I hosted 2 free public Q&A's to support small business owners during these difficult times.   In this first video, I discussed:

1. How to survive as a solopreneur in this climate of social distancing?
2. How do we offer our work online? Suggested tools?
3. Paypal buttons: any advice on using them? What about pay-what-you-can?
4. FB Ads: tips for how to know whether it’s working or not?
5. Any tips for just getting started with business? Who is our ideal audience?

Here are the topics of the 2nd video:

Some thoughtful resources for business owners who are feeling the impact of this pandemic (all of us). Click here and check out the comments. We will get through this together 🙏🏼 💛

​I’ve noticed that many businesses -- maybe yours -- use a pricing tactic that is manipulative, and oftentimes they don’t even know it.

Examples:

$14.95 instead of $15
$47 instead of $50
$999 instead of $1,000

Do you realize what’s going on here? 

If you are stuck defining your niche or figuring out your “target market”, maybe let it go for now, because you might be trying to define things too early in your business....

The typical reasoning:

Define Niche  ➜ Create Content & Offerings  ➜ Get Clients

​In my experience coaching hundreds of authentic businesses, the above formula doesn't work for a lot of people.

(Originally written in January 2018; updated July 2019.)
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An authentic business is financially viable and deeply meaningful to you. You make enough money. Yet, the activity itself feels worthwhile, regardless of the money.

I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to help many people in their authentic businesses, and also operating my own successfully for over a decade.

There seems to be 4 important layers of activity for every successful authentic business.