Growing Steady | Intentional Creative Business Podcast

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185 - What does practicing “enough” look like? Nov 16, 2023

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After about 5 minutes of research, we realized we *thought* we’d recorded a podcast episode on the idea of practicing “enough,” but alas, we had not done that. We’ve talked about it here and there in a few other eps, but we wanted to have an entire conversation about enough because it’s been so impactful for us.

We’re going to walk you through our MMM Number and Enough Number exercises. We’ll talk about what an Enough Mindset can do to help you make day-to-day decisions. And, we’ll go through the mental exercises we’ve done to fight our urges to want more while still striving for growth and goals that evolve as our lives evolve.

Hope you enjoy this episode and we’ll be back in early 2024 with… maybe… a new show name and podcast art?? MAYBE!

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184 - One year of living in Portugal (pros and cons!) Nov 09, 2023

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In this episode, we’re going to chat about the pros and cons of living in Portugal, the biggest differences to the U.S., as well as a handful of lessons learned.

We’re also going to talk through a few categories, like our home and neighborhood, making friends, the food, the pace of life, all the admin crap when you move to a new country, as well as the healthcare system and more! This is a BIG OLE ep and we’re trying to give you our honest thoughts and feelings.

Whether you want to move to a new country or not, we hope this episode inspires you to add some adventure into your life and jump at an opportunity to take a risk and grow as a person!

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✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

183 - Simplifying your business (part 2!) Nov 02, 2023

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We know that running a business can sometimes feel overwhelming, with countless tasks, offers, and marketing strategies to juggle. That's why we're here to help you simplify and streamline your business so you can focus on what truly matters!

We also share our own experiences and perspectives on simplification, including how we developed frameworks and made difficult decisions about our own business. We provide practical tips on auditing your channels, evaluating tasks, and documenting processes. If you're ready to streamline your business for greater efficiency and mental well-being, tune in and apply the takeaways we share this week.

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🔗 Calm Business Confidential:

👨🏻‍🦲 Jason’s pick: Kate Brunotts (Audio Producer)

If you have a calm business you think we should talk about, send us an email and share it!

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✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

182 - Fall launch recap: Our best launch ever! Oct 26, 2023

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We open enrollment for our coaching program twice per year and have done so for the past four years. We love sharing the launch recaps to give you the good, the bad, and any lessons/takeaways that might help you with your next launch.

We don’t use paid ads, and we aren’t on social media, yet this enrollment period saw the highest amount of customers in our business history! How’d we do it? Listen to hear all about it!

[00:02:14] Do you listen to launch recap podcasts? Send em to us.

[00:03:18] Launch breakdown, goals, numbers, sales, MRR, affiliates, final thoughts.

[00:07:19] Time for an episode on lifetime pricing?

[00:11:23] Excitement and energy increased sales in spring.

[00:12:27] 10,538 email list size with 10-person increase, targeted launch for business owners transitioning to digital products.

[00:18:14] Jen Carrington's case study brought us success and gratitude.

[00:21:36] The total net revenue and our 90% survey response rate.

[00:28:40] No social media or paid ads. Email, website, affiliates only.

[00:32:27] Entrepreneur avoids pressure and starts teaching baking.

[00:34:50] Calm business confidential!

[00:38:27] US podcast episode? Differences, portions, candy excitement.

👋 Are the episode timestamps helpful? Let us know!

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🔗 Calm Business Confidential:

👩🏻‍🦰 Carol’s pick: Chef Amanda Schonberg of Chef Schonberg Sweets | @bakingforbusiness (Professional Baker and Course Creator)

If you have a calm business you think we should talk about, send us an email and share it!

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✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

181 - 30-day content challenge stats + lessons learned Oct 19, 2023

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The Calm Business Encyclopedia project reached its finish line and we’re equal parts excited and exhausted 😂. As with any big, DAILY, content project, the repetitive nature of it can wear you down. While we are a bit worn down, we’re also stoked to have a great resource out into the world to help online business owners (and our own biz!)

We go through the nitty-gritty of how many views our 26 videos have gotten so far, the 21% YouTube surprise, how many people converted from our quiz lead magnet, our website stats, AND the number of direct new conversions to our WAIM Unlimited program. This project wasn’t about the initial stats, but they are fun to share.

Lastly, we go through some final takeaways, some FEEEELINGS, things we would’ve changed, and future steps we want to take. You get all of those in this ep!

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/181

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🔗 Calm Business Confidential:

No calm biz confidential this week as the episode went a bit long and we wanted to save it for a shorter one next week.

