Franly Advice

As an online service provider, agency owner, or new digital business owner, reaching that $100k mark is a target you likely have set for yourself. You scroll through Instagram where many announce that they’ve reached these financial goals in short time spans from $100k in 100 days, or even $10k in 10 days. 

 

To celebrate our 100th episode, I’ll be taking you behind-the-scenes of how the Pod Factory reached the $100k mark. This isn’t a remarkable story of how we reached those goals very quickly. Instead, I dive deep into an honest conversation about slow growth, building and trusting a team, and defining success by other measures instead of financial ones. 

 

This episode is for the entrepreneur who is just starting out, and the ones who feel like reaching huge money goals is something they can’t currently imagine for themselves. I share my best tips and advice about growing slowly but steadily, stepping into your role as CEO, and how I keep my head up high throughout the ups and downs of entrepreneurship. Your journey might not look like everyone else’s and that’s alright. Tune in and trust that you’re on the right track with your slow and sustainable growth.

 

Connect with Fran:

The Pod Factory website: https://thepodfactory.co/ 

Fran’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fransmoore/ 

The Pod Factory’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepodfactoryco/

The online entrepreneurship world can seem like a chaotic lottery. Follow any number of online entrepreneurs or business owners and you’ll hear phrases like “5-figure days” or “multiple 6-figure years”. However, if you’re new to making money online, getting started is a lot easier said than done.

 

In today’s episode, my friend Tara Paton takes over to share the 5 mistakes that are holding you back from making money online. Tara is the world's leading marketing strategist and coach for beauty brands. She has over 10 years of experience helping product-based beauty entrepreneurs enhance their branding, refine their messaging, identify ideal customers, and improve sales.

 

If making money online is your goal, this episode is a must for you. Tara is breaking the 5 mistakes you need to avoid down so that you can confidently launch your business, create a brand, and start growing your income as soon as possible.

Connect with Tara: 

Apply to work with Tara inside Positioned to Profit and get an invitation to join an exclusive private training: www.positionedtoprofit.co

Download the case study to learn how a beauty company made $7K in just 4 days using the Positioned to Profit framework: Casestudy.tarapaton.com 

Grab your copy of the Profitable Marketing Playbook to learn how to unlock top marketing secrets to attract customers that spend more: Playbook.tarapaton.com

Connect with Tara on Instagram: @Tarasoether

Is it just me, or is the online entrepreneurship space starting to feel like high school (but in a good way)? What I mean by that is we’re all in the same space and the same familiar faces seem to pop up on our feeds, screens, and wherever else we are online.

 

My guest host today is Jamar Diggs - a YouTube strategist for coaches and consultants looking to RANK on YouTube and Google search so they can stop being a slave to the content spiral. Jamar and I met online as I kept seeing him tagged on stories and posts on Instagram. He pointed out that having a podcast and using YouTube to market the podcast is the best way to grow your audience, which eventually led to us hosting my first and only Instagram live on this very topic.

 

Jamar is taking over today to spill the tea on why you need both Instagram and YouTube to power your marketing strategy. He dives into the major differences between Instagram and YouTube, and how you can use both of them to target different aspects of your content strategy. From evergreen content to engaging and building a solid community, Jamar is here to flip the script on your marketing efforts, giving it a strategic upgrade by making the case for both Instagram and YouTube.

Connect with Jamar: 

Jamar’s YouTube Starter Guide: https://bit.ly/2QhUyNc 

Jamar’s YouTube: https://jamardiggs.com/youtube

Follow Jamar on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jamardiggs

Work With Jamar: https://bit.ly/3tFjZqo

As an entrepreneur and a new mom, I’m all too familiar with the concept of “work-life balance”. It’s a term that’s thrown around so often in the online entrepreneurship space, but it’s a term that seems quite far out of reach for busy moms, solopreneurs, and even well-established entrepreneurs.

 

Ashley AsShire Adams is the founder of Mentor Me, a professional development and mentoring company for professional women teaching them how to leverage their leadership skills to thrive personally and professionally. She takes over Franly Advice today to share why work-life balance is a myth that holds women back. Instead of bursting your work-life balance bubble, Ashley shares why you should strive for a harmonious life as opposed to balance.

 

If striking a balance between your busy work schedule and your personal life feels like an unattainable goal, this episode is for you. Ashley busts the myth of finding work-life balance while sharing the simple and effective strategies you need to live a more harmonious and fruitful life.

