The Flipped Lifestyle Podcast

Want to know more about purchase order sales? Purchase order driven sales might be a way to grow your online business. Let's listen in and learn from today's episode. Our guest today is a good friend of ours, FYL community member and School Counselor. We have the ever Passionate Action Taker, Misty. Misty is a school counselor in one of the districts in southeastern Kentucky. She is married and is a mother to 2 lovely girls, aged 4 and 6. Wanting to spend more time with her family, she tried doing several business ventures, but found it too exhausting to juggle her side hustle, family, and career. Shifting to online business After listening to our podcasts, she decided that she wanted her family to experience amazing can’t miss moments too, and invested in herself and joined our online community. By 2016, she had learned how to use Canva to create content and sold her first digital product on a third party market. She felt more and more empowered because of her new found sense of creativity. After creating enough content and proving her credibility, she went on to launch her website where she can showcase her skills and expertise, School Counselor World. Here, she provides community support and digital resources to fellow school counselors, helping them fulfill the variety of roles you didn’t know school counselors were expected to fill. She now has a thriving community of 30+ paying members, tons of thoughtfully organized content, and over 4,000 email subscribers. Her numbers are growing steadily, but how will she 5x or 10x this? Join us as we dive deep on purchase order sales strategies, your business’ potential growth from conducting more B2B type transactions and why success is just a matter of finding the time to take consistent action. The weather’s a little crazy, but we’re here to take even bigger, crazier next steps to flip Misty’s business and maybe your online business to the next level. Don’t miss it! [Tweet "“Your initial success shouldn’t be your only success.” - Shane"] [Tweet "“The best time to plant a tree was 100 years ago, the second best time is TODAY.” - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: How to find time to start taking action How to grow your B2B (business to business) bigger Pitch your offer to the decision maker The advantage of having an FAQ page Plus so much more! [Tweet "“Focus more on the returns the next time you invest resources on something.” -Shane"] [Tweet "“People could do amazing things if they would just start.” - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today’s show: School Counselor World - http://www.schoolcounselorworld.com/ Teachers Pay Teachers - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/ * Canva - http://canva.com/ S&J Success Story: Reaching their 2015 goal - https://flippedlifestyle.com/podcast73/ Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what’s possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Success Story of the Week: This week's success story is a special one because Jocelyn and I are going to celebrate a little success that we have had in our brand and we didn't eve...

Live events are our secret weapon! We’ve made it this far because of the conscious effort we put into the choices we make.  Some choices have bigger impacts on your life and business than others. Today we’ll share with you our secret weapons for online success. This is the single choice we made that helped us grow exponentially as husband and wife, as business partners and as entrepreneurs in general.  What's our secret weapon? Choosing to invest in ourselves and attend live events! Attending live events has been the single biggest game changer in our online business.   There’s something about going to a live event that takes everything in your business to the next level. Being surrounded by entrepreneurs of every level is a huge opportunity far too good to pass up. WHY? Everyone who goes to a live event is serious about their business. No one is messing around. Everyone is there to work and make the right connections that will help transform their business in the future. We would not be where we are today, if we had not gone to those live events early in our journey. The revelations you get by meeting the mind (or minds) behind the content, behind the business, will blow you away! [Tweet "Attending live events has been the single biggest difference maker in our online business." - Jocelyn"] Now that we got your attention with the perks, here are some tips and tricks to get you LIVE event ready! How to Choose The Right Event For You AND Get The Most Out of It: * “WHO IS LEADING THE GROUP?” You should trust the person leading you to your next step. Make sure you do your research and learn about who is hosting the event, what they value, the purpose of the event and if they have the content you need to start or grow your online business. * “WHO IS GOING?” Take time to consider the size of the event. A smaller event gives a more personalized experience that lets you connect with others on a deeper level. There’s less clutter, less noise, less competition for everyone’s attention, so the opportunity to build relationships with your fellow entrepreneurs is greater. This also makes asking your questions and finding the right answers even easier. Remember: You’re not there just for the content. Go connect, build and strengthen relationships with your fellow participants, doing so will make a huge difference to your business in the future. * “WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES VS THE REWARDS?” Invest in yourself and your business. We know how difficult it is for people to do this, but you must work on making a commitment to believe and invest in yourself and your business because the rewards are going to be bigger when you do. Overcome challenges and remove obstacles. Being a parent makes this even more complicated since there’s going to be some guilt sinking in, “What will happen to the kids while I’m away?” But what if by attending this live event, your business takes off and in turn, it significantly makes your family’s life better, would you now be willing to invest time, effort and money? You have to be ready to do whatever it takes to get to the next level and make that a priority. Are you investing your time, money and energy in a way that saves, frees up and generate you MORE time, money and energy? If the answer to the question above is “YES!” then you’re already part of the 10% who’s setting themselves up for success. If your answer is, “No,” then there’s no better time than the present to START making the changes needed to create a...

