Where to Start – New Members

Dionne West

I’ve recently joined and wanted to check that I was approaching things correctly as I am feeling a bit overwhelmed already! Am I meant to do the Finding Time For Your Dreams course first? I have done my money quiz and have received the action plan but I think it’s too much to do at once. My ultimate aim is to have another go at my business however this is in an effort to generate more income to clear some debt and support my financial freedom goals which also include investing. First though is to clear my debt.

As per the course one of my Rocks is to earn extra income. I feel that getting the business off the ground is a longer plan and I need some shorter time ideas to generate some extra income to clear my debt. Thanks

Link shared in video: https://thehumblepenny.com/best-side-hustle-ideas-uk-how-to-make-1000-a-month/ 

Nicola Summers

I feel like my question might be a little too basic for this community but will fire away anyway!

Simply…..what side hustles would be best to start with?

I have not been working for a year now deciding that managing one child at school , toddler and baby was a hard enough job without husband at hand during the week. However with two at school i feel like i need to get going again albeit slowly. I worked for a food retailer looking after insight/marketing/food development and food safety for various categories so a real mix and not overly specialised in any one area perhaps more so in food development and safety. Having had children has changed me and now really struggling to find my value in order to set up a side hustle/main hustle or even to start work again. Rocket income course has fuelled me a little! I am in a reasonable place having saved (£120k) so feel like i have room to experiment and explore other avenues however i would like to start earning about £1000 soonish so i can stop going into the saved money plus i feel like i cant spend money as i know the money will not last forever and i would like more freedom (mainly to go on holiday!) Still have a mortgage to pay so i really would like to find my niche and start earning bigger monies in a couple of years time without sacrificing time with family.

I hope i haven’t rambled too much

Insurance Broker

Andrew Anderson

How do i get training to be an honest insurance broker who can help people to get the very best insurance deal

Link shared in video: https://www.cii.co.uk/learning/qualifications/ 

Buy to Let

Andrew Osiname

I have a question about Buy to Let.

Currently, my wife and I just do it as part of our self assessment.

I wonder is it worth starting a partnership company to manage that part of out lives?

I know we can’t start a proper Ltd company because then we have to think about selling the property to the company and I believe its more complex (unless someone knows better).

My simple idea is to use a Limited Partnership to handle the BTL aspect of our lives and I could use some advise / feedback from someone who has done this sort of thing before

Web stats

Stella

1. Pingbacks and trackback – I’ve noticed a lot of these when linking some of my internal posts on my blog. What is best practice? Should they be turned on or off?
2. Aside from nitro pack. Are there any other plugins you use to speed up your site? I noticed my mobile page takes a long time to load compared to my desktop? Or would you advise i get a developer to look into this?

Side Hustle and Employers

Noni

At what point should you inform your employer about your side hustle?
How much should you disclose about your side hustle?

Till then, how do you grow your side hustle i.e posting on social media without causing problems?

Investment/Equity Release

Kelly

I would like to raise some funds to buy a business and I am hoping to release some equity from my mortgage free property.
Not sure what options I have. I have considered transferring the property to a SPV and pulling out 75% LTV, I have considered selling the property outright but I have also been told that I could take a loan against the property. I want to exercise the best option with tax/capitalgains/stampduty implication in mind. The property is currently rented out. Please let me know if you need more context/information

Investing

Joana

Please can you help breakdown in summary how to invest tax efficiently

In terms of for example what to put in an ISA, types to maximise… I just do lifetime with moneybox but I don’t cover all the 4k, also do I do a separate isa for stocks and shares isa…or is it worth transferring to one company and get both stocks and shares ISA and normal ISA?

Pensions – max out employers contributions?

Investments – is vanguard one of the go to place and is it just putting money into a good performing stock every month

Overpay mortgage?

Look for rental income if 7500 (for now) or so which is not taxable

Anything else I haven’t thought of?

I want to ensure am maximising my return on earned money 

Payment Methods – online selling

Joana

Please I sell hair extensions used for braids… I am posting on Instagram and WhatsApp etc how can I process orders directly in terms of getting direct sales… alternatively am using ebay but other than giving people my business bank account to pay into, is there a more efficient way to manage direct purchases

Debt Consolidation

Makeda

I have a debt of £6400 from two credit card accounts APR 21%Do you think it would be wise to consolidate my debt with one loan of the same amount which offers 0% interest for 2 years.?

