Chosen Entrepreneur | Build Authority Online, Social Media Marketing, Digital Marketing, Make Money Online, Keynote Speaker, Author, Coach

192 - When Your Audience Goes Quiet: How to Warm Up a Cold Following

Hey Chosen One! Are you posting into silence? No likes, no comments, no DMs, just crickets? It's so easy to think no one cares and want to quit. Here's what I need you to hear: quiet does not mean no one is listening. Most of your audience are lurkers, they're there, they're paying attention, they're just not raising their hand yet. This episode is for the coaches, speakers, and authors who feel like they're talking to an empty room. You're getting views but no follows, downloads but no replies, and you're wondering if it's even working. We're talking about social media engagement: why a silent audience is a connection problem, not a people problem, and how to actually warm up a cold following so they engage, join, and eventually buy. Here's the truth most people miss: the people are already there, the connection piece is missing. I'll walk you through 3 ways to warm up a cold audience. One, lower the bar to respond. Two, add connection, not just teaching. Three, be genuinely interested in your people. Plus why engagement isn't the same as money, but attention is what gets your content seen in the first place. I'm also sharing the story of a fitness influencer with over 200,000 followers making no sales, and what it really taught me about attention versus income. Grab your notes app. This one will change how you read your own analytics. In this episode: * Why "people are just very quiet" is a sign they're listening, not a sign no one cares * How to lower the bar so your audience actually responds (and the trick of asking things outside your niche so it doesn't feel like a setup to sell) * The 4 types of content every personal brand needs: authority positioning, growth, engagement, and personal * How being genuinely interested (asking what you actually want to know, and replying back) turns a cold following into a warm community CONNECT WITH ME: 💓 Join our Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CGMZJ1rD3/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CGMZJ1rD3/]

191 - Working Hard but STILL Not Making Money? Ask These 3 Questions

Hey Chosen One! Are you doing all the things and still not seeing the money? You're posting, podcasting, showing up every week, and somewhere in the back of your mind is that quiet "maybe it just takes time." Here's your permission to stop piling more onto your plate. The return you're looking for might be hiding inside the effort you've already made. This episode is for the coaches, speakers, and authors who are the face of their business and are ready to make money online without working harder or adding one more thing to do. We're talking about making the juice worth the squeeze: getting every last drop out of the content, podcasts, and offers you already have in motion. Here's the truth most people miss: more effort is not the answer, more return on your current effort is. I'll walk you through the 3 questions to run everything through. One, how can I get more out of the effort I already put in? Two, how can I increase the value to the people I'm serving at the same time? Three, does this align with my brand? Plus the simple plug-and-play moves that come from each one. This whole idea came straight out of a coaching call this week, where a client was doing everything right and still feeling like nothing was clicking. Grab your notes app. This one pays for itself. In this episode: * The mindset shift from "doing all the things" to getting more out of the things you already do * How to turn one podcast recording into reels, freebies, and shareable content (without creating from scratch) * The easy way to add income to recommendations you're already making, using affiliates that fit your brand * The 3-question filter that tells you exactly where to put your energy to make money online CONNECT WITH ME: 💓 Join our Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CGMZJ1rD3/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CGMZJ1rD3/]

190 - How to Stop Waiting Until You "Have It Together" to Show Up Consistently on Social Media

Hey Chosen One! Are you waiting until you "have it together" before you really start showing up online? Maybe you've told yourself you'll join the calls once life calms down, or you won't book the audit because you haven't been consistent enough to have anything worth looking at yet. Here's your permission to stop waiting. You don't need to have it all figured out first. You just need to start. This episode is for the people who ARE the face of their business (personal brands, coaches, speakers, and authors) who keep putting off consistency because they don't feel ready yet or good enough yet. We're talking about the procrastination loop that keeps you stuck and how to finally show up on social media consistently. Here's the truth most people miss: feeling ready isn't what makes you consistent. Showing up is. I'll walk you through three steps to break the "not ready yet" cycle: who to stop watching (and who to start watching instead), why trying to figure it all out on your own is keeping you stuck, and the one habit that actually builds momentum. I'm also getting honest about the times I caught myself doing this exact thing, telling myself I needed to learn more and do more before I showed up again. Grab your notes app. This one's a keeper. In this episode: * Why "I'll do it once I get my life together" is procrastination in disguise, and how to spot it * The comparison trap that makes you feel behind, and the simple swap that flips it * Why your long list of things you "should be doing" hasn't moved you forward, and what to do instead * How to know your exact next step so you can finally be consistent on social media WORK WITH ME: For a limited time, I'm offering Social Media Audits for the people who are the face of their business (or businesses). I'll look over everything you're doing online right now and give you the exact steps to get from where you are to where you want to be with your social media marketing. 🔍 Book a Social Media Audit: AzaleeMaslow.com/audit [http://azaleemaslow.com/audit]  CONNECT WITH ME: 💓 Join our Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CGMZJ1rD3/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CGMZJ1rD3/]

