Rebel Entrepreneur

The size of your outreach determines the size of your results. Are you making sales call? Sending sales emails? Going networking? Chasing down leads? If you are selling, marketing, and promoting the sales won't come in! Join Alan and Christina as they talk through the sales activity that Christina is doing and surprise news from the sales coal face at the beginning of the episode!

When one door closes another one tends to pop open (if you are pushing out there into the universe!) In this episode, you will get to meet Doug and Carl, the hosts of the Mile High FI podcast network and the new home of the Rebel Entrepreneur. Join us as we discuss the future of the podcast, why we are teaming up, and hopefully a few ideas, nuggets, and tips for you as you grow your business.

There comes a point in any business where you just have too much on! You are overwhelmed by the amount of business, all the things that need to get done and you start to think about hiring! Is it time to scale up? Should I hire? Get a virtual assistant?  Can I soldier on? It is only my weekends and evenings that are suffering! In this Episode Rob Phelan of the Simple StartUp and Alan discuss overw...

If I asked you to go make 5 sales call now could you do it? Where would you start? After our last episode with Christina her homework was to call 5 people. She struggled to do it and in this episode we find out why, how to overcome it, and if it actually works. Join Alan and Christina as we break down sales, where to start, and how to make those first calls.   Click Here To Sign Alan’s Petition!

How do you create monetary stability as a creative? In a field where steady income can be hard to come by, where should you start looking to find some form of security? Instead of searching for these things, this week’s guest Matt Parker suggests ways in which you can create it for yourself! Together, he and Alan discuss how altering your lifestyle as opposed to looking for more can create the lee...

Sales are the lifeblood of your business. If you don’t have sales coming in, fresh clients, and increased income, then your business is withering and dying. Christina Russo is learning sales skills to grow her photography business. Join her on the journey to learn, implement, and use sales skills to increase turnover and find the most fun clients to work with. This week we are finding out how Chri...

The transition from employee to entrepreneur can be a tough one. Certain fundamentals change completely, such as getting a wage every month or two weeks. When you are first starting this can be tough to get your head around! When do I pay myself? What will my salary be? How do I get money out of my business? Join Mike Jones as he asks Alan all about the transition from wages to entrepreneur.

If you don’t sell anything you don’t have a business. Sales is one of the most important functions in any business! It brings in money, is the lifeblood of business, and helps build your vision. Sales is also one of the most misunderstood and hated subjects in business. If we say the word “salesman” to you, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Join Alan and Christina as they work out how bes...

Can a book change your life? Or maybe it is what you do after reading the book that actually changes your life? Join Laura Poole, coach, graphic designer, and leader of the Rebel Book club as she discusses with Alan self-development books that have changed our lives, how to read, audio versus text, and hacks to implementing the books you have read. There is no point reading a book if you don’t do...

Do you ever feel lost with your business? As though you are going through the motions but you have lost the focus and drive?  Building a business is a process and sometimes along the journey we get lost, distracted, and burnt out.  In this episode Alan guides Christina through reconnecting with her vision, measuring progress, and working out who she needs to become to run the business of her dream...

Thanks for hanging around during our brief layover everyone! Now for the current leg of our journey, Alan and William talk about the logistics behind launching William’s app experiment! We thank you again for flying on the maiden voyage of Rebel Time Airways we hope you got some value from multiple years of William’s entrepreneurial journey!

After ten years of running Rebel Business School courses, and coaching some 20,000 people to get started, how do Alan and Simon actually help people when they’re stuck? What are the questions they ask and how do they help people make progress? How do they help people find ‘home’ and become centred with their business. This is the episode to come back to every time you feel lost with your business....

Have you ever wondered what your business will look like a month from now? What about a year from now? Well you’re in luck! In this episode, Alan sits down with William Wadsworth from Exam Study Expert while he is in two different stages of building his business! The first half of the show takes place in October 2020 when William’s business is in its infancy, and the second part of the show takes...

What have we learned from the first five series of the Rebel Coaching episodes? What are the common barriers that prevent people making progress? In this experimental episode, Alan and Simon walk through the Colombian coffee plantations in the Andes mountains and explore the differences and commonalities between each of the entrepreneurs and how you can apply these lessons to your business.

Did you choose the life you are living? Did you choose the work you do? Did you choose your beliefs and values? In this episode, Emma Cann takes over the podcast helm to ask questions about choices, goals, beliefs, and decisions. Come along for the ride as we discuss who creates your life and how to take charge of it.

How do you get customers to come to you? In this episode Henry, Alan, and Christina work through SEO, getting your website to show up, and bringing customers that are already searching for your services to your business. What is the centre of your online universe for your business? Is it your website? Your YouTube channel? How do you optimize that for SEO and get people to contact you asking for y...

Mentors, energy, and a can do attitude. In this episode of the podcast, Micheal Redford is back! Michael’s first appeared on the show was in, “The Failed Mini-Experiment,” when he told us all about his first dive into business. This week’s episode is about going back to the beginning, exploring the mentality of a successful entrepreneur, whether you ever really stop learning, and what happens when...

You are working hard on your business. You are making things happen while you run from task to task to task. Do you ever take a moment to reflect on how it is going? Where are we? What is working and what isn’t? One of the most important things you can do with your business is check in on the progress, ask what is and isn’t working, and then focus on accelerating the positives and not just fixing...

Have you been pitching for new business? Finding leads online, applying for business, and trying to get clients? The process of getting clients can be infuriating to say the least. Patrick the podcast manager has been looking for new clients and more work over the last few weeks, and after a frustrating week reached out to Alan for support. Join Patrick and Alan as they talk about how to overcome...

We all have the same number of hours in a day. Time is one of the most important non-renewable resources we all have. However, some people get so much more done with their time than others, and I believe the difference is energy! How much juice, energy, and passion do you have to put into your hours? Do you flop on the sofa or couch devoid of energy at the end of the day? This episode is all about...

Wondering what is going to happen to the Rebel Entrepreneur Podcast? In this show Alan speaks directly to you to give you an update on the show since the funding changed. He discusses your ideas for the podcast, gives you an update on the Donegan’s life, and then shares the biggest gift Rebel can give you. Stay tuned to the end for Alan’s closing remarks and our gift to you.

Is your website bringing you business? Are people finding you on google? Is your social media driving traffic and winning customers? When you are a solo-preneur you only have so much time and energy and you have to choose where to focus to create the most impact possible. In this episode Henry from Rebel Business School helps Christina think through her business Digital life and where to focus nex...

When you start your business you are probably going to have competition. There is probably going to be people that already do what you do. Some of this competition is going to react to your launch from a place of fear. They may attack you and your business, they may try and stop you. The question is not if this will happen, but how are you going to respond when it does?? In today’s episode BC Kowa...

You’ve won your first client! YAY. Should you send them a contract? Do you need terms and conditions? In this episode Christina and Alan talk through contracts, why you need them, and what goes in them. Contracts are designed to facilitate clear communication, expectations, and trust, but somewhere along the way we have lost sight of the purpose of having a contract. Let’s make contracts fun.

Who do you surround yourself with? How do you work with your partner? Business or otherwise? Who you spend most of your time with directly affects your beliefs, attitude, and therefor your actions. In this episode of Rebel Entrepreneur, Stephen Peyton is taking over and grilling Alan with questions about his key relationships, how he works with others, and his mental diet. Alan ends up talking abo...