008 How to Start a Business From Home Profitably

How to Start a Business Profitably and Make 5 Figures

Meet Jordan

With millions of dollars made and thousands of hours saved, Jordan Gill, founder of The Kolada Group and Host of the Systems Saved Me Podcast, knows that if you want to make incredible impact in your business, you must have massive support. Her mission is to partner with business owners like YOU in making your company indestructible to losing team members and money-sucking software decisions.

What would you say if I told you that you could start a business and have a 5 figure month in your first month in business without a website, Instagram, funnel, email marketing, or anything fancy?

This podcast with Jordan Gill from The Kolada Group will show you how you can leverage what you already have to start your business profitably with a few simple things. You can start your business with a bank account, an LLC and an email address. No excuses, are you ready to have your first 5 figure month as an online business owner?

Tip List

• It’s hard to see our own low hanging fruit – Jordan Gill
• Claim your social media accounts whether you use them or not but really focus on 1 and grow that
• Determine your core values, it makes it easier to know what to say yes or no to when opportunities come your way.
• Keep a random ideas bank and know that there will always be time to accomplish them
• As a mom, we have a ton of things to do and people to take care of and if we don’t get diligent on where we are placing our focus, we will end up under delivering, stressed out and frustrated!

Making those first connections

• Connect with a purpose
• Take note of what is going on in their world
• 3 Different levels of outreach
  • You already know me and you know you’ll do this with me so I just need to send an email to you and you’re in
  • You know someone who knows someone you want to work with so you reach out to the connectors
  • You don’t know anyone who knows them, but you want them involved. Keep tabs on them and send a personal invitation
• Send video invites by using an app called Bonjoro
• It doesn’t take much to make a huge difference between you and all the others pitching these influencers. If you’re pitching people, stand out by simply creating specific invitations that cater to the person you are inviting.

Tips to Monetize Faster

• Understand yourself more than anything else
• Strategies that were successful for someone else doesn’t mean it’s going to be successful for you.
• Schedule and do things when you’re at your best
• Work with yourself and not against yourselves
• Determine your core values so that you will know when to say yes or no to opportunities

How do you want to show up for the world and what problem does the market need to you to show up and solve?

How to find your niche

• Many times others see your specialty before you realize it is your specialty?
• Ask those closest to you what you’re really good at
• Notice trends in what people come to you for help in
• Don’t discount your expertise

Jordan’s Favorite App – Acuity 

• Acuity is a scheduling system
• Integrates with zoom and creates all the reminder emails for the Zoom call
• Intake questionnaire for podcast interviews, client discovery calls, etc.
• Integrates with Google Calendar

Favorite Book – Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin >> See on Amazon

Last Tips for a 5 Figure Month

• Start in services because always need you to do something
• What are you great at and what can people use your help with? Create a package and do sales calls
• Get on some calls to understand the problems then create a package to solve those problems.
• Don’t be afraid to just talk to people – people love connecting people

Noteworthy

• (1:30) The Introduction to Jordan
• (4:00) Just getting started
• (4:30) She landed 100% of the first 4 sales calls she did
• (5:00) Why do some struggle to make their first earnings online
• (7:00) Defining your assets
• (9:00) Consistency is a huge component of success
• (15:15) Keep a random ideas bank
• (9:30) How to decide what platforms to be on and how to divide your time between social media channels
• (11:00) The Systems Saved Me Podcast with Katie Episode #99
• (13:30) How do you focus on that “one thing” & core values
• (17:45) Amazon buy ban – to help with Amazon buying binges
• (18:15) Connecting with others in the industry to make your first strides as a new business owner
• (19:30) 3 Different Levels of Reaching Out to Industry Leaders
• (24:00) Tips to Monetize Fasters
• (27:16) How did Jordan land on the niche of systems and operations?
• (29:00) Favorite System/App/Software Right Now
• (30:20) Acuity Integration – Systems are Life!!!
• (31:19) Favorite Book!

Connect with Jordan

• www.systemssavedme.com/1kmom
• www.thekoladagroup.com
• Facebook & Instagram @thekoladagroup
• www.systemssavedme.com

Connect with the $1k Mom Tribe!

• Come hang out with me Live on Facebook
• Join the $1k Mom Tribe
• Let’s hang out on IG Stories – Screenshot today’s episode and tag me on your Instagram Stories and I’ll refeature you! 

I would love to hear about the AHA moments you’ve had and wins, big or small!!!

Feel free to email me with any questions you might have about starting a business, starting a mom blog, monetizing your blog and making money from home while raising your kids. [email protected]