What does it take to attract people and get them to pay you for what you offer? How do you market yourself online? Let's find out in this episode with our guest Neil & Kristen Winking. They are a couple working on transitioning their experiences as wedding photography business owners to an online membership business model. Neil & Kristen owned a wedding photography business for about 5 years. Kristen ran their business full time, while Neil continued with his full time job and helped out as much as he could. Their business was born from their love of photography, but what they didn't expect were all of the back-end business responsibilities and the many, many hats that entrepreneurs wear to keep everything running smoothly. In fact, it was quite a struggle for them in the beginning as they were learning, sometimes the hard way, how to build and grow their wedding photography business. They became pretty successful, but relocated at the end of 2015, and with that the business closed. Once the family was settled in their new area, they just knew that they wanted to take their business online to allow them both the freedom and flexibility they need to spend more time with their 5 y/o son. They launched Hobby2Pro, where they provide coaching service to other wedding photographers in order for them to build and grow their own wedding photography business, just like they did. With their content and online infrastructure ready, they are faced with their biggest challenge: how do they market themselves? What does it take to really attract people and get them to pay you for what you offer? We’re going to talk about how to overcome that mental hurdle of “tooting your own horn” and tactics that can supplement your mindset shift to get more people in your doors. Cold day, frozen lake, but with a HOT podcast! Now, grab a warm drink and get ready to take down notes. We’re not going to let this weather keep us from taking action!   [Tweet ""You must be seen doing what they feel is hard or impossible, then start believing they can do it too." - Shane"] [Tweet "“By sharing my experiences & story, I’m possibly helping someone else to impact other people’s lives.” - Jocelyn"]   You Will Learn: How to market yourself even when you're a private person S&J’s Healthy discussion exercise Why transparent people draw the right people in Documenting your success Plus so much more! [Tweet "“Be transparent, people appreciate honesty.” - Shane"] [Tweet "“Remember, you are making a difference in other people’s lives.” - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mention in today’s show: Neil & Kristen’s website - https://hobby2pro.com/ Flip Your Life community - https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what’s possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Success Story of the Week: Today's success story from the Flip Your Life community forums comes from Sandra Chen. The subject of her Success Story post's says, "I averaged AUD 760 in profit in the midst of having a child and fighting breast cancer!" Wow. This is one of those MASSIVELY inspirational success stories that absolutely bro...

We’re so excited to start this year’s podcast episode with another Flip Your Life community guest member, Special Education High School Teacher and Wrestling aficionado, Kathy Martin. Kathy has been with her husband for 15 years, and has been a special education teacher for 10 years. She has always been passionate about teaching and truly loves working with her students. It isn’t surprising that her online business revolves around her math teaching skills. Her website, Pre Algebra Teachers, is geared towards helping fellow math teachers stay encouraged and on top of their class. The website serves as a resource hub for both her curated content and membership community. Kathy has 15 members now, and is ready to grow her numbers. She’s done webinars, she has sent the emails, she’s keeping up with Facebook, so what else is there to do to boost her numbers? Join us as we discuss different sales strategies that will get Kathy much closer to her online business goals. From content automation to live webinars, to perceived value pricing and scarcity, there’s just so many things to consider. 2018 is here, it’s time for ACTION! You will learn: Automation VS Live Strategy Perceived value pricing The power of positive language Creating the FOMO: The fear of missing out Plus so much more! [Tweet "“Celebrating small successes prepares you for bigger wins.” - Shane"] [Tweet "“If you're selling them something, make sure you're bringing them great value.” - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: * Kathy Martin's Website  * Jeanette Stein's Website  * Kevin Depew's Website  * US History Teachers  * WebinarNinja  * Elementary Librarian * Flip Your Life community  [Tweet "“There are obstacles in every path we choose, you just have to keep going to be successful.” - Shane"] [Tweet "“Keep dropping breadcrumbs for people to follow until they're ready.” - Shane"] Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what’s possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Can’t Miss Moment: Today's Can’t Miss Moment is kind of a kind of a different kind of Can’t Miss Moment, it's not one event as much as it is like an entire month. We have been on a trip like every other week for six straight weeks. We went on a Disney cruise, we went to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee for four days with my entire family to celebrate my mom and d...

