Are you ready to hear the story of someone who built a $4 million business without knowing anything about the online space?

In this episode, Abbey Ashley is joining me to talk about building an online business from scratch and how staying consistent and connected to her audience helped her grow.

Abbey Ashley is the Founder of The Virtual Savvy. She helps aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow their own at-home business from scratch. Abbey started her own virtual assistant business in 2015 and was able to double the salary from her full-time corporate job, working only 20 hours a week... in just 30 days! 

She's since gone on to grow a multi seven-figure business and retire her husband ALL from her at-home business. It's now her passion to help others start their own VA business so they can taste the freedom and flexibility of entrepreneurship as well.

Abbey is sharing how she got started without knowing anything about being a virtual assistant, how staying consistent benefited her, how she decided on her product, what her business looks like now and much more.

Listen in to learn more about Abbey and her business and what her advice is for growing and scaling a business from scratch.

Resources Mentioned: 

FREE Digital Product Toolbox 

http://hellosavvy.com

https://thevirtualsavvy.com

https://thevirtualsavvy.com/community

https://thevirtualsavvy.com/checklist

https://facebook.com/thevirtualsavvy

https://instagram.com/thevirtualsavvy

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Raise your hand if you’re not totally sure what to say to your email list!

I totally understand. Luckily, there are total experts like Kate Doster that know how to make email marketing fun and profitable.

Kate Doster is the host of the Inbox Besties Podcast, creator of the Love Your List 2.0 email marketing mega course and is dangerously obsessed with helping ethical entrepreneurs carve out their slice of the interwebs by wooing the hearts (and wallets) open of their small but mighty audiences thanks to fun email marketing and Easy Yes mini-offers.

She believes you don’t need to bleed the alphabet or be a dirty rotten spam face to write emails that jolt subscribers into taking action, gobbling up your paid offers like candy… or kale if that’s your thing.

In this episode, Kate is sharing how she became an email marketing queen, what psychology principles she recommends using in emails, what it takes to make your mark in the digital product space and more.

Listen in to learn more about Kate and her incredible tips for growing and engaging your email list.

Resources Mentioned: 

The Email Marketing Fairy Course

www.katedoster.com/freetraining

www.katedoster.com/inbox-besties

www.katedoster.com

www.instagram.com/kate_doster

empoweredbusiness.co/digital-product-toolbox 

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

Show notes available at www.monicafroese.com/16

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Have you ever wondered how the heck people sell things from Instagram?

I get asked all the time from my students how to use Instagram to grow a digital product business.

Since I typically use Instagram for lifestyle, I thought I would bring a total expert on the show to answer this question, so Elise Darma is joining me!

Elise Darma is an Instagram marketing educator who specializes in helping not-so-Insta-famous business people make REAL revenue directly from the free app. She has helped 20,000+ people truly grow their businesses, sell more programs and build money-making brands – all through her no-fluff courses like Story Vault and InstaGrowth Boss. Elise has been featured for her Instagram expertise in publications such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, Brit + Co, Elite Daily and The Everygirl.

She is sharing how she hit a million dollars in 2020 by selling her Instagram courses, and she's sharing the best tips on how you can grow your own digital product business using Instagram. 

This episode is jam packed with insight, tips and advice so listen in to learn how you can start using Instagram to sell your digital products!

Resources Mentioned: 

empoweredbusiness.co/digital-product-toolbox 

instagram.com/elisedarma

youtube.com/EliseDarma

https://pinterest.com/EliseDarma

storyvault.co

elisedarma.co/reels

Elisedarma.com

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

Show notes available at www.monicafroese.com/15

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Are you in your own way? Do you spend hours creating free content and getting nowhere because you’re too nervous to sell something?

The reality is that you actually don’t need to be an expert to sell something. The people consuming your free content regularly will trust you enough to make a purchase.

I am joined by one of my students, Ruth Rackley, to talk about giving out free content and making money through digital products all at the same time.

Ruth was a high-end wedding photographer when she decided to start a blog about essential oils. Now, she teaches busy moms to create and manage a profitable online business so they can get back outside with their family and enjoy life.

We talk a lot about selling before you think you’re ready, building trust, creating a more sustainable business and more.

Resources Mentioned: 

empoweredbusiness.co/lab

Episode 12 - Is Blogging Dead?

byoilydesign.com

instagram.com/byoilydesign

pinterest.com/ruth_rackley/

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

Show notes available at www.monicafroese.com/14

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Are you under the impression that no one will pay for your knowledge or product?

I hope not because that is so not true!

