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In today’s episode of the show, I wanted to talk to you about how to navigate working with and also hiring a Facebook/IG ads manager.While I 100% think you should know the basics of Facebook ads so that you can have an educated conversation about them, I also want you to consider delegating them to someone once you’ve gotten the basics down.It’s but one piece of being the Optimized CEO of your business — hiring and delegating so you can be focusing on the most important aspects of your business. Whether you’re currently working with an ads manager or haven’t yet taken that step, this episode is your roadmap to making this relationship as beneficial as possible for the both of you.I break this episode down into what your responsibilities are when working with an ads manager and then what their responsibilities are when working with you.I think some of what I share is going to be an eye-opener for you.Having worked as an Ads Manager in the first couple years of my business, and also being a successful online bu

As course creators and online coaches, when we want to increase our profit or have a bigger impact, we often think that we have to add more or do more.  When in fact, the opposite is true. Yes, in order to grow in your business you need to become a different version of yourself that got your business to where it is today, be-ing and do-ing are completely different things. While it’s good to explore new ideas, sometimes you have to first look at what’s already in your business.Speaking from my own experience and that of countless of my Accelerator coaching students, adding more or doing more is  not always what’s best for your business. Rather, look inside your existing business and look for areas that are already working and improve those. Get your flagship offer super dialed in before adding more programs or offers. In the case of getting your business to at least $500K in revenue, less is definitely more. In today’s episode,  I break down  a real-life example of one of my Accelerator coaching members and ho

If you’ve ever done a webinar before, you know that one of the most frustrating things is when you do a whole bunch of work (or invest a lot of money) to get people registered only to have a small fraction of them actually show up.This has happened to me a ton of times over the years, and it’s not uncommon (especially these days) to hear from students that they’re experiencing low show up rates too. And I’ve also learned and tested things you can do that can result in increased show up rates, which then often result in higher sales. After all, generally, people who show up live and ask questions tend to be more likely to purchase. So to help you increase your webinar show up rates, and hopefully increase your sales, I created this podcast episode for you where I take you through 21 different wants to increase your webinar show up rates (and a few bonus ones as well). Want to Download a PDF of the 21 Ways to Increase Your Webinar Show Up Rate?https://www.rickmulready.com/showupDiscussion Points:0:00 Introducti

Are you confused why your Facebook stats aren’t in sync with your other platforms?If so, you’re definitely not alone. In fact, it’s impossible to get ad stats that are 100% exactly the same across all platforms. That’s why I advise that you don’t look at your Facebook Ads Manager  stats at face value and accept them as they are.Rather, in this episode, I want to share with you the secret behind ad stats and what you can do to get the most accurate numbers. Not only will this help you with your reporting, but it will also give you guidance on what you should be optimizing with your ads and funnel.Discussion Points:0:00 Introduction 3:34 Why stats across platforms will never match up7:36 Understanding huge discrepancies9:58 How to get as accurate stats as possible12:51 Benefits of creating separate funnels for ads14:03 Stats can help you calculate cost per result17:50 Adapt and look at other platformsResources:Visit my website for more tips! (https://rickmulready.com/) Links mentioned:https://www.rickmulready.c

Thinking of using TikTok to increase leads and traffic for your online business? Aside from LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram, TikTok is another great channel to promote your business. It’s one of the top downloaded apps today, and I’ve read recently where some say it’s the next Facebook.Meg Harrell, who is also one of my Accelerator coaching students, is someone who’s leveraging TikTok in a big way to grow her online business.Meg helps nursing students pass the NCLEX exam as well as first year nurses acclimate to their new job. Her TikTok strategy has helped her grow over half a million followers in nine months which has drastically increased her course sales. In this episode, she talks about the tips and tricks to leverage your business through TikTok and how to best use it. If you’re ready to take your business to the next level and you love watching viral videos at the same time, then this is the episode for you. Tune in and listen right now.Discussion Points:0:00 Introduction 2:07 What Meg does for a liv

I’m begging you to stop creating small offer funnels in your business…You have to stop chasing the shiny object and instead, focus on what's more important in your business.Small offer funnels are nothing new. They have been around for years, and I know a lot of people turn to them when their flagship offer isn’t selling. Believe me when I say that this isn’t the answer though.In this episode, I am breaking down exactly why I'm saying this and what you should be doing instead of creating small offer funnels.What I have to say about this and my advice for you is going to save you a lot of time, a lot of money and a lot of frustration, so listen closely.Full show notes are available atwww.rickmulready.com/523See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anxiety has played a large part in my life and my business over the last 7.5 years.My guest in this episode, Jess Rodriguez, has been able to use anxiety as her superpower, so she is joining me to share her story.Her anxiety has empowered her to work less and live more, and that has allowed her to create the business that is right for her. This is so important and something that I talk about all the time - we are creating our business around our life, not the other way around.As the CEO of Freedom Driven Success, Jessica Rodriguez is on an unapologetic mission to help online businesses expand beyond a 1:1 reliant business model with scalable offers that allow them to amplify their impact and profit, without increasing their work hours.On Today’s Show You’ll Learn: What to do when you realize you need to remove yourself from your businessHow to handle unhappiness in your businessThe importance of setting boundariesHow to overcome perfectionist tendenciesWhy you should make a list of your feelings when you feel

