The Flipped Lifestyle Podcast

Need ideas on multiple pricing tiers for a membership website? Listen in as we help today's guest take his online business to the next level by creating pricing tiers and other strategies. Our guest is someone who is part of the Flip Your Life community’s international clique. He is a Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) Master, Xiao Cheng. Xiao was born in China, but later moved to the United States while he was in middle school during the early 2000s. He graduated from the University of Georgia, and had done IT related jobs. He has been playing chess for as long as he can remember and had been very competitive especially from 2001-2007. He won several scholastic tournaments before graduating, one of which was the Georgia State Chess Championship in 2006. Now 27, he wants to ignite the youth’s passion for chess. He currently teaches chess at two schools, where he coaches children between 6-10 years old to hone their skills and raise their ELO ratings. By listening to podcasts, he learned the endless opportunities that awaits him online. He created Learn Chess with Xiao (Beta) and Simpler Xiao to get his online membership started, two domains that he plans to merge in the future. Join us as we teach Xiao how to get his message across and make his “online classroom” a place where aspiring chess players all come together. We’re a couple of weeks away from Christmas, the episodes keep getting even more info-packed… you really do not want to miss this! [Tweet "Scale does not always mean always only passive. - Shane"] [Tweet "We reward people who commit longer and pay more. - Shane"] [Tweet "Make sure people know what your membership is for. - Jocelyn"] [Tweet "Have one home and integrate all the different pieces around it. - Jocelyn"] You Will Learn: * How to get the message across * How to sell your "Online Classroom" vs the normal classroom * How to start a Two-Tiered Membership * How to segment your avatar Links and resources mentioned in today's show: * Flip Your Life community * Lean Chess with Xiao * Simpler Xiao * Xiao's Exclusive Offer for Flipped Lifestyle Listeners (Level 1) * Xiao's Exclusive Offer for Flipped Lifestyle Listeners (Level 2) 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 really cool when it is hanging out with our kids on Saturday mornings.   We take all the dining room chairs and we make big trains all the way through the halls, and I would push the little chairs and let them drive around like we are on the train.   We spent all Saturday morning last week just having fun playing, watching TV, playing games.   I built this big, huge cave for the kids under our tall dining room table.   They stayed under there for like an hour.   They brought every toy from their room down.   Saturday mornings are just such a different place in our household than they were a few years ago.  You can connect with S&J on social media too!

Need ideas for a service-based online business lead magnet? Listen in as we discuss target avatars and lead magnets with today's guest to help him grow his online business. On today’s podcast, we have Flip Your Life community member, Kyle Wick. Born in Canada, he later moved to Washington where he grew up in a small farm. He was able to attend college, but realized he needed to take a different route and follow his own path. By the time he reached 33, he had already done 30 different jobs but he didn’t feel it was the right fit. After a family tragedy in 2008, he finally decided to start his own company, because working for someone else was never his ticket. He founded a window cleaning company called A Touch of Glass Inc. Now with over 20 years of experience, Kyle’s company has grown significantly and has since been living the lifestyle he has always wanted. Kyle wants to reach out to a larger audience and coach other service-based business owners, but needs help in getting this venture started in the right direction, so we’re going to break ground by discussing target avatars and lead magnets -- among other things. Don’t miss this episode, ‘cause it just might be what you need to flip YOUR online business to the next level. [Tweet "There are different paths and angles, everybody has theirs to follow. -Jocelyn"] [Tweet "Forget how the world thinks your life should be like, YOU call the shots. -Shane"] [Tweet "Tell me where you are, where you want to be & I’ll take you there. -Shane"] You Will Learn: * How to do a reverse budget. * How to narrow down your target avatar. * How the lead magnet works. * How to develop your lead magnet. * Plus so much more! Links and resources mentioned in today’s show: * Flip Your Life Community * Kyle Wick’s Business * James Schramko Can’t Miss Moment It’s kind of a simple one, it’s just hanging out with the kids after school.  We get to pick the kids up every day at around 3 o’clock, we actually structure our day during the school year to where we do not work after 3 o’clock, so when the kids get home from school, we can be with them. And so we do that but we’ve done a lot of cool things after school lately.  Just playing in the backyard yesterday for about an hour, me and Isaac just ran around with swords, fighting imaginary zombies.  Isaac would climb up on their playset, where I would try to climb up and get him like I was the zombie and he would zap me and turn me back into a human.  Isaac said, "I really liked playing that game with you today, Daddy!" would have been a missed opportunity if we were still working a nine-to-five. And the other day, Anna Joe came home and she – every day she comes home and says, “Play a board game with me.”  She loves playing board games.  So it’s just kind of a fun thing to climb up the – into her closet and pick out the board game.  And that we sat outside all afternoon a couple of days ago and just built dominoes.  We just built little tracks, we would knock them down and watch them all fall.  It was just a lot of fun, just playing after school with the kids. You can connect with S&J on social media too!  

