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Free Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#51: Take the Fear Out of Selling in Your Emails with Copy Coach Monica BadiuHello my beautiful friends!
In this week's episode I have the joy of sharing with you one of the most inspiring and interesting conversations I've ever had about email marketing.
Monica is an email marketing expert and copy coach - but she looks at it differently than anyone else. She has such a strong (and simple) foundation behind how to sell in emails in a way that can feel natural to you and valuable to the audience.
She also speaks about the importance of emailing often and...2023-10-041h 06Free Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#50: Transformational Money Mindset with | Cornelia Constantinescu
Connect with Cornelia:
Website
YouTube Channel
Facebook page
Free Facebook Group
Cornelia's Freebie: ''It's one of my self-study programs that are the foundation of my work''
The coupon code to access Cornelia's amazing freebie is: moneyblueprint (and is unlimited 🤩)
Thank you for listening
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Georgiana ✨2023-09-131h 16Free Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#49: BTS - What’s Not Required In BusinessThank you for listening ✨✨
Send me a DM on Instagram here.
Visit georgianadadacosta.com for more marketing and business resources
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Georgiana2023-09-0725 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#48: What has been working for meIn today’s solo episode, I take you behind the scenes of what’s been working in my business and how I’ve been making decisions on what to offer, how to sell it and why.
Here are the resources mentioned in the episode:
My paid ads mini-funnel here
The Simple Service Offer Guide here
The 1:1 Strategy Sessions here
The 1:1 Coaching Package here
The $9 Grow with Paid Ads Membership here
If you enjoyed this episode it would mean the world if you sent me an email...2023-08-2324 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#47: Making 3k/day at 17 with her First Business | with Mangla SachdevIn this episode, I'm so excited to have interviewed Mangla
Sachdev from Expat Business In A Bag.
Mangla is originally from London, she moved from Malaysia to Melbourne, Blackpool to Edinburgh, Dunfermline to London and now in sunny Singapore.
She had set up a business in almost every city, but with each move, she had to pack up and say goodbye to clients who had become friends.
She have now built a business to help other’s like herself build a business they can take anywhere and not have to start from scratch ea...2023-08-1658 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#How I Make Money With Affiliate MarketingHello my beautiful friends, I'm so excited to share with you my laid-back journey with affiliate marketing and how this area is growing a super fun and useful income in my business month on month.
This episode will help out (and give you a full BTS perspective) if you want to:
make money through affiliate marketing (you become an affiliate for anything you want) and fun tips to incentivise your audience to use your affiliate links
create an affiliate program in your business
become an affiliate for my programs and earn commission
...2023-08-0242 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#45: Where Do I Begin With Promoting a New And Different Product For a Completely Different AudienceHope this served you 💖
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Georgiana2023-07-1916 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#44: How to Create a Freebie That Helps Your Audience And Sells Your OffersHello my beautiful friends.
I was just doing my to-do list and was surprised to see an email from an Instagram influencer and business owner about multiple sources of income. So intriguing! What have you been learning lately?
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Georgiana 2023-07-1104 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#43: How to Monetize a Tiny Audience with Ina CoveneyHello my beautiful friends!
I'm so excited for you to listen to this amazing interview with Ina Coveney, where she shares her golden knowledge on how to monetize a tiny audience.
Ina Coveney is a business coach and host of The Global Phenomenon Podcast. She helps up-and-coming online coaches monetize their tiny audience through organic lead generation strategies before they invest time and money in audience growth. Ina reached 6-figures in her business before ever cracking 1,000 followers on any of her platforms, and her mission to help coaches do the same.
2023-07-0553 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#42: Forward Motion is Better Than GoalsHello, my beautiful friends,
In today's solo episode I share with you a lesson that took me from stuck and feeling behind in my business to momentum and progress and success.
I learnt this in the little things - from how I manage my Instagram account to how I manage my clients' social media platforms.
How to have goals but stay consistent in spite of results, and how that is the actual secret sauce to results.
It's raw, honest, a bts kinda episode.
...2023-06-2828 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#41: How to Take Branded Photos with Nothing But Your Phone with Petra van der WalHello, my beautiful friends,
I'm so excited for this week's episode because our wonderful guest, brand photographer and marketing expert Petra can der Wal brings us a topic that will empower each and one of us to take more intentional, beautiful, and confidence-boosting photos that represent our brands and inspire our customers, with nothing but our phones!
