The Get Paid Podcast: The Stark Reality of Entrepreneurship and Being Your Own Boss

People keep telling me they thought my mastermind, Get Paid Marketing, was mostly about just ads and funnels. It makes sense - that's what I'm known for!

But at the end of a recent GPM call, I asked my clients how they'd explain what ELSE this mastermind is.

If you're curious about this truly one-of-a-kind mastermind, join me at the Open House on November 2nd or book a sales call with me.

✳️ When you book by the end of the day on November 2, you get the early enrollment bonus: a one-hour, 1:1 funnel-building session with me and my Claude skills. Your call can happen after the 2nd, so long as you're scheduled by EOD on Nov 2nd. Mentioned in this episode:

• GPM Open House, November 2nd: clairepells.com/gpm

• Learn more about GPM and book a call: clairepells.com/getpaid

• DM me on Instagram if you hate the idea of getting on a call: instagram.com/clairepells 😆

• 📅 Get Paid Marketing open house: Monday, November 2nd at 1pm ET. Sign up at clairepells.com/gpm
• Book a call by November 2nd to qualify for a 1:1 done-with-you funnel build session if you join: clairepells.com/getpaid
• DM me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/clairepells

• Get Paid Marketing open house: Monday, November 2 at 1pm ET. Sign up at clairepells.com/gpm
• Book a call by November 2 to qualify for a 1:1 done-with-you funnel build session if you join
• 📅 Applications for Get Paid Marketing close Friday, November 6
• Book a call or learn more about Get Paid Marketing: clairepells.com/getpaid
• DM me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/clairepells

My evergreen webinar funnel was profitable for more than 12 months straight. Then it stopped, and the fixes I tried didn't bring it back. In the Open House I hosted for people interested in my mastermind, I explain what I got wrong, and why that exact funnel still works really well for other people.

You'll also hear why I'm thrilled about spending $72,627 on weekly webinars, and why the profit isn't the number I care about most. Then I do live coaching with a publisher whose webinars stopped bringing in clients, a nurse educator who doesn't know what to sell next, and an herbalist who's wondering if she's ready for ads at all.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Early application bonus: Book a call by November 2 to qualify for a 1:1 done-with-you funnel build session if you join Get Paid Marketing
• 📅 Applications for GPM close Friday, November 6
• Book a call or learn more about Get Paid Marketing: https://clairepells.com/getpaid
• Absolute FB Ads weekly webinar: https://go.clairepells.com/webinar-onead
• DM me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/clairepells

In May 2014, I made an ads-related mistake that literally cost me my job 72 hours later. It taught me the most expensive lesson of my career, and it's the one I still see business owners miss every day.

In this solo episode, I talk about what that lesson taught me and how it ties directly into the job you're probably already doing in your business that you were never trained to do. Mentioned in this episode:

• Get Paid Marketing open houses: Monday, October 26 and Monday, November 2, both at 1pm ET. Sign up at clairepells.com/gpm
• 📅 Applications for Get Paid Marketing close Friday, November 6
• Book a call or learn more about Get Paid Marketing: clairepells.com/gpm
• DM me on Instagram: instagram.com/clairepells

It's the final countdown! We're wrapping up registration for the Philly Funnel Sprint at midnight on Thursday, September 17th.

If you're still unsure if this 2-day in-person event is right for you, listen in to this quick episode and then send any additional questions to Claire directly at https://www.instagram.com/clairepells !

Here are the details again if you need them:

• 📅 Dates: October 19–20 (9am–5pm both days), with optional coffee & coaching Wednesday, October 21, 8–11am
• 📍 Venue: Ironworks in Bala Cynwyd, PA (just across the border from Philadelphia, across the river from Manayunk)
• 🏨 On-site hotel: Residence Inn at Ironworks, $229/night with the room block (15 rooms only)
• 💰 Investment: $497 for both days, or a payment plan of two payments of $277
• 📞 Pre-event call: Friday, October 2nd
• ⏰ Deadline: Thursday, September 17th, for the payment plan and to stay inside the hotel block cutoff
• 🎟️ Seats: 20 max, down to the final few as of this recording

Grab your ticket at https://clairepells.com/sprint

We're less than three weeks out from the September 17 deadline to grab your ticket for the Philly Funnel Sprint (the event itself is October 19–20). Questions have been coming in, so Claire is doing a rapid-fire FAQ episode to answer everything you might be wondering about before you book — from what time the workshop actually starts to what you need to have decided about your offer before you sit down on Monday morning.

If you've been thinking about coming but sitting on the fence, this is the episode that answers everything. And if you know you're coming, this is where you get all the logistics in one place.

