The Breakthrough Year Podcast: Online Business, Blogging & Brand Strategy

By Sam Bell | Brand Stylist, Designer and Online Business Coach

What's The Breakthrough Year Podcast: Online Business, Blogging & Brand Strategy about?

The Brand It Girl Podcast talks all things online business, blogging and brand strategy! Brought to you by Aussie brand stylist, designer and online business coach, Sam Bell, this weekly workshop style podcast for ladyboss entrepreneurs, business owners and bloggers will help you cut through the clutter, establish and grow the business of your dreams and will help you achieve that freedom and flexibility you dream of!

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The Breakthrough Year Podcast: Online Business, Blogging & Brand Strategy episodes:

10.16.2018
072 | How To Make Blogging And Email Marketing Play Nice!
I am sure you’ve heard all the online marketing gurus tell you to make sure you have a blog and make sure you have a list! Both of these elements play a different role in your business strategy: Blogging:...
10.09.2018
071 | Solopreneur Mistakes When We Start Out
Starting a business on your own is arguably one of the most exciting AND terrifying experience you could ever have. Along with the intoxicating optimism about your business growing, there’s this lingering fear that you don’t know what you’re doing,...
09.25.2018
069 | The Journey Of Transitioning From Blogging To Coaching
Whether you’re thinking about transitioning out of your 9-5, you’re a blogger that’s looking to start making incoming, or you’re looking to swap out blogging for coaching, chances are you’d be feeling a little uncertainty around the move you’ve been...
09.18.2018
068 | Why You Need to Be the Face of Your Brand and How Podcasting is a Great Space To Do That
As an online business owner, you know the value of being visible for your brand. That might mean turning up on social media, being featured on blogs or in publications and sometimes even being on video or doing live streams....
09.11.2018
067 | Brand Development - Building Brand Awareness Both In And Out Of The Digital Space
Your brand is so much more than just a logo, a colour palette, your website. It's a personality, a set of feelings and emotions, a voice and a face we can recognise. That's why brand development is so much more...
09.04.2018
066 | 5 Ways To Know If You Need Boundaries In Your Business
For most of us running an online business, or for those who have just started with a new business venture, setting boundaries with family, friends and clients can be daunting. When you think about you having full control of your...
08.28.2018
065 | How To Design And Sell Out Your Live Event In 7 Days
If you're an introvert like me, the idea of a networking event is enough to give you a few sleepless nights. Let's admit it: how many times have we passed up an opportunity because social anxiety got the better of...
08.21.2018
064 | How To Increase Cash Flow By Leveraging Corporate Sponsorship
Running a business is never a smooth and easy ride. Especially when you're just starting! It's tempting to give up when you think you're doing everything right yet you're barely staying afloat. It's a common struggle among small business owners;...
08.14.2018
063 | What Planning My Wedding Has Taught Me About Running My Business
The process of planning my wedding has been one of the most exciting processes I have ever gone through. Gav and I have been engaged for close to two years and the long engagement was 100% my idea because I...
08.07.2018
062 | How To Tap Into A Brand New Audience On YouTube + Find Your Tribe
By 2019, global consumer Internet video traffic will account for 85% of all consumer Internet traffic. That’s a huge stat! 85%? What! If you’re heart just skipped a beat because you’re not making video content, don’t worry - you are...
07.31.2018
061 | The Fast Track To Becoming An Influencer With Bestseller Publishing | Gundi Gabrielle
In today’s online world, you’ve likely heard the title “influencer” being thrown around. It’s really on social media that we see influencers taking the stage and make a real impact in their communities. But what is an influencer? Is it...
07.24.2018
060 | How To Add Infoproducts To A Service-Based Business
As a service-based business, there’s only so much time you have in the day to work with clients. You can hire a team and scale that way, but ultimately there’s only one of you and there’s a cap to the...
07.17.2018
059 | How To Niche Down When Your Head Is A Whirlwind Of Ideas! - A Q&A Session
On this week’s episode of The Breakthrough Year Podcast we are answering a listener’s question! Amrah reached out on Instagram recently and asked: “I want to start something online, and have a few ideas but not sure which or what...
07.10.2018
058 | Master The Tribe-Building Super Power and Connect With Your People
It’s one of the greatest mysteries of online marketing: how do some online marketers build huge thriving tribes inside their business? You know, the kind of tribe that is well connected, that support each other; the kind of tribe where...
07.03.2018
057 | Designing a Business that Focuses on Serving Your Clients
