We've been in business together for 8 years, and married through all of it. In this episode we're pulling back the curtain on the stuff most couples never admit: the screaming matches, the money wars, the night in Bali that changed everything for us, and the health scare that nearly ended it all.

Here's what we get into:

The New Year's Eve in Bali, and the plant medicine trip, that broke down 4 years of distrust in a single conversation.

"That's MY money" — the brutal money fight that nearly split us, and where it really came from.

How we watched overwork turn into an autoimmune disease, until Steph woke up one morning unable to feel her own body.

Too many chefs in the kitchen — why two alphas in one business is a recipe for disaster.

The "girl boss" movement, the ego, and the quiet distrust it planted in our marriage.

The jockey and the horse: the concept that changed how we pick what to build.

Why giving your partner feedback can blow up your business, and the rules we live by now.

If you're in business with your partner, or thinking about it, this is the episode for you.

And if you're a service business owner and you're tired of relying on referrals to keep your calendar full, go to startsuccessschool.com and book a free Scale Session with our team.

We'll look at your business, show you exactly where the gaps are, and map out what a fully booked pipeline looks like for you specifically.

You can also follow Tim and Steph over on Instagram at @timfrey__ (https://www.instagram.com/timfrey__/) and @stephgorton__ (https://www.instagram.com/stephgorton__/) for more content every week.

See you next Monday.

 In the last four years, we've earned over $10 million in our own business, and we're on track to do $4 to $5 million this year. 

Today, we’re covering  the five steps so that you can nail your offer, marketing, sales process, what the team needs to look like, and what reinvestment needs to look like to get you to that $1 million mark. 

You’ll hear:

0:00 - The client that went from $15k to $140k a MONTH in just 18 months

2:50 - The biggest lever they pulled to get there

4:08 - Why high-ticket offers make scaling to $1M much easier

9:44 - Organic content alone probably won’t get you to $1M..

16:19 - The key to nailing your sales process

19:49 - The hires that stop YOU becoming the bottleneck

28:27 - Outsourcing marketing (and why doing this too early could backfire massively)

30:52 - What reinvestment should look like if you’re committed to building a $1m business

33:03 - Common mistakes to avoid while you’re trying to build this!

Watch the YouTube version of the podcast here(https://youtu.be/HuDfoUupNlw).

If you're a service business owner and you're tired of relying on referrals to keep your calendar full, go to startsuccessschool.com and book a free Scale Session with our team.

We'll look at your business, show you exactly where the gaps are, and map out what a fully booked pipeline looks like for you specifically.

No fluff, no pitch fest. Just a real conversation about what's actually holding you back. We'd love to help you build something that actually works.

And if you got value from today's episode, make sure you hit follow wherever you're listening. It means the world to us and it helps more service business owners find the show.

You can also follow Tim and Steph over on Instagram at @timfrey__ (https://www.instagram.com/timfrey__/) and @stephgorton__ (https://www.instagram.com/stephgorton__/) for more content every week.

See you next Monday.

Back in the good old days, you could drop a link to your product, service or event in a Facebook group and get 400 leads.

Now? Not so much.

There is still a way to make lead magnets work though, and so many service businesses are missing the chance to bring leads into their world while they’re asleep.

So today, we’re talking about exactly that: how to run a lead magnet on paid ads, get it in front of the right people, and build the follow-up system that actually turns those leads into sales.

You’ll hear:

0:00 - Why the old way of getting leads stopped working, and what service businesses need instead

6:50 - How to turn your social media from random posting into an actual marketing system

10:57 - Why your content probably isn’t meant to generate all your leads directly

13:13 - How long-form content helps people trust you faster before they ever book a call

15:56 - The follow-up step most businesses skip after someone becomes a lead

18:08 - How to get in front of your ideal people (and no one is doing this yet!)

21:57 - How to give people clear next steps once they’re in your world

27:33 - Do low ticket offers still work?

29:23 - When high ticket offers can be easier to sell

33:30 - What you need in place first to get the lead magnet funnel running

34:21 - The content, email and sales mistakes you should avoid

Watch the YouTube version of the podcast here (https://youtu.be/4jk0RTW9SDk).

If you're a service business owner and you're tired of relying on referrals to keep your calendar full, go to startsuccessschool.com and book a free Scale Session with our team.

We'll look at your business, show you exactly where the gaps are, and map out what a fully booked pipeline looks like for you specifically.

No fluff, no pitch fest. Just a real conversation about what's actually holding you back. We'd love to help you build something that actually works.

And if you got value from today's episode, make sure you hit follow wherever you're listening. It means the world to us and it helps more service business owners find the show.

You can also follow Tim and Steph over on Instagram at @timfrey__ (https://www.instagram.com/timfrey__/) and @stephgorton__ (https://www.instagram.com/stephgorton__/) for more content every week.

See you next Monday.

It’s Q&A time again!

Today we’re answering the kinds of questions that usually come up when your business is making money… but you’re still not sure what’s working and how to get to the next level.

