085: Amy Porterfield: Scaling Your Business Past the Million-Dollar Mark

On this episode of 'Beyond a Million', Brad Weimert interviews Amy Porterfield about the challenges of scaling a business. They discuss topics such as sales, marketing, operations, technology, and taxation. They also talk about the importance of self-awareness, finding trustworthy business coaches, and transitioning from a transactional sales mindset to a CEO mindset. Lastly, they discuss launches, marketing tools, and the power of freebies in marketing.   Amy Porterfield is an ex-corporate girl turned online marketing expert and CEO of her own multimillion-dollar business. Through her best-selling courses and top-ranked marketing podcast Online Marketing Made Easy, Amy has helped hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs to trade burnout for freedom, income, and impact and find professional autonomy, independence, and success far beyond what a corporate glass ceiling would traditionally allow. She has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, CNBC, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, and her company has twice been awarded the Inc. 5000 Award as one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S. She runs her growing business from Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives with her husband, Hobie, and their Labradoodle, Scout. Learn more at AmyPorterfield.com. SOCIAL MEDIA: Website URL: https://www.amyporterfield.com/  Social Media URL: IG 👉 https://www.instagram.com/amyporterfield/?hl=en  Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/AmyPorterfield/  Twitter 👉 https://twitter.com/AmyPorterfield  TIME STAMPS:   [00:00:00] Scaling past the million dollar mark. [00:03:20] Internet marketing guru success story. [00:11:27] Mindset shift key to success: 6 words [00:21:33] Shift from transactional to CEO. [00:25:49] Figuring out who's trustworthy: Power in the pause. [00:33:28] Grow business with information, podcasts. [00:41:36] Creating a business you love: Six words or less. [00:46:57] Find variety, monetize hobbies, no tattoos. [00:51:24] Storytelling, reframing, launching, AI: Six words. [00:58:35] Learning framework, finding shortcuts, course info, powerful women.