You're listening to the online marketing made easy podcast episode number 139.

Welcome to the online marketing made easy podcast business advice so easy you'll feel like you're cheating and now your host Amy Porterfield.

Welcome back to another episode of the online marketing made easy podcast. I'm your host Amy Porterfield and if you ever follow any of my podcast episodes you likely already know that I love planning.

I love this time of the year because we get to plan for the future. I love diving into the planning process specifically because I start to think about things like what do my customers need more of or where should I focus to serve them even better.

I like to think about things like where do I want my business to go or I look at my family and think what do we want for our lifestyle as we move into the new year.

And I think the idea of change or progress is incredibly exciting but then I have to stop and think okay Amy the change in the progress all really exciting but I think that there's some value in looking back as well.

I think we all should look back and think about what we accomplished what was great what could be better where do we struggle debriefing with ourselves or team or family all of that is so very valuable before we move forward.

Now when it comes to business I've been doing a little bit of reflecting with my team specifically my podcast team and we've been talking about some of the episodes that we think made the greatest impact for our listeners and one of my team members Debbie said why don't we create a best of episode where we take people behind the scenes and talk a little bit about why we chose that episode why we thought it was so valuable maybe some of the stories that went into creating.

That went into creating that episode and then in some cases what transpired since actually recording the episode so a little bit of behind the scenes why I love the episode and why I think it's so valuable for you.

So we did just that I mean I started to think about why love going behind the scenes like when I watch a documentary about how a movie was made and when I find out one of the scenes was totally off the cuff ad lib I love that.

I'm sure when I find out that a different actress should have been cast for that scene but it didn't work out like I love all the behind the scenes kind of things when it comes to movies so I thought well it might be kind of fun to go behind the scenes when it came to my podcast episodes as well.

So this week we're changing it up we're keeping this podcast episode short so that you can get the real meat which is in the show notes and the show notes are the roundup of the top 10 podcast episodes from 2016 from my show.

Now it was really fun for me to create for you because I got to re examine some of my favorite shows like one of them is how to create content rituals to get more done.

Do you remember tiger time well if you're not using tiger timer you never heard that episode that's the one I want you to go back to for sure or one of my most popular episodes was the five big launch lessons where I literally held nothing back that was episode 116 and also I did some great interviews if you listen to the one with Jasmine star where she talked about L did you hear that one where she talked about L and how she grew up.

On a organic goat farm and made soaps and now what her life looks like now and you're thinking why is she talking about L then you realized it was Jasmine's ideal avatar and how she brought her to life and it made all of us want to have our own else I loved that episode.

There was another great when I loved with Jill and Josh statin where they talked about the value of a close or private Facebook group and how that can completely change your business and how it changed theirs that was a good one as well okay so these are just a few teasers of the top 10 episodes of 2016 and if you miss some which I'm sure you have like you have a busy life I literally listed out the 10 that I think are the most valuable the ones that if you missed you got to go back and listen to them.

And then I did a little write up of each of them so I told you why it's important for you to listen to in case you missed it what you'll learn from it and I give you a few quick little stories about what transpired after I recorded the episode like the one with Gabby Bernstein am I still meditating is that really making a difference for me I share it in my show notes so what I want you to do is go to Amy Porterfield dot com forward slash one three nine Amy Porterfield dot com forward slash one three nine and what you'll find.

Is a list of the top 10 like I said a quick little write up of each of them and then a link to those episodes so I want you to pick and choose which ones really speak to you and again we only chose the ones that will literally make an impact in your business right away so I want you to take action with any of the episodes that you listen to now you know I always have a freebie and you know it's always good and so what we did is we created a top 10 business building lesson

list from 2016 meaning a list of the top lessons that I've learned as I've gotten to train many of you in your online businesses as social media has changed as online marketing has changed as I've changed my business and the things that I've learned that I think will help you build your business to be more successful profitable and to make a bigger impact.

So every year is different every year we are moving our business in a different direction and I always have these lessons that I take with me into the new year these are the takeaways that I want you to know as well so you can help them shape how you approach.

2017 and if you're listening to this well into 2017 these lessons are still going to be valuable for you so don't miss them so all you need to do is go to Amy Porterfield dot com forward slash one three nine check out the list choose the episodes that you miss that are going to be really valuable and make sure you get the freebie it's specifically called my top 10 business building lessons from 2016 it's just a quick cheat sheet but it's full of.

Really valuable takeaways you do not want to miss thank you so much for listening like I promised you this is a short one but you've got some homework I will see you over on my blog Amy Porterfield dot com forward slash one thirty nine thanks so much for tuning in i'll talk to you soon bye for now.

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