Streamlined Solopreneur: Tips to Help Business Owners Grow Without Burnout
Joe Casabona, Automations Builder
You started your business for freedom, not to be chained to your desk. I help small business owners grow without burning out through simple, powerful online automations.
On Streamlined Solopreneur you'll get real-world strategies, smarter workflows, and practical tools to help you reclaim your time and actually enjoy the freedom you set out to create.
Your host, Joe Casabona, is a seasoned technologist with over 25 years of experience. He's seen how the right systems can transform a business. But more than that, He's a teacher at heart.
His goal isn’t to overwhelm you with jargon, but to make complex ideas simple and give you an actionable plan you can actually use.
Because your business should support your life—not take it over.
Tune in every Monday, wherever you get your podcasts.
On Streamlined Solopreneur you'll get real-world strategies, smarter workflows, and practical tools to help you reclaim your time and actually enjoy the freedom you set out to create.
Your host, Joe Casabona, is a seasoned technologist with over 25 years of experience. He's seen how the right systems can transform a business. But more than that, He's a teacher at heart.
His goal isn’t to overwhelm you with jargon, but to make complex ideas simple and give you an actionable plan you can actually use.
Because your business should support your life—not take it over.
Tune in every Monday, wherever you get your podcasts.
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Jul 23, 2019 • 44min
How to Change Careers with Kirsten Bunch
Over the last 2 weeks, we discussed mental and physical health as it relates to freelancing and self-employment. To round out this trilogy of overall happiness in your career, I’m talking to Kirsten Bunch, who is a reinvention coach. She helps those folks who are mid-career but need a change. She offers some fantastic advice on how to determine if you’re ready for a chance, and the steps you should talk in order to figure out what to do for your next career move. Show NotesKirsten Bunch | Change the World in a Hot FlashKirsten's Book: Next Act Give BackGotham WritersAtomic HabitsEpisode 23: Scott Bolinger and AppPresserProfit FirstRichest Man in BabylonSponsored by: Ahoy! | Creator Courses | Pantheon
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Jul 16, 2019 • 41min
Staying Physically Healthy While Freelancing with Michelle Schulp
Michelle Schulp is a fantastic web designer in the WordPress space - you make have seen her work on the WP Hierarch chart. Recently she’s launched a new initiative talking about fitness and freelancing. Last week we touched a bit on mental health. This week we’re going to dive into physical health, especially when running your own business. Show NotesMichelle SchulpMarktime MediaFitness & FreelanceWholly Obsessed: Whole30, 80 Day Obsession, Progress, and Perfection10 practical habits to balance Health with HustleBook: Atomic HabitsSponsored by: Ahoy! | Creator Courses | Pantheon
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Jul 9, 2019 • 58min
Mental Health and Freelancing with Allie Nimmons
Allie Nimmons is a freelance web designer with an unique perspective to my own. She made the transition to freelancing after losing her job, but still needing to make money. We talk about what that’s like, as well as how she’s be able to hone her offerings based on what her target customers need. We also talk about mental health, and what it’s like to be black, and female, in a white male-dominated space. Since recording this, Allie has been hired to work at GiveWP, providing tech support to users of this awesome plugin. She has minimized Pixel Glow to focus purely on providing WordPress maintenance. She can be found most often at her blog - allienimmons.comShow NotesAllie NimmonsPixel Glow Web DesignWordCamp MiamiJosepha Haden's WC Miami TalkGrace HopperSherry Walling & Choosing Self EmploymentSponsored by: Ahoy! | Creator Courses | Pantheon
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Jun 24, 2019 • 9min
Season 6 Wrap Up (Bonus Episode!)