We’ve had a lot of questions pouring in recently about our live events. So for this week's special episode, we have our very own Live Events Coordinator, Amber Bowling, walk us through Live Events 101. Amber is based in Lexington, KY and had been in the industry for about 12 years. She started with social gatherings like weddings and college events, later on she also helped in corporate and nonprofit events. She has been behind our latest community event, and it was every bit as fun as we imagined. She believes that live interaction in events are profitable since it brings and builds business dynamics. So, join us as we discuss this interesting topic and get your online business to the next level. [Tweet ""Get them excited, take them over the edge, keep the momentum moving forward." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Make events an experience that lasts them a lifetime." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""When you serve your customers, their lifetime value will even out the profit later on." - Shane"] You Will Learn: * The Benefits of Live Events for your business * How to start a live event for your online business * What to charge for a live event * The importance of cost-benefit analysis * Make your Live Even Checklist * AND so much more! Links and resources mentioned on today’s show: * Flip Your Life Community * Amber's Live Event Checklist * Amber's Website 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 going to the apple orchard with our daughter, Anna.  This is her very first field trip ever.  It was the kindergarten fieldtrip and we went out to apple orchard and just got to pick some apples. We played with some friends, and I was really happy to be able to go to her trip to the apple orchard. 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! Jocelyn:  Hey y’all!  On today’s podcast we help you plan and execute a successful live event, with live event coordinator, Amber Bowling. Shane:  Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast, where life always comes before work.  We’re your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams.  We’re real family who figured out how to make our entire living online and now,

Want to know how to make the most of Black Friday for your online business? Listen in on today's episode, and we will tell you exactly how. We’ve been in the online business scene for more than 3 years, and seasonal sales are something to look forward to since people are more receptive to marketing and are willing to spend more. This special episode will help you prepare and get a great head start for the upcoming Black Friday Sale season. This is something you really don’t want to miss! [Tweet "“Reward people who commit to you longer.” - Shane"] [Tweet ""Offer something unusual, and then give your customers the BEST rates." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet "“Discounts devalue your product.” - Shane"] You Will Learn: How to capitalize on Black Friday sales whether you have an audience or not. How to decide what to sell and offer on Black Friday. What kind of deals you can offer on Black Friday. How to create offers that do not devalue your product. Flipped Lifestyle’s special Black Friday Offer! and SO MUCH MORE! [Tweet "“Trials are better than discounts.” - Shane"] [Tweet "“Help people choose, know EXACTLY what they are interested in.” - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""Deep discounts & trials work well for ramping your business in it's early stages." - Jocelyn""] Links and resources mentioned on today’s show: Flip Your Life Elementary Librarian Canva Flipped Lifestyle special Black Friday offer [Tweet "“Give yourself a chance & make something.” - Shane"] [Tweet "“Don’t start next year, be READY for next year!” - Shane"] [Tweet "“The opportunity is there, now it’s up to you.” - Jocelyn"] 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: Our Can’t Miss Moment this week is eating lunch at school with our kids. It’s really cool that we get to have lunch with them and meet their friends. We get to enjoy more time with the kids because our online business let’s us make our own schedule. 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!  