We’re chatting about ads, AI, client acquisition, getting stuck around 30k months and what moving to Thailand has done for both us and our business.

You’ll hear:

0:00 - Q1: I’m getting leads via Facebook Ads, how do I know if it’s worth it?

5:58 - Q2: Am I going to be left behind by not going hard with AI?

8:32 - Q3: How much should I expect to acquire a client for?

12:50 - Q4: Where do business owners get stuck when scaling from $20k to $100k months?

18:17 - Q5: How has moving to Thailand affected the business?

Watch the YouTube version of the podcast here (https://youtu.be/F9dYmwAWPK4).

If you're a service business owner and you're tired of relying on referrals to keep your calendar full, go to startsuccessschool.com and book a free Scale Session with our team.

We'll look at your business, show you exactly where the gaps are, and map out what a fully booked pipeline looks like for you specifically.

No fluff, no pitch fest. Just a real conversation about what's actually holding you back. We'd love to help you build something that actually works.

And if you got value from today's episode, make sure you hit follow wherever you're listening. It means the world to us and it helps more service business owners find the show.

You can also follow Tim and Steph over on Instagram at @timfrey__ (https://www.instagram.com/timfrey__/) and @stephgorton__ (https://www.instagram.com/stephgorton__/) for more content every week.

See you next Monday.

If your leads are taking longer to buy, this episode will probably explain why.

These are the 7 worst ways to sign clients.

Key moments:

0:00 - Why your marketing is great but you still might not be signing clients

3:17 - Email marketing

6:59 - SMS

8:03 - Google Ads

10:10 - Active Referral Pushes

13:38 - Organic social media marketing

18:43 - Meta ads

19:15 - Long form content

Watch the YouTube version of the podcast here (https://youtu.be/NIuMBo5rDZg).

If you're a service business owner and you're tired of relying on referrals to keep your calendar full, go to startsuccessschool.com and book a free Scale Session with our team.

We'll look at your business, show you exactly where the gaps are, and map out what a fully booked pipeline looks like for you specifically.

No fluff, no pitch fest. Just a real conversation about what's actually holding you back. We'd love to help you build something that actually works.

And if you got value from today's episode, make sure you hit follow wherever you're listening. It means the world to us and it helps more service business owners find the show.

You can also follow Tim and Steph over on Instagram at @timfrey__ (https://www.instagram.com/timfrey__/) and @stephgorton__ (https://www.instagram.com/stephgorton__/) for more content every week.

See you next Monday.

We flew to Miami to sit in a room with people doing $5M+ months.

Flights, mastermind fees, last-minute decisions… it ended up costing us close to $180,000 just to be there.

And within a couple of hours, we realised something: we’d been playing a much smaller game than we thought.

This episode is everything we learnt.

Watch the YouTube version of the podcast here (https://youtu.be/GhRQ5TFvPKE).

If you're a service business owner and you're tired of relying on referrals to keep your calendar full, go to startsuccessschool.com and book a free Scale Session with our team.

We'll look at your business, show you exactly where the gaps are, and map out what a fully booked pipeline looks like for you specifically.

No fluff, no pitch fest. Just a real conversation about what's actually holding you back.

Go to startsuccessschool.com and book your session now. We'd love to help you build something that actually works.

And if you got value from today's episode, make sure you hit follow wherever you're listening. It means the world to us and it helps more service business owners find the show.

You can also follow Tim and Steph over on Instagram at @timfrey__ (https://www.instagram.com/timfrey__/) and @stephgorton__ (https://www.instagram.com/stephgorton__/) for more content every week.

See you next Monday.

This is everything we’ve learnt about marketing, sales and leads from getting over 1 million podcast downloads brought down into 5 lessons that you can start implementing into your business asap.

And when our clients implemented these steps, one of them went from 35k follows on IG to 95k (and making $60k a month on average) and the other took his close rate from 30% to 60%.

If you want that to be you… Keep listening.

You’ll hear:

0:00 - The first lesson

07:12 - The second lesson

09:38 - The third lesson

14:43 - The fourth lesson

19:02 - The fifth lesson

Watch the YouTube version of the podcast here (https://youtu.be/YeEk0PUeWno).

If you're a service business owner and you're tired of relying on referrals to keep your calendar full, go to startsuccessschool.com and book a free Scale Session with our team.

We'll look at your business, show you exactly where the gaps are, and map out what a fully booked pipeline looks like for you specifically.

No fluff, no pitch fest. Just a real conversation about what's actually holding you back.

Go to startsuccessschool.com and book your session now. We'd love to help you build something that actually works.

And if you got value from today's episode, make sure you hit follow wherever you're listening. It means the world to us and it helps more service business owners find the show.

You can also follow Tim and Steph over on Instagram at @timfrey__ (https://www.instagram.com/timfrey__/) and @stephgorton__ (https://www.instagram.com/stephgorton__/) for more content every week.

See you next Monday.

