Staying Solo | Business Strategy for Service Providers, Creatives and Consultants

Is your business a little slow? Do you need better leads? Or you're just plain sick of the marketing you're doing?

This episode is for you as we'll be talking about fresh ways to find clients, and why this is not the time to be relying on the magic of client attraction.

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Have you ever thought you weren't good at sales? Or that you're missing some secret sales strategy?

In this episode, we're digging into some of the terrible takes on sales I've seen lately and the alternatives, and how sales as an industry is designed to mess with you.

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Have you ever been lying in bed and thought about what would happen to your business if you were unable to work? Or if you suddenly had to take time off? I know I sure have, and whenever I think about it, I don't always have clear answers to those questions. That's why in this episode, we're talking to Julee Yokoyama about covering your ass in your business and how to plan for the unexpected.

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You're probably already doing strategy work in your business, but you're not getting paid for it. Or you've got strategy offers and you feel like they're not quite right or you're struggling to sell them. No matter what's going on with selling strategy in your business, I've got you. In this episode, I'm diving into everything I've learned from my Sell the Strategy offer and what you need to consider if you want to start selling strategy.

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As a business owner, sometimes you get a feeling. Like you're missing something. Or like things can't be this simple. I'm here to tell you that feeling may be lying to you. In this episode, we're looking at some places where BS sneaks into our business and very practically how to deal with it, as everyday actions are what makes all the difference in building a sustainable service business.

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So many of the business strategies and tactics that we're taught feel overwhelming. Like we need to learn something new and start over. But what if we didn't need to constantly add new things and simply would build on the foundation we already have? In this episode, we're diving into how to actually build a service business that's sustainable and cutting through all the BS around scale. I'm sharing key questions to ask, the problem with overconfidence, and how the secret of sustainability really lies in small, simple changes.

Get the inside scoop right here: smallbusinessboss.co/sustainability-for-service-business

Scaling your business is seen as the ultimate goal for every online business owner. As the saying goes, if you're not scaling, you're failing".

In this episode, I'm digging into the cult of scale, including why scaling isn't all it's cracked up to be and how the relentless quest for scale is doing more harm than good for many of us.

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Working with clients one-on-one gets a bad rap in online business circles, and honestly, I really hate it. In this episode, I'm talking about why working one-on-ones is not at all what the celebrity entrepreneurs make it out to be, along with how and why I STILL work with clients one-on-one and have no plans to stop anytime soon.

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Inflation. Recession. There's no escaping talk of an economic downturn but how do you separate fact from fiction? How do you know what's just hype designed to make you buy? And what's actually helpful? And most of all, what do you really need to know? In this episode, we're getting real about a recession with a look at the actual numbers, the complete BS the online business world is currently spinning, and what you can do in your business so you're prepared.

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For many of you, you're heading into summer, and you may be wondering how you're going to juggle everything for the next two months. In this episode, we're going to talk about how to create your Summer Action Plan, including five boundaries to set! Even if it's not summer for you as you're down under, you'll still find some helpful ideas for setting and managing boundaries when you work with clients.

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