Monetising Blogs

Mimi

I attend the monthly blogging mastermind which has been good but am now looking at the next stage, together with two other regular attendees. 

The missing piece now is having a clear guidance and strategy on how to monetise. 

The case studies you share on the 5am clubs are also great, but often it’s of people making 6-figures from their blogs. So ideally also having case studies looking at how someone initially made £50 a month from their blog, then £100, then £500 so we also have more modest strategies to begin with that feel more within reach as we slowly build our way up.

Creating and Repurposing Videos

Joshua

I am thinking about posting videos on YouTube and was wondering the best ways to repurpose the same video on LinkedIn and TikTok, I am wondering if there is a way to streamline the whole process?

Concerning setup, what equipment would you advise when starting out?

Investing

Jayachandra

I currently invest in index funds through Vanguard as my provider and am now considering opening a ‘Hargreaves Lansdown Stocks and Shares ISA’ to delve into individual stocks. Is it allowed to hold two Stocks and Shares ISAs, one with Vanguard for index funds and another with Hargreaves Lansdown for individual stocks? If not, could you please suggest an alternative approach for simultaneous investment in both index funds and individual stocks? The information on the HL website says one can pay into only one stocks and shares ISA in the same tax year.

House Buying

Jayachandra

During my recent visit to one of my friend’s houses, which he purchased for 650K, I had a conversation about buying a house. He mentioned that a low house price with a high-interest rate and a high house price with a low interest rate both lead to paying nearly the same amount to the bank in the end. Is this statement correct? Considering financial independence and early retirement, what is the optimal amount to spend on a house?”

Subscription business

Jasmin

For a subscription business if subscribers pay an annual subscription fee upfront and they want to unsubscribe before the annual term, are we responsible for providing a refund for the remaining term? Or do subscription businesses usually set a clause (because of a discounted annual fee) that there is no refund if they choose to unsubscribe before the annual term ends?

Car Finance

Noni

I recently bought a 2016 car in April for £10 000 on finance with a 5 year period – it was a bad emotional decision 🙁 – I’m kicking myself as I write this. The settlement figure is £9300. The current valuation I am getting on the market is £7500 if I was to sell it to the dealerships etc. The ideal situation would be to sell the car on the private market and try to get “an above settlement amount” so I can buy a cheap second hand car but my worry is that wont get a buyer who will cover the settlement amount. So my question is: Should I

A: Part exchange it for a cheaper vehicle and get negative equity finance which will cover the balance as part of the financing

B: Keep it and pay it off

C: Wait and save the difference and sell it at the dealership

D: Is there an option I haven’t considered?

Systems

Jasmin – this was asked in Facebook also

Do you know of/have any useful tools and templates to keep a track of ‘side hustle’ income- for tax purposes?

I work full time and therefore pay tax through my job, but I also have a rental property so am registered for tax self-assessment for the income from my rental.

I would like one tool to keep a record of income from my rental property and the income I will (although not doing so yet) make from my second side hustle, a tool that will enable me to keep a record income and tax deductible expenses would be really helpful. Thanks in advance!

ANSWER:

Use bookkeeping software called Xero. https://members.financialjoyacademy.com/courses/track-your-budget-and-wealth-with-xero

Pensions

Bolaji Aofolaju

What is the difference between Small self administered pension and SIPPs, also what are the advantages of each of them? Which one is better?

Investing

Daryl Howard

This is a bit of an odd question I suppose and one that might be a bit of a grey area in terms of advice as you’re not legally allowed to offer financial advice, however, I currently invest monthly into the vanguard life strategy 80% accumulation fund, it has done me well but I can’t help noticing the strong bias towards UK/US markets, which, with a recession now announced might not be bringing in quite as much as it other options available.

Now I have a few options, if the market falls due to the economic state of the UK, I could continue buying said funds at a lower price and hope to gain from a “Dip” so to speak? the average return has been roughly 6.66% over 5 years which is not so bad, but I’d like to diversify to avoid risk while also trying to hit 7%+ annual return over the long term if possible.