Petra is the creator of the Instants Academy, and she generously shares so much knowledge with us on this episode, as well as lots of free resources below for you to be...2023-06-2154 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing PodcastE#40: Your Mind Only Believes What You Say- Self-Love, Business & Mindset with Jane KilianEpisode #40: Your Mind Only Believes What You Say- Self-Love, Business & Mindset with Jane Kilian
Whoop whoop this is episode 40! And I'm so excited for our guest today, and the raw, open and truly mindset-shifting conversation I've had with Jane Kilian, creator of the Self Love Club.
Jane has been a personal trainer for 14 years and has heard every pain point of every woman she has ever trained. She realized they all had something in common, not loving themselves. So she realized she needed to create change from the INside o...2023-06-071h 04Free Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#39: What I'd do if I had $0 marketing budget and needed to make salesThis episode lays out exactly my bundle marketing strategy - what I'd do if I had $0 budget, but I still wanted to grow my email list and make sales. Here's a summary of what I share with you:
Important: although I do have marketing budget, I already use this strategy regularly as part of all my marketing activity.
The first step I'd take to market my business for free if I have $0 budget or something happened and I need to reprioritise/scale down my finances
Exactly what software I'd use and their free...2023-05-3116 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing PodcastHow to Do What You Want & What's Good For Your Biz as an Introvert with Introvertpreneur Coach Tara ReidI'm so excited to have had the chance to sit down and record this interview for you with the amazing Tara Reid. I crossed paths with Tara about half a year ago when I participated in two of her live events and since then I've really loved what she does in the online space. To start with, Tara email marketing work is absolutely amazing and she is proof that you can build a strong presence and community off social media and build through connections as long as you lead all roads to your email list and nurture that.
2023-05-2434 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#37: My Self Pep Talk For When I Think I'm Doing It Wrong (Visibility, Business Promo, All the Things)Hello my beautiful friends, thank you for listening in.
In today's episode we talk about:
00:00:00 If You're Struggling With Visibility & Communication
00:09:53 The one thing you cannot live without in your business
00:19:31 Content pillars and their implication in business
00:24:16 Thank You for Watching This Episode
And don't forget I'm hosting a free training, you're invited to the live training or the replay here. 2023-05-1128 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#36: Homeschooling and Entrepreneurship with Malia Phelps WallerHello my beautiful friends,
In this episode, I had the joy of interviewing Malia Phelps Waller, who is a home-school mom, special educator and behaviour analyst who is passionate about learning through play. She helps home-school families with high-energy, hands-on learners, build a fun and playful home-school experience.
I am part of one of Malia's homeschool programs and I absolutely love what she teaches and the fact that she didn't only start a business to support her homeschooling but she actually made a business out of homeschooling too.
2023-05-0338 min
Bold Goal Crusher PodcastEp 133. Build an online career that gives you freedom to enjoy your life with Guest Georgiana DacostaGeorgiana Dacosta is a service business owner, course creator and business mentor. She helps women start an online business so they can have more freedom in their lives, something that she created for herself to be able to travel the world and raise and homeschool her toddlers. Georgiana teaches about making money first in your business, services, and all things marketing and funnels. She is also the host of the Free Happy & Thriving Online Business and Marketing Podcast.
In this episode we talk about:
[3:00] How Georgi...2023-04-0633 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#35: How To Rock Discovery Calls With Britteney The CoachHello, my beautiful friends,
In today's episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing the sales queen herself, Britteney the Coach. Britteney Ofodile (pronounced oh-fo-dee-lay) helps women level up their businesses, show up as their authentic selves and align it all to their driven purpose.
In this interview, we dived deep into discovery calls, what they are, how to use them, how to navigate busy schedules as mums and the fear of selling.
What I love about Britteney is the confidence she instils in you about being able to do sales without the icky stuff, by just being yourself. Her perspective...2023-03-2231 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#34 Freebies or Free Content - What's More Important?In this episode we talk free content, sharing value on Instagram TikTok, Youtube, podcasts like these, blogs, collabs, paid ads AND/OR creating strategic freebies behind an opt-in which grows your email list.
If you've been trying to split your time and figure out whether putting out more freebies, or no freebies, or putting out more content on socials is the right move, this episode is for you. Let's take the overwhelm out, look at it from the outside in and make some powerful decisions that work for each and one of our businesses.
