Hey there! Welcome back to another exciting episode of "The Scaling to Business Success Podcast". Today, in this week's episode, we're talking about why I decided to go ALL IN with using Facebook groups as a strategy for my online business.

Facebook groups can help in so many ways, especially if you want to increase your sales and also increase the amount of leads that you have for your business. Because you need both for your business to survive!

I decided to do something that a lot of coaches weren't doing at the time. I noticed that I got better results than others, and this is why it was something that I decided to teach in one of my programs at the time. 

Facebook groups helped me make my second $10k in one year, and it's a strategy that I tell others to try, especially if they're doing the whole live launch thing and posting content on social media, but they weren't seeing any results.

Ready to listen in to what steps I'm taking to make this all happen?

Let's get into the episode!

In this episode you'll hear:

• When you have a Facebook group, it's easy and to find your ideal people in one spot. You're not having to post all over social media and make posts 3x a day just to bring people into your world. Your OWN Facebook group is where your ideal people hang out.
• Having your own Facebook group allows you to ditch the free content that you're posting on social media. Organic content can work, but it takes a ton of work to make it happen. When you have your own Facebook group, it allows you to post a ton of great content that allows your members to convert into high-paying clients.
• How to grow your list of buyers when using a Facebook group. Instead of creating free offers that people may or may not download, it's better to create a funnel that allows your people to come directly into your Facebook group. This makes it easier for them to become a paying client within a matter of days or weeks, and it will help them see you as the authority within your niche.
• Easy to sell your products/programs. Your audience that's in your Facebook group wants your help and they know that they need your help. When you're ready to sell your content online, it makes it easier to do so, and you don't have to spend a lot of income on advertising for a launch because you can do it all within your Facebook group! I've done this before, and it was amazing what I was able to accomplish with just having 700 members in my group.

If you're a business owner or entrepreneur who is struggling with business growth, and you're ready to do something about it, this episode is for you! Tune in to learn some practical tips and strategies for helping you incorporate new habits in your life.

Links & Resources:

• Symone's website
• Send me a DM on Instagram!
• The Scaling to Business Success Podcast website
• Check out my free two-day mini course!
• Apply for my Five Figure Launch Accelerator coaching program

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Hey there! Welcome back to another exciting episode of "The Scaling to Business Success Podcast". Today, we're talking about why I decided to say NO to having low-ticket offers in my business. 

Low tickets offers are still a trend in the online business world, and many people are wanting to create and sell them to help grow their business and their income.

I fully believe in them but using them to solely grow your business income just to say that you've made money is not the thing to do. In this particular episode, we're going to discuss why I created a low-ticket offer in 2020 and why I decided to stop doing them all together. 

Ready to listen in to what steps I'm taking to make this all happen?

Let's get into the episode!

In this episode you'll hear:

• Why low ticket offers bring in low quality people. In this episode, I will tell you all about why I decided to delete everyone off my emailing list and completely start over. No one on my list at the time was who I wanted to work with or who I wanted to speak to.
• It takes more traffic and more effort to achieve your goals with a low-ticket offer. If you're wanting to make $20,000 or $50,000 in your business, it's going to take a lot for you to do that with a low-ticket offer. Having a low ticket offer shouldn't be your end goal, and you should eventually want to scale up with other offers and programs. You'll hear as to why I never did this with the offer I created in 2020 and why it's one of the biggest mistakes I made (and regret).
• Your new students will expect more quality time with you. They're looking for high-ticket answers for a low-ticket price. You have to understand that your time is limited and you have to see this low-ticket offer as an entryway to your world and eventually have your clients work with you on a larger scale.
• They're low-paying seekers and they stay on your list waiting for the next low-ticket offer. The clients who have invested to work with you in your low ticket offer won't look to invest in your higher ticket programs because some of them are still waiting for you to create the next low-ticket offer that's not going to fully solve their problems. 

If you're a business owner or entrepreneur who is struggling with business growth, and you're ready to do something about it, this episode is for you! Tune in to learn some practical tips and strategies for helping you incorporate new habits in your life.

Links & Resources:

• Symone's website
• Send me a DM on Instagram!
• The Scaling to Business Success Podcast website
• Check out my free two-day mini course!
• Apply for my Five Figure Launch Accelerator coaching program

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Hey there! Welcome back to another exciting episode of "The Scaling to Business Success Podcast". Today, we're talking about how I'm wanting to structure my business for 2024 and what plans I'm putting in place to make my goals happen at a rapid pace. 

