You’re nosey?

ME TOO!

I love reading other people’s business reviews, especially when they get right into the nitty-gritty number-crunching stuff.

So I thought hey, why not do one myself?

Turns out it’s a bit scary, putting it all out there 😳

But *deep breath* here’s my 2024 business review - all the numbers PLUS what I'd do differently if I could do it all again.

Listen in to this episode, and check out the blog post for photos, screenshots, and extra good stuff.

https://businessinyourbackpack.com/2024-business-review/

It’s my first year of this business (after earning online since 2007, and solely from digital income streams since 2015).

It was also a very busy year in many other ways – travel, part-time work, premmie goats, and all sorts of other stuff has kept me very much occupied.

But I think I still managed to make pretty good progress, and I tell you all about it here.

Now, this episode is a little different to normal - instead of giving an you overview of what I've been doing in my business over a couple of weeks, I'm digging RIGHT into one very big thing I did over a couple of months.

Beta testing my new online course - get all the details here

When most people create an online course or digital product, they create the entire course and then try to sell it.

In many cases, the course isn't very successful. It might be a good course, but that doesn't mean that people will buy it.

And it's because it's been created without feedback or input.

A beta test is a way of ensuring that you create a course that people actually WANT.

It has three overall steps

Beta testing also provides accountability, because you've committed to create the course, to a timeline, for paying customers!

If your beta test goes well, you can be fairly confident that you have a product that will sell well - people have already bought it, and their feedback and input along the way will ensure it's tailored for your customers.

Plus, you get paid to create, and your testers can provide testimonials and case studies for your brand-new product.

Sound great? It IS great! That's why I've been doing it since 2017.

I said I was taking a 4 week break...4 months ago 😳

https://businessinyourbackpack.com/back-from-break/

It was a big few weeks for me - I had a lot to do to catch up with this podcast and finish off a few other things before I start my job.

So of course, I got sick 🤒

But I still managed to get the essentials done, including finishing the Beyond Productivity launch, doing a couple more Business Idea Reviews and producing two summit workshops.

While catching up this podcast, which was a little behind reality!

But I'm all ready to focus on my new job now for a few weeks. I'll see you once I have that under control.

Check out the blog post for links, transcript, and all the details.

https://businessinyourbackpack.com/launch-results-month-off-podcast/

This update is a little bit different to normal, because it's not really about online business at all.

I had a course-production binge over the last few weeks and actually finished, tested, and low-key launched my productivity course, Master Your Minutes.

Check it out here.

Note: Master Your Minutes was originally called Beyond Productivity.

Check out the finished Beyond Productivity course here - https://businessinyourbackpack.com/beyond-productivity-homeschool-parents/

Let's just say that moving into a house (and then needing to furnish that house after travelling for 2 years) can replace a LOT of work time!

Jetlag is a HUGE productivity killer! So there's not a great deal to report in my current business update.

However, I did manage to make some progress with my random small chunks of time, and my evergreen background processes kept ticking over while I alternated between rage and despair over my total inability to sleep properly for over a week.

Except on the tattoo table. I did manage to nap there. My body is weird.

https://businessinyourbackpack.com/jetlag-podcast/