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Spinoff Success

33 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings

A weekly podcast hosted by Beth Phillips featuring people who leverage their expertise in a tool, piece of software, platform, system or skill in surprising ways to create a new income stream. These stories will help you look at your environment and your own not-so-obvious talents in a new way!

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Lisa Simmons - How Changing Her Mindset Changed Her Life

February 19, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 53.1 MB

Lisa Simmons is the single mom of six adult children who range in age from 29-19. This enterprising, multi-potentialite found herself at rock bottom after her narcissistic husband left her and their children with nothing. One eye-catching quote at her lowest point reminded her of the power of her mind which sparked a steady climb out of the hole she was in. Today Lisa's living her dream life on a ranch she recently purchased for herself, her partner and her horses.  Lisa also shares what she...

Deborah Hayward - Sharing Her Residential School Survival Story One Clip At a Time

July 09, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 51 MB

Deborah Hayward is a mother and grandmother from Kitamaat Village, B.C. who is sharing her story of surviving residential school as a teenager one clip at a time on TikTok.  As her life memories surface, Debra shares them during daily posts to her 20+ thousand followers on the wildly popular social media platform. My goal was to give Debra a platform to tell her story in a longer form. We talk about the day she left, how the separation affected her family, then and now, and how she's recla...

Joshua Lisec - Secrets of The Ghostpersuader

January 08, 2021 23:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MB

Joshua Lisec is a ghost writer with a unique talent stack. He helps his clients author award-winning and best-selling books and close contracts for their premium services and products. One of the keys to Joshua's success is his understanding and mastery of persuasion in every form of writing. He launched a new business teaching others how to persuasionize their own writing through his courses, "The Best Way to Say It" and  "Write This, Not That". Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate l...

Stephanie Penich - Accidental Medium to Business Owner and Mentor

December 29, 2020 20:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MB

Stephanie Penich was going about her life, enjoying her various jobs and practicing reiki, when she started to receive messages out of the blue for friends, family and clients from their loved ones who had passed. Steph recorded her experiences in a little black journal and turned those notes into a fascinating podcast called "Medium in the Middle".  While her mediumship journey unfolds, Stephanie is building an audience, a website, a business and a brand offering online and in-person ener...

Alexandra Fasulo - Million Dollar Freelance Writer

December 18, 2020 02:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MB

Alex Fasulo joined Fiverr.com in 2015 hoping to earn an extra $50 a month. She listed a single gig offering to write press releases for just $5 with a goal to rack up 5 star ratings and an excellent reputation on the site. When she quit a PR job that was toxic after just a month, she turned to her Fiverr dashboard, offered a few more services and woke up to a new business and freedom.  Fast forward 6 years and Alex has earned over a million dollars on the platform. She shares everything she...

Brin Norman - How She Turned Her Etsy Expertise Into A Premium Coaching Business That Scales

November 17, 2020 18:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MB

Brin Norman started an Etsy shop in 2015 to earn some extra income as a stay-at-home mom. When she acquired her first Silhouette machine, she pivoted her product line to scale her business. Her shop has continued to evolve from physical inventory to digital downloads and Brin has learned solid strategies for success on Etsy along the way. As a top seller, Brin shares lots of free hard-earned wisdom through her website, Instagram and over 70k followers on Tik Tok. She also launched a formal...

Elizabeth Miller - How She Turned Her Caregiving Experience Into a Business and Found a Tribe Along the Way

November 09, 2020 20:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MB

Like many Americans, Elizabeth Miller found herself struggling to balance a full time career, parenting active teenagers and helping her ailing and aging parents.  As the demands piled on, she realized her health and well-being were suffering and was inspired to make small and simple healthy choices for 100 days in a row. That self-challenge turned into Happy Healthy Caregiver, a multi-media lifestyle site that focuses on caregivers. Through her podcast, certified coaching, public speaking a...

