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145 Lea Turner: How Community, Branding and Purpose Shape Your Business (and Pricing)

Published on: 27th January, 2025

In this episode, Lea Turner joins me to explore the ripple effect of purpose-driven business. We discuss building a strong community, leading with heart, and how your impact shapes personal branding and pricing. Discover how to align your values, deepen connections, and elevate your education business.

Listen now to learn:

How to build a heart-led, community-focused business.

The role of impact in confident pricing.

Why personal branding is about connection, not perfection.


Enjoy :-)


Sumantha


About Lea Turner: Lea burst onto the LinkedIn scene in 2019, transforming her small transcription business through humorous, relatable, and uplifting social media posts that garnered rapid attention and over 10,000 followers in a short time. Lea is the proud founder of The HoLT Community—a thriving business membership with over 580 members worldwide. In addition, she hosts The HoLT’s Survival Guide for Small Businesses podcast, where she has insightful, humorous and relatable conversations with fellow small business owners, offering advice tailored to the unique challenges of small business ownership.

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👋🏽 Hello! I'm Sumantha McMahon and I've supported over 100 tutors and education business owners.

As a teacher 'dropout' turned professional tutor, combined with my 20+ years as a business owner, I'm in it with you!

My training leans on tried-and-tested methods that are completely tailored to our niche.

There's no generic business advice here!


Work with me to breathe life into YOUR definition of success:


#1 Bespoke 1:1 Mentoring

Goal-driven wrap-around support, with 1:1 strategy calls, WhatsApp support and free access to The Tutors' Mastermind.


#2 The Tutors' Mastermind

The leading membership for edupreneurs that combines tailored training (live and recorded), a community of like-minded business owners and exclusive discounts to resources in The Training Jukebox.


#3 The Group Class Course

Get lifetime access to this self-paced course designed to help you launch, grow and refine your group classes. Includes teaching ideas too.

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© 2024 Sumantha McMahon

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About the Podcast

Upgrade Your Education Business
Tutors and education business owners - you're in the right place! This is the home to fluff-free and actionable ideas to grow your business on your terms. I'm your host Sumantha, the founder of the ATTRACT® Approach, a business trainer with over 15 years of experience and a former teacher-turned-tutor. I walk the journey with you through weekly episodes to help you with tangible growth and an improved mindset. You'll also hear from inspirational guests at different stages of their journeys. For more about me and my work, visit www.upgradeyoureducationbusiness.com. In the meantime, sit back, listen and enjoy!

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Sumantha McMahon

Hello! I'm a qualified business trainer who had a career change into teaching. In 2017, I left the classroom and became a professional tutor. Now, I bring both my worlds together and exclusively support education business owners to launch and grow on their terms.