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Today I'm talking about a topic that is so important to our ability to achieve our goals...self-discipline! As we ramp up for 2015 and think about all the things we want to accomplish, we can't forget our need to stay self-disciplined. In this podcast, I share my story and how I overcame YEARS of lacking self-discipline. Tune in then leave me a comment at thinkandgrowchick.com/self-discipline

004: The #1 Key to Becoming a Self-Disciplined Person

In this podcast, I share the 7 lessons I learned in 2015 + the 7 things I'm doing to make 2016 a great year! What did you learn last year? What are you doing next year? Share at thinkandgrowchick.com

019: The 7 Lessons I Learned in 2015 + The 7 Things I'm Doing in 2016

To learn more about the Make It Happen Mentorship mentioned in this episode, visit: http://thinkandgrowchick.com/lifecoaching

020: Stop Being So Safe: You Can't Be Average and Amazing at the Same Time

To apply for the Make it Happen Mentorship, visit: thinkandgrowchick.com/lifecoaching 

022: Are You REALLY About This Life? The 3 Keys to Programming Your Mind for Success

Today’s guest is Genese Jamilah, Founder of I Don’t Do Clubs, a successful events and lifestyle blog that caters to African American &nbsp;professionals across the country. In 2015, Genese also created the popular Must Love Beards Day Party Series and the first ever Black-Owned Restaurant Month. You’ll hear how Genese built I Don’t Do Clubs into a profitable business and how she got her brand and coins in formation to prepare to leave her day job.

Ep 2:  Genese Jamilah, Founder of I Don't Do Clubs, on When To Turn Your Side Hustle Into Your Main Hustle

What goes into the making of a Venture Capitalist? Wharton graduate and Michigan MBA Stefanie Thomas shifted from a career in banking at Citigroup to centering her passions around support for under-resourced entrepreneurs. But the road to VC was not always clear. Learn about the key experiences she gained at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, the steps she took to feed her entrepreneurial fire, and the way she set herself on the path to Senior Associate with Impact America Fund.

Ep 3:  Stefanie Thomas, Impact America Fund, on Breaking Down The Doors Of Venture Capital

The words "Side Hustle" means different things to everyone. In this episode I’m breaking down:  The real definition of a side hustle How to tap into your talents to determine what your side hustle should be 5 steps you can take to get started on&nbsp;your side hustle TODAY

Ep 5: What Is A Side Hustle And How Do I Get One?

The number one question I get asked is how to leverage social media to build a brand. When people ask me this, I know that they're really searching for a quick and dirty shortcut to get thousands of followers without having to put in a lot of work. Well I hate to break it to you, but there's no way to build an engaged social media audience without consistent and authentic effort. With over seven years of professional experience as a social media marketing strategist, I've learned firsthand the challenges that come with trying to keep up with changing platforms and algorithms. If you want to be successful in social media, you have to abandon the 'I want to make something that will go viral’ mentality because that's not how it works. On this episode, I'm providing a detailed blueprint for how to grow an active and engaged social media following. I'm going to go over step by step what I've done to grow my own social media accounts and I'll provide a full checklist of resources to measure and grow your social channels, but don't worry, you don't need to take a lot of notes because I've created a downloadable freebie for this episode. So if you go to sidehustlepro.co/episode7 you can see the show notes from this episode and get the FREE step by step checklist for the Side Hustle Pro Social Media Toolkit. My special guest on this episode is&nbsp;Muoyo Okome, Founder of Daily Spark Media &amp; the Daily Spark Entrepreneur Community, who details how he was able to grow his account from a little under 600 followers to 25,000 in less than a year by studying his Instagram insights. He used the data on the most liked and most commented posts to plan his content strategy and explode his social media audience. Show notes from this week's episode: SideHustlePro.co/Episode7 Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): http://sidehustlepro.libsyn.com/rss

