Screw The Nine To Five
516 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 374 ratingsJill and Josh Stanton are a couple of wanderlusters and lifestyle business owners hell-bent on helping 9-to-5'ers take their day job and transform it into an online business.
In this show Jill and Josh dish out actionable tips, answer your burning business questions and speak to other online entrepreneurs who have taken their 9-to-5's and used them to create the business of their dreams.
It's a mix of valuable business advice, candid interviews, stories from the trenches and a curse word thrown in here and there for good measure.
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[EP 16] How To Balance Building a Business While Still in Your 9-5 Job
July 02, 2014 12:18 - 18 minutes - 25.3 MBSo you aren't loving your day job, but what are you going to do about it? Quit? Just up and ditching your 9-5 in favor of creating your dream job might sound like a wicked leap of faith, but it can also be, well...a littttttle misguided. When jumping out of plane, you better have a parachute and the same goes for your job. Ok, so ditching your day job isn't as drastic as hopping out of an airplane cruising at 10,000ft, but you get the picture. In this podcast we were inspired by our frien...
[EP 15] Couple Spotlight with Jenny and Lewis Smith from BodyTrack.It
June 26, 2014 10:29 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBBefore we moved to Thailand, Josh and I felt like the only couple on this crazy rollercoaster ride of entrepreneurship. After landing in Chiang Mai, it didn't take us long to realize there were so many other amazing couples out there going through the same ups and downs as us. One of those couples happened to be the every so British and proper Jenny and Lewis Smith. Now, we met this twosome at our co-working space and what's so cool about them is that they started their business journey at...
[EP 14] 4 Tips on How to Convince Your Partner to Start an Online Business
June 19, 2014 05:00 - 18 minutes - 26.1 MBBuilding your dream business and life with the one you love most has to be one of the greatest feelings there is. I mean, think about it: You are both in it to win it, together. You are both experiencing the same ups and downs. You are both working towards the same goals. And you are both celebrating the big (and small) wins together. It's a wicked feeling! But what do you do if you are hell-bent on chasing your online dreams, and your partner isn't fully on board? What happens then? Wha...
[EP 13] Couple Spotlight with Shannon and Alexis from DrShannonWeeks.com & DrAlexisShields.com
June 12, 2014 05:00 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBQuestion: When you're feeling a little sick, a little "meh", a little off, do you Google your symptoms? Make an appointment with your doctor? Wallow in your own sorrow? All of the above I have to admit, I've been known to put off doctor visits for months because it just feels like too much of a hassle to actually get my act together and go to the doctor. I know, it's sad. And I'm lazy. Well, what if I told you that you could hop online and book an appointment with a naturopathic doctor, g...
[EP 12] The Shit You Don't Need When Starting a Business
June 05, 2014 04:00 - 23 minutes - 32.8 MBOhhhhhh chiiiilllld I'm excited for this one! Why? Because I'm pretty damn sure that when we all start our first online business we stress over some of the most insignificant things that really don't make a difference to your eventual success. But, of course it's hard to know that when you're first starting out. Trust me, I speak from experience here! When we were first starting out I stressed over logos, website themes, and other useless shit that doesn't really matter in the long run. S...
[EP 11] Couple Spotlight with Julie and Meron
May 29, 2014 12:57 - 38 minutes - 53 MBDon't forget to tune in for a new episode every Thursday at 7am EST. Click Here to Subscribe and Make Sure You Never Miss an Episode Words of Wisdom in This Week's Podcast: The startling unfortunate accident that drove both Meron and Julie to entrepreneurship at separate times From digital magazine to so much more, find out how Meron's business evolved Dealing with a bad hand, here's how Julie got 2 promotions and turned this particular skill into a business They may run separate busin...
[EP 10] You Have a Fantastic Business Idea, Now What?
May 26, 2014 06:53 - 16 minutes - 23.2 MBClick Here to Subscribe and Make Sure You Never Miss an Episode Words of Wisdom in This Week's Podcast: The 3 things you will need to know the answer to before diving into business Yea yea, you've got a genius idea, BUT you're going to want to consider this before you enter that market Why you need to figure out your ideal customer avatar so you can make some dolla dolla billz Put money aside, this is what you really need to consider before turning your idea into a business Re-sale val...
