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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.

spring clean your business

Episode 212: Business as Unusual: Spring Clean Your Service Business

Spring is here, so it’s time for a little clean up in your business. Plus, with the madness of the last couple weeks, many of…

investing in my success

What I Learned About Investing in My Success By Spending $72,700

Back in 2013, I stumbled upon the online business world. At that time, I was running two businesses, one in the papercrafting industry as a…

business as unusual

Episode 211: Business as Unusual: Decision Making and Boundaries During a Crisis (With Shulamit Ber Levtov)

When things are unusual, it’s all too easy for our decision making to falter and for our boundaries to be shaky. In this episode, guest…

marketing and sales

Episode 210: Business as Unusual: How I’m Handling My Marketing and Sales Right Now

It’s a new month, and let’s be real, it’s one with a lot of questions and many answers. For this episode as part of the…

Business planning

Episode 209: Doing Business As Unusual: Business Planning Amid Uncertainty

Things are pretty far from business as usual right now, so do we even bother with planning right now? The answer is yes. We definitely…

Agency owner

Episode 208: Behind-the-Scenes with Agency Owner Rita Barry

In a world full of other agencies doing the same thing as you, it’d be so easy to simply blend in, and end up struggling.…

Nechelle Bartley

Episode 206: Stop Worrying About the $5 Latte with Nechelle Bartley

Most of us have financial goals that involve making more money. But what if in the pursuit of making more money, we’re focused on the…

Simple client experience

Episode 205: Creating a Deliberately Simple Client Experience

When you make your money by serving clients, the experience you create can make or break your business. But I’ve noticed that many times bosses…

enneagram

Episode 204: All Things Enneagram with Chrissie Wywrot

If there’s one thing entrepreneurs love, it’s personality tests. And it’s no surprise as we’re relentless in our personal development work, and these tests help…