Ep 7: How to Explode Your Social Media Audience With 5 Steps And Zero Dollars

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Courtney Sanders's Album

025: #AboutThisLife Series - What it Really Means to Be a Think and Grow Chick

In 2009, Courtney Sanders found herself drowning in debt, bad grades, and almost having to leave college. Three years later, she had paid off all her debt, earned a scholarship, started a business and graduated from college magna cum laude. How did she turn her life around? Find out on this week’s episode. Courtney is an entrepreneur, speaker, and goal ­achievement specialist.&nbsp;Through her training and development company, Think &amp; Grow Chick, LLC, Courtney provides online &amp; in-­person education, mentorship, and community for women, students, and minorities looking to accomplish BIG goals. Courtney reaches nearly 50,000 young professionals every month through her blog and social media platforms. In 2015 she authored the book, Get What You Want: The Ultimate Guide to Figuring Out + Getting What You Want in Life which has since served as a catalyst for several related trainings and programs, including her 2015 live workshop, Launch Your Life. In this this episode, Courtney breaks down:  The inspiration for Think And Grow Chick and when she realized she could help other women How she grew her company into a profitable business How she juggles her side hustle with her full time job The financial wisdom she has learned along the way When she knew it was time to take her side hustle to the next level  Find out about all Courtney’s experience as a woman who has scaled her side hustle to extraordinary levels and is getting ready to make the leap into full time entrepreneurship. Links mentioned in this episode: Think And Grow Chick website Think And Grow Chick Instagram &nbsp;

Ep 10: From Drowning in Debt to Making 5 Figures A Month: Courtney Sanders of Think and Grow Chick

In 2009, Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche lost her job as a preschool teacher. Unable to afford her mortgage, she moved back home with her parents at age 29. At her lowest moment, she was 31 years old, with no job, no money, and no home of her own. After hitting rock bottom, she determined it was time to put the financial wisdom she had learned growing up to good use. In this week’s episode, she shares how she bounced back from financial despair to take charge of her own life and help others do the same.&nbsp;Along the way, she has built a hugely profitable brand and even more, an insanely loyal community of Dream Catchers devoted to her Live Richer principles. Author of two #1 Amazon bestsellers, The One Week Budget and Live Richer Challenge, Tiffany The Budgetnista and her financial advice have also been featured in The New York Times, Reuters, US News and World Report, the TODAY show, PBS, Fox Business, MSNBC, CBS MoneyWatch, TIME, ESSENCE Magazine, and FORBES. In this episode, Tiffany breaks down:  The inspiration for The Budgetnista and when she realized she could package and sell her financial wisdom How she transitioned from major debt and losing it all to starting her own business How she developed and grew the Live Richer Challenge to be a profitable and sustainable business How she has grown her private Facebook community to over 100K members  Links mentioned in this episode The One Week Budget Live Richer Challenge &nbsp;

Ep 11: From Unemployed to Award-Winning Finance Expert: Tiffany "The Budgetnista" Aliche

What’s it like to be a 13-year seasoned blogger in the age of Instagram and Snapchat Influencers? On this episode I sit down for a conversation with Luvvie Ajayi to talk Branding 101. Luvvie is is a writer, digital strategist and creator of entertainment and humor blog AwesomelyLuvvie.com. As a fellow writer and avid blogger, I’ve always been inspired by Luvvie’s journey to full-time entrepreneur. She started her blog after peer pressure from friends who recognized her talent. After starting as a casual blogger, she slowly increased to blogging more than once a week. Three years in, she was working a 9 to 5 then blogging from 7 to 9 like a true side hustler. Though she was getting paid zero dollars, her first blogging award in 2009 made her realize maybe she was on to something. The rest, as they say, is history. Now Luvvie is getting ready to debut her first book, called I’M JUDGING YOU: The Do Better Manual, which is available on September 16 (or earlier if you pre-order). FYI, I talked to Luvvie a few months ago for a Q&amp;A before I launched my podcast. There we covered more of her background and how she got started. Check out part one here: then tune in to the episode. On this episode we discuss:  Why you shouldn’t be so consumed with the idea of you being a brand Why you need to be so good they can’t ignore you How to make sure you’re prioritizing solid content over marketing How to negotiate with brands once you get to that level The real deal with how she approaches brand partnerships and her certified deal breakers  MORE FROM LUVVIE:  I’m Judging You AwesomelyLuvvie Awesomely Techie  MORE FROM NICAILA:  SideHustlePro.co Side Hustle Pro Community  CONNECT WITH US ON INSTAGRAM:  Side Hustle Pro – @sidehustlepro Luvvie – @luvvie #SideHustlePro

