We're answering a question from Stacy Babb who wrote, "HOW can I start my own affiliate marketing business while still getting paid by my nine to five? Keep in mind I have 2 little's under 3 and 2 elderly adults over 80 to support. I CANT let this keep passing me by.

PS. The hubs is down to jump on board. We just need to know where to jump!"

Lacking the confidence you need to become a more successful entrepreneur? You are not alone. In fact, this is the number 1 struggle for most people making the move to work for themselves.

That's why in this episode, we're bringing in confidence coach, Rachel Luna to offer some strategies to help you quickly become a more confident person.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/confident-entrepreneur

How many times have you asked someone to do something for you in your business, only to find yourself taking over the task? A virtual assistant can be a powerful addition to your team, however, they must be trained!

In this episode we go through a simple, 4-step training process anyone can use to train their virtual assistants.

We're answering a question from Darien Chavez who wrote, "How did you decide what to cut out of your biz/life after (or preemptively) becoming parents and do you plan to raise your little guy to be an entrepreneur?

I’ve been struggling with this myself as my little guy is about to be 6 and wants to shoot YouTube videos. I’m torn between “Go for it!” and keeping him away from all the bad out there."

We believe that 99% of online businesses should use affiliate marketing to drive additional revenue. Bold statement we know, but it's true!

In this episode, we break down 3 commonly overlooked ways to bring in affiliate revenue, without coming across pushy to your audience.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/using-affiliate-marketing-in-your-business

"Don't accept criticism from someone you wouldn't take advice from." That's our motto when it comes to handling all the haters out there.

Listen in and find out the best ways to approach criticism when it comes your way.

Just because you launched a website, doesn't mean anyone is going to be able to find it! In order to grow a successful online business, you have to actually go out and get an audience of interested people.

In this episode, we chat about ways to grow attention BEFORE launching your business.

One of the benefits of running an online business is that you can do it from anywhere!

This is something Andrew Henderson from Nomad Capitalist has been exploring for over a decade.

He's coming on the show to talk about how online entrepreneurs can take advantage of lower taxes while living and working overseas.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/why-moving-overseas-could-make-you-a-better-entrepreneur-with-andrew-henderson

Struggling to feel driven to succeed in business and life? You are definitely NOT alone! In fact, most people lack the drive necessary to succeed in business. However, it doesn't always have to be this way.

In this episode, we talk about why most people struggle with ambition and how to make small adjustments in your mind to enhance your motivation and move you closer to success.

Do you struggle to stay consistent with your content efforts? Sure, posting pics on Instagram is easy. But what about creating REAL content like blog posts, podcasts, and videos?

In this episode, we reveal how we manage to stay consistent with 3 podcasts episodes and 3 new videos each and every week. Plus how we plan on increasing our content frequency in the future.

Ever thought about opening up a short term popup group for a promotion or product launch?

We break down all the lessons we learned from running a popup group that generated over $40,000 on a single promotion of somebody else's program.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/pop-up-group

In one way or another, we have all felt some discomfort in doing things in our business. But how do we know if this is just the next stage of growth or that we’re out of alignment with what we do? Listen in as we help you determine whether your feelings are just mental barriers, fears or actually out of alignment with you.

Resources: Bree Noble, femalemusicianAcademy.com

The industry of online business is booming. And in this episode, we chat with Lauren Tickner of the Impact School, a 22-year old who has successfully built her online fitness coaching business after quitting university.

She now has taken her expertise of growing a successful online business and is teaching others how to go and grow.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/build-a-successful-business

Are you one of those people who feel the need to go to university even if you know deep down that it isn’t what you want and it won’t make you happy? In this week’s episode, Jill and Josh share why going to university wasn’t the answer to their biggest achievements in life and why it might be the best decision you’ll ever make for yourself too.

Building a business takes a time and hard work, but how can you commit to making it real when you're overwhelmed by your nine to five? Take a listen to this week's Question to find out how you can balance your business and other duties.

How terrified are you from speaking and selling from the stage?

What if I told you that our guest on today's episode, speaking expert Colin Boyd, says that the average conversion rate from selling on a physical stage is close to 25%?

Would that change your mind and help you get over your fear of public speaking?

Listen in as Josh and Colin jam on ways to sell from stage without coming across like a douchebag.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/sell-from-the-stage

Let's face it! Setting the prices for your online courses is challenging. How can you know if you're charging too low or too high? In this week's episode, Jill and Josh discuss the main factors you need to have in mind when it comes to pricing online courses. 