Need ideas on rebuilding your brand and targeting the right avatar? Listen in on how we help today's guest do this to start and grow her online business. This week’s guest on the Flipped Lifestyle podcast is a good friend of ours whom we met when we were in the Philippines, Flip Your Life community member, Tanya Van Rickley. Tanya is a sales leader with over two decades of business development and management experience. She currently works for a title company, but wants the freedom to spend time with her kids by efficiently building an online business that will also allow her to support her family and save for retirement. She founded “Sell Your Ask Off” about 2 years ago to share her knowledge to help struggling realtors level up their sales. She has videos on YouTube that guides people on how to engage and make sales confidently. Wanting to make a stable and recurring income online, Tanya needs help in rebuilding the foundations of her brand and focus aim on the right avatar to get her rhythm started. We will work through these with very on point answers in this episode, let’s get flippin’ y’all! [Tweet "Stop posting anything that is not strategically positioned to make you more money."] [Tweet "Be clear, not clever, it’s going to serve you way better."] [Tweet "They will come in for the content, but stay for the leadership and the community. "] You Will Learn: How to recreate your brand. Who should you be targeting. Who would be attracted to your brand. How to build your avatar. And SO much more! Links and resources mentioned on today’s show: Flip Your Life Sell Your Ask Off Shelley Hitz Shelley Hitz FL Episode Video Trip to The Rocky Mountains (coming soon) 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 heading over to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado to visit my mom and dad.  My mom and dad had to move over to Colorado temporarily and so we thought that it would be a great way to go over to the Rocky Mountains. 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! Jocelyn:  Hey y’all! On today’s podcast, we help Tanya change directions in her online business. Shane:  Welcome to 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.  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.  Great to be back with you again this week.  Super excited today.  For those of you who are regular listeners of our show you know we bring people in our Flip Your Life community on to the show to give them a live consulting call and we let you, the listener, listen in so that you can gain some experience and wisdom from our conversation with our member.  And, we we’re really looking forward to this call for a while now because ...

Tightening your brand and focusing on targeting the right avatar is crucial for your online business. Listen in on today's episode and find out why, and how we help our guest apply these principles. This week on the Flipped Lifestyle podcast are community members, Hicunni and Mike Chandler. Hicunni is a homeschool mom and future Eating Psychology & Mind Body Nutrition Coach, her husband, Mike currently has a full-time job. Their children have food allergies and it’s their family’s goal to eat healthily and live a natural lifestyle. After 8 years of trial and error, she managed to figured out what worked best for her kids and realized that she probably isn’t the only one dealing with this kind of struggle. She started a website called essentialsondeck.com where she shares her knowledge with moms who have children with have food allergies, she wanted to create a supportive community that helps these people transition to healthier living. Their online business has made a few bucks, but not enough to get Mike off of the daily grind. Join us on this episode, as we talk about the importance of tightening your brand, as well as how to avoid distractions and focus on building your online business. [Tweet "Build your brand before helping anyone else build theirs. - Shane Sams"] [Tweet "You’ll never have time if you’re waiting till you have time. - Jocelyn Sams"] [Tweet "Figure out what the priority is and figure out the time to work on it. - Jocelyn Sams"] You Will Learn: How to integrate certification and expertise to build the membership. The importance of communicating your brand. How to prioritize your time efficiently. Why too many platforms is bad for your business. Plus so much more! Links and resources mentioned in today’s show: Flip Your Life Hicunni’s website Dave Ramsey 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 New York!  This week’s Can’t Miss Moment is a really cool one for me because I just flew to New York and went to WWE Summerslam, which is like the biggest wrestling – professional wrestling show of the summer. I just went to Wrestlemania a few months ago and it just blows my mind that we have the resources and the time and the freedom available that I can just jump on a plane on a Saturday, run to New York, go to watch this big wrestling show.  I got to see a couple of my friends and my best friend we have from here in town with me and one of my best friends that I hadn’t seen in years lives in New York so we only got together.  I ordered us three tickets and we got to go have a blast. I’m just so thankful that I get to do the things that I want to do – Summerslam, Wrestlemania, things like that like Super Bowl stuff that was on my bucket list just a few short years ago, just to be able to go once to any of those events to save up money and have the time to do that and now it’s really so easy for us to just be able to take off and go and I’m just really thankful for that. 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.

