Welcome welcome welcome back to Off the Grid! Amelia, here. I’m popping into your pod feed today to let you know that we’re kicking off season four of the show next week. 🎉

Starting September 4th, I’ll be sharing a new interview every Wednesday through the end of November, featuring amazing guests like: N. Chloé Nwangwu, Liz Migliorelli of Sister Spinster, Megan Leatherman, Podge Thomas, Kate Smalley, Michelle Pellizzon, Jenny Blake, Amy Kuretsky, and more!

In this preview episode, I tell you more about what’s to come in season four, including two themes we’ll be exploring —

🎢 Why leaving social media is going mainstream... and how to avoid the grifters glomming onto that

🍁 How online business is changing in hard times... and ways to feel less alone in this moment

And stick around to the end to learn about some big updates for the Interweb, our annual membership that’s getting a glow-up before we close the doors to new members on September 15th. Plus! The next ten folks who join using the code LUCKYTEN can get their first year at our founding member rate of only $99.

This one goes out to my all my Top Voices™️ out there. Today we’re talking about LinkedIn! 

Tune in to hear me unpack:

• A timeline of LinkedIn’s evolution
• The difference between Social Networking & Social Media
• The phenomena of LinkedIn Cringe™️
• How LinkedIn has changed thought leadership at large
• Why I decided to (finally) leave LinkedIn

And ICYMI — this episode has been pulled out from behind the paywall of Off the Grid Clubhouse! 🤸 Join today for weekly episodes like this + secret emails all summer long. Only $5/mo or $50/year.

 
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❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

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What happens when the work you love is no longer sustainable for the realities of your life?

Today on the pod, Jen Carrington takes us behind-the-scenes in her business to discuss how she’s radically changed her offerings to support her life as a mom with a chronic illness.

Tune in to learn:

• Why Jen’s business is 80% asynchronous
• Specific logistics on how asynchronous delivery works
• How to stop facilitating your own burnout
• The realities of fluctuating revenue & income
• Jen’s best marketing methods & how she “puts her lights on” to sell

   
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❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

This week we’re diving into the world of email marketing and asking — has the era of the lead magnet come to an end?

Tune in to learn:

• What a lead magnet is
• Why you might want to create one ... or not
• Two business models that really don’t need a lead magnet
• Whether or not I’m a fan of lead magnets in 2024

Then we want to hear what you think about lead magnets! Love 'em? Hate 'em? Let us know!

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And finally … cue NSYNC voice 👩‍🎤 … use the code ITSGONNABEMAY to take $10 off your Interweb membership this month.

Mentioned in the episode: NSYNC, Investopedia, Email as a Love Language with grace allerdice, Email Marketing with Holly Wielkoszewski, To Substack or Not to Substack?, Tarzan Kay, Amanda Laird, Pretty Decent

 
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❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Welcome to our #It'sGonnaBeMay monthly forecast episode! This is a pod-feed-exclusive where I check in on the first Friday of each month to share a few fun marketing trends, this month's biz-care to-dos, a preview of upcoming episodes, and more!

This month, you’ll hear:

• what happens when we focus on gathering 100 hell yes people (instead of growing a giant audience) 💯
• why I'm super into daily marketing practices right now 🗓️
• & how I'm preparing my business for an inevitable summer slump 😬

 
Plus! Listen to the end for the first-ever public mention of what I'll be launching for Off the Grid this summer.

Tune in, then get in touch to share your Qs for next month…

💌 Email hi@softersounds.studio

☎️ Leave a voice message at speakpipe.com/offthegrid

💞 Link love 💞 — 100 Hell Yes People from Jen Carrington  |  1000 True Fans | Ordinary Practice by Cody Cook-Parrott  |  Be School podcast & my episode  |  Making Things Together (Daily May Coworking) with Liz Bayan | Voxer

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

 
🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

If you like magical money conversations, this episode is for you!

Today I’m joined by Rachel Duncan, a certified Financial Therapist and Art Psychotherapist who runs a company called the Money Healing Club.

Together we talk about the psychological, emotional, practical, and magical aspects of healing your relationship with money.

