Are you procrastinating about something lately? Do you know why you’re procrastinating? Are you avoiding doing something out of fear of what others will think or an outcome to something you want to try, or because you really don’t want to do it? Or are you overwhelmed with a long list of TODO tasks that you could also be delegating? Hmm, food for thought right?

I have a confession to make, I’ve been procrastinating...big time!  I actually recognized I was making up all sorts of reasons why I wasn’t working on the outline of this episode and why I kept pushing out the day and time I would record it.  

It was during one of my weekly accountability calls with my accountability partner Jenn that I confessed to her why I was procrastinating...about recording this episode... (shout out to Jenn for pushing me to take action).  So today’s episode is all about why I was procrastinating making decisions and some of the signs I knew it was time to make some significant changes and PIVOT the direction of my business and what’s coming up for my business as it will impact some of you...so let’s get started.

“IT’S OK TO SLOW DOWN IN ORDER TO SPEED UP”

 

IN THIS PODCAST, WE'LL TALK ABOUT: 

 

• WHY I was procrastinating recording this episode
• Signs it's time to make some significant decisions
• When it's time to PIVOT
• What changes are coming up
• It's OK to slow down to speed up
• IMPERFECTLY PERFECT IS GOOD
• Walk in integrity and if someone has an opinion on it...listen to episode #38 :) “How NOT to care about what anyone thinks” It’s YOUR business

I want us to keep in touch and there are quite a few different ways we can do that.

 

1. Go to my website show notes of this podcast episode or any other episode.
2. You can opt into one of my free resources which I’ll link to in the show notes but you can also go to my website and click on the Resources The Shop Tab 
3. My Facebook Business Page where I’ll continue to show up weekly
4. Instagram

I’d love to hear from you. Do you have questions for me about anything I covered during this episode...Head on over to my website www.veronicasagastume.com/episode40 and let me know what you think about these changes or if you’ve been thinking about making any significant changes in your own business.

Now, if you're listening to this episode in real time or in the future, your reviews of my content still matter...a lot.  

1. Have you left a review for my Podcast yet? I love to hear from you and your reviews let me know how you’ve liked the content I’m creating for you 
2. Did you know you can have access to my most popular free resources in one place if you go to my website: go to the menu bar and find the labeled ‘Shop Biz Products’ where you can grab the resources that may help you right now  www.veronicasagastume.com/the-shop  
3. As well as additional content in different areas of my website. So head on over (I’ll include links in the show notes)

Friends, thank you so much for being on this journey with me.  I love my business, I love my audience and I want to lead by example.  I always want to be open with what I’m going through and share the why...the why is sometimes more important than what I’m doing.  

I truly hope you stay in touch and I promise to keep you posted about what’s next for my business.  I want to leave you with this...as Business Owners it’s ok to color outside the lines.

I thank you for showing up for me, for yourself, and for your business.    I’m Veronica Bye for now

I’m sure by now you’ve heard people give you the advice to ‘put your blinders on and run your own race’...but in today’s show, I want to do a deeper dive into this topic.  

I’ll share some signs to be on the lookout for that you’re going off course and how to self-correct.  I’ll also share a few strategies you can implement to make certain you keep your eyes on your own paper sort of speak in order to make the progress you want and need and get the results you set for yourself and your business.   Most of the information I cover in this episode relates specifically to things you may encounter while building or expanding your business online.

Oh and today I have a little story to share with you of course...let’s get started

Welcome to Episode #39 Of The Pursuit of Online Entrepreneurship

A FEW SIGNS YOU’RE GOING OFF COURSE

 

• You check other people’s social media first thing
• You listen to multiple people with different training styles 
• Starting to feel anxious and overwhelmed
• Check yourself: are you easily influenced by others’ opinions
• Do other peoples #wins or #success stories make you feel bad about your own progress
• Do you compare yourself, the stage of your business to others who may be in a similar industry to yours?

 

If you have these tendencies, you’re likely to lose your voice, lose your focus, lose your direction and start wondering, floundering and veering off course which will

• Rob you of joy, fulfillment, accomplishment
• Sets you back both in progress but your mindset as well
• Keep you from making the necessary progress
• Generating the results you set out to when you set your goals

HERE ARE A FEW TIPS TO SELF CORRECT AND GET BACK ON TRACK (we go much deeper into each of the tips below in the actual episode) 

• Stop consuming other people’s content (we do a deeper dive into this tip in the episode)
• Stop looking at what other people are doing, what they’re working on and why

If you’re not achieving the level of success you set out to, I’d like you to take a closer look at your own actions and determine if you need to self-correct to get back on course.

