Host Natalie Eckdahl, MBA is a coach to high performing women. She is married with three children ages 7-20. Natalie helps women entrepreneurs own their role as CEO through her business trainings, on air coaching calls and expert interviews. Learn how to master your mindset, grow as a leader, refine your strategies, build your team and gain visibility in your industry. Natalie is also an expert in outsourcing at home and at work.
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A business podcast for product entrepreneurs. A creative balance of life and business to help you create your dream life. Featured in Inc. as "the country's most sought-after product experts." Also featured in Forbes, NBC News, Yahoo! Finance and more. Also a co-founder of the Shop 1 in 5 pledge - a commitment to shop 1 in 5 of your purchases from small businesses online and offline. The goal in every episode: uplevel you as the Boss of your business. Take your physical product sales and str ...
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625: Don’t Lose Momentum in Your Business
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One of the most painful places to be in business is when you have lost all forward momentum. You look at your pipeline for clients and it is empty. This is especially challenging to navigate after you lose an important client, several proposals get rejected or it feels like everyone is 👻 ghosting you. Where do you even start? And what can you do to…
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580. "I'm six months into my business. How do I connect with my ideal customer?" | Coaching Session
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Hey, product bosses. Today's coaching session is a can't-miss for anyone aiming to sharpen their marketing strategies. I’m speaking with Dana of The Hype Girl Supply Co., a champion for fellow product bosses. Dana offers high-quality shipping supplies that not only serve practicality but also boast a cohesive brand aesthetic. Just six months into h…
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Have you ever found yourself wondering why your products aren't flying off the shelves? Maybe you've hit a sales plateau, leaving you desperately searching for next steps. Whether you're just starting out with a brilliant idea or trying to understand how to stand out in a crowded market, we've all been there before. The journey to getting your prod…
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Let’s diagnose whether or not you have a sales problem in your service based business. Sales is an umbrella term for a function in your business that has many facets. Are you struggling more to get leads or to convert leads you have into clients? 🎯 In this episode, we go deep on the three most often overlooked elements in the sales offer: specifici…
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578. "I'm not profitable yet and running out of money! How can I move the needle fast?" | Coaching Session
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Welcome back, Product Bosses! In this episode, we're diving deep with Karissa from Wag & Wonder, a passionate entrepreneur who's crafted a line of high-end dog accessories. Despite her dedication, Karissa faces a common pitfall many of you might relate to: skipping crucial foundational steps on the journey from concept to sales. Karissa's story isn…
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577. This One Strategy Grew My Audience By 20,000 Followers in 2 Months
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Social media can be a powerful, FREE way to market your product. In this episode I’m going to share exactly how to increase your followers– the strategy that has been successful for my company and the companies in my Mastermind. My company’s Instagram just reached over 1,000,000 accounts in the past 7 days. 90% of that traffic is from our organic, …
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The most common area new clients rank as needing 🔥 urgent help with is marketing. They report they aren’t doing enough marketing. They don’t have a real plan. Or their current marketing plan isn’t working. 🧐 But, 9 times out of 10, they DON’T have a marketing problem. In today’s episode, Elizabeth Cook, coaches with me in our Six Figures Lab group …
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576. “I’m starting a product business from scratch. What foundational steps do I need to know to avoid mistakes?” | Coaching Session
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Welcome to another coaching episode! Today, I'm speaking with Mystral, a massage therapist and energy worker out of New York City. Her service-based business is growing well, but an idea for a product-based business naturally spun off from it that she wants to explore. She wants to launch a tea business with as few mistakes as possible. First we st…
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575. The Magic Formula to Standing Out in a Crowded Market
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In today’s world, we are inundated with so much media and more information than we can typically handle! Plus, with the way the economy is and inflation, customers are not spending as much as they used to spend, especially with small businesses. So what can you do to position your brand in a way that deeply resonates with your ideal customer? Today…
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The fresh energy of Spring is blooming all around me and it has made me excited to set some very big goals for 🌷Q2. You can harness this energy around you too and join me in a Six Week Sprint. Go to bizchix.com/sprint for our free worksheet to guide and document your sprint. 🏃♀️A sprint will be especially useful if you have had a 😓tough Q1 (many p…
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574. "I have so many ideas--what do I focus on first?" | Coaching Session
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If you're a product-based business owner, then chances are you're also a creative- meaning you constantly have ALL of these new ideas you're wanting to test and try. As a creative, one of the biggest struggles I see is being able to know where to focus and prioritize to keep the needle moving forward in your business. Sound familiar? That's exactly…
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573. This is Why You're Not Making Sales in Your Product Business
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There are four foundational pieces of product-based businesses that I see people skip over all the time. If you’re struggling to make sales, chances are you’ve skipped one of them. In this episode, I discuss each one and why they are so important to have to grow your business. They are: Nail your niche, nail your brand, nail your price and offer an…
