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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.

Find new clients

Find New Clients: Three Daily Habits

We all know that we need to find new clients to grow and sustain our businesses, but how do you do that when you get…

Get your first clients

18 Ideas on How to Get Your First Clients

If you’re new to the world of running your own business and you work with clients, there’s one question that’s always going to come up:…

Best personality tests for small business

Episode 93: The Best Personality Tests for Small Business Bosses

Hey, what’s your sign? Personality test results sign, that is. In this episode, we’re delving into the best personality tests for small business bosses and…

Why we switched to ConvertKit

Why We Switched to ConvertKit

We recently made the decision to migrate our well-established online business from using Infusionsoft to ConvertKit, and let me tell you…it was no small undertaking.…

Review of the SmartLife PUSH journal

Review of the SmartLife PUSH Journal

Do you love day planners? Do you love journals? Do you love setting goals? Then you’re going to love this review of the SmartLife PUSH…

Run a services business

Episode 92: Why Right Now is the Best Time to Run a Services Business

Stop trading time for dollars! Make money while you sleep! You’ve heard allllllll the reasons why you should ditch services and go after a course…

How to get your first three clients

How To Get Your First Three Clients As a Freelancer

So you started a business…yay! Now you need clients and you’re thinking where are these clients going to come from? Doing the work to get…

Deal with clients from hell

How To Deal With Clients From Hell

Clients from hell happen to everyone, it’s inevitable. But the real question is how to deal with clients from hell in a way that’s professional…

get more clients

Episode 91: Four Proactive Ways to Get More Clients

We’re willing to bet you’ve got some big goals in mind for the next few months or even the year, and those goals likely involve…