Ep 14: Branding 101 with Luvvie Ajayi, Creator of AwesomelyLuvvie and Author of ‘I’m Judging You’

At the age of 5, Denise Sarkor escaped the Liberian Civil War with family and lived as a refugee in Ivory Coast. Raised in a rough part of NJ by a determined mother, she would go on to graduate from The Wharton School on a full scholarship and obtain her Masters in International Finance and Economic Policy from Columbia University. Although entrepreneurship tugged at her heart, she took a safer path, working as an international banker and development consultant at Goldman Sachs and the World Bank. But after a devastating divorce rocked her to the core, she became fearless. Realizing that Corporate America had led her to yet another glass ceiling, she finally made the leap. On this episode, you’ll learn how she hit the ground running after quitting unexpectedly and how she’s navigating the twists and turns of starting her own business. Topics discussed:  How she honed in on what services she should offer in her business and how she’s managing cash flow The surprising move she’s willing to make to sustain her business Self-publishing her first book and successfully fundraising on Kickstarter Why Poet and Activist Nikki Giovanni wrote her a personal note of congratulations  Links Mentioned:  Clean Closet  The Year I Got In Formation - The New Roots Story  Rich Dads, Before You Quit Your Job New Roots Development, LLC Ingram Spark  10 Things I Learned Fundraising Via Kickstarter  15 Invaluable Laws of Growth  Four Hour Work Week  Nikki Giovanni’s Hand-Written Note The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing: Everything You Need to Know to Write, Publish, Promote and Sell Your Own Book, Edition 5 International Coaching Federation  &nbsp; Important Announcements:If you’re not subscribed to the Side Hustle Pro newsletter, you’re missing ALL the #goalgetter tea, OK?? Subscribe here: SideHustlePro.co/SideHustleCorner Side Hustle Pro has a buzzing Facebook group! Get the support you need to create and grow your side hustle in the welcoming Side Hustle Pro Community on Facebook. I’m continually impressed by the level of support and candid conversation happening in our community. Join us here:  SideHustlePro.co/Mastermind More from Denise:  DeniseSarkor.com New Roots Development, LLC  More from Nicaila:  SideHustlePro.co Side Hustle Pro Community  Connect with us on Instagram:  Side Hustle Pro – @sidehustlepro Denise Sarkor – @denisesarkor  #SideHustlePro

Ep 16: First Year Entrepreneur Denise Sarkor Shares How She’s Building Her Business From Scratch

Today’s guest, is Kelechi Anyadiegwu. Kelechi is the founder of Zuvaa, an online community and marketplace for African Inspired Fashion. Zuvaa helps emerging African Fashion Brands increase revenue, scale operation and streamline their process with our easy to use online platform for social selling and personal shopping. The mission of Zuvaa is to give African Fashion Labels the tools they need to transform their brands, and bring authentic African Inspired Fashion to the main stream. In 2016, Kelechi was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for retail and e-commerce. On this episode, you’ll learn how Kelechi got the idea and started Zuvaa with $500 and in 2016 is expected to earn $2 Million in sales.