 

RECAP: 

• What information triggers you
• Who triggers you and why
• What can you do to set yourself up for success
• Have more self-awareness and adopt better habits

Be sure to tune in next week when I’ll have an update of what’s coming up with the Podcast and the business.

Are you running your own race?  I’d love to hear from you. Head on over to my website www.veronicasagastume.com/episode39  and share with me, what tips can you share with us to run your own race?

Wait before you go, I have a few things to ask you:

1. Have you left a review for my Podcast yet? I love to hear from you and your reviews let me know how you’re liking the content I’m creating for you
2. Did you know you can have access to my most popular free resources in one place if you go to my website: go to the menu bar and find the labeled ‘Shop Biz Products’ where you can grab the resources that may help you right now  http://veronicasagastume.com/the-shop/

I thank you for showing up for me, for yourself, and for your business.    I’ll see you next week, I’m Veronica Bye for now LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE

• 10 Best Apps That Track And Limit Social Media Usage

 

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if you’re serious about building a long term successful business online, you’ll have to know how to handle the haters and the trolls that are going to come for you.

 

“Why do we care so much about other people’s opinions, even those of total strangers?”

 

While you’re focus and intention is to be of service, show up for your fans, for your audience, for your clients and customers, you’ll also attract the attention of the trolls that are out there roaming the online space.

 

Who are these Haters & trolls?

• 12-year-old boys thinking it’s funny
• Bored people with NOTHING better to do
• Cowards hiding behind the monitor
• Lonely folks
• Jealous folks
• Feeling less than
• Wanting to piggyback on your success

During this episode, I’ll share with you why these haters will come for you and how to handle their thoughtlessness to not impact you. PLUS, I'll share a few personal stories about my 11-year-old self who helped to navigate the 'mean girls'.

LET ME SHARE WITH YOU HOW TO NOT CARE ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK OF YOU OR YOUR BUSINESS

 

• IT’S ABOUT THEM, AND NOT YOU.
• BE TRUE TO YOURSELF.
• DECIDE EARLY ON TO TRUST A FEW OPINIONS, AND FORGET THE REST.
• YOU’RE NOT EVERYONE’S CUP OF TEA.  SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DISLIKE YOU, AND THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.

Listen to the entire episode for a deeper dive into each of the 4 ways I share with you to help you better understand and deal with the online trolls and haters.

Is this list familiar to you? Did you hear something new or remind you of a piece of advice you had forgotten?  I’d love to hear from you. Head on over to my website www.veronicasagastume.com/episode38 and share with me, how do you handle trolls and haters in your business, in your life?

 

Wait before you go, I have a few things to ask you:

1. Have you subscribed my Podcast yet? You can do so wherever you listen to my podcast and you’ll never miss a weekly episode because it’ll be automatically downloaded to your app.  

2. Did you know you can have access to my most popular free resources in one place if you go to my website: go to the menu bar and find the labeled ‘Shop Biz Products’ where you can grab the resources that may help you right now  www.veronicasagastume.com/the-shop

I thank you for showing up for me, for yourself, and for your business.    I’ll see you next week, I’m Veronica Bye for now

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“If I knew then what I know now”

...it’s always so much easier to look back and think that isn’t it?.

Today’s episode is all about sharing some of my favorite and most relevant tips I wish I knew back in the day and I often share with others today.

It’s easy to look back and think of all the things you could have or should have done differently or better.  But here’s the thing, we actually learn more when we make mistakes or when we run into challenges.

We come up with ways to work through those tough times, we learn more about ourselves, what we’re capable of and we learn a ton that not only benefits us, and our business, but we can also be of greater service by sharing with our audience and our clients how to navigate these choppy waters of entrepreneurship.

I have a long history of running businesses. My degree is in accounting and I spent 20 years in Corporate America as an accounting, finance and operations executive.  Specializing in helping start-up companies in Silicon Valley get started and prepare them for aggressive and massive growth.

Besides that, I also started my own consulting practice back at the end of 2010  and my business was to be the CFO for hire for start-up companies, so I know a thing or two about starting, running and growing businesses of all sizes and at all different stages with different needs and challenges.  

But even with all my experience, when I decided to expand into the online space, it required a lot of learning, testing, trying, failing and trying again.  This whole pursuit of online entrepreneurship has been one big, long and exciting lesson after another. It’s a ride, and I for one, love roller coasters, I hope you do too.

Today I want to go over 10 business tips I believe you need to keep in mind, remember or know about in order to achieve success in the online space.   As you pursue online entrepreneurship you may feel like ‘been there, done that’, especially if you’ve started a successful business before.

I ask that you keep an open mind and just hear me out as I go over my top 10 tips...the list could be longer, but we’ll just go over my top 10.  

