Inspiration & Motivation Archives | Alkire Marketing's Blog

Earn a Living with Any Hobby or Passion

May 18, 2017 Elizabeth Alkire Business Building, Inspiration & Motivation

Have you FINALLY discovered what you’re truly passionate about just to be slapped in the face with an ice-cold dose of reality? Perhaps you’re thinking you couldn’t possibly earn an actual income pursuing this newfound passion full-time. Maybe you’re simply wondering what career you could possibly pursue with your unique skills and strengths and haven’t quite found what you truly enjoy doing. I Have Absolutely No Marketable Skills You’re a homemaker who is really, really, ridiculously good at mending socks… and can crockpot the sh#t out of Tuesday night dinners. Or you’re a trophy wife and you’re incredibly talented at [……..]

Are You Doing It Right? Self-Care is NOT Just an After-Thought

May 11, 2017 Elizabeth Alkire Inspiration & Motivation, Self-Care

Are you putting off your own self-care to tend to those around you? How often have you ignored and shut down your own needs to work harder and longer? Do you regularly put everyone else’s needs before your own? Why? Why are you neglecting yourself in the name of caring for others? Neglecting Yourself is Damaging to Yourself AND Others Without caring for yourself, you’ll get burned out faster, drained easier, your immune system suffers so you’ll get sick more frequently and you’ll recover much slower. And when you inevitably get sick, you’ll be risking passing that illness to those around [……..]

One-Click Upsells Will Skyrocket Your Profits

May 4, 2017 Elizabeth Alkire Business Building, Inspiration & Motivation

You may be wondering… what is an upsell? An upsell is when you are trying to buy a product, such as an old iPhone 5, and the sales person tries to sell you an upgraded and more expensive version of the product you’re trying to purchase, such as an iPhone 7s. A one-click upsell takes it to another level. This is when you’re selling a digital product or service, and your customer has just made a purchase… on the “thank you for your purchase” page, they see another offer, such as an upgrade to the product they just purchased, and [……..]

5 Down and Dirty Ways to Fight Creativity Block

April 27, 2017 Elizabeth Alkire Inspiration & Motivation, Self-Care

I think we can all agree: creativity block is awful. It can strike at the worst times and suck the motivation and passion right out of you. It doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t care whether you’re writing a book, painting a commission, or even typing up a proposal or report at work. Unfortunately, creativity block happens to the best of us. Let us help with these awesome ways to fight back: 1. Get outside. Breathe some fresh air. Get some sunshine. This could seem overly simple, but sometimes all you need is just a super quick moment outside to get those [……..]

Digital Products: Selling Online

April 18, 2017 Elizabeth Alkire Business Building, Inspiration & Motivation

Gone are the days where you need to sell physical products in order to start a business. Don’t have any shoes, shirts, jewelry or furniture to sell online? That’s totally fine. There are SO many things you can sell online–digitally. Once you realize that, a whole new world opens up. What IS a Digital Product? A digital product is anything someone would buy that would be delivered digitally (through a computer, virtually, rather than a product they can actually hold in their hand… think ebook rather than a physical book). A digital product can be delivered in a PDF format, [……..]

Plethora of Money from Sales and Bonuses

Boost Your Profits using Sales and Bonuses as Incentives

April 9, 2017 Elizabeth Alkire Business Building, Digital Marketing, Inspiration & Motivation

Do you have a plethora of physical products and/or digital products to offer? Are you making a lot of sales? Maybe you’re just starting out and you’re on the verge of launching your first product or service. No matter where you are in your entrepreneurial journey, your business could always use a boost; sales and bonuses are an incredible place to start. In order to really boost your profits and level up your business, there’s two different techniques at your disposal. The first technique is to run a sale, the second is to provide a bonus when someone purchases something from you. You [……..]

Creative Ways to Make Money with Your Passions – Writing

January 8, 2017 Elizabeth Alkire Business Building, Inspiration & Motivation, Resources

Are you a phenomenal writer? Do you constantly hear about how you should pursue a career in writing because you’re so good at it? Do you absolutely love writing and would you love nothing more than to spend each and every single day writing down everything that pops into your mind? If you find yourself suffering through a 9-5 job because you believe you’ll never make a living as a writer, doing what you love, doing what you’re passionate about… think again. Getting published and becoming the next J.K. Rowling, able to fill a swimming pool full of hundred dollar [……..]

The Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway Challenge

December 31, 2016 Elizabeth Alkire Announcements, Business Building, Digital Marketing, Inspiration & Motivation, Resources, Updates

Hey loves! I’m going to be participating in a free 30-day challenge starting on January 1, 2017. It’s the Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway Challenge hosted by Vanessa Rende from Empire Rebels. Basically, it’s 30 days of doing Facebook Live on your Facebook Fan Page or the Empire Rebels Facebook Group. The only purpose of this challenge is to get you comfortable with doing Facebook Live. Description of the Event from Vanessa Rende “No sales pitch, no hidden agendas, no hidden requirements. You on your business page (or in our community) + feeling the fear and doing it [……..]

The One Sentence that Changed Everything

December 8, 2016 Elizabeth Alkire Inspiration & Motivation, Personal

I once worked with an incredible woman who took a chance on me and allowed me to run the newsletter service in her company, developing email newsletters for clients and selling courses about creating their own email newsletters. When I had hit my three-month mark working with her, I had asked her to give me a review of my performance up to that point – I always found it helpful to receive honest feedback so that I could get an outside perspective on what I could improve upon and what I was doing correctly. During this review, she had said, [……..]

Launch Day Jitters

December 4, 2016 Elizabeth Alkire Inspiration & Motivation

If you’ve put a lot of time, energy, effort and money into your company or a new product, it’s only natural to get nervous when you’re about to finally release it into the wild and allow people to see your masterpiece. Trust me, I know these jitters well. But I’ve gotten those jitters down to a manageable level of nausea now! 😉 So… how can you go about overcoming the Launch Day Jitters? Well, here’s some tips and some inspiration for ya. Reach Out to Your Support Network These can be friends, family members, colleagues, your cat, or even the [……..]