Online Business From Scratch

Now, this episode is a little different to normal - instead of giving an you overview of what I've been doing in my business over a couple of weeks, I'm digging RIGHT into one very big thing I did over a couple of months.

Beta testing my new online course - get all the details here

When most people create an online course or digital product, they create the entire course and then try to sell it.

In many cases, the course isn't very...

It was a big few weeks for me - I had a lot to do to catch up with this podcast and finish off a few other things before I start my job.

So of course, I got sick 🤒

But I still managed to get the essentials done, including finishing the Beyond Productivity launch, doing a couple more Business Idea Reviews and producing two summit workshops.

While catching up this podcast, which was a little behind reality!

But I...

This update is a little bit different to normal, because it's not really about online business at all. It's about me taking a real, in-person, paid-by-the-hour nursing job. WHY? Why would I do such a thing when I love online business so much?! I talk about my history with nursing, my new nursing job, and how it fell into my lap at exactly the right time. Get all the details and transcript here. https://businessinyourbac...

I had a course-production binge over the last few weeks and actually finished, tested, and low-key launched my productivity course, Master Your Minutes.

Check it out here. https://businessinyourbackpack.com/master-your-minutes/ It feels so good to have a paid evergreen product available! And considering my promotion has been VERY minimal, I'm very happy with the results so far. I talk about my un-scary approach to launching ev...

Check out the finished Beyond Productivity course here - https://businessinyourbackpack.com/beyond-productivity-homeschool-parents/ Along with finishing the work of moving back into a house after two years of travel, I've been working hard on my productivity course...because I have a deadline. I have to get it finished, reviewed, and set up ready for its contribution to a bundle, AND I also want to have it ready to offer as a...

Let's just say that moving into a house (and then needing to furnish that house after travelling for 2 years) can replace a LOT of work time! But in good news, our sight unseen house turned out to be pretty good, so our gamble in renting it before we even saw it worked out well. In between our settling-in activity, I've decided that it's time to get serious with my business and throw myself into making paid products ...

Jetlag is a HUGE productivity killer! So there's not a great deal to report in my current business update.

However, I did manage to make some progress with my random small chunks of time, and my evergreen background processes kept ticking over while I alternated between rage and despair over my total inability to sleep properly for over a week.

Except on the tattoo table. I did manage to nap there. My body is weird.

Chec...

I just did my monthly stats and...not much has changed 😭 So how do I deal with progress that's not as fast as I'd like? If you've ever had a meltdown because you're not achieving as much as you'd like in your online business, you need to listen to this. I get real about self-doubt, downward spirals, and being tempted to go off on completely random tangents to 'fix' the problem - but I also talk about...

The good news for this week?

I'm all up to date, and actually a little ahead, on my podcast episodes and evergreen emails.

Which means I can get stuck into finishing my first paid online course! But the bad news? I had a LOT of trouble wrestling my course content into a format that works for it. In fact, I didn't even fix the problem this week. I put it aside so my brain can sort it out in the background, and I went an...

Sign up for the free Business Idea Blitz to get access to the popular Business Idea Review services mentioned in this episode.

https://businessinyourbackpack.com/your-successful-online-business-idea/

New post! The Quickest Way to Start an Online Business.

https://businessinyourbackpack.com/quickest-way-to-start-an-online-business/

After my very productive last episode, I've spent a few weeks polishing what I started - get...

After finishing and making the most of my Business Idea Blitz I could choose what to do next - and I decided to start BOTH the ideas First, I started this podcast. As you can see, I've stuck at it 🥳 Want to start your own podcast? Check out my DIY, no-fluff guide to starting your podcast WITHOUT getting bogged down by all the decisions and not-necessary features. https://businessinyourbackpack.com/how-to-start-a-podcast-diy-...

As I mention at the start of the podcast, I've launched my first course! 🥳

Check out the 50% off launch sale here.

https://businessinyourbackpack.com/beyond-productivity-homeschool-parents/?coupon=LAUNCHTIME

It's called Beyond Productivity, and if you're a homeschooling parent it will help you find the time you need to reach your big goals - without waiting a decade or two.

Back to the podcast, and I sensibl...

First up - sign up for the FREEBIE FEST here! https://kkota--introvertmedia.thrivecart.com/freebie-fest-2024/ (afflink) Now, onto the episode. I thought I had all my course platform woes sorted - well, no. I ended up switching platforms AGAIN! But the good news is the Business Idea Blitz was officially released, and lots of people have already signed up I also added the review option, so let's see how that goes. Get all t...

Argh! Don't you hate it when your fantastic plans DON'T work the way you intended? I had that problem this week, when the sign-up process for my free course ended up being way more complicated than I thought. So I swapped platforms. Frustrating, but hey - you need to kiss a few frogs to find your prince, right? And speaking of finding your prince, we also saw a marriage proposal at the Trevi Foundation. So gorgeous! Fin...

I'm launching my freebie, the Business Idea Blitz - woohoo!

I talk about how I tested it, and why I'm releasing it to my email list even though it's not *quite* finished.

And I've also come up with a great (I hope) idea to add on a paid business idea review, so I talk about how I can use my experience to take the ideas of people new to online business and help make them memorable, interesting, and fun to ...

I admit it - I've been avoiding building my home page. This week I finally tackle and solve the reason for my avoidance.

Here's why I shifted my business's entire audience, what I think about positioning myself as a travel influencer, and why you need to feel very, VERY, comfortable with your business messaging.

I also ticked off a big list of boring-but-necessary business setup tasks. After transferring them ...

It's day 33 of my new online business!

And the 13 days since my last update have been a whirlwind of activity. We travelled from Melbourne to Athens via Singapore, and I spent my surprisingly minimal jetlag time eating all the Greek food with my boys...while my husband spent FIVE DAYS getting tattooed.

I did the live workshop I talked about in episode 8, and it was great! It went really well, and I learned a lot.

Even though I travelled to the other side of the world I still managed to get some more foundational blog posts finished AND do all the tedious tech stuff to comply with the new email sending requirements. I also talk about my research and plan for my first free resource/lead magnet, and why my original freebie idea ended up being a blog post instead. Everything evolves, and that's perfectly OK! Check out the blog post with ...