Need to learn more about automating payment options for your online business? Listen in on today's episode as we help our guest relaunch his membership and fully automate payment options. We have an amazing guest this week, Flip Your Life community member and Professional Drag Racer, Luke Bogacki. Everyone has what we call an “unfair advantage.” Luke is no exception, a dream job in professional drag racing and a family of his own, he is as dedicated to his career as he is to his loved ones. Luke has been in the drag racing scene since he was young, as he was blessed with a father that was truly passionate about the sport. He had won over 250 events in his 20 plus years competing, and has proven his versatility countless times. He started a website called thisisbracketracing.com back in 2008, a membership community that focused on helping racers understand racing concepts and strategies so they can get their game to the next level. Luke’s passion to reach and help more aspiring racers has driven him to invest more time on his website, join us as we  teach him how he can relaunch his membership and set some  automation for his website in order. Let’s get started! [Tweet "Make money by what you do & THEN make money by what you know."] [Tweet "Everybody wants to ramp past the learning curve, they want to solve a problem quickly. "] [Tweet "Capitalizing on your strengths is one of the biggest hallmarks of online business."] [Tweet "Sometimes we invent fears, those things aren’t really true, it’s just something that we kind of imagined ourselves. "] You Will Learn: How to capitalize on social media to relaunch a membership. What to include in your initial offer. The advantages of using automation for your online business. And a whole lot more! Links and resources mentioned on today’s show: Flip Your Life Luke’s Website Elementary librarian 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 taking our children to school.  And you wouldn’t think that would be a particularly significant Can’t Miss Moment but for us is because it’s something that we were never really able to do in the past. Before when we worked at school, one of us had to take one of the kids to school because Isaac went to preschool at the school we worked at.  And, the other one took another daycare. So, this was every single day.  And, I love taking the kids to school every morning because we’re one in the few – if maybe one of the only mom and dad combos that bring their kids to school.  Just about every car we see, it’s either mom or dad so I love that.  And, we haven’t missed a day so far this school year. 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! Jocelyn:  Hey y’all! On today’s podcast, we help Luke take his drag racing membership to the next level. Shane:  Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast where Life always comes before work.  We’re your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams.

Our guest this week probably has the most mind blowing backstory ever Today's guest our good friend and Flip Your Life community member, Shon Gerber. Shon has been married to his amazing wife for 24 years, has 3 biological children and 4 more born from their hearts (that’s 7 equally amazing children!) He is a retired Air National Guard Lt. Col. who started as a Weapons Systems Officer flying B1B Bombers and later on, lead teams of highly skilled military hackers on missions to expose information security gaps and then train personnel on how to best address them. As a Cybersecurity professional with 15 years of IT Security Field experience, he is now the Chief Information Security Officer for one of the largest private companies in the world. Shon is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, and has achieved the certification for Legal Issues in Information Technology and Security… he is ALSO a Commercial Pilot and Instructor. Basically, a nerd-ninja-wizard. He created wordpresssecuritydaily.com to help others protect themselves from hackers and other online security related issues. He believes that through his membership, he can reach these potential victims and give them the necessary tools to defend themselves from these threats. So, tune in as we talk about how he can target the right audience with the right ad using objective keywords to attract them into the membership. We’re really going to flip through insightful topics in this episode, so get your pen and paper handy! [Tweet "If you are showing the perfect ad to the wrong audience, nobody’s going to click it. - Jocelyn Sams"] [Tweet "When you target everybody, you target nobody. - Shane Sams"] You Will Learn: Steps to take to sustain membership growth. Building a discoverable brand. How to get the correct objective. Targeting an audience with Google Keywords. Links and resources in today's podcast: Flip Your Life WordPress Security Daily 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 our trip down to Florida and visiting the LEGOLAND Hotel, LEGOLAND amusement park and LEGOLAND water park.  The kids had been badgering us for months.  Somehow they had saw a YouTube video of people going to LEGOLAND and they were dying to go there.  And we finally said, “You know what?  Let’s just figure it out, let’s get down there, let’s go stay in the hotel and let’s have fun.  So, we went down to LEGOLAND.”   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! Jocelyn:  Hey y’all! On today’s podcast, we help Shon take his WordPress security website to the next level. Shane:  Welcome to 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?

