client payment agreement template [free!] Ever spend a ton of time with a prospective client only to be ghosted by them before their next payment is due? We can circumvent this with payment agreements. While signing off on one doesn’t guarantee payment, most clients that aren’t bought in will skeet skeet skeet if the relationship feels way too … Read More
3 Types of Breaks to Take From Work
3 types of breaks to take from work July 4th 2015 was a day I’ll never forget. It was my first day off work in over 3 years since starting my business. The first day I wouldn’t set an alarm to wake up and train clients and work on my business in years. I imagined slowly rolling out … Read More
Money Management: The 3 Highlighter Method
Money Management: The 3-highlighter method to help you get your financial shit together This is the exact method I used to pay off $17k in debt + begin getting my finances in order. It paid off! So well in fact that I afforded an 8-month sabbatical from work, used to take 8-weeks of vacation each year from my gym, and … Read More
Mastering Instagram Does Not Guarantee Business Success
It’s easier to see things when we’re not in them- so looking at unrelated markets to help make sense of your market/business can be super enlightening. Business is happening all around us at all times. Most of my business clients come to me with a graveyard of coaches and courses they’ve purchased and still cannot make zero sense of their … Read More
3 Signs It’s Time to Re-Design Your Business Model
Your “business model” is the way you set up your business- it includes things beyond content creation, IG optics, and vanity metrics. It includes things like: how your clients pay you, with what terms, and in exchange for what? It includes your offer suite and how each service operates. It includes how people move from the day they meet you … Read More
All About Offers, part 2
What features are a part of your offer and why? Do you know? Should you offer q&a calls if you have a Facebook group? Why does this matter? Should you offer your clients voxer access? Or are you just cramming in as many features as you can so as to try to apologize or justify the price? How much of … Read More
How to Handle Scheduled, Recurring Sessions in Business
Look at your scheduled, recurring time. Now, question it. → Do your clients actually require this level of support, or are you recreating what someone else does? Does it work for you? Where did this structure of your offer/services come from? Being a business owner requires ingenuity and innovation. Regurgitating what you’ve seen time and time again, structuring your business … Read More
How to Replace Yourself in Business
“When you find yourself repeating yourself, record yourself, and replace yourself.” -Tyler J. McCall Look for ways you can replace yourself. One of the easiest places to start is during your on-boarding process for new clients. The on-boarding portion of your business should be automated as much as possible, or at least, turned into a repeatable system for you to … Read More
How to Handle Non-Scheduled Recurring Time in Business
Welcome to hell on earth where your to-do list goes to die. Non-scheduled, recurring time. Let me (potentially) introduce you to the Eisenhower Matrix. So many of us live our lives inside quadrant 1: everything is an emergency. If your schedule is filled with clients, I totally understand loathing all things schedule-related as a way to rebel against the “constantly … Read More
How to Take Time Off When You’re a Business Owner
You have to earn the easy parts. Here’s the thing: You’ve been mislead. If you’re newer to these parts, you may have missed the years of hustling. While I don’t think you need to burn the candle at both ends for nearly a decade to finally earn your easy, you will absolutely need to work hard for quite some time. … Read More