Episode 764: Wednesday Weekly Win: From BBD Beta to Booming Business - How a Touring Musician Scaled Her Online Course to Over 600k/Year Teaching What She Loves: Sarah Belle Reid's Digital CEO Success Story

Episode 764: Wednesday Weekly Win: From BBD Beta to Booming Business - How a Touring Musician Scaled Her Online Course to Over 600k/Year Teaching What She Loves: Sarah Belle Reid's Digital CEO Success Story

Author: James Wedmore May 21, 2025 Duration: 1:03:19

Ever feel a pull to turn your unique passion into a profitable online business, even if it seems incredibly specific? As you know, we love putting the spotlight on our students in these Wednesday Weekly Win episodes, and we especially love featuring those Digital CEOs that operate in the smallest of niches! Today, Jenni sits down with the phenomenal Sarah Belle Reid, a professional musician turned digital CEO who's carved out a truly unique space teaching electronic music synthesis and sound design to fellow musicians. 

In this episode, Sarah shares her inspiring story of transforming her own initial struggles with learning synthesis into a successful online course, and she shows how focusing on a specialized audience and offering targeted expertise can lead to remarkable results. 

Be prepared to be amazed by the power of niching down and the incredible results it can bring in this latest Digital CEO Success Story!  

We just released the replays of my free 3-day training for digital course creators, called Your First Digital Product, which was the largest free masterclass that we've ever hosted! For a limited time only, you can get the replay at www.jameswedmore.com/fdp, but hurry as it's only available until May 28th. 

Save the date, because May 29th we kick off our live virtual extravaganza that happens just once a year, our 3-part live week-long training experience, The Rise of the Digital CEO. You register and get on the waitlist NOW at www.businessbydesign.net/

Before you go, snap a screenshot of the episode playing on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories and tag us, @jameswedmore @jeunejenni and @sarahbellereid. 

In this episode you'll hear: 

  • How Sarah helps musicians unlock new sonic possibilities by mastering the art of creating their own sounds

  • The reasons that she chose to teach the very subject she initially found challenging, turning her learning journey into a powerful teaching approach

  • How Sarah carefully created her offer, what her current metrics are and the way she uses BBD as a template for what she does today 

  • What Sarah's beta launch taught her about her offer and her audience, and what she did to validate her course idea

  • How her teaching has evolved to include vital aspects like artistic community, overcoming creative blocks and more 

  • What Sarah is doing to address the question of "what's next?" and how she is prioritize her students' needs 

  • The things that have changed for her as an entrepreneur now running a multi 6- figure business

  • A few of the key lessons she's learned on her journey around hiring and operations 

  • My candid message about what has me so excited about the global online education market and our upcoming live training experience, The Rise of The Digital CEO

For full show notes and links, visit: www.mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/blog/764 


There's a common thread running through the stories of many entrepreneurs who feel stuck despite all their effort, a sense that the relentless hustle isn't yielding the results they envisioned. The Mind Your Business Podcast, hosted by seven-figure entrepreneur James Wedmore, digs into that very gap between effort and outcome. James operates from a conviction that lasting success is less about copying another person's tactics and more about cultivating the right internal foundations. He argues that mindset ultimately trumps strategy, that there's an essential magic beyond mere metrics, and that your core attitude dictates the effectiveness of your actions. Each episode serves as a practical dialogue aimed at untangling the complex web of entrepreneurial psychology, moving beyond superficial tips to explore how mental frameworks directly influence business decisions and growth. You'll hear candid reflections on shifting from scarcity to abundance, the role of intuition in data-driven environments, and how to lead with clarity instead of fear. This isn't about discarding hard work, but about aligning it with a purposeful and resilient perspective. For anyone building a venture, this podcast provides a necessary counterbalance to the conventional grind narrative, offering a space to reconsider what truly drives a sustainable and fulfilling business life. Tune in for conversations that reorient your focus from just managing a business to thoughtfully minding it.
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