MERRY CHRISTMAS Y’ALL! This week, we’re focusing on getting you in shape for next year’s abundance of opportunities by getting into the right mindset. But before we do, we’d like to let y’all know how thankful we are that you stuck around with us through 2017. It has been a wild ride, full of adventures, surprises and lessons. Congratulations on making it through this year, and we pray that the succeeding success stories be sweeter than the last. You guys rock! Now, let’s get on to business… online business. The 5 Steps to Making Your Dream A Reality STEP 1: Celebrate last year’s successes Take time to be grateful for what you’ve already achieved. Being mindfully appreciative of all your successes helps you to stay positive and focused on the target. If you don’t celebrate your successes and are being too hard on yourself, negative things become amplified. What should you do when you feel bogged down? When personal victories are scarce, be happy for your loved ones’ success, celebrate with them, and bask in that positive energy. Don't dwell on the bad stuff, learn from it and then move on. Channeling the spirit of gratitude is a powerful thing. There is so much good in the world, believe in it, and in yourself. Make gratitude a habit and you’re already one step closer to your dream. STEP 2: Focus on experiences Hard set goals are good, but if you really think about it, you get that exhilaration from living in the moment. Experiences are things that move on to your next adventures, they add wisdom to your years and teaches you to persevere in times of hardship. Focus on what you FEEL as you’re working towards your goals -- how are you experiencing your everyday life? The goal isn’t all there is. Money isn’t all there is. Fame isn’t all there is. Now, be honest. What do YOU want to experience in life next year? STEP 3: Identify your areas of strength and weakness What do you need to learn in order to make those experiences possible? Focus on what makes the biggest impact in your life. Sometimes we aim at multiple targets in the hope that we’d hit a good opportunity, but this just distracts us from focusing all our efforts on hitting the best opportunity. Analyze your mindset and skills. Your success depends on what you put your mind into and the consistency of your actions. STEP 4: Take consistent action! Taking action builds your momentum to get to the next level. You can form this habit by committing yourself to the cause. There is no magic pill, success requires hard work, commitment and passion. When you take consistent action it allows you to learn more, experience more and consequently DO even more. What are three things you can do to make your life and others people’s lives better? List and commit to three actions. BONUS: The conditioning of your mind becomes rewired when you take action, you are more alert and can make use of previous action’s data to help you decide an even more educated next step. STEP 5: Focus on others: Paying it forward and giving back How are you going to help others? Amazing opportunities happen to genuinely helpful people. Giving is an awesome paradox. When you give, you receive. This is true, and for the most part, what we receive is something intangible like friendship and hope. These intangible treasures are a great source of fulfillment, and allows both the giver and the receiver to grow a mindset of abundance and gratitude.

