Starting an online business as a mom is not an easy task, Thank goodness for people like Sara Lingenfelter to help you make a strategic plan to accomplish your income goals online. In today’s episode of the 1k Mom Podcast, we interview Sara, from Your Virtual Biz Partner and she helps us navigate the online world and make money strategically as a mom and business owner.

Meet Sara

Online entrepreneur and owner of Virtual Biz Partner, Sara Lingenfelter made a life-changing discovery in 2011 after a bit of soul-searching. Sara got clear that she wanted to work at home and have time with her then 2-year-old son. She decided she wanted to be in control of her future and be available for every one of her son’s milestones. The world of Virtual Assistance opened up a real passion for online business, systems and technology. In no time, her business was fully booked, and she went from being a VA to become a Certified Online Business Manager where she helped busy...

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by your to-do list? As moms, we are juggling all the things for all the people and in today’s episode, Stacey Ogden walks us through a very tactical way of going from a brain dump of everything you have to handle and organizing that into a strategic to-do list.

Listen in and definitely let me know your AHA moments on Instagram! I’d love to see you trying this process out for yourself right alongside me.

Meet Stacey

Stacey Ogden is the founder and owner of the Busy Mom Collective. Through her podcast of the same name, and working one-on-one with clients, she helps working moms and mompreneurs master their schedules, own their time, and conquer their out of control to-do lists. She lives in western Connecticut with her husband, 7 year old daughter, and German Shepherd puppy where she teaches middle school music and runs a local chapter of Business Among Moms.

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When building an online business, the main goal should always and forever be, more engagement and more connection with your people in your tribe.

Facebook groups can be one of the best places to build authentic community, create an engaged following and provide immense value. In today’s episode, we talk with Becky Mollenkamp on how she has organically and authentically created a highly engaged Facebook Group in less than a year! She is sharing the strategy and tactics behind building an engaged Facebook Group.

Meet Becky

Becky Mollenkamp began her career as a journalist, working as a staff reporter for a daily newspaper and an editor for one of the country’s largest magazines. She left the 9-to-5 grind in 2005 to become a freelance writer, eventually shifting her focus to corporate writing. Today, she helps other freelancers with mindset and strategy so they can own their authority and crush their goals. She has a large Facebook group, Own it Crush it, and...

Networking as a mom and building connections to grow our businesses is often hard when we are raising kids, home bound with potty training toddlers and consumed with playing taxi for all the activities our family is involved in. There is no doubt about it that making genuine connections and networking can be what makes the difference in growing your business and can help you grow it faster!

In today’s podcast episode with Andrea Delucia, we talk about motherhood, business and networking as moms.

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Meet Andrea

Andrea DeLucia also known as (Andy) is a wife and mother of 4 she a serial mom-pruner, COACH, SPEAKER, AND CEO. She is the former owner of Elegance & Grace Weddings and the founder of Elite Workshop. With 13 years experience in planning and designing luxury weddings  Andrea has received many awards and recognition for her top notch She has designed campaigns working with National brand companies such as UGG...

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.

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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...

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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!...