Ready? Ok, here we go...In this episode, we’ll go over

10 BUSINESS TIPS FOR SUCCESS EVERY ONLINE ENTREPRENEUR NEEDS TO HEAR

1. Get comfortable being uncomfortable with everything you don’t know
2. Set it up right to start with - what am I talking about? Your business!
3. Don’t create what YOU want, create what your audience wants & needs
4. It will NEVER be the right time, ever, so START today
5. You DON’T have competition, run your own race!
6. It takes time to build a successful business, there are zero shortcuts.
7. You get to build the business YOU want, it’s yours.
8. Don’t run out of money, make a plan.
9. You’ll need help, don’t try to do it alone.
10. KEEP TAKING ACTION

 

Is this list familiar to you? Did you hear something new or remind you of a piece of advice you had forgotten?  I’d love to hear from you. Head on over to my website http://veronicasagastume.com/episode37 and tell me which of the 10 tips spoke to you the most at this time in your business?

 

Wait before you go, I have a few things to ask you:

1. Have you subscribed my Podcast yet? You can do so wherever you listen to my podcast and you’ll never miss a weekly episode because it’ll be automatically downloaded to your app.  
2. Did you know you can have access to my most popular free resources in one place if you go to my website: go to the menu bar and find the labeled ‘Shop Biz Products’ where you can grab the resources that may help you right now  www.veronicasagastume.com/the-shop

Remember to show up and take imperfect action, because taking imperfect action may be so much better than never taking any action at all because you’re waiting for just the right time. I thank you for showing up for me, for yourself, and for your business.    I’ll see you next week, I’m Veronica Bye for now LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE

• Episode 10 - 6 tools to grow your online business
• Belay Solutions
• Fiverr
• Upwork
• Onlinejobs Philipines
• https://www.onlinejobs.ph/
• Facebook Groups: ask for referrals

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Today’s episode is dedicated to sharing with you a few ways I took back time, gave myself extra time and a few ways I stopped trading hours for dollars.

HERE ARE 7 WAYS YOU CAN STOP TRADING YOUR TIME FOR MONEY So You Can Have More Time To Work On Your Business Not In Your Business And Have A Way To Earn More Without Having To Work Even More Hours.

Listen to the episode for details on each way I share with you plus the benefits of each and an example of what I did and How I did t.

#1 Hire Help / Outsource: You don't have to do it all

#2 Increase Your Rates: don't wait to long

#3 Develop Resource Library - your own Tech vault

#4 Build a knowledge base FAQ’s  (customer support) 

#5: Hot Line (membership type model)

 

#6 Create One to Many service offers 

#7 Create Digital Products to start growing a passive income

 

• Refer back to Podcast Episode #32  What is a Digital Product - 
• PODCAST EPISODE #33 – PASSIVE INCOME IS NOT PASSIVE

STOP burning yourself out and only having the business model where you’re trading hours for dollars in your business.  You can have a healthy combination of contract work, with passive income and even start offering some group program, masterclass or a way where you can serve many clients at the same time during the same amount of time...hello workshops!

There are so many great ways to stop trading your valuable time for money, and I’ve only covered a few here and in previous episodes.  I’ll be sure to create more content to share with you in future episodes.

Each of the ways I shared with you today will help you spend less time on your business, while also helping you make MORE money which will also allow you to help MORE people. How does that sound?

I’m excited to hear which of these strategies you’ll implement first? I’d love to hear from you.  Head on over to my website www.veronicasagastume.com/episode36

Wait, before you go...have you subscribed my Podcast in iTunes? It’ll take you less than 30 seconds and you’ll never miss a weekly episode because it’ll be automatically downloaded to your app.   I’ll see you next week. I thank you for showing up for me, for yourself, and for your business.    Until next time, I’m Veronica Bye for now LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE

• EPISODE 32:  What is a Digital Product
• EPISODE 33: PASSIVE INCOME IS NOT PASSIVE
• EPISODE 11: 5 Digital Product Ideas to Sell Online
• EPISODE 30: How to Make Money Online Without Starting a Business

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We all start at ZERO, every single one of us has an audience of zero when we show up online.

 

It's up to each one of us to show up for our audience regardless of the size and build a strong relationship from the very beginning.

 

Today’s episode is dedicated to highlighting why you need to honor your audience regardless of the size and the benefits of having a smaller audience....let’s get started!