Want insight on running a successful online membership business? Then this week's episode is a must hear for you. We’re going to share the 6 Phases of a Successful Membership with YOU, dear listeners and fans. Recently, Jocelyn and I had our Flipped Lifestyle leadership excursion / vacation, where we took the time to talk about the future, reflect on the things we’ve learned this year, and enjoy some downtime to really unwind. We wanted to give you more insight on how to start and grow a successful membership community, so we summarized key points about the phases that make up the membership cycle. Happy listening and we wish y’all a very Merry Christmas! 6 Phases of a successful membership Phase One: Discovery Where people learn you exist -- cold traffic. Your audience can discover you through your podcasts, blog post, social media presence, marketing ad campaigns, etc. This is also where you start implementing your marketing plan to get yourself in front of as many people in your niche as possible. Phase Two: Learning Teach people what you’re all about. The sales process of teaching them about what you offer, so that they will join your membership. Let people get to know you, your brand and what you have to offer. You can do this in a variety of ways, like creating a really strong “About Me” page. You can also do LIVE videos, just find ways to let people into your world and show them what makes you different from other people who may be offering the same product or service that you’re offering. Help the people who have discovered you through the marketing plan, learn more about you and your brand, and sell them into your membership. Phase Three: Onboarding Getting people to join you as fast as possible by leading them to their first solution. Make sure that something is in place to welcome members who have just joined in your membership. Let them know that joining in was the right decision. What we do is we have a “Thank You Page” with a video that shows people how to find their login credentials and how to login to the community. The only page your paying customer is guaranteed to see is your “Thank You Page.” If you rely on your customer receiving their email and opening them, but there just happens to be a glitch in the system, then they won’t be able to get inside your community. So, give strong instructions and provide ways to get them immediate support in case they encounter any problems. “If they don’t get access to what they’ve purchased, people will quit.” - Shane Reach out to your people, especially the ones who haven’t been logging in and let them know you’re ready to serve them. Phase Four: Assimilation Let them know how your community culture works. If you don’t assimilate your new members into your community, they are more likely to quit. So make sure you communicate with your people, don’t leave them in the dark. Guide your members to their next course of action, be there for them and make them feel connected with your tribe. Phase Five: Participation This is where everybody becomes a family. They all hangout, getting into their routines and habits. This is also where the user starts leading themselves, taking accountability and helping other members. Instead of being just your tribe’s leader, the setting changes into more of a “round table,” where everybody is in this together -- unified under an ultimate purpose. You learn more about your members, the membership takes on a life of its own and it becomes a lot easier to manage,

You guys know how we always say, “Throw the mud on the wall and see the ones that stick?” On air with us today is a Flip Your Life community couple who did just that! We are super excited to welcome two huge action takers on the show this week, members of the Flip Your Life community’s international circle, Tita and Vincent Mangala. Tita & Vincent, originally from the Philippines, moved to Ontario, Canada a few years ago. They are both financial coaches, but Vincent primarily works as a service technician. They want to create an online business together in order to have the freedom to spend more time with their family and build a lasting legacy. Vincent has already created several websites and looks forward to monetizing them, but more isn’t always better, especially when you have to invest time and money to grow your membership site. Join us as we help them decide which of their websites they need to focus on and how to effectively consolidate their content through context. Tune in, this might just be the same steps you’d need to take your online business to the next level. [Tweet "“Opportunity happens when you make it a priority & take action .” - Shane"] You Will Learn: Understanding how different niches can fit together Why content & context is important in building your membership How to market to a group segment that needs it Plus so much more! [Tweet "“Put your efforts in the things that matter & stay focused.” - Shane"] [Tweet "“Don’t force different sites together for convenience.” - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today’s show: * Ben Alagnam * MeMovingToCanada.com Flip Your Life community Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what’s possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Can’t Miss Moment: Today's Can't Miss Moment is a family trip to Holiday World in Santa Claus, IN.  Holiday World is somewhere that I (Jocelyn) have been going for a very long time.  I started going there, I think in the 80's when it was Santa Claus Land -- it is now Holiday World.  We take the kids up there occasionally.  We haven't been there in a couple of years, but we decided this year that we were going to go up because I had gone to my 20-year high school reunion.   The kids love it, and the whole trip was just an awesome fun time.  That's one of the biggest differences, I think between before and now when we travelled.  When we use to travel, it was like you had to do it in certain times of the year.  You had to do it on weekends, when everyone else had to do it.   We always plan our trips now in a way where nobody else is there, or where half the people that are normally there are there. It just saves you so much stress and time. To remove that stress makes the trips more fun, which lets you have more memories and Can't Miss Moments, and that's just not possible without the Flipped Lifestyle.   You can connect with S&J on social media too!  

