An unfortunate mishap at the gym presented me with a valuable life (and online business) lesson. Listen to episode 148 for all the details.

Mentioned in this episode: 

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Entrepreneurs and online business owners often spend so much time worrying about the wrong things. Here are five things that will not make the difference in your business and the #1 thing entrepreneurs get wrong.

• Entrepreneurs and online business owners often worry about the wrong the wrong things.
• The five things I see them worry about and focus way too much time on are: A logo, A uniquely coded website, A fancy DSLR camera for livestreaming or capturing the perfect images for your blog posts, A certain online course.
• Every business should have a website--including those in Direct Sales, MLM , Network Marketing.
• Target audience and ICA are NOT the same thing! (I spend a great deal of time discussing what each of these is in the episode.
• You cannot have a bunch of ICAs.
• It's crucial that your marketing and messaging remain consistent so that you consistently attract your target audience online.
• When you attract outliers, it's because your communication has been inconsistent.
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It's important to know exactly where you should be spending your time online to grow your business, podcast and social media followers! Is LinkedIn or Facebook better?

 In this week's episode:

• If you have a business, you need to be on LinkedIn!
• Save posts on LinkedIn and Facebook (strategically and with purpose)
• Use hashtags on LinkedIn and Facebook, but these platforms may not be using the same hashtags at the same rate. (I detail how to determine this int he episode, which is the second part of this broadcast.
• Use branded hashtags as well as content-driven hashtags.
• You cannot own hashtags, but you can dominate them.
• I provide much more information about hashtags in episode 70.
• You can repurpose the exact same content, without penalty, on both LinkedIn and Facebook.
• Best practices state that you should really change your hashtags and/or post copy as you repurpose your social media content.
• Most recently, I've used SocialBee.io and Buffer for scheduling social media...

You've probably been told to do at least one of these--and why it was never going to help you or your business grow.

 In this week's episode:

• Mantras: Repetitive words or phrases used for manifesting what you want or while you meditate
• Affirmations: Positive things that you'd like to happen but are not currently happening
• "The universe" has your back...will provide for you...and other things people believe
• Self development courses, books, conferences
• I discuss each of these four things in detail and why none of them will help you personally or professionally.

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Every entrepreneur suffers from imposter syndrome and FOMO more than once. Discover what you can do about it in episode 60 of Business Fabulous.

• All entrepreneurs suffer from Imposter Syndrome and FOMO--more than once during the lifetime of their businesses. 
• I explain Imposter Syndrome and FOMO in the episode.
• Everyone begins somewhere and the most successful people did not get where they are now immediately or without failure.
• I discuss my own struggles with Imposter Syndrome and FOMO during the episode.
• I give examples of what you can do to successfully deal with both Imposter Syndrome and FOMO.

Mentioned in the episode:

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• You CAN do it! I'm here to help you with free...

This episode will help you plan out your future business success through gratitude, goal setting, depression, and more. Get ready to take notes!

In this week's episode:

• 65% of people set New Year's resolutions
• According to several research studies, most people abandon their New Year's resolutions by January 19
• If you really want to achieve your personal and professional goals, you need to write them down (I give examples in the episode).
• I detail exactly how to easily map out everything you'll do for your business this year in the episode.
• Keeping a gratitude journal has changed my business and my life.
• I describe how depression has affected me in the episode.
• I thoroughly describe the Next Steps mini-course and how it's designed for busy entrepreneurs who need the blueprint for what to do next to jumpstart their business success in the episode.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Jasmine Star's podcast
• Amy Porterfield's podcast

This week's challenge:

Needing some "next steps" for your...