Business Not As Usual with Megan Yelaney

As per usual, we're getting very honest in this episode, and I'm sharing how I've been craving and feeling a big change coming in my business for quite some time now. I share how it has really been sparked by big life changes that have occurred this year, and how these type of events (whether traumatic or celebratory) really make you reflect on what you're doing and as "cliche" as this sounds, ret...

The elephant in the room: the economy.   In this episode we get honest about how to navigate your business during a recession, economic downturn or unexpected shift in the market.    I talk through some practical things you can do during this time and what you can adjust to meet your clients where they are at. But what I hope you gain most out of this episode is how now CAN be a time you actually...

A few months ago I shared a reel of my husband's and my weekly marriage meeting, something we've been doing pretty regularly for about six months now. This meeting really helps us be on the same page with all of the things we need to get done, want to get done, and is a huge reason we stay connected even during crazy times. And my audience loved it, but wanted more details, hence this podcast epis...

Can you walk away from your business and have it still run?   ​​↑THAT is the big question.   And in this episode, Jess Derose, online business coach extraordinaire, spills SO MUCH GOLD when it comes to the TRUTH behind building SUSTAINABLE online businesses, especially as you are scaling.   Two juicy topics we cover...   Things she's seeing in the industry that are problematic Why she started a ne...

I recorded this heart to heart mid-launch to show you what's possible when you open yourself up to making money in ways that "weren't planned."   If you're a semi-control freak like me I know this will be hard, but I promise, you'll enjoy your business and this entire entrepreneurial journey SO MUCH MORE if you are flexible, can adapt quickly, and realize opportunities will fall in your lap you di...

Wonder what it's like to have co-coaches inside your program? In this episode I'm interviewing my two Smart Online Success Academy co-coaches, Kristina Hall and Kelsey Mead.    Plenty of programs have modules, calls, etcetera, etcetera—what makes SOSA different? It starts with the incredible team of coaches working with you!   Between a heap of certifications and a massive amount of natural talent...

For this episode, I've invited three lovely, wonderful graduates of SOSA to share their experiences with the program, their "whys" for joining up when they did, what's changed since then and how it's impacted their lives and businesses.   We end with them each sharing why they'd recommend SOSA for business owners.    Please welcome Gaby, Jeni, and Alayna!   They all started at slightly different p...

In this episode, I'm interviewing an amazing SOSA student, Rebecca Muriuki, all about her journey to seeing financial wins in her business.   She shares her journey throughout SOSA, and how after hearing twenty three 'no's she hit two $5K months in a row.⁣ ⁣ We go over…⁣ →How the support inside SOSA helped her keep going⁣   →Which lessons/modules impacted her the most and led to her two $5k months...

💰Day 3 is all about Appropriately PRICING Your Offer     "How do I price my offer?"    ↑Hands down one of the most debated and stressed over questions out there in the online space.    In today's training I'm helping you pick a starting price for your offer by considering three factors:   1: The industry frames of reference for different offers. There's no rule for how to price, but there are gui...

❤️Day 2 is all about HOW you help your client experience a transformation:  the deliverables and framework of your offer.   This training is MEATY and has three really essential parts. Part 1: Framework Now that you know WHAT that transformation is (from Day 1!), we must map out the specific steps you take them through to get there. How do you take them from their 'before' to their 'after'? What a...

Woop Woop! Welcome to the Podcast version of my 3-Day Free Live Course: Create & Market Your Next Sold Out Offer. For the next three episodes you'll get to listen to the video trainings for each day of this live course.   Today is Day 1: All about getting clear on the TRANSFORMATION your offer provides and creating messaging to match it.  You HAVE to create your offer with your client in mind. I k...

What else is new, I'm admitting an embarrassing truth on this Heart to Heart episode… There was a point in my business where my motivation to make more $$ was to impress other coaches on Instagram. WOOF.  And hey, you know the old saying "whatever gets ya going?" The thing is…I was already going. I didn't need to 'get going.' But pretty quickly my sole purpose was to beat myself so I could "shine...