We’re so excited to have one of our most active members on air with us this week! On her 4th time guesting on the Flipped Lifestyle podcast, we have the author of the ultimate parenting book called, “Positive Discipline Ninja Tactics: Key Tools to Handle Every Temper Tantrum, Keep Your Cool, and Enjoy Life with Your Young Child,” Karen Lock Kolp, M.Ed. Karen is a blogger & podcaster who specializes in helping parents understand their young children. She shares her personal life lessons with her audience, and is driven by the passion to guide us parents through our everyday parenting challenges. Her husband, Ben, helps in processing the audio content for the “We Turned Out Okay” Podcast and is her biggest supporter. They’ve already gone a long way from when they first started out online, and now need help to grow their parenting community even more. Join us as we share our own experiences on making mistakes, learning from it and how Karen can benefit from embracing these likely mishaps online. If you’re feeling discouraged and nothing is going the way you want it in your own business, make sure to tune in and gain the insight that will help take you to the next level! [Tweet "“You can show someone your support by reaching out to them, your encouragement helps them to go forward.” - Jocelyn"] [Tweet "“If there is no reciprocity, people lose energy, people lose drive.” - Shane"]   You will learn: What to do when things don’t go according to plan Stepping away from Spotlight Syndrome Keeping your audience in the loop The beauty of a smaller email list Plus so much more! [Tweet "“For the 1% that disagree, the 99% will be like, ‘Oh, she's a real person too, and this makes me feel better about her!’” - Jocelyn"] [Tweet "“Spin your disadvantages back to advantages.” - Shane"] Links and resources mentioned in today’s show: Karen’s website Karen’s 1st FL episode Karen’s 2nd FL episode Karen’s 3rd FL episode Useloom  FL YouTube - Disney Cruise  Here's a picture of the tree that happened to crash on Karen's yard LOL! We are dressed up as characters from Isaac’s favorite book: Dog Man! Shane is Chief, Isaac is Dog Man, and Jocelyn is the evil vacuum villain LOL :D Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what’s possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Can’t Miss Moment: This week's Can't Miss Moment is a really, really good one.  We got to take our kids on a Disney cruise.  We went on a cruise down to the Bahamas with our kids.  We got to go to Disney's private island which is Castaway Key.  We got to go to Atlantis, which is that big resort that you see on TV all the time.  I've always wanted to go there just to see it in person.  And we got to go on a Disney cruise, and it was just the best experience I think I've ever had on any trip. We just decided to go, and we went.  We had the best time.  Isaac,

We’re closing this month with another amazing member from our Flip Your Life community! Joining us this week, on a mission to take her online business to the next level is Angeline Longshore. Angeline is an Emmy Award nominated former TV news producer, women's talk show producer, and on-camera news reporter originally from Los Angeles, now living in Maui, Hawaii. She has worked with a few one-on-one clients, built courses about video visibility, held free workshops, and have given a few paid talks. She has several brands and ideas, but is now working towards fulfilling her mission to change the face of social media’s “perfectly” curated content. She aims to inspire other business owners to be brave enough to reveal their uniqueness, which will help bring clarity in their brand messaging. To form the foundations of her new venture, we’ll be helping Angeline focus on finding the right niche so that she can maximize her idea’s scalability. Be sure to stick around! There’s going to be lots of real, in-depth insights in this episode that you do not want to miss. [Tweet ""Online business isn't just a way to make money, it teaches and helps others to be better." - Shane"] [Tweet ""People need you. You don't realize it, but you do have a responsibility." - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: The magnetic entrepreneur mindset Understanding brand scalability Identifying and translating your skill set Why a membership community can help more people Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Serve your audience and figure out what they want." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""As long as your heart is in the right place, you'll keep moving forward and you'll eventually be successful." - Shane"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Angeline Longshore's Facebook Page Melissa Ramos - Sexy Food Therapy Cliff Ravenscraft Voxer FLKids.tv * Flip Your Life community Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what’s possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Can't Miss Moment: Today's Can't Miss Moment is getting our kids some shirts for their YouTube channel.  Our kids have a YouTube channel, it is called Flipped Lifestyle Kids, or FL Kids.   This is a Can't Miss Moment because it was like one of those surreal things. I took a picture of the kids and they were so excited because they loved having their own YouTube channel. As they were wearing these t-shirts, I was like, "Our kids have a brand.  Our eight-year-old and our six-year-old literally have their own brand."   They're learning the fundamentals that's going to help them build their own businesses later.  It's an opportunity you just never even think about when you're living the society life, the normal life, the 9-to-5 life, and you're doing things the way the world tells you to do it.   If you haven't subscribed to their YouTube channel yet, please do! :-D You can go to FLKids.tv and that will take you to their YouTube channel...

