The Life-First Solopreneur

Is manifestation just a buzzword, or can it truly impact your business growth and personal development?

We invited renowned manifestation coach, Dave Conway, on the show to give us an in-depth look at the topic, specifically as it relates to solopreneurs navigating the unique challenges of running a one-person business.

We go into the weeds a bit, uncovering insights and strategies that might surprise you and challenge your current understanding.

We discuss things like:

• How to increase your income right now
• Common misconceptions about manifestation
• Key principles of manifestation that solopreneurs can integrate into their daily routines
• The process of setting clear, achievable goals in the context of manifestation
• How visualization techniques can be used effectively to support manifestation efforts
• How solopreneurs can handle setbacks or perceived failures in their manifestation journey

Plus so much more. So be sure to tune in!

Being a solopreneur is awesome but it’s not easy. It's hard to get noticed. Most business advice is for bigger companies, and you're all alone...until now. LifeStarr's SoloSuite Intro gives you free education, community, and tools to build a thriving one-person business.  So, if you are lacking direction, having a hard time generating leads, or are having trouble keeping up with everything you have to do, or even just lonely running a company of one, be sure to check out SoloSuite Intro!

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When you were a kid and somebody mentioned hypnosis, odds are you imagined somebody swinging a medallion in front of you while saying “you are getting sleepy.” As adults, you may be imagining a show in Vegas where hypnotists have volunteers do ridiculous things in front of an audience.

What we don’t often think about, and what we really should know about, is the true science behind hypnosis and how incredibly beneficial it can be for a variety of areas in your life, especially for solopreneurs looking to build a business and a life they love.

So, we invited Victoria Gallagher onto the show to address this. She is a worldwide leader in Hypnotherapy, best-selling author, and a renowned authority on the Law of Attraction.  She has dedicated her life to empowering people worldwide to successfully live a life of liberty, aligned with their dreams.

We invited her on the show to discuss things like:

• Common myths or misconceptions people have about hypnotherapy and the science behind hypnosis and how it works
• How hypnosis can benefit solopreneurs specifically
• Simple self-hypnosis techniques that solopreneurs can use to enhance their productivity
• How solopreneurs can use visualization techniques to achieve their business goals
• Daily habits to stay on top of your game

Plus so much more. So be sure to tune in!

Being a solopreneur is awesome but it’s not easy. It's hard to get noticed. Most business advice is for bigger companies, and you're all alone...until now. LifeStarr's SoloSuite Intro gives you free education, community, and tools to build a thriving one-person business.  So, if you are lacking direction, having a hard time generating leads, or are having trouble keeping up with everything you have to do, or even just lonely running a company of one, be sure to check out SoloSuite Intro!

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"I’ve tried everything and spent so much on my marketing efforts but nothing is working!"

We unfortunately hear this from far too many solopreneurs.

It is so frustrating and so incredibly difficult to stand out these days. Just when you think you’re getting the hang of something, an algorithm seems to change and you’re back at the drawing board.

What’s a person to do?

Well, we recently spoke with Victoria Hajjar to try to answer that.

She is the founder of Ugli Ventures and specializes in helping businesses go from 6 to 7 figures in revenue. An entrepreneur herself, Victoria knows what it is like to be the person wearing many hats, with little to no support. She teaches the playbook she wishes she had as she began her marketing journey 15 years ago.

Victoria also runs the popular Podcast - “The Scalable Marketing Machine” and has been featured on CNN and in numerous webinars and forums.

We invited her on the show to discuss things like:

• The marketing funnel that most solopreneurs are missing that slows business growth
• How solopreneurs can recover when they’ve spent a ton on marketing and nothing is working
• What the top 10% of startups do that separates them from the rest

Plus so much more. So be sure to tune in!

Being a solopreneur is awesome but it’s not easy. It's hard to get noticed. Most business advice is for bigger companies, and you're all alone...until now. LifeStarr's SoloSuite Intro gives you free education, community, and tools to build a thriving one-person business.  So, if you are lacking direction, having a hard time generating leads, or are having trouble keeping up with everything you have to do, or even just lonely running a company of one, be sure to check out SoloSuite Intro!

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How nice would it be to increase your audience engagement, response rates, and the ROI of your marketing initiatives? 

Pretty great, right?

Harnessing hardwired consumer behavior and instinctive responses is one of the best ways to do that, and it isn’t even that hard if you know what you’re doing.

