FL 38 – Helping Janelle Start Her Online Business

FL 38 – Helping Janelle Start Her Online Business

Author: Shane Sams April 7, 2015 Duration: 28:07
In today's podcast we're going to help Janelle start selling her digital products on her website subdays.com. Janelle has a product and a vision for her online business but has some questions to really kickstart her growth so she can stay at home with her son. She has great questions about everything from social media advertising to how to position herself as an expert. You'll definitely be able to get some value from these common questions we hear about launching your online business. You will learn The actions Janelle needs to take to start generating sales for her products. How to start growing your email list with Facebook ads. How to balance the paid vs free content on her site. The art of pre-selling your product. Why you should always be working on your brand and your content. If you need ISBN numbers or not on your products. Links and resources mentioned in today's show Janelle's website subdays.com Past episode about Social Media advertising What a LISTSERV is Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! You can connect with S&J on social media too!   Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. See y'all next week! Can't listen right now? Read the transcript below! JOCELYN: Hey y'all. On today's podcast we are going to help Janelle take her online business to the next level. SHANE: Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast, where life always comes before work. We are your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. Join us each week as we teach you how to flip you lifestyle upside down by selling stuff online. Are you ready for something different? Alright. Let's get started. JOCELYN: Hey guys welcome to this week's Flipped podcast. We are very excited this week to have our listener Janelle Afasiab. I hope I said that right Janelle. She has actually asked a question before. I am pretty sure we butchered that name before so we are really excited to have her today. We have a New York to Kentucky connection today so this is going to be an interesting call. We got the north and the south but we are super excited to her. SHANE: And no fighting we are not going to fight. There is no north and south fighting tonight, alright Janelle. JOCELYN: So we are very excited to have you today Janelle you have some great questions and I know that ty will really benefit out listeners out there. So let's start out and go ahead introduce yourself and tell us about your family and your online business so far. JANELLE: Okay, well my name is Janelle Afrasiab. And I have been married eight years and we have one son. He is about five weeks away from turning three and my husband is currently at home right no babysitting. We don't have much family here on New York. I am originally from North Dakota. I don't have much family out here so getting a babysitter is a little bit more difficult. I am a former high school Spanish teacher and what I have done is I have taken my activities that used in class, put them into a book and now I am trying to sell and market them. SHANE: Awesome. And do you work right now? JANELLE: Just a stay at home mom. SHANE: Okay. So tell us a little bit about like why you want to get in to online business. Why do you want to flip your life? What is your husband do for work? And then how do you think that online business would make your life better? JANELLE: My husband currently we have a Bollywood, video slash Western Union slash electronics store here in New York and the reason that I want to flip my life ...

Hosted by Shane Sams, the Flipped Lifestyle™ Podcast is a conversation about building a business that actually fits around your life, rather than the other way around. It’s born from the real-world experience of Shane and his wife Jocelyn, a family who created a million-dollar income entirely online. They focus on the practical mechanics of selling digital products and running membership sites-essentially, creating valuable information and community that people are willing to pay for. This isn't abstract theory; each episode digs into the systems, mindsets, and sometimes surprising tactics that worked for them as they built a location-independent career. You’ll hear candid discussions on the challenges of shifting from a traditional job to a self-directed online venture, managing family dynamics alongside business growth, and the ongoing work of sustaining success. The aim is to provide actionable insights for anyone feeling stuck in a conventional routine and dreaming of a "flipped" reality where work supports life on their own terms. Tune in for a straightforward, often humorous look at the entrepreneurial journey from a couple who is still actively living it, sharing their lessons so you can chart your own course.
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