Rick Wolter - How He Changed The Trajectory of His Life With Programming

October 20, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MB

Rick Wolter spent the majority of his adult life in prison. When he read about a program at San Quentin that was helping inmates prepare for life on the outside by teaching them how to code, he went about teaching himself through any means necessary. Now that he's employed as a programmer, he's helping other formerly incarcerated and underprivileged individuals gain traction in the industry by building a community of experienced professionals as mentors and teachers. Rick discusses the min...

Ian Westermann - How He Took His Interest and Skill in Teaching Tennis Online to Reach Students All Over the World

January 10, 2020 01:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MB

Ian Westermann turned a tennis oriented podcast and blog into the premier instructional site on the web. Essential Tennis boasts an extensive catalogue of free informational and instructional content including hundreds of videos on Youtube, two podcasts, "Essential Tennis" and "Shankcast" and blog articles. For the tennis enthusiast who wants more, they offer stand alone courses, a thriving membership community with regular live calls and live video instruction and exclusive in-person clini...

Cathy Sikorski - Helping Adults and Caregivers Minimize and Avoid Financial Catastrophe With Basic Legal Tools

November 09, 2019 20:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MB

Cathy Sikorski is an Elder Law attorney who has been a caregiver for multiple family members and friends in need. She's also the author of two books, including the Amazon Bestseller, "Who Moved My Teeth?", a practical and humorous guide to the basic legal and financial instruments that every adult should have in place. Cathy has shifted her traditional legal practice to build a new business. She is dedicated to informing and helping caregivers prepare financially for a future in which the...

Stephen Warley - How He's Preparing New Business Owners for the Future of Work by Teaching Them About The Life Skills That Matter

October 25, 2019 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MB

Stephen Warley describes himself as "happily unemployable" after nearly 20 years of working for himself when the dotcom bubble and the 2008 recession disrupted his career and the broadcast industry forever.  Stephen has recognized and distilled a discreet set of unchangeable human characteristics that are rarely emphasized in traditional settings.  Stephen helps clients build new businesses and prepare for the future of work by focusing on the "life skills that matter". In this episode, we...

Hannah Sutor - How She Got a Surprising Shift in Perspective from Traveling The Country

October 04, 2019 04:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MB

Hannah Sutor and her husband had everything except time with each other and memorable experiences with their new daughter outside of their demanding jobs. They traded in 90% of their possessions and their suburban lifestyle for an RV adventure on the road. Learn how the Sutors leveraged technology, Youtube and other platforms to learn how to make an unconventional idea possible and what Hannah learned about herself, work-life balance and the U.S. along the way.

Anna Harrison - Curating Custom Travel Experiences

September 27, 2019 04:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MB

Anna Harrison has a unique background that dovetailed perfectly into her business as a travel consultant who provides custom itineraries for experienced and novice travelers alike. In this episode, we discuss Anna's fascinating childhood and post-graduate experience, the business model which allows her to personalize her business at no extra cost to her clients, how she uses modern tools to streamline her service and much more.

Anna Harrison - Curating Custom Travel Experiences

September 27, 2019 04:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MB

Anna Harrison has a unique background that dovetailed perfectly into her business as a travel consultant who provides custom itineraries for experienced and novice travelers alike. In this episode, we discuss Anna's fascinating childhood and post-graduate experience, the business model which allows her to personalize her business at no extra cost to her clients, how she uses modern tools to streamline her service and much more.

Ed Latimore 2.0 - The Parts Where We Didn't Talk About His Twitter Expertise

September 20, 2019 04:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

Ed Latimore is multi-dimensional. What's more interesting is that his dimensions are not your typical past-times. In this bonus episode, you'll hear the parts of our conversation that weren't related to his explosive Twitter presence including life after graduating with a degree in Physics, how he prepares for a professional boxing match, other projects, speaking opportunities and how Ed can take advantage of having captured the attention of thought leaders online.