Ep 24: From Starting A Business With $500 to Making $2 Million in Sales: The Story of Zuvaa’s Kelechi Anyadiegwu

Today’s guest is Arsha Jones, a serial entrepreneur and an emerging leader in the ecommerce industry. She has built multiple, highly profitable brands, with revenues approaching nearly a half million dollars in less than two years .As we speak, she is currently operating and managing Capital City Co, keeping you fly through the Tees in the Trap brand, building iOS apps for Apps By The Pound, all while running the design blog (and Facebook Group!), Brand Build Sell. Her first venture, co-founded with her husband is Capital City Co, produces a Washington, DC area wing sauce called mambo sauce - a local staple. Her second company is Tees in the Trap, which is a lifestyle brand inspired by pop culture and infused with black girl magic. &nbsp; On today’s episode, Arsha shares:  How she started the Capital City Co Mambo sauce in her kitchen and ended up on the front page of the Washington Post How she launched her first t-shirt shop with no shirts and no supplies How haters reporting and shutting down her Etsy shop gave her the motivation to launch her own ecommerce site Why you should test and validate your ideas before spending a lot of money on branding and inventory Her number one secret to Facebook marketing  &nbsp; Listen on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher and  Google Play  Links and people mentioned in this episode:  Capital City Co Tees in the Trap Brand Build Sell Brand Build Sell Facebook Group  The Facebook Formula Advanced Training Buffer OnlyPult  &nbsp; Show notes from this week's episode: SideHustlePro.co Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): http://sidehustlepro.libsyn.com/rss &nbsp; Important Announcements: &nbsp; Side Hustle Pro is now almost 700 members strong. If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: http://sidehustlepro.co/mastermind Connect with me on Instagram:Side Hustle Pro – @sidehustlepro#SideHustlePro

Ep 26: How to Start an eCommerce Empire with less than $100  (Arsha Jones of Tees in the Trap)

I’m checking in with an update on all things social media marketing: Specifically, Instagram. I have heard many of you ask: How can I organically grow my audience on Instagram? I see this question come up in most of the groups I am in and with most entrepreneurs. Now in Episode 7, I broke down How to Grow Explode Your Social Media Audience with Five Steps and Zero Dollars. There, I went step by step through my methodology and the steps I used to grow my Instagram over 1000% in a year. 

Today, I am here with updates, updates. As you know, you miss a day you miss A LOT when it comes to social media. Case in point: The last time we spoke, there was no Instagram stories and certainly no Instagram LIVE. 

On this episode, we will get into:  
What’s working and what’s not on Instagram
How to find your target audience on Instagram - *NEW INSIGHTS*
Why you CAN start a business on Instagram
What you can accomplish with even 30 minutes a day on Instagram
The number one reason why your following is NOT growing  

BONUS: I've created a LIVE Masterclass, Get The Gram on December 21 to show you the 5 Steps To Grow An Engaged Following On Instagram. Register here: http://www.sidehustlepro.co/getthegram

Ep 28: Instagram 101: How To Grow Your Followers And Find Your True Fans

As we head into 2017, Award winning Financial Planner and Personal Finance Coach Dominique Broadway blesses the guest chair to teach money management tips for entrepreneurs. On this episode, you’ll learn how Dominique when from managing million dollar investments for other people to branching out on her own as a Personal Finance Coach and Entrepreneur. Plus learn how to make an income action plan and transform the way you think about personal vs business finances.

Ep 30: How To Make More As An Entrepreneur—Tips from Finance Coach Dominique Broadway

Is it love before respect or respect before love? BGP discusses the 'PEMDAS' of loving your significant other, and dive into Jay Z's 4:44. The ladies also take a surprising position on the Blac Chyna v. Rob Kardashian scandal and get real about body imaging/sculpting & more!

Black Girl Podcast

[Episode 16] Love?

[When] is it ok to discuss your finances with your partner? #InsecureHBO has got #BGP screaming #TeamDaniel & debating oral sex etiquette. A convo over Oprah's new series 'Black Love' finds the ladies deep diving into the definitions, the balance, the lessons and the risks of love.

[Episode 19] "Risks."