Considering pivoting your online business? Or maybe just focus on growing your current online business? Listen in on today's episode and find out how our guest handles this decision, and how we help her take her business to the next level. This week on the Flipped Lifestyle podcast, we bring you Flip Your Life community member, Kiana Porter-Isom. Kiana was a former Middle School Teacher turned Entrepreneur. She created www.edupreneurtoday.com to help teachers position themselves for leadership roles outside of the classroom, as well as guide the budding edu-preneurs to transition so they can earn more for their family. She has tons of ideas that she wants to share with her community. You might be in the same situation or might know someone who needs help with figuring out the next step. Join us as we talk about how she can reach the right audience, how she can make an impact without compromising too much of her time and energy. Don’t miss this episode! [Tweet "Know the value of information, what people want to know vs what people are willing to pay for."] [Tweet "It’s easier to work with people who are working from inspiration than desperation."] [Tweet "Getting people to start when they don't want to is like forcing a square peg in a round hole."] You Will Learn: What kind of content do I create to attract the right audience. How do I start to market and create content. How do you pick the right model for your audience. How pivoting can work to your favor. And so much more! [Tweet "Be like a magnet, draw the right people and then repel those who waste your time & energy."] [Tweet "Don't go selling barbecue at a vegetarian conference, it won't matter if it's the best if they don't want it."] Links and resources mentioned in today’s show: Flip Your Life Kiana’s Website Helpful advice for when you have too many ideas 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 our live event that we just had in Chicago.  We had a group of our Flip Your Life community members meet us in Chicago for an all-day session of Masterminds helping them personally one-on-one, face-to-face with their online business.  Had some amazing food.  We had an amazing venue that was just awesome to have a meeting in.  And, then we went on a dinner cruise with all of our Flip Your Life members that night on Lake Michigan.  Saw fireworks over the city.  And just had an absolutely fantastic time in Chicago at Flip Your Life live. 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!   Jocelyn:  Hey y’all! On today’s podcast, we help Kiana take her education website to the next level. Shane:  Welcome to 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,

Need ideas on how to transition your career expertise into an online business? Listen to how we help today's guest do exactly that by talking about the fundamentals and strategies of starting her online business. This week’s guest is Flip Your Life community member and Public Relations Expert, Cheryl Tan. Cheryl used to be a television news anchor and reporter. She had been in the media industry for nearly 20 years and started her company in 2014 in order to help businessmen and women gain media attention they want. Clear instructions and expert strategies, Cheryl gives even the most overwhelmed clients with fresh insight. Join us on this episode as we help Cheryl figure out the right avatar to build her membership, discuss how she can grow her content and find her rhythm on her first membership launch. Let’s get this started! [Tweet "When people see the results, they’re going to want what you’ve got."] [Tweet "You have to come up with something that is smart & easy to do."] [Tweet "You ain’t never ready, so do it anyway & figure it out as you go. "] You Will Learn: How to batch your content to make it easier for your members. How to use your members’ questions to grow your content. The advantages of having core beta members on your launch. Topics you can focus on for your podcast. Plus so much more! Links and resources mentioned in today’s show: Flip Your Life Cheryl’s Website Our recent Business Insider featured article 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 our trip to Clearwater Beach.  We decided to go down to the beach because our kids love KIDZ BOP. We heard on Channel 77 that they were having a concert and I thought, “Oh, that sounds like fun.” We had a great time at Clearwater.  Our kids loved the beach. It’s awesome that our kids get to just see the ocean.  It’s not just about buying the concert tickets or buying the seats on the beach... it’s just the experience of being out there.” 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! Jocelyn:  Hey y’all! On today’s podcast, we help Cheryl take her online public relations business to the next level. Shane:  Welcome to 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.  Great to be back with you again this week.  For those of you who may be new to the Flipped Lifestyle Podcast, this show is a little different than other online business podcasts that you’re used to.  We do not bring on experts or gurus selling books or anything like that.  We bring on actual Flip Your Life community members, real people running real online businesses and we help them take their business to the next level.

