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We share how to earn online without chasing fame or virality, using UGC, thoughtful affiliate marketing, and flexible freelancing. Meg explains the anti-influencer method, step-by-step ways to land gigs fast, and how to build a resilient community and income stream you control.

• What anti‑influencer means and why it works
• Building community on Facebook without oversharing
• UGC vs influencer marketing and brand budgets
• Authentic affiliate picks that convert and scale
• Amazon on‑site and TikTok Shop requirements
• Getting started with UGC apps and portfolios
• Platform strategy across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube
• Posting cadence, batching, and creative cycles
• Freelancing for stable cash flow and skills
• Pitching with metrics and securing retainers
• Growing email lists and simple entry offers
• Free and paid community structure and value

The freebie is land a UGC gig in one day. You can find it on my TikTok. It’s in my link in bio. It’s like the first thing there.

https://www.tiktok.com/@megthecreator_

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We sit down with NYC broker Rebecca Blacker to unpack how candid video, clear advice, and a thoughtful team culture took her from zero listings to a 60M year while raising two kids. Expect tactical content ideas, mindset shifts, and a blueprint for sustainable growth.

• starting from zero with strategic studio videos and phone clips
• leaning into vulnerability to build trust and recall
• educational content that answers first-time buyer questions
• expanding from real estate to broader entrepreneurship topics
• why video outperforms static posts across platforms
• repurposing content without reinventing the wheel
• mixing humor with luxury brand positioning
• measuring success by pipeline, not vanity metrics
• evolving client base and niche clarity over time
• trust-first advising and long-term relationships
• setting boundaries, weekends off, and team leverage
• mentors as accelerators and how to find them
• where to follow Rebecca and join her newsletter

Please subscribe to our weekly newsletter on Blackerandread.com and follow @RebeccaBlacker for more stories, tips, and market insights

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I open up about the silent collapse behind a polished life: years of fatigue, weight gain without answers, surgery for benign tumors, and the slow climb back to energy. Tracing the beliefs that kept me quiet, the labs that finally told the truth, and the practices that made healing stick. 

• naming the mediator role 
• symptoms that didn’t fit the advice I kept hearing
• functional testing for cortisol, insulin resistance and thyroid
• targeted supplements and meds that finally moved the needle
• surgery for armpit lumps, biopsy choice and benign results
• slow weight loss, better sleep and returning capacity
• daily tools that helped: red light, sauna, grounding, hydrogen tablets
• advocating for care, pushing for labs and refusing dismissal
• gratitude for a patient partner and steady friends
• encouragement to seek help and stop minimizing my story

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We explore how to price with clarity, sell outcomes with confidence, and rebuild a healthy relationship with money so your business supports your life. Linda Hunt shares a simple pricing formula, mindset tools, and ways to lead without apology.

• Money as neutral mirror and relationship
• Minimum aligned price to stop burnout
• Packages that sell results not hours
• Counting non‑billable time and time off
• Speaking with authority through process and clarity
• Evolving your ideal client and niching
• Journaling to unwind money stories
• Peace as proof of alignment and worth
• Boundaries that protect quality and energy

Connect with Linda below:

https://www.sumsolutions.com/

She also has a book coming out! 

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We sit down with Megan Schwan, CEO of Sidekick Accounting Services, to turn financial overwhelm into simple, repeatable habits that build profit and peace. From clean accounts to confident pricing and tax planning, we map out practical steps you can use today.

• separating business and personal money to shift mindset
• reading profit and loss to guide decisions
• setting 40% gross margins and valuing time
• reframing profit as generosity and impact
• using conversion rates to focus marketing
• avoiding red flags with receipts and taxes
• adopting profit first cash flow habits
• building buffers, retirement, and high yield savings
• leaning on community, discernment, and grace

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Find Megan: chatwithmeg.com and Your Accounting Sidekick Facebook group

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We trade perfection for progress and show how authenticity, boundaries, and financial literacy fuel real confidence. Chantell Preston shares hard-won lessons on negotiation, self-care, and redefining success by season, not by title.

