Is your pricing model hindering your growth? — I was giddy when I read the offer email. I imagined taking 3-day weekends, leaving the office at lunchtime, and sleeping in. This was my first salaried job — an editor at a small weekly newspaper. The paper had no requirements for the number of hours I worked. As long…

With a few tips snuck in there as well :-) Have you ever been on a call when a client asks about the new trendiest marketing buzzword. “Do you have any experience with the POS Formula? [IM guru] presented at the [Expensive Exclusive Mastermind] meeting last week and added another…

“Hmmmmmmm….” is what Chris Orzechowski said when I shared my brilliant new name for the Get More Clients Masterclass. “See I was thinking, More Clients Masterclass, that’s MCMC, or MC². And Clients = energy, so we could do a whole E=mc² formula theme for the copy!” I love a clever…

When I tell people that I’ve volunteered in disaster response for over 20 years, I either get an eye roll or a look of confusion. At 35 years old, it seems unlikely. I went on my first mission trip when I was 12 years old and continued traveling with my Dad until Hurricane Sandy hit in 2012 and I started traveling on missions on my own. I’ve worked inside the homes of hundreds of disaster victims — in the uber-conservative Bible Belt…

I couldn’t take it any more and this weekend, I did something I haven’t done since college. I cut and colored my own hair. It wasn’t as disastrous as I’d feared, but I miss my stylist Cristy more than I miss most family members. …

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Does it feel like you were FINALLY making progress on your business, finally starting to get a handle on this freelancing thing? And then someone changed all the rules. Over the last several days, I’ve received nearly 100 messages from freelancers who have no idea what to do now. All…

This week, Forbes released the list of top-earning podcasts. Not surprisingly, The Joe Rogan Experience podcast topped the list, bringing in an estimated $30 million in 2019 alone. With 190 million downloads per month, JRE has consistently held the top spot on Apple. But why? JRE goes against just about…

I remember when New Year’s Resolutions were a given. Like giving up a vice for lent, or a gratitude recitation at Thanksgiving, no one questioned the idea of starting the new year with a declaration of ambition. Working out, working on yourself, or even working less were common. Then a…