Our New Home!!! Our journey wasn’t the easiest one. The road we took to get to where we are now wasn’t paved with just rainbows and sunshine. We did not rely on luck, there was no Magic Pill and we didn’t have a “parachute” to bail us out if we failed… we are just simple folks who wanted to have more time to spend with our kids and live our lives to the fullest. It has now been 3 years since we left our regular nine-to-five jobs to become full-time online entrepreneurs, be our own boss for a change and have that freedom. We learned so much and we keep learning as we go through our daily responsibilities. You know what? Life has been so much more rewarding. All the risks we took and sacrifices we made eventually paid off. Sure, it gets difficult at times, but it’s also such a gratifying experience to reach out and help so many people. We also get to enjoy our time with the kids, be there for them when they need us the most, it’s how we knew that this was the right fit for us. Today is what we fondly call our “Quit-iversary,” so we’re going to celebrate this milestone by flipping this episode with our take on living the Flipped Lifestyle 24/7, talk about life and dive into very interesting and inspiring stuff. Let’s get this show on the road y’all! [Tweet "“We’re not going to wait until the end of our lives to live our lives.”"] [Tweet "“When you do those big things, even bigger things happen.”"] [Tweet "“Being successful is taking a chance when you don’t know it’s alright.”"] You Will Learn: Some of our views in life. How we started our online business journey. Plus a lot more! [Tweet "“Roll the dice and see what happens. If you never roll the dice, you can never roll a seven.”"] [Tweet "“Take chances, you get so much more when you take risks and make sacrifices.”"] Links and resources mentioned in today’s show: Elementary Librarian Flip Your Life Membership 2nd Year Quit-iversary (2015) Our 100th Podcast Episode where Shane talks about our humble beginnings Our early podcast episode that showed our old car held together with duct tape Our success story on Forbes! Patt Flynn invites us over @ SPI: From Teachers to Totally Rocking it Online Entrepreneur on Fire: Shane & Jocelyn Sams share how their AH-HA moment led to freedom! More of our Success Stories here! :-) [Tweet "“If you want the rewards, you’re going to have risk some things upfront.”"] [Tweet "“Baby steps will get you closer to your goal than standing still.”"] 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 buying our new house.  We are closing in approximately two weeks.  And, we are really, really excited about it. Our Freedom House, and our New Home 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! Jocelyn:  Hey y’all! On today’s podcast, we celebrate the 3rd anniversary of Flipping Our Lives with online business.

