Digital Ambition

I was originally going to call this episode "The Blogging Boondoggle" but I opted for a simpler title at the last minute.

While I think blogging is an amazing channel with unbelievable potential, I also feel like there are a lot of misunderstandings about it.

If you want to build a successful online lifestyle business, and you want to do it as quickly as possible (with or without blogging), then you'll want to listen to this episode. I'm going to reveal the bad side of blogging with 7 key arguments.

Also note: I'm going to be choosing the best iTunes review each month – if it's yours then you get a shoutout on the podcast and a free 1-1 coaching session with me. Just go https://digitalambition.co/itunes/ to leave a rating and a review (and click subscribe while you're there).

The most successful business owners will all tell you the same thing: "Masterminds are critically important to business success."

On this episode I'm going to talk more about what a mastermind is and I'm going to give you 7 reasons why you need to be in a mastermind – not just any mastermind, but a specific kind of mastermind.

Also, enrollment for the 250k Society is back open for a limited period of time and only for 10 people. Masterminds are a big component of the 250k Society so definitely check out this exclusive membership community for online lifestyle entrepreneurs at http://250ksociety.com.

Two days ago I published a podcast talking about how you need to move faster.

Money likes speed!

Today, I'm going to give you a practical example of how you can move faster if you're:

A: Planning on starting an online lifestyle business.

B: In the middle of starting your online lifestyle business or in the middle of a website build.

C: In the early stages of your online lifestyle business and you're not getting traction.

So many people build what they *think* they're supposed to build instead of building what they *need* to build.

That ends today when it comes to getting your first website up and running.

Mentioned...

1-Page Freedom Plan: https://digitalambition.co/freedom-plan/

You need to move faster. You need to fail faster. You need to break things faster. Why? Because money likes speed.

Every day that goes by where you're brainstorming, considering, weighing pros and cons, tweaking, adjusting, and perfecting is a day of lost opportunity. It's another day where your thing isn't interacting with the marketplace. It's another day you're not being rewarded for what you're offering the world.

I'm going to walk you through a real timeline of a recent project and new offering at Six-Figure Grind – The 1-Page Freedom Plan.

This will help you see what I mean when I say "move faster."

And I get that there might be tech hurdles. There might be real excuses for why you've been moving slowly. That's all fine and dandy. Just know that your excuses don't help you. They don't add to your bottom line.

Everyone has legit reasons for why they didn't move more quickly. Just know that the most successful people consistently find ways to move faster even when confronted with obstacles and challenges.

Mentioned...

Freedom Plan – https://digitalambition.co/freedom-plan/

Freedom Plan Master Class – https://digitalambition.co/freedom-plan/class/

Convertbox Email Opt-in Forms – https://go.digitalambition.co/convertbox/

Drip Email Marketing – https://digitalambition.co/getdrip/

It's time we dedicate an entire episode to one of the biggest mistakes people make in online business and the one tweak that will save you tons of time, effort, and money and protect you from a long hard visit to frown town. It all has to do with creating and selling successful, profitable products.

Also mentioned on the show: https://websitecheetah.com – Check out our new "starter kit" -- the ability to launch a website and online business in less than 72 hours with zero tech headaches.

In episode 049 I told you how important it is to know your website analytics.

One of the questions I told you that it's important to know the answer to is, "How much traffic did I get in the last 30 days?"

That question needs a lot more context, though, because there's more to it than "Am I getting enough traffic or not?"

There are 3 big traffic problems you need to know about if you want to assess your traffic correctly. These traffic problems reveal other metrics you need to be taking a look at on a regular basis as well as potential changes to your overall traffic strategy that need to be made if you want to reach your goals.

Lots of value in this one so listen carefully.

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Two huge takeaways from this one:

Checking your analytics is almost important as checking your money.

You can't change what you don't measure.

I also give you three basic questions about your analytics that you should be able to answer off the top of your head.

Here's the article I mentioned about how to install Google Analytics >> https://digitalambition.co/how-to-install-google-analytics-on-wordpress/

Do you know how much your time is worth?

How about this: Do you know how much your time needs to be worth if you want to make $250k each year?

And once you know this number, what exactly are you supposed to do with it?

All that and more on today's episode!

It's crazy how powerful narratives are at controlling people's behavior.

In this episode you're going to get hit with a heavy dose of #realtalk as I compare building an online business to the realities of building a brick and mortar business, being an employee, going to university, and more.

I want you to pay attention to the differences in how people assess risk across these endeavors as well as people's willingness to invest in the establishment and growth of a business or career juxtaposed with building an online business.

Is being an entrepreneur really that risky? Are entrepreneurs and employees really that different? Should online businesses really be ultra-bootstrapped?

All this and more on today's episode.

Everyone wants to know how to close more sales and get more sales faster and I'm all like, "How can I delay the sale?"

Why? Because selling to the wrong people or selling at the wrong time causes all sorts of problems in your business. This is especially true when you're selling higher ticket products and services.

In this episode I'll show you how selling too quickly, selling to the wrong people, using scarcity tactics, etc. can be very toxic to a profitable, sustainable business.