An entrepreneur and podcaster who lives with ME (Myalgic encephalomyelitis) in addition to ADHD and autism has constructed a massively profitable enterprise serving to different enterprise homeowners increase their development.

Jessica Lorimer runs the Selling to Corporate model, which helps small companies enhance their earnings by promoting to company shoppers.

She earns round £50,000 a month by way of the enterprise whereas her podcast of the identical title has had 60,000 downloads since launching in 2019.

One of her shoppers had a £500,000 turnover quarter final yr after constructing their enterprise up from an £100,000 a yr enterprise.

She advised Express.co.uk she loves that “we get people good results” and is happy with her 96 p.c success charge for her shoppers, with the overwhelming majority getting their ROI again inside six months.

This is regardless of the entrepreneur virtually dying within the new yr when her digestive system all of a sudden stopped functioning, which docs consider is linked to her ME.

But now she is writing a e-book to return out later this yr whereas planning to additional broaden her podcast, which now has two episodes a month.

Ms Lorimer has at all times labored in gross sales and in 2014 left her full-time job to start out a gross sales coaching enterprise.

Her first enterprise went on to make her a seven-figure earnings however she actually disliked having to depend on social media and sharing her life on there.

She mentioned: “In business, I find autism particularly difficult. I struggle with surface level relationships and things I’m not interested in, which was why I couldn’t become a social media influencer.

“I’m also intensely fair - and so I found the social media world frustrating and filled with people who lie to make money and who aren’t worried at all about the lack of results their clients get.”

She first arrange the Selling to Corporate podcast in June 2019 initially producing one episode a month.

She additionally bought tickets to an occasion she arrange in regards to the matter, and after this determined to launch a course to assist companies promote into the company market.

Her model now has bootcamps, webinars and self-study programmes to assist companies increase their gross sales.

The entrepreneur mentioned: “Selling is everything in life. Not just business. If you have a business but can't sell, you've got a really expensive hobby.

“Sales is about transparent communication, building great relationships and being confident enough to ask for what you want.”

She mentioned operating a enterprise whereas dwelling with ME will be difficult. She defined: “There are a multitude of symptoms but the ones I struggle most commonly with are osteoarthritis (particularly in my hands), chronic and often crippling fatigue, and a lower immune system.

“Having my own business and getting to choose my hours - that makes a huge difference to successfully managing my ME.

“I haven’t had a bad attack in over four years and that’s incredibly rare. I put it down to really good time management and solid boundaries.”

Speaking of her expertise with ADHD and autism, she mentioned: “I was diagnosed relatively recently after struggling significantly with my attention span and completion of tasks.

“I’d had great coping mechanisms from childhood but last year, we arranged a wedding, got married and moved house all within the space of six months - and I found that I was severely struggling to manage my workload and mental health.

“I was referred to a specialist and received my diagnosis. Now I take ADHD medicine on non-client call days of the week to support me in getting tasks completed, staying focused and maintaining the busy business schedule.”

For the most recent private finance news, observe us on Twitter at @ExpressMoney_.