Maestro On The Mic

We have the power to change things. The traditional healthcare model is broken—we all know this. So what’s the point in fighting to keep things the same? If you want things things to be better, then you have the chance to make it better. Playing it safe helps no one but the establishment, and the […]

This job can feel thankless. Posting to social media can feel like shouting into the void. But let me be the one to tell you: the things you’re doing, the things you’re saying matter. Someone out there is hearing what you’re saying, or they’re watching how you do things, and it’s changing them. You don’t […]

Maybe you feel envious when you see other businesses with large social media followings but friends, having a shit-ton of followers isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. You don’t want that, trust me. And besides, if you can’t show up and provide value for 50, or 500 followers, what makes you think you’d be […]

Does your follower count on social media actually matter for your business? Of course it does; at the very same time, it doesn’t matter all that much. I’m not going to lie to you—having lots of followers who care about what you’re doing and want to buy from you is clearly better than not having […]

53 months ago I released this exact episode talking about the fact that if you started then, you’d start seeing success in about 18-24 months. Imagine where you would be today if you had started whatever it is you’d been thinking about when you first heard that episode. It took me several years to build […]

Doors for the Instagram Intensive are OPEN and y’all know that when I’m selling, I’m selling. I’m proud of this Intensive and I know how impactful it can be for your business, so you won’t find me feeling badly about selling it to you. I realized I’ve never done a podcast episode about exactly what […]

On Monday we talked about the expectation to always be growing and changing your business—and all of that includes how you price your products—but y’all know I’m all for keeping things the same, for as long as you want. Ideally, you can price your services so that you never feel so salty that you want […]

“So, what’s next?” It’s one of my favorite business questions to answer, and not because I’ve got something new to do or sell, but because I’m keeping everything exactly the same. There’s this pressure to always be doing more, creating more, earning more, but I already have everything I need. What good is “more” when […]

I really want y’all to succeed in your online businesses—that’s why I do what I do!— and one of the most important things you can do for your online business is niche down. We all know that the internet is crowded and noisy, with a million people saying a million things. If you want to […]

I’ve been reading a lot recently about how big businesses aren’t doing as well as they once were, especially since the pandemic. Is anyone actually surprised? It only takes a little common sense to know that nothing can scale infinitely, and therein lies the slippery slope I see businesses falling down. Look, I want you […]

I like to think of myself as an expert at using Instagram for online business, but do the same rules apply to brick & mortar businesses? Spoiler alert: no. Online efforts lead to online clients and in-person efforts lead to in-person clients. In my opinion, there are better places to spend your energy. But that […]

SEO or social media… which should you be focusing on as you build your business? Look, one isn’t “better” than the other, but they both serve different functions and will attract different people. They both can help you, but it’s better to focus on one before the other. So if you’re trying to decide how […]

Building a business online can be overwhelming. Lucky for you, I’ve been teaching people how to do this now for a while. Whatever questions you have, whatever level of help you need, I can help you. This episode is the crash course version, and y’all already know I’ve got options when you’re ready for more. […]

I’ve said it a million times before, and I’ll say it a million more times because it bears repeating: if you want to be successful in your business, you have to repeat yourself. Having an online business that actually helps people isn’t about saying a million different things, it’s saying one thing a million times. […]

Y’all know I’m big on the seasonality of life and leaning in to it whenever we can. As we get in to this second half of August, the seasons are changing, so let’s live that change, too. I brought back this episode because Emilie is the person who put the concept of spirality and seasonality […]

August is a transitional month—not fully summer, and not fully fall (or winter and spring for my Southern Hemisphere friends). There’s still time to lean in to what makes summer fun and restful, but now’s the time to start preparing for those fall launches. I’ve got some soft suggestions for you for this august so […]

When it’s your job to post your life on the internet, getting trolls is an inevitability. There are people who hide behind anonymous profiles and talk their shit for who knows what reason, and no amount of “defending your honor” makes them stop. With an election coming up—and especially since we have a black woman […]

In the greater scheme of online business—do you know your role? When it comes to enacting change of any sort, it takes all kinds of people, tactics, and techniques, so what it is that you’re bringing to the table? We all have different skill sets, that’s a great thing! What I love doing, you may […]

It’s a bit of a tradition now to throw it back to the very first episode of this podcast every 100-episode-milestone because there’s something so cool about hearing just how far I (and this show) have come. Hopefully it proves to you just how much better you can and will get once you just start—especially […]

In the 6 years since I’ve started this podcast, I’ve somehow recorded 600 episodes. I’m not sure if you know just how much 600 is, but it is a LOT. To those of you who’ve been here from the beginning, and to those of you who are here now, thank you. None of this would […]