Truly...2023-02-2235 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#33: How to Get Email Subscribers on Social MediaGrow an Email List of Buyers: https://georgianadacosta.com/email-list-trainng/2023-02-0923 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#32: 3 Marketing Strategies for 2023Hello, my beautiful friends,
Thank you for being here. I'm so excited to share my 3 marketing strategies for 2023.
If you prefer video, I also recorded this live on Instagram, you can watch it here.
The 3 marketing strategies I talk about in this episode:
Paid Ads (a specific type)
Collaborations (and how to get access at any point in business)
Social media (specifically how I'm using social media this year without being much on it).
Resources mentioned in this podcast:...2023-01-1834 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#31: 7 New Year 2023 ThingsHappy New Year my beautiful friends! Thank you for being here. Here are the 7 New Year 2023 things I want to share with you.
They are lessons, things I've experimented with, my stories - which I believe will serve you in 2023.
Start the thing
Overplanning is paralyzing and doing it perfectly and doing it all it's probably going to overwhelm your ideal client/customer - instead do the thing that would help them and the thing that you can take action on and help them sooner with
Start small - hope you enjoying my...2023-01-0856 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#30: End of Year Wrap Up - Decisions, Launches, Unsubscribes, Planning, Offers, Audience and all things 2022Grab your cup of coffee. Let's talk business and all that it entails from the emails we send to launches, collaborations, prices, offers, decisions, trusting ourselves, and all the lessons in between to have flow, make money, and follow our dreams.
In this episode, I share with you the inner workings of my business and my decisions, the mindset I've had to work with, how I approach strategies and all changes in my business in 2022.
All are open and raw to help and serve you in your business journey.
Aaaaannd I...2022-12-0642 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#29: Million Dollar Lesson: I'm Going To Trust Myself on ThisThe lesson I share with you in this podcast has been such a powerful tool for me to trust myself to take action in my business and realise that:
It's either working or teaching me something important that I need for my next step
The only way to get where I want to is to try and test things I feel called for
I don't have anything to prove to anyone on how fast it will work, but I owe myself not to ever give up on my dreams
It didn't only help me make so much m...2022-11-2935 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#28: How I'm Selling This Black Friday + Resources For Your OffersLet's talk about Black Friday sales.
In this episode, I talk you through what I'm going to sell this Black Friday promotion, including my exact tech set up and strategy behind it.
I also give you ideas of how to structure your black Friday offers if you are a service provider (i.e photographer, copywriter, social media manager), coach, product seller (candles, planners etc) or a course creator and digital product business.
Snippets of topics in this episode:
Why participate in Black Friday/Cyber Monday and how to do...2022-11-1538 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#27: Stop Telling Moms It's Easy To Run a Biz & Work From Home With Kids with Jamie GonsioroskiA few weeks ago I was scrolling through Instagram and I came across a reel by Jamie Richelle Designs, who I didn't know at that point. The reel said: Unpopular Opinion, stop telling moms that it's easy to run a business and work from home with kids.
I felt that message in my heart, for many reasons.
1. I am a mom working from home with kids running my business and it's the best thing that ever happened to me....but it's far from easy.
2. I help moms start an online business so they can have more time with their kids (a...2022-11-0856 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#26: My Worst Performing Email Made The Most Sales✨2022-11-0129 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#25 Behind the Scenes: How I Build My Audiencegeorgianadacosta.com/paidadstraining2022-10-2525 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#24: What to do when you don't have a big audience to sell tohttp://georgianadacosta.com/paidadstraining2022-10-2217 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#23: Are Paid Ads Worth It To Grow Your Audience?Music | Sappheiros - Lights fanlink.to/QY32022-10-1836 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#22: Fix Your Online Business Problems With This Perfect StrategyHave you ever looked for the secret sauce, the one strategy everyone is succeeding with but no one is sharing? Me too, truthfully!
In fact, day in and day out I have to make a conscious decision to reframe this, and actually focus on the one strategy that does work, it is entirely in my power, makes sense and it's visible, now that I know it, in everyone's actions that I admire in the business world.
I'm so excited for you to hear this episode. I start with an honest confession and share with you...2022-10-1429 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#21: How to Monetize a Tiny Audience with Ina CoveneyHey friends!
I'm so excited for you to listen to this amazing interview Ina Coveney, where she shares her golden knowledge on how to monetize a tiny audience.
