Into The Wild 27. How to Turn Passion Into Profits with Isis Woods
My guest today is the epitome of a focused, bad-ass woman in business. Isis Woods launched her 'side-hustle' The Digital Sales Guru in 2019, but after earning $10k in under a month, she realized that it was her ticket to financial freedom. With her new business, she was able to transition from a tired kindergarten teacher to a retired 6-figure entrepreneur in less than 8 months.
Utilizing her knowledge and expertise, Isis teaches aspiring entrepreneurs how to build their brand, grow a loyal customer base, and create products that sell. It's not an easy route - it takes hard work and dedication to create a stable, livable income this way. If you're willing to put in the time, anyone can follow in Isis's footsteps.
Listen in as she brings us through her journey, shares tips on building a successful business, and discusses the importance of having a healthy work/life balance.
In This Episode, You Will Learn About:
- Acting with purpose
- Selling your benefits instead of just outlining product or service features
- Pushing through the lack of energy and making sacrifices to achieve your goals
- The importance of always putting people first
- Why your pricing is doing you a disservice: You must know your value!
- The origins of The Digital Sales Guru
- Creating a sustainable business on digital platforms
- How Isis channeled her strong passion for teaching into her new career
- Why and how you should prepare for your transition to entrepreneurship
- Expecting the unexpected: Planning for the worst-case scenario in your business and life
- Researching the methods of those that came before you and found success
- Utilizing your support system outside of work to help build your work
- Making a splash on Instagram
- The importance of CORRECTLY using hashtags to help people discover you
- Promoting and supporting your community
- Creating partnerships with like-minded people and businesses
- Engagement: Why you need to put in the time to have meaningful conversations with your audience
- Being better allies: What you can do to support POC with your platform
- Striving for representation and inclusivity to be normalized
- Creating work/life balance: Making the time for yourself and others
Resources:
- Website: The Digital Sales Guru
- Instagram: @isisbreanna
- Freebies: Free downloads
Public Shout Outs:
What it means to be a WILD woman:
'A lioness. Very bold. Very brave. Pushing through fear to launch, start, begin. Trusting yourself and preparing to take over the world.' ~ Isis Woods
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Renée Warren is an award-winning entrepreneur, a 7-figure business starter, and the founder of We Wild Women, a business dedicated to helping women launch their dream business. She previously founded an industry-recognized PR agency that worked with funded technology startups from South Africa to San Diego.
She's a mom to Irish Twins (not planned), a published author, and a drummer.
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