Tune in to hear us explore:

• Where money meets creativity
• What financial therapy is
• Neurodivergence & addiction in relationship to money
• The psycho-emotional aspects of setting rates
• What to do when you hit a revenue plateau

And stick around to the end where Rachel guides us through a visualization for remapping our relationship to money! 🐨

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media.

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

If you want to feel more supported and supportive in your client work, this episode is for you.

Today I’m joined by Jess Jackson of Soft Path Healing to talk about trauma, trauma-informed care, and trauma-informed business.

Together, we explore how to make our business practices more trauma-informed AND we talk about how to approach social media marketing with nervous system regulation in mind.

Tune in then click here to learn more about Jess’ upcoming course, Trauma Informed Foundations, which begins on May 17.

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

 
🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media.

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Have you ever heard the phrase “intuitive business” or “spiritual business” and thought to yourself … “ok but what does that actually mean?!”

This happens to me all the time, so today on the podcast, I’m joined by vedic astrologer and business strategist Paula Crossfield to talk about her cosmic business framework.

In the first half of our conversation, Paula shares practical ways we can cultivate our intuition in our businesses. And then in the second half of the episode we talk about how doing that can help us make more money!

 
Sign up for the FREE Cosmic Business Salon happening next week, then tune in to hear us discuss:

• The cosmic business paradigm shift
• Paula’s 3-part process for connecting with your intuition
• How social media wrecks our self-trust
• Money karma & how to heal your relationship with money

 
👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

 
🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media.

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

“We don’t have to give up the wild, “non-marketable” parts of our practice in order to sustain them.”

This week, I am thrilled to be joined by anti-disciplinary artist, writer, and facilitator for the worldbuilders, Ayana Zaire Cotton of Seeda School.

In this spiralic conversation, Ayana guides us in how to tap into our zone of desire and design creative offers for new worlds in the now.

Tune in to hear about:

• World-building as a Black feminist practice
• Why “niching down” is a colonial technology (& how we can refuse to do it)
• The moments when discipline melts into devotion
• How to find the places where your curiosity rivals your fear

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

 
🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media.

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Welcome to our third monthly forecast episode! This is a pod-feed-exclusive where I check in on the first Friday of each month to share a few fun marketing trends, this month's biz-care to-dos, a preview of upcoming episodes, and more!

This month, you’ll hear:

• why I'm super into private podcasts right now 🙉
• the springtime joys of email debt forgiveness 📧
• & exactly how much money I made in Q1 2024 😬

Plus! Listen to the end so you can let me know if you're the guest I'm searching for...

Tune in, then get in touch to share your Qs for next month…

💌 Email hi@softersounds.studio

☎️ Leave a voice message at speakpipe.com/offthegrid

💞 Link love 💞 — The Planets & Your Business Private Podcast | BS-Free Business Podcast & Staying Solo Private Podcast | Make a Private Podcast with Softer Sounds | The New Age Playbook For Spellbinding, Can't-Stop-Reading Copy from Holisticism | Celebrate Email Debt Forgiveness Day on 4/30

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

 
🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Let’s launch YOUR offerings without social media! 🚀

This week on the pod, we hear from six listeners who are launching new things this spring and wanted my support figuring out how to do it without social media.

Tune in to hear how I would launch:

• A 60-minute workshop on cannabis & intuitive eating
• A membership for women releasing perfectionism
• A twice-monthly writing power hour
• A course about desire & pleasure
• A new business about nonviolent communication
• A first paid offer for an astrology business
• A seasonal 1:1 coaching program

And if you enjoy this episode, join me in The Interweb where we’re hosting a members-only hot seat call on May 14th. ❤️‍🔥

🔥 Listener Hot Seat Links: Leah’s Cannabis & Intuitive Eating Workshop, Mathilde’s website, Bailey’s website, Sarah Diedrick’s website, Creativity Coaching with Sarah of Hawthorne Mountain Tarot
 

 
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❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Welcome to our most-ever-requested episode! 🚀

This week, I'm teaching you my three-step process for launching your next big (or small, or just-the-right-sized) thing without social media.