Having looked at other options, I have seen the “FTSE Global All Cap Index Fund Accumulation” and am wondering if this might be a better option to invest into, however, should I decide to invest into this, should I keep my current investments as they are and shift the monthly deposits into buying the alternative vs transferring or effectively selling and rebuying what I have? how would you approach this to diversify and get a good return while keeping risk as low as possible?

I also have the option of “ESG Developed World All Cap Equity Index Fund – Accumulation” which seems to have been doing particularly well over the last 5 years as well, while I know past performance is no indicator of future performance, I have a fair few years ahead of me being 33 years of age that I hope to take advantage of in order to (if all goes well and the government don’t ruin ISA’s) potentially become an ISA millionaire by my mid 50’s early 60’s which would do very nicely for helping out with retirement.

 I currently only put £400 a month away, though I am looking to increase this to ~£1k a month as my financial circumstances allow me to do so at the moment without too much trouble, I am thinking that opening a lifetime ISA in stocks and shares for a retirement pot would also be a great idea as this, while inaccessible until later in life, guarantees a 25% yearly bonus from the government without considering the fluctuations of the markets which naturally beats anything offered out there and should the markets be net positive, there is potential for further accumulative gains over the long term.

 I guess what I am looking for is an opinion on the options vs direct advice and some guidance as to what you would do in this position and why, is there anything I am missing that could become a potential risk or eat into my returns? this is primarily thinking solo vs with my fiancé, though should I be able to get her onboard too, then the potential additions to the investment pot may increase which would also be great.

I’m being careful not to stretch ourselves too thin, however, I have had times when the emergency fund is hitting 5 figures in each of our accounts and this should be more than enough to cover most scenarios, so figured we could put more away for investment, we have also recently overpaid the mortgage by another £10k (following the same when we first got our mortgage a couple of years ago) though given that is at 4.3% and was previously at 2.67%, perhaps that was silly as putting it into savings may have netted a greater return which could have then contributed to the same overpayment?

 What’s done is done, and I’m currently looking for the best solutions in order to plan for the future long term (20-30+ years).

BUSINESS

Nadeem Islam

Q) If I wanted to buy an existing business how would I start this process, where is the best place to start my research?

ONLINE MARKET PLACES:

BUSINESSES FOR SALE: https://uk.businessesforsale.com/  

Flippa (https://www.flippa.com ): Flippa is one of the largest online marketplaces for buying and selling websites, domains, and mobile apps. It features a wide range of online businesses, from small niche sites to established e-commerce stores.

Empire Flippers (https://www.empireflippers.com ): Empire Flippers specializes in buying and selling profitable online businesses. They thoroughly vet the businesses listed on their platform, making it a reliable source for quality acquisitions.

FE International (https://feinternational.com ): FE International is a website brokerage firm that focuses on the acquisition and sale of established and profitable online businesses. They offer personalized service and guidance throughout the buying process. 

PROPERTY

Bridget

Q) Someone asked me that if I were to give them one advise with making money with properties in this current economic climate with high interest rates and high property prices what would it be especially as they feel they missed out on low interest rates and fairly reasonably priced property buying in 2020?

Q) Where can I start from with my beginner investing ?

MARY:

We’d suggest investing via Passive Investing in Globally diversified index funds and ETFs

Go through these two courses at FJA:

https://members.financialjoyacademy.com/courses/investing-in-stocks 

https://members.financialjoyacademy.com/courses/investing-in-index-funds-and-etfs 

SOCIAL MEDIA

Adrian Ngoma

I am looking to improve my social media presence and monetise it, is this something that the academy can help me with?

KEN:

Yes, see our last coaching call (6th July – Coaching Call 88 at 2 mins 7 seconds) where we covered how to improve your social media presence and monetise it.

For the monetising part, you need to build an email list as one way to do it.

Check out these masterclasses at FJA to help you get started:

https://members.financialjoyacademy.com/courses/instagram-marketing-made-simple 

https://members.financialjoyacademy.com/courses/master-email-marketing 

https://members.financialjoyacademy.com/courses/rapidly-grow-your-email-list

SECOND HOME

01:21.8 Darling

My partner and I are thinking of getting our second home in 5years time. Because We would like more space for our kids. 

1. Would you advice to get a second home or to set target of being mortgage free?

POOR INVESTMENT

03:39.8 Ratidzai

I’m not sure if this is the right platform to ask this question.

