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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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"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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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