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If you run a business online, then this is the show for you. Listen in as your host, Abagail Pumphrey delivers semi-ranty business strategies touching on everything from building a profitable offer to scaling sustainably to growing an ethical culture and everything in between.

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Semi-ranty business strategies for successful small business owners.

Hey, it’s your host, Abagail Pumphrey. And I’m on a personal mission to help more small business owners become financially free.

I like to nerd out on all things business, marketing, and most definitely the numbers. I’m talking all the lessons learned as I turned a layoff into a 7-figure online business.

I like to share it all and no conversation is off the table. We talk actionable strategies, biz challenges, and all the things life throws your way - grief, anxiety, loss, and resilience are all topics you’ll find here.

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Walking Away from 45k Followers: Lessons I’ve Learned from Starting Over on Instagram

Smart businesses continuously review and revise their social media marketing strategy based on what’s currently working. Have you ever thought about starting your Instagram page from scratch? Maybe you want to separate your brand and your personal life, or you’re curious if taking a more niche approach can help you reach your core audience.

In today’s episode, I’ll walk you through my decision to start a new Instagram page and why I was willing to walk away from 45,000 followers. Tuning in you’ll hear about my Instagram journey, follower growth, and what my findings were from this wild experiment.

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Leveraging Digital Products to Get More Qualified Leads

If you want more leads or you’re interested in selling and leveraging digital products without getting caught in the weeds of flashy marketing strategies, this is the episode for you!

Believe it or not, the profit that you make from your first sale to a customer isn’t critical to the success of your business in the long term. Getting paid at all to bring in qualified leads means that you’re doing better than 99% of the people who are marketing their products and services on the internet.

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How I Made 6-Figures from a Digital Product I Created Once

Brand new businesses as well as established businesses need a visibility plan in order to retain customers and keep growing their businesses. And this shouldn’t involve feeling stressed or working over your capacity. The goal of this kind of marketing is to get to know more people, allow them into your world, and earn their trust. That’s how to find your ideal clients and customers! Social media marketing and creating digital products are some of the best ways to do this in 2024.

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Get Paid to Grow Your Email List in 2024

I have observed a need for small business owners to find more leads and I want to talk about why that’s happening and how you can solve this problem. Scaling a business is a numbers game but the problem is, a lot of you have business goals that are confined to what you can do in a limited amount of time – therefore giving your business a growth ceiling.

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How To Budget When My Income is Unpredictable

In today's episode, I'm diving into the world of budgeting when your income likes to play hide and seek. Maybe your business revenue and pay are doing the unpredictable tango, and you're itching for more stability in the paycheck department. The economy's a bit wild right now, so what I'm sharing is my playbook for a more conservative approach in these uncertain times. Trust me, this is the game-changer for tweaking your business finances, setting up a cozy personal financial vibe, and securing the long-term health of your hustle.

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From Freelance to Booking Celebrity Clients with Makeup Artist to the Stars, Harriet Hadfield

If you are looking for inspiration for how you can go from small-town to the big leagues, this is the episode for you! Today we are joined by celebrity makeup artist, Harriet Hadfield, affectionately known as “Harry.” While working with celebrities such as Doja Cat, Naomi Watts, and Olivia Rodrigo, Harry has made it her mission to empower creative freelancers to step into the role of CEO. Today we are digging into how she got all of her clients as a freelancer while showing up in the world the way she wants to, as a neurodivergent creative.

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Childhood Trauma & Finding What You Really Want

I've got a pretty personal tale to spill today—a deep dive into the crisis I faced back in 2022 and how it flipped my world. So, picture this: I'm cruising through life, and bam! I hit a moment where I realize I'm the same age my mom was during her brain surgery three decades ago. Cue the existential crisis! In today’s podcast, I'm laying it all out, sharing my self-reflection journey, and tossing in some cool insights and exercises I picked up along the way. I hope these tools help you move through your own self-reflection and transformation and help you pinpoint what's important to you so you can prioritize those things going forward. Treat this episode like your trusty compass for navigating the sometimes choppy seas of self-discovery!