Ina Coveney is a business coach and host of The Global Phenomenon Podcast. She helps up-and-coming online coaches monetize their tiny audience through organic lead generation strategies before they invest time and money in audience growth. Ina reached 6-figures in her business before ever cracking 1,000 followers on any of her platforms, and her mission to help coaches do the same.
In this e...2022-10-1154 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#20: How to Deal with Payment Problems in Your Business (late payments, refunds, unpaid)Episode 202022-10-0639 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#19: Three Steps To Start Your Online Business and What To Focus on First3 Steps To Start Your Online Business and What To Focus on First2022-10-0517 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#18: Launch Debrief Strategy Part 2Music | Sappheiros - Lights fanlink.to/QY32022-09-2933 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#17: Launch Debrief Full Strategy Part 1If you ever plan to sell anything online and do a launch, this episode is going to be so juicy and give you an incredible behind the scenes and lessons that you'll help fast-track your success.
Recording this episode I felt like I'm sharing too much and genuinely that I can't believe I'm just putting all these numbers and exact strategic steps into the podcast for free. But it felt right. Because I don't want this podcast to be fluff. When you listen to it I want you to know that I'm giving you insights and lessons...2022-09-2824 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#16: Practical Ways to Start an Online Business and Work from Home with KidsWorking from home with little ones is not a walk in the park. This episode was inspired by this post on Instagram by Jamie here, go check it out and see what I commented.
I agree we shouldn't try to create this illusion that we can work on our business whilst looking after our children and it's all so easy. It's not some secret sauce or magic ability.
In my experience, it's the best thing in my life to have freedom with my children through my online business. But, when it's work time, it's work an...2022-09-2144 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#15: Launch Debrief - UnpluggedLast month (August 2022) I ran my first 5 day challenge - Make Money With What You Know, which was part of the launch of my new signature program - Make Money With Services Academy.
It was an incredible experience, full of tech going wrong and aha moments, and lives changed.
In this episode, I pull the curtain on the launch and give you a full and unplugged debrief.
If you have an online business or plan to start one and would like to know what to expect from the first launch like this, this i...2022-09-1336 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#14: Interview With Diana Closca, Making Money Selling Services At 18 With No ExperienceDiana started making money selling services at 18, and now by 19 she's making a full time living along her studies. 2022-08-261h 58Free Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#13: Facebook Restricted Me Out Of My Own Group Mid Launch/Live ChallengeHey friends. This episode is different than anything I've recorded before. It's real-time struggles with me. Whilst I'm posted it a week or so later as things have been busy, it's been recorded in the midst of the storm and I'm so proud that I trusted myself to open up because I know the sharing this story and this struggle with help you in ways I could never articulate in perspective. So here it is, hope it serves you.
I'll record another for next week, because although we made it through and it was amazing, the tech...2022-08-2534 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#12: How to Stop Overthinking your Business Ideas with These 3 StepsOverthinking in your business is normal. Wavering is unfortunately even more normal. But if you don’t take charge of these things, they can stop your progress. In this episode I share with you 3 steps of how to face overthinking when it comes, sometimes stop it (90 days strategy) and sometimes go with the flow of it, but never feel limited by it. I still face this daily in my business. In fact it happened today before this episode went live. But I caught it, I faced it, questioned it and ultimately stopped myself from stopping that likely would have taken me...2022-08-0333 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#11: 3 Mindset Hacks For Moms To Stop Blocking Yourself From Starting An Online BusinessHey mama! Thank you for listening! I'm so excited for you to go through this episode where I guide you through the 3 simple yet powerful mindset hacks to help you stop blocking yourself from starting and online business.
FREE SOURCE - I've got a PDF resource to go with this episode, for you to use it if you're a visual learned. This guide has 3 quick exercises you can apply now and learn for the future to empower yourself with these 3 mindset hacks, so you can catch the blocks as they come and reframe them. You can use...2022-07-2939 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#10: Making A Lot Of Money On Instagram With Less Than 1000 FollowersHey friend, If I read that title - and I did read many like these, I wouldn’t have believed it. But I’m a marketing consultant and I manage a lot of marketing aspects for my clients online - from ads to funnels to social media. My clients are in the medical field and some of the accounts I manage have been turning over thousands upon thousands every month from social media well before reaching 1000 followers These are accounts I’ve created from scratch for my clients and helped them grow. And I share with you the exact strate...2022-07-2722 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#9: The 3 Most Important Strategies To Do In Your Business From Day 1 (or ASAP)Hey friend,
Thank you for listening. In episode I help you dive deep into 3 simple yet most important strategies to implement in your online business from day 1 or as soon as possible. They will become your biggest money-makers. They will become the core of your online business. And yes I will talk email marketing and the list and social media. But in a simple way. The way that will grow with you.