Several years ago I made a mistake by investing money into a company who it turns out was no longer authorised by regulators at the time the investment was made.

I have also since found out that the type of investment made at the time falls under (UCIS) unregulated collective investment scheme .

After several attempts to contact the company with no response. I raised a complaint with the ombudsman in 2021.

In summary after their own investigations they concluded that despite trying to get hold of the company& receiving no response they were unable to assist further as the investment was made at a time when MHCs ( the company) authorisation with the FCA ( financial conduct authority)had ceased.

1. My question is – is this something I could or should have reported to the police ? Apart from hiring a private solicitor,is there anything else I could have done to try and retrieve the money I invested ? I did not pursue this as I could not afford the legal fees
2. Or do I accept the financial loss as a poor investment as a result of not checking the authenticity/ integrity of the company at the time .

The amount invested was approximately £18 000. I feel this bad experience has left me very risk/ investment averse . Once bitten twice shy.

GOVERNMENT BONDS

Lydia Mungai

As a way of building my investment portfolio, I would like to explore Investment into Government Bonds.

1. I am not clear how to do this, would be great to share your insights with us. I am looking at an option from the ISAs.

Will really appreciate your guidance.

ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER

Andrew

1. how do i get a countability partner to make sure im doing the work.

MORTGAGES

Joana

I have a 30year mortgage where I put down 10% deposit with Barclays, with what am learning now I want to significantly reduce the years left on the mortgage.

I have a 2yr fixed contract at 3.25% that ends Aug 2024, this was a £862.38 monthly mortgage cost

I have been overpaying my mortgage and have put in 5,870 extra in total usually a £250 or £1000 overpayment every month

I called Barclays that I want my overpayment to reduce my years. They have then sent me a letter indicating that my monthly payment has been reduced from £862.38 to £819.66 in August ..followed by £835.86 until 31.08.24 and the letter indicates part redemption so it reduces balance and monthly payment.

My intention is not to reduce my mortgage payment but my years of payments.

I called the bank again on Saturday and they mentioned any payments more than 3 x times (i.e more than my monthly mortgage would be regarded as a par redemption c.£2,600 and above)

1. Please am I right to keep all my payments as an overpayment? 
2. Or it is OK for them to do a part redemption and reduce my monthly mortgage? 
3. And can I keep paying the previous mortgage of £862.38 and keep doing more overpayment as God blesses me (all bearing in mind the 10% max for overpayment)?

My aim was to gather an amount that is more than 3times to keep paying off…please what is best approach for my overpayment or am I miscommunicating to the bank on what I really want

The gentleman said once my mortgage is up it would revert to less years if I do nothing but with a part redemption it always keeps the number of years I originally had i.e 30yrs and reduces the monthly payments requir

Mimi

My goal is to build a following and community to eventually grow a mailing list to monetise on my blog. My target audience are millennial women and we give them tips on careers, finance, health and relationships. Twitter has proved frustrating with all of Elon’s changes and Instagram is proving tough with their constantly changing algorithms. 

1. What would you advise as an effective social media strategy? 
2. Are Facebook and Pinterest perhaps the best platforms to focus on? 
3. I probably only have bandwidth to focus on two platforms so what would you suggest?

BLOG PLATFORM

Alicia

Weebly vs WordPress – i have read that weebly is much more user-friendly than wordpress whic good functionality – it is a good alternative? Or is there anything to bear in mind when using weebly? Thanks

BLOGGING

Stella Jackson

1. How do you advise backing up your website/blog?
2. How many plug-ins would you say are too much? I have more than 10 and struggling to get it down as some plug-ins are required for my theme and I believe I need others such as GDPR consent, word fence etc?
3. Are there any you personally recommend having or not having?
4. I’ve started grow with SEO course, finished 1A and onto to 1B. As I was doing my competitor search and I noticed I was coming across alot of big players such as Cosmopolitan, Essence etc – is this something I should be concerned about? Forgive me if this is something that will be covered throughout the course but wanted to get your initial thoughts.

Not a question but I couldn’t find Sue’s masterclass on wordpress – has it been uploaded or is it stored somewhere else? I searched masterclass but couldn’t see it.

BRICS

Nadeem Islam

1) What are your thoughts on BRICS, what is the likehood of it happening, and it is does can we protect ourselves from any adverse impact. 