As a business owner and business coach, it's important that you always have goals that you want to achieve. Your goals can be small, or they can be big. It's completely up to you! I've learned over the years that no matter what your goals are, you always want to strive to achieve them in small increments. This will help you achieve your goals in an easier way and it won't seem as if you're being stagnant.

Ready to listen in to what steps I'm taking to make this all happen?

Let's get into the episode!

In this episode you'll hear:

• How having a freedom-based business has allowed me to spend more time doing other passions of mine. One thing that I've always wanted to do was become fluent in other languages and I've always had a passion for it. Because of how I've built my business, I'm able to learn Spanish and French while not being attached to my computer or phone because of the need to make a ton of money in my business.
• Why I want to achieve a $3M business by the end of next year. The goal is to dream big, right? That's exactly what I'm doing. You'll hear why I want to achieve this goal, and the women who are inspiring me to make it happen.
• Living a rich woman's life. Over the years, I have understood that it's okay to live a life of a rich woman and that it's okay to do so! Living a rich woman's life means not making any excuses, and spending money when you want to, and not limiting what you want based on someone else's opinion.
• Increasing my ad spend per day. Running consistent ads online can lead to a great deal of income and leads. I'm on a mission to increase my ad spend because I know that this will lead to the $3M goal before the end of 2024.
• Hiring team members. Hiring team members helps you to scale, and that's one of the things I want to do before the end of 2024. You don't need a ton of people on your team to make it happen, and I want to start building a dream team for my business. You'll hear all about why and how I plan on doing this.

If you're a business owner or entrepreneur who is struggling with business growth, and you're ready to do something about it, this episode is for you! Tune in to learn some practical tips and strategies for helping you incorporate new habits in your life.

Links & Resources:

• Symone's website
• Send me a DM on Instagram!
• The Scaling to Business Success Podcast website
• Check out my free two-day mini course!
• Apply for my Five Figure Launch Accelerator coaching program

Please support the podcast by giving an honest Rating/Review for the show on iTunes!

Hey there! Welcome back to another exciting episode of "The Scaling to Business Success Podcast". Today, we're talking about a topic that can help a lot of aspiring entrepreneurs stop wasting time when it comes to creating online coaching programs: monetizing them before you make it.

In March 2018, I made the terrible mistake of creating my entire YouTube course and then trying to sell it. I did an entire five-day challenge with a live grand finale at the end when I released the price of my program. CRICKETS is what I heard when I pulled the trigger. I spent an entire month not getting paid to create my program and no one enrolled. It hurt me because I felt that I should lower the price of my program in order to get those who want to enroll. 

I learned from my mistake, and in this episode, you will hear what I learned since March 2018.

In this episode you'll hear:

• Why I created a course first before selling it and why I'll never do it again: As new and aspiring entrepreneurs, we have to learn that having a business is not like having a job. You want to get paid first before any work is made (by validating your coaching program idea). Don't make the same mistake I made! That's something I'll discuss in this week's episode.
• Monetize your idea first: It wasn't until years later that I realized that I made a huge mistake in 2018. Once I enrolled in a course that taught me the power of monetization first, it was a total game changer for me.
• How to eliminate the job mindset: Owning and having a business is not like a job where you do the work first, then get paid. It's the complete opposite and I discuss this in the episode. 
• Why you should repeat this process for ALL of your coaching programs from now on: It can and will be a complete game changer, and this process is something that I'm doing with my brand new coaching program now!

Throughout the episode, I'll also emphasize the importance of monetizing your coaching program first before you build it. There's a lot that goes into this besides creating pretty graphics for your lessons and modules.

So, if you're a business owner or entrepreneur who is struggling with business growth, and you're ready to do something about it, this episode is for you! Tune in to learn some practical tips and strategies for helping you incorporate new habits in your life.

Links & Resources:

• Symone's website
• Send me a DM on Instagram!
• The Scaling to Business Success Podcast website
• Check out my free two-day mini course!
• Apply for my Five Figure Launch Accelerator coaching program

Please support the podcast by giving an honest Rating/Review for the show on iTunes!

Hey there! Welcome back to another exciting episode of "The Scaling to Business Success Podcast". Today, we're talking about a topic that a lot of entrepreneurs either shy away from or they're ready to go all in for it: paid traffic. 