Have you ever thought about switching your course to a membership?A lot of online business owners ask me this question, and I actually love to talk about it because it allows me to discuss two of the three pillars of being the optimized CEO of a business: optimized mind and optimized sales and marketing.I had a coaching call with one of my accelerator coaching members recently, and this is exactly what we talked about during an “Ask me Anything” session.In this episode, I am taking you behind the scenes of our call, so I can let you in on my opinion here.If you have ever considered switching your course to a membership, listen to this episode because I am teaching you how to think about things differently in your business so that you can get the outcome that you want without having to do a whole lot of extra work.Full show notes are available atwww.rickmulready.com/521Links & Resources Mentioned in this Episode:rickmulready.com/acceleratorSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you use any type of quiz as a lead magnet in your business?Some business owners ask me if quizzes are dead. My guest in this episode, Linda Sidhu, is here to share with us her expertise on quizzes (specifically personality-based quizzes) and tell us why they aren’t at all dead!We're breaking down exactly why it's important to have a quiz that allows you to learn as much as possible about the person taking the quiz, how to use their responses to serve them in the best way possible, and how to make it really fun for them.Linda Sidhu is a list-building expert and strategic partner with Interact (the quiz platform), who helps entrepreneurs create irresistible personality quizzes that bring in hundreds of new subscribers on autopilot.As a former top ten pharmaceutical sales representative, she had extensive training in personality types. She took the same methods that worked for selling products face-to-face and turned them into a personality quiz framework that converts views to leads at 70% and help

What if I told you that I could help you cut 90 minutes from your work day every single day with just one simple exercise?While also doing this exercise, you can identify who your next hire should be so that you can scale your business. In my opinion, you can be working less while thinking about growing your business, and this exercise is going to help you do that.Sounds pretty good, right?In this episode, I am walking you through exactly how to do this, so you can make more money and work fewer hours in your business.This is an exercise that I walk my Accelerator coaching members through all the time, and it’s probably an exercise that you have heard of doing before.There are going to be some very quick wins that you can take from this, so listen in to learn what I recommend doing that will not only save you time during the week but also help you get clear on who you should be hiring.Links & Resources Mentioned in this Episode:rickmulready.com/timeauditrickmulready.com/accelerator Full show notes are ava

You need to understand your financial metrics when it comes to your business.I say this ALL the time, so we are actually getting into the details of it in this episode.I am joined by Michael King to talk about the critical four financial metrics of your business: revenue, gross profit, net profit, and cash.Michael is a business money coach and the CEO of KFE Solutions. After spending the first 11 years of his career in the military, Michael ventured into the world of business. He quickly learned that he needed to level up his financial IQ to survive.The big problem he found was the fact that most financial “experts” couldn’t explain business money concepts in a way that could be quickly understood and easily applied to real-world problems that entrepreneurs encounter.Michael decided to bridge that gap. In 2016, he created KFE Solutions with the mission of helping business owners understand their numbers so they can make better decisions. Since then, Michael and his team have worked with hundreds of entreprene

Here’s the truth: the number of business decisions that you're going to need to make as your business grows is only going to increase.I put my business decisions through what I call the values-based decision filter, and I do this no matter how big or small they are.In this episode, I am sharing what this framework looks like and why it is so important to be clear on your values in order to do it.The values-based decision filter will help you with decisiveness which falls under the “Optimized Mindset” pillar of the Optimized CEO method. As a reminder, the Optimized CEO method is made up of three pillars: optimized mindset, optimized sales and marketing, and optimized systems and processes.As you gain strength in each pillar, you can begin to generate more revenue, have less stress, and create more freedom for yourself.Tune in to learn more about this and why your ability to make business decisions thoughtfully can help you on your journey to becoming an optimized CEO.Full show notes are available atwww.ri

Are you considering creating a community? Are you in the middle of creating a community in your business right now?I want to challenge you to think differently about how you are doing that and walk you through some of the things you should be considering to improve the quality of your community.Anna Hetzel is joining me in this episode to share how they have been challenging me to do the very same work with my own community.For over four years, Anna (they/them) of Strange Birds LLC has crafted human-centered, conversion copy designed to help growing brands strengthen relationships and retain their customers. Their new group program—Community Camp—is a 4-week masterclass for leaders on designing, facilitating, and maintaining a paid online community. Anna is also co-founder of PB&Qs, an online business community for LGBTQ+ women, trans, and gender-nonconforming folk.When they’re not slinging words and building communities, you can find them in the woods, reading a book, or trying to figure out how to stop