When you own and operate an online business, the numbers play a big role. You started your business to make money and there’s nothing wrong with that. You have your big why - perhaps it was to put your children...
06.26.2018
056 | How To Prepare Your Business When You’re Ready To Start A Family | Ali Zabel
I know a big motivator for so many of us to build our own online business is so that we can be present and build a unique life for our families. That has definitely been a massive motivator for me....
06.19.2018
055 | Your Next 90 Days - How To Plan Your Content Calendar
When it comes to creating content, consistency is key. The aim of the game is to create high quality, useful content that engages your ideal customers and clients with the purpose of building a meaningful relationship of know, like and...
06.12.2018
054 | How To Create And Launch A High-End Brand
When it comes to brands, they are certainly not all made equal. We have low-end brands, the cheap cheerful kind, we have mid-range brands, and then we have high-end brands and when you encounter a high-end brand, you just know....
06.05.2018
053 | When To Hire Creative Help (+ How To Get The Best Out Of Them!)
Everything has its season in your business and there’s a time for DIYing and time for hiring out. Creative help - so I am talking graphic design, photography, web development, copywriting - is one area that you can certainly hire...
05.29.2018
052 | What I Have Learnt From A Year Of Podcasting
We are celebrating a year of podcasting over here at The Breakthrough Year! It’s been a crazy year for my business, Brand It Girl and The Breakthrough Year membership! Over the past 12 months I have learnt some priceless lessons...
05.22.2018
051 | How To Style YOU And Have An Impact On Your Brand
When it comes to working from home, I have heard the argument that you can wear yoga pants and be comfy all day long! I’m sorry but I am calling BS on that one. When you are working - regardless...
05.15.2018
050 | How To Change The Name of Any Brand Or Offering
So the past few weeks, me and my team have been preparing to rebrand my podcast! And that means renaming the podcast from The Brand It Girl Podcast to The Breakthrough Year Podcast. And there’s been so many moving parts...
05.08.2018
049 | Scale Your Business By Turning Your Service Into A Product
As a service-based business, you can be limited in your ability to scale. You’re just one person, you might not be able to build a team right now, and you could be experiencing burnout and financial insecurity as a service-based...
05.01.2018
048 | Taking A Spiritual Approach To Business: Visualisation, Manifestation and Alignment
Have you ever felt like you were pushing in your business to make it happen? Perhaps you are struggling with stress, overwhelm or just not feeling 100% right with what you were doing. You might also be making every excuse...
04.24.2018
047 | 10 Ways To Totally Suck At Social Media
There’s a lot of talk about what you should do on social media, but sometimes it’s easier to see the mistakes you might be making when you’re told what NOT to do! So that’s what we are doing on this...
04.17.2018
046 | Podcasting, Clients Who Don’t Book and Higher Education - Q&A Session
This week I am tackling three questions from members of my Facebook group (Brand It Society) and Instagram Followers. I wanted to make sure I was answering YOUR questions so I posted on Instagram and in the group asking for...
04.10.2018
045 | How To Land Your First (Or Next) Client This Month
So you have something awesome to offer people - it's a service that you have packaged up for your clients or perhaps a product that you know they will love. Your website is done, business cards printed and you're ready...
04.03.2018
044 | 3 Things You Should Be Planning Out Each Quarter For Maximum Business Success!
I love planning my business according to quarters of the year. So if you look at your calendar, you can break the year into four quarters, each being around 90 days in total. It's currently the beginning of April and...
03.27.2018
043 | Stop Creating! How To Make An Impact With The Offering You've Got
In the online entrepreneurial space, I am seeing a trend. And that trend is to create a product, service or program, promote it once (perhaps get frustrated that it doesn't perform how you'd like it to OR you get inspired...
03.20.2018
042 | The Storytelling Method To Sell Out Your Product, Service Or Program
In this episode I get vulnerable as I take you behind-the-scenes into my session with marketing and story strategist, Christie Bilbrey, where she takes me through the process of her new and unique storytelling method. In...
03.13.2018
041 | Behind The Scenes Of My Membership Rebrand & Rebuild
In this episode, I am pulling back the Brand It Girl curtains and giving you a full behind the scenes look at how I redesigned my membership site. And that included a full rebrand and redesign from The Brand It...
03.06.2018
040 | The Online Marketing Terms and Lingo You Need to Know
When you are just starting out in online business, or even if you’ve been around for a while, there’s likely to be a bunch of terms and lingo that you don’t recognise or that you’re just not sure what it...
