Get BS-free insights to help you build a simple and sustainable service business.
Direct to your inbox on Wednesdays
Check out our deep dive essays (and podcast episodes) diving into the online business status quo with actionable ideas designed to cut the BS.
Episode 169: Are you Managing or Leading?
Over the years, I’ve had an adversarial relationship with the idea of leading as I don’t really want to be responsible for people or be…
Episode 168: Tara Newman on Being a High Performer
When you’re the boss, it’s easy to get bogged down in focusing purely on how to be more productive, get more done and, ultimately, check…
Did the Expert Economy Kill Mastery?
Back in 2013, my family went on a road trip to Prince Edward Island, and somewhere in the middle of rural Quebec, I threw my…
Episode 167: How to Find Potential Clients Online
Oh, magical Internet with all your superpowers, surely you can help me find allllll the clients without breaking a sweat. If only it was that…
Episode 166: How to Get Clients FAST in 2019
We’ve all been there — the moment when a beloved client leaves or something else happens where we need a new client ASAP. In this…
Why I’m Still Running a Service Business and Have No Plan to Stop
Who I am today is very different than who I was a year ago. And while the human condition is such that we’re usually focusing…
Episode 165: The Recap – March 2019
What’s the saying about March? In like a lion, out like a lamb? In this March recap episode, we’re talking about a month that was…
Episode 164: Getting Proactive About Finding Clients
As a service business owner, it’s no secret that clients are the lifeblood of your business. That’s why you’re always on the lookout for new…
Episode 163: Finding Your Dream Clients with Reina Pomeroy
The idea of dream clients is one that’s thrown around a lot, but what does that mean and where on earth do we find these…