Protecting your business legally is enough to make any entrepreneurs' head spin! From expensive lawyers to "legalese", it just feels easier to put our heads in the sand. What if it didn't have to be difficult? Joining us today to answer all our legal questions is Amira Irfan, an internationally renowned business lawyer, blogger, and coach behind A Self Guru, an online company that has been featured around the world for helping entrepreneurs legally protect their businesses through its affordable legal templates and services.

In this episode, we'll dive into:

• Protecting your course or program from theft
• The real meaning behind "lifetime access"
• When programs claim they will make you money
• How to get legally covered in the most cost efficient way

If you enjoyed this episode, I invite you to drop a five-star rating + review with your biggest takeaway, so that other introverts can find this podcast for guidance and support through their introvert entrepreneur journey!

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Procrastination and perfectionism often go hand-in-hand, and we have to work on both at the same time in order to increase productivity. Entrepreneurs, especially introverts, tend to struggle with these issues due to our constant internal thoughts. In today's episode, I'm going over my favorite techniques to identify why I'm procrastinating and how to move past it to accomplish those tasks that have been hanging around on my to-do list for longer than they should have been!

In this episode, we'll dive into:

• Finding out why you procrastinate
• A few of my favorite techniques for overcoming perfectionism
• How I break my tasks down to make them easier to complete
• The way I batch tasks to get them done when I'm in the flow

If you enjoyed this episode, I invite you to drop a five-star rating + review with your biggest takeaway, so that other introverts can find this podcast for guidance and support through their introvert entrepreneur journey!

Check out the full show notes and resources mentioned at thetarareid.com/ep94

Selling can be a complex and often misunderstood process, especially for introverts like ourselves. It's crucial for us to become comfortable with sales to succeed in running our businesses. However, due to our lack of confidence, we may sometimes talk "at" our potential clients instead of actually talking "to" them, largely because we've warped our perceptions about the sales process. The good news is that sales don't have to be confusing or difficult. Today's guest, Nikki Rausch, CEO of Sales Maven, introduces us to the "Selling Staircase," a simple and effective five-step process that will help us improve our sales game.

In this episode, we'll dive into:

• Your selling staircase and getting from the bottom to the top
• Making sales feel easier as an introvert
• Looking to the buyer experience and ensuring it's amazing
• How to spot buying signals and asking for the sale

If you enjoyed this episode, I invite you to drop a five-star rating + review with your biggest takeaway, so that other introverts can find this podcast for guidance and support through their introvert entrepreneur journey!

Check out the full show notes and resources mentioned at thetarareid.com/ep93

In this second coffee chat episode, my business friend Julie and I are discussing all things summits! We're definitely summit junkies - we've hosted 10 between us and attended many, many more. So it's safe to say, we really know what we're talking about and we've picked up a lot of tips along our journeys of hosting and attending summits. We think they're amazing for networking for both introverts and extroverts, so we hope you catch the summit bug from us too after listening to this episode!

In this episode, we'll dive into:

• Our experiences hosting 10 summits between us so far
• How we got into hosting summits
• Tips we've picked up on the way to make running a summit easier
• How summits make us money

If you enjoyed this episode, I invite you to drop a five-star rating + review with your biggest takeaway, so that other introverts can find this podcast for guidance and support through their introvert entrepreneur journey!

Check out the full show notes and resources mentioned at thetarareid.com/ep92

We know that connecting with our audience is crucial for business growth, but as introverts, this can be challenging, especially on overwhelming platforms like Instagram. But, learning about buyer types can make it easier to personalize your engagement and make sales. By understanding what type of buyer someone is, you can communicate your product or service's value in a way that resonates with them. Helping us to understand this today is Amber Hansel, a lead generation strategist who has studied the four buyer types and knows just how to find out what type your audience is.

In this episode, we'll dive into:

• Using your personality to make better connections in the DMs
• The four types of personas that buyers fit into
• The best way to find out what type of buyer someone is
• Improving how you nurture relationships as an introvert

If you enjoyed this episode, I invite you to drop a five-star rating + review with your biggest takeaway, so that other introverts can find this podcast for guidance and support through their introvert entrepreneur journey!