Connect with Ashley: 

Follow Ashley on IG: https://www.instagram.com/ashleyasshire/ 

Work with Ashley: https://www.mentor-me.org/your-mentor

As someone who once ran the show by myself, I still have to pinch myself as I acknowledge the team that I’ve grown and the agency that I’ve built. This is the very reason why I’ve been so blessed to enjoy my maternity leave. And if you’re a solopreneur or one-woman service provider, my friend Rachel Everington is here to spill the beans on transitioning from a one-woman show to a full-blown agency.

 

Rachel is the CEO of The Executive Ninja, an operations and virtual executive assistance agency, where CEOs can outsource their essential responsibilities to a professional and focus on their ultimate revenue potential. Today, she’s here to pull back the curtain on her journey, as she gives you the play-by-play from starting off with all the jobs she’s had, leaving corporate, starting as a virtual assistant and solopreneur, and finally building a 6-figure agency where she and her team support other businesses by leveraging their time, so that they may concentrate on their zone of genius while her team handles all the things required for the smooth and efficient operation of their business.

 

If you feel a little stuck with moving the needle forward in your business, this episode is for you. Tune in and let Rachel’s story inspire you as she shares what possibilities you could have looming in your future.

Connect with Rachel: 

Follow Rachel on IG: https://www.instagram.com/theexecutiveninja/ 

Work with Rachel: https://theexecutiveninja.com/

I love connecting and building true relationships with my clients outside of the work environment. In today’s special episode, I’m handing the mic over to one of my clients and friends, Payal Beri.

 

Payal is a  Leadership Mindset Coach for highly driven empathic women leaders who often struggle with imposter syndrome, perfectionism, and the guilt of setting boundaries. And today, she’s talking all about overthinking, why we do it, and how we can overcome it. If you’re guilty of overthinking whenever you’re launching a product, hiring someone new, or up-leveling your business, this episode is for you. Tune in as Payal unpacks the process of overthinking so you can overcome it.

 

Connect with Payal: 

Follow Payal on IG: https://www.instagram.com/payalberi/ 

Work with Payal: https://payalberi.com/unapologeticwoman

As service providers, we get so comfortable being behind the scenes. So much so that sometimes we find ourselves as employees of our own business instead of stepping fully into the role of CEO. 

 

Meet Loran Elise, the founder and CEO of Loran Elise Collective. Loran is a positioning and operations coach for service providers such as OBMs, VAs, and anyone who has had to DIY their business. Today, she shares her expert insight into how you can position your brand with expert authority, so you can own your place in the online space, establishing yourself as the go-to in your field. 

 

Connect with Loran: 

Follow Loran on IG: https://www.instagram.com/loranelisecollective/ 

Work with Loran: https://loranelisecollective.com/

Meet Frannie Coggeshall. Frannie is the founder of Elevate Her Marketing, a Facebook and Instagram ads agency that helps female-identifying online course creators elevate their businesses and lives through paid ads. She has run ads for big names in the online entrepreneurship space from Amy Porterfield to Brooke Castillo.

 

Frannie takes over in this episode of Franly Advice to share her wealth of business experience, having been an online entrepreneur herself for several years. Tune in as she talks about finding opportunities in the different seasons of your business, so you can shift your perspective beyond what’s “good” and “bad,” and find the silver lining in every situation instead.

 

Connect with Frannie: 

Follow Frannie on IG: https://www.instagram.com/elevatehermarketing/ 

Work with Frannie: https://elevatehermarketing.com/

Meet the virtual CFO for The Pod Factory, Dondrea! Dondrea is a certified CPA who helps online business owners with getting their books all the way together. Dondrea helped me go from paying myself zero dollars a month all the way to paying myself and creating a plan to make sure my agency is always profitable. 

 

In today’s episode, Dondrea walks gives 5 tips on how to be fiscally responsible as the CEO of your business. Press play and get out a notebook, you don’t want to miss this one! 

 

Connect with Dondrea: 

Follow Dondrea on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thecreativescfo/

Work with Dondrea: https://www.thecreativescfo.com/services

Switching from being an Online Business Manager to the CEO of The Pod Factory changed my life for the better... While I was a pretty good OBM I knew in my heart of heart it was not where I belonged. 

 

Today we are talking about why I left the OBM world and the behind-the-scenes of what it felt like to run upwards of eight six-figure businesses at once. Press play for a little come to Jesus moment with Fran! 

 

Links We Mentioned: 

Apply for a VIP Day https://thepodfactory.co/agency-from-scratch-vip-day

The Elevate Effect Clickup Templates: https://clickup.com/?fp_ref=fran91