• embracing imperfection as a leadership advantage
• identifying innate strengths versus learned skills
• building confidence through compliments and small wins
• integrating work and life with clear priorities
• self-care as scheduled recovery, not a reward
• saying no, protecting time, and using a gut check
• practical negotiation tactics and countering offers
• reframing failure as feedback and pivoting fast
• validating your offer by solving real problems
• financial literacy, pricing value, and wealth habits
• WIN method for season-based priorities
• success as peace, energy, and legacy

Find and follow Chantell

https://www.chantellpreston.com/

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We explore how real confidence is built through self-talk, daily action, and vulnerability, and how a single risk—climbing Kilimanjaro—reshaped Simone Knego’s life. We share tools to quiet the what-if whisperer and model healthier confidence for the people we love.

• defining confidence as being the same person everywhere
• vulnerability unlocking connection and support
• self-talk that passes the best-friend test
• control alt delete mindset reset explained
• modeling confidence for our kids and clients
• Kilimanjaro lessons on grit and goal setting
• responding to critics with questions not defenses
• the REAL method for building confidence
• choosing positivity without toxic positivity
• getting comfortable with discomfort through reps
• podcasting with her daughter and what they learn
• new book launch, speaking, and where to find Simone

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I sat down today with USA Today bestselling author Cara Lockwood to unpack her breast cancer journey, the shock of diagnosis, choosing chemo in a gray zone, and losing a publisher mid-treatment while finding a sharper sense of purpose and humor. She shares how to support loved ones without platitudes, advocate for care, and rebuild identity after a double mastectomy.

• Cara’s “white room” diagnosis and emotional freefall
• Moving from shock to fight mode with journaling and humor
• What to say and what not to say to patients
• Advocacy, second opinions, and choosing your care team
• Chemo as an “insurance policy” amid ambiguous guidelines
• Getting dropped by a publisher and gaining perspective
• Glass balls versus rubber balls for focus and sanity
• Body image, identity, and giving yourself credit
• Practical guidance on screening, mammograms, and ultrasounds
• New project: Kiss Marry Kill and life after remission

Connect with Cara!

https://caratheauthor.com/

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Had the opportunity to chat with Shana and Vanessa of Budget Besties to turn the “B-word” from scary to simple, showing how a one-page plan and digital envelopes make money feel clear, kind, and doable. We also unpack theme days, automation, and dreaming with your partner so finances support real life.

• reframing budgets as permission to spend 
• celebrating year-end money wins and setting goals 
• data over drama mindset to reduce anxiety 
• the one-page budget: income, debts, bills, spending, savings 
• separate accounts as digital envelopes for clarity 
• automating transfers to make saving effortless 
• smoothing inconsistent income with a steady paycheck 
• budgeting on what is, then improving with guardrails 
• involving spouses to dream and decide as a team 
• time management with theme days and strategic focus 
• hiring, systems, and saying no to protect capacity

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The boot camp is for you. It’s for free and it comes after Christmas. budgetbesties.com/bootcamp
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We sit with strategist Chanda Coston to unpack how clarity, systems, and a faith-led mindset can turn overwhelm into freedom and create a legacy-focused business you actually enjoy. From sprints and SOPs to theme days and KPIs, we map a plan you can implement.

• who Chanda serves and why clarity matters
• the blueprint method, sprints, and hands-on execution
• structure as the path to freedom and capacity
• building a personal brand clients trust
• theme days, top three, and focus cycles
• KPIs, audits, and measuring what matters
• systems, SOPs, and simple tool stacks
• automate, delegate, eliminate for time back
• honoring seasons, boundaries, and off days
• non-negotiable goals that can still evolve
• coaching fit, therapy vs strategy, saying no

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Chanda 

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