Episode 4 - Using Your Platform For Good With Amy Porterfield

Welcome to Building a Bigger Table The podcast for misfits, mavericks and magic makers who want to create a profitable, sustainable business that makes as much impact as it does income.    In This Episode: I’m absolutely THRILLED to welcome the amazing Amy Porterfield as my first guest to the Building a Bigger Table Podcast.  Amy is a speaker and coach who trains business owners, educators and entrepreneurs on profitable marketing strategies for building an online business that attracts a highly engaged audience to boot. She hosts the Online Marketing Made Easy Podcast, and also was named one of the ‘Top 50 Social Media Power Influencers’ by Forbes. Join us in this episode, where we dig deep to discover exactly what building a bigger table means for us as online educators, and how we are both working to empower people financially to create positive, lasting change. We go the whole nine yards on digital courses, building your audience AND how we can use our voices as business owners. What’s more - as this year has rapidly made online learning the new normal, and people’s perspective of what’s important has changed, we chat all things entrepreneurship and Amy shares her invaluable knowledge on what it takes to turn that side hustle into a profitable profession. This incredible episode is a total showstopper, and a taste of what’s to come on Building a Bigger Table ... If you’re interested in entrepreneurship, financial empowerment or making a change ... you really mustn’t miss this!   Key Takeaways: The importance of building a bigger table  Why empowering people financially is a form of activism Everything you need to know about creating online courses Why it’s prime time to turn that side hustle into a career   Quotes: “There has never been a more important time for everybody to be open, to learning and change.”   “One of the wonderful things that I think that we all have available to us is the opportunity to really grow into ourselves, to really grow into the person that we're capable of being. And I've always believed that you can't have business development without personal development.”   “I believe that digital courses are the single most powerful way to create more income in your business while also creating more opportunity to do what you want, how you want and when you want.”   Meet Your Host: Hi, I’m Shaa. I’ve been called a serial entrepreneur … but I’ve never been one for labels! I’ve done SO many things in my career, including starting and scaling multiple 7 figure businesses, and am grateful for being recognised with some lovely awards - most proudly, an MBE from The Queen “for Services to Business and Entrepreneurship”. I’ve been featured in major publications for my efforts (named one of the UK’s Top 20 Most Influential Entrepreneurs by The Sunday Times and one of the ‘Most Influential Women in the UK" by the Institute of Directors), and have written 4 straight-talking, bestselling books; Stop Talking, Start Doing; Stop Talking, Start Doing Action Book, Do Less, Get More; and most recently, How To Fix Your Sh*t.   Where To Find Amy: Website - https://www.amyporterfield.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AmyPorterfield/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amyporterfield/?hl=en Podcast - https://www.amyporterfield.com/amy-porterfield-podcast/   Where To Find Shaa: Website - https://www.shaa.com/ Facebook - https://en-gb.facebook.com/shaawasmund/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/shaawasmund/