I’m a firm believer in transparency around the way my business (and this podcast) makes money. 

So in today’s episode, I’m opening up the books to give you the cold, hard / warm, soft facts of how much money I’ve made from this show and exactly how I’ve made it.

If you've ever wanted a peek behind the scenes of Off the Grid strategy, you'll definitely want to tune in & hear:

• How I’ve grown the Off the Grid audience
• Real dollar amounts & download stats for the pod
• Which offerings make the most money and why
• The big failure of a VIP Day I launched last spring
• Tips for how you can apply these lessons to your own business and/or podcast

👋 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

❊ Rebel Archetype Assessment from Meg Kissack

❊ Standout Reinventions series on Substack from Kevin Chung

❊ Enter to win a free monthly website review from Ana Luísa

❊ 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

Sometimes, we learn through trial and error, babes. 

Last season I was optimistic about what Pinterest could do for my small business. So I invested a little time, a lot of effort, and a few thousand dollars into pins on the platform.

But after giving it a go… I have some new thoughts. 

Tune in for my freshest take on the effectiveness of Pinterest as a small business marketing strategy, including:

• The data from my personal experience with paid Pinterest ads
• How Pinterest is morphing into a social media platform
• The price leap oversight in my strategy
• The importance of keeping an experimental mindset

👋 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

❊ Rebel Archetype Assessment from Meg Kissack

❊ Standout Reinventions series on Substack from Kevin Chung

❊ Enter to win a free monthly website review from Ana Luísa

❊ 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 taking on everybody’s favorite marketing strategy and we’re not holding back!

If you’re an online business owner, you’re probably familiar with content marketing. It’s everywhere, and we get it…sometimes it’s effective. But also…is it really?

In this episode, I unpack ten reasons content marketing isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and I share lots of ideas for what you can do instead.

Tune in to hear more about:

• What content marketing is & why people love it
• How content marketing takes over our time & devalues our work
• Why we need to step back from over-giving & learn how to sell our offerings
• Common issues with social media, lead magnets & SEO

👋 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

❊ Rebel Archetype Assessment from Meg Kissack

❊ Standout Reinventions series on Substack from Kevin Chung

❊ Enter to win a free monthly website review from Ana Luísa

❊ 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 two of Off the Grid! To kick things off, this week we’re diving into the emotional depths of breaking ties with social media. Turns out, it’s a process.

Tune in to hear more about:

• The stages of grieving that come before the stages of leaving
• Our 5 stages of leaving: burn out, content creation, return to human pace, loving it + relationship renewal
• The magic that can happen when the space currently filled with social media is free again
• My personal experience of loneliness setting in two years after leaving social media

Know someone who’s thinking of taking the leap? Share this episode with them! 👋 And if you're thinking of leaving yourself, make sure to download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit!

🌈 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

❊ Rebel Archetype Assessment from Meg Kissack

❊ Standout Reinventions series on Substack from Kevin Chung

❊ Enter to win a free monthly website review from Ana Luísa

❊ 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 can we release ourselves from the outer forces, inner voices, and productivity gurus driving us toward more-more-more? 

And when we do choose another path, how do we set up our work so that we actually bring our dreams to life — without getting lost in ambiguity, confusion or overwhelm?

In this episode, I’m joined by grace allerdice, my friend, mentor + co-teacher of our upcoming course Living Systems. Together we discuss how we live + work in alignment with our internal rhythms, energetic capacities + ever-changing seasons.

We dive deep into:

• Creating systems where we can’t help but flourish
• The difference between productivity culture (boo) + regenerative systems (yay)
• How to identify + resolve friction points in your work
• The foundational, resilient, clarifying power of the Earth element
• Why we love Projects + how Projects help us bring our purpose to life

This episode is for anyone who wants to do life, work + business your way, and needs support figuring out what your way really is. 🌱
 

Links & resources—

• Want to get on the mailing list for Living Systems? Sign up for messages 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

❊ Rebel Archetype Assessment from Meg Kissack

❊ Standout Reinventions series on Substack from Kevin Chung

❊ Enter to win a free monthly website review from Ana Luísa

❊ 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 does leaving social media look like when you’re used to using it for collaboration & business growth? And is it really possible for coaches and service providers to find new clients offline?