In this episode, I am teaching you how to decide on the perfect, profitable digital product that you can sell to your audience or your future audience.

By using your hobbies, professional skills or life experiences, you can create a digital product that falls into one or more digital product categories: e-books, templates, printables or courses.

Tune in to hear me break down how to identify your sweet spot, how you can repurpose what you’re already good at, how to write a passion statement and more so you can start creating a product that sells!

Resources Mentioned: 

Digital Product Dash

Empowered Business Box

Empowered Business Lab

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

Show notes available at www.monicafroese.com/13

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Is blogging dead?

This is SUCH a controversial topic, so I am excited to be explaining my opinion on it in this episode.

Here’s what I think: blogging without understanding your customer journey is dead, but content marketing is alive and well!

Your job is to provide content for free with a purpose, and that purpose needs to be mutually beneficial to you and your future customer. I really think that it is as simple as that.

To learn more about how to do this well along with my opinion on display ads for blogs, affiliate marketing and more, tune in!

Resources Mentioned: 

Empowered Business Lab

Digital Product Dash

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

Show notes available at monicafroese.com/12

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How many subscriptions do you have? Most of us are no stranger to these!

I am joined by one of my favorite people, Julie Ball, to talk all about how she created a subscription box from scratch and how she now teaches others to do the same thing!

Julie is the Founder and Chief Sparkler of Sparkle Hustle Grow, a multi-six figure subscription box and online community for female entrepreneurs. 

We are continuing along the theme of talking to business owners who have business models other than just digital products because I think it is so important for you to hear other ways that you can grow an online business.

No matter what type of business model suits you, I know you will benefit from this conversation with Julie because we are covering everything from how to plan for hustle, how to stay unique and more!

She is also giving us a MASSIVE discount on her Subscription Box Bootcamp, so tune in!

Resources Mentioned: 

Subscription Box Bootcamp

www.mrsjulieball.com 

Instagram: Subscription Box Bootcamp

Facebook: Subscription Box Bootcamp

Instagram: Sparkle Hustle Grow

Facebook: Sparkle Hustle Grow

Julie’s Podcast: Subscription Box Basics

Julie’s Book: Subscription Box Basics

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

Show notes available at www.monicafroese.com/11

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Are you ready to hear yet another way that you can grow a successful online business?

I am joined by Kate Ahl, the owner and founder of Simple Pin Media, and we're talking about her business journey.

While her business is different from mine, there are so many great tips on navigating business opportunities in the online space that resonate with me as an online business owner.

I think it's so important for you to hear different ways that you can grow an online business so that you can find out which one is right for you.

We cover everything from courses to memberships to products and more, so tune in!

Resources Mentioned: 

Simplepinmedia.com

The Simple Pin Collective

The Ad Society

Follow Simple Pin Media on Pinterest

Follow Simple Pin Media on Instagram

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

Show notes available at www.monicafroese.com/10

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You won’t believe how many paths you can take to get to the same result!

I teach others how to build a business based on digital products, and my guest for this episode teaches others how to build a business based on being a service provider. These are totally different paths, but our destinations are almost identical!

In this episode, I am joined by Brandi Mowles. We are talking all about creating massive success whether you have a business based on being a service provider or a business based on digital products.

Even though these are so different, Brandi and I have found that there are SO many parallels in what leads to true success.

Tune in to hear the power of delivering to your students and pouring into them, why creating a value outcome is crucial, the importance of networking and more!

Resources Mentioned: 

Free Training: Serve Scale Soar

Podcast: Serve Scale Soar

Beta to Biggie

Serve Scale Soar Episode: Ethical Marketing > Bro Marketing 

Brandi Mowles on Instagram

Empowered Business Box

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

Show notes available at www.monicafroese.com/9

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Are you ready to feel confident with money?

It’s time to address the primary issue that most people have around money: money mindset issues.

In this episode, I am joined by Chelsea Brennan from Smart Money Mamas!  We are talking all about how to create healthy money habits so we can achieve our biggest goals.

Our ability to become the best version of ourselves is very intricately tied to our relationship with money, so Chelsea is giving us some great advice and providing resources for us to keep working at this.

Tune in to hear the effect that your childhood has on your money mindset, why it's important to have a safe space to talk about money and more!

Join the Motivated Mama Society

Smart Money Mamas Website

Follow Smart Money Mamas on Instagram

Like Smart Money Mamas on Facebook

Subscribe to the Smart Money Mamas Youtube Channel

Follow Smart Money Mamas on Pinterest

I would love to connect on Facebook or Instagram!

Show notes available at www.monicafroese.com/8

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