What if we didn’t sell?? That’s the question Amy asks in this week’s episode where she outlines her 2023 experiment in not selling. In this episode she dives into:Her most epic launch failure to dateThe epiphany that led to experimenting with not sellingWhat she’s defining as “selling” vs “not selling” this yearThe two main experiments she’s exploring around “sales without selling” this yearSupport the show Join the Breathe Into Business Patreon to get access to monthly live breathwork events, the community Discord server, plus the private podcast feed with interviews, breathwork recordings, and more. Membership tiers are sliding scale $5-$33 per month.

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Experiments in "not-selling"

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If selling is a necessary part of running a business, how can we change our relationship to selling so it feels less sleazy? This is the question at the heart of Amy’s year long experiment in not selling and it formed the basis for today’s episode with sales consultant, Shay Schindler from Sales With Shay. In this conversation they talk about:How Shay shifted her mindset from ‘selling is sleazy’ to ‘selling is a service’The three questions Shay asks herself every time she is building a sales page or funnelThe tarot cards we’re using to help shift our energy around sellingHow to sell without getting on a sales callShay’s most disliked traditional sales tactic to watch out for when you’re being sold toAbout Shay: Shay is a high-ticket sales consultant and coach with almost two decades of experience helping thought-leaders and creators build profitable businesses online. After side-hustling for years, she took her online business dreams full-time and co-founded a brand consultancy in 2017 and has been busy ever since. She’s had the opportunity to help hundreds of clients grow their own online business, traveled to 20+ countries working remotely, started a podcast (@Curiously Guided) and discovered a passion for teaching non sales-y people how to sell more. Love what you do, but need help selling it? Slide in her DMs at @saleswithshay on IG  Connect with Shay at www.saleswithshay.com or on IG @saleswithshay Listen to Curiously Guided at https://www.curiouslyguided.com/


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Selling without the sleaze with Shay Schindler from Sales with Shay

What if the industry standard for your business was draining you physically, mentally, and emotionally?? That’s the experience Amy had a year into the pandemic. In this episode she shares what she did to drastically change how she works with clients and the benefits she’s seen from taking that risk. In this episode she dives into:How she progressed from offering medical care to coachingHer “hot take” on what coaching is and isn’tWhat it looks like to no longer offer coaching calls as a coachThe pros and cons of Voxer only coachingLinks mentioned in this episode:Learn more about my coaching offering and working together.Find me on Voxer!Paperbell is an all-in-one tool that handles scheduling, payments and client management I use to streamline the tech side of my coaching business. Create a free account here.Support the show Join the Breathe Into Business Patreon to get access to monthly live breathwork events, the community Discord server, plus the private podcast feed with interviews, breathwork recordings, and more. Membership tiers are sliding scale $5-$33 per month.

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How I chose to go against industry norms and move to Voxer only coaching

Being in business is being comfortable with pivoting - wether it’s due to our own personal evolutions and changes, or in response to the outer world, economy, and market. We all experienced a lot of pivoting a few years back when the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 virus took our wold by storm. In today’s episode, Amy invited her friend and community member, Maggie Batista, to come on the show and talk about pivoting in business. Maggie is someone who has been in business (offline and online) for decades and has lots of experience when it comes to following her heart/soul/inner voice to pivot. She's recently moved through a new pivot in her business - and since Amy’s Patreon community has as well, Amy wanted to have a conversation with her focused on pivoting. (Please note this conversation was initially recorded for the Patreon community’s private audio feed.)

 In this conversation we talk about:How Maggie has permissioned herself to pivot time after timeThe astrological and Human Design lenses that have supported her in pivotingMindsets and fears that have come up and how she's worked with them to find inner safety...and so much more!About Maggie: Maggie Battista is a writer, storyteller and intuitive. She started We Are Magic Studio to empower others to surface their soul and live intuitively, and recently launched a Storytelling Subscription to inspire others to connect to their own inner voice and made her popular Awaken Your Inner Voice Workshop available for download. Over the last decade, Maggie’s been finding a way back home to herself. In doing so, she stopped seeking external validation, broke free from anyone's expectations, and now takes inspired action in life and work from a place of peace and inner knowing. Maggie’s spent thousands of hours studying and practicing human design, astrology, soul center medicine, the Gene Keys, lunar living, anti-racism, decolonization, feminist business, alignment and intuition, breath work, manifestation, meditation, yoga, soul tarot, the Akashic records, dream study, the inner voice, journalism, writing and storytelling. Previously, Maggie launched some of the first internet start-ups; built engaged communities of millions; designed intentional, award-winning brands; and operated hospitality businesses here and in France. She’s written two books and is currently working on a memoir.

 Links to things we talk about in this episode: We Are Magic Studio: https://www.wearemagic.studio/ Awaken Your Inner Voice Workshop: https://www.wearemagic.studio/inner-voice Storytelling Subscription: https://hdly.me/maggie (all subscribers will get access to the workshop for free!)

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How to Pivot with Maggie Battista from We Are Magic Studio

Does it ever feel like you’re getting mixed signals from your intuition when you’re making plans in your business? If your answer is yes you’re definitely not alone. In this episode Amy dives into her own experience of this happening and her tried and true tool she uses to move through it. In this episode she dives into:How Amy works with the Three of Pentacles tarot card in her businessHow “parts work” might show up when we’re exploring our businesses needsAmy’s favorite tarot spread to use when we need some external information to help us make decisions in our businessA live tarot reading using the spread mentioned above!
 Support the show Join the Breathe Into Business Patreon to get access to monthly live breathwork events, the community Discord server, plus the private podcast feed with interviews, breathwork recordings, and more. Membership tiers are sliding scale $5-$33 per month.

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Getting unstuck in your business using tarot

Support the showJoin the Breathe Into Business Patreon to get access to monthly live breathwork events, the community Discord server, plus the private podcast feed with interviews, breathwork recordings, and more. Membership tiers are sliding scale $5-$33 per month.

To learn more about Amy and her work, head to amykuretsky.com

Experiments in "not-selling"

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