Matt McWilliams (pt 2) - Tips on Selling Your Audience What it Wants, Evergreen v. Seasonal Products and Repurposing Content

August 16, 2018 04:00 - 32 minutes - 14.8 MB

In part two, Matt McWilliams dives deep into affiliate and marketing strategies. He discusses how to sell your audience what it wants, launch vs membership models and how never to run out of content.

Matt McWilliams-Leveraging His Expertise in Marketing and Affiliate Programs for Limitless Opportunities

August 06, 2018 04:00 - 36 minutes - 16.5 MB

Matt McWilliams is a marketing and affiliate genius. From doubling his family golf school to managing multi-million dollar affiliate programs, Matt has leveraged his expertise to help clients launch successful products and services and created a thriving business teaching others how to master affiliate programs.

Beth Phillips-Recognizing Skill Fluency

July 16, 2018 04:00 - 14 minutes - 6.93 MB

I share a story about how producing this show helped me realize that I took my skills in the legal practice completely for granted 20 years ago. I think the story will help you recognize skills that you use daily that you're probably taking for granted.

Kelly Garrett-Integrating Messenger Bots Into Her Design and Marketing Business

July 03, 2018 04:00 - 35 minutes - 16.5 MB

Kelly Garrett has been curious and eager to try new technologies since the earliest days of desktop publishing and dot matrix printers. She combined her IT and graduate degree in marketing to start her own freelance business designing websites and other projects for clients after graduate school. Fast forward 12 years and Kelly is the founder and Master of Marketing of Ekcetera.com, a design and marketing business, where she helps clients with all aspects of branding, marketing and developin...

Carrie Olsen - How She Leveraged Corporate Training and Podcasting Into A Wildly Successful VO Business And Another Spinoff

June 22, 2018 04:00 - 33 minutes - 15.6 MB

Carrie Olsen is one of the original inspirations for this podcast and the idea of using a skillset to pursue a career and lifestyle that most people only dream of. Not only did Carrie leverage her corporate skills to pursue the craft of voiceover acting as a business from the beginning but she used the same skills to create courses and a model to teach others how to navigate the industry and pursue their own dreams. We pack a lot of information into this interview and whether you or someone y...

Todd Brison-How and Why to Use Medium to Develop a Writing Habit and Build a Platform

June 08, 2018 04:00 - 41 minutes - 19.3 MB

Todd Brison is a writer who adopted the publishing platform, Medium.com, early to develop a consistent writing habit and find his audience. He employed a few specific strategies to grow his followers to 56K that are still effective today, even if you're a brand new writer.

Jocelyn Paonita Pearson-Solving the Problem of Crushing Student Loan Debt

June 01, 2018 04:00 - 48 minutes - 22.3 MB

Jocelyn Paonita Pearson paid for her entire college education by finding and applying for scholarships that were overlooked or ignored by others. The oldest of five children, her parents made it clear that they were not in a position to pay for or take on debt for her higher education. She turned her relatively unique experience of graduating completely debt-free into a business when she found herself answering the same questions from family and friends about how she did it. Her system turned...

Ed Latimore - How to Leverage Twitter to Amplify Your Message and Grow Your Influence

May 25, 2018 04:00 - 52 minutes - 24.1 MB

Ed Latimore is a multi-faceted, multi-talented entrepreneur who has used Twitter strategically to blow up his platform, make connections globally and promote his projects, ideas and products. From a casual user to an account with nearly 50K followers, Ed shares practical tips to help every Twitter user improve his engagement and experience on the platform and avoid common missteps and mistakes. 

Jennifer Gallagher- From Maxed Out Corporate Trainer to Guiding Entrepreneurs to an Intentional Business and Life

May 18, 2018 04:00 - 37 minutes - 17.5 MB

Jennifer Gallagher was a successful trainer for an aerospace engineering company when she decided to design a work life that would support her rather than own her. Without any prior technical experience, she was hired by a VA company to complete projects. By the time she left to start her own business, she was running the company. Now she and her co-founder help female entrepreneurs get intentional about their business and their life.

