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Check out our deep dive essays (and podcast episodes) diving into the online business status quo with actionable ideas designed to cut the BS.

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Building a Trusted Business: 7 Specific Ideas to Implement in 2022

Trust is a key component of your ability to market, sell and serve your clients on an ongoing basis. But building trust is harder than…

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Building and Breaking Trust: Three Common Tactics to Watch For

In marketing, we talk about the know, like, trust factor, but there’s an ongoing lack of understanding of what it really means to trust a…

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2022: The Year of the BS-Free Business

2022 is here, and a new year brings with it an opportunity for each of us to look at how we run our businesses and do things a little differently. In this episode, I’m digging into what I’ll be increasingly focusing on in the year to come, and calling on you to do the same.

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2021: The Year in Review

Tis the season for lots of reflection, as I was looking back at the year, I thought it would be fun to share the good,…

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How I’m Really Planning for 2022

There’s something that happens at this time of year right before the holidays where the pressure to plan gets amped right up. And as much…

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Ditching Arbitrary Money Goals: Setting New Metrics for Personal Success

Ditching Arbitrary Money Goals: Setting New Metrics for Personal Success By Maggie Patterson All opinions in this post are my opinions and mine alone. You…

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Hustle Culture and Ableism in Online Business With Brittany Berger

As an industry, online business is deeply rooted in hustle culture, and it leads to burnout and a host of other issues as we work…

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Sales Conversations: BS Messaging & Sales Myths to Watch For

Have you ever thought to yourself, “ugh, I’m bad at sales” or wondered if you were missing something in the sales process? If you have,…

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The Dynamics of Delegation with Bekka Prideaux

What do you think of when you hear the word delegation? Do you get excited? Or do you get a little sweaty or want to…