Better Than Big

When your business becomes successful, spending time on your own creative projects and the deep work that can elevate your business and help you grow to the next level is often the first thing to go. In this episode, editor and owner of The Blue Garret, Kristen Tate, joins me to talk about how we worked together to help her carve out space in her schedule for her own creative projects and how doing that had a positive effect on both her business and life.  

Learn more about Kristen Tate: https://www.thebluegarret.com/

Learn more about Ashley Gartland: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

Grab the Simplified Schedule Workbook + Training: www.ashleygartland.com/simplifiedscheduleworkbook

Whether it’s a holdover from a corporate career or completely subconscious, business owners often fall into the trap of working all the time and forget that they can design a business that provides them with ample time off. In this episode, guest Michael Knouse shares how he’s designed his business so he can enjoy 6 weeks off each year. We talk about the importance of trading busy work for smart work, about how he was able to take a month off to travel this year and about what he wishes more business owners would take advantage of when it comes to their schedule.

Learn more about Michael: https://www.michaelknouse.com/

Learn more about Ashley: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

Grab the Simplified Schedule Workbook + Training: www.ashleygartland.com/simplifiedscheduleworkbook

In this episode, life and business coach Geomyra Pollard joins me to talk about how she’s designed her business to prioritize her health and manage a chronic health condition. We talk about how her diagnosis and the loss of a loved one helped her decide what kind of business she really wanted to run, and why trust played a big role in that decision. She shares what planning looks like in your business when you’re ambitious but also need to build in plenty of flexibility. And we dig into the idea of balance and why pursuing it rarely works.

Learn more about Geomyra: www.geomyra.com

Learn more about Ashley: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

Grab the Simplified Schedule Workbook + Training: www.ashleygartland.com/simplifiedscheduleworkbook

In this episode, I share how the time-management approach I learned way back in college (yes college!) influenced how I designed my schedule when I became a business owner. I’ll touch on how it helped me bring a life-first philosophy to time management and how it’s made it possible for me to run a six-figure service business in part-time hours while prioritizing time with my family and time for my health. Plus, I highlight three shifts I also had to make in my business to allow this kind of freedom-filled, life-first schedule to work for me.

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Learn more about Ashley: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

Grab the Simplified Schedule Workbook + Training: www.ashleygartland.com/simplifiedscheduleworkbook

As business owners, it might often feel like we have to choose between pursuing more growth or enjoying more freedom and flexibility in our businesses. But you can experience more growth AND more freedom if you design your services with both intentions in mind. In this episode, email strategist and conversion copywriter Allea Grummert joins me to talk about the productized services she offers and shares how they’ve helped her grow exponentially while enjoying more time off. We also discuss why offering productized services has helped Allea book out months in advance, hire smart and hit the six figure mark without working around the clock.

Learn more about Allea Grummert: https://www.duett.co/

Learn more about Ashley Gartland: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

Learn more about Ashley’s simplified services intensive: https://www.ashleygartland.com/the-simplified-intensive

In this episode, you’ll learn how operations consultant Jordan Gill transitioned from offering retainer services to intensives, and why this business model was a better match for her strengths and lifestyle goals. We talk about pricing and positioning intensives and VIP days, why systems are essential for this kind of offer and where service-providers miss the mark when creating an intensive of their own. We also talk about how Jordan uses a simple strategy to market her intensives and about the freedom and flexibility this business model has made possible in her life.

Learn more about Jordan Gill: https://www.systemssavedme.com/

Learn more about Ashley Gartland: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

Learn more about Ashley’s coaching intensives: https://www.ashleygartland.com/the-simplified-intensive

So often in business, we design our services based on the industry standard instead of designing them around what feels good and aligned for us. In this episode, my guest Kaitlyn Kessler joins me to talk about the art of creating aligned offers and her experience setting up services that feel good in two different businesses. We talk about why personality plays a role in service design, why a retainer model is a great option for people who love investing in their relationships and what mindset hurdles prevent us from designing aligned services. We also share the best place to start if you’re looking to create services that feel better for your business and life.

Learn more about Kaitlyn Kessler: www.KaitlynKessler.com

Learn more about Ashley: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

Learn more about The Simplified Services Intensive: https://www.ashleygartland.com/the-simplified-intensive

In many service-based industries, the experts tell you that the way to grow your business is to transition out of 1:1 services and into group experiences, courses, passive products and the like so you can decrease your time investment and increase your impact and bottom line. It makes plenty of sense on paper but this approach to service design and scaling doesn’t work for everyone. In this episode, I’m sharing when I learned that group coaching programs weren’t for me and how I found a way to scale sustainably within a 1:1 model. Plus, I’ll give you a preview of our guest interviews this month, which are all focused on service design and how it impacts your business and life.

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Learn more about Ashley: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

In this episode, Keina Newell, financial coach and the founder of Wealth Over Now joins me to talk about a daily decision she makes in her business and what her steadfast commitment to that decision has created for her business, and life. We also talked about how she deals with shiny objects, what her simplified marketing plan looks like and how deciding to stay the course in her business has created results like an incredibly engaged audience and 5-figure months.

Learn more about Keina Newell: https://wealthovernow.com/

Learn more about Ashley: https://www.ashleygartland.com/

Plenty of business owners desire to work less but don’t know how to scale back and make it a reality in their lives. In this episode, online entrepreneur and Youtuber Gillian Perkins joins me to talk about her journey to working less. We talk about how she went from running a local music school that demanded a lot of time and energy to creating an online business that allows her to support her family while working just 20 hours a week. We also discuss the importance of exploring new ideas without judgement, the benefits of focusing on doing less better and on the role mindset played in helping Gillian create the business she envisioned.

Learn more about Gillian Perkins: www.gillianperkins.com

Learn more about Ashley Gartland: https://www.ashleygartland.com/