Episode 036: Chamber of Commerce
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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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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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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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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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Last week’s challenge: Update Your Branding Last week we turned the microscope on ourselves and updated our branding for our businesses. I did this challenge by reaching out to a talented and skilled friend. But even before that, I took to a marketplace (Fiverr) to get some initial concepts. I got about four in total, spent about…
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Last week’s challenge: Have a Plan Natalie and I challenged our listeners to Have a Plan. Creating a plan helps us to not stress out about the things we have to do each and every day. Natalie is a natural at planning but she still derived value from last week’s challenge. She was able to,…
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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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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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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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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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