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621: Moving Beyond Selling a Package of Hours
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Have you noticed that the longer you do the same type of work, the more efficient you get? That is why charging hourly or selling a package of hours starts to feel less great over time. We teach our clients to create either a monthly or a high ticket project business model based on the deliverables not based on the number of hours it takes This wor…
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572. “My business was on the backburner but I’m ready to dive back in. How do I get excited again?” | Coaching Session
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We all have different seasons of life and as a result, sometimes it can be hard to dive back into something, like your product business, with as much passion and excitement as you previously had. Just remember that it’s okay and it happens. The beauty of owning your own business is that you have the freedom to change your business to meet your need…
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571. If I Started a New Product Business, Here are the Steps I Would Take
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After 20 years of coaching product bosses and running my own product businesses, I can immediately recognize certain gaps and missteps that happen in almost every new business. Recently, I thought of it in a different way: What kind of checklist would I put together if I were starting a new product business today? What steps would I take, and in wh…
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620: Combining Local Networking and LinkedIn for Client Attraction: A Step-by-Step Strategy
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🏁 Ready for a training that is the OPPOSITE of what most people teach? Instead of focusing solely on growing an online presence, I walk you through the game-changing strategy of MERGING LOCAL networking with ONLINE engagement, with a special focus on harnessing the power of LinkedIn. You will hear actionable tips for connecting locally, leveraging …
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570. "My brand is exploding! How do I keep up?” | Coaching Session
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Fresh from Shark Tank, Inner Circle Masterminder Aleah Montague joins the show today for a coaching session. Her business, “Meat the Mushroom,” is taking off. How can she keep up with skyrocketing demand, while sustainably scaling up? Tune in to find out. First, we talk about the emotional and mindset aspect. When you start to see an increased dema…
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569. Should You Stay in a Plateau or Push for More Growth?
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Plateaus in product-based business can be good or bad, depending on different factors. In this episode, we talk about why it's important to do an honest assessment of your business to figure out if you’re in a much-needed plateau or if you should be pushing for more growth immediately. Not every year is meant to have massive quantum leaps in growth…
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619: Setting and Holding Boundaries in Your Business
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😬Do your CLIENTS know what your boundaries are? 🙀How about your TEAM? 👀Can YOU articulate your boundaries? Boundary issues come up FREQUENTLY as we support our clients, so please know you are not alone. Sometimes we do not even know we need to articulate a boundary until we are faced with a new situation. 🚩If you struggle with holding boundaries in…
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568. Ever Wanted in on an Inner Circle Mastermind Coaching Session? Here’s a Peek.
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Ever wish you could listen in on the conversation between women product-based business owners who are successfully making over $100k in revenue? Well that’s exactly what today’s episode is! I'm sharing one of my latest coaching calls with my Inner Circle Masterminders so you can hear how true Masterminding works while we discuss specific solutions …
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567. Are You Building a Million Dollar Product-Based Business? Do This to Find Out.
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If you’re a product based business owner who is looking to make their first multiple six figures or reach the million dollar mark, this episode is just for you! We're not just dreaming big; we're making million-dollar businesses a reality. In this episode, we delve deep into the essential strategies that we believe are pivotal in scaling your produ…
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618: [coaching] Should She Expand Her Niche with Claire Lauer?
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Listen in as I coach a client from my Six Figures Lab group coaching program. Claire Lauer is passionate about serving her clients through her company CL Content Marketing, but growth has slowed. What should she do next? Should she expand her current niche or something else? The answer we landed on surprised us both! Connect with Claire Lauer: Link…
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566. "My retail store is 80% of my business -- but I want to get more sales beyond it." | Coaching Session
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Join us as we sit down with Stacey from Be Blends, a longtime member of our Multi-Stream Machine community. Stacey isn't new to our podcast; having been featured twice before, her journey has been nothing short of inspirational. Under our guidance in the mastermind, Stacey's business has seen remarkable growth. Yet, with success comes new challenge…
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565. Answering Your Burning Social Media Questions with Linda Fruits of Fruits of Motherhood
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By popular demand: An episode all about how to use social media for your product-based business. I’ve brought Linda Fruits, of Fruits of Motherhood, to the show to give us real, no-fluff answers about what works. Linda, who is a successful Instagram influencer, answers questions about repurposing content, virality vs. community building, and the ba…
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💵💶💷 Are you struggling to change your pricing strategy? Are you feeling undervalued? You may be underpricing your services. But how do you raise them with current clients? I’m joined by Elizabeth Cook who coaches alongside me in our $ix Figures Lab group coaching program, and she poses questions from our clients. We dive into all the 🧠 mindset issu…
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