Episode 245: Is it Possible to Support Your Family From an Indie Business? Yes. Just Listen to This. (FS245)

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers, Freelancing, Marketing, Small Business

4.8 • 648 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2017

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Is it actually possible to support your family over the long-haul with an independent online small business?

Like, is it actually possible?

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Or are we all just kind of hoping that our blog or podcast or freelancing business will last?

Well this episode right here is your answer. In it we learn exactly how possible it truly is… AND we get to hear from a real buddha of online biz; a mentor to many of us because he’s been doing it for so much longer than most of us.

Creating your own business is not about making it easy; there is still going to be work that needs to be done. That said, it is POSSIBLE to create a life that is less stressful, more prosperous, and purposefully designed to support your dreams and your family all at once.

Steve Maxwell is the founder of Bailey Line Road Chronicles, and he’s been supporting himself and his family through his writing and web work for almost 25 years now.

Steve shares his journey with us, and how he has transitioned over the years, from typewriter, to fax, to building an email list that is truly your own.

We also dive into the conversation of what it means to understand what the market wants and learning how to build your own dream in the big, open ocean instead of splashing around in someone else’s fishbowl, unfulfilled and unsatisfied.

(Note: this fishbowl thing will literally stay with you forever once you hear it.)

It IS possible to sustain yourself and your family over the long-haul with your indie business. Learn exactly what that’s like in this episode. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody? This is Chase. I just want to say, you got a great episode coming up today.
0:04.7	It is with Steve Maxwell. This guy has been on the web for a long time. It's like a campfire session
0:11.1	with like a Buddha or a grandpa or both. I can't tell, but I loved it. Steph and I felt like,
0:17.7	honestly, get a blanket on and a cup of hot cocoa and some comfy socks
0:23.0	because we're about to have a fireside chat with someone who knows what they're talking about.
0:28.4	All right, but before we get started, this episode is brought to you by FreshBooks.
0:32.9	FreshBooks is Small Business Accounting Software, Design for Small Business,
0:37.1	especially for all you freelancers
0:38.6	out there. Okay? By the way, their payments thing is excellent. You send an invoice to a client,
0:44.1	and then they can just pay you on the web right there. No more taking checks to the bank,
0:48.8	or anything like that, or taking pictures of your checks even. It all happens automatically.
0:53.4	If you want to check out fresh books, you can get a month of unrestricted use.
0:56.8	This is just for Fizzles Show listeners. So go to freshbooks.com slash fizzle and enter Fizzle
1:01.2	in the How Did You Hear About a section? Thanks to FreshBooks for supporting the show.
1:06.2	Okay, let's get into it.
1:11.3	Hello and welcome to the Fizzle Show.
1:15.9	Oh, ho, ho, oh, getting close to Christmas in real time here.
1:21.8	I don't know when you're listening to this episode because we have episodes that go back
1:25.5	over years and years, almost 250 episodes at this point.
1:30.9	All of them about topics, questions, ideas that are interesting, nay, necessary for indie entrepreneurs.
1:39.7	People who are earning a living doing something that they care about.
1:42.4	All right, that's what we're about.
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