In this episode, I’m joined by D’Ana Joi, a coach for multi-passionate creatives. Together we discuss our journeys leaving Instagram and embracing more aligned ways of creating community and growing our businesses.

We dive deep into:

• The fears that come up when you think about leaving social media
• All the ways your creative energy returns once you get offline
• How Joi finds coaching clients without social media — and exactly how many she’s booked since she left IG with the help of Off the Grid!
• The joy of creating organic community in your daily life & work

This episode is great if you’re considering leaving social media, but aren’t sure that the benefits will outweigh the drawbacks. Tune in for a big ole permission slip to do business your way. 🎟

Links & resources—

• 👋 Ready to get your business off social media? Download your free Leaving Social Media Toolkit
• 💌 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

❊ Rebel Archetype Assessment from Meg Kissack

❊ Standout Reinventions series on Substack from Kevin Chung

❊ Enter to win a free monthly website review from Ana Luísa

❊ 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

The season one finale is here! In this episode, Amelia answers more of your questions about leaving social media & wraps up the first season of Off the Grid. 

Tune in to hear her respond to Qs like— 

• What are your daily log-on & log-off procedures?
• Does your Human Design impact your relationship with social media?
• How can I get support when I like to have control?
• How do you launch a business without social media?

Links & resources—

• 👋 Ready to get your business off social media? Download your free Leaving Social Media Toolkit
• 💌 Want a gorgeous email service provider with easy segmentation options? Use my affiliate link to get 50% off your Flodesk subscription
• 🃏 Need help stopping the scroll? Use the code OFFTHEGRID for 10% off the Instead deck from Inner Workout
• 🌈 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

❊ Rebel Archetype Assessment from Meg Kissack

❊ Standout Reinventions series on Substack from Kevin Chung

❊ Enter to win a free monthly website review from Ana Luísa

❊ 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

The moment has finally arrived! In this two-part episode, Amelia answers your questions about leaving social media. 

Tune in to hear her respond to Qs like— 

• How do you deal with the FOMO of being off socials?
• What do I do if I ghosted my social media followers?
• Are things like Pinterest and LinkedIn social media?
• Are there points where it makes sense for a business to leave social media?

Get your Qs answered then check back next week for part two! ✌️

Links & resources—

• 👋 Ready to get your business off social media? Download your free Leaving Social Media Toolkit
• 💌 Want a gorgeous email service provider with easy segmentation options? Use my affiliate link to get 50% off your Flodesk subscription
• 📖 Looking for your next read? Check out our curated list of books to help you reimagine your relationship with technology
• 🌈 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

❊ Rebel Archetype Assessment from Meg Kissack

❊ Standout Reinventions series on Substack from Kevin Chung

❊ Enter to win a free monthly website review from Ana Luísa

❊ 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’re back behind-the-scenes, babe! In this episode, Amelia revisits Softer Sounds’ top ten marketing practices to update us on what’s going great & what’s not working anymore.

Tune in to hear about— 

• The difference between marketing and sales
• Shifting your marketing focus from growth to nurturing
• How direct sales, SEO, online communities, lead magnets, free workshops, paid ads & podcasts are working for Softer Sounds
• Why we quit Pinterest ads (…for now)

Then, please share this episode with a friend! And let us know what marketing channels & strategies are working (or not working) for you lately.

Links & resources—

• 👋 Ready to get your business off social media? Download your free Leaving Social Media Toolkit
• 💌 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

❊ Rebel Archetype Assessment from Meg Kissack

❊ Standout Reinventions series on Substack from Kevin Chung

❊ Enter to win a free monthly website review from Ana Luísa

❊ 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