We’re going to be bending the rules a little bit this week. In this episode, we introduce the latest addition to the Flipped Lifestyle Team, Kat Jarman. Kat is our FYL Community Manager and she’ll be a breath of fresh perspective in our membership forums, as she shares her knowledge and experience to help members get to the next level. She’s tried getting her online business off the ground by herself, joined live events, jumped in a membership community full of other online entrepreneurs, hit the peaks and valleys, but most of all, she took massive action. Her online business journey is an amazing testimony of the freedom that lies on the other side of fear and uncertainty. This amazing collaboration, adding Kat’s entrepreneurial voice to the chorus within the membership, is going to blow you away. [Tweet "“Just build in accountability.” - Kat"] [Tweet "“You can't teach people something that you haven't done yourself.” - Kat"] [Tweet ""It's important that people understand that there are other ways to do online business." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: * Kat's website * The Flip Your Life community [Tweet "“The biggest thing that people do wrong is they get afraid, and they don't do anything.” - Shane"] [Tweet "“Put yourself in the position so that when the right thing shows up, you can actually take advantage of it.” - Shane"] Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what’s possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! You can connect with S&J on social media too!   Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. See y’all next week! Can’t listen right now? Read the transcript below! Shane: Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast where life always comes before work.  We’re your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. We’re a real family who figured out how to make our entire living online.  And now, we help other families do the same.  Are you ready to flip your life?  Alright.  Let’s get started. What's going on, everybody? Welcome back to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast.  It is great to be back with you again this week.  We have got a different kind of episode for you this week.  This is actually like breaking the rules a little bit but it's our show so we get to break the rules.   Normally, we might have something that is on Jocelyn's and my mind, or we might bring on a member of our Flip Your Life community and help them take their business to the next level.   But we are actually going to have a guest on the program here in a few minutes, and it is our new community manager, Kat.

Not getting enough traffic on your website? Learn more about optimizing your website look and feel as we listen to today's guest. Asking next level questions this week is returning guest and owner of DentalTutor4Me.com, we have Cathy Middlestetter. Cathy creates content and shares her expertise to help dentistry students prepare for their board exams. Her reach and membership community has grown quite a bit since the last time she was on the show. Cathy is ready to try something new and maximize her website’s profit-generating potential. We’ll help her analyze her site to find the right look and feel that would impress her audience. Makes sure you have your pen and paper ready, there’s going to be a lot of information bombs that’s going to help you take your online business to the next level. [Tweet ""Everybody's got a niche." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Give them a chance to consume some of the content before asking them to join in." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""Autoresponders train people to click on the cool stuff." - Shane"] You Will Learn: * Basic understanding WordPress themes * Why you should add a "Most Popular Post" category on your site * Difference between categories and tags * Quick autoresponder tips * Sales funnel vs Sales chain [Tweet ""Taking action doesn't have to be overwhelming, just be realistic on your commitments." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""Tell them the result & how you can get them that result." - Shane"] Links and resources mentioned in today’s show: * Cathy Middlestetter’s Website * Cathy’s first interview * Eye Dropper * Loom * Success Story: Tommy - The Cruise Dudes * Flip Your Life community Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what’s possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Success Story of the Week: Tommy runs a brand called The Cruise Dudes, and these are two of our original members from one of our original Flip Your Life groups back when it was just in beta.  The Cruise Dudes guys showed up.  We met them, we've built a great relationship with them over the years, and watching them grown their brand. They decided that they were going to release a digital magazine called Seawind, which is celebrating the cruising lifestyle, basically, and they just review cruises and do stuff like that. They just launched last week, and they came into the success forum to share this subject line, "75 Sales in 48 Hours." Tommy says, "Our digital magazine app, Seawind, launched Sunday afternoon on both the Apple store and Google Play Store.  This morning, I reviewed the reports, and we've had 75 sales between the two platforms.  Most of the purchases were from North America, but we were getting purchases from Europe and Asia, too.  Over the next two weeks, I have interviews on a few travel podcasts and vlogs to promote the digital magazine.  To say we are excited is putting it mildly.  We are ecstatic." Seventy-five sales in 48 hours, that is absolutely incredible for any kind of launch, and we just couldn't be more proud of those guys for sticking with it,