Paid traffic has been a literal God-send in my business for 2023. Espeically when I learned how to use them on a daily basis, instead of using them for launches only. It took me a while to understand the importance of how paid ads and consistent traffic can help my business and I finally see how!

For those of you who are on the fence when it comes to paid ads and paid traffic, I want to use this episode to help you understand just how important they can be to the growth of your business and your presence in the online space. The goal is to be profitable and this is how we're going to make it work!

In this episode you'll hear:

• No more heavy lifting: With paid traffic, the heavy lifting of posting every single day and night is a thing of the past. You're going to hear how I got rid of my content calendar and why I barely post on my Instagram platform anymore. One thing that I learned from my coach is that when you're running paid ads, you have the upper hand, and I want to keep that upper hand when it comes to my business.
• You're not playing the organic algorithm game: There's a game being played with organic traffic, and they're always limiting what posts can be seen by your audience. I no longer agree to play that game because paid traffic allows your content to be seen by your ideal audience without doing so much.
• You'll have more free time: I now have the free time that I've always wanted in my business and it's because of paid traffic. I've been learning Spanish for almost two years now, and I'm now adding French to the mix. I have time to spend with my husband and my family, and never had that when I was depending on launches to bring me income for my business.
• Consistent leads and sales: Once you have your sales systems down, and you have your messaging put together, paid ads will MAGNIFY your sales system to continuously bring in qualified leads and sales. Who doesn't want that?

Throughout the episode, I'll also emphasize the importance of paid ads and how they can change your life and help you to think outside of the box.

So, if you're a business owner or entrepreneur who is struggling with business growth and you're ready to do something about it, this episode is for you! Tune in to learn some practical tips and strategies for helping you incorporate new habits in your life.

Links & Resources:

• Symone's website
• Send me a DM on Instagram!
• The Scaling to Business Success Podcast website
• Check out my free two-day mini course!
• Apply for my Five Figure Launch Accelerator coaching program

Please support the podcast by giving an honest Rating/Review for the show on iTunes!

Hey there! Welcome back to another exciting episode of "The Scaling to Business Success Podcast". Today, we're talking about how you can find clients that are attracted to your goals as a business owner and entrepreneur. 

Over the last few months in my business, I have learned to understand how important it is to find clients who are attracted to your goals instead of trying to find clients that will simply focus on enrolling into my coaching programs. It's something that is completely different for me, and it's one thing that I'm learning to love more. 

We all have goals that we have set for ourselves, and we want to make sure that we achieve them. So, its important to understand how we can find clients that help us make a difference in our own lives and find those ideal clients who match up with the goals that we have set for ourselves.

In this episode you'll hear:

• What are your goals and what do you want to achieve: This is one of the most important steps that you need to do first before trying to find ideal clients. 
• Finding clients who want to achieve the same thing: A lot of entrepreneurs don't think that they can find clients who want the same goals as them. It's always that they have to conform to your goals and that's it. I discuss why your messaging is one of the most important things to have and put out in the online space so those ideal clients can come and find you!
• Talk about your goals and struggles: Just like before, your messaging is KEY! And one of the things I have noticed is that there's no transparency when it comes to being online and posting content. People only want to see the good stuff and never want to show the bad and the behind-the-scenes. I discuss in this episode why I'm not afraid of transparency, and how I will work with a coach who's transparent and one who's not.
• Mindset and thinking: Believe it or not, there are people who think and have the same mindset as you. Your messaging just has to be put out into the world in order to find them! We talk more about this in this particular episode as well.

Throughout the episode, you'll learn why transparency and finding clients aligned to your goals is one of the best things you can do for your business and for your life.

So, if you're a business owner or entrepreneur who is struggling with life and your business growth, this episode is for you! Tune in to learn some practical tips and strategies for helping you incorporate new habits in your life.

Links & Resources:

• Symone's website
• Send me a DM on Instagram!
• The Scaling to Business Success Podcast website
• Check out my free two-day mini course!
• Apply for my Five Figure Launch Accelerator coaching program

Please support the podcast by giving an honest Rating/Review for the show on iTunes!

Hey there! Welcome back to another exciting episode of "The Scaling to Business Success Podcast". Today, we're talking about a topic that can help a lot of aspiring entrepreneurs become better CEO's of their online businesses: learning how to live by successful habits. 

