

So, I’m curious, $1k Moms, how are you building up confidence in your kids. It can be big or small. I’m curious. DM me on Instagram and let me know!

Take a screenshot of today’s show and tag me in your Instagram story. I know you know other momma’s who have a message to share, want to start a blog or find a way to make money from home. I’d be honored if you’d help me share this message that we can be both mothers and business owners and do both well!

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This is the first #askkatie episode! If you aren’t already in our $1k Mom Community, head on over right now to the $1k Mom Tribe where you can join us and ask your questions! I would love to feature you and your question on the next Ask Katie episode.

At any time during today’s episode, screenshot the episode and post it on your Instagram stories and tag me! Would love to feature your post!

Tangible tips from today’s episdoe

• What are your income producing activities that ACTUALLY move the needle on your business and income (MAKE A LIST)
• Figure out how you can scale those income producing activities so that you can do them more
• Make a list of what you DON’T need to be doing
• Have spontaneous dance parties with your kids!

Connect with Katie & the $1k Mom Community

• Come hang out with me Live on Facebook
• Join the $1k Mom Tribe
• Let's hang out on IG Stories

Screenshot the show and tag me on IG Stories! I would love to hear about the AHA moments you've had and celebrate your wins as well as feature you on my stories!

Feel free to email me with any questions you might have and I will answer them on the next #askkatie episode! [email protected] 

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When you start your journey in business while raising your family, you’ll know when timing is right to make the jump from your job to full time entrepreneur. Are you the type of person that needs a safety net and more planning, or would it be better to burn the boats and run for the hills to make things succeed? Starting your business involves a great deal of self awareness and knowing how you operate best. In today’s interview with Heather Heinrichs, virtual assistant for online female coaches, we talk about how as a busy mom you can get your ideal clients even as a new business owner, how you can scale yourself as you grow and we talk a bit about passive income.

Meet Heather

Heather is a huge fan of spreadsheets, lists and organization and has been from an early age. Now she uses those innate skills to help entrepreneurs create systems and procedures to run their business efficiently. She has an obsession with strategy and results through online marketing and specializes in helping business owner’s reach new heights of visibility!

Noteworthy

• (1:20) Who is Heather
• (1:57) How did you start your business and find your expertise?
• (2:40) The transition from corporate world to the online world
• (3:28) Any advice for the mom in limbo from starting her business and leaving their full time job
• (4:34) How to make deep online connections and network in Facebook Groups
• (6:20) How to find your first clients?
• (9:13) How did you determine who your ideal client was?
• (11:35) How has niching down helped you?
• (12:21) How does your family play into your desire to be a work at home mom?
• (13:00) Can you be mom and business owner?
• (15:00) What being a work at home mom can do for your kids?
• (15:56) How are you instilling entrepreneurial skills in your kids?
• (16:46) Being timid and fearful about having kids home while you’re working or on a call
• (18:16) Do what you’ve got to do as a mom in business
• (19:07) How did you prepare you business and your family for adding another child to the mix
• (19:50) Shutting things off during maternity leave
• (20:52) Tips for moms and maternity leave
• (21:55) Starting a team and managing a virtual assistant team
• (24:00) What’s next? Passive income!
• (25:28) Mom or business owner hack
• (25:39) What would you start with if you could do it all over again
• (25:50) Favorite app/software/system
• (26:00) Best book you’ve read and are looking forward to reading soon

Connect with Heather

• FREEBIE >> The best times to schedule on social media 
• www.myvaheather.com
• www.instagram.com/my_va_heather
• www.facebook.com/myvaheather

Connect with Katie & the $1k Mom Community

• Come hang out with me Live on Facebook
• Join the $1k Mom Tribe
• Let's hang out on IG Stories

Screenshot the show and tag me on IG Stories! I would love to hear about the AHA moments you've had and feature you on my stories!!!

Feel free to email me with any questions you might have about starting your online business, working from home while raising your kids and getting your first batch of clients in your online business! [email protected] 

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In your journey towards starting your business and monetizing your expertise you might find yourself wondering where to start or what to start on, or struggling with focus! In today’s episode with Pinterest Strategy expert Rachel Ngom, we talk about her journey towards finding what sets her soul on fire and what she’s passionate about and how just starting is what lead her to find it! Don’t underestimate the power of starting before things are perfect! Oh and we also talk about all things Pinterest and why you need to be using Pinterest to grow your blog, monetize your blog, grow your business and so much more! It’s more than a place to find inspiration for what’s for dinner tonight!