Travis with his beautiful wife and daughter Want to learn more about retention strategies for you membership website? Listen in on how we help today's guest improve retention in his online business. On this week’s information-packed episode of the Flipped Lifestyle podcast, we have Flip Your Life community beta member and creator of EscapeYourDayJob.com, Travis Peters. Travis is already an established entrepreneur with several online businesses, he is well-known as the founder of FaithLifeMoney.org, where he teaches others Biblically-oriented strategies on how to live a life of increase and purpose. His passion doesn’t stop there, he wanted to pursue his dream business of guiding other online entrepreneurs to become successful in starting their own drop shipping business, and that’s how Escape Your Day Job was born. Travis has already gotten huge progress after participating in our recent member exclusive Mastermind, and wants to sustain this growth by maximizing conversions. So, we’re going to strategize on what he can do to achieve his goals for this venture. Let’s get started! [Tweet "You can sit and watch all you want, but until you do something, it's not going to happen. - Shane Sams"] [Tweet "If you want people to do something, incentivize them with something they find interesting. - Jocelyn Sams"] [Tweet "See what everybody else says, see other angles, none of us have a monopoly of great information. - Shane Sams"] You Will Learn: What are some ways to maximize conversions. How to make a Linear Email Sales Funnel. What to do with your Autoresponder. How to help people take action. Tips to build long-term loyalty. [Tweet "If you’re the leader and you’re not there, there’s no one to be loyal to. - Shane Sams"] [Tweet "Make people FEEL special and not because of some fake thing, it’s just because they ARE special. - Shane Sams"] [Tweet "It might work, it might not work... Give it a go, you won't know until you do it. - Shane Sams"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Flip Your Life Escape Your Day Job US History Teachers Elementary Librarian SeaWorld Trip Review SeaWorld YouTube Video 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 our trip to Sea World.  I’ve been wanting to go to Sea World for a really long time.  I went a few years ago, well... actually probably more than a few years ago. About 10 years ago with my family before I had any children and it was really a good time.  And I just remember thinking for a long time that my kids would love to go to Sea World.  We we’re supposed to go last year during our family vacation to Florida, however, we got hacked. So, we didn’t get to go to Sea World last year and I was really disappointed. So, I was really excited to go this year during our trip." 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! Jocelyn:  Hey y’all! On today’s podcast,

Karen and her family. Want to learn more on how to use Live Events and Webinars to grow your online business? Listening in on today's episode might give you ideas as we help our guest improve her conversion through these strategies. We have Flip Your Life community member and Ninja Parenting Educator, Karen Lock Kolp on this week’s Flipped Lifestyle podcast episode. Karen is a charismatic mother,  well-equipped with the knowledge and experience from her educational and professional background dealing with young children, but surprisingly was still in for a roller coaster ride when she and her husband started raising their own two delightful boys - Max and Jay. Diagnosed with Tendinosis about 5 years ago, she was unable to do a lot of things requiring the use of her hands and had to spend a winter in a wheelchair. Through this life-changing event, she learned to value patience, practice and hard work, gratitude, teamwork, and most importantly love. Despite of her struggles with her illness, she remains optimistic and had created weturnedoutokay.com, a place where parents can turn to for advice so they can become the ninja parent they are set out to be. In this episode, we talk about what live events can do for your membership and why it converts the highest, so better tune in and get some notes down. [Tweet "Deal with crises in your life with necessary support, you do not need to go through them alone. - Shane Sams"] [Tweet "When people are struggling, you can be just the help they need. - Shane Sams"] You Will Learn: How to lead people into a membership by hosting a free webinar. How to use these live events to show the value of your membership. What an Evergreen sequence is and how to use it. Why live events convert the best. [Tweet ""What CAN I do?" holds so much potential to change the world. - Shane Sams"] [Tweet "You have the power to change lives, a ripple effect, like throwing rocks in a pond. - Shane Sams"] Links and resources mentioned in today’s show: We Turned Out Okay Karen’s 100th episode Retargeting Pixel How to get more customers for your membership site with Facebook Ads 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 Moments "Today's Can't Miss Moment is going back to school. So, we took the kids to school the other day for the first time and it's really kind of bittersweet this year because Anna has just started Kindergarten, Isaac is in second grade and you know, it's just our kids are kind of grown up now. I'm just so glad that we got to be there on both of their first days of school, got to be together, walk them in and it's an awesome experience." 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! Jocelyn: Hey y’all!  On today’s podcast we help Karen learn more about using Live Events and webinars to grow her online business. 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 that figured out how to make...

