- Dec 21, 2020
- 2 min read

045. Your sales strategy to go from employee to entrepreneur with Luisa Zhou

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Have you ever found yourself in your 9-5 daydreaming about your future as an entrepreneur? You feel like anything would be better than the job you’re in, but then you realize you have zero idea on how to actually land clients as a business owner or lack support in your life. We feel that! And our guest today is here to help make that transition as smooth as possible!

While we want you to remember to remain grateful for your full-time job, in this episode, we’re speaking to those women out there who feel the pull into diving full-fledge into their own business. We’re chatting with Luisa Zhou, who helps ambitious men and women turn their existing skills and experiences into their own six-figure plus online business as the Creator of the Employee to Entrepreneur System.

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We talk about:

Luisa’s advice to women wanting to go full time with their passion

Honing in and monetizing your skill set

Finding and landing paying clients as a new business

Resources from this episode:

The Escape Velocity Plan: Luisa’s Guide on on building a profitable online coaching business that frees you from the 9-5
Pyscho-Cyberkinetics by Dr. Maxwell Maltz
Tapping Into Wealth: How Emotional Freedom Techniques Can Help You Clear the Path to Making More Money by Margaret Lynch

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Show Notes:

Luisa’s career background and journey into entrepreneurship
Don’t leave your job too soon: Her top advice to women wanting to go full time with their passion
How to deal with your partner after telling them your big dreams
Time management tips for working full time and growing a business
How to find and land paying clients
Managing your business with a change in your ideal audience
How to turn your existing skills into a business that makes money
Some of Luisa’s favorite professional and personal development resources
Luisa’s number 1 piece of advice for landing paying clients and scaling your amount of sales
Where to connect with Luisa
SXS Rapid Fire question round

About Luisa...

Luisa Zhou is the creator of the Employee to Entrepreneur system, which teaches people how to leave their day job and start their own six-figure plus business working for themselves. She’s helped thousands of students, including health and business coaches, designers, copywriters, and consultants, to launch their own businesses that generate anywhere from 30K to 100K in less than a year. Her advice has been featured in numerous online and print publications including Forbes, Inc, Entrepreneur, Success magazine, and more.

A graduate of Princeton University, Luisa majored in electrical engineering and minored in robotics. Before starting her own business, she worked as an International Space Station engineer for Boeing, a mobile payments start-up co-founder, and a digital advertising manager. She lives in New York City with her husband.