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Hello, and welcome to the
Crochet Business School podcast.
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I'm your host, Kelly Thomas, and
today I want to tell you all about
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the Crochet Business Blueprint.
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So in last week's episode, I told you
I had something coming and that I was
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gonna tell you more about the blueprint.
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This is it.
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So let me tell you all about it
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So over the last 10 weeks, we've been
talking about why selling what you
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make isn't working and what you can
do instead, and all the steps that
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you kind of need to go through both
practically and mentally to make
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that change in your crochet business.
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What the blueprint is, is me helping
you go through that process of working
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ways, of working the way through, of
taking your business where you sell
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what you make and changing it into
something that has recurring income and
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that is actually going to make you a
living without leaving you exhausted,
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without you having to work 60, 70 hours
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a week just to make minimum wage, and
that gives you time to enjoy life.
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Your crochet business shouldn't be a slog.
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It shouldn't take over your life.
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It shouldn't be the thing
that you are stressing about
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every time you take time off.
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What you want is a business that works
for you and not you working for it.
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If you want a flexible lifestyle,
be able to work the hours you want
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when you want, work part-time but
still make a full-time income, your
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crochet business can do that for you.
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But you need to have recurring income
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We kind of get sold this myth when we
start selling what we make that it is
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possible to make a lot of money from it.
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But the reality is, is that,
that is incredibly difficult.
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The time versus the profit that
you make, it just doesn't add up.
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And so the reality for most crochet
business owners is that they either end
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up giving up because they just don't see
a way around it, or because they're just
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too exhausted to take it any further.
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The blueprint, I'm gonna show you the
way, and we will do this together step
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by step so that you go from a crochet
business that is leaving you exhausted
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and broke to one that actually makes
you a profit that pays the bills
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and allows you to live your life.
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It is very possible, and you
have seven different ways
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that you can make that happen.
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So the blueprint is 90 days, and
we're going to go through the
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whole thing from start to finish.
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We start with a quiz, and that is going
to help you narrow down your options.
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So these seven options, seven
doesn't sound like a lot of options,
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but actually when you get into
what they involve, it's a lot.
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It's quite overwhelming.
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So although we're not going to say, "No,
you can't do these things because the
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quiz doesn't line up with that," what
the quiz is there for is to give you an
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idea of what would work best for you.
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And then you can dive into the library.
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So there is a library of knowledge
about each of the seven different ways
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of making money from your crochet.
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So from crochet patterns, YouTube,
blogs, affiliate marketing,
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courses, e-books, the lot.
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And it's a deep dive into how all of them
work, what platforms you can use, what
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type of things you can create, and the
kind of price ranges that it works for.
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We go into all of them.
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With that amount of information, it
can be quite overwhelming, but the
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quiz is your guide of where to start.
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So by all means, go through all seven,
but the quiz gives you an idea of
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where to start so you're not completely
overwhelmed about what maybe suits
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you and what doesn't And then we have
live calls, so that every two weeks,
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and we jump on live together, there'll
be a bit of coaching from me, but
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mostly it's gonna be Q&A from you.
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What do you need to know?
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What are your questions?
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What are you struggling with?
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Let's make it happen because this is your
chance to figure out how everything works.
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Now, I have dabbled in pretty much
every way of making money from
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crochet through recurring income
because I'm curious that way.
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I'm too curious for my own good,
and I've tried them all, basically.
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I know what's going on.
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I know how each of them works.
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I know what suits me, and I know
what doesn't, and I know why.
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And you can pick my brains to
figure out what's best for you.
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And this is the whole point of the thing.
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It w- you're not, I'm not
teaching you how to do what I do.
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I'm showing you what your options
are, what the pitfalls are, what the
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pros and cons of each of them are, so
that you can make a decision to make
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a crochet business that works for you.
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And everyone is different.
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What works for one person isn't
gonna work for somebody else.
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So it's really important that we create
a business for you that works around
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your lifestyle, that works around
your strengths, and works around what
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you enjoy because there's no point
doing this if you don't enjoy it.
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So we want to choose the option
that works best for you, and we're
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going to do that through the calls.
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There is a community group as well,
so you can post your questions in
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there and connect with everyone else
that's going through the blueprint.
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And then at the end of the 90 days,
you're gonna come out with your
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roadmap, your personalized path of
what your crochet business is going
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to be doing for the next 90 days.
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So the blueprint itself
is a 90-day program.
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You're going to leave with a
roadmap for what you're going to
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be doing for the next 90 days.
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So you're going to have everything
you need to get this crochet
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business up and running and start
making the money that you need.
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Now, let's be clear.
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Th- this is not a quick fix.
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The blueprint takes work.
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You are going to put,
have to put the work in.
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I'm not going to do the work for you.
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I can't do that.
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It's your business.
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That's how it needs to happen.
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But what I can do is help guide you,
I can answer your questions, and I
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can help you figure out what's best
for you, but the decisions are yours.
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Now, if you can't make the
live calls, don't worry.
