One year into this podcast, we had so much fun looking back at this past year in this episode. We are dishing on our biggest wins and lessons learned in 2023, from hitting major business goals to streamlining our workflows. We are also teasing some of our plans and goals for the new year - it's sure to be our biggest yet!

At the beginning of this year, we made some predictions about what we thought were going to be trends in 2023. Now the time has come to see how clairvoyent we really were a year ago! What do you think? Did we nail it or what?

It’s not like you have to wait until a certain time of year to show someone you appreciate them, but this time of year is a GREAT time of year to make the extra effort to let your clients and/or your team know how much they mean to you. We are inspired by some of the things we’ve seen clients do and we’re also sharing some of the things we’ve personally done that did or did not make a big impact, and brainstorming what other ideas we might be interested in doing to express our appreciation in the future.

If you've been with us since the beginning, we've been talking about our vision and goals for our businesses all year with a 2023 scope. In this episode, we are talking about how that vision has shifted for both of us going into 2024. Here's what we are hoping for in the new year.

If you’ve been listening to this podcast for awhile, you probably know Amanda as the type of entrepreneur who lives for the hustle, grinding from the time she gets up (before the sun even comes up!) until she’s ready to go to bed. So, you might be surprised to learn that in the past couple of months, she has made some MAJOR shifts in both her mindset and her business operations, streamlining to find a work-life balance while still making more money than she ever imagined.

November was a crazy month for us. Sarah was traveling across the mid-Atlantic for two weeks, both Sarah & Amanda celebrated Thanksgiving with their families, and as a result, it’s been a minute since we’ve had a chance to catch up. Grab a cup of coffee and join us for a little girly catch up session.

In our experience in business, we’ve had our share of struggles. In addition, we do a lot of client work with other entrepreneurs, and we hear a LOT about what they are up against. So in this episode, we are dissecting the most common themes we hear entrepreneurs struggling with, and we hope that no matter what hardships you’ve experienced in your business, this helps you feel a little less alone.

Happy American Thanksgiving Week, besties! This week we are playing a replay of one of our favorite episodes. We'll be back with brand new content weekly starting next Tuesday :)

We thought it would be fun to replay our rapid fire YouTube interviews here, so you could get a glimpse into what kinds of conversations we are having on our channel. Make sure you go check out the interviews with other folks at the link below.

We thought it would be fun to replay our rapid fire YouTube interviews here, so you could get a glimpse into what kinds of conversations we are having on our channel. Make sure you go check out the interviews with other folks at the link below.

A couple of weeks ago, we talked about networking and Sarah shared that she’s embarking on an experiment for Q4 of 2023. Over the course of 5 weeks, she’s scheduled more than 50 NETWORKING MEETINGS for 30 minutes each on Zoom. Now about halfway through her experiment, she’s sharing an update on her experience so far.

Outfitting and designing your home office is one of the most fun things about running a business from home, but it can also add up. This time of year is the perfect time to revisit your personal office wishlist. In this episode, we’re sharing some of the items we’re wishing for, but we’d love to hear what you’re wishing for, too!

Sarah is doing an experiment for the last 4 months of 2023: a massive emphasis on networking (thanks to her new Director of Media Relations putting on ALL the pressure). This week, we’re talking all about networking: what it is, how it feels, what is and isn’t effective, and how to do it well (or terribly). Have you found a strategy for networking that feels good and fun for you? We would love to hear about it!

We work in marketing, so we LOVE to talk about branding. But “branding” looks totally different for both of us. Amanda’s business is really her as a person and how she fits into her clients’ businesses. Sarah’s business is a company with a team, a ton of resources, and a membership in addition to her client book of business. In this episode, we are each sharing 3 things that were important to us in building our brands.

One of the most egregious things in online business is the ‘myth’ of overnight success… and the high ticket coaching programs selling you the ‘secret’ to achieve overnight success. This week, we are breaking down the myth and the problems with the snake oil salesmen trying to make you feel like you need to spend 4-5 figures to achieve the impossible.

We had an interesting conversation recently on YouTube with a multi-7-figure earner about her insecurities about her body on video, and it made us reflect on all the entrepreneurs at all different levels we've gotten to work with who ALL have their own insecurities when it comes to showing up online. In 2023, showing up on social media (especially recording videos of ourselves) is such a HUGE part of what we do, and we all feel it. In this episode, we are reflecting about our own body image and self esteem journeys and how it shows up for us in our businesses, but also some of the stories of people we know.

A couple of weeks ago, we did an episode talking about RED FLAGS we’ve started looking for after a few years of client work as service providers. This week, we wanted to flip the script and talk about our green flags that get us excited about working with certain clients. When someone doesn’t have these green flags, it’s not necessarily a deal breaker, but when we do notice them we are like, “SIGN US UP.”

It might not feel like it if you listen to this podcast weekly, but we haven’t recorded in a few weeks and we needed some time for a good solid girly catch up. We wound up reflecting about how far we’ve come so far in 2023 and what we hope to accomplish in this final stretch. It’s amazing what having a built-in business bestie can offer to help you reflect on the things you may have forgotten or downplayed over the course of the year!

For the past few weeks, we’ve gone super deep, so in this episode we decided to lighten things up a little bit and talk about red flags that indicate a client isn’t right for us. Our businesses are different, our offers are different, and our preferences are different, so we have different indicators and ways of managing those indicators. What are your client red flags? We want to know! Tell us over on IG.

In this final part of our 3-part deconstruction series drawing parallels between healing from religious trauma and healing from corporate trauma, we are digging deeper into the process of deconstruction and reprogramming.

In part 2 of our episodes about the relationship between religious cults, online marketing, and capitalism, we are starting to talk about deconstruction. What is deconstruction and what does that look like? How can we relate religious deconstruction experiences to the deconstruction of the corporate 9-5 life? We get a little in the weeds in this episode, but hang in there with us and try to keep an open mind, because we share some really personal stories, too.

Amanda has alluded to her religious trauma from her past on this podcast before, and in this episode we decided to dig in. On one hand, we can get to know her better. On another hand, you might relate to her story. And on a third hand, we can all relate: because these same practices and tactics show up in corporate life and in online marketing.

Why don’t we have any hobbies? Answer: because we monetize everything we love. After all, in capitalist society, time is money. But also, we LOVE entrepreneurship, so our digital marketing and business development wheels are always turning. We also do this to our friends and family. “Oh, you love that? Why don’t you start a business about it?” Do you have this problem too?

This summer, we have both been inundated by launches - client launches, launches from people we follow, and launches in our own businesses. So, we’re sharing some of our lessons and takeaways about launching - and that leads us to the big, brave discussion about sales feeling sleazy. Manipulation, marketing to people’s deepest fears, selling from desperation and scarcity, and more.

Admittedly, this episode will come out after Threads has been out for a few weeks, so some of the details in this episode may be a little outdated. BUT Sarah (and the world!) is captivated by Meta’s new social media platform, Threads! So in today’s episode of Big Brave Business, we are talking about this app that took the world by storm… as a (relative) surprise launch… while Sarah & Amanda were on vacation.