That’s where Nancy Harhut comes in. Author of Using Behavioral Science in Marketing, getting people to take action is what Nancy is all about. Her specialty is blending best-of-breed creative with behavioral science to prompt response.

And she’s really good at it. 

She and her teams have won over 200 international and national awards for marketing effectiveness. 

Nancy’s also been named one of the 10 Most Fascinating People in B2B Marketing, a Social Top 50 Email Marketing Leader, and a Top 40 Digital Strategist A frequent speaker at marketing conferences, she’s shared her passion with audiences all over the world.

We invited her on the show to discuss things like:

• What inspired Nancy to write her book "Using Behavioral Science in Marketing"
• Tactics and principles people can use to capture their audience’s attention
• Common mistakes marketers make when trying to incorporate behavioral science into their strategies
• The most surprising or unexpected finding in Nancy’s research
• Nancy’s advice for aspiring marketers looking to integrate behavioral science into their strategies

Plus so much more. So be sure to tune in!

We speak with a lot of solopreneurs every week, and have started to see a pattern with some of the most successful ones: they have accountability partners or accountability groups.

Because this has come up so much recently, we want to pull an episode from the vault that we recorded over a year ago, fittingly called: Expert Advice For Holding Yourself Accountable On Your Solo Journey.

In this episode we had on The Accountability Pit-Bull,”  Anne Bachrach, who says that having someone to answer to on a regular basis about your progress is a powerful motivator. 

She believes that personal accountability is the single most powerful tool to help professionals improve their businesses and overall quality of life. 

We had her on to discuss things like:

• What an accountability coach is and why it's important to work with one
• What to look for in an accountability coach
• The type of person in a solopreneur’s life that does not make for a good accountability partner
• Common things solopreneurs do that unknowingly sabotage their careers
• The types of systems that can be put in place to make solopreneurs personally accountable in achieving their goals
• Patterns with high achievers
• The most important thing solopreneurs can do to achieve greater success and improve their personal accountability

Plus so much more. So be sure to tune in!

Being a solopreneur is awesome but it’s not easy. It's hard to get noticed. Most business advice is for bigger companies, and you're all alone...until now. LifeStarr's SoloSuite gives you free education, community, and tools to build a thriving one-person business.  So, if you are lacking direction, having a hard time generating leads, or are having trouble keeping up with everything you have to do, or even just lonely running a company of one, be sure to check out SoloSuite Starter!

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Can you have your cake and eat it too? So many solopreneurs want a successful business that also allows them to live the life they want to live, but finding that work/life balance can be hard.

Well, today we’re joined by Tanya Alvarez who is on a mission to help people crush it at work and still win at home.

Tanya started her first New York Ad Agency when she was just 25. Without a trust fund or rich uncle, she relied on her credit cards and a truckload of determination. And with that, in just one year, she turned that agency into a million-dollar business.

But that's not all – while building her company, she also traveled to over 42 countries, completed the Boston and NYC Marathons, and even finished a Half Ironman. 

Oh, and did we mention she was dealing with a rare condition that causes brittle bones through all of that?

Pretty impressive.

We invited her on the show to discuss things like:

• How to navigate through distractions when they are everywhere
• Tactics to supercharge daily productivity
• How to structure a practical blueprint to materialize work-life equilibrium through accountability groups

Plus so much more! Be sure to tune in.

Being a solopreneur is awesome but it’s not easy. It's hard to get noticed. Most business advice is for bigger companies, and you're all alone...until now. LifeStarr's SoloSuite gives you free education, community, and tools to build a thriving one-person business.  So, if you are lacking direction, having a hard time generating leads, or are having trouble keeping up with everything you have to do, or even just lonely running a company of one, be sure to check out SoloSuite Starter!

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"I’m a consultant." We've said that sentence before and so have countless others. In theory, many solopreneurs can call themselves consultants, but that doesn’t mean they’re successful ones. Finding that success can be a challenge…unless you have the right tools, strategies, and systems in place.

And that’s where Amy Rasdal comes in. Amy traded her corporate job for consulting 15 years ago and makes more money than most executives. In addition to excellent pay, she has freedom, flexibility, control, and interesting work. And she can help you do the same.

As the founder of Billable at the Beach®, Amy has helped hundreds of people start their own successful consulting businesses through speaking, workshops and various programs.

We invited her on the show to discuss things like:

• What you need to get started as a consultant
• How to figure out how much to charge
• Whether or not you should ever work for free
• How to actually get clients
• The most common mistakes aspiring consultants make

Plus so much more! Be sure to tune in.