2) What’s the best way to invest in Gold as a hedge against inflation, can it help deal with the impact of BRICS.

TAXES

Bogdan

How do I calculate and pay my taxes if I sell some shares from my previous employer and make a small profit?

I used to be part of the sharematch plan with my previous employer. The HQ was in Spain and I was based in the London office. The local tax obligations in Spain were covered by the company but I was told it’s my responsibility to make sure any tax obligations in the UK are covered. If I sell the shares now, I will make a small profit (around £7k). How do I begin to deal with this? Where do I go?

DEBT MANAGEMENT

Ratidzai

Thank you for the last session 21st June . Following your advice i have reviewed my student loan balance which i had never really looked at closely because i have always thought of it as a ‘kind/forgiving loan’ …. what a shock to see the figures in print!

My current balance is £5 800.00

interest rate now a whopping 7.1%

Total interest paid 06/04/22 – 04/04/2023 – £378.81

Plan PGL

Interest March @6.9% was £35.00

At an interest rate of 7.1% this is my most expensive loan – as my mortgage interest is 2.44% .

I have at least 5000, 00 in a very low interest account ( – my question is does it make more sense to pay off student loan? OR overpay my mortgage – as my fixed rate deal ends in March/April 2024? and interest are likely to be much higher interest rate ( My current LTV is 27%)

PROPERTY

Bolaji Aofolaju

How do I structure a tax-efficient buy-to-let/property business?

Time Stamps: Please refer to the hamburger icon on the bottom right hand side of video player for the list of different chapters.

SETTING UP BUSINESS

02:32 – Sarah

What tips can you give to set up a business so it is scalable, and how to put together a pitch deck to make your business more attractive and investable?

Link shared by Ken during the call: https://thehumblepenny.com/funding-ideas-for-online-business-growth/

PAYE

12:53 – Thando

Hi guys. I took your advice from my last question when you encouraged me take more risks as a new parent and have switched from employee to contracting. Now I‘m in a very different position financially as my total comp is over £125k.

At this time, my contract is ‘Inside IR35’ meaning I’m treated as a PAYE under an umbrella company for payroll rather than me working within my own LTD company.

2 questions:

1- any tips on tax advantages I could capitalise on to reduce my tax bill?

2- SIPP – Being technically PAYE means I’m looking for a SIPP which allows salary sacrifice PAYE contributions and have found that PensionBee offers this. I know you’ve worked with them in the past and was wondering if you’d recommend them for my situation?

Thank you!

JOB MOVE

22:20 – Joana

Thanks for advice last week – I have landed a new offer – quick question if the new company is not profitable – making losses is it wise to make that move… salary is c. 15k increase pensions almost matched it is hybrid (currently fully remote)

PROPERTY

28:30 – Bolaji Aof

How can I use the social media to advertise my property business?

DEBTS

Athena Corbin

Have non-priority debts which are on payment plans which I keep up with, do I class this as short term or long term debts as I am taking the quiz about the money journey to clarify what step I am on. Equally how to I categorised the ones that are priority but are on payment plans? What about my student loan also?

HIGHER TAX BRACKET

Halima Nakato

Hi ken and Mary,

I wonder if you can help, and if this is the right platform to ask for help.

I have recently been hit with a significant Overpayment charge from my work, I work part-time and subside my income with Locum shifts when I can. With my job, I am already on the high tax bracket and I have just found out that any extra work I do it’s taxed separately at >40%.

Do you have or know any accountants who specialises in healthcare especially for doctors. I am not sure if MimiGom deals with this kind of thing, I completed her master class months ago and I had planned to speak to her about my taxes and pension, but life happened and I didn’t.

INDEX FUNDS

Jayachandra

Hi Ken and Mary, I hope you guys are well.

After watching FJA videos on index funds and ETFs, I have taken the initiative to begin investing in two passive index funds through a systematic investment plan (SIP) in the below two funds. My intention is to remain invested in these funds for the next twenty to thirty years. Please share if there are any additional tips.