A year ago, I made the decision that I need to work for myself. Today on the show, I share how I spent the last year gearing up for my quit day. I got laser-focused on monetizing my content. I explored multiple revenue streams. I got busy learning to be a sales team of one. I studied, I worked, I tried, I failed, I stayed determined. And then, on November 29, 2017 - I QUIT. On today’s episode, I share:  Why I’m betting on myself! What went into taking my leap of faith My plan to move forward  &nbsp; Listen on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher and  Google Play Links mentioned on this episode Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): http://sidehustlepro.libsyn.com/rss Announcements Side Hustle Pro is now over 5000 members strong. If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: http://sidehustlepro.co/facebook Social Media Info Connect on Instagram: Side Hustle Pro – @sidehustlepro  #SideHustlePro

Ep 76: I QUIT My Job

Today on the show, I am introducing you to my best kept secret: the woman who has taught me to turn my knowledge into a valuable, premium course.
Her name is Danielle Leslie and she founded Culture Add™ Labs to help companies and individuals uncover their Culture Add™ and launch profitable products online. She is also the creator of #CourseFromScratch, an 8-week online intensive that helps people create & launch their profitable & poppin’ online courses.

She has been an online marketer in Silicon Valley for almost 10 years and helped personal brands & influencers, including Guy Kawasaki, earn collectively millions of dollars by launching their online courses.

One of the reasons I wanted to have Danielle on the show is because her framework for course launches addresses our common human tendency to get stuck on the preparation part and delay your launch.

She teaches people like myself to not fall into the trap of creating your course content all before you’re ready to launch and instead, focus on what she calls the 4Cs. She breaks this all down in her masterclass, which you can sign up for at SideHustlePro.co/CourseFromScratch if you are interested.

In my own case, I have wanted to launch a podcast training program for almost a year, and I have been dragging my feet because:

I was overwhelmed with the thought of breaking all of the content down
I knew it was really valuable information that could make people thousands of dollars and thus I knew I would need to charge a premium price point (and I was SCARED to set that premium price point)

I turned to Danielle and with her guidance, I launched my podcast accelerator as an invite only program in February and it’s been an AMAZING experience so far.

What I’ve learned from Danielle is:
Focusing on creating a course that truly meets your student’s needs, means creating it with their active feedback, not creating it in a vacuum without their input 
I’ve also learned that it’s not going to be perfect the first time you do it so you have to get down to business and start, so you can improve.

On today’s episode, Danielle gets into:
Her straight line to the cash formula that shatters the most popular course creation narrative
The tools she used to do a $20,000 course launch in 60 days with no email list
Her MVC method to not overthink your launch and to pre-sell your course
How her online course made $25,000 alone in one month on Instagram...and how it has exploded since then.
As this episode premieres, Danielle just crossed the $100,000 mark, her first six figure month. And in today’s episode, she breaks down how she’s quickly approaching $1M in revenue this year

If you want to learn how Danielle’s online course made $100,000 in one month alone from Instagram listen to this entire episode, and remember to sign up for her Course From Scratch class at SideHustlePro.co/CourseFromScratch.

Announcements
Side Hustle Pro is now over 5600 members strong. If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: http://sidehustlepro.co/facebook

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Ep 85: Danielle Leslie Is Growing Her Online Course into a Million Dollar Business

Hi Guys, I’m back with a check-in. Hear how my first quarter of entrepreneurship went. I share how I’m learning to master my self, master my time (now that there is so much more of it!), master my energy and so much more. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher and  Google Play Links mentioned on this episode  The Gifts of Imperfection Born A Crime More Active Lifestyle  Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): http://sidehustlepro.libsyn.com/rss Announcements Side Hustle Pro is now over 5950 members strong. If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: http://sidehustlepro.co/facebook Social Media Info Connect on Instagram Side Hustle Pro – @sidehustlepro

Ep 91: Entrepreneur Diaries: I'm My Own Boss, Now What?

Hi, I'm Nicaila, a Social Media Marketer turned Side Hustle Pro. I'm also the host of the Side Hustle Pro podcast, the first and only podcast to highlight Black women entrepreneurs who scaled from side hustle to profitable business.