02.27.2018
039 | The Blueprint for Your Breakthrough Year
So, what’s a breakthrough? It’s that feeling when everything suddenly clicks. It when you feel like finally you’ve reached the summit of the mountain you’ve been climbing and you can take that huge, nourishing gulp of fresh air that has...
02.20.2018
038 | SEO in Style: The #Ladyboss Guide to SEO Optimisation
Does the acronym SEO confuse you, concern you or just outright make you bored? You’re not alone! How to optimize your website for SEO (and your content and social media for that matter) is something that doesn’t have to be...
02.13.2018
037 | Get Protected: The Legals of Blogging
So you’re a blogger - perhaps it’s just a hobby and you blog about your life, your hobby or you share what you know. You might even make a little bit of money from your blog through affiliate links, sponsorship...
02.06.2018
036 | Your Most Important Partnership: Bringing Your Significant Other On The Journey
If you are in a relationship - whether it’s your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband or wife - then it will be easy for you to identify the most important partnership you have! That’s why in this episode, I am bringing my...
01.30.2018
035 | How to Survive the 2018 Facebook Apocolypse (+ Why It's A Good Thing!)
Lately there has been mass panic around what I am calling the Facebook apocalypse, but I want to make it clear that I don’t think you should be freaking out! Things aren’t changing too much and honestly, the changes that...
01.23.2018
034 | Influencer Marketing and Garnering Brand Deals
There’s never been a better time to get started in the unique new field of Influencer Marketing. It’s something that I’ve personally dabbled in but I don’t know an awful lot about, and so I have found an Influencer Marketing...
01.16.2018
033 | 5 Ways To Fight Decision Fatigue
On a daily basis you need to make a whole range of decisions - some are semi-automatic and unconscious, some are big and have serious implications for your life and your business. And sometimes, the sheer volume of decisions that...
01.09.2018
032 | Podcasting FAQs For Newbie Podcasters
Is starting a podcast on your list this year? For me, starting a podcast was one of the best things I ever did for my business - and by far the best content strategy I have ever tried. At the...
01.02.2018
031 | Understand Your Productivity Archetype & Increase Your Productivity
Did you know that your productivity style is something that has a name and particular qualities? Something that you can leverage and use to increase your productivity? This blew my mind! Today’s Brand It Girl Podcast special guest, Alyssa Coleman,...
12.26.2017
030 | The Essentials For #Ladyboss Travel (Plus A Few Extra Tips!)
I am a huge fan of traveling and while I might like the thought of leaving my business behind, it’s not always possible and it certainly can make me feel a little anxious if I spend too long away from...
12.19.2017
029 | Building a Business Based on Collaborations
So you know you want to start on online business. Perhaps you are sick and tired of the 9-5 work you’re doing and over the office politics. Perhaps it’s the commute that’s got you down and you are fed up...
12.12.2017
028 | Preparing Your Business For The Festive Season
Have you been considering closing down your business (or at least slowing down) over the festive season? It’s not a bad idea. I mean, you deserve a break! You work so hard and do so much and having a break...
12.05.2017
027 | How To Increase Your Facebook Live Views
In today’s online world video is the new frontier. It’s the surpassing written content in terms of engagement and seems to be only gaining momentum! Here’s something you might not know: Users comment on Facebook live videos at 10x the...
11.28.2017
026 | Establishing Yourself As an Authority in your Field
When you start out in online business, being an authority in your field most likely crossed your mind - it’s the goal, right? We all want to be recognised for our zone of genius. And we all have a zone...
11.21.2017
025 | LA In Review: Masterminds, Meetups, Summits. Oh My!
In this episode I am recapping on my work trip to LA for the Visibility Summit and share my big personal and business lessons!
11.14.2017
024 | Stories That Sell: The Role of Stories in Selling And Attracting Your Dream Client
We have all experienced those TV ads on YouTube ads that have stopped us in our tracks and suddenly we are absorbed in a created world that makes us feel something. We don’t hit mute, we don’t change the channel...
11.07.2017
023 | Starting a Business Partnership With Your Business Bestie
Online business can be a little lonely when it’s just you. And you might have particular skills that would be complemented by another entrepreneur. Well in this episode of the Brand It Girl Podcast, I am bringing on Business Besties...
10.31.2017
022 | How To Bosscation: Overcome Business Blocks And See Progress And Success
What if I told you that you could be the one holding yourself back from making progress and finally finding success in your business? I know that’s a daunting thought - believe me, I have been on the other end,...

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The Breakthrough Year Podcast: Online Business, Blogging & Brand Strategy episodes:

072 | How To Make Blogging And Email Marketing Play Nice!

071 | Solopreneur Mistakes When We Start Out

069 | The Journey Of Transitioning From Blogging To Coaching

068 | Why You Need to Be the Face of Your Brand and How Podcasting is a Great Space To Do That

067 | Brand Development - Building Brand Awareness Both In And Out Of The Digital Space

066 | 5 Ways To Know If You Need Boundaries In Your Business

065 | How To Design And Sell Out Your Live Event In 7 Days

064 | How To Increase Cash Flow By Leveraging Corporate Sponsorship

063 | What Planning My Wedding Has Taught Me About Running My Business

062 | How To Tap Into A Brand New Audience On YouTube + Find Your Tribe

061 | The Fast Track To Becoming An Influencer With Bestseller Publishing | Gundi Gabrielle

060 | How To Add Infoproducts To A Service-Based Business

059 | How To Niche Down When Your Head Is A Whirlwind Of Ideas! - A Q&A Session

058 | Master The Tribe-Building Super Power and Connect With Your People

057 | Designing a Business that Focuses on Serving Your Clients

056 | How To Prepare Your Business When You’re Ready To Start A Family | Ali Zabel

055 | Your Next 90 Days - How To Plan Your Content Calendar

054 | How To Create And Launch A High-End Brand

053 | When To Hire Creative Help (+ How To Get The Best Out Of Them!)

052 | What I Have Learnt From A Year Of Podcasting

051 | How To Style YOU And Have An Impact On Your Brand

050 | How To Change The Name of Any Brand Or Offering

049 | Scale Your Business By Turning Your Service Into A Product

048 | Taking A Spiritual Approach To Business: Visualisation, Manifestation and Alignment

047 | 10 Ways To Totally Suck At Social Media

046 | Podcasting, Clients Who Don’t Book and Higher Education - Q&A Session

045 | How To Land Your First (Or Next) Client This Month

044 | 3 Things You Should Be Planning Out Each Quarter For Maximum Business Success!

043 | Stop Creating! How To Make An Impact With The Offering You've Got

042 | The Storytelling Method To Sell Out Your Product, Service Or Program

041 | Behind The Scenes Of My Membership Rebrand & Rebuild

040 | The Online Marketing Terms and Lingo You Need to Know

039 | The Blueprint for Your Breakthrough Year

038 | SEO in Style: The #Ladyboss Guide to SEO Optimisation

037 | Get Protected: The Legals of Blogging

036 | Your Most Important Partnership: Bringing Your Significant Other On The Journey

035 | How to Survive the 2018 Facebook Apocolypse (+ Why It's A Good Thing!)

034 | Influencer Marketing and Garnering Brand Deals

033 | 5 Ways To Fight Decision Fatigue

032 | Podcasting FAQs For Newbie Podcasters

031 | Understand Your Productivity Archetype & Increase Your Productivity

030 | The Essentials For #Ladyboss Travel (Plus A Few Extra Tips!)

029 | Building a Business Based on Collaborations

028 | Preparing Your Business For The Festive Season

027 | How To Increase Your Facebook Live Views

026 | Establishing Yourself As an Authority in your Field

025 | LA In Review: Masterminds, Meetups, Summits. Oh My!

024 | Stories That Sell: The Role of Stories in Selling And Attracting Your Dream Client

023 | Starting a Business Partnership With Your Business Bestie

022 | How To Bosscation: Overcome Business Blocks And See Progress And Success