1) FSTE Developed World ex-UK index fund Accumulation and
2) Vanguard U.S. Equity Index Fund Accumulation

FIRST TIME BUYER

Jayachandra

My next step is to buy a house as a first time buyer. My questions are

1) I am currently residing in Epsom, Surrey, and work remotely. The average price for a desirable three-bedroom house is approximately £400,000 in Kent. I want to know whether it would be advantageous to invest in a residential property in Kent or explore the option of relocating to Nottingham or Birmingham, where a three-bedroom house can be purchased for only £250,000 and then get a buy-to-let property valued at £200,000 with a £50,000 deposit. I am seeking insightful guidance to help me make a prudent decision that aligns with my financial independence goals.”

2) Given the current market conditions, would it be more advisable to purchase an old build or a new build house?

Time Stamps: Please refer to the hamburger icon on the bottom right hand side of video player for the list of different chapters. 

FRANCHAISE

05:35- Bridget

It’s a question on starting a side hustle for an industry I love and I’m passionate about but haven’t got the skills and experience to go into it. Recently met a franchise opportunity to start but very nervous to commit the amount of money required to start it as it will also require a lot of time input at the start.

1. What would be your advise please?

SEO COURSE / BLOGGING

18:19 – Mimi

I completed your Grow with SEO course. A great course! SEO is such a minefield that it was very well explained in bitesize chunks.

1. How often would you recommend doing the full competitor top page and keyword analysis? Weekly? Monthly?

CAREER MOVE

33:54 – Joana

1. For career when would you advise to jump ship to another company?

BLOGGING

48:09 – Stella Jackson

I have a question re; blogging tools.

1. Bluehost – i noticed there are a variety of add ons – would it be possible to let us know what options you think are worth us investing as a new blogger? for instance i noticed the single SSL domain protects buyers.
2. Is that someone you’d suggest we invest in now or wait till we start selling products.
3. Yoast is another plug -in that you can get – is it worth sticking with the free one or utilising premium as a newbie.

Just keen on getting your thoughts as i get my head round the potential start up costs.

Thanks,

51:3 – 4OPEN Q&A and COMMUNITY FEEDBACK

SMALL WINS UPDATE

05:05 – MORTGAGE BALANCE PAID? 

Joana: 

I have savings but with the recent interest rates hikes I want to be paying an extra amount of money to pay off my mortgage quickly – 

1. what would you advise, use that money to build income generating assets such as deposit for a buy to let or should I put the money into the mortgage it is currently at 3.25% and I have only gotten the mortgage last year and it is for 2yrs fixed, or would you suggest use some of the money towards income generation and some towards payments. Also doing this would mean I won’t have 6 months of expenses in my savings.

19:31 – HOUSE BUYING WITH TEMPORARY RESIDENCY 

My brother is living with me in my family home. He’s saved £12k for a deposit but was told he needs to have been in the UK for 5 years before buying. Is this the case?

28:30 – BUSINESS GROWTH 

Joana

1. I did the business type questionnaire and it mentioned content based online business – where on FJA can I get more resources to support this

Secondly, I have actually converted my personal facebook to a professional one and I share reels of gospel inspiring music with different things like lovely meals, lovely landscapes etc and I have happened to gain a number of views 2.6k being my highest so far. 

1. Do you suggest I create a new instagram reel to link from facebook to instagram to also drive audience from there. I have been given the ability to get stars but no stars yet from anyone but some insight into potentially gaining more audience|views would be great _ ps I also have a youtube channel that is slightly different but has more than 1K followers _ it talks about faith< career< education< lifestyle and more
2. I would appreciate insight on linking all these online platforms to generate a nice income stream.

FINANCIAL PLAN FOR CHILDREN

 Thando

 Hi Ken & Mary,

Lindie and I are having our first baby and he is due next month (hence my silence in the last 8 months as it’s been a journey for us). I’d like to pick your brains about putting money aside for him. The plan is to put around £100 every month until he is of age (18? 21? 25?). I know there are Junior ISAs, Junior SIPPs and regular children savings accounts but I haven’t looked into these in great detail in some time.

1.  Before I start doing a deep dive into these I’d love to know if you have a recommended option for us based on what you do.
2. Also, do you have any other tips (financial or not) for us as new parents whilst we’re on the journey of building our financial independence? 

PROGRESSING BLOG

 Davina

 Hi Ken & Mary, I hope you are well. I am just starting my blog but am a little stuck in two areas. 

 My niche is personal finance and self-improvement, by self-improvement I mean reading, learning, productivity, time management etc I believe the two-go hand in hand. 