Check out the full show notes and resources mentioned at thetarareid.com/ep91

Instagram - we love the connections and community, but we hate the algorithms and constant DM checking. Have you been wondering if you even need the app any more? I made the decision to leave Instagram in January 2022 and since then I've been asked so many times why I left, whether I've seen a drop in sales and where I've been spending my time instead - I've decided to answer them finally in this podcast episode!

In this episode, we'll dive into:

• Can anyone leave Instagram?
• Whether leaving Instagram affected my sales
• What you can focus your attention on if you aren't on Instagram
• How you can analyze your data to see if leaving is right for you

If you enjoyed this episode, I invite you to drop a five-star rating + review with your biggest takeaway, so that other introverts can find this podcast for guidance and support through their introvert entrepreneur journey!

Check out the full show notes and resources mentioned at thetarareid.com/ep90

Launches have a bad reputation as being stressful, overwhelming, and just not something that's enjoyable in your business. Talking with us today is Sara Vartanian, launch strategist and copywriter and host of The Launch Playbook Podcast, who helps business owners use research and data to map their customers' journey so they can craft a launch experience that makes the people they love serving most feel seen and heard. We'll be diving into how to plan out a fun, impactful launch that brings you clients and customers who are best suited to your product or service!

In this episode, we'll dive into:

• Why launches "fail" and how to make them more fun
• What might be missing from your sales pages
• Finding the people who are ready for your services or products

If you enjoyed this episode, I invite you to drop a five-star rating + review with your biggest takeaway, so that other introverts can find this podcast for guidance and support through their introvert entrepreneur journey!

Check out the full show notes and resources mentioned at thetarareid.com/ep89

Recording this episode made me reflect on the past few months, which have been challenging. As an introvert and a dog owner of three senior dogs with medical issues, things have been quite exhausting! But, I made some changes to my work life and I'm feeling a bit more like myself again - that's why I want to talk about hosting successful online events and virtual summits as an introvert. Managing our energy is crucial, but virtual summits can be a really fulfilling and rewarding experience when done properly.

In this episode, we'll dive into:

• Why virtual summits are great for introverts
• Different ways you can host a virtual summit or event
• Tips on managing your energy throughout hosting a summit
• Hiring help when planning a summit

If you enjoyed this episode, I invite you to drop a five-star rating + review with your biggest takeaway, so that other introverts can find this podcast for guidance and support through their introvert entrepreneur journey!

Check out the full show notes and resources mentioned at thetarareid.com/ep88

For those of us who are neurodiverse, our brains work differently and so we need to work differently in order to feel like we're more on top of things, better organized and able to handle anything our businesses throw at us. In this episode, Emma Cossey, a neurodiverse freelancer coach is sharing some of the easiest techniques to implement so you can dive in straight away.

In this episode, we'll dive into:

• How to get better at networking if you're an introvert or neurodiverse
• Tips for how to make blogging easier
• Ideas for making your life easier as a freelancer with ADHD
• The best tools to use along the way

If you enjoyed this episode, I invite you to drop a five-star rating + review with your biggest takeaway, so that other introverts can find this podcast for guidance and support through their introvert entrepreneur journey!

Check out the full show notes and resources mentioned at thetarareid.com/ep87

Do you feel like your business messaging is lackluster or that you find it an impossible task to write copy about yourself? Today, we are chatting with copywriter Angelica Ross to discuss her 3-D method for improving your messaging strategy and easy ways to improve your copy in an instant.

In this episode, we'll dive into:

• Using your copy to do the work for you
• Comparing website copy to email or social media copy
• The easiest way to improve your copy
• The most common mistakes people make in copywriting

If you enjoyed this episode, I invite you to drop a five-star rating + review with your biggest takeaway, so that other introverts can find this podcast for guidance and support through their introvert entrepreneur journey!

Check out the full show notes and resources mentioned at thetarareid.com/ep85