Behind the Design
By Olivia Austin
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Behind the Design is a podcast for ambitious designers and creatives ready to move beyond inconsistent income, overworking, and playing small and into a more refined, scalable, and sustainable business and life. Hosted by Olivia Austin, brand strategist and business mentor, the show goes behind the scenes of what it actually takes to build a high-performing creative business through smarter offers, confident pricing, streamlined systems, and the mindset required to scale without burnout. This is the gateway into The Studio Co., where clarity, leverage, and long-term growth begin.
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162. The Revenue Streams I Added This Year, What's Next and Why My Business Is Changing
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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161. Farm Life, Three Kids, and a Thriving Business with Sydney Walden
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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160. Standards to Stay Grounded During Tough Seasons of Life & Business
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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159. No Episode This Week, But Here's Something Better!
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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158. The Marketing Advice Designers Actually Need Right Now
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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157. 10 Lessons That Changed My Life (Birthday Reflection)
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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156. The 4 Reasons Designers Stay in The Feast-or-Famine Cycle
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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155. Why Your Design Studio Isn't Scaling
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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154. Why Slow Seasons Are the Best Time to Grow Your Studio
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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153. The Part-Time CEO Playbook: How to Scale Without Burning Out with Shay from Bucketlist Bombshells
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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152. The Hidden Costs of Being Flexible With Clients
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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151. Motherhood, $15k Projects & a 3-Day Workweek
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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150. Why You Slow Down Right Before a Breakthrough
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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149. Behind the Scenes of $300k-$500k Design Studios
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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148. The Truth About $30K Months, Solo Scaling, and Building a Studio That Fits Your Life With Kenzi Green
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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147. The Metrics Every High-Performing Studio Owner Must Track in 2026
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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146. The real reason your studio isn't growing & how to fix it in 2026
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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145. This is the next chapter of Behind the Design & it's bigger than business
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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144. What's Holding You Back From Hitting Six Figures as a Brand & Website Designer?
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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The High-Paying Client Method: Free Live Training for Designers Ready to Scale
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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143. Freelancer vs. CEO Energy: Which One Are You Running Your Business With?
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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142. This One Simple Change Doubled My Revenue
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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141. Why $10K Months Aren’t the Goal and What to Aim For Instead
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May 28, 2025 |
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140. Motherhood First, Business Second: Navigating the Identity Shift & What Motherhood Taught Me About Business
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May 21, 2025 |
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139. It’s Not Luck—It’s Mindset: The Habits Behind High Achievers
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May 02, 2025 |
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138. No More Crickets: How To Turn Inquiries Into high-paying Projects
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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137. Push, Pull, Pivot: Reflecting on Q1 & Planning for What’s Next
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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136. 5 Habits That Have Changed My Life as a Busy Mom and Business Owner
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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135. The Founder's Ultimate Tools & Tech Guide
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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134. Your Future Studio: What’s Possible in the Next 6 Months?
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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133. Best Practices to Invest Time, Energy & Resources Towards Your Future in 2025
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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132. Identify & Overcome Your Biggest Blocks to Scaling
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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131. Balancing Motherhood, Business, and Identity: Overcoming Guilt, Burnout, and Finding Your Focus
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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130. Scaling Your Design Studio: The Missing Piece to Predictable Growth
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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129. 2025 Planning To Transform Your Life and Business
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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128. Separating Self-Worth from Business Success
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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127. Thrive in 2025: 2 Key Areas to Focus on for a Stronger Studio
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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126. 5 High Performance Habits to Elevate Your Creativity & Long-Term Success
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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125. Secure Your Cash Flow: A Simple Payment Structure to Get Paid on Time and Forecast Your Revenue
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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124. Working with High-Profile Clients, Providing Exceptional Service & Empowering Your Team with Audrey Saccone
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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123. Achieving More by Working Less: My Part-Time Strategy for Productivity and Peace
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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122. The 3 Essential Components to Onboarding That Set Your Design Project Up for Success
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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121. Regaining Momentum: 4 Ways to Bounce Back After a Slow Season
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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120. Beyond the Milestones: 7 Lessons After 7 Years of Entrepreneurship
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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119. Behind the Scenes of My First Course Launch: Key Lessons & Game-Changing Tweaks for Next Time
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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118. Work Less, Earn More: The Essential Steps to Make It Happen
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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117. 5 Pillars of a Multi-Six Figure Design Studio
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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116. 3 Things Holding You Back From 6 Figures as a Brand & Website Designer
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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115. The Key to Your First $100k Year, Quarter or Month as a Brand & Website Designer
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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114. 5 things I'm doing differently this maternity leave & mistakes I made last time
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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113. Q2 Review & Q3/Rest of Year Planning to Thrive in Business & Life
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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112. 4 Time Management Tips for Busy Entrepreneurs That Will Change Your Life
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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111. 5 Mindset Shifts That Doubled My Revenue Last Month
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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110. Expand Your Design Career With Personal Branding
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May 29, 2024 |
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109. Using PR to Expand Your Small Business Impact & Prioritizing Relationships with Kelsey Ogletree
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May 23, 2024 |
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108. Untapped Gold: Maximizing Profits with Retainer-Based Design Strategies