And to help you implement this I've got a little PDF for you with a summary of this and some tools & ideas.
You can download the Free PDF g...2022-07-2128 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#8: The Secret Sauce to Making It With Your Online BusinessSince 2012 I have been on a constant hunt for the right strategy in business. I often felt that if I found that answer and that answer then that's it, I'll make it. It was probably about 2 years ago that I understood what it's really all about, how it works, how everyone is actually doing it. I share this with you in this episode and I call it the secret sauce, because it's the only thing that everyone who's out there doing online business their way, and getting the rewards, is doing!
If you enjoy this episode share w...2022-07-1523 minFree Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#7 Should I Even Start a Service Business - Isn't That Trading Hours for Money?Hi my beautiful friends, I’m so excited for this episode and this topic. It’s probably one of the most frequent questions I get and it’s so valid and a question I’ve asked myself a lot too.
So I’m really excited to dive into this topic because my answer is not what you probably expect and also not something I’ve heard anyone talk candidly about, although I know most successful entrepreneurs I love had this approach in their business for a while (based on their own stories).
I’ve got 4 important poin...2022-07-1336 min
Free Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#6: How To Take The Pressure And Fear Out Of Starting An Online BusinessHow to take the pressure and fear out of starting an online business
Starting an online business usually starts with a dream or desire for what this business will create in our lives. It feels good and exciting this is often quickly followed by searching within what we have to offer
This is the good stuff. Where all dreams ignite.
Then it’s time to decide some things, and this where pressure and fear comes in. So let’s name it and work through it together
Thank you for listening. If you e...2022-07-0741 min
Free Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#5: How To Stop Comparing Yourself To Other Women Online And Feel Empowered InsteadI started this episode with a different topic in mind but my intuition led me here and I'm not surprised, because it's been a topic on my heart that I've personally struggled with. We have all the world at our finger tips and we can find amazing women online that running businesses like ours, living freedom lives and having it all. We feel inspired and motivated but then comparison kicks in and the flood of limiting believes takes over. We feel less than, and the ifs come in - if I had her video equipment, if I looked like...2022-02-2444 min
Free Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#4: I Had To Overcome This To Start An Online BusinessBusiness can be hard. It's risky. It's supposed to be. But, what does it offer? For me, control over my time. I didn't have that throughout life in my school years and I wasn't gonna have that in my career if I didn't choose business. Control over finances, uncapped. You can make amazing money in a job, but oh my, you can make unlimited money in a business. Location freedom - for me that meant living a life true to me. Travelled the world, visited my family who lives across Europe. I move freely, and still earn and grow my...2022-02-1020 min
Free Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#3: What Is Freelancing And How Do I Know It's The Right Online Business For Me?In this episode I help you understand what freelancing is, how you can become a freelancer, what type of freelance jobs or freelancer gigs you can have, how the business works, and most importantly how you can determine if this is the right type of online business model for you.
I have been a freelancer since 2012 and I had many freelancer titles including ghostwriter, copywriter, travel writer, SEO blogger, web developer, social media marketing, google ads manager, facebook ads manager, digital marketing consultant.
I also did many little freelance jobs like transcribing and data entry. Thi...2022-02-0213 min
Free Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#2: How I Quit My Job And Replaced My Income FreelancingI started freelancing straight after graduating University, before I got a corporate job. But I struggled for the first 4.5 years and a half and had to get a job twice to make money on the side of my business. But in 2016, just as I was about to get married, I knew something in me shifted and I was ready to thrive. I believed it so much that without any backup plan I quit my job on my honeymoon and decided that no matter what my freelance business is going to replace my income. And it did. It replaced it...2022-01-0415 min
Free Happy & Thriving | Online Business & Marketing Podcast#1: How to Make Money Online FreelancingFreelancing changed my life. It gave me the opportunity to work online before I had any skills. I was able to make money straight away and learn along the way. It gave me freedom to work remotely and travel the world. To make a full time living from home and raise my babies. To start other businesses. It's an incredible business model to start with. Some call it done for you services or consulting. In this episode I share with you what is freelancing, how you can make money with it now even if you don't have any skills and...2021-12-1621 min