I had the pleasure of chatting with Lyndsay Phillips on Leverage Your Podcast to talk all about workflows, automation, and how to best leverage your time! We cover: It was a fantastic conversation. You can listen to it below
This article is brought to you in partnership with Ecamm Live, excellent live stream and recording software for the Mac. Walt Disney World is one of my favorite places to be. I have a distinct privilege: my brother is a cast member1 there, so when I visit, I get to go for free. Often we’ll just pick…
If you have kids and you’re a solopreneur, you know how tough summer care could be — especially if you have small children. Today, I’m diving into why my wife and I decided to skip summer camp for our kids and how this big decision is changing how I’m structuring my business for the summer.
Discussion Topics:
Financial and Family Considerations: The high cost of summer camp motivated my wife and me to find a solution that allows us to save nearly $10,000 while providing more quality family time.
Flexible Scheduling: My wife and I adjusted our schedules so one of us is always available to care for our kids, which highlights the importance of managing work flexibility as a solopreneur.
Temporary Chaos: I anticipate that managing my kids full-time will lead to some chaotic and stressful days, but it’s a worthwhile trade-off for the family time we cherish.
Support Network: Leveraging support from family, friends, and babysitters is crucial to our adjusted childcare strategy, emphasizing the value of a strong support network.
Deep Work Planning: I plan to maximize productivity by scheduling meetings on specific days and blocking off consecutive hours for focused work, illustrating the importance of proactive scheduling.
Temporary Shift in Priorities: Recognizing that the summer period is temporary, I remind solopreneurs to take advantage of this time to make memories with their kids and cherish the flexibility our work allows.
The time between when I launched the rebrand of Streamlined Solopreneur to now has truly snuck up on me. I can’t believe we’re 2/3 of the way through May, or that school is ending surprisingly soon. I’m diligently working on my podcast rebrand retrospective, which is turning out to be a tome, but I’m hoping…
One day in March I started getting regular inbound requests from my coaching form – I had no idea why. When I looked into it, it turns out that I was ranking at #2 on Google for “Podcast Coach.”
Not to sound like a broken record…but I had no idea why. I didn’t feel like I was doing anything special. I didn’t do keyword research. I didn’t write content in a certain way.
So I wanted to learn more. That’s why I sat down with SEO pro Lauren Gaggioli to get the real truth about search engine optimization in 2024. We cover a bunch of stuff from why quality human-written content will ALWAYS beat AI-generated stuff to the long-game SEO strategy that keeps paying off for years.
Plus, I get Lauren’s real talk on whether social media is even worth it for driving traffic in 2024. Her perspective will not surprise you.
If you’re a solopreneur, blogger, or content creator feeling lost with SEO, you need to hear what Lauren has to say. Stop wasting time on strategies that don’t work and start optimizing intelligently!
The time between when I launched the rebrand of Streamlined Solopreneur to now has truly snuck up on me. I can’t believe we’re 2/3 of the way through May, or that school is ending surprisingly soon. I’m diligently working on my podcast rebrand retrospective, which is turning out to be a tome, but I’m hoping…
Recently I gave a talk about how to leverage video for your podcast for Ecamm’s Leap into Tools and Tactics, and I got asked a question I get a lot: Should my podcast have seasons? My answer was “yes, probably.” There are a lot of reasons to have seasons. However, the emcee of the session,…
Late last week, Spotify and Substack announced a new partnership that will bring both free and paid Substack podcasts to the Spotify platform: With just a few clicks, podcast creators on Substack can add Spotify distribution to their podcasts to grow their audiences while retaining full control over their subscriber bases, their content, and their…
I want you to imagine that you’re stuck in your office, hitting a wall. To clear your mind, you decide to take a walk around the block. You have your headphones in and truly enjoying the first nice day in a while. Then someone in full running gear comes up next to you. “Hey —…
So I was pretty excited to learn from 1st-8th graders about how they perceive my career as a podcaster, YouTuber, and online business owner.
Oh, and I brought a green screen (shout out to eCamm Live for making this super easy):
I had SO much fun interacting with the kids, seeing their interests, and watching them freak out when they actually stood in front of the green screen.
I also got to observe how they interacted with other professions. My wife Erin is a nurse, and her booth was right next to mine.