Tune in to learn how to create a clear container for your work, clear communication about your offering or product, and clear outreach to your community ... all without social media.

We also cover how leaving social media helped me finally enjoy the launch process and two reasons I think I get this question so often.

Press play for a free 25-minute workshop on launching sans social, then join me in The Interweb for an hour-long class on this topic, including a comprehensive workbook and a live community call next month!

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

 
🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media.

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

This week we wrap season three with some #deepthoughts on what it means to feel seen and how social media is messing with our sense of self-worth and community connection.

Tune in as I break down why visibility ≠ connection (or $ales), and I share many ways that we can find connection in our work and our lives without being on all the apps.

And if you're sad that the show is going away for two months, join us in the Clubhouse for private weekly episodes + secret emails all summer long! ☀️

🤸 THE CLUBHOUSE IS OPEN! Join us for weekly episodes + secret emails all summer long. Only $5/mo or $50/year.

 
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❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Happy spring, biz friends! In honor of the equinox, today I'm joined by Yarrow Magdalena for a conversation about embracing seasonality and intentional shifts in our businesses.

 
Tune in to hear about:

• How we embed & embody seasonality in our businesses
• Ways to transition from winter to spring in our work & lives
• Yarrow’s journey leaving social media
• What it feels like to unabashedly work toward your desires

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

 
🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media.

 
🧲 Ready to share your work with hundreds of amazing artists and small business owners? Place an ad on Off the Grid this season! Find more info + rates here

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

This week on the pod, Nic Antoinette is back to update us on how her business has changed since she left social media and took a $30k pay-cut last year.

 
We talk about embracing change, letting relationships evolve, and how we’re calculating our enough numbers right now.

 
Tune in to hear about:

• What Nic misses (& doesn’t miss) about social media
• The evolution of our parasocial relationships
• What we do when revenue shifts from “more than enough” to “just enough” or “less than enough”
• Amelia & Nic’s current “enough numbers”

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

 
🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media.

 
🧲 Ready to share your work with hundreds of amazing artists and small business owners? Place an ad on Off the Grid this season! Find more info + rates here

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Consider this: What if marketing isn’t actually about getting in front of people? 🥸

Today on the podcast, I’m joined by Jay Acunzo, a writer, speaker and award-winning storyteller, who invites us to consider that marketing is all about making people care.

Tune in to learn:

• Why resonance matters more than reach
• How to meet people where they’re at & shift their perspective
• What to do when your work doesn’t get the audience you feel it deserves

And then join The Interweb before March 21st, so you can come to our Spring Social and meet other folks asking these same questions!

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media.

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FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Welcome to our second monthly forecast episode! This is an experiment I'm trying exclusively on the pod feed where I check in on the first Friday of each month to share a few fun marketing trends, this month's biz-care to-dos, and listener Q&A!

This month, you’ll hear:

• why I'm super into newsletter ads right now
• how to plan your spring sales calendar
• my process for deciding what’s free and what’s paid in my business ecosystem

Plus! Some great listener comments about cultivating visibility and community off social media.

Tune in, then get in touch to share your Qs for next month…

💌 Email hi@softersounds.studio

☎️ Leave a voice message at speakpipe.com/offthegrid

💞 Link love 💞 — Newsletter ads with ilovecreatives, Ann Friedman, Podcasting by the Moon, PodNews & Paved | Jessica Lackey’s List of Business Books by Women & Non-Binary Writers | Edison Research report on Black podcast listenership | Off the Grid episode 58 with Samara Bay | Everything Is Free by Gillian Welch | Kim Barman | Off the Grid episode 56 with Kristen Drozdowski

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

If you’ve ever struggled with showing up as your full self or being seen in your business, this episode is for you.

Today on the podcast, I’m joined by award-winning vocal coach and author, Samara Bay. Samara has coached everyone from Hollywood celebrities to US Congresswomen to high school girls. And her book Permission to Speak has been a guiding text for my business and life.

In this potent conversation, she teaches us her tried-and-true methods for showing up and speaking out. We also unpack the personal and political challenges that make showing up so challenging.

Tune in to learn:

• How to bring your full self to your work/life/biz
• Samara’s 4-step process for preparing to speak
• What it means to be deliberately vulnerable
• Why self-promotion isn’t actually about you

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media.

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FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

If you want to make more sales in 2024, this episode is for you! Today we’re improving our sales skills, so we can make better investments, bigger decisions, and more $$$ in 2024 and beyond.

Tune in as we explore:

• Why we need new sales archetypes
• 4 ways to prepare your business (& yourself) for more sales
• 20 refreshing ideas for helping more people decide to purchase from you
• 3 things to consider before you offer a discount or raise your rates

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today
 
🌈 Want the 24 in 2024 Dashboard? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media.

📩 Write emails for your list that feel good in your gut & still make sales. Get Nicole Cloutier's FREE GUIDE for Off the Grid listeners. (sponsored)

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

📯 Bonus episode time! 📯 Today I’m joined by health equity expert and my biz friend Shivani Mehta Bhatia to unpack a question that’s been popping up on the pod lately…

Is leaving social media a privilege?

Tune in to hear how we’re unraveling this question through our conceptions of power, privilege, and social capital.

At the end, we also talk about the call to witness and how we’re thinking about social media in relationship to our personal, political and business values.

✨ Mentioned in the episode ✨ — Shivani Mehta Bhatia | The Purpose of Power by Alicia Garza  |  Bear Hebert |  How To Do “Just Enough” Marketing — with Amanda Laird

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

This episode goes out to all my creative babes out there, because today I’m joined by one of my favorite visual artists and print goods purveyors, Kristen Drozdowski of Worthwhile Paper.

In this heartfelt conversation, Kristen shares how she started her business, her highest and lowest points as an artist and boss, and why she’s decided to leave Instagram after amassing over 50,000 followers there in the past decade.

We also discuss what it means to step off the online business growth escalator and grow horizontally rather than scaling vertically. Tune in to stoke the flames of your creative liberation and believe in your business again.

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

✨ Ready to share your work with hundreds of amazing artists and small business owners? Place an ad on Off the Grid this season! Find more info + rates here

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

If you want to build better business relationships in 2024, today’s episode is for you!

This week we’re continuing our ‘24 in 2024’ series, where I’m walking you through 24 ideas for every stage of the customer journey.

Last time we discussed audience growth, so today we’re building trust and nurturing our communities.

Tune in as we explore:

• Why community matters for your business
• How to decide who you want to build community with
• 24 fun ways to deepen relationships that will support your business

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want the 24 in 2024 Dashboard? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media.

📩 Write emails for your list that feel good in your gut & still make sales. Get Nicole Cloutier's FREE GUIDE for Off the Grid listeners. (sponsored)

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Welcome to our first monthly forecast episode! This is a new ~~experiment~~ I'm trying exclusively on the pod feed where I check in on the first Friday of each month to share a few fun marketing trends, this month's biz-care to-dos, and hopefully some listener Q&A!

Tune in to hear why I'm super into worldbuilding, Selena Gomez & tax prep right now. And click through all the links below for a browser full of fun!

Get in touch with Amelia:

💌 Email hi@softersounds.studio

☎️ Leave a voice message at speakpipe.com/offthegrid

💕 Link love 💕 — Kening Zhu’s website  |  Seeda School website, newsletter & podcast  |  Selena Gomez’s social media breaks  |  Cody Cook-Parrott’s newsletter  |  Marmoset’s post about donating money in Gaza

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Hey friends, I'm popping into your pod feed on a Monday to share that... THE OFF THE GRID CLUBHOUSE IS NOW OPEN! 🤸

Head to offthegridclubhouse.substack.com for weekly episodes, secret emails + community comment threads all summer long. 

Only $5/mo or $50/year. Join us today!

If you dread marketing your work or wish doing it felt way easier, then today’s episode is for you!

This week on the podcast, I’m joined by Amanda Laird, the founder and principal strategist of Slow & Steady Studio.

Amanda’s one of my favorite people to talk to about marketing, and her “just enough” method has taught me how to do less, sell more, and find delight in my marketing process.

We cover all that in the first half of the episode, and then in the second half we dive into two juicy questions — How do I do “just enough” social media marketing? And is leaving social media a privilege?

Tune in to learn:

• Why marketing feels so hard
• How to know if you’re doing too much or too little marketing
• The four parts of the “just enough” marketing method
• How to delight your customers & clients

✌️ Get the Leaving Social Media 5-Day Email Challenge! It’s free until January 31st & exclusively available for Interweb members after that.

✨ Ready to share your work with hundreds of amazing artists and small business owners? Place an ad on Off the Grid this season! Find more info + rates here

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media.

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

If you want to get your work in front of more people, today’s episode is for you!

This week we’re kicking off our ‘24 in 2024’ series, where I’m going to walk you through 24 creative marketing ideas for every stage of the customer journey. We’re starting at the very beginning when the customer first hears about you. So this week is all about boosting visibility and audience growth!

Tune in as we explore:

• What it means to boost your visibility 👀
• When you want to grow your audience (& when you don’t) 📊
• 4 ways to prepare yourself for more visibility 🪞
• 20 refreshing ideas for getting your work (& yourself) in front of new people 👯‍♀️

 
✌️ Get the Leaving Social Media 5-Day Email Challenge! It’s free until January 31st and exclusively available for Interweb members after that ✌️
 
✨ Ready to share your work with hundreds of amazing artists and small business owners? Place an ad on Off the Grid this season! Find more info + rates here
 
🌈 Want the 24 in 2024 Dashboard? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media.

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Welcome to Season 3 of Off the Grid! We’re kicking off 2024 by talking about everyone’s favorite topic — money money money! 💸🤑💰

In this episode, I share my money story and unpack how I’ve overcome underearning over the past decade. Then I open my books to tell you exactly how much money Softer Sounds made last year, and I share three things I’m doing differently in my business in 2024.

Tune in for a big dose of financial transparency without any icky income claim marketing. Let's practice talking about money together!

✌️ Get the Leaving Social Media 5-Day Email Challenge! It’s free until January 31st and exclusively available for Interweb members after that ✌️

✨ Ready to share your work with hundreds of amazing artists and small business owners? Place an ad on Off the Grid this season! Find more info + rates here

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media.

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Happy New Year, friends! Amelia here, dropping into your pod feed with three exciting announcements:

#1 — Season 3 of Off the Grid is launching next week! 🥳 Surprise! I’m coming back from break early and will be posting awesome weekly episodes through the end of June.

#2 — If you’re thinking 2024 might be the year you finally leave social media… I made you a 5-day challenge to plan your hiatus or exit! It’s free for everyone through the end of the month.  (this challenge is no longer available for free)

#3 — Speaking of leaving social media … tune in to this bonus mini-sode for help feeling into if now’s the time for you to delete the apps. Lend me 15 minutes, and I’ll offer you a dozen reasons you might want to log off for a while or for good.

I’ll be back next week to officially kick off our third season. See ya then!

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨

Mentioned in the episode—

• Essays about leaving social media from Nic Antoinette, Marlee Grace, Emma Gannon and others
• Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Welcome to the season two finale of Off the Grid!

In this episode, I’m unpacking the difference between business and art … and arguing that maybe it’s actually all about being of service?!

Tune in as I weave together Unreasonable Hospitality, The Bear, the Online Business Growth Escalator & a Spell for Releasing Your Shoulds — to inspire you to keep finding your way forward in your practice & to make some money in the meantime.
 

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Lately I've been feeling like mayyyybe I want to burn down my whole business... 

But I know that's not really true! I've just been growing in the wrong direction and at the wrong pace.

So today on the pod, I'm bringing together everything I know about Online Business with my own business growth journey to explore why sometimes we feel like our businesses just won't work... and then other times they grow wayyyy beyond our capacity.

Tune in to hear more about:

• Realizing you're on the Wrong Path & how to get off it
• The Online Business Growth Escalator
• What to do when your escalator is broken
• How to chart your own path for business growth
• Questions to get clear on where you want to go

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Why does leaving social media feel so impossible? I think one reason is because of how joy and grief intermingle on these platforms.

So this week we’re grieving social media together, so we can remember what we loved, recognize what we miss, and prepare ourselves to step into what’s next.

Tune in to hear more about:

• What happened to social connection on social media
• Why we need to make space to grieve IG/Facebook/Twitter
• A 3-step practice for connecting with your feelings about social media
• Grieving vs Mourning & Embodying the process

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

I just launched the next big thing for Off the Grid, so let me tell you exactly how I did it! 👀

Tune in to learn about The Interweb, our new annual membership for creatives, artists & small business owners who want to build a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media.

Then stay tuned as I reverse-engineer my process! So you can learn how to launch your own Next Big Thing with your talents, your capacity, your passions, and your community in mind.

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

How do we actually tend to our wellbeing & burn-out when we’re self-employed? And what happens to our businesses when we step back to heal?

Today I’m joined by a writer, podcaster, self-employed creator & community gatherer that I’ve long admired — Nic Antoinette.

This year Nic has gone through a period of shutting down almost all of the longest-running parts of her business in order to tend to her mental health and well-being.

In the process, she’s been in a period of deep inquiry about what it means to run a tiny business, when to let our beloved creations end, and how to feel like we have enough in our work and our lives.

She also left Instagram! Tune in to our conversation for—

• A permission slip to step back from your business
• Ways to navigate periods of contraction in your work
• Why & how Nic left Instagram
• “How much money is enough?”
• Support making hard decisions

 
👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Everything’s better with friends, babe! Including making money in your busine$$.

Today I’m joined by my dear friend & biz cofounder Taylor Elyse Morrison to talk about the highs, the lows & the finances of working with your friends.

Taylor and I have been friends & collaborators for more than five years, partnering on everything from live workshops to brand partnerships to cofounding the Lifestyle Business League.

Tune in to our conversation to hear about—

• Different ways to collaborate with friends
• Potential partnership pitfalls & how to avoid them
• Our 2 Cs for successful collabs — Communication & Contracts
• The difference between pitching a partnership & working with a friend
• How to make new biz friends & deepen those relationships

💕 Want to make more biz friends? Join us in the Lifestyle Business League, a support network for creatives & entrepreneurs who want to grow their way.

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Hey there, biz bestie. If you (like me) have never discovered a milestone or a metric that makes you a Success™️….today’s episode is for you!

Tune in to hear:

• Why I hate SMART goals
• How to FEEL successful
• When to embrace fluctuation + failure
• What alignment’s got to do with it
• The exact definition of success that guides my work + life
• & How to write your own definition (then send it to me!)

 
And if you enjoy this episode, join me in the Off the Grid Clubhouse! Doors officially open on Monday, and it’s already vibrant community of folks embracing the cycle of success. We’d love to have you. 🫶

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today
 

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media.

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

This one goes out to all our neurodivergent biz babes out there.

Today I’m joined by coach & composer Mattia Maurée to talk about running a business & navigating social media in a way that supports your unique brain & lived experience.

Tune in to our conversation to hear about—

• Common ADHD, Autistic & AuDHD struggles with work
• How to quit overworking as a coping strategy
• Embracing a cyclical relationship to social media
• The importance of play for our brains
• How podcasting serves Mattia’s business
• Mattia's method for connecting with the online communities you’re craving

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

What's it like to walk away from 50k Instagram followers & a full roster of paid partnerships? Let’s find out.

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Lauren Ash, an artist, wellness practitioner + community gatherer who shut down her socials & pressed pause on brand partnerships almost a year ago.

Tune in to our conversation to hear about—

• Lauren’s journey starting Black Girl in Om & how she grew to 50k followers on IG
• The spontaneous moment when she deactivated her account
• What being an “influencer” meant to her & why she never embraced the term
• How her work has changed since leaving Instagram & taking a break from paid partnerships
• Her vision for embodying liberation from the social media matrix for Black women & women of color

 
👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Blogs are back, baby! And maybe they’re great for business again?

Today I’m joined by Kasia Manolas, writer of Girl in the Dark Room & Good Fortune, and owner of Narrative, a content marketing agency serving values-aligned companies. 

Together we revisit my 10 Things I Hate About Content Marketing episode to consider why blogs might be a form of content marketing we don’t have to hate. And Kasia shares why for many small businesses blogs > social. 

Tune in to learn how—

• Blogs drive traffic to our website for the long-term
• Writing long-form can support nervous system regulation
• Blogs support more email subscribers & sales
• The educational nature of blogs allows for more privacy
• Blog allow us to release consistency & embrace our unique rhythms

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Let me tell you something I learned from my business coach... the only “secret” of business growth is building stronger foundations.

It's been a really transformative lesson for me, so today I’ve invited Jessica Lackey (my coach) to the pod to explore why so many small business owners feel like they're working all the time... and still not achieving success.

Tune in to learn—

• How to align your marketing methods with your business model
• Why you have to align your positioning & your pricing with your community's needs
• Which steps of the marketing process you're likely skipping & how to start doing them with ease

And if you start to realize that your business model, your marketing and your audience aren't so aligned... check out Deeper Foundations, Jessica's affordable six-month program for service-based business owners who want to reach reliable revenue through a sustainable business foundation and strategy. 

 
👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

This week we’re talking all things email and answering that pesky marketing question  — should I send a weekly newsletter???

To do that I’m talking to Holly Wielkoszewski, a writer, a yoga teacher, and the founder of Daypack Digital.

Together, we get into why we love email, how often we send emails, our hot takes on nurture sequences, and so much more! 

Tune in to learn about—

• how to select the right email platform for you
• how to write a stellar welcome email
• when you need a nurture sequence (& when you don’t)
• the stats that matter & the ones that don’t
• how to get more people on your list
• & ways to cultivate the dreaded c-word … consistency

Whether you’re an email pro or you’re just starting your list, this episode has some wisdom for you! Listen and get inspired to spruce up your digital communiques for fall.
 

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today.

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Welcome to our late summer interview series! For the next six weeks on the pod, I'm talking to my fave small business owners, artists & influencers about their fave creative business tools & practices.

This week we're welcoming  my dear friend & collaborator grace allerdice back to the show for a watery convo about how to:

• channel the flow of money through our businesses
• create offerings that suit our unique energetic rhythms
• & cultivate interdependence with our clients and collaborators

Join us for a friendly chat between two business BFFs, then click here to learn more about our course Living Systems.
 

👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today.

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

It's time to A your Qs, dear listeners! In this episode, I'm answering your questions about all things leaving social media. 

Tune in to hear my thoughts on— 

• The emotional side of leaving social media AKA turning your FOMO into JOMO
• The difference between email newsletters & email marketing — including which one matters more for your biz
• & Whether newsletter ads are the right strategy for your biz — plus how to find places to advertise

Then keep your ears open for a sneak preview of what's coming up next for Off the Grid! ✌️

👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

This episode goes out to anyone who’s ever found yourself sucked into a marketing funnel, watching yet another free webinar, desperately trying to unsubscribe from the dozen follow-up emails, and finally getting free just to find your head spinning from everything you “should” be doing to grow your business.

I’ve started thinking of this as the “insta-bae business phenomenon” AKA the way online biz influencers sell quick fixes, ten-step solutions, and easy results with pretty promises and even prettier graphics.

So in today’s episode, I’m unpacking what I think an “insta-bae business” is and the three insta-bae business traps I see too many small business owners fall prey to. 

Join me to learn how to…

• Stop believing you need a certain number of followers to sell things 💯
• Quit measuring your success by vanity metrics 📈
• Start pricing based on your value NOT your follower count 💲

 
👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today.

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

There are so many things to do when you run a small business. And even more things you “should” do according to marketing “experts,” online business influencers, and the voices that arrive when you need to make a big decision.