• 📅 Dates: October 19–20 (9am–5pm both days), with optional coffee & coaching on Wednesday morning, October 21

• 📍 Venue: Ironworks in Bala Cynwyd, PA (right across City Line Ave from Philadelphia, across the river from Manayunk)

• 🏨 On-site hotel: Residence Inn at Ironworks, $229/night with our room block (only 15 rooms in the block)

• 💰 Investment: $497 for both days, or a payment plan of two payments of $277

• ⏰ Deadline: September 17th to book with the payment plan and stay inside the hotel room block cutoff

• 🎟️ Seats: 20 max. 10 already claimed as of this recording.

• What time does the workshop start and end each day?

• What's happening on Wednesday morning if I stay?

• Where exactly is the venue and what neighborhood is it in?

• Which airport should I fly into?

• Should I book the hotel block, an Airbnb, or something else?

• Which restaurants should I hit while I'm there?

• Is food included? What meals?

• What do I need to bring?

• Do I need a paid Claude account? Can I use ChatGPT instead?

• Is there a pre-event call — and what happens if I can't make it live?

• What if I have questions that are outside the scope of building a funnel?

• What's the refund and cancellation policy? Can I transfer my seat?

• How does the payment plan work?

• Do I need experience with ads?

• Do I need to have my offer built already before I come?

Register for the Philly Funnel Sprint →

Deadline for the payment plan and hotel block cutoff: September 17th.

Still have questions? DM Claire on Instagram @clairepells or email [email protected].

Now it's time to GET PAID.

This is part three of a three-part series. All three episodes are live now — listen in order.

Claire saved this one for last because she thinks it's the actual answer — for funnels, and for every other thing that's been sitting unfinished on your list. It's also the one nobody wants to admit.

This Week on the Get Paid Podcast:

• The reason your funnel is still sitting there — and it isn't time

• The exact point in every build where things quietly stop moving

• Why the last 10% is the part that never gets done

• What Claire finally changed after years of doing it the hard way

🎟️ Philly Funnel Sprint — October 19th & 20th

Two days, in person, in Philadelphia. You bring your actual business and your actual offer, and you leave with a finished funnel — not a template to customize later, not another video to watch. You build yours live in the room with Claire and Claude. Capped at 20 seats. Grab your ticket.

Mentioned in this podcast:

• Philly Funnel Sprint — clairepells.com/sprint

• Claire on Instagram — @clairepells

Now it's time to GET PAID

Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, head over to and subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Instagram, visit my website at clairepells.com for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media. Now, it's time to go get yourself paid.

This is part two of a three-part series. All three episodes are live now — listen in order.

Reason number two is the one Claire has thrown the most money at trying to solve. It worked, sort of. It also cost her months she's not getting back.

This Week on the Get Paid Podcast:

• The reason your funnel is still sitting there — and it isn't time

• The exact point in every build where things quietly stop moving

• Why the last 10% is the part that never gets done

• What Claire finally changed after years of doing it the hard way

🎟️ Philly Funnel Sprint — October 19th & 20th

Two days, in person, in Philadelphia. You bring your actual business and your actual offer, and you leave with a finished funnel — not a template to customize later, not another video to watch. You build yours live in the room with Claire and Claude. Capped at 20 seats. Grab your ticket.

Mentioned in this podcast:

• Philly Funnel Sprint — clairepells.com/sprint

• Claire on Instagram — @clairepells

Now it's time to GET PAID

Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, head over to and subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Instagram, visit my website at clairepells.com for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media. Now, it's time to go get yourself paid.

This is part one of a three-part series. All three episodes are live now — listen in order.

There are three reasons funnels don't get finished. Claire starts with the one she hears most — the one people say out loud, right before they say "I'll get to it next month."

This Week on the Get Paid Podcast:

• The reason your funnel is still sitting there — and it isn't time

• The exact point in every build where things quietly stop moving

• Why the last 10% is the part that never gets done

• What Claire finally changed after years of doing it the hard way

🎟️ Philly Funnel Sprint — October 19th & 20th

Two days, in person, in Philadelphia. You bring your actual business and your actual offer, and you leave with a finished funnel — not a template to customize later, not another video to watch. You build yours live in the room with Claire and Claude. Capped at 20 seats. Grab your ticket.

Mentioned in this podcast:

• Philly Funnel Sprint — clairepells.com/sprint

• Claire on Instagram — @clairepells

Now it's time to GET PAID

Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, head over to and subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Instagram, visit my website at clairepells.com for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media. Now, it's time to go get yourself paid.