Cubicle to CEO

Ashley is a brand designer and photographer who spent the past decade in the agency world crafting big brands for big businesses and Fortune 100 companies like Toyota. She recently left her career and the corporate world behind to help small businesses build big brands, too.Her passion is helping people live theirs. And she believes that anyone with a dream or passion for something should have a real chance at it. But what they may not realize is that they're going to need more than a logo to do it. Her studio, Ash Branding Co. brings the caliber of big branding to the heart of small businesses through custom branding, cinematic photography and film and online education.Connect with Ashley: https://ashbranding.com Ashleys go to resources for branding on any budget: https://ashbranding.com/little-brand-book (Get access for FREE using code ELLEN - valid until 6/20/22) https://instagram.com/ashbranding.co If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Sign up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan so you can be the first to know when a new case study has dropped!  Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s guest is a business strategist and friend I absolutely adore. Hannah Murphy used to work 7 days a week as a pinterest + blog agency owner, fighting through the online noise of all the ways she should spend her time, only to find her to-do list was ever growing while her revenue stalled. Hannah realized creating a productive schedule wasn't about doing more tasks quickly, but rather doing the right tasks effectively, and less overall. Today’s case study reveals how Hannah gradually reduced her work schedule to a 5 hour week while growing from 3 to 27 retainer clients in just 6 months. Listen in to see how you can also create a schedule that reflects your personality, priorities, and drives profit.Connect with Hannah:  https://www.withhannahandco.com/ Create your ideal work schedule with Hannah at https://www.withhannahandco.com/free https://www.instagram.com/withhannahandco/ If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Sign up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan so you can be the first to know when a new case study has dropped!  Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s installment of the $10K month series, we are going to talk about 5 key shifts that you can implement TODAY to take the suck out of sales calls. So if you are someone who always dreads getting on a sales call (also known as a discovery call), this is going to be for you! If you are a freelancer, coach, or service provider in specific, who relies on sales calls to turn leads into paying clients, these 5 shifts will massively increase your sales conversion rate. This means you will be able to land more clients with less leads. If you’re ready to make these shifts in your sales calls, then let’s dive in!Listen to the previous 'Make $10K Month Series' episodes: Make $10K Months Series: Stop Selling Your Service Like It’s A Commodity: https://www.ellenyin.com/blog/stop-selling-your-service-like-its-a-commodity Why Content Pillars Aren't Landing You Paying Clients [Make $10K Month Series Pt. 2]: https://www.ellenyin.com/blog/content-pillars-arent-landing-you-paying-clients The 3 Metrics You Need To Track To Reach Your Income Goals [Make $10K Months Series Pt. 3]: https://www.ellenyin.com/blog/3-metrics-you-need-to-track-to-reach-your-income-goals If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Sign up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan so you can be the first to know when a new case study has dropped!  Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interested in sponsoring this show or trying podcast ads for your business? Go to zen.ai/ellen and fill out the contact information so Zencastr can help you bring your business story to life.Sign up for a 2-week free trial with Norby: https://ellenyin.com/norbyThis week’s case study reveals how Girls Who Code increased enrollment in their programs by more than 200% during a global pandemic, a jump from 1600 to 5,000 students enrolled that brought their total students served to over 500,000. We’re joined in this interview by Dr. Tarika Barrett, the CEO of Girls Who Code, an international non-profit organization working to close the gender gap in technology. With over two decades of building educational pathways for young people at organizations like the New York City Department of Education and New York University’s Center for Research on Teaching and Learning, along with an impressive list of accolades received for her work, including being named one of Crain’s 50 Most Powerful Women in New York in 2021, Dr. Tarika Barrett is an expert in education innovation. Whether you’re a course creator, nonprofit leader, or online educator and coach, this conversation will help you impact more lives with the work you do. Connect with Dr. Tarika: Connect on LinkedIn @DrTarikaBarrett on Twitter www.girlswhocode.com @girlswhocode on Instagram Check out some of Girls Who Code's Culture Campaigns: The first ever codable music video with Doja Cat: https://dojacode.com/  'Healing' featuring Lizzo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDgYDBRDkHU Girls Who Code book series with Penguin: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/GWC/girls-who-code American Girl x Girls Who Code Collaboration Doll - Courtney Moore: https://www.americangirl.com/collections/courtney What the internet would look like without female coders: https://missing-code.com/ If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Sign up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan so you can be the first to know when a new case study has dropped!  Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday  ----- FREE RESOURCES:Service-based entrepreneurs, are you tired of being on the... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nicknamed the “creator to the creators”, Diane Armitage is the powerhouse behind many well-known million and billion-dollar brands like Bob Proctor, Jay Abraham, and the creators of Chicken Soup for the Soul.Despite an impressive thirty years as an entrepreneur with several successful businesses she ran behind the scenes already under her belt, Diane was still scared to put her face out there and start her own personal brand. After joining our mentorship program, Cubicle to CEO, Diane finally took the leap. Today’s case study examines the strategy Diane used to scale her brand new coaching business from $0 to $60,000 months in less than 2 years, and why starting something new doesn’t have to mean starting from scratch for you either.Connect with Diane: *A Cubicle to CEO listener exclusive* Get the first module of Diane's 'Conversations with Bob Proctor' for FREE at https://dianearmitage.com/VIPBonus  https://TimeForLegendary.com https://www.instagram.com/dianearmitageofficial https://www.facebook.com/dianearmitageofficial https://BestofLagunaBeach.com https://www.instagram.com/bestoflagunabeach/ Want to join our mentorship that helped Diane scale this new business? Watch our free masterclass to see if it is a good fit for you when you visit https://ellenyin.com/getclientsIf you enjoyed today's episode, please: Sign up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan so you can be the first to know when a new case study has dropped!  Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Download our Perfect Podcast Pitch Template: https://ellenyin.com/perfectpodcastpitch https://www.instagram.com/cubicletoceo/ Redeem your free 30 day trial to Pretty Simple, the #1 leads tracking app built by solopreneuers, FOR solopreneurs: https://ellenyin.com/prettysimple Download the transcript for this episode at https://www.ellenyin.com/blog/include-this-1-easy-thing-in-your-next-podcast-pitchWe have received hundreds, if not THOUSANDS of podcast pitches over the years we have been podcasting, and if there is one thing that we noticed it’s that many of them are just not good! Whether it is someone pitching themselves, or a publicist pitching for their client, the pitches are missing this one big thing that is really eye-catching and warrants a response. Want to guarantee a response to your next podcast pitch and receive a special invite to be a beta tester for our brand new product? Keep listening!If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Sign up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan so you can be the first to know when a new case study has dropped! Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join our next Paid To Create Challenge: https://ellenyin.com/paidtocreateToday’s case study features artist Linda Yi, founder of Panda Cub Stories. Linda became her own patron and went from making $250/month on Patreon to reaching her first $10K month with Panda Cub Diner - an online course she first created inside our 3 day Paid To Create Challenge that teaches Chinese food lovers how to LOVE making healthy and authentic Sichuan food at home. If you, like Linda, also sell a service or product that is not centered on business or making your customers more money, you’ll especially love Linda’s advice on how to still convey the important value of the work you do.Linda also speaks candidly with us about what it’s like to build a business as a neurodivergent entrepreneur who is diagnosed with ADHD, and the practices that have helped her in her mental health journey. Take a listen. Connect with Linda: @pandacubstories www.pandacubstories.com Panda Cub Diner (free online Sichuan food training): www.pandacubdiner.com  If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Sign up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan so you can be the first to know when a new case study has dropped!  Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s installment of the ‘Make $10K Month’ podcast series, we are going to be discussing why not knowing your numbers is actually costing you your chance at realistically achieving the income goals that you set. So what most service providers, coaches, and freelancers do when they set a new monthly revenue goal for themselves is they simply choose a number arbitrarily - whether its $10K, more, or less - and then they just go about their marketing as they always have, hoping and praying that they hit that income goal. This isn’t all too different from just throwing spaghetti against a wall and seeing what sticks. If you have a great income month, or if you have a bad income month, you’re not able to actually identify what’s working or not working when you don’t understand your numbers and how they reflect if your marketing strategies are effective. Let’s talk about it!Check out these links:  Listen to Part 2 of this Make $10K Months Series: https://www.ellenyin.com/blog/content-pillars-arent-landing-you-paying-clients Watch our free masterclass: https://ellenyin.com/getclients Get 50% off your first YEAR of Honeybook - our favorite CRM System: https://share.honeybook.com/ellen If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Sign up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan so you can be the first to know when a new case study has dropped!  Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine getting INBOUND invitations to speak on the biggest stages and shows in your industry. Natasha Samuel, Instagram video strategist and host of the Shine Online Podcast, has personally experienced this over ten times now, so of course I had to bring her on the show to walk us through how she makes it happen. In our conversation, Natasha reveals how she used Instagram to create her own virtual stage - even we she had a small audience - that attracted the attention of industry leaders and resulted in her business getting spotlighted by the most recognized platforms in the online marketing space, including Instagram’s very own Creators account, Social Media Marketing World, Create & Cultivate, Later Con, The Goal Digger Podcast and more! She landed these game-changing opportunities without sending a single pitch, and today’s case study will help you borrow her same connection + content strategies to maximize your own visibility.Connect with Natasha: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shinewithnatasha/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL2BMkT_7jIu5NeV_yAXScw The Shine Online Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/shineonline Natasha's Mastermind: https://shinewithnatasha.com/iam-cubicle-to-ceo Free video lesson: 3 Steps To Repurpose Instagram Content https://shinewithnatasha.com/cubicletoceo If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Sign up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan so you can be the first to know when a new case study has dropped!  Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so I can repost you. Leave a positive review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe for new episodes every Monday  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a free preview of ⁠Revenue Report Files⁠: an audio archive of five years of Cubicle to CEO’s quarterly revenue reports, from 2020 through 2024. Each episode breaks down our company’s profit and loss numbers, along with the context, decisions, and lessons from that quarter. Full episodes can be found at ⁠cubicletoceo.co/revenuereport⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices