Here is the recording of Anna's live call with Donna Maria. What a great conversation about managing your mindset with all the noise online, growing your audience and staying focused. What did you learn? We’d love to hear!

We believe that the more women we have in this world who are doing what they love and are doing what they were born to do (like jumping out of bed to get to work), our world will be filled with happier and more successful women. We believe that the work we are doing will help 2,000 women launch their dream careers and businesses by 2018. We bel ...…

Summary: In 2012, I was thrilled to become a Professor of Career Development at a national University (I'll keep the name anonymous. Why? Keep reading). I was excited to share with the students what I had learned from working in HR at a top consulting firm. I had seen many mistakes made my new hires and I didn't want others to make those same m ...…

Summary: Join us in doing a little 3 day challenge to make your goals happen in the last half the year! Now, let's create an action plan to make your goals happen!

Summary: Join us in doing a little 3 day challenge to make your goals happen in the last half the year! Let's now look forward and create your goals for the rest of the year! YAY!

Summary: Join us in doing a little 3 day challenge to make your goals happen in the last half the year! What did you accomplish so far in 2016 that you are proud of? What worked well?

Hilary is a Personal Branding Coach who helps professional and creative women entrepreneurs define their Mission+Vision+Values, Craft their Brand Stories and attract ideal clients.

If you want to have a business that impacts and changes the world and where you are living your dream life, did you know that there are five phases that you have to go through to successfully reach your goal? In my work in our Corporate Rescue Plan for years following the lives of women going from employee to entrepreneur, I have pinpointed fiv ...…

Today I am thrilled to introduce you to Char Stackle, Founder of Lifeonherown.com. Welcome Char! Thanks for being here and sharing how you turned your business plans into action.

This month’s behind the scenes training is all about launching! I recently had a very successful launch for my other membership site, Love Your Career Formula 2.0, and I learned a lot that I wanted to share with you. Each time my launches get less stressful and more exciting. Let’s face it, launching is tough. But, it can be a little bit easier ...…

Welcome! In today’s case study, I am interviewing Jennifer Kroiss, a Career Strategist from Kroiss Consulting. She’s going to talk to us about the journey she went through starting her own business and how she left corporate without burning bridges. If you want to learn how to become your own boss in 2017 and grow and scale your business like J ...…

In the past, Classy Career Girl has given some fabulous tips on speeches. I have studied other speakers and have meticulously taken notes. Also, in every presentation, I’ve given in the last year I wrote down what was good and bad and what worked and what didn’t. Another secret to improving my speaking skills was watching videos on TED which wa ...…

Delegating and Moving My Business Online With Lisa Claycomb

Ready to grow your website? Welcome to the Website Traffic Blueprint! My Website Growth Story I have been blogging at ClassyCareerGirl.com since 2010 but it wasn’t until I really made the commitment to grow my website that I started to see the results. I committed to making my website no longer a hobby. Instead, it was a business. That was a bi ...…

Here’s where I started. I knew I wanted to teach and I wanted to quit my job. So I decided I was going to create a course. In the spirit of taking risk and making the leap (with limited time), I decided to not actually create the course until someone bought it. So that way I wouldn’t waste time. I mean who was really going to buy it anyways, ri ...…

Thinking of becoming an entrepreneur? It’s definitely not for everyone but here are some reasons I love being an entrepreneur. Do you want to be an entrepreneur too? I want to show you today where you could be. So close your eyes with me right now and imagine your ideal workday running your own business. Imagine waking up when you want to wake ...…

Welcome to the Classy Career Girl podcast!! Today we are doing something a little different. Today we have a special guest, It’s a podcast listener just like you who is going to ask me a bunch of her burning questions! SO let’s give a big welcome to Megan Meyer who is interviewing me today! Megan is a winner of a little contest we had a few mon ...…

Will your business be profitable? Let’s get started. Here is the assessment you’ll need to know if your idea is profitable. This will help you figure out where you should be putting your time and energy. This will make sure you start the right business for you. PROBLEM - This is where you absolutely have to talk to potential clients and intervi ...…

One of my biggest regrets is staying far too long in a job that just didn’t fit me. I tried really, really hard to make it work and get ahead. It wasn’t until I realized that if you are actually in a job you love, it’s not tough and you don’t have to work so hard to succeed. You will be more successful when you are in a career that fits you and ...…

If you are feeling stuck, I have been in your shoes. I remember what it was like when I was stuck in a job I hated (financial management). I wasn’t happy and fulfilled in my career and it was keeping me up at night. I was so stuck and I would apply to jobs over and over again online with no luck. I blamed the economy and I was frustrated that I ...…

Corporate Rescue Plan member, Jenna Janssen shared all of her wisdom with me in an interview about the success of her book launch last month. Thanks Jenna! You rock and I am so proud. If you guys don’t know her story, it’s just flat out inspiring. She used to be a hair stylist and suffered a wrist injury. Instead of letting it get her down that ...…

When I was in 3rd grade, I started a save the earth club. By middle school, I was organizing food for the homeless, teaching Sunday school and visiting local nursing homes. As a teenager, I was leading anything I could. I was passionate about youth in government, our high school seatbelt challenge and leading church mission trips. And then coll ...…

Come take a peek behind the scenes of how I grew my business and found balance with a full-time job. My Schedule as a Side Hustler Wake up morning: 5-6am blog, read, journal, social media schedule Workout: 6:630 Shower: 630-715 Drive to work: 7:15-8:00 All podcasts!! Would get super inspired. 8-5pm: work (with occasional cell phone access to mo ...…

“I love what I do, but the people I work for are just nasty. How do I find happiness when the bosses are jerks?” – Rebecca It is really important to have a supportive work environment because it factors into your ultimate career satisfaction. I am happy you found what you love to do, that is awesome! But, if you continue down this path in a neg ...…

Question: “Anna, What is your very most favorite “to do list” program, online? I need something to keep me organized! I do not share an office with my boss, and we do not share a server, but, instead, independent Outlook accounts. Is there something we can use to task back and forth, that will “talk” to Outlook, but is online? Otherwise, it’s j ...…

The New Rules of Work: The Modern Playbook for Navigating your Career, written by Alexandra Cavoulacos and Kathryn Minshew, co-founders of popular career website TheMuse.com, is about showcasing how you how to play the career game by the New Rules. The New Rules is the definitive guide to the ever-changing modern workplace, offering today’s pro ...…

There are so many positives about starting and growing a membership site. Some of the benefits I have realized are the recurring revenue, the impact you can make and the freedom to go to the park with my daughter in the middle of the afternoon. But, it doesn’t happen overnight and there are some potential downsides of having a membership site t ...…

Here’s the question I would like to tackle today. This question comes in from a current student, so I am keeping it anonymous. I’m having a bit of a crisis here. I started a new job, and I absolutely need to get out of here. Can I walk out of here? And how do I explain this one to future interviewers? I’m so stressed out at even the thought of ...…

I was challenged by my own personal business coach to write down what I would say to you if it was the last, final thing I could say on social media. Something that I might be scared to share with you. So here goes. I call it my manifesto and I shared it on Facebook the other day and it got a ton of great response. It was actually one of my mos ...…

I was so excited and shocked to open my email up yesterday to see that my case study was in the top 5 of Stu Mclaren’s membership site contest!! I’m so excited to share more about my story over the last 6 months and how Stu and TRIBE have helped my husband and I re-design a business we LOVE. Because, work should be fun, right?! Here’s the video ...…

It's OK if you don't know what your dream job is. Many women I speak with are ashamed that they still don't know what their dream job is. It is a question kids are asked all the time, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" So asking yourself that question as an adult seems like you are really far behind. But, better to ask yourself that que ...…

It’s really not that complicated to get started building your website. That’s how I started and I continue to update and change my website myself. This article is just going to be a basic overview of the steps you need to take. We aren’t going to get too technical but if you want to get more technical, make sure you check out this post-> How to ...…

If you are like me, you are subscribed to many different subscriptions. I challenge you today to count up how many memberships you actually belong to. You might save some money once you look at your billing statement. From the business owner perspective, having your own membership site can come with a lot of benefits too. If you want less stres ...…

Today I have a special guest that I am very excited to introduce you to. I’ve known Emily Bennington for many years now as she is a top writer of all things professional development, careers and leadership for over 10 years and her latest book is one that I am really excited to interview her about because it’s a little different from the rest. ...…

I am an introvert and networking has always been difficult for me, but I have always known that networking would be the key to reaching my professional goals. I have found that giving myself a challenge is the best way to take my networking to the next level. In 2011, I challenged myself to meet with four people I didn’t know and four people I ...…

Let’s take a peak behind the scenes at the first 6 years of growing Classy Career Girl brand. I hope this video helps you see that nothing happens overnight! Even if you are feeling behind or that you are going too slow, you aren’t. You are moving at the perfect pace as long as you are taking baby steps forward. Don’t give up and stay inspired!…

When you are struggling with discouragement and being overworked or bored, I completely understand how far off your dream career can feel. I want you to know that it really isn’t that far away. If I can do it there really is no reason that you can’t do it, too. That’s why I am so excited to give you just the very first steps you need to make yo ...…

Here’s the piece of career advice I wish I would have known many years earlier. I wish I would have known this when I graduated from college. So many times I see women repeat the cycle of applying to jobs and then getting stuck in the same job that they hate. This is because they don’t understand themselves. If you spend the time to understand ...…

Job interviews can be very stressful, even for the most confident person. Most people get nervous to some extent before and during an interview. You want to do your best to ease your job interview nerves because if you are nervous, it will likely show. The interviewer is looking to hire someone who is confident in their skills and abilities, an ...…

I often get the question of how I manage all my programs. Here’s the important key: I didn’t start here and you can’t compare where I am now to where you are starting today. I have been working on growing my business and learning about growing a membership site for SEVEN years now and it has not always been pretty. There’s been a lot of failure ...…

OK, I admit it. I will tell you a secret just between you and I…..I stayed in a job I hated for many, many years because I had a good salary and health benefits and a mortgage and other bills to pay. I dreaded walking into the doors of the office to a job that didn’t fit who I really was. I share a lot on this blog about how to find a job you l ...…

Grateful for your paycheck but know you don’t want to work there much longer? Over my years of working with students, I have seen many women close to getting their careers unstuck BUT they have one thing holding them back, their mindset. Today, I want to share with you some positive affirmations you should repeat to yourself daily to help you m ...…

CCG is getting ready to celebrate our SIX YEAR anniversary in March so we decided to collect the 100 best pieces of career advice from our site over the last 6 years. We hope you get inspired! Our suggestion is to pick one tip and write it down in your journal. Read it everyday and start practicing it in your career every single day.…

Stop the social media stress and put a plan in place. Today’s training call with Anna Runyan and Aida Diaz will help you get clear on how to organize your social media plan and what social media platform you should focus on first.

If you want to be successful in your career, I have a little known secret for you. It’s not what you do to get ahead, it’s how you think. Through my years of helping women find careers they love and succeed, I have seen many clients really close to getting their careers unstuck BUT they all have one thing holding them back, their mindset. You c ...…