The Make Money Your Honey Podcast

What is perfectionism? Perfectionism is the refusal to accept any standard short of being absolutely flawless. A business owner looking for perfection may work with the mantra of a project that is entirely perfect, and all put together before launching their product or service off the ground. Overachieving as a Form of Perfectionism I know clients who always want to get another certification. They...

Part II of my conversation with Shelton Marchman. We dive into business credit essentials and why they are so vital if you’re looking to build your business. Many people start their business without a tax ID number or setting up an LLC. In this episode, find out what elements are essential to have in your business, why you should have a separate business entity, and how having a Sole Proprietorshi...

Shelton Marchman is author of Give Me Credit for Trying. He has been a business credit expert for the last two decades. Today we are going to chat into how to use debt to leverage your business correctly.   Consumer debt and business debt are two different worlds. You don't want consumer debt as this type of debt isn't useful. You definitely want to pay down consumer debt and get yoursel...

Michael “Coach Burt” and I talk more about thriving in a crisis economy, by starting with a driving factor some of us have experienced - it's called prey drive. Prey drive is a drive inside of you that is typically activated by an external factor. A prey drive competition can activate a prey drive, a fear of loss, losing connection, or debate. Your prey drive is the mindset that kicks in when...

My mentor, coach Michael Burt is going to discuss sales in a crisis environment. I've joined his coaching program, and, as a result, we've got more clients, more residual income, and we were able to hire a sales team. Your Product or Service Isn't Going to Sell Itself When you have a powerful primary skill, there are all kinds of problems you can solve with that skill, and people co...

I'm never comfortable, but look, part of the mistake I see in many business people, and they've admitted it, they got comfortable when their company was excellent. I saw many business owners online who could be making a killing right now. They could have started pivoting their businesses three years ago. That's what we started doing in the event of a market correction. They'll...

LaDawn Townsend and I chat about the characteristics you need to move forward on her show. These attributes and actions are vital to you, the entrepreneur, so let's jump into my talk with LaDawn Townsend. LaDawn Townsend is the CEO and founder of the Voss group, and its mission is to grow your bottom line. Voss is a strategic advisory firm based in the United States with a large footprint int...

Part 2 of my discussion with Chief Financial Officer, Carla Titus of Wealth & Worth Within. We dig into the topic of mindset. Here are the top money mindsets or beliefs that have helped me throughout the last crisis and this crisis to make sure business is always thriving. Struggle Is An Opportunity to Overcome Instead of seeing the struggle as an opportunity to overcome, take action, and unde...

What I did not realize during the last recession, was that I was going in blind and putting one foot in front of the other. People were looking for information on money, and I was providing them this service, and that led to income. That is how we create value. People are ready to pay to either fast track a solution or learn something that they don't want to figure on their own. There are fre...

My Journey of Resiliency: Talking about my failures gets big fanfare as a result of a lot of bullshit in the online space. Many people faking and pretending everything is hunky-dory when their reality isn't. In life, there are going to be challenges. From working through my problems, I have become a big believer in the idea that our journey is about resiliency. Whether in business or my perso...

Practical steps created in the process of mental transition can also be a physical transition. A couple of years into my writing and coaching career, I noticed three things. Number one it's not scalable. If I wanted to make more money, I would have to take on more clients, work more hours. Number two, I was quickly getting tired of getting close to but not quite reaching my goal income of $10...

Five years ago, I was trying to sell coaching packages and was rejected 60 times in one month. Today, in early March, I ran my sales numbers for February and took in $62,000 in sales and contracts. I usually share this with clients who've hit walls or received a lot of "no." One year after I launched my book, Make Money Your Honey, I'd been asked to partake in a tele-summit for...

Learning How to Create a Sustainable For-Profit Business Elena is one of my Persuade to Profit students and owns her own social media company. Elena was finishing up her degree and had a large following on Instagram that she felt was moving upward, with many of her people reaching out for advice. She helped people give out free advice, but this wasn't a sustainable model. Elena recalls, &quot...

Best Birthday Lessons I've Learned Since Last Year I started with a birthday post of one lesson I learned for each year of my life. At 25, I gave 25 lessons I've learned in 25 years. I'm 32 now, and to list 32 lessons would be too much for one blog. To distill my lessons, I'm going to give you the main lessons that I've learned since my last birthday. My biggest lessons ar...

Many of my clients over-complicate their situation and create the small dollar items first because they don’t want to invest in the bigger dollar items as they are afraid they will  lose money. I'm going to tell you what's worse than losing money, losing time. Most likely you are already wasting both time and money by not investing in your high dollar product.   Many of you may be under...

We hear, "Another day, another dollar" and "An honest day's work for an honest day's pay.". We hear these quotes from a young age from our parents and others. In addition to these money beliefs, women have an added layer of drawback, which is known as perfectionism. We have to have everything perfectly figured out before we're able to create the abundance we desi...

Picking up from the last episode, this episode starts off with how you can change your mindset to avoid blocking your money blessings. If you're not making enough money to survive, then you're worried about your own survival and the 24 inches around you. When this occurs, you can't self-actualize or have the ability to come up with creative solutions to problems. You'll be extr...

My fellow female business owners, this episode is especially for you; however, this information does apply to all business owners. I want to tell you about a business epidemic that I'm seeing more and more as I coach my clients. Many people have the same fears about money. You want to be consciously aware of your mindset about money, the conversation you're having in your head about mone...

You hear so many myths and stereotypes about "rich people," and I want to debunk common myths that might be keeping you broke. To have money, you have to want money. You can't have one without the other. I've heard people say that wealthy people are luckier or have a better life". Wealthy people receive the same 24 hours in a day that you receive, the same 1440 minutes in...

The only reason my company doubled in 2018, and exponentially grew in 2019, is because I am disciplined and I am focused. I know what I want, and I go after it, period. Now, I've made no secret of the fact that I'm in the middle of scaling my company, and I'm not enjoying the process. There have been several challenges along the way, but I know it's going to get me to where I w...

Wouldn’t you love to experience personal transformation and have the end result of your transformation the ability to make more money and have more freedom? I love the person that I have turned into because of my economic transformation. I love what I've discovered in life, that I've seen what I'm made of, and have more strength than before. I have more discernment, wisdom, and mone...

You've been freelancing for a minute beginning to realize, "Oh sh*t, I only have so many hours in a day. I need to start scaling." Or "I am sick and tired of dealing with clients who act like my bosses. I need a little bit more freedom." If you are finding yourself in one of these situations, you may be ready to transition from freelancer to business owner. In this episode...

Four Questions You Should Ask (and be comfortable with the answer) When Hiring Your Next Coach. Let's talk about the basics, what you should be looking for, and red flags. These are the exact same strategies that I use when I'm choosing who to work with. That's why I take the time to research and ask the right questions before I choose whom to work with and give my hard-earned money...

Take Personal Responsibility For Your Choices That's right, I'm starting with you first.   Are there bad coaches out there? Yes, some unskilled people talk and don't deliver in every profession. Then there are people who are looking to scam vulnerable people. I believe in love and light, but I am also a realist. One of my teachers says, "Know the truth, but respect the illusion...

Do You Have Money Trauma? Even if you grew up in the most wonderful household, all you had to do was walk outside the door, and you'd already start getting hit by other people's trauma about money. I often hear people beating themselves up about money because they feel they should have had their finances together before they decided to get them together with an "I should have known...