 

WHAT WE’LL COVER IN THIS EPISODE:

• How large is your audience
• Benefits of a small audience
• SHOW UP, BE OF SERVICE AND WITH GRATITUDE
• HOW WILL YOU FEEL

BOTTOM LINE: HONOR YOUR AUDIENCE REGARDLESS OF SIZE

• Reframe YOUR view of the numbers and stats.
• • Enjoy each phase of your growth
  • Focus on showing up to add value, regardless of size
  • We’re looking to connect with one; by focusing on 1, we’ll connect with many
  • Build relationships

So what do you think?

I’m excited to hear how you're showing up for your audience.

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s episode and your head is full of ideas.  I’d love to hear from you. Head on over to my website www.veronicasagastume.com/episode35 so friend, are you honoring your audience by showing up? Wait, before you go...have you subscribed my Podcast in iTunes? It’ll take you less than 30 seconds and you’ll never miss a weekly episode because it’ll be automatically downloaded to your app.   I’ll see you next week. I thank you for showing up for me, for yourself, and for your business.    Until next time, I’m Veronica Bye for now

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Have you ever found yourself overcommitting yourself to the point you're totally upset at....YOURSELF!.  I know I have, especially last year. When you're first starting out in business, you tend to feel like you have to say yes to every opportunity that comes your way.
 

However, when your business starts to gain momentum, grow and gain a reputation, you find yourself (at least I did), in a position where you may feel like you have to say YES to every opportunity that comes your way.

WHAT WE’LL COVER IN THIS EPISODE:

• What happens when you say YES to everything
• A common trait of really successful people
• ARE YOU A PEOPLE PLEASER WHO HAS A HARD TIME SAYING NO? 
• WHAT KEEPS YOU FROM SAYING NO
• HOW WILL YOU FEEL about that person, event or yourself if you keep saying yes? 
• WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU START SAYING NO
  

 

What have you said yes to that you really didn’t want to DO and what did it keep you from or take away from?

 

If you reframe saying NO, I bet saying no will come easier to you.

 

I’m excited to hear about what you’ll start saying NO to first to make room for your more important YES.

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s episode.  I’d love to hear from you. Head on over to my website www.veronicasagastume.com/episode34 and let me know, What will you say NO to this week?

Wait, before you go...have you subscribed my Podcast in iTunes? It’ll take you less than 30 seconds and you’ll never miss a weekly episode because it’ll be automatically downloaded to your app.   I’ll see you next week. I thank you for showing up for me, for yourself, and for your business.    Until next time, I’m Veronica Bye for now LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE

• Book: The Power of a Positive No by William Ury

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Passive Income is NOT Passive

The definition of “passive income” isn’t creating and selling something that requires no work.  Passive Income is doing the most difficult work now, upfront to reap the benefits later.

Look, no matter what method you choose to make money especially while running and scaling an online business, you’re always going to need three things:

1. A product
2. An audience And 
3. A method(platform) to promote and sell your product to your audience

Last week in episode #32 I defined what is a Digital Product and I gave you a ton of ideas of what you could create to then promote and sell Digital Service Products.  I’ll be sure to link to that episode in the show notes.

While there’s nothing wrong with wanting to make money online, I want to make sure you’re doing it for the right reasons, not just the money.  The main source of success from people who made money is to find solutions to problems and be helpful, provide value to an audience who needs what you have to offer.

Passive income starts with what product will you create but then I urge you not to start selling.  You have to be strategic with how you show up online in order to start building your passive income empire.

This is where your marketing plan comes into play.  While creating the product you’ll want to promote and sell is a priority, you need to create a marketing plan to promote and sell the products you create.  

By the way, when I say products, I’m primarily referring to Digital Service Products I’ve encouraged you to create and sell in other podcast episodes.  Another episode you may want to check out is Podcast Episode #11 where I shared with you 5 Digital Product Ideas to consider creating to start building your Passive Income.

Remember, in the online space, people buy from people they trust. Trust is built based on relationships and relationships take time. Building a passive income revenue stream will take time but it builds momentum, it’s scalable, be patient, but also be persistent, focused and oh yeah, did I mention be patient.  

I’m excited to hear about what you’ll do first.

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s episode and your head is full of ideas.  I’d love to hear from you. Head on over to my website www.veronicasagastume.com/episode33 and let me know, are you going to build a passive stream of income? Wait, before you go...have you subscribed my Podcast in iTunes? It’ll take you less than 30 seconds and you’ll never miss a weekly episode because it’ll be automatically downloaded to your app.   I’ll see you next week. I thank you for showing up for me, for yourself, and for your business.    Until next time, I’m Veronica Bye for now LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE

• What IS a Digital Product - Episode #32
• 5 DIGITAL PRODUCT IDEAS TO SELL ONLINE - Episode #11

• What Does Content Marketing Do For Your Business? - Episode #21

• How to Make Money Online Without Starting a Business - Episode #30

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WHAT IS A DIGITAL PRODUCT?

