Maestro On The Mic

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 […]

There’s this thing happening all over social media (and especially on Threads) where AI operated accounts are growing like crazy, and comment sections are blowing up with debates on whether or the accounts are actually humans. It all got me thinking about the numbers we see on social media, if they’re even real, and more […]

If somehow you’ve been living in a cave and you don’t know who JillFit is, then you’re in for a treat this episode. And if somehow, again, you didn’t know that Jill and I are hosting a live event called #BossUp, then you’ve got even more to look forward to. And if you already know […]

There is a triangle of truth that you can (and should) be using to filter every business purchase or investment you make. Of course, you can be using this for every purchase in your life, and it stays applicable. We all know that scammers be scamming, so this is a tool you can use to […]

Is your content too serious? Honestly, I have no clue. Only you know that. What I do know is that the idea of “professionalism” can be taken to an extreme, and that while business are built on solving problems, they’re also built on connection snd being yourself is a big part of that. If you’re […]

In an online space that’s so focused on always doing more, getting bigger, doing better, I think you should set your focus on doing things that DON’T scale. If you want influence, you need to build trust, and if you can’t show up for your small following now, how can you ever expect a large […]

Back when I worked as a PT I would have to see up to 24 patients in a 10 hour day. Pardon my French, but fuck that shit. One of my favorite things about starting your own business is that you don’t have to work to some other person or companies pace—you get to work […]

Every now and then I start seeing a flood of people “taking a break” from Instagram, and I truly believe it’s not the app that’s a problem—it’s how we use it. If you’re using social media to build a brand or a business, you’re going to have to be on Instagram, so you’re going to […]

What do you do when you want to burn your entire business down ’til there’s nothing left? I’ve been lucky enough to never want that, but it doesn’t seem like an enjoyable place to be. Running an online business and feeling like you’re going nowhere or that somehow you’re doing it “wrong” can be frustrating, […]

I may talk mostly business now, but I am the *Movement* Maestro, and every now and then I like to remind you of that. I’m bringing this episode back from the archives because it felt relevant given the fact that it’s summer and it’s hot as shit outside, so if you’ve ever thought about cold […]