Episode 036: Chamber of Commerce

Did you do last week’s challenge? If you did, then gosh golly you’re a swell person and a good egg! Last week, we took up the task of sending gifts to our favorite-ist clients ever! Granted, we were SUPER late on the challenge. However, a good gift never goes out of style and they’re appropriate to give any time of the year! I sent out a variety of gifts to my clients over…

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Episode 035: Gift Giving For Your Clients

We’re very, very late… We know. We’re super late with this episode. Dear reader and listener, it’s my fault! I was traveling through the South and, well, I got waylayed by my own sense of notgonnadothethingIshouldbedoing. Life is hard when you’re on the road and admittedly I dropped the ball on you and my Pod-partner…

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Episode 034: Write a Blog Post

Last week’s challenge: Prepare for the End of Year We’re zooming right along to the end of the year and our weekly challenge was to get ready for it. Natalie got her 2019 planning books in order to begin her campaign for the next years’ shenanigans and categorized all her expenses. Natalie and I both…

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Episode 033: End of Year Preparations

small business end of year preparation

Last week’s challenge: Nourish Yourselves Did you take care of yourself this week? Well, you were supposed to! Nat and I challenged you, our listeners, to take better care of yourself by doing one thing a little bit better than you normally do. Our challenge for you was to be more mindful over what you…

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Episode 030: Have a Plan

Last week’s challenge: Create a New Revenue Stream During last week’s challenge, we looked at trying to find new ways to squeeze money out of our businesses. I looked at doing a workshop for small business hours to build out a simplified business website. Natalie initially thought about doing a cotton candy company. Definitely out…

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Episode 029: Create A New Revenue Stream

Last week’s challenge: Volunteer Your Time or Donate to a Good Cause Volunteering. It’s a great public service to donate your time and money to worthy non-profit causes. Nat and I already volunteer our time to a pair of local organizations such as Girl Develop it and also the SBDC (Small Business Development Center). So…

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Episode 028: Giving Back

Last week’s challenge: Get Physical. Natalie goes to FreeCon (Freelance Conference) and Alex grapples with the fact no one wants to hear him talk. Last week’s challenge was all about self-care of the rigorous variety. I re-dedicated myself to a CrossFit gym I joined earlier in the year. I’ve been feeling down and out the…

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Episode 027: Lets Get Physical

Last week’s challenge: Competitor Analysis. Just really quickly, we’re a fan of Katie’s Cupcakes. It’s where I bought Nat’s challenge failure cakes. Last week we challenged you (and ourselves) to do competitor analysis. We each chose three different competitors. Natalie’s analysis noticed that no blog posts were getting published by her competitors, very little social…

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