Meredith Marsh-From Capturing Relivable Moments to Bridging A Gap For Bloggers and Youtubers

May 11, 2018 04:00 - 44 minutes - 20.7 MB

Meredith Marsh is the upbeat creator behind VidProMom.com. A brand dedicated to helping people create and capture relivable moments through video. She's spinning off from that success and launching the Video Pursuit podcast to fill a gap between bloggers and YouTubers to help both amplify their message.

Hannah Phillips- Leveraging Instagram: From Selling Her Own Artwork and Services to Helping Clients Improve Their Reach and Visibility

May 04, 2018 04:00 - 33 minutes - 15.4 MB

Hannah Phillips is the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Piper Creative Partners, a company that offers three productized services to help companies tell their story in a more effective way. Hannah explains how Instagram has been pivotal in her own success as an artist and business owner and how she's continuing to leverage it to help her clients establish their brand and get noticed. She shares strategies and current best practices that anyone can implement.

Elizabeth Goddard-How a VA Pivoted to "Rock Her Tech Specialism" and Teaches Others to Do the Same

April 20, 2018 04:00 - 53 minutes - 24.8 MB

Part two of my conversation with Elizabeth Goddard gets us up to speed and into the weeds of everything she's doing to optimize her interests and skills in this modern golden age of opportunity. Learn how Elizabeth repeatedly leverages a single question into multiple and infinite spinoff successes.

Elizabeth Goddard-How a Lifestyle Design Blog for People With Chronic Illness Led to a Thriving VA Business

April 13, 2018 04:00 - 47 minutes - 22 MB

Elizabeth Goddard is the definition of Spinoff Success. It's hard to believe that this incredibly energetic and productive woman suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome. When a friend introduced Elizabeth to the lifestyle design movement a few years ago, Elizabeth loved the message but discovered a lack of resources for people who suffer from chronic illnesses. (It's hard to believe that you can do anything when you don't have the energy or physical ability to get through the day). Elizabeth fi...

Dan Franks-How to Leverage a Traditional Career to Create an Unconventional Business

April 05, 2018 04:00 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MB

Dan Franks is the co-founder and co-organizer of Podcast Movement, the world's largest conference and trade show for the podcast industry. He is a CPA, was formerly the Business Manager and Director of Live Events for Midroll Media, and spent his twenties traveling the world as a professional wrestler. When not running live events or jet-setting in spandex, Dan spends his time with his family in beautiful Dallas, Texas.

Darrell Darnell-Turning His Interest in New Media into A Wildly Successful Support Business

March 29, 2018 04:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MB

Darrell Darnell turned his interest and expertise in the medium of podcasting into two successful spinoff projects. One is a podcast network that promotes shows about sci-fi movies and TV and life. The other is Pro Podcast Solutions, his premium, full-service podcasting support company. Darrell offers great advice about how to identify and turn a skill or interest into a side hustle or full-time business.

Andy Traub-Why Version 1.0 is the Only One That Matters!

March 14, 2018 04:00 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MB

Andy Traub combines his knack for new technologies, business experience and love of teaching to help entrepreneurs and creators gain clarity then develop and implement strategies to impact the world. After creating a site and brand to help people optimize software like ecamm, evernote, zoom.us and gmail, Andy is pivoting to help partners bring their creative projects to life.

Jared Easley-How to Plan and Launch a Successful Live Event

March 09, 2018 05:00 - 31 minutes - 14.7 MB

Jared shares the origin story of Podcast Movement. You'll learn about which skills and intangible assets he and his business partner deployed to plan, organize and run the first and most relevant event for podcasters in the world.

Introduction with Beth Phillips

February 23, 2018 05:00 - 4 minutes - 2.24 MB

Beth Phillips explains what to expect in future episodes and how they will help you discover monetizable skills and talents that you might be overlooking or taking for granted.