entrepreneurship https://spinoffsuccess.com Wed, 30 Dec 2020 14:42:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://spinoffsuccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cropped-spinoffFB_2-32x32.jpg entrepreneurship https://spinoffsuccess.com 32 32 029 Stephanie Penich https://spinoffsuccess.com/029-stephanie-penich/ Tue, 29 Dec 2020 20:35:22 +0000 http://spinoffsuccess.com/?p=579
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How Her Spontaneous Spiritual Gifts Turned Into A Business

Stephanie Penich was going about her life, enjoying her various jobs and practicing reiki, when she started to receive messages out of the blue for friends, family and clients from their loved ones who had passed.

Steph recorded her experiences in a little black journal and turned those notes into a fascinating podcast called "Medium in the Middle". 

While her mediumship journey unfolds, Stephanie is building an audience, a website, and a business offering online and in-person energy and spiritual services and mentorship.

Discreet Skills Discussed on the Show

In addition to her developing skills as a medium, Stephanie is a gifted reiki practitioner and teacher, an akashic records reader and a budding mentor and coach. 

She's also building her business and her brand largely on her own. 

  • reiki (distance and in-person)
  • akasha
  • energy clearing
  • talking to dead people
  • website design and functionality
  • social media
  • podcasting
  • mentorship/teaching

Learn More and Connect with the Medium in the Middle


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Listen on apple podcast (iTunes), Stitcher, Player Fm


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028 Alexandra Fasulo https://spinoffsuccess.com/028-alexandra-fasulo/ Fri, 18 Dec 2020 02:23:53 +0000 http://spinoffsuccess.com/?p=562
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How To Leverage Fiverr To Earn A Million Dollars

Alex Fasulo signed up for Fiverr.com in 2015 hoping to earn an extra $50 a month. She listed a single gig offering to write press releases for just $5. Her plan was to secure a high rating and an excellent reputation on the site. When she quit her high stress PR job after just a month, she turned to her Fiverr dashboard, offered a few more services and woke up to a new business. 

Fast forward five years and Alex has earned over a million dollars on the platform. She shares everything she's learned through an ebook, courses and hundreds of sub-one minute videos on TikTok™.

This episode is packed with inspiration, candor and no-nonsense advice about how to launch a lucrative business as a freelancer. Alex is a force in the best way and I think you'll love her personality as much as I do.

Discreet Skills Discussed on the Show

In spite of having actual professional writing skills, Alex initially and strategically set her prices low as a freelancer to generate a flood of 5 star reviews and encourages all new creators and other service providers on the platform to do the same. Every aspect of her journey was self-taught and hard-earned.

  • copy writing
  • long form writing
  • multiple industry-specific content
  • basic SEO and keyword research
  • client on-boarding
  • marketing
  • time management
  • delegating
  • branding
  • styling
  • photography
  • hiring/vetting/training writers to scale her business
  • systems

Learn More and Connect with Alex

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Listen on apple podcast (iTunes), Stitcher, Player Fm

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase a service or product through a link, the publisher receives a commission at no additional cost to you. 


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022 Stephen Warley https://spinoffsuccess.com/022-stephen-warley/ Fri, 25 Oct 2019 07:00:14 +0000 http://spinoffsuccess.com/?p=411
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Accidental Entrepreneur Who Discovered the Life Skills That Matter

Stephen Warley describes himself as "happily unemployable" after nearly 20 years of working for himself when the dotcom bubble and the 2008 recession disrupted his career and the broadcast industry forever. 

Stephen has recognized and distilled a discreet set of unchangeable human characteristics that are rarely emphasized in traditional settings.  Stephen helps clients build new businesses and prepare for the future of work by focusing on the life skills that matter.

In this episode, we discuss the three most important life skills and how they work together to future-proof any business. Stephen identifies the four learning curves that happen simultaneously when learning how to work for yourself.

Learn how Stephen's 30 day accelerator program can help you transition from traditional employment to self-employment, launch your business idea or help you get traction if your new business is struggling.


Discreet Skills Discussed on the Show

Stephen makes a convincing case that there are three critical skills that have helped humans adapt to an ever-changing landscape of work throughout history. 

There has never been a more important time to identify and develop these skills.

  • self awareness
  • curiosity
  • connection

Learn More and Connect with Stephen

  • Visit Stephen's website, Life Skills That Matter, for tools, information and to learn more about Stephen's 30 day accelerator.
  • Discover the first 5 action steps toward self-employment here: https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/get-started-now/
  • I highly recommend Stephen's podcast also called "Life Skills That Matter".
  • Find out when Stephen's new book, "The Only Work Left" is published.
  • Connect with Stephen on Twitter and LinkedIn.


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Listen on apple podcast (iTunes), Stitcher, Player Fm


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018 Matt McWilliams (part 2) https://spinoffsuccess.com/018-matt-mcwilliams-part-2/ Thu, 16 Aug 2018 04:00:07 +0000 http://spinoffsuccess.com/?p=341
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Choosing a Launch Model and How Never To Run Out of Content

Matt McWilliams shares detailed strategies in this episode to figure out what your audience will buy, how to decide on promotion model and how he keeps his content fresh and never-ending.

If you haven't heard part 1 of our interview, you should listen to that episode (017) for context and to hear Matt's back story.

This episode literally picks up where we left off and gets a little more specific and in-depth.

Discreet Skills Discussed on the Show

Matt taught himself marketing and basic business principles when he helped run and promote his family's golf school. You'll learn how he continued to acquire and stack his skills in many different ways to assist other business owners and content creators and build a successful business of his own.

  • golf
  • direct marketing
  • basic web design
  • basic SEO and keyword research
  • customer service
  • online marketing
  • sales
  • copy writing
  • email marketing
  • negotiation
  • basic business contract terms
  • how to repurpose content

Learn More and Connect with Matt


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Listen on apple podcast (iTunes), Stitcher, Player Fm


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017 Matt McWilliams (Part 1) https://spinoffsuccess.com/017-matt-mcwilliams-part-1/ Wed, 08 Aug 2018 18:03:04 +0000 http://spinoffsuccess.com/?p=326
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How Promoting a Family Business Spiraled Into Affiliate Marketing Expertise

Matt McWilliams is one of the best examples of a spinoff success that I've come across. Matt leveraged his own business and marketing experience to help content creators and online entrepreneurs like Brian Tracy, Michael Hyatt, Ray Edwards, Lewis Howes and Jeff Goins grow their audience and promote their products. Now he teaches creators and business owners on and offline how to leverage affiliate programs and deploy other online business tools.

We talked for over an hour but Matt delivered so much value that I broke it into two parts.

In part 1 of our interview, Matt shares his fascinating back story and describes how he helps businesses grow using affiliates.

Tune in to part 2 next week where Matt shares in-depth information on choosing an affiliate model, how to figure out what your audience will buy and how he repurposes content for maximum reach and endless relevance.


Discreet Skills Discussed on the Show

Matt taught himself marketing and basic business principles when he helped run and promote his family's golf school. You'll learn how he continued to acquire and stack his skills in many different ways to assist other business owners and content creators and build a successful business of his own.

  • golf
  • direct marketing
  • basic web design
  • basic SEO and keyword research
  • customer service
  • online marketing
  • sales
  • copy writing
  • email marketing
  • negotiation
  • basic business contract terms

Learn More and Connect with Matt


Connect with me on Twitter, facebook and Instagram 

Listen on apple podcast (iTunes), Stitcher, Player Fm


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