Business with Impact – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In today’s episode, I’m sitting down with my incredible mastermind client, Jenn Kleber, a former educator turned sought-after business coach for education consultants. 

Jenn’s story is packed with bold decisions, mindset shifts, and tactical strategies that helped her pivot and continue to grow in today’s market, and in this episode she’s sharing it all. 

If you’ve ever felt like your business should be working but it just isn’t, you're not alone. In this powerful conversation, Jenn reveals what really happens behind the scenes when you go all-in on your business and how to keep going when results feel slow.

If you’ve ever doubted your calling or questioned your next move, this episode is for you.

What to Listen For:

• The pivotal moment Jenn decided to start her own consulting business and what pushed her to go all in.
• How your “warm market” could be the fastest path to your first bookings.
• The real reason Jenn's first six months after pivoting didn’t go as planned (and what she did about it).
• What to do when the strategy isn’t working (and how to fix it without scrapping everything).
• The system that took Jen from reactive bookings to predictable, scalable growth.
• Why “working hard” isn’t enough and what most business owners get wrong about strategy.
• The ripple effect of impact: how helping your clients win creates momentum in your business too.
• And so much more...

This episode was a masterclass in mindset, strategy, and staying the course even when growth feels slow. If you’re in a season of pivot or building something new, Jenn’s story is the proof that systems work and your business can too. Be sure to DM us your biggest takeaway, and don’t forget to subscribe for next week’s episode!

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• Join Jenn’s FREE Masterclass HERE!

On today's episode, I am so excited to introduce you to Brandi Matthews.

Brandi is one of our mastermind clients and is an educational consultant for therapists. On our episode today, we're talking specifically about how she got into online business, what she's doing now that's really working in her business, and how she made decisions on what to invest in and what not to invest in along the way. 

I can’t wait to discuss all of these things and more with you on today’s episode. Let’s dive in!

• At 7:39, after Brandi talks about something that many consider taboo in this industry… having another job while growing her online business. Brandi shows us that you can do both and do them really well and still be very involved in your family and free time. 
• At 13:59, Brandi shares about some of the seeming setbacks and failures in her online business that have actually turned out to be catalysts for growth, both for her personally and for her online business.  
• At 17:25, Brandi gives three excellent tips and questions to consider when it comes to investing in your online business. How do you know what program or course or mentorship is right for you and why is it so important to invest in ourselves and our businesses?

Important Links:

• Learn about The Growth Lab™ program HERE!
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• Follow Brandi on Instagram!
• Connect with Brandi and her online business HERE!

If business feels frustrating right now…
If you’re doing all the things and still wondering why nothing’s quite landing…

It might not be because you're doing the wrong things.
It might be because you're doing the right things... at the wrong stage.

One of the biggest reasons smart, talented online business owners stall out and plateau?
They’re executing Stage 3 strategies… while still stuck in Stage 1.
Or they’re looping in Stage 2 without ever building a strong Stage 1 foundation.

In this episode, I’m breaking down the three stages of online business growth – what they really look like, what to focus on at each one, and what you can completely ignore for now.

Because doing the right work at the wrong time? Leads to unnecessary hustle and overwhelm.

What to listen for:

• The #1 mistake that keeps entrepreneurs stuck (and burned out)
• Why doing “advanced” strategies too early can stall your growth
• The simple breakdown of Stage 1: Scrappy Sales + Validation
• What not to waste time on when you’re starting out
• The exact markers that signal you’re ready for Stage 2
• How to move from “manual momentum” to scalable success
• Why you don’t need a team of 10 to hit consistent income
• What it really looks like to step into Impactful CEO mode in Stage 3
• The difference between automated, automatic, and AI systems

Trying to build a successful online business on a shaky foundation? That’s a recipe for frustration. But when you understand which stage of business you’re truly in, you can stop plateauing and start building with simple systems that work. If you’re ready to plug into the proven systems that match where you are now, tune into this episode.

Listen now, subscribe to the show, and check out The Business with Impact Academy™ to start building your business the simple, scalable way.

Important Links:

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Have you ever found yourself asking the questions: How can I grow my audience? Or, how can I get more traffic over to my offer? Maybe you've even thought about experimenting with paid traffic strategies, but you're not sure if that's the right avenue for you or what the alternatives might be.

Maybe you’ve even felt like you are the best kept secret in your space…

If any of these apply to you, today's episode was created with you in mind! Today, I'm interviewing my friend, Selena Soo, and we are talking about all things publicity!

We're going to start out by identifying, and really defining, what does publicity mean? And spoiler alert, we're not talking about paying to play in the publicity space. We're talking about how to get free publicity, visibility, and how to build authority for your online business and your brand.

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→ Have a business question for Rachel? Send in your business questions to Rachel HERE!

→ See a copy of this week's show notes HERE!

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One of the questions that we've been getting a lot recently is…What happened to The Business With Impact Society? Where did it go? And what is The Business with Impact Academy™? How is it different?

So on today's Business With Impact Podcast episode, we are going to share why we transitioned from the membership model to the group coaching model in our business.

And we’ll also cover some of the questions you can ask when you're deciding what type of program you're going to offer in your business.

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If you're someone who struggles to show up on social media and who struggles to be consistent on social media, there is an alternative for you!

You don't have to be tethered to your phone. You don't have to stop in the middle of a fun activity with your family to take some videos for your Instagram. You don't have to be available all day to show up behind the scenes…

There is another option…there is another way. This second part of our two part series on content creation is for you!

Last week we talked about how it's not about creating content for your audience… It's about creating content for the audience that needs to hear your message. And this week, we’re going to tell you how and why social media isn’t the foundation of our business.

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One of the goals that we set this year in our business was that we wanted to play a different game when it came to content creation.

This will be a two-part episode as we seek to answer these questions: How do we decide what we're going to do on social media? And then how do we specifically implement what we’ve created.

It’s going to be a great two episodes! Let’s dive in!

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→ See a copy of this week's show notes HERE!

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In our business, we look at problems a lot differently than most other businesses—We actually celebrate our problems!

But I haven't always been great at how I look at problems. I would make it mean a whole lot of things about myself, about the business, and my worth that it didn’t really mean.

So, if you're reading this right now and that's you…just know that's really normal.

But I also want to tell you that when I started to approach problems differently in my business, it allowed me to grow in leadership so that my business could grow and expand quicker than I could have ever imagined!

Welcome back to the Business With Impact Podcast for 2022!

On today's episode, we're going to be tackling goal-setting and goal-achieving. We thought this was the perfect way to kick off the new year on the podcast!

There are a couple of different types of people who are reading right now…For some of you, goals make you feel really insecure because you don’t ever hit your goals. Then there’s people who sometimes hit their goals and sometimes don't. Finally, there's those of you who always crush your goals…Goal setting just comes easy for you!

…And I want to tell you right now, that no matter which one of those categories you fall into, today's episode is for you!

As an entrepreneur, have you ever found yourself so deep into the hustle game that you didn't even know how to get out of it? Maybe you even knew you needed to get out of that lifestyle, but you just didn't know where to start.

If that's you, you're not alone. So many of us entrepreneurs have found ourselves on this hamster wheel too. And there are so many of us who have gotten out of it. How?

My friend and author, Jessica Hottle, explains how in today's episode! She also tells us why the hustle lifestyle is not normal for anyone as she helps us work through how to reset our mindset around work. I'm so excited for you to listen to this episode!