Celebrating the New Year with a Success Story! Hey y'all! We wanted to start 2017 with a shout out to all our members, fans, listeners… all of you who have supported us through thick and thin, Happy New Year! Our first episode is an amazing success story from one of our FYL community members, Marnie Ginsberg, Ph. D. Marnie lives with her husband and 3 wonderful daughters in Madison, WI. She has been deeply involved with educational research and has been a teacher for about 20 years; her research focused on strategies to nurture readers and help them overcome learning hurdles. She also became a private tutor and consultant. Her passion and dedication led her to pursue her doctoral studies at the University of North Carolina, where she coached and guided teachers through a unique and dynamic K-2 reading intervention. This brought in promising results from students who struggled in reading and comprehension. Mrs. Ginsberg had long been intrigued by the online business scene. She has been building her blog and email list since 2015 and by October 2016, she had managed to reach a thousand subscribers. She then co-founded the Reading Simplified Academy and was successful in her recent membership launch. Join us as we talk about Marnie's amazing journey. How did she reach her milestone, what did it take to be where she is today and the lessons she had learned along the way. We will also be brainstorming on how she can retain members and maintain the membership. The year has just begun. We have a lot in store for y'all! Let's get started :-) [Tweet ""It takes a different approach to overcome unrealistic expectations." - Jocelyn"] [Tweet ""Find the clues that lead to your success." - Shane"] [Tweet ""You have to lead your people, don't just sit & wait." - Shane"] You Will Learn: How to grow and retain your membership How to have a sale conducive membership The importance of knowing your avatar Why you should keep your content organized Plus so much more! [Tweet ""Step away from the chaos of the moment & focus on the holistic view." - Shane"] [Tweet ""Social proof is very important, don't underestimate it." - Jocelyn"] Links and resources mentioned in today's show: Marnie's Website: Reading Simplified Elementary Librarian Flip Your Life community Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Click here to leave us an iTunes review and subscribe to the show! We may read yours on the air! Can't Miss Moment: Taking Isaac to do archery. We've signed him up for a program called Center Shot, which is a program at our church that takes the sport of archery and applies biblical principles to it, and shows how it is like in archery we don't want to miss the mark, and the same thing is true in our faith.  It is cool to be able to go and volunteer in that sport. You can connect with S&J on social media too!   Thanks again for listening to the show! If you liked it, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Our goal is to help as many families as possible change their lives through online business. Help us by sharing the show! If you have comments or questions, please be sure to leave them below in the comment section of this post. See y'all next week! Can't listen right now? Read the transcript below! Jocelyn: Hey y'all! On today's podcast, we celebrate Marnie's successful launch, and we help her to take it to the next level. Shane: Welcome to Flipped Lifestyle podcast where life always comes before work.   We're your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. We're a real family who figured out how to make our entire living online.   And now, we help other families do the same.   Are you ready to flip your life?   Alright.   Let's get started. What's going on everybody?  Welcome back to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast.  It is great to be back with you again this week.