  Welcome back! We've now reached the peak of the Our Story special series. The past few weeks were so humbling, as we remembered the dots and details that opened the doors to us living the Flipped Lifestyle. This week's episode is where we talk about our transition between the nine-to-five and to becoming full-time, online entrepreneurs. Our online business journey started out with so many people around us asking, "Why did you do that?" After taking action and showing the doubters and naysayers that success is possible, that you really don't have to live paycheck to paycheck, that question later turned into, "How did you do that?" We realized the difference we can make in other people's lives -- a life where you can be the boss. We created the Flipped Lifestyle to help answer one of the most vital life questions -- "How can I do that too?" We're going all out in this episode, so we hope you can take home a nugget of wisdom or two. And remember, if we can do it, YOU CAN DO IT TOO. [Tweet ""If people don't think you're crazy, then you might not be dreaming big enough." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""It takes time and dedication to be an overnight success." - Shane"] [Tweet ""If you wanna change the world, surround yourself with world changers." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""If you keep doing normal, you're never gonna do exceptional." - Shane"] You can't have satisfaction, without doing the ACTION Our Freedom House vs Our Forever Home :D Start em young :D More can't miss moments for years to come! Links and resources mentioned in today's show: * Flip Your Life community * Jeanette Stein * Evan Burse * Rina Orellana * Rebecca Dekker * Brad Barrett * 4th Year FL Quit-iversary Special If you enjoyed this week’s chapter, let us know in the comments or better yet, leave us an iTunes review. Here are the links to S&J’s Our Story podcast series * Our Story – Prologue: A Couple of Kids from Kentucky * Our Story – Chapter 1: Love at First Sight * Our story – Chapter 2: Welcome to the real world (maybe we should get married?) * Our story – Chapter 3: The worst day of our lives * Our Story – Chapter 4: How a lawnmower and 11 cents changed our lives forever * Our Story – Chapter 5: The Promise Land You can connect with S&J on social media too!  

How time flies! It’s amazing how far we’ve come, from being cogs of a machine to creating this life of freedom. We’re going to continue our story, sharing with you our lowest lows to our highest highs and hope that this inspires you to take action and make YOUR dreams into a reality. Last week, we talked about the worst day of our life, a truly terrible experience with a daycare center where they were mistreating our son, and that awful experience with a boss at our workplace that made us say, "Hey, this is not the life for us. We are going to do something else. We are going to find something different." As much as we wanted to quit our jobs right there and then, we couldn’t until we figure out a way to earn and replace our current income. We researched, brainstormed and had just so many ideas going on at once. It was really hard. We knew the goal, but we didn’t know how to get there. The Bible says in Matthew 7:7, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” We were asking and seeking. It was only a matter of time before our prayers were answered. Check out how we discovered online business, the entrepreneurial struggles and our heart-stopping 11￠ moment! We’re thrilled to share what relentless enthusiasm, decisive action and faith can do to flip your life. Pretty much sums up how I roll :D ENFP = Shane & INTJ = Jocelyn :D Jocelyn is very good at channeling my craziness! As you can see, Jocelyn is very good at channeling my craziness. :D Exhibit A: Jocelyn's healthy enthusiasm for dressing up our kids :D We love Pat Flynn :D Note: Be careful when jumping off of your lawnmower while in the middle of a cool podcast! :D Here are the links to S&J's Our Story podcast series * Our Story - Prologue: A Couple of Kids from Kentucky * Our Story - Chapter 1: Love at First Sight * Our story - Chapter 2: Welcome to the real world (maybe we should get married?) * Our story - Chapter 3: The worst day of our lives * Our Story - Chapter 4: How a lawnmower and 11 cents changed our lives forever * Our Story - Chapter 5: The Promise Land If you enjoyed this week’s chapter, let us know in the comments or better yet, leave us an iTunes review. We will continue our story again next week! You can connect with S&J on social media too!  