As a CEO, I know firsthand how living by certain habits can help to change your life and make it better. And we're not just talking about your typical "success habits" that you can find in articles on the internet. We're discussing the types of habits that you don't really hear too much about. I'll be sharing some actionable steps and habits that you can take to help you become better as you continue to grow your business. 

In this episode you'll hear:

• Why entrepreneurs keep going no matter what: We'll discuss some common reasons as to why they keep going despite facing failures, and why some upcoming entrepreneurs never prosper because they give up too soon.
• Automated funnels running at all times: It wasn't until earlier this year that I understood the benefits of having a funnel running at all times. We'll talk about why having a funnel running at all times is important to the growth of your business.
• Having a plan in place: We'll discuss why successful entrepreneurs always have a plan in place, no matter what. There's always a backup plan that will help them IF something does decide to fail and not go the way they envisioned it to be.
• Daily practice of journaling: This is a practice that I'm starting to include in my daily routine, and we'll talk about why this is important for you to do the same. Journaling can change your life, and we'll discuss as to why this can happen for you.

Throughout the episode, I'll also emphasize the importance of these habits and how they can change your life and help you to think outside of the box.

So, if you're a business owner or entrepreneur who is struggling with life and your business growth, this episode is for you! Tune in to learn some practical tips and strategies for helping you incorporate new habits in your life.

Links & Resources:

• Symone's website
• Send me a DM on Instagram!
• The Scaling to Business Success Podcast website
• Check out my free two-day mini course!
• Apply for my Five Figure Launch Accelerator coaching program

Please support the podcast by giving an honest Rating/Review for the show on iTunes!

Hey there! Welcome back to another exciting episode of "The Scaling to Business Success Podcast". In this week's episode, you will understand the importance of having a freebie in your business to help generate leads and grow your emailing list. But you'll also learn that there are different types of freebies that you can use, and the typical freebie that gurus are telling you to create may be pushing away your ideal clients at an alarming rate. 

In this episode you'll hear:

• What gurus have said about free offers and building your emailing list
• What you NEED to have in a freebie
• What mistakes you're making with your free offer
• Email list growth and what it's used for

So are you ready to embark on this journey of understanding if you need a freebie for your business to generate leads? Join me as we explore the secrets behind a successful free offer. Get your notepads ready, because you don't want to miss a single golden nugget of wisdom and knowledge. Tune in to the episode now!

Links & Resources:

• Symone's website
• Send me a DM on Instagram!
• The Scaling to Business Success Podcast website
• Check out my free two-day mini course!
• Apply for my Five Figure Launch Accelerator coaching program

Please support the podcast by giving an honest Rating/Review for the show on iTunes!

The one thing that gurus are always telling you is that in order to make money in your business, you need to do a live launch and that you need to do this live launch every 90 days.

Do you know how tiring that can be?!

When you're in the beginning stages, live launching can be exhausting and tiring because you have to do so much before you even think about launching your course/program out into the world. 

There are the emails that you have to create, the social media posts that you have to create as well, and there's the actual content you have to put together for when you're doing your live launch.

Then you also have to figure out what are the best days for you to do your launch, create your ads and ad copy, figure out a budget of what you're going to spend for your ads, AND create your emails for after your launch and for when people enroll into your program.

If you can't tell, this is A LOT of work to do, especially for one person. 

This is one of the main reasons why I'm against live launching and I'm deciding to take a stand. 

There is an easier way to grow your business and I'm honestly shocked at how many entrepreneurs are not talking about it, but you're going to hear about it today in this week's episode. 

Check it out and take a listen!

PLEASE excuse the language in this week's episode. This is not normal for me to do, but I get excited and passionate when it comes to this particular topic.

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Being a part of a community full of like-minded people is fun. You get to meet people, you get to connect with them, and eventually they either get to work with you or you get to work with them.

But when you depend on Facebook groups to help you grow your business online, you might be doing more harm than good. 

Facebook groups can be oversaturated with people who are not your ideal clients. It will be harder to find your people because the Facebook algorithm limits what you see on your timeline, and even inside of the group. 

You have to figure out if being a part of a Facebook group is beneficial to the growth of your business or if you should decide to start your own. (I personally would tell you to start your own! 😉)

When revamping my business, I decided to move away from marketing into free Facebook groups, because there are other ways that you can find your ideal people online. 

Take a listen to this week's episode, send me a screenshot and DM me on Instagram (@symoneredmond) to let me know what you think about it!

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