Membership sites are hot right now! Adopting this business strategy seems promising, but what type of site should you start to see actual results? In this interview, Josh sits with Stu McLaren from Tribe to discuss 6 examples of membership sites that are a clear path to success.

Resources:

-Free Membership Workshop - https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/workshop
- Stu McLaren's Website - Stu.me

We ran a membership site for over three years and a half, so you should trust us when we say that you don't need a lot of money to build one. In this week's Question, we discuss several strategies for getting started with this business model without throwing down all your cash.

Resources:
-    Free Membership Workshop: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/workshop

-    Stu McLaren's Website - Stu.me

Membership sites. They've been around for over a decade, but only now are we starting to see an uptick in the number of businesses adopting them as a strategy. In this episode, we interviewed Stu "The Membership Guy" McLaren (founder of Tribe) on what he thinks the future holds when it comes to membership sites.

Resources:
-    Free Membership Workshop: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/workshop

- Stu McLaren's Website - Stu.me

At the end of last year, we closed down our membership community, Screw U. It was an extremely hard decision, especially knowing that we had connected with some incredible people over the last 3 years. Does this mean we will NEVER start another membership again in the future? Of course not! We love this business model and there is definitely a chance we will open up another one again in the future. In this episode, we discuss the mistakes we made and how we will do it differently in the future.

Resources:
-    Free Membership Workshop - https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/workshop

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/membership-sites

Affiliate marketing is easily the most passive way of earning money in an online business. But is there a way to start affiliate marketing without a website? In this episode, Jill and Josh break down several ways to start earning affiliate commissions before you build a website.

How do you know when it's time to completely focus on your business and finally screw the nine to five? Take a listen to this week's Question to find out what you have to consider before taking the big step of going all in on your business. 

Let's be honest, when you're running a business there will always be people that don't take you seriously.

But what if one of those people is actually your significant one?

Catch up with Jill and Josh sharing their insights on not getting support from your partner in this week's episode.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/partner-thinks-your-business-is-a-hobby

Let's face it! As the business and marketing continue to evolve, trying to stay focused in your business is a real pain in the butt! In this week's Question, Jill and Josh chat about how to avoid distraction and keep the focus on the things that matter the most when it comes to your business.

How does one actually build and scale a successful ecommerce business? One of the options available is called drop shipping and it's probably the easiest way to start selling physical products online. In this episode Anton Kraly, creator of Drop Ship Lifestyle and host of the eCommerce Lifestyle podcast, talks to Josh about this underground business model. Listen in to find out how it works and why it could be a good fit for you.

The worst thing of being given bad advice about your business is that you don't notice it was actually a bad advice until time has passed. So, how to avoid being misguided? Take a listen to Jill and Josh talking about how to deal with bad business advice.

Is your email list made up mostly of your Mom, cousins and the occasional person who replies to each one of your messages, thinking you're actually just emailing them and nobody else? In this episode we talk about how to grow an email list from scratch and how to keep it growing every single month.

A recent video from The Economist sparked up a conversation around the chance of there being 1 BILLION location independent jobs by the year 2035.

In this episode Jill and Josh discuss the trend they are seeing in remote working and if this projection could in fact come true.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/nomad

What the eff is Act 20 and what does it have to do with moving to Puerto Rico and saving taxes?? In this episode, we talk about how this recently introduced law could be the deal of the century for digital CEO's. Listen in to find out if you're the right fit to take advantage of it.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/keep

How much of the money you make in your business are you actually keeping? I'm guessing not as much as you'd like! I mean, isn't one of the reasons for having a business to help create financial freedom for yourself and your family? In this episode, Josh chats with John Lee Dumas, founder and host of the Entrepreneurs On Fire podcast, about some strategies to keep more of the money you make.

Just last year, we completely pivoted our business away from a membership site model and towards affiliate marketing. Since then a lot of people have asked us why we decided to make this shift. In this episode, we discuss the factors that lead us towards making a big change in our business.

Let's be honest, MLM has gotten a bad wrap in recent years. But is it all that bad or are there legitimate ways to build a business using network marketing as the central revenue model. Jill sat down with Cayla Craft to discuss how to create a successful business using Multi Level Marketing as the central focus.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/30k-2

When you wake up in the morning, how conscious are you of the first thought that comes to mind? What if we told you that your first thought in the morning will determine the outcome of your day. Would you take it more seriously? We discuss this and more in today's Quickie.

What if I magically waved a wand and suddenly you had a breakthrough year in your business? How would that feel? In this episode find out what we believe to be the one thing every business owner needs to have a breakthrough year.