 I understand that in order for google to build trust with my blog I need to write about my niche consistently.

1.  If I am writing about both areas will this confuse google and take me longer to rank? 
2.  Also, when looking for keywords to write about, should I go for a keyword with a lower search volume while I am still new to writing if the search volume is very high? 
3.  Or should I focus on the keywords with low competition? 

Sorry if my questions aren’t clear I will be on the call so can give more context if necessary. Thanks a lot Davina

FINANCIAL INVESTMENT

Jayachandra

Hi, I hope you guys are well. I currently work in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry, and I prefer to change jobs every two to three years for career maximisation. Due to this, I have to move from one city to another very often. 

1. In this scenario, do you suggest to invest in buy-to-let houses instead of residential home?. 

I assume getting a residential mortgage makes it difficult to move between cities as the bank expects you to stay in that house until you pay off the mortgage, and you are not allowed to let it to anyone. My personal opinion is to invest in stock market (index funds and ETFs) and just rent a house wherever I move.

1.  Do you think this is a wise decision? If not, please suggest where to invest (residential, buy-to-let, stock market), taking my situation into accoun

BUSINESS START UP

Sarah

This question pertains to my husband’s business idea of establishing a company that aids Black autistic individuals in becoming software developers. However, he is currently grappling with the challenge of structuring the business in a manner that would enable it to attract an international audience. As a result, he seeks guidance on the best approach to achieve this objective. 

1. On how to structure the business – Ltd company?, charity? or something else? Please can advise.

15 March – 78

LANDING PAGE REVIEW

Sarah

Hi, I still working on my blog, this is the landing page and its in draft mode, please can I have feedback on my landing website so far

https://divineenigma.org

YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Nadeem

What question would you like us to answer during the next live session?

Hello Ken / Mary, I hope you are both keeping well. I wanted to ask if you can help with the following question. It is for my son rather than myself, he has his own YouTube channel, in the last couple of days he has received two emails. They are requesting for raw filming content and the cost of licensing one of his YouTube shorts, both are payable. I wanted to ask if you can advise how he can maximise both opportunities and how best to respond. The request for content is from Huel and the cost of licensing is from a production company in South Africa. I appreciate my son is not an FJA member, but I’m sure this discussion would be of interest and benefit to other FJA members who are creating their own YouTube channel. I have posted both emails below:

I hope this email finds you well.

I work for a production company in Cape Town, South Africa and we are currently editing a documentary about gender based violence in South Africa and the director would like to make use of one of your videos in the edit of the documentary.

We would like to know if it would be possible to license this footage and how much it would cost. At this stage, the documentary will only be show at festivals with a view to finding distribution.

The video we would like to license: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z57uENVP4T0

Many thanks and kindest regards”

How are you doing? My name is Darcy, I work for Huel. I was wondering if you would be interested in making some content for us? We are looking for some students to create some YouTube content for us to use on our paid social media channels. You would not have to post this on your own channel. We would also edit the footage for you, you would just need to send us the raw clips!

Kind Regards

Nadeem

MAILING LIST

05:50 – Heleana Blackwell

We’re setting up our website and are looking to start a mailing list. What are the advantages of using convertkit over mailchimp in your experience? The list is for a publishing and edting services business – we don’t know if we’ll end up using the landing pages, but it seems that Convertkit offers us more flexibility if I want to set one up in future.

OPEN Q&A

40:57 – Manda – best way to grow my nailing list?

47:00 – Feedback on ways in which Manda can build her mailing list?

55:38 – Ideas for Print on demand products in order to scale my business?

00:49: SETTING UP BUSINESS

Dec John Coffey (Dec)

Hello Ken & Mary 🙂
In what order do i setup my online affiliate business… Do i for example do this:
1) Create limited company via hmrc website,
2) find an accountant,
3) open a business bank account,
4) setup accounting software e.g xero,
5) register for self assessment
6) etc

04:10: How often does an accountant work with anyone’s business – i.e. Is it a constant thing where they are in touch weekly/monthly or is it just when you need to have documents checked that would be the time you would hear from them?

06:09: TRADEMARK

Joshua Akinbohun

I am looking to trademark my company name “Kilolu” and was wondering how to go about selecting relevant classes?

