The Think Piece Podcast

The fear of hustling can actually be the thing that keeps your business from growth.

For business owners and other online denizens, time is a challenging needle to thread.

Learn what to do now to make the most of the end of the year, as well as how to harness the momentum of the moment to lay the groundwork for the year to come.

Whether you're trying to take more time off, get away from your computer, or clarify the scope of your client relationships, you must make a strong effort to define and communicate those needs and decide how you will support them.

Online course sales are down from their lockdown-era highs. Completion rates remain challenging, and engagement has dropped off. What can we do to revive online education?

Social media is a mess, ad conversions are down and costs are up, and SEO is collapsing under the weight of AI content. So, what is actually working in 2023?

Closing a successful product can feel like a failure. But what if it's exactly what you need to do to create the next step of your business?

Are you afraid of change? Did your first iteration of an offer sell so well that you haven’t had a reason to fix it? Are there shifts you’d like to make to the offer, but you’re worried if you do it will rock that boat of success you’ve built? When an offer is successful, making ... Read more Lessons From Three Years Of HBA

Vibes alone won’t create a successful business. Many online tarot readers, astrologers, and coaches saw a massive revenue increase in 2020 but steady declines since. Even more started new businesses during the boom as the pandemic pushed people online, but are now confused as to why their offers aren’t selling. Liz Worth is a tarot ... Read more Running an Online Tarot Business in 2022 with Liz Worth

Why do you want to grow your business? Is it because you have a specific revenue goal? A family to support, or dreams to fulfill? Something you’re saving towards, like a house, or debt you’re paying off? Or is it because you think you have to? Growth as a loose, undefined concept is everywhere. We’re ... Read more Small Business Degrowth

How do you choose the best day to launch? Maybe you look at your personal and business calendars, take into consideration the number of days you’ll need to promote, and schedule a launch date that works best for you. Perhaps you pull a few tarot cards to see the energies headed your way and when ... Read more Electional Astrology for Business Planning with ZamboniFunk

Confused about which online education model is actually going to lead to good results for both you and your client? Maybe you’ve set up a self-study course that you’re excited about, but few of your students are actually completing it. Or maybe you sold a traditional live online course in the past, with lifetime access ... Read more Choosing the Right Education Model

Is your membership business making you feel trapped, overwhelmed, and burnt out? Your membership was supposed to make life easier for you, not harder. But now you’re stuck doing more work than ever, you’re losing customers faster than you can replace them, and your membership is turning out to be unsustainable, unprofitable, and just not ... Read more How to Fix Your Membership

Are you burnt out from endless private sessions, or worried that clients are going to stop booking in this economic downturn? Great news: we have a solution for you. Memberships, which are courses, communities, or group coaching programs accessible through a paid subscription, can address your burnout, boost your income, and actually help more people. ... Read more Starting an Online Membership Business with Ward Sandler

Does your offer suck? You spent weeks developing a new offer that highlights your areas of expertise. You sat in front of your computer for hours in Canva designing graphics. You made a sales page and changed the link in your bio. You told your followers how excited you were about your new offer, and ... Read more Why No One Is Buying

It’s no secret that great branding is important to your business: it can save you valuable time and energy while quickly and effectively communicating your core values with your audience and boosting your sales. But what exactly does branding entail? And which parts of branding are actually important to focus on for small businesses? In ... Read more Values-Aligned Branding for Small Business with Christine Lieu

Four-day work weeks sound great in theory. Getting to work less and having three-day weekends every week? Who would say no to that? But as a small business owner, you probably have serious worries about being able to get everything done in a shorter amount of time. What about keeping your clients happy? Can you ... Read more Four-Day Work Weeks in Small Business

Capitalist ideology loves to promote the idea of business and entrepreneurship. Capitalist logic says, if your idea is innovative enough, if you work hard enough, if you discover all the right strategies—you’ll make it big. You’ll be rich. But when things aren’t quite so simple, you start questioning yourself. Your ideas, your products, your work ... Read more Subverting Capitalism in Small Business with Stephanie Najjar

Sales funnels can be intimidating, but at their core, they’re simple: a way for you to communicate with your ideal customers and give them all the information they need in order to make a buying decision. In this episode on the holistic business approach to sales funnels, business strategist and coach Sarah M. Chappell discusses ... Read more Sales Funnel Foundations

How do you want to run your business? On fear, exploitation, and the assumption that you and your employees are incompetent? Or on open communication, shared accountability, and ease? In this episode on the holistic business approach to project management, business strategist and coach Sarah M. Chappell breaks down how the early 20th century roots ... Read more Holistic Project Management