IntegratED With Jamie Palmer - A podcast for online entrepreneurs

Last week, I was chatting with a client who is in a transition from full booked, trading dollars for hours to working in a more streamlined fashion aka one too many. This transformation is a challenging one for many entrepreneurs, it was especially hard for me, and requires shifting and changing the way in you do business and your mindset around growth.

For the love of Facebook...just don't do this! I got an email just the other day from an "online entrepreneur" about a NEW Facebook Like "strategy" (I cringe even typing that word) to grow your online business. After doing some research, I realized there is no "strategy" at all it is essentially just buying likes for your Facebook Page by creating like ads to get everyone in the U.S. to like your page.

Along the way, I have had lots of ups and lots of downs. I've learned lots of lessons, I've grown, I've learned the hard way, I've often taken the hard road (instead of the easy one), and I've transformed who I am as a human along the way.

A lot has happened in those 15 years. Tears have been shed, mistakes have been made, celebrations have been had, and so many experiences along the way that have shaped me into the entrepreneur that I am today.

How do you create boundaries around sharing your life on social media while still having privacy? 

This is a challenging and tricky question in this day and age IF you are an entrepreneur who is building an online empire. There are so many aspects to take into consideration. Kids, personal lives, the work your partner does and how much is too much and how much is enough to create that connection that your audience so desperately craves.

If you are a busy entrepreneur like me, you are constantly trying to figure out where you can get back some time. After doing a time study, I realized I was spending 4 hours a week, (Yup, you read that right) grocery shopping and running errands for the family.

Let me just say, that wasn't a fun four hours either, taking two kids under 5 to the grocery store....then wondering while I'm there what the heck am I going to cook. I tried Pinterest, I tried pen and paper.

If you want to grow, if you have plateaued, if you built your business on referrals, if you are looking to go from 1:1 to one too many it may be time to automate your lead generation. One key component to growth is automating your lead generation and setting up your front end funnel.

A front-end funnel is where you will send all of your social media traffic, podcast traffic, youtube traffic etc. It is the first interaction a prospect will get with your brand.

I recently received an email from Amazon asking me for feedback on some cover art for a bunch of shows they have that will be coming out in the fall. I immediately thought of the her 300 comments I received when I asked for feedback on my Podcast Cover Art. 

Real time feedback is a critical component in finding out EXACTLY what your ideal clients wants, needs, likes, dislikes, and more. If you aren't getting real time feedback in your business you are missing out.

I was speaking with a client the other day about stepping into the mindset of her ideal client and really experience the physical, emotional and mental pains, challenges, and scripts that they are experiencing in their world. Naturally, I started thinking about how creating an emotional pull draws your ideal client in.

When you are creating an emotional pull, you and your content is like a magnet for your ideal client.

When it comes to social media we often forget that it can be challenging. Creating community, connecting with users on the other end and really creating that relationship where people keep coming back to consume your content is challenging.

While I truly believe you don't need a gazillion followers to grow your business you need engaged ones, who are watching your every move and want to know more from you. But how do you do that?

The one and only Lynne Taggart, Success Coach, Mama, and Oils Mentor.

I had the pleasure of speaking with Lynne Taggart who is an incredible woman is creating success on her own terms. We talk all things self-care, alignment, beliefs, entrepreneurship, motherhood, oils, the spiritual world and following your intuition.

08:12 The piece of resistance - I need to do it for how it feels in alignment for me.