Digital products are something I’ve been creating for quite a few years now.  There are so many different types that I thought I’d create a short episode dedicated to describing what IS a digital product.

In this episode, I want to bring some definition to the term Digital Product and because it seems like everyone is talking about digital products these days so… I’d like to focus on what we service based providers refer to as digital products ok.

Simply put: The term “digital products” refers to information products usually offered online in a digital format. Not an actual physical product, but a digital one that can be delivered via the Internet.

The reason I call them Digital Service Products is because I teach other consultants and service-based business owners how to take services you already offer your 1:1 client, or use as a resource for yourself and create digital products from it.

SOME BENEFITS OF DIGITAL PRODUCTS:

• Creating a digital product is a great way to monetize of your time, knowledge, experience and effort.
• You only create it once (you can offer updates when there are some) and it can be sold to many like hundreds, thousands or more...without no limit. (This ensures a certain level of profitability).
• You can add a significant stream of passive income with digital products and
• You can create an entire online business around selling digital products

If you’re thinking of creating a digital product and marketing it, then you are definitely on an innovative pathway to success. It’s just how much you want to reap the benefits and the time you are willing to put in.

Digital Products can be created or as a resource, you can create and offer to your audience for free. If you REFER TO podcast episode #11, I do a deeper dive on 5 DIGITAL PRODUCT IDEAS TO SELL ONLINE I also recently released an episode to share ideas to make money online without starting a business which I’ll link to in the show notes as well.

This will give you more ideas as well as a list of resources where you can create and sell these digital service products...go to episode #30.

LET’S DO A QUICK RECAP  In this episode we talked about:

• What is a Digital Product
• I reviewed a list of potential digital products
• Potential for passive income

If you’re a service based business owner and have been thinking of ways to grow your revenue, then creating a line of digital service products you could offer your clients, may be just the thing.  

Keep an open mind and start brainstorming on what you already know that you could create and offer to your existing or future clients.

I hope you got a lot of today’s episode.  I’d love to hear from you. Head on over to my website www.veronicasagastume.com/episode32 and let me know, which digital service product grabs your attention first? Wait, before you go...have you subscribed my Podcast in iTunes? It’ll take you less than 30 seconds and you’ll never miss a weekly episode because it’ll be automatically downloaded to your app.   I’ll see you next week.   I thank you for showing up for me, for yourself, and for your business.    Until next time, I’m Veronica Bye for now LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE

• 011: 5 DIGITAL PRODUCT IDEAS TO SELL ONLINE
• 030: Ways to make money online without owning a business  

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In today’s episode, we’re talking about one of the core keys to build a successful business online...connecting and relationship building...ONLINE.

Having been in the online space now since late 2015 I believe that one of the biggest misconceptions with starting an online business is that you’ll reach success FAST simply because your business is online. Are there exceptions? Of course, there are and what also impacts this misconception is HOW you define as success.  

Could you start a business, show up online and start to generate income within months? Yes, that is possible for sure and there are many factors that could impact this exception...like the size of your audience, what’s your offer, what you consider to be successful.  

While many of what you read, hear, learn and implement may lead you to a shorter successful outcome...I’d like to speak to the more realistic outcome.  I believe that if you know what to expect, what you’re working towards,  then you’ll be better equipped for the journey that’s ahead of you.  Simply put, building a successful business can take time, sometimes months, sometimes years, but you CAN absolutely build a successful business.

Look, you may disagree with me and that’s ok, but I feel it’s my responsibility to share a perspective that paints a different picture than the Instagram feed that leads you to believe you can show up online on Monday, make an offer on Tuesday and hit 6 figures by Friday.

One of the biggest reasons building a successful online business can take months or even years is because there’s no way to consistently make a profit without building a genuine connection to human beings, also known as your audience.  Grow your audience? Grow your business!.

A conversation builds trust before you ever ask for anything.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS

HEAD OVER TO THE SHOW NOTES TO GET MORE DETAILS PLUS IMAGES SHOWING YOU HOW TO:

connect, engage & build relationships online

In this episode we talked about:

• How to connect with your audience on Facebook
• How to manage your FRIEND list
• How to start and continue the conversations and
• A few Don’t to avoid

Adopting and implementing these habits for a specific period of time will help you build the right connections with the right audience, without making you look spammy.

Instead, show up with curiosity, be helpful and be patient.  Focus on building true connections first, then the rest will evolve from there.

I hope to see you ONLINE.

Head on over to my website www.veronicasagastume.com/episode31 and let me know, what’s one way you make sure you connect with your audience online?
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