When it comes to social media, hands down, my most favorite place to hang out is on Instagram, specifically on Instagram Stories! Have you used Instagram Stories?!!? Of course, always do your research to figure out where your ideal customer is hanging out on social media, but if it’s Instagram, get on Instagram Stories, now!!! 

Sharing 10-11 Instagram stories a day is powerful for two reasons.

1. It allows you to find your authentic voice in the online space. If you feel nervous to share, on social media, then do my Instagram Story hack and share 10-12 stories a day for a week! See if you don’t come into your own true voice!
2. It allows your audience to connect with you at a more personal level. When they connect, they’ll start caring more about what you’re sharing on your profile, on your blog, and most importantly, they’ll start caring more about what you’re selling!

If you are trying to create a personal brand and monetize that brand,...

In this conversation with Sarah Crosley we talk about her journey from starting an etsy business to using automation, tools and passive income to scale her business while homeschooling and raising her family.

I got my start in a similar place as Sarah, creating Etsy shops, figuring out how many keychains I’d have to sell to make a viable income. I quickly realized just like Sarah, that with the price point of my shop, it just wasn’t feasible. In this case, don’t give up, just pivot! All the steps along the way matter in leading up to your next best thing!

Meet Sarah

Sarah is the founder and lead designer of The Creative Boss. After years of running handmade shops on Etsy and scouring the interwebs for tips and advice on how to grow and succeed online, she knew that there needed to be a change! The Creative Boss was launched to offer a one stop shop for busy creatives who want to succeed online with ease.

Noteworthy

• How to instill creativity and...

I love featuring moms who have successfully started a business. In this episode of the $1k Mom podcast we chat with Susie Parker who started a thriving sleep consulting business. What is a sleep consultant? How does the 4 month sleep regression effect parents, how can we create a good sleep environment for our kids and establish healthy sleep habits? We cover a lot in this episode from business to sleep habits.

Highlights

• How to grow a business lean
• How to establish healthy sleep patterns for your family
• How to create an ideal sleep environment for your baby
• How to create organic traffic to your website

$1k Mom Rapid Fire Questions

• What would you do if you could do it all over again? Create epic blog posts
• What is your favorite app/software/system? Teachable platform
• The best book Susie’s read or would recommend? Profit First >> Check it out

Screenshot today’s show and tag me in your Insta stories! I would love to hear how this...

We all want to know how to accomplish our big goals and make what we want happen in our lives! Often times we can fall into the trap that it is one thing, one big push of action, one magic strategy, that pushes us to reach that goal. But the reality is, it’s a lot of tiny steps in the right direction that bring us to our “ultimate” destination.

It’s not as glamorous and can often feel like no progress is being made, but I truly believe what Lara Casey says, that the Little by Little progress adds up!

In today’s episode, inspired by my Instagram Story series of Tuesday night, we are talking about that little by little progress. I’m sharing the behind the scenes of my January, the good, the bad, the ugly, the hard, the incredible, the blessings, the triumphs, the struggles, etc. If you want to see the exact goal planner I’m using, check out the links below to my favorites, or go here to hear the heart behind Lara Casey...

How to build a business and streamline your workweek to be a better mom and mompreneur. I love during this episode how Abbey Kyhl talks about how she built her business to be a benefit to her family and not a burden. There are so many tangible things to take away from this episode! Let us know on Instagram what you loved about it!

Meet Abbey

Hey there! I am Abbey. I started in business a decade ago when I opened my own photography studio, AK Studio & Design. I was just like so many others out there. I struggled to figure out how to run a profitable, effective business that made me happy and wasn’t a burden on my family.

Have you ever felt that way? Do you stay up long after everyone else has gone to bed? Do you entertain your kids with technology so you can sneak work in? I have been there and I know how that makes us feel as both business owners and parents and it isn’t good.

We all started these businesses to be a BENEFIT to our families, right? But it’s...

Each one of our kids has greatness inside of them and their own unique talents and abilities and callings. How can we as parents instill confidence in our kids?

If you have a small or big way in which you create confidence in your kids, I’d love to hear how you do that. DM me on Instagram and let me know. I will create a big montage of all of our $1k Moms and how we create confidence in our kids, big or small.

Take advantage of every little or big opportunity that you have to show your kids that they are PRETTY BIG DEALS. Help them step into that confidence.

It takes a lot more effort and time to build up confidence in our kids but it’s super easy to tear down their confidence. Be very aware of how our words, actions and environment is affecting their confidence.

Here’s a small hack that I do to create confidence in my 4 year old

We have an Amazon Echo a.k.a. Alexa. She probably does all kinds of wonderous things but just about all we use...

How to gain clients as a new business owner online!

When you start your journey in business while raising your family, you’ll know when timing is right to make the jump from your job to full time entrepreneur. Are you the type of person that needs a safety net and more planning, or would it be better to burn the boats and run for the hills to make things succeed? Starting your business involves a great deal of self awareness and knowing how you operate best. In today’s interview with Heather Heinrichs, virtual assistant for online female coaches, we talk about how as a busy mom you can get your ideal clients even as a new business owner, how you can scale yourself as you grow and we talk a bit about passive income.

Meet Heather

Heather is a huge fan of spreadsheets, lists and organization and has been from an early age. Now she uses those innate skills to help entrepreneurs create systems and procedures to run their business efficiently. She has an obsession with...

This is the first #askkatie episode! If you aren’t already in our $1k Mom Community, head on over right now to the $1k Mom Tribe where you can join us and ask your questions! I would love to feature you and your question on the next Ask Katie episode.

At any time during today’s episode, screenshot the episode and post it on your Instagram stories and tag me! Would love to feature your post!

Tangible tips from today’s episode

• What are your income producing activities that ACTUALLY move the needle on your business and income (MAKE A LIST)
• Figure out how you can scale those income producing activities so that you can do them more
• Make a list of what you DON’T need to be doing
• Have spontaneous dance parties with your kids!

Connect with Katie & the $1k Mom Community

• Come hang out with me Live on Facebook
• Join the $1k Mom Tribe
• Let’s hang out on IG Stories

Screenshot the show and tag me on IG Stories! I would love to hear about the AHA...

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...

Learn how to increase your blog traffic for FREE with Pinterest!

Meet Rachel

Rachel Ngom is a Pinterest strategist who gets over 700,000 monthly viewers on her Pinterest account. She went from being on food stamps with negative $400 in her checking account to earning $80,000 the following year, to over $100,000 the next year. It’s now her passion to share her pinning secrets with other female entrepreneurs so they can grow their influence, income, and impact! Rachel has lived in Kenya, met her husband in Senegal, got married in Morocco, and spent the last year living in France.

In your journey towards starting your business and monetizing your expertise you might find yourself wondering where to start or what to start on, or struggling with focus! In today’s episode with Pinterest Strategy expert Rachel Ngom, we talk about her journey towards finding what sets her soul on fire and what she’s passionate about and how just starting is what lead her to find it!...