[Tweet ""Don't let other people dictate what's possible." - Shane"] Super excited to be back with you again this week, as Jocelyn and I continue our story of what brought us to this whirlwind ride that led to where we are today. Last week, we talked about how our careers started and how we have gotten engaged. If you had a blast last week, we’re going to take you on a roller coaster ride of emotions this week! This Chapter’s Highlights * Our wedding * Our career pivots * The worst day of our lives -- the catalyst that pushed us closer to a more non-conventional way of living. We’ve been time-pressed young professionals, then time-pressed married, young professionals, and then time-pressed, working parents… we’ve been there and done that. We know what it’s like and it ain’t pretty. So, we hope that our story will inspire you, show you what is possible, and how you can do it too. [Tweet ""Whatever you decide to do is what will happen in your life." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Do what is best for your life, you can't worry what everybody else thinks." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Making the right choice involves making some hard choices." - Jocelyn"] **This beautiful harp music was playing, then all of a sudden, this woman was like “Loooooove is a beautiful thiiiiing…” — and here's exactly what it sounded like: it sounded like a dead cat being bludgeoned to death by a bagpipe. Our parents and everyone in the crowd were squirming. There was this awesome clip on our wedding video of Jocelyn’s mom, as soon as the first word comes out the lady’s mouth, her eyes just rolled back in her head like someone had stun-gunned her. I looked at Jocelyn, whispered and said, “You want me to say something to her?” I was about to stop the wedding and be like, “Yo, lady, quit singing.” (it's hilarious now, but it wasn't then, Jocelyn was so mad LOL) This is obviously not Jocelyn's idea~ Isaac was kissing me and not, in fact, gumming my face! Let's tidy up before Mommy sees the mess "we've" made! Anna Jo is a pretty baby ain't she? Isaac overflowing with adorbs~ If you enjoyed this week’s chapter, let us know in the comments or better yet, leave us an iTunes review. We will continue our story again next week! Here are the links to S&J’s Our Story podcast series * Our Story – Prologue: A Couple of Kids from Kentucky * Our Story – Chapter 1: Love at First Sight * Our story – Chapter 2: Welcome to the real world (maybe we should get married?) * Our story – Chapter 3: The worst day of our lives * Our Story – Chapter 4: How a lawnmower and 11 cents changed our lives forever * Our Story – Chapter 5: The Promise Land You can connect with S&J on social media too!  

Last week, we had a blast sharing our college days with y’all. We’re now moving on to the next chapter of our story, what happened after we moved out of our dorms, graduated from college and suddenly catapulted to what we thought was the vast, fun and glorious real world. Our epic adventure starts with us moving to my hometown, where we took off our part-time adult training wheels, and went in to do some serious, “real world” adulting. You’d think that after getting our college degree we’d be all cozy and comfy, but we were in for a really big surprise. The real world wasn’t what we expected it to be, jobs were hard to come by especially since we lived in a very small and rural area. Come to think of it, there were lots of times where we had to really reflect on our next move because there were crossroads everywhere. As a young adult, the corporate environment can be a pretty scary thing to conquer. Zero experience, zero assurance, and with no idea of what’s going to happen next. This Chapter's highlights * how we forged our career paths * how we started figuring out what we wanted to do for ourselves * how we supported each other to get to that next level Here’s where you’ll see most of our early entrepreneurial tendencies kicking in. From Jocelyn’s setting of expectations, to Shane’s just-do-something-and-see-what-happens, everything that happened then was preparing us to become the people we are today. If you’ve ever been a struggling 20-something years old, this is going to bring back so many feels. Tune in this week and keep tuning in, who knows? You just might connect the dots in your life and realize you too have the puzzle pieces you need to succeed online. [Tweet "“I started thinking how could I have fun and make money.” - Shane"] [Tweet "“Worst-case scenario is they’d say ‘no’ & I’d have to do something else.” - Shane"] [Tweet "“We've learned to turn our backs on negativity.” - Jocelyn"] (visual representation of Shane being bored out of his wits) "Man, those cows are free. Look at them. They just walk around, eat grass, jump in that pond. Whatever. They're doing whatever they want. I'm trapped in this little thing. Am I really going to do this for the rest of my life?” Cow: "We're having so much fun eating grass, Shane!"   Bonus Trivia: * Jocelyn didn’t love her MBA classes, and is officially an MBA dropout. * When I actually moved from Daphne (AL), Jocelyn and my dad went and rented a big van.  This is how I knew that Jocelyn loved me, by the way, for sure.  Even being apart, being stupid, and being immature, Jocelyn got in the truck with my dad and drove 13 hours to help me pack and move back home. * How to propose to a Jocelyn: "Basically, if we don't get married now, I don't know if we'll ever have a chance to do it." / “Are you free on the 3rd?” * Jocelyn's engagement ring had her birthstone on it, instead of a diamond. If you enjoyed this week’s chapter, let us know in the comments or better yet, leave us an iTunes review. We will continue our story again next week! Here are the links to S&J’s Our Story podcast series * Our Story – Prologue: A Couple of Kids from Kentucky