Overthinking Entrepreneur

What is the difference between branding and value? I got this question from one of my Squad members and have basically been champing at the bit to turn it into a podcast episode ever since! In this episode we talk about what I see as the difference and where both fit into your business plus some examples to help it really click! Click here for more info on the Branding Program discussed in the epi...

You check your messages and you have one from a customer who is mad and wants a refund. Or you get a comment on your post from someone saying something rude and you are upset. In this episode we talk about how to handle it! Hopefully you won't have too much of this happen, but it's pretty inevitable if you are in business long enough. Learn what to do if/when it happens so you will be ready and no...

It feels like everywhere you look there is something new you can learn, sign up for, etc and it can be really hard to balance not wanting to miss out on opportunities for growth without biting off more than you can chew. In this episode, we talk about how to make sure you are challenging yourself the right amount! 🦖  Browse my shop  (use code PODCAST for 25% off your first order!) 🦖&nb...

Do you use Stories on Facebook or Instagram? They are one of my favorite kinds of content that a lot of people seem to struggle to know what to do with! I'm running a free Stories Challenge starting next week, so it made me want to talk about some of the common mistakes you might be making when it comes to Stories! I hope you love the episode and I also hope you will join us for the challenge! You...

Should you quit your job to work your business? Or even if you aren't seriously considering quitting, but you do find yourself thinking "if only I could quit my job and go full time in my business, I could get so much done" this episode is for you! In this episode I will give you my unfiltered thoughts on this topic and who should and who shouldn't do it! 🦖  Browse my shop  (use code PO...

In a time when I am seeing a lot of people close their free Facebook groups, I just decided to double down on mine! In this episode I will explain why I made this decision, what I'm doing next, and how this applies to your business, whether you have a group or not! 🦖  Browse my shop  (use code PODCAST for 25% off your first order!) 🦖  Join my Facebook group  (includes a free...

As a rule I generally won't make sweeping statements or generalizations about most business owners because I really think so much of it is unique and individual! But one thing I WILL stand strong behind is that most people who are frustrated with a lack of sales have an audience problem In this episode I will help you identify if this is what is going on with you, so you can take the right steps t...

It's time for another one of Megan's favorite analogies 🤣 In this episode I will help you understand what a value deposit is and how it factors in to engagement and sales. I hope it helps things click for you! 🦖  Browse my shop  (use code PODCAST for 25% off your first order!) 🦖  Join my Facebook group  (includes a free social media basics course!) 🦖  Download my free...

Are you having a tough month? July tends to be one of the slowest months of the year for most online businesses, but definitely not all! If you aren't feeling like this month is hard, honestly skip this episode! But if it's been a hard month or hard year, this is for you. In this episode I will help you understand what is going on, give you a pep talk mixed with tough love, and also ideas for what...

We are painting all the trim in our house this week and my nerdy brain couldn't help thinking about how the project compares to business. At first I thought it was just silly, but then when I thought about the collection of lessons you can learn from painting, they were so good that I really wanted to do it! In this episode short and fun episode you can get some important reminders I think most of...

Should you work your business when you are on vacation? In this episode I will share how to decide if you should work or not, what to do to get your business ready for your trip, and a few things you can do on your trip whether you decide to work or not! 🦖  Browse my shop  (use code PODCAST for 25% off your first order!) 🦖  Join my Facebook group  (includes a free social medi...

So you have a new idea for something you want to try for your business, but you aren't sure if people would like it. Or maybe you can't decide what to do next. Should you go to your Facebook group, email list, stories, etc and ask people for feedback or to tell you what they want? In this episode I will share 3 questions to ask yourself to determine if you should ask for feedback or not, and then...

I've been using voice messages for years to tell stories to my friends that were too long to type out, but over the past year I have really started to incorporate them into my business and it has been such a gamechanger! In this episode I dive into the different ways I use them, why they are so amazing, ideas for how you can start using them, and some etiquette tips on some important do's and don'...

It is extremely normal for your business to have ups and downs in terms of sales and not be the same every single month, but if you have extreme ups and downs and long dry spells, there's a good chance you might be doing exactly what this episode is about! I use my favorite farming analogy that has helped it click for so many people, and I hope you're next! 🦖  Browse my shop  (use code...

One of the biggest things that determines who becomes successful and who doesn't is willingness to get out of your comfort zone. But I think even a step further than that is willingness to be a beginner and the grit to let yourself be a beginner publicly. In this episode, I dive deeper into this concept so you can figure out if it is something that has been holding you back and change that! 🦖&nbs...

Is there a best time to post on social media? There is a lot of conflicting info out there and it can be so easy to overthink what time to post! In this episode, I go over my thoughts on this! It's not as simple of a question as it sounds, but I do think this perspective will help you stop overthinking it so much! 🦖  Browse my shop  (use code PODCAST for 25% off your first order!) 🦖&nb...

Have you ever promoted something like a challenge or group program and it didn't go so well and you didn't get nearly as many signups as you expected? It's hard to know whether you should cancel, push it back and keep promoting, or just do it anyway! 🤷‍♀️ In this episode, I go over how to decide which option to go with and what to do for each one to make sure it goes smoothly! This is an episode...

Birthday's on social media (particularly Facebook) are an interesting thing. Meant to be a nice way to remember to tell your friends happy birthday, but like most things online business owners have found a way to try to use birthdays for business. Some are cool and some basically guarantee I will never work with you! In this episode, I share what to do and not do when it's someone's birthday! Acti...

Do you wish you got more referrals for your business? I get a ton of referrals (huge thank you if you have ever sent me one!) and it's something I have been able to create in a very natural way. I don't beg for them, but there are some intentional things I do that helps make it happen regularly! In this episode I break down what it takes to get referrals with a lot of specific suggestions for how...

This is the second half of a little series on getting more done as an overthinking online business owner. I am  launching a new program  to help you with it and felt inspired to talk about it here, too! One of the hardest things about having an online business is that to work you need to go online and online is EXTREMELY distracting 🤣 It can be so easy to sit down to work and an hour go...

This is the first half of a little series on getting more done as an overthinking online business owner. I am launching a new program to help you with it and felt inspired to talk about it here, too! I set out to create a program to teach you "time management" but realized partway through that I don't want to teach you how to manage your time and honestly don't think I'm good at it or qualified to...

Have you ever learned about color personalities? It is one of my absolute favorite topics because it is so much fun but also incredible valuable if you apply it correctly! There are a lot of different systems, but the one I was taught many years ago comes from this book and uses red, yellow, green, and blue. It is vey similar to DISC if you are familiar with that system! In this episode you will l...

I had a different topic in mind for this episode, but I ended up really needing the reminder that there are no rules and figured if I needed it, you might need it, too! Action step:  identify one area where you are living by someone else’s rules and write a new rule to replace it  🦖  Browse my shop  (use code PODCAST for 25% off your first order!) 🦖  Join my Facebook gro...

Do you ever sit down to write or record and then realize you have no ideas for what to talk about? And then trying to force yourself to be creative on demand never works, so you just sitting there getting more and more frustrated? If you can't tell, I've been there! I now have a multiple step process that I use to easily come up with an idea I feel inspired to talk about! In this episode I walk yo...

How to get more engagement on your social media posts It's definitely a strong contender for the question people have asked me the most often! And it is really confusing! How does the algorithm work? Why do other people get tons of engagement and I get crickets? In this episode I explain the 3 steps it takes to create engagement no matter what you are posting about! Plus: Does social media engagem...