band did odd jobs and helped me clean Saturday
mornings.
The bills kept piling in and I knew we needed
something more. My entrepreneurial spirit reared
up and without knowing what I was doing, I started a homeschool coaching business. I stumbled,
had little successes and slowly began making a bit
of money, but it was dribbling in inconsistently.
The problem was I had no time to work on my
business. With two 7-year olds to homeschool
plus the usual household chores and weekend
cleaning jobs, I was exhausted.
We were still falling further and further behind on
our bills, but especially our mortgage. When an
appraiser showed up one day to “take pictures” of
our house, we realized the bank was starting the
foreclosure process.
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About the Author
I cried and felt helpless. Then, I felt a surge of
determination swell up in me. It was time to take
serious action. I borrowed $500 from a friend to
invest in an online training program that would
teach me how to create a teleseminar series. The
odds might have been against me, but I was betting it all that this would work. I didn’t have another
choice.
It paid off.
I created an online 6-week program and generated
close to $9,000. You can probably imagine what
that money meant to me and my family.
It was at that point I realized how powerful courses
and eClasses could be. I launched this course again
4 months later and made another $10,000. That
might not seem huge to you (or maybe it does!),
but to me, it meant we could keep our home.
Fast forward 7 years, my homeschool business has
over a dozen successful and profitable programs.
I “auto-pilot” my launches every quarter helping
families learn to homeschool and helping my own
family financially. This leveraged business model
has created time enough that now I am teaching
others how to create their very own online course,
using their passions and expertise.
Donna Ashton is a speaker, author, mompreneur and online program expert. She built
her lifestyle business while homeschooling her
daughters using the power of online courses
and a leveraged business model. She teaches
others how to create profitable online programs that allow time for family, travel and
that impact the world.
She happily thrives in a seaside town in
Coastal SC with her husband, twin daughters, twin dogs and magical black cat.
donna-ashton.com