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Leverage Where You're At To Get to Where You Want to Go

Today on the podcast we’re chatting about your journey ahead—whether you've got a clear vision or you're still figuring it out. I get it, some of you might be like, "Where am I even headed?" And you know what? That's totally cool! It's super easy to breeze past the gold mine of your past experiences, but guess what? They've shaped you into the awesome person you are, and they're like breadcrumbs leading you to your destination. So, if you're not sure about the destination, no worries! It's not about having all the answers; it's about springboarding off from here. Even those random jobs you had? They're like building blocks for the business you're rocking today!

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What’s the Difference Between Payroll, Accounting and Bookkeeping Softwares?

Our mission in business is to help more women build profitable, sustainable businesses online. So much of that success is rooted in proper financial literacy. It’s so important to understand how to manage your finances so that you can take out enough money to live the life you want while at the same time ensuring that you leave enough money in the business so that it remains profitable in the long run. As you scale, money management becomes more complicated, but thankfully there are several different software options for payroll, accounting, and bookkeeping that can help!

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Creating Habits that Stick

The onset of a New Year is often accompanied by an inordinate amount of pressure. From the onslaught of 30-day health and wellness challenges to the call to “be more productive,” it seems like we are constantly being asked to do more and be better. But what does “better” mean exactly? And who are we doing it for?

In today’s episode, we unpack how to create better habits that actually stick and discuss ways to bring positivity and intentionality to both our personal and professional lives. We discovered long ago that New Year's resolutions just aren’t designed for us and that everyone has a preference when it comes to building healthier habits. Tune in as we discuss everything from starting your morning with positive intentions to crafting a mission statement for your business, and much more!

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What Does a Year of Maintenance Actually Mean?

Anytime we have a big growth year, the year to follow is one to watch. It’s a lot of working on the business and less working in the business. We put systems back in place, bring operations up to date, and tackle all the things we were too busy to attend to the year before. We had to work some of this out while hiring seven employees. We find that identifying and communicating your focus for the year can make all the difference.

One recommendation we have is to figure out whether you’re in a red, yellow, or green year. Do you need to stop and do the bare minimum, maintain what you have, or go big or go home? Whichever method you choose, it feels better to remind yourself that you intentionally chose this as you are making decisions throughout the year.

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Lessons Learned + Successes of 2022

In the process of reflecting on our mistakes and successes for 2022, we realized that all of the “mistakes” (except one) that we’ve made, we would actually classify as lessons-learned instead. So, in this episode, we go over the key lessons that we’ve learned this past year and some of our most memorable success stories. Overall, this year was very challenging but we are feeling so good about what we’re creating, who is along for the ride with us, and what 2023 holds!

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How We Think AI Will Impact Our Industry in The Coming Years

Recent developments in the AI space are undoubtedly going to change our world. The most significant shift is the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT which can create any content according to refined prompts. OpenAI has multiple other bots that utilize different databases, but ChatGPT is the one that got the most press and is publicly setting the precedent for what’s to come. We don’t believe that AI will take jobs immediately, but that it absolutely will in the long term. In this episode, we look at the impact of AI in the near future versus the long-term future, its implications and benefits, and the evolution of job creation in the new world!

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How to Identify Your Bottom Line and Other Ways to Be a Concise Leader

Due largely to the media we’ve been consuming, attention spans are waning. Now, more than ever, we need to focus on concise communication at work so as not to waste time or lose focus, and to cater to neurodivergence. We recently had a conversation with our team about innovation, problem-solving, and presenting the root of those problems with solutions in a clear, concise way. The importance of utilizing meeting minutes as efficiently as possible is becoming more and more evident to us, and we want to promote the concise communication of new launch game plans, offers, marketing strategies, etc. This is a skill we could all use some practice in, and today’s episode is all about how to be more concise as a leader and how to train your team to identify and communicate the bottom line of their presentation and client communication.

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