During the summer of 2015, I gave into my weakness for whims — a bad habit I have long given up fighting against. The whim in question was to complete the Skillshare Teach Challenge — a competition to create and publish a Skillshare class in one month. I’d never taught anything before (besides driving to…
As freelancers and solo business owners, we know the importance of investing in what I like to call “YOU, Inc.” For our business to grow, we have to continually educate ourselves on all the things we have to do, both in and on our company. In fact, when I quit my job to work full…
Hi. I’m Amanda, and I am a courseaholic. I’m subscribed to multiple newsletters announcing when new courses will be coming out on sites I follow…and I’ve spent oodles of money on them. We’ve all heard both sides of this issue. We’ve been told that courses are a distraction, and we need to stay strong and…
We have a problem in the online business community: too much planning and not enough doing. In an attempt to avoid being another wantrepreneur dreamer with big ideas and little action, many new business owners are diving head first into their work without taking the time to put together some thoughtful strategy. While the advice…
Congratulations! You decided to leave your 9-to-5 job to open your one woman shop. But, unlike a corporate job, solopreneurship doesn’t include a formal orientation with Human Resources. (Which were pretty boring anyway, right?) So today, I’m going to answer your questions about solopreneur retirement options — because being on your own means shouldering the…
The client intake process can be a bore for users and a pain for the service-based business owner to create because there are a lot of moving parts — gathering pertinent client information, handling the legal documentation, collecting payment, and scheduling the actual client calls. Yet the upfront time spent creating your client intake workflow…