If you have a calm business you think we should talk about, send us an email and share it!

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✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

180 - Simplifying your business Oct 12, 2023

Show notes

This week, we wanted to record an episode about simplifying your business, but also share how we look at a topic that might become one of our coaching sessions or a bigger article/video.

If you like hearing how the proverbial sausage is made then you are going to LOVE this one! We walk through how we take an idea and concept and break it down, answer our own questions, and create frameworks that we can teach.

We hope you learn something that you can apply to whatever skill you teach people AND some business simplification tips! Also, maybe a few walrus bucks or muffin hair laughs??

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/180

🔗 Calm Business Confidential:

👩🏻‍🦰 Carol’s pick: Delphine of Just-Patterns.com(digital pattern-maker)

👨🏻‍🦲 Jason’s pick: Julien Nahum of NoteForms (Notion form software)

AND, if you have a calm business you think we should talk about, send us an email and share it!

179 - What're we doing with coaching in 2024? Oct 05, 2023

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We have this phrase around the WAIM office (aka our living room) that’s the “Straddling Strategist.” It’s the idea that so many people are straddling between two ideas or two businesses and can’t quite go all-in on either.

This week, we share a pretty big update as it’s the future of our focus in our work!

We sat down last week and had a 3-hour brainstorming meeting that resulted in coming to a decision about our monthly coaching plans for WAIM Unlimited (our un-boring coaching program) AND our small side business Teachery (an online course platform).

In this ep, we share all the conversations we had and how we’re embracing feeling like JCVD straddling those semi trucks! We’re excited about “Project ALL-IN” in 2024 and hope you’re excited to go along on the ride with us.

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/179

🔗 Calm Business Confidential:

👩🏻‍🦰 Carol’s pick: John D Saunders of johndsaunders.co(entrepreneur and agency founder)

👨🏻‍🦲 Jason’s pick: No biz this month as “his dog ate his homework.”

AND, if you have a calm business you think we should talk about, send us an email and share it!

178 - 4 lessons for your next big project Sep 28, 2023

Show notes

Last week, we announced one of our biggest content projects to date, the Calm Business Encyclopedia: 26 YouTube videos and articles that are an A-Z guide to helping you build a more predictable, profitable, and peaceful business.

This week, we wanted to reflect on a few of the biggest takeaways we learned while taking on this monster of a project. Things like acceptance of how we work, the importance of extra project time, finding your motivators, and ignoring what other people are doing!

We hope this episode is helpful and gives you some useful insights for whatever you’re working on next.

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/178

🔗 Calm Business Confidential:

We want to hear from YOU! Are you enjoying this segment of our show? This is the week to send us an email and let us know.

AND, if you have a calm business you think we should talk about, send us an email and share it!

177 - Introducing…Calm Business Encyclopedia! Sep 21, 2023

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After 5 weeks of hard work, we’re excited to announce our big content project! While it might not look like much in the first few days as we’re releasing content daily, after 26 days it will be a rich library (heyo!) of information to help you build a more predictable, profitable, and peaceful business.

In this episode, we talk about getting to the first finish line of the Calm Business Encyclopedia. But, that first checkered flag is only one of many and we still have a ways to go.

How have our emotions changed throughout this project? And what are we hoping this project does for us? We talk about these things and much more!

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/177

🔗 Calm Business Confidential links mentioned in the episode:

Jason’s pick: Holger Sindbaek of WorldofCardGames.com and Online-Solitaire.com (web games)

Carol’s pick: Khe Hy of RadReads (productivity guy/mentor)

If you have a calm business you think we should talk about, send us an email and share it!

176 - How we got out of the "video mud" by ignoring the blueprints Sep 14, 2023

Show notes

PHEW! We made it out of the “video mud” we were stuck in last week and we have a solid plan of action moving forward for recording 26 YouTube videos.

In this episode, we talk about finally getting into a groove, the power of doing something YOUR way (not following a blueprint), how to get a jolt of momentum in a big project, and why you can feel creative restlessness when you’ve been running your business for a few years.

Tune in to future episodes for updates and on September 18, our 26 days 😉 of content will start being published!

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/176

🔗 Calm Business Confidential links mentioned in the episode:

Carol’s pick: Gabby Beckford of Packs Light (travel digital creator)

Jason’s pick: Arushi Sachdeva and Chaman Raj of Dohful Cookies (e-commerce business 🍪

If you have a calm business you think we should talk about, send us an email and share it!

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✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

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