07:13: TRADEMARK

This is an add on to my last question I submitted. (see below) ( after research I discovered that the .com domain was £13,000 – looks like I am sticking to .co.uk)

My question is this :

When do I know that it is the best time to start trademarking my blog? Is it best to do it straight away? Or should there be a number of things set in place first? (E.g a certain level of traffic and monetisation etc)

09:46: .COM DOMAIN 

Aidan 

Hi both,

Im looking for some advise on how to go about getting a patent/ copyright for my blog.

I have a .co.uk domain name. The.com domain isn’t operating and is up for sale (requesting $500)

it it important that I buy the .com? Or can I move forward with getting a patent with my current domain?

11:22: SUBSCRIBER

Anu

How do I build my first 10 email/new subscriber list.

Friends and family are not my audience niche because I am tailoring my Content to new to almost new immigrants.

So aside social media what others ways do I explore to build that base?

14:56: TAX YEAR

So-so

With the end of the tax year coming up, I’ll be maxing out my allowance for my stocks and shares isa. I’ve been told that one can only have one isa account per tax year. Is this still the case? I can’t keep my stocks and shares isa and also open a cash isa? Could you confirm please. Thanks.

SIPP PENSION
Jessenia

Hi Ken and Mary ,

My question is regarding investing. With the vanguard company pension SIPP.

I understand that i can pay up 40k of my business profits into my pension and not pay tax.

I have money in my business account, when do I transfer that money into my vanguard pension ?is it immediately or at the end of the tax year ?

And how much do I have to be making per month or per year to declare to HMRC?

Hope this makes sense.

WEBSITE
Richard

Ken mentioned in a few videos the importance of having a website as a focal point of your business (completely agree) . This was also covered on the masterclass “perfectly planned websites that coverts”.

I have a website which I am looking to outsource for improvements. It was created on squarespace and domain name is .co.uk.

Q1. Do you recommend I purchase a .com domain name or stick to the co.uk domain name?

Q2. Should I keep squarespace as my hosting platform or move? I ask this question because i also want to link a blogging page on my website and I am not sure if squarespace is the best platform to use.

Website link

https://www.pinchofwestafrica.co.uk/

OPEN Q&A:

25:37 Heleana: I am mid validating my idea for my membership. Should i run ads to get people to sign-up?

32:02 Eladio: Eladio: invest my money into debt,ISA or Business?

45:27 Salome: LTD company –  When you start a Limited company and you start to pay for things, camera, laptop etc, I started using my personal money at the beginning, but am i supposed to put the money to my business account first to mayke the payment? 

MORTGAGE OVERPAYMENT

01:38 – Michael Glassock

Hi there,

Apologies if this is a bit to niche for this setting, only recently joined so still getting to grips with everything 🙂

Question:

– After completing the Net worth exercise, I have 2 forms of liabilities; Mortgage and Uni Fees. As a past UK student you only pay a nominal amount towards these fees which don’t even cover the monthly cost / interest therefore the total sum increases each year. 

1. As these are wiped in most cases after a period of time would it be sensible once reaching a place of financial stability to look to overpay my mortgage and disregard my Uni fees knowing they will be wiped in due course?

ACTION PLAN

04:10 – Bena

As a very new member of FJA, I do not quite understand how the “Success Month” activities should be done. 

1. Should these be done first before the Action Plan that results from the Money Journey Quiz? 
2. Could you break this down please?

Many thanks

SIDE HUSTLE

Sarah Olaifa

1. How to setup a decluttering service as a side hustle?

PENSION

Sarah Olaifa

1. I have just consolidated my pensions with true potential wealth management- would you recommend them?
2. how would you make most of them to make your money work for you in your retirement.

MORTGAGE ADVICE

Joba Mogaji

I am currently on a 1.7% mortgage with 18 months left. However, I want to move home and want to port (transfer) the existing mortgage to the new home purchase.

My current provider (Halifax) said the only way to port the existing rate is by selling the existing property but I want to rent out the current home, take equity from it (and additional savings) as a deposit for the new home.

From my research, I can either create an SPV ltd company and sell my home to the company so that I can port the existing mortgage rate OR

Re-mortgage to a buy-to-let or use a let-to-buy mortgage but this will push me to a higher tax bracket due to the rental income counting as personal income which I don’t want.

What will be your advice?

OPEN Q&A