Jane Hamill | Podcast

Let me ask you something. That seems simple...

How happy are you with your business right now? Are you pleased with how things are going? The way you run it? How much you work? How much money you make?

What would make you REALLY happy with your business?

Yesterday I had a full day of brainstorming and planning with my friend/colleague/coach. It was amazing.

Throughout the day, I could sense she felt frustrated. From my viewpoint, her business is going AWESOME so I couldn't understand what was bugging her.

So I asked her..."What's going on overall? Are you happy with how your business is doing?"

After a long pause, she replied "I just wish it were easier..."

Ever have that feeling? We just want to be happier, we want things to be easier, and yet when I asked my coach what the "perfect" business looked like, she was stumped.

What does "easier" really look like? What would need to happen in your business to feel "happier" about it?

In this episode, we dive in and try to get answers to these 2 huge questions.

www.janehamill.com/happiness

When I first started making videos for my business, it was awful. I said the same things about doing video that many of you probably say:

- I don't want to be on camera

- it's not about ME, it's about the product

- what would I even say in a video?

- who would possibly want to hear from me?

- I've gained a little weight so I'll wait until I lose it to start making videos

- I need to get a new camera before I can start

I've heard every excuse in the book and I've used many of them myself. This episode will help you understand the REAL reasons to use vdeo in your marketing and how to get started.

www.janehamill.com/usingvideo

No matter where you are in your entrepreneurial journey, you probably wish your business was different in certain ways.

There are 2 things that frustrate my clients and I hear versions of them each and every week.

Entrepreneur #1) "I really, really want to be making more money -- more money in my pocket, more sales, more profit."

#1 wants more sales, or at least more profitable sales.

Entrepreneur #2) "I just wish it was easier. I feel like I work all the time, I'm hustling for every sale, and I just wish it wasn't so hard."

#2 is getting sales but feeling exhausted and probably overwhelmed. They may be burning out.

Today's episode walks you through 4 ways to increase revenue in your business.

In fact, I believe these are the ONLY four ways to increase revenue. It's not complicated once you break it down. The problem is that most of us are trying to work on all four of these strategies at the same time.

That will not work.

I think this will help you no matter what stage of business you're in or what you sell. Everyone needs to hear this and then decide which of these 4 things you want to focus on first.

Let me know what you think back on the blog, will you? I LOVE hearing from you!

www.janehamill.com/fourways

"Soooooo...MailChimp and Shopify are breaking up. What should I do?"

That's the questions one of our members asked me the other day.

This episode explains what's going on between MailChimp and Shopify, what it really means to you, the small business owner, and your options for moving forward.

janehamill.com/wtfmailchimp

What do you do if you're feeling overwhelmed by your business?

This morning I woke up feeling great. But then, for whatever reason, I immediately started getting in a bad mood. Just thinking of all the work that had to be done, the taxes, the emails, the content, the podcasts, the client follow up. Oy.

Can't I just crawl back in bed? Everything was stupid. I hated everything. Drivers on the road were stupid. My work was stupid. My coffee was stupid. (Who picks on coffee?) I was in a FUNK. Does that ever happen to you?

If you ever feel overwhelmed by your business, your life, your coffee...you're not alone.

Let me tell you how to get out of it.

That's what this episode is for. How to get to work even when you don't feel like it and what everything around you is stupid. :)

https://janehamill.com/realfeels/

Today's episode will help you understand why more people aren't buying from you and what you can do about it.

Yesterday, a client told me something that disturbed me. She didn't say anything wrong, but she told me about a key learning point that she JUST learned. A real aha moment.

She's actually happy about it because it explains to her why more people aren't buying from her site and she's making a plan to fix it.

But I'm like...

You JUST learned that? I've been preaching and teaching that concept, ad nauseam, for years!! Where did I go wrong that she only really "heard" it yesterday? Where did I go wrong???

So I'm gonna shout out the "why they don't buy" concept in today's episode so there's not one more person who doesn't get it - 'cuz it could be hurting your business.

If you're not selling as much as you'd like, you may be having the same issue my client was having.

If you only listen to ONE podcast of mine ever, evah, EVAH, MAKE IT THIS EPISODE! <-- note the all caps and, yes, I'm yelling at you because you need to learn this shizzle today!

Show Notes and Discussion on the Blog:

https://janehamill.com/fortyeight/

This is Part 2 of my interview with Jen Geale of MTB Direct an 8-figure mountain biking e-commerce store in Australia.

Today is all about scaling the business and how Jen and her partners grew from $1 million in sales to 8-figures. :)

Jen is SO HONEST about the successes and the struggles and doesn't hold back with what they've done to grow. I love how she refers to the struggles as the "valley of despair".

Here's what we discuss in this episode:

• The power of an email list - especially when there's a small budget for marketing
• Why she and her partners have resisted building a HUGE list
• Using giveaways to grow the business
• Why they're focusing on the on-site experience
• Increasing conversion rates
• Why it's so important to define your own version of success
• Switching the business from a "lowest price" focus to a site with true expertise in the niche and customer service

Show notes and links:

janehamill.com/jen

Imagine you start an online store and grow sales to $1 million pretty quickly. How fun would that be? And everyone around you thinks you're successful and doing great.

But you know differently. Yes, sales are rolling in, but there's no money left over and you're not making a profit.

Now what???

You either need to shut down your e-commerce site completely or figure out a way to get profitable in the next 5 months. Period. Thise are your only 2 choices.

In this episode, I interview Jen Geale, one of the owners of Mountain Bikes Direct. This is the story what they did when faced with a $1 million dollar business that wasn't making money.

You're going to love Jen and her business journey.

This is Part 1 of the interview.

Show Notes and Links:

www.janehamill.com/mtbdirect1

I've chosen 7 women who knocked my socks off this week. Each of them executed on an idea to help grow their business quickly and professionally.

The most successful clients I work with are the ones who take fast action when they get a good business idea. The ones who can barely stay on the line until the end of a coaching session because they're dying to start IMPLEMENTING what they just learned.

You will learn a TON from this dream team of seven.

Enjoy!

Get links to each of the entrepreneurs:

janehamill.com/female/

Free class about selling MORE online:

janehamill.com/class/

Do you ever feel like you're falling behind? Sometimes you just feel like other entrepreneurs are passing you by.

• "Why does their site get more traffic than mine?"
• "I feel like this should be getting easier by now."
• "They have more wholesale accounts than I do. What's wrong with my line?"

If you've said or felt any of these things, this episode will help.

www,janehamill.com