Dr. Yanina Gomez and her family. Our guest this week is the founder of Fabulously Driven Me, Flip Your Life community member, Dr. Yanina Gomez. Dr. Gomez is a mother of 2 amazing children and wife to an Art enthusiast. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology back in 2009. She used to work a nine-to-five, but wanted to have the freedom to be there for her family, reach out and help more people gain clarity and confidence -- you know, live her life to the fullest. She co-founded Art NXT Level with her husband, and worked as a gallerist at 33 Contemporary Gallery, that has been running for over 10 years in Chicago. This was her husband’s thing though, and so she founded her own membership community, Fabulously Driven Me. This is where she channels her passion to coach women entrepreneurs and create a mindset where it is possible to achieve the results they deserve. Yanina’s community is still in the early development stages and we will be here to help her with strategies to grow it exponentially. Join us on the Flipped Lifestyle podcast and learn what this episode can do to help YOU too. You Will Learn: Ways to increase your membership. How to make your community accessible. The power of building and maintaining your forums. How listening to the people’s need help you frame your offers/products. Plus so much more! [Tweet "“Do what you do, change the lives that you can.” - Shane Sams, FL 107"] [Tweet "“People should understand how YOU can solve their problem for them.” - Jocelyn Sams, FL 107"] Links and resources mentioned in today’s show: Flipped Lifestyle Fabulously Driven Me Community Art NXT Level Elementary librarian Flip Your Life 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 Moments Each week Jocelyn and I share moments that we might have missed if we had not started our online business. We hope these moments inspire you to see the possibilities and freedom online business could provide for your family. “Today’s can’t miss moment is taking the kids shopping up in Northern Kentucky.  We took off the other day to a place called Florence. They’ve got a big double-decker carousel and I would let the kids ride that.  We went in and bought the kids some new shoes.  We really didn’t have a plan.  We weren’t shopping for anything.  We just were looking for something to, you know, kill a few hours.  And, the kids were dying to get some of those glow in the dark Sketchers.” Thank you for listening! 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!   Jocelyn:  Hey, y’all! On today’s podcast, we help Yanina take her entrepreneurial coaching and support business to the next level. Shane:  Welcome to Flipped Lifestyle podcast, where life always comes before work.  We’re your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams.  We’re a real family who figured it 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.  For those of you who may be new to the Flipped Lifestyle po...

Thinking of transitioning your business into a membership model? Listen in on this episode and she how we help today's guest transition his one-on-one coaching into a membership. Today on the Flipped Lifestyle podcast, we have Business Coaching Practitioner, Scott Beebe. Scott has been working for large multinational companies and other corporate settings. He was also a founding pastor at a small church, then a staff member for a bigger church before becoming an executive director for a small non-governmental agency in Nigeria. After a series of situations beyond his control, he literally woke up one day without a job. So, he later launched and founded the Business on Purpose platform, where they liberate small business owners from the chaos of working in their business.  He coaches them on where to focus so they can achieve their purpose as a business, become efficient and set systems to avoid bumps along the road. The highlight of today’s discussion will be on how to tactically use his content to engage his membership and scale the business, so this will definitely have very helpful key points throughout the episode. [Tweet "You got to get over the fear and open the doors. - Shane Sams"] [Tweet "If it’s the right community with the right leader, people will join. - Shane Sams"] You Will Learn: How to build the other end of your revenue pendulum. What am I charging them for? Do I start my podcast under my business name? Plus a lot more! Links and resources mentioned in today’s show: Flipped Lifestyle The Flip Your Life Community Scott’s Website (Business on Purpose) Dan Miller (Coaching with Excellence) Aaron Walker 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 Moments Each week Jocelyn and I share moments that we might have missed if we had not started our online business. We hope these moments inspire you to see the possibilities and freedom online business could provide for your family. “Today’s Can’t Miss Moment is hanging out with some of our friends. We have several different friends in town.  A lot of mommies and kids because a sort of following to that stay-at-home/working mom category.  So, a lot of my friends either stay at home or they have days off.  Well, just the other day, my friend Amy, she has Wednesdays off and we decided to get together and let our kids play.  And, her kids, Preston and Harper, they are some of my kids’ best friends.  And, they came up and we blew up the big inflatable water slide and they played on the playground and just ran around the backyard and had a great time.” 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! Jocelyn:  Hey, y’all on today’s podcast we help Scott scale his business coaching practice online. Shane:  Welcome to 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.