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May 16, 2024 |
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107. How to Take a Paid Maternity Leave (or Extended Vacay) as a Creative Entrepreneur with Linzay Davis
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May 08, 2024 |
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106. Daily Life of an Artist, Romanticizing Your Life Through Creativity & Following Your Intuition with Nicole Goldfarb
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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105. 5 Reasons Why Your Clients are Stalling Brand & Website Design Projects
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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104. Simplifying Your Creative Services, Staying in Your Creative Genius & Becoming a New Mom with Angela Mondloch, Saffron Avenue
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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103. Create a Customized Growth Strategy for Your Best Quarter Yet
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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102. Lead Generating Ads for Beginners, Using AI in Your Agency & Stepping Up As a Leader with Kay Allen-Car
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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101. Elevate Your Process & Increase Profitability with ClickUp
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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100. Understanding Intellectual Property and Protecting Your Business with IP Attorney, Paige Hulse
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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99. Motherhood Unfiltered: Real Talk From My First Twelve Months
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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98. Following Your Intuition and Finding Balance with Inner Peace and Ambition with Anna Wojtowicz
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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97. If You Want to Make More Money in 2024, Do This
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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96. How to Enhance Efficiency Without Losing Empathy In Business With Jessica Frigon
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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95. Defining What Matters: Who Are You Without Your Business?
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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94. How to take control of your own schedule and optimize your business and life
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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93. How to Create a Luxury Client Experience + Increase Client Retention Leading to Higher Profitability in Your Business
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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92. Remove the Stress of Finances with LoriAnn Kuntz
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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91. What I'd Do If I Were Starting My Business From Scratch
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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90. How to Set Intentional Business AND Life Goals for 2024
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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89. Ditch the "all or nothing" mindset + actually live the life you're dreaming about
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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88. Building + Pricing your design services for maximum profitability
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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87. Managing your energy, work-life harmony + "having it all" as a mom + entrepreneur with Laura Sinclair
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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86. Healing Self-Sabotage, Postpartum Anxiety, and the Journey to Reinventing Yourself
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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85. Manifesting a Business + Life in Alignment wWith Your Soul's Purpose With Gabrielle Laura
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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84. Vetting potential clients, Bad Client Red Flags and Breaking Up With Bad Clients
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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INCOME REPORT: July 2023
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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INCOME REPORT: Mar, Apr, May, Jun 2023
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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83. Maternity Leave Recap: 3 Mistakes I Made + What I'd Do Differently
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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82. Get Paid On Time and Know Your Revenue for Months With This Simple Payment Structure
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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81. Increase Your Profit Margins + Revenue by Streamlining Your Systems with Ellie Rogers
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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80. 15 Hour Work Weeks Mom Speed + Changing the Way We Work and Lead with Jill Wise
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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79. Navigating Slow Seasons in Business
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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78. Changing the Narrative on Motherhood + Business + Using Motherhood as a Portal For Wealth
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May 31, 2023 |
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77. How I Went From Charging $5k to $15k in 2 Years
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May 17, 2023 |
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76. What's Holding You Back From Becoming Your Next-level Self
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May 03, 2023 |
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75. Real Talk: My Birth Story, Learning to Slow Down + What's Working/Not Working on Maternity Leave
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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74. Guaranteed Monthly Recurring Revenue with Brooke Molinari
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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INCOME REPORT: FEBRUARY 2023
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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73. Planning for Maternity Leave as a Female Business Owner
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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72. 3 Elements Most Designers Are Missing in Their Design Process
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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71. The Secret to Your First $100k Year, Quarter or Month
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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INCOME REPORT: January 2023
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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70. Bulldozing Your Path + Authentic Thought-Leadership with Oh Sierra
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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69. 5 Ways to Recession Proof Your Creative Business in 2023
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Jan 08, 2023 |
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68. Bad Business Decisions I Made in 2022 and What You Can Learn From Them
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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67. Perfectionism, Burn Out + Mental Health as an Entrepreneur with Monica Denais
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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66. The Evolution of Booking High-End Clients
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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65. The Unfolding of My Business(es) over the year
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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64. How I 2.5x'd Our Revenue in 1 Year
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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63. Attempting to Do it All, Setting Priorities, Life + Business Update
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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62. Luxury Client Experience
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May 28, 2021 |
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61. Living Outside of the Box with Brittany Tucker
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May 19, 2021 |
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60. Building a Team
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May 12, 2021 |
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59. Increasing Your Prices
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May 05, 2021 |
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58. Purpose-led Marketing with Liz Spears
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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57. Avoiding Burnout with Dr. Amanda Chay
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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56. Milestones + Lessons I Learned in My 27th Year
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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55. Embodying Your Next-Level Self in Business + Life
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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54.How to Make Every Inquiry a "Hell Yes" Client
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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53. The Importance of Defining Your Niche
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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52. High-level Mindset Shifts, Manifesting a dream home + business strategies with Jill Wise
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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51. Should I put my prices on my website?