Pinterest is more of a search platform than a social media

Meet Rachel

Rachel Ngom is a Pinterest strategist who gets over 700,000 monthly viewers on her Pinterest account. She went from being on food stamps with negative $400 in her checking account to earning $80,000 the following year, to over $100,000 the next year. It’s now her passion to share her pinning secrets with other female entrepreneurs so they can grow their influence, income, and impact! Rachel has lived in Kenya, met her husband in Senegal, got married in Morocco, and spent the last year living in France.

Noteworthy

• (1:30) How did Rachel start her entrepreneurial journey
• (2:45) The transition from fitness to teaching entrepreneurs how to use Pinterest to grow their businesses
• (4:00) The power in getting started
• (5:00) Is there such a thing as balance?
• (6:44) No social media Saturdays
• (7:07) Schedule & Routine for workflow
• (8:10) Why Pinterest for business owners???
• (9:30) Rachel’s Pinterest strategies in the early days
• (10:16) Switched to targeted keywords to grow on Pinterest
• (11:09) How to know the long tail keywords for your business
• (11:58) Where do we put those keywords
• (13:10) Where do board titles show up?
• (14:06) What kind of Pinterest account do we need to have?
• (15:10) Can you pin straight opt ins & landing pages
• (16:45) Tailwind and Tailwind Tribes and how to use it
• (17:45) How to increase your reach on Pinterest without having a ton of followers
• (19:10) How many times should we be pinning every day
• (20:00) How much content should we be posting of ours versus someone else?
• (21:00) Hiding images in a blog post to pin and test the images
• (21:38) Pinterest algorithm changes
• (22:15) Pinterest ads versus Organic traffic
• (22:45) Are there any males on Pinterest?
• (23:16) Business hub and social platforms
• (23:45) Why Rachel’s ignoring her 20,000 followers on Instagram to pursue Pinterest
• (24:12) What do you do about all of your personal Pinterest boards and pins?
• (25:20) Mom life & Business life
• (27:15) What would you do differently in business the second time around?
• (28:15) How did you make the decision to hire a business coach?
• (29:00) The power of following your intuition in business
• (31:22) Rachel’s favorite app/system/software
• (33:20) What’s Rachel reading - Dot Com Secrets & Expert Secrets by Russell Brunson

Connect with Rachel 

• Pinterest
• Instagram
• Snapchat
• Facebook
• FREEBIE >> 10 strategies that have increased her blog traffic from zero to over 34,000 monthly viewers from PINTEREST!

Connect with the $1k Mom Tribe!

• Come hang out with me Live on Facebook
• Join the $1k Mom Tribe
• Let’s hang out on IG Stories – Screenshot today’s episode and tag me on your IG Stories and I’ll feature you 

Feel free to email me with any questions you might have on how to start a profitable blog and make money from home as a mom.  [email protected] 

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What would you say if I told you that you could start a business and have a 5 figure month in your first month in business without a website, instagram, funnel, email marketing, or anything fancy?

This podcast with Jordan Gill from the Kolada Group will show you how you can leverage what you already have to start your business profitably with a few simple things. You can start your business with a bank account, an LLC and an email address. No excuses, are you ready to have your first 5 figure month as an online business owner?

Meet Jordan

With millions of dollars made and thousands of hours saved, Jordan Gill, founder of The Kolada Group and Host of the Systems Saved Me Podcast, knows that if you want to make incredible impact in your business, you must have massive support. Her mission is to partner with business owners like YOU in making your company indestructible to losing team members and money-sucking software decisions.

Connect with Jordan and Katie

• www.systemssavedme.com/1kmom
• www.thekoladagroup.com
• Facebook & Instagram @thekoladagroup
• www.systemssavedme.com
• Come hang out with me Live on Facebook
• Join the $1k Mom Tribe
• Let’s hang out on IG Stories – Screenshot today’s episode and tag me on your Instagram Stories and I’ll refeature you 

Noteworthy

• (1:30) The Introduction to Jordan
• (4:00) Just getting started
• (4:30) She landed 100% of the first 4 sales calls she did
• (5:00) Why do some struggle to make their first earnings online
• (7:00) Defining your assets
• (9:00) Consistency is a huge component of success
• (15:15) Keep a random ideas bank
• (9:30) How to decide what platforms to be on and how to divide your time between social media channels
• (11:00) The Systems Saved Me Podcast with Katie Episode #99
• (13:30) How do you focus on that “one thing” & core values
• (17:45) Amazon buy ban - to help with Amazon buying binges
• (18:15) Connecting with others in the industry to make your first strides as a new business owner
• (19:30) 3 Different Levels of Reaching Out to Industry Leaders
• (24:00) Tips to Monetize Fasters
• (27:16) How did Jordan land on the niche of systems and operations?
• (29:00) Favorite System/App/Software Right Now
• (30:20) Acuity Integration - Systems are Life!!!
• (31:19) Favorite Book!

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