We got lots of great advice over the course of Season 6. Over the course of about 10 minutes, we're going to distill all of that advice into 3 overarching themes. Take a listen to find out what they are. Here are the best trade secrets of 2019. Show NotesSponsor the ShowSubscribe to How I Built It!Nathalie Lussier and AccessAllyMike McDerment and FreshBooksAndre Gagnon and ProjectHuddleLaura Elizabeth and Design AcademyBrennan Dunn and RightMessageBrad Touesnard and SpinupWP
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Jun 11, 2019 • 40min
How Vaccines and Other Drugs get to Market with Susan Goebel
It takes the right combination of bioscience knowledge, marketing intelligence, lead generation strategies, operational insight, product R&D expertise, and personal drive to fuel the business development of any life science firm. For almost 2 decades, Susan Goebel has been leveraging these core trails to deliver multi-million-dollar revenue generating initiatives with global reach. Now Susan has turned her focus to supporting others in their ventures into bioscience businesses. From helping doctors bring new medical solutions to market, to connecting investors and inventors, Susan helps shape the future of health, wellness and bioscience. Show NotesSusan GoebelBioscience Board RoomMike McDerment and FreshBooksBill and Melinda Gates FoundationClickfunnelsWixSponsored by: Soshace | Plesk | Pantheon
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Jun 4, 2019 • 45min
Understanding how Pricing Affects Conversion with Patrick Campbell
Patrick Campbell was curious about how people price products, and how pricing affects conversion - so he built ProfitWell. We discussed pricing, estimating time, tech stack, and so much more. His insights into how to price are fantastic. Show NotesPatrick Campbell | TwitterProfitWell | ProfitWell ReportDjangoAtticusSponsored by: Castos | Plesk | Pantheon
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May 28, 2019 • 38min
Building an International Hosting Solution with Jan Loffler and Plesk
Jan Löffler is the CTO of Plesk, which is fantastic server management software. They're rapidly growing set of sophisticated tools is inspiring., In this episode we'll talk all about the history of Plesk, as well as what it's like to manage software that powers hundreds of thousands of websites. Show NotesJan LöfflerPleskInterview videosCloudfest HackathonHover DNS CourseSponsored by: Weglot | Plesk | Pantheon
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May 21, 2019 • 54min
A Interesting Solution to Contact Management with Jay Gibb
Jay Gibb is the founder and CEO of CloudSponge - a B2B SaaS company that sells an address book widget. We talked about growing an audience, research good opportunities for building a product, and Jay gives some fantastic advice for cold outreach. Show NotesJay GibbCloudSpongeBuddyPressInvite AnyoneQuoraSponsored by: Castos | Plesk | Pantheon
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May 14, 2019 • 53min
Building Better Partnership Programs with Lindsey Miller
If you've ever wondered what goes into creating a fantastic affiliate program, Lindsey Miller from Liquid Web has the answers for you, starting with one simple rule: your affiliates are partners. We talk about lots of stuff like content creation and working with your partners to help them help you. We also discuss how to come up with rates. Don't miss this episode! Show NotesLindsey Miller | TwitterLiquid Web's Managed WooCommerce HostingEpisode 4: Cory Miller and iThemesiThemesThis is MarketingChris Lema and Managed WooCommerce HostingKolbe Personality TestiThemes TrainingiThemes HostingCheck out my online courses tech stack.Sponsored by: Plesk | Pantheon
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May 7, 2019 • 47min
The Fastest Way to Spin Up WordPress Sites with Brad Touesnard
Brad Touesnard is a well known developer in the WordPress community, and CEO and Founder of Delicious Brains, a company that makes fantastic WordPress products. You might know them best from WP Migrate DB Pro, but they do lots more! Brad tells us all about their new product, SpinupWP, why they decided to solve this problem, and lots of other great advice for both business and development. Show NotesBrad TouesnardDelicious BrainsSpinupWPKim Gjerstad and MailPoetConnectedCurtis McHale's iOS Development GuideSpinning up a WP Install SeriesChris Lema and Managed WooCommerce HostingCheck out my podcasting course | Online Course Tech StackSponsored by: Castos | Plesk | Pantheon
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