If someone ever tells you paying for the right tools to help your business isn't important, they're lying! These 3 tools were crucial in helping us make just just $30k each, but a whole lot more! Listen in to hear which 3 tools made us a whole whack of money.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/tools-we-used

Have you ever felt like when good things start happening, eventually something bad will happen to bring you back to where you were before? It's completely normal and it's called "self-sabotage". But what if it didn't have to be that way? What if, the better it gets...the better it gets...and the better it continues to get! In this episode we discuss this and more.

Ever feel like all you do is work on your business? It's time to get a life because your business is supposed to GIVE you freedom, not take it away! Listen in as Jill and Josh discuss how they deal with balancing business and life.

Let's face it, without some type of publicity your business will ultimately fail. It's not rocket science! Yet, if this is so obvious, why do so many entrepreneurs avoid doing the work to get their brand message out there? In this episode, Jill talks to Selena Soo from Impacting Millions about why publicity is so important and how to easily spread your brand message even if you're introverted.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/how-to-get-publicity

Content marketing is a great strategy to position your business or your personal brand, but actually creating the content can feel like a real struggle. From running out of ideas to being another victim of the "impostor syndrome", the issues can be many. Yet, all these problems can be easily tackled as Jill and Josh show in this week's Quickie.

Let's face it, business is challenging to say the least and sometimes you may feel like giving up. This situation is actually more common than you think. Fortunately, there is something you can do about it and in this episode, Jill and Josh chat about what you can do when you feel like giving up on your business.

If you ever thought about running an online business then you may have some ideas of what are you going to face and how to deal with it. However, there are some aspects of this particular field that you probably missed and in this week's episode we're going to explore them one by one.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/things-no-one-tells-you-about-running-an-online-business

Upgrading your life may seem like a challenge, but it's not as hard as you think. It's all about making the right choices in order to change what's keeping you stuck.

At a certain point of your life as an entrepreneur you'll have to make decisions about what you want to do and where you want to be. Most of the times, fear will be the reason you choose one option or another, but you can bet that's not going to make you feel right. Discover why alignment should be your cornerstone when making decisions in this week's Question. 

Can you believe there are about 40 million users viewing Instagram Stories daily? Always on the lookout for how to up your social media game, we know that figuring out how to use Insta Stories for your brand is going to be crucial. Have a listen to this week's episode to figure out how to make a Story strategy become the thing that rocks your engagement in 2019. 

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/use-instagram-stories-to-sell

Will buying more stuff make you feel more abundant, even if you feel like you're on a tight budget? What if abundance has nothing to do with the stuff you have but actually with your current mindset? Discover some clues to feeling more abundant as an entrepreneur.

Starting and running a business might seem simple at the beginning. But as you grow, strategies, ideas, products and services start piling up and making things complicated. Is there a way to keep it simple? You bet there is!

Delegation is the name of the vacation game. Too often we see business owners overlook how game changing delegation can be. Your team should be able to run the business without you "on" every moment of the day. And if you don't have a team, this week we're throwing down some major tips to make sure you get the break you deserve. 

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/business-still-grows-while-on-vacation

We know that having a business is not all a bed of roses, but it should be something you enjoy at the end. However, if you're feeling that your business is not fun anymore, you should listen to this week's Quickie and find out why this is happening to you.

Have you ever wondered if the prices of your products were right to the expectations you have on your business?

Setting the right prices is a basic, yet hard-to-define step in your entrepreneurial life, so in this week's Question Jill and Josh give you some advice on pricing. 

Many entrepreneurs focus on getting a 6+ figure revenue from their business but they forget that a good profitability is what really matters at the end. Listen to Diana House, a lawyer/serial entrepreneur who has built a highly profitable 7 figure company, on how and where to find more profit to your business.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/prioritizing-profit

Sometimes, despite all the hard work we do, we don't meet the expectations we have on our business. This can be frustrating and can become an obstacle to your current and future plans, so it's important to be aware of the impact of the expectations in your personal and entrepreneurial development. 

If you want to run a business, it's completely necessary to have a good business model. Although most of these models imply sales, Jill and Josh have found out a model in which they don't sell any product and in this week's question they tell you what it is all about.

Most people believe that starting an online business means that they must become a personal brand. While the idea of being an Influencer is appealing to many, there are plenty of reasons why you should be focusing on creating authority versus engagement. In this week's episode, find out how authority and affiliates sites could be the game changer for your online startup. 