To evergreen or not…THAT is the question!   Earlier this year I went 'evergreen' with my group program, and recently turned my new mastermind evergreen (something I've never done before with a high ticket program).   I am LOVING it and in this episode I share WHY I decided to go evergreen with these two programs, what I had to adjust to make it work for the client, and how my SELLING strategies ar...

This heart to heart is truly a stream of consciousness, and me sharing what's truly present for me right now, and I KNOW you'll relate to it. I kick it off talking about how my Instagram grew back in the day and how different it is today. I help you really take a good look at how you're using that app and how much weight you're giving it. Then we veer off and talk a bit about judgments from family...

Have you ever heard of entrepreneur burnout?   It's the reason so many business owners end up quitting their businesses and going back to their nine-to-five jobs. It's the reason so many of us end up feeling chained to our desks, unable to peel ourselves away from our phones long enough to remember that the entire reason we decided to start our own business was to find a way to give ourselves more...

It can be frustrating when you're a coach trying to emphatically explain what your program can do for a potential client, and all you can come up with are vague promises that mean something different to everyone.  "You'll be happier." "You'll have healthier relationships." "You'll have a better relationship with food." All of these things sound great, but there's just one problem: what do they act...

Update: the idea of nonstop hustle is a total scam. We are not machines, friends, and it's time we stop treating ourselves like one! When we're deep in that entrepreneur life, it not only becomes easy to forget to take a break...it becomes easy to forget HOW to take a break. When our business goes everywhere with us, it can be such a slippery slope to losing that healthy separation between life an...

I'm going to keep on riding the heart-to-heart train today, friends. It feels good, it feels right, and I've got some things to get off my chest.  Today's episode is all about following your heart. We've gotten so used to hearing that phrase from life coaches, Disney movies, and all other sources of "inspiration" that it's almost lost all meaning by now. But what does it really look like to follow...

Today's going to be a treat, my #PrettyAwkward fam! I've asked my good friend and incredible quiz creator, Linda Sidhu, to come on the podcast and talk to us about how she got into creating lead magnets in a quiz format.   Quizzes are an incredible tool for building your following. Not only that, but they can help you get a grasp on who that following really is...and what they need most from you!...

Everyone has a quarantine story to tell.   When everything shut down in 2020, we all found ourselves in different circumstances. Some of us had great experiences; others really struggled. For me, it was a definite mix of both. I was separated from my husband, drinking two glasses of wine—okay, fine, THREE glasses of wine—a day to cope, and I didn't even have my sweet puppy to snuggle. That was cap...

It can be #PrettyAwkward when someone rejects your offer... But this doesn't have to be the end! Today I'm going to talk about building an offer suite: what it is, why it matters, and how it can take a client who might have otherwise walked away and turn them into a lifetime client for you. Every customer is on a journey, and most journeys don't only consist of one step. Not only that, but not all...

Turn up your volume and brace yourself, friends—today's episode is going to be different!   I recorded this episode using my phone's voice memo app while I was driving back from San Diego, so the audio quality is a little wonky, not gonna lie. But I promise you, it's 100% worth the listen. I could have waited to record until I got back from my road trip, but why wait when you're in the zone and re...

This week's special guest is a legit POWERHOUSE, and someone I've been working with for about a year and a half. Jasmine Haitalani is a creative director who has an insane amount of talent, passion, and creative genius. She is the owner of Highflier Powerhouse, a company focused on helping you build your personal brand to allow your business to reflect your most genuine self. Today, Jasmine and I...

In today's episode, we're going to go on a little journey together. It's so much easier to focus on the negative over the positive. All the goals we haven't accomplished. All the milestones we haven't hit. All the deadlines we missed. All the great ideas that didn't come to fruition. But it can be a lot harder to focus on what we have done. All the ways we have grown. All the things we did accompl...

In today's episode, I'm going to talk about an amazing conversation I participated in during a virtual mixer event hosted by my good friend, Linda Sidhu. (She'll be on the podcast in the near future, make sure you keep an eye out!) Talking about our experiences as online entrepreneurs can lift us all up, so I'm super thankful I was able to hear from other business owners about what is working for...