What do four completely different businesses have in common when they start signing more clients, increasing revenue and finally feeling like things are working?

Today we are talking about 4 ladies in Success School who are absolutely killing it right now and are in entirely different industries. We’re talking about what they’re doing differently, what they’re focusing on and so much more.

You’ll hear:

0:00 - Our personal updates: What’s planned for our trip to the States 

4:11 - Client #1: 202% revenue growth

8:28 - Another example of a client making bank from workshops

10:47 - Client #2: From $13k to $38k a month and sold $100k on launch day

16:13 - Client #3: From $13k to $30k months and working LESS

20:53 - Client $4: 60% revenue growth in the last 3 months

Watch the YouTube version of the podcast here (https://youtu.be/v76eGWMVstE).

If you're a service business owner and you're tired of relying on referrals to keep your calendar full, go to startsuccessschool.com and book a free Scale Session with our team.

We'll look at your business, show you exactly where the gaps are, and map out what a fully booked pipeline looks like for you specifically.

No fluff, no pitch fest. Just a real conversation about what's actually holding you back.

Go to startsuccessschool.com and book your session now. We'd love to help you build something that actually works.

And if you got value from today's episode, make sure you hit follow wherever you're listening. It means the world to us and it helps more service business owners find the show.

You can also follow Tim and Steph over on Instagram at @timfrey__ (https://www.instagram.com/timfrey__/) and @stephgorton__ (https://www.instagram.com/stephgorton__/) for more content every week.

See you next Monday.

We’ve done Q&As before but never like this.

Today we opened up our question box to professional services, we’re talking law firms, medical clinics, accounting businesses, real estate agencies, skincare clinics… 

The best part about this episode is even if you’re not in one of these services - the advice is still relevant. And honestly might help give you an edge in your own niche.

You’ll hear:

0:00 - Our personal updates: our thoughts on going back to cities after island life + why we spent $75 on cherries

5:38 - Every time I get busy with clients, I have to stop marketing but when I finally have the time to fix it I don’t have any money… How do I break out of this cycle?

10:47 -  I have solid revenue but if one client left, it would hurt badly.  How do you build something more solid without blowing everything up? 

14:01 -  I tried running Meta ads last year, spent around $3k and got nothing. I really can't see how ads would work for a law firm. How is this relevant for us?

18:27 -  Some months my nurses are fully booked and other months, two of them barely have anything to do. I'm worried about not being able to keep them. Help.

21:58 -  I know I need to sort out my marketing, but every time I sit down I don't really know where to start. What should I focus on?

Watch the YouTube version of the podcast here (https://youtu.be/2_D9P58S9rA).

If you're a service business owner and you're tired of relying on referrals to keep your calendar full, go to startsuccessschool.com and book a free Scale Session with our team.

We'll look at your business, show you exactly where the gaps are, and map out what a fully booked pipeline looks like for you specifically.

No fluff, no pitch fest. Just a real conversation about what's actually holding you back.

Go to startsuccessschool.com and book your session now. We'd love to help you build something that actually works.

And if you got value from today's episode, make sure you hit follow wherever you're listening. It means the world to us and it helps more service business owners find the show.

You can also follow Tim and Steph over on Instagram at @timfrey__ (https://www.instagram.com/timfrey__/) and @stephgorton__ (https://www.instagram.com/stephgorton__/) for more content every week.

See you next Monday.

It’s that time again - we’re sharing everything we’re currently testing, trialling and learning in our 7 figure coaching business. That’s including what’s working, what’s not, what we’re doing with AI and even what we’re choosing to focus and spend our money on.

You’ll hear:

0:00 - Our personal updates: Creating a landing page with Claude and what Steph didn’t expect from starting IVF

10:09 - How we come to decisions quickly in business + how to not fall into the sunk cost fallacy

15:53 - What it’s like to work with an inhouse content creator on a daily basis

19:46 - We hired 3 new salespeople (why we hired them after swearing off a sales team last year and what’s been super challenging about it)

22:45 - VAs: what AI has taken over in our business and how we’ve transitioned our VA roles to make sure they upskill

24:26: We got a mac mini - everything Tim is getting AI to run independently for our business

Watch the YouTube version of the podcast here (https://youtu.be/cE2Idas7zV4).

If you're a service business owner and you're tired of relying on referrals to keep your calendar full, go to startsuccessschool.com and book a free Scale Session with our team.

We'll look at your business, show you exactly where the gaps are, and map out what a fully booked pipeline looks like for you specifically.

No fluff, no pitch fest. Just a real conversation about what's actually holding you back.

Go to startsuccessschool.com and book your session now. We'd love to help you build something that actually works.

And if you got value from today's episode, make sure you hit follow wherever you're listening. It means the world to us and it helps more service business owners find the show.

You can also follow Tim and Steph over on Instagram at @timfrey__ (https://www.instagram.com/timfrey__/) and @stephgorton__ (https://www.instagram.com/stephgorton__/) for more content every week.

See you next Monday.