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/build-an-online-business

"How will you get what you want if you don't work all day long?" Probably we all have heard that at some point in our lives, but the truth is that going too far with work will only burn you out. So what to do? Alignment is the answer and Jill and Josh tell you why in this week's quickie.

Managing a team is challenging, but it is a must when it comes to building a business. In this week's Q, Josh and Jill discuss 5 of the biggest issues they found on their very own process of creating a team.

When you run a business, you're often trying to do everything yourself, but this can lead to serious burn out. It's important to delegate some tasks so you can get your time back and focus on the priorities of your business. Trivinia Barber, an expert on outsourcing and CEO of Priority VA, shows what tasks you should be outsourcing at this moment and why.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/tasks-you-should-be-outsourcing

It's time for a Quickie! And this time it's all about those little things that we keep for ourselves but we wish everyone knew. Listen to Josh and Jill talking from their hearts.

The process of building a business while having to attend the time demands of your current employment is quite a challenge. In this episode Josh and Jill show you what to do to face this issue.

As an entrepreneur you may want to control everything in your business, but at some point it becomes necessary to leave part of the work in another person's hands: Your Number 2. In this week's episode Josh has an interesting discussion with the STNTF integrator Nickey about the importance of finding a Number 2 for your team.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/hire-your-number-2

Working more hours doesn't mean getting more done. If you're always in a rush and working extra hours every day, you might want to consider slowing down for actually becoming more productive.

If you are an entrepreneur, then you know that having a variable income is a commonplace. However, there is no need to stress about it, it's actually something you can learn to manage.

So you want to have the freedom to work online whether that be from home or wherever home is while you are travelling the world... but feel roadblocked by how to make it happen? In this week's episode Josh and I break down exactly how we've been making this work FOR YEARS.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/how-we-run-our-business-from-anywhere

Are you the kind of people who goes into courses, reads books and watches tutorials? That's great, but... do you actually put all those skills and knowledge into practice?. If you want to know if you are whether a creator or a consumer, check out this episode.

There are plenty of reasons you can decide to change your business. Usually you can think this would happen because of money, but, is it always so? - Spoiler alert: it isn't. Check out this episode to find out more.

Screw Sales. Try Persuasion! Steal Bushra's 10 minute a day plan to creating hype generating, scroll-freezing, cash-pumping copy that makes selling superfluous

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/bushra-azhar

Fear of success? Does that even exist? Well, it does and Josh and Jill tell you why it's more common than you think.

Question time! Jill and Josh share their experience on how becoming parents can change the way you live your personal and entrepreneurial life.  

2019 is going to be a big year for Screw the Nine to Five: lots of new content and tools for transitioning from a nine-to-five lifestyle and mentality, to an entrepreneurial lifestyle and mindset. Jill and Josh mention three major areas in which you will benefit from the Screw in this new year.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/plan-for-2019-episode

Who is responsible for your successes and failures? Although people usually tend to look around to find someone or something to blame when something doesn't work as expected, Jill and Josh provide a new perspective on who is actually responsible for all this.

It's normal to feel uncomfortable about being judged, but living with fear of judgement is a big obstacle when you are trying to grow as a person and as an entrepreneur. Listen to Josh and Jill's advice to overcome this fear.

In your entrepreneurial and personal life you need to surround yourself with people that help you grow; this mean can mean that you'll also have to get away from those people holding your back. In this episode, Josh and Jill show you how to manage those negative relationships and how to surround yourself with only the best peeps.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/stop-people-from-dragging-you-down

Will working longer hours will make you more productive? Surprisingly, the answer is no. Actually, having more time and space for yourself will be a more effective approach for increasing productivity. Jill and Josh will tell why this happens and how you can do it.

The Power of Clarity. Perhaps the most important word in business and personal success is the word “clarity.” It happens you realize that what you have going on is not fulfilling you: it's not aligned with what you want to do and with your lifestyle. When that happens, it's challenging to take a step aside and start a new enterprise, but it can be done. Jadah Sellner shares her experience with "Simple Green Smoothies" in this week's podcast.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/how-to-exit-a-company

It's time for a quickie! Josh and Jill share their insights on the basics of a entrepreneur lifestyle: constant change and improvement.

Making mistakes in business is inevitable... but they don't have to be such a bad thing! The key is to learn from them, and use that lesson to not only strengthen, but truly grow your business. In this episode, Josh and Jill jam on how they turned their 3 biggest mistakes into serious assets to make their online business work more effectively, and more lucratively. 

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/biggest-successes

It's time for a quickie! Jill and Josh talk about resilience, a key concept for building the future of your business.