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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50. Ask me anything! Business mistakes, budgeting, relationships + more
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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49. Small Business Protection with Linsey Levine
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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BONUS! January 2021: My Best Month in Business to Date
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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48. Health Industry Trends to Watch in 2021 for Wellness Entrepreneurs
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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47. Dubsado 101 with Nicola Peters
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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46. 2021: Thoughts on the Year Ahead
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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45. How to Find What You're Good At & Turn It Into a Business with Gabrielle Laura
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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44. An Inside Look at My Client Process: Part 2
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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43. An Inside Look at My Client Process: Part 1
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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42. Showing Up Authentically on Instagram with Caitlin Durning
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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41. Top Tips to Creating a Stellar Client Experience
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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40. The Value of Branding
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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39. How to Prioritize Wellness as an Entrepreneur
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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38. My Top Resources and Tools Every Entrepreneur Should Be Using
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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37. Life Update & How to Balance Life & Entrepreneurship During Uncertain Times
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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36. Copywriting That Converts with Kayla Dean
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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35. How to Deal (and Avoid) Working With Difficult Clients
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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34. Following Your Dreams, Building a Team & Making An Impact with Kari Dirksen
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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33. How to Write a Services Page That Converts Visitors Into Clients
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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32. What it Takes to Build Two Global Businesses & Digital Marketing Strategies with Jemima-Faye Goodall
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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31. Systems 101: Streamline, Implement & Scale Your Business
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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30. How to Brand Your Instagram Feed to Stand Out Online
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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29. 6 Stress-Free Steps to Plan Your Next (or First) Brand Photoshoot
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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28. How to Build a Sales Page That Actually Sells
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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27. Personal Branding, Building Two Businesses, and Strong Marketing Strategies with Chanel Sonego
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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26. Outsourcing: The First Step to Scaling to 6 Figures & Beyond
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May 27, 2020 |
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25. What to do During a Slow Season of Business
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May 20, 2020 |
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24. Building An Unconventional Business, Ditching the 9-5 & Channeling Your Guides with Frances Naude
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May 13, 2020 |
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23. How to Set Yourself Up for Your Most Productive Day/Week/Month Ever
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May 06, 2020 |
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22. The Impact of Meditation, Mindfulness and Manifestation on Your Business
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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21. Upleveling Your Money Mindset and Selling Without Being Salesy with Nicole Cramer
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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20. How to Make a Moodboard and Color Palette for Your Business
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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19. 5 Pillars of a High-Converting Website
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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18. What Website Platform Is Right For Me?
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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17. Lessons I Learned In My 26th Year of Life: Birthday Episode
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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16. Why It's Time to Invest in Branding
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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15. How Having a Coach Skyrockets Your Success & My Experience with Coach, Jessica Marx
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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14. Easy and Approachable SEO with Julia Renee Consulting
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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13. 9 Ways to Deal with Overwhelm as an Entrepreneur
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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12. An Entrepreneur's Secret to Sanity: Setting Boundaries
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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11. 5 Ways to Consistently Generate New Leads on Autopilot
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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10. How To Bring Spirituality Into Your Business
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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09. 6 Figure Business: The 6 Things to Do to Hit Your First $100K
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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08. The Top 3 Mistakes You're Making with Your Branding (and How to Fix Them)
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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07. How to Prep Your Business for Travel
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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06. From Hobby to Business Owner with Chelsea Haines Coaching
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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05. My 5 Step Method to Setting Goals for the New Year
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Jan 01, 2020 |
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04. 3 Steps to Creating a Daily Ritual and Setting Your Day Up for Success
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Dec 25, 2019 |
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03. The 5 Most Important Elements to Your Coaching Website
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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02. How To Ditch Your 9-5 Mindset and Rewrite Your Limiting Beliefs
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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01. My Journey from Cubicle Zombie to CEO
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Dec 08, 2019 |