In this episode, I’m joined by Natalie Miller to talk about the “shoulds” that so many of us face in our lives and our businesses. And we offer practices for taking your “shoulds” seriously, so you can cultivate the magic you need to finally release them.

Join us for a soulful conversation where we explore—

• The "should" that inspired this podcast
• Practices for discovering & examining your shoulds
• Why “best practices” might be bullshit
• How pausing & slowing down can help you discover who you are & what you desire
• Betting on yourself to build self-trust

 
👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

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🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

While I was off on summer break a big thing happened in the social media world — Meta launched Threads! And everybody had some feelings about it.

So in this episode, I’m sharing my answer to the question, “Should you be on Threads?” And I’m reminding us that while we don’t need to judge who is or isn’t on an app, our choices can reflect our values in meaningful and powerful ways.

Tune in for a gently-no-nonsense pep talk in our signature Off the Grid style.

👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today.

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

This week I’m joined by Kening Zhu, an artist, web designer, and dear friend who I’ve known for over 15 years.
 
Together, we have a deep and thoughtful conversation about money, energy, human design, creative practice, and the magical nature of the world wide web.
 
This episode is for anyone craving connection, expansion, and deeper meaning in their creative work and daily life. Spend 75 poetic minutes with us as we explore:

• Kening’s journey as an artist-entrepreneur
• Dissolving the binary of art vs money
• Human design & business success as a Projector
• The internet as a creative practice
• Building a beautiful world with your website
• Allowing yourself to want more
• & Re-conceiving the personal brand

 
👋  Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today
 

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media.

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Hey friends! Amelia here.

Last week, I was on one of my very favorite podcasts, Let It Out with Katie Dalebout! Katie and I talked all about my journey with social media, why I've decided to leave Instagram, and why I think that might be an easy choice for us to make as business owners and a hard choice for us to make as people who want to maintain relationships in the year 2023.

I'm excited to give you a little preview of that conversation here on the feed. If you love it, click here to listen to the whole conversation on Let It Out pod!

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Do you ever wish your creative path felt clearer? Your work felt more intentional? Your business felt more integrated?

This week on the pod, I'm teaching you my favorite activity for finding biz clarity — AKA my 3-step process for mapping your business ecosystem. Tune in to learn—

• how to clear your fears around doing business differently 😎
• what I consider the three fundamental parts of any sustainable business 🧶
• how to map your business ecosystem 🗺️
• when & why you might want to use this process 🤗 

👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

Happy Monday Funday, friends. I'm hopping into your pod feed today to share two exciting announcements—

#1 Off the Grid has a new theme song!! It's cool. It's catchy. It's by the amazing Melissa Kaitlyn Carter. You're gonna love it. 🎶
 
#2 The Refresh is officially happening again in August, and registration is now open!
 
🌈 The Refresh already passed, but don't worry because now you can join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class

When was the last time you took intentional time away from your business to work on it, rather than in it? Recently? Not so recently? Either way, it might be time to plan a solo business retreat!

In this episode, I’m joined by Maggie Gentry, a thought partner to coaches & creative entrepreneurs looking to intentionally scale with a focus on marketing operations.

She's shares her four-step process for planning a solo business retreat. We also chat about—

• How to get comfortable with uncertainty in our businesses
• Why we ignore advice about "niching down" or "having one hero offer"
• What led Maggie to plan her first solo business retreat
• Retreat ideas for folks who don't have much time/money/capacity

 
👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

💌 Want a gorgeous email service provider with easy segmentation options? Use my affiliate link to get 50% off your Flodesk subscription

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 
 

 
FREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

❊ 10 Ways to Market Your Healing Business When Money & Time Are Scarce from Andie of Spiral Tending

❊ Simple Tech Stacks Field Guide from Heather of Small Business Rodeo

❊ Soulpreneur Corner from Julia Kyambi

❊ More free resources from Close Biz Friends!

🌟 Join COME TO CLASS — a 3-day intensive on how to teach online with confidence & care. Rescheduled for June 4th, 5th & 6th. Learn more & sign up here: https://softersounds.notion.site/come-to-class