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Everything is recorded and
gets rec- um, placed into the
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library, so you can catch up later
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The blueprint is for you if you need
support, if you need structure, if you
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need a guiding hand through this process.
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Because knowing what to do
and actually getting done are
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two very different things.
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It's just not always easy to
do these things by yourself.
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Having accountability, having that
support on hand to s- help the second
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guessing, because we all do it.
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We all get stuck in our own
heads and start wondering if
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we're making the right decision.
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I can help you with that.
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Um, if you are second guessing
yourself, if you have got those mind
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monkeys raging away telling you that
this is a silly idea, why are you
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bothering, I can help you with that too.
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I'm straight talking, I
will tell you as it is.
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And the best thing you can do for
your crochet business and for the
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dream you have of making a living
from it, is setting yourself
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up for the long-term future.
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We want to create a sustainable crochet
business that not only brings you
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the profit that you need, but gives
you the chance to live your life.
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We want time.
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You want the money to be able to pay the
bills and still have time to live, and
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that's what we're gonna create for you.
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So you don't need to have
a clear direction going in.
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You just need to be ready to
make that change of embracing
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new ideas, of embracing new
possibilities, and be open to new
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things and setting up something new.
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So the blueprint starts in September,
and it's gonna be a small group.
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I'm only opening up up to eight places,
and it's so that we can have the time
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with each other, and I can give everyone
all the attention that they need.
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So the blueprint is $397, or
three monthly payments of 133,
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and that covers the entire 90 days.
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That covers your 90-day roadmap.
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And then if you still want support after
you finish the blueprint, there's gonna be
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a alumni community, and that will be $27 a
month, so you can continue getting support
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even after you finish the blueprint.
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That is op- entirely optional.
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You don't have to stay.
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I would love it if you did.
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I would love to see what you create, and I
can be there to support you the whole way.
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So 397 for th- for the 90-day
blueprint, that's in dollars.
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And we're gonna start in September, and
we're going to finally get this done.
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Once the kids are back in
school, there's no excuses left.
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Let's turn your crochet business
into a profit-making machine, and
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your next Christmas could look
so different from the ones before
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When I stopped selling what I
made and turned to writing crochet
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patterns, best decision ever.
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I tripled my income within six
months, and I've never regretted it.
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What I did regret was not doing it
sooner because the exhaustion, the
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constant stressing, the having to deal
with packages going missing, wondering
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if I'm gonna get any orders this week,
wondering if I'm gonna run out of yarn
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for this product that I have and then do
I have to order more before I get more
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sales in, all that stress went away.
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And you kind of don't realize just
how stressful it is until it stops
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But wouldn't you love just to be able
to have your evenings back to yourself?
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To not have to be obligated to crochet
every chance you get, and instead get the
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love of your crochet back, get the freedom
to crochet when you want, what you want.
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This is taking back control, not over only
your crochet, but of your time, of your
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stress levels, let's bring those down, and
create the business that's right for you
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Now, I understand if this is a
really big investment for you.
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It's a lot of money.
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Um, I'm not blind to that, but there
are other ways I can help you too.
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So if you're not ready for the blueprint,
then if you've been following this
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podcast series, then you know there's
a workbook called Map Your Path.
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It's free to download, and the
steps you need to take are in there.
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You can do this process by yourself.
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It will take longer than if you have
that guidance to help you through, but
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there is no reason why you can't do
that for yourself if you w- want to.
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Listen back to the podcast in the series.
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They're all in the playlist.
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I will link that beneath in the
comments, and I will also link
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to the Map Your Path workbook.
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Download that, and the steps are there.
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If you want the middle ground,
then I've got Kelly on Call.
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It's where you get me in a private Voxer
chat, and we can talk through things.
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I can answer your questions, and that
is $79 for the first month, and then it
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drops down to $49 every month after that.
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And that's because you just ask all your
questions in the first month, so there's
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a lot more work involved, and with that,
there comes a free audit of your site.
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Now, you can claim that audit in…
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straight away, or you can
claim it further down the line.
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It's entirely up to you.
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So you can wait until you've got your new
business up and running and set before you
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ask for the audit and get my opinion on
where your crochet business is heading.
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So there's three
different options for you.
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We've got the blueprint,
which starts in September.
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The link is in the show notes, and
that's $397, or three payments of $133.
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You've got the free Map Your Path
workbook, which will help you through
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the steps that you need to take.
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Or the middle ground, Kelly on Call, $79
for the first month, $49 for every month
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after that with a free audit of your, um,
crochet business thrown in there as well.
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All the links you need are in the show
notes, and I cannot wait to get started.
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So if you have any questions about
the blueprint, please do let me know.
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You can put them into the
comments, or you can email me at
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[email protected] ,
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and I will get back to
you as soon as I can.
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So thank you for watching, and I
hope to see you in the blueprint, and
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please ask away for those questions.
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And thank you for watching, and I shall
see you next time for next episode.
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Bye for now.