As an entrepreneur sometimes you have to make some big and scary decisions to keep your biz and your life going, and we all know that's not easy. Sunny Lenarduzzi tells us about getting clarity for making the best decisions and delegating responsibilities to make your business run like clockwork.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/sunny-lenarduzzi

Oops, we did it again! In this episode we share the reasons why we are closing our Free Facebook group (again), the place where online entrepreneurs connect to share their knowledge and achieve their big financial goals! 

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/we-shut-down-our-fb-group

If you own an online business, you know that content marketing is key to keeping you at the top of your game. But did you know that a huge piece in content marketing is Ultimate Guides. In this episode, Primoz Bozic - the Ultimate, Ultimate Guide creator - gives some serious insights about how to create the Ultimate Guide that could be a game changer for your biz.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/creating-an-ultimate-guide

Screwing the nine to five doesn't need to happen overnight. It is something you can start building right now even if you still have to work office hours. Listen to how you can start switching your habits and mindset to get the lifestyle you want.

As an entrepreneur, would you think it possible to go on vacation for four weeks without negatively impacting your business operations? Or even, would you ever consider going on vacation? Adrienne Dorison shows how you can achieve a level of Operational Efficiency called #OperationVacation in your biz that will keep it running like CLOCKWORK.

Read full show notes: https://www.screwtheninetofive.com/adrienne-dorison

SEO is one of the most important aspects of online businesses and of businesses in general. It covers a whole range of elements: rankings, link building, keywords, organic traffic, etc. However, there is a very important piece in the SEO puzzle that is not frequently mentioned but that is essential to make SEO work for you. And that thing is... discussed in this very episode. Take a listen.

In this episode Jill talks to Pete Vargas from AdvanceYourReach.com, a business that helps entrepreneurs use public speaking to grow their businesses. Pete gives insights on how important it is for entrepreneurs to develop and use public speaking skills to establish communities offline for increasing connection and conversion rates.

Reaching your first 100K might seem like a HUGE goal to hit in your business. Getting to that point means adjusting your mindset and beliefs, along with a ton of consistency for faster and steady growth.

After years of running our online businesses, I’m clear on one thing: Struggling entrepreneurs are struggling BECAUSE they don’t have a friggin’ clue how to actually run a business! In this episode with our good friend and mentor James Wedmore, we're breaking down how to finally design and grow a business that YOU RUN instead of feeling like it's RUNNING YOU!

In this episode, Josh and Jill share the reasons why they are closing Screw U (JoinScrewU.com), their membership site that had been running for three and a half years. Screw U provided courses, coaching and a community for entrepreneurs; however, in spite of the great experiences and people that had gathered around the site, there were a series of reasons that led Jill and Josh to make the big decision to close it. Take a listen to the whole episode to know the details.

Know the feeling that comes when you hit a plateau in your business?

It's actually the WORST feeling and so in this episode you'll learn 3 strategies we have used to overcome plateaus in our business.

SHOW NOTES: www.screwtheninetofive.com/plateau

Struggling to ask the right interview questions on your podcast. Do your episodes lack the "flow" necessary to keep your audience engaged. Or are your guests taking over your show for their own benefit instead of providing value to your audience.

It’s now been 5 months since Josh and I became parents.

And ever since we started this journey, learning how to stay present with Kai (and not zone out into our business all hours of the day) has been a big priority for us.

I mean, let’s keep it real…

We entrepreneurs tend to have moments where we become fully consumed by the goings on of our businesses and if we’re not careful it can create a less-than-stellar environment for kids.

Which is why we wanted to bring our friends Colin and Sarah Boyd (speakers and entrepreneurs for 10+ years) onto the podcast this week to talk about raising kids in an entrepreneurial household.

Be honest with me for a sec…

Have you ever had one of those moments where you're in “the zone” and  working away when all of a sudden you look at the clock and it's 3pm and you realize you haven't eaten any food yet?

Yeah? Us too.

And let's not even talk about the painstaking process it can be to shower on a consistent basis.

(Please gawd tell me we're not alone on that one!)

And while Josh and I have tried (and tried AND TRIED) to stay consistent in our health and wellness journey, there have been times where we've let it slip.

Like that time we ate chips for dinner.

Or that time where we thought it would be fun to do a liquid cleanse.

Or that time where Josh moonlighted as a vegan for, like, 2 minutes.

Or that time where we hopped on the Keto train.

(Oh, wait. That's our current health obsession.)

The point is, if you've ever struggled to keep your diet and overall health in check while also building and running a business, we want you to know you're not alone!