Being a solopreneur is awesome but it’s not easy. It's hard to get noticed. Most business advice is for bigger companies, and you're all alone...until now. LifeStarr's SoloSuite gives you free education, community, and tools to build a thriving one-person business.  So, if you are lacking direction, having a hard time generating leads, or are having trouble keeping up with everything you have to do, or even just lonely running a company of one, be sure to check out SoloSuite Starter!

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This was likely the longest interview we’ve had to date, and we asked our guest if we could record a part 2 multiple times because we still didn’t think it was enough time. We could listen to him talk for hours, and we don’t say that often.

We invited Johnathan (or JP) Price on the show to share his journey, and discuss his background, mindset and growth tactics.

Listeners, let us tell you, you are in for a treat.

JP went from living in his parent’s attic to building a $20 million business that started as a hobby, but it wasn’t always smooth sailing.

 If you want to hear about his ups, downs, and lessons learned, then be sure to tune in!

Being a solopreneur is awesome but it’s not easy. It's hard to get noticed. Most business advice is for bigger companies, and you're all alone...until now. LifeStarr's SoloSuite gives you free education, community, and tools to build a thriving one-person business.  So, if you are lacking direction, having a hard time generating leads, or are having trouble keeping up with everything you have to do, or even just lonely running a company of one, be sure to check out SoloSuite Starter!

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We usually don't start the episodes by listing off all of the accomplishments of our guests, but when you have somebody on who is this impressive and accomplished, it’s hard not to brag a little bit, especially when he has so much advice for solopreneurs. Mind you, this is us bragging on his behalf, he doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who would do that.

If you aren’t familiar with Rob Walling, it’s time to get familiar. He:

• Is a serial entrepreneur who has started six companies and has had multiple exits
• He runs MicroConf, the largest conference for bootstrapped startups
• He has written four books about startups
• He has more than 15 million downloads on his podcast
• He’s invested in more than 170 startups (including WP Engine and SparkToro), but doesn’t believe the only way to start a SaaS company is to raise money

And of course, he’s just a really cool guy and was open to all the questions we had for him that relate to helping you run a company of one.

In this episode, we discuss things like:

• The key advantages to bootstrapping a startup versus seeking outside funding
• Common pitfalls that aspiring solopreneurs encounter and how to avoid them
• Strategies for solopreneurs to achieve profitability sooner rather than later
• Trends shaping the future of solopreneurship
• The most crucial skills or qualities that solopreneurs need to succeed in today's competitive landscape

Plus the one piece of advice he would give aspiring soloprenuers, and so much more. Be sure to tune in.

Being a solopreneur is awesome but it’s not easy. It's hard to get noticed. Most business advice is for bigger companies, and you're all alone...until now. LifeStarr's SoloSuite gives you free education, community, and tools to build a thriving one-person business.  So, if you are lacking direction, having a hard time generating leads, or are having trouble keeping up with everything you have to do, or even just lonely running a company of one, be sure to check out SoloSuite Starter!

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Ever feel like taxes are the ultimate entrepreneurial riddle you're never quite sure you've solved?

Every form you have to complete and every deduction you have to consider can leave you wondering if you're doing everything correctly. 

Taxes and bookkeeping are hard to understand, especially when you’re busy running the rest of your business.

That’s why we invited on Melissa and Eric Broughton of Busy Bee Advisors. With over 20 years of combined bookkeeping and tax experience, this duo helps solopreneurs and small businesses gain more financial clarity and pay less in taxes.

We were shocked throughout this episode and our jaws hit the floor a couple of times. We learned some valuable information we had never heard before that is so beneficial to one-person business owners.

During the episode, we discussed things like:

• Melissa and Eric's New Business Start-up Checklist for Bookkeeping & Taxes
• The $12,000 Tax Loophole
• Why the Tax System is Rigged & What You Can Do About It
• 5 Essential Questions You Should Be Asking Your Tax Preparer

Plus so much more! Be sure to tune in.

Being a solopreneur is awesome but it’s not easy. It's hard to get noticed. Most business advice is for bigger companies, and you're all alone...until now. LifeStarr's SoloSuite gives you free education, community, and tools to build a thriving one-person business.  So, if you are lacking direction, having a hard time generating leads, or are having trouble keeping up with everything you have to do, or even just lonely running a company of one, be sure to check out SoloSuite Starter!

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