[EP 09] 7 Sanity Saving Tools to Help Keep You and Your Business Organized
May 22, 2014 06:10 - 23 minutes - 32.1 MBLet me be honest here: When Josh and I started our first business together, we knew NOTHING about running a business properly, hacking our productivity, or even setting ourselves up for growth. We were just two cocky wannabe moguls who thought we knew evvvverything. Fast-forward a few months later and we were overwhelmed, burnt out, and struggling to get a grip on our business! While that period of time was insanely stressful, it pushed us to start finding tools that could help us manage ...
[EP 08] 5 Biggest Lessons Learned From Traveling and Running Our Business
May 19, 2014 11:25 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBIf there is one thing we know, it's how to settle into a new town, city, or island as quickly as possible, in order to get back into a routine and continue running our business. But it wasn't always that way. When we first started travelling we would take aaaages to figure out where we wanted to live, where we wanted to work, and what amenities were important to us; like having a bar close by. These days we try and get up and running within 72 hours so we can get back into the swing of thi...
[EP 07] Couple Spotlight with Sophie & Carl from PurelyWallClocks.com.au
May 15, 2014 11:00 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBToday we are gettin' a little craaaaazaaaay and chatting with a couple who are still in their 9-5 jobs. Well, sorta....but I'll let them explain. We met Sophie and Carl back in 2013 in Chiang Mai when they got in touch with us after hearing about us from Mish and Rob's site, and were BLOWN AWAY by their dedication, hustle, and determination to make this lifestyle work for them. At the time they were each balancing demanding jobs and then coming home and working on their business at night a...
[EP 06] 5 Essential Things Every Online Business Needs
May 12, 2014 12:24 - 16 minutes - 22.3 MBI'm not going to lie, when Josh and I started out with our first affiliate site we made a LOT of mistakes: From the theme we used for our website to our reluctance to create a newsletter, the lack of acohesive "voice" to shoddy promotion strategies, we made nearly every single mistake you could make with that one little website. Fast-forward to today and it is one of our biggest and most active websites in our arsenal, and we are incredibly grateful to have stumbled along and made a whole s...
[EP 05] Couple Spotlight with Betsy and Warren from MarriedWithLuggage.com
May 08, 2014 11:00 - 35 minutes - 48.6 MBThis week we're talking to a pretty freakin' awesome couple; Warren and Betsy Talbot from Married with Luggage. Now, these two have quite a unique story. They refer to themselves as a "recovering, 40-something, Type-A couple" who realized that life is short and made the decision to change theirs. Working together as joint authors, these two have just celebrated their 10 year wedding anniversary (Congratulations!) and released their 4th book, Married with Luggage, that is all about love and...
[EP 04] How to Separate Your Work Life From Your Love Life
May 05, 2014 11:00 - 17 minutes - 23.7 MBJosh and I have a confession to make... Sometimes our work life and love life come crashing together, but not in a sexy we're-still-in-the-honeymoon-phase-let's-renew-our-vows kind of way. Au contraire mon frere! In fact, there have been days when things got...ummm...a little emotional, shall we say. I mean, the fact of the matter is, running a business and being in a loving relationship together can get sloppy when you don't take careful measures to separate the two. So how does one go...
[EP 03] Couple Spotlight with Mish and Rob from MakingItAnywhere.com
April 30, 2014 07:36 - 29 minutes - 41.4 MBI'm going to be honest for a moment. When Josh and I started working together, we felt like we were the only couple out there doing the entrepreneurial thing together. We felt very out of place in Toronto. After packing our bags and moving to Thailand, things got a bit easier because we were surrounded by so many like-minded people. We were still craving that couple connection though. You know what I mean...that couple you just jive with, can talk for hours with, laugh with, be honest with...
[EP 02] 3 Monetization Models that Make Money Online
April 30, 2014 07:24 - 22 minutes - 31.5 MBTo build on last week's episode, we are going to focus on one of the must-haves we mentioned; monetization models! A pretty damn important topic, don't you think? Because here's the thing: choosing a monetization model before you get going can really help you narrow your focus, niche down to a specific set of customers, create a brand that will appeal to that ideal audience, and ultimately help you make more money (and create more freedom!) in your business! Click Here to Subscribe and Ma...
[EP 01] The 3 Things you gotta have if you want to go into business with your lover
April 30, 2014 04:49 - 19 minutes - 28.8 MBNow, Josh and I have worked together for a few years now and needless to say, we have encountered a few *cough* road bumps *cough* along the way. But over time, we figured out a pretty damn good way of balancing our personal relationship while strengthening our business one. Click Here to Subscribe to Our Podcast Mailing List Words of Wisdom in This Week's Podcast: 3 things you must have if you are going to succeed in business with your lover The most misguided monetization model that so...