189 - Is the Yap Challenge Making You Feel Behind? How to Know if You Need to Change Your Strategy

Hey Chosen One! If the yap challenge has you quietly thinking "I should be further along than this," I need you to take a breath. That feeling isn't proof you're behind. It's proof you've been measuring your authentic path against somebody else's strategy. You're tired of watching everyone else blow up while you wonder what you're doing wrong, and you're tired of telling yourself you've made a couple sales ever and you're not even making 1K a month yet. None of that means what you think it means. This episode is for the people who ARE the face of their business (personal brands, coaches, speakers, and authors) who got triggered watching a viral challenge take off. We're talking about what the yap challenge actually means for your social media marketing, why imposter syndrome lies to you about being "behind," and how to know whether you should change your social media strategy at all. Here's the truth most people miss: in every version of this story, the facts don't change. What changes is the lens you're looking through. So I walk you through it: why a viral launch is never the full picture, why copying her strategy backfires, and the only kind of strategy that will ever actually work for you. The story behind this one is real. I share my own gut reaction to the yap challenge, the moment my coach clocked the belief I was carrying, and what shifted when I saw what was really going on. Grab your notes app. This one's a keeper. In this episode: * Why the yap challenge is triggering you, and why that "I thought I'd be further along" feeling is imposter syndrome, not the truth * What the yap challenge actually means for your social media marketing (hint: the lesson is consistency, not copying) * Why borrowing someone else's strategy reads as inauthentic, and inauthentic doesn't convert * How to know if you actually need to change your social media strategy, or if you just need to sound more like you WORK WITH ME: For a limited time, I'm offering Social Media Audits for the people who are the face of their business (or businesses). I'll look over everything you're doing online right now and give you the exact steps to get from where you are to where you want to be with your social media marketing. 🔍 Book a Social Media Audit: AzaleeMaslow.com/audit  [https://www.azaleemaslow.com/audit] CONNECT WITH ME: 💓 Join our Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CGMZJ1rD3/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CGMZJ1rD3/]

188 - Confused About Your Next Move? Plan Your Whole Quarter in 3 Steps

Hey Chosen One! Are you spinning? You feel like there are a hundred directions you could take your business, but you have no idea which one is the right next step. That not knowing is uncomfortable. You hate the feeling of sitting in that lack of clarity, putting out fires all day, and never feeling like anything you did was "enough." Take a breath. You do not need to do all the things. You just need to know the ONE thing to focus on next. This episode gives you a simple way to plan your whole quarter and finally make money online with clarity instead of guessing. It is for the people who ARE the face of their business (personal brands, coaches, speakers, and authors) who are tired of running on the hamster wheel and ready to know exactly where to put their energy for the next 90 days. Here's the truth most people miss: clarity does not come from doing more, it comes from choosing. In this episode I walk you through the 3 simple steps to pick your focus area, set one smart goal, and commit. No more spinning. No more "I don't know what to do." I am also sharing the story of how I ran myself into burnout (and kept getting sick) before I figured out this quarterly planning method that lets me turn work off and be present with my family. Grab your notes app. This one's a keeper. In this episode: * Why feeling like you're "spinning" and lacking clarity is actually a planning problem, not a you problem * The 4 areas of your business (Attract, Convert, Deliver, Cash) and how to rank them honestly * How to choose ONE focus area for the next 90 days so you stop guessing your next move * The simple way to turn that focus into a smart goal you can actually make money online with WORK WITH ME:  For a limited time, I'm offering Social Media Audits for the people who are the face of their business (or businesses). I'll look over everything you're doing online right now and give you the exact steps to get from where you are to where you want to be with your social media marketing. If your focus area for the next 90 days is Attract or Convert, this is how I help you build the smart goal to do it.  🔍 Book a Social Media Audit: AzaleeMaslow.com/audit   [https://www.azaleemaslow.com/audit] CONNECT WITH ME:  💓 Join our Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CGMZJ1rD3/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CGMZJ1rD3/]