Do you use a scorecard in your business?I hope that you do! As the CEO of your business, it is crucial that you are able to identify the vital signs of your business and create a system for tracking and measuring those metrics. A scorecard can help you do that.In this episode, I am breaking down what goes into creating a scorecard and the importance of having one in your business for those of you that don’t already use one.If you do use one already, this episode will help you refine that process.This is something that you can get creative with as long as you understand what you need to be tracking and how to identify the result.For more information and direction on using a scorecard in your business, tune in to this episode!If you're feeling overwhelmed in your business and you want help with something like this, I highly recommend that you apply for our Accelerator Coaching program. This is for those of you who are online course creators or online business coaches and are already generating at least $7-

Are you confident in your marketing efforts?I am actually in the middle of working on mine, and I am getting help from my guest, India Jackson.India is the business partner of Erica Courdae, my diversity, equality, and inclusion consultant, so she is helping me ensure that my branding and marketing efforts foster meaningful connections and inclusiveness.Throughout this conversation, we get into the details of what stale marketing is, why less is more when it comes to your marketing, how to use stories in your business to set yourself apart, and a whole lot more.India Jackson is the CEO of Flaunt Your Fire and co-founder of Pause on the Play The Community, helping entrepreneurs amplify their influence without changing who they are. From beauty model and bodybuilder to published photographer, for ten years India watched as talented professionals were forced to adopt identities that were sellable but not authentic. Her brand visibility agency and podcast now help clients ditch stale marketing, break out of indus

If you have been using Facebook or Instagram ads to fill your live launches for a while now, the ad strategy that you've been using is probably not going to work the same going forward…It might for some of you, but it’s likely not going to for most of you.There are some big changes happening, so I am sharing why this is the case and what you should be doing differently in this quick tip episode.It doesn’t matter if you do webinars, live training, live challenges, or anything else in between, you’re going to want to make sure that you understand the best way to run your ads.For more information and what I recommend going forward, tune into this episode all about ad strategy for Facebook and Instagram.If you want to have a bigger impact in your business but you're not exactly sure how to achieve that without working harder and longer, apply to my 12-month program rickmulready.com/accelerator! It will allow you to take the guesswork out of optimizing and accelerating the growth of your online business,

Whether you're just starting out with podcasting or you already have a show, I am going to guess that you’re interested in knowing how to promote and market a podcast.Lucky for you, I am interviewing my buddy Charley Vahler, a podcast connoisseur and the CPO (Chief podcasting officer) at Valher Media, to talk all about this.Charley joined me in episode 510 for Part I of this mini-series, and we talked about who should and shouldn't be starting a podcast, what's working right now to reinvigorate shows, the types of shows that you can use to differentiate, all about video podcasting, and more. You don't necessarily need to listen to that one before this one, but it is still a must-listen.Now we are diving into what you should be doing to promote and market your podcast so you can grow, provide value and build relationships with your audience.On Today’s Show You’ll Learn: How to get the most traction during a launchWhat to expect for your download numbersThe benefit of having an existing audi

Are you seeing higher than normal leads costs?If so, you are not alone!A lot of my Accelerator coaching members are experiencing ad costs all over the board, so I know how frustrating it can be.Between iOS updates and the pandemic, there are a lot of changes when it comes to advertisements on Facebook and Instagram, and a lot of my members have been wondering how to navigate that.In this episode, I am giving you the same advice I have been giving them. I am offering a different thing for you to focus on instead of your lead costs, and I am talking to you about three things that you can do to increase your lead-to-sale conversion rate.For more information and to learn these three things, tune in to this quick tip episode!If you want to have a bigger impact in your business but you're not exactly sure how to achieve that without working harder and longer, apply to my 12-month program rickmulready.com/accelerator! It will allow you to take the guesswork out of optimizing and accelerating the growth of your

Are you someone who is thinking about starting a podcast, is in the middle of starting a podcast or is interested in growing an existing podcast?If so, these episodes are going to be for you.My good friend Charley Vahler, a podcast connoisseur and the CPO (Chief Podcasting Officer) at Valher Media, is joining me to talk about all things podcasting! I am breaking this interview into two parts because there is so much valuable information that I want to share with you whether you are just starting a show or you have had one for years.You can expect to hear who should and shouldn't be starting a podcast, what's working right now to reinvigorate shows, the types of shows that you can use to differentiate, all about video podcasting, and more in this episode which is Part I!On Today’s Show You’ll Learn: The benefits of podcastingThe effect of saturation in the podcasting spaceWho should or should not start a podcastHow to differentiate your show from the nextCommon mistakes made by new podcastersIdeas fo

Do you know how to run an effective team meeting?They can be a huge time waster if they aren’t structured well, and I don’t think this is talked about enough!A lot of people actually think that this is something that just happens with corporate jobs, but I am here to tell you that it happens all the time in the online business world too. There are so many meetings that we spend our time in that don’t move the needle.In this quick tip episode, I am sharing with you the team meeting structure that I have learned and adapted over the years in my business after trying many different frameworks. I am also sharing what strategies from different frameworks I have adopted, which ones I haven’t, and why, so you don’t have to waste any more of your time.I know that you want to get the most out of the time you spend in your business, so listen in to this episode because I am teaching you how to run an effective team meeting to make all the difference in your productivity and your team’s productivity.If you want to have