Off The Grid: Leaving Social Media

Today on the podcast, I’m talking to Natalie Ross about what to do you do when you’ve built a successful business on Instagram … but it turns out that social media is wrecking your life.Natalie is the cofounder of Earth Speak, a podcast and membership collective she co-created to bring intuition into everyday life. She grew Earth Speak to over six figures in annual revenue, 37,000 Instagram followers, and millions of podcast downloads… then decided to step back from social media and pivot the business.Together we talk about stepping off the social media hamster wheel, how healing her trauma required changing her business, and why we need to rewire the survival instincts that make it feel so scary to connect authentically and vulnerably with others.Tune in to hear more about—How Natalie’s healing journey was reflected in her businessShifting your perspective on marketing to support your strengths & desiresHow being in business can bring out threat responses that lead us to hide behind social media instead of actively selling our offeringsThe importance of learning to regulate your nervous system 👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today💌 Want a gorgeous email service provider with easy segmentation options? Use my affiliate link to get 50% off your Flodesk subscription🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨  

What would happen if you unfollowed everyone on Instagram? And what feelings come up when you think about it? In this episode, I have a fun and insightful conversation about doing just that with Melissa Word.Melissa is an artist, dancer, writer, and somatic facilitator. Together, we talk about how social media experiments have affected her digital and creative habits. Tune in to hear more about:How unfollowing everyone created an intentional Instagram experience for MelissaHow much codependency and people-pleasing is tangled up in who we choose to follow or notProtecting & respecting your attention 👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today.🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 

Hold on to your bucket hats, my friends. Because today we’re talking all things social media, retail and product-based business with Janine Mulone!Janine is an indie retail advisor, the founder of Feel Good Retail, and the host of Retail For The Rest Of Us.Tune in to hear us discuss how social media has rapidly shifted for retailers and why chasing the algorithm might be the worst sales strategy in your playbook. We also get into—Whether or not social media currently provides meaningful trafficWhere social media for retail can actually shine (and where it definitely doesn’t)Janine’s favorite non-social media marketing methodsKnowing your numbers 👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today.🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨  

Join business designer Michelle Warner, a networking expert with over 15 years of experience, as she enlightens listeners on the vital role of relationship marketing. Discover the differences between relationship and traffic marketing, and learn how to nurture a meaningful network in just five minutes a day. Michelle shares strategies for borrowing audiences effectively and emphasizes the power of genuine connections over mere social media following. This episode is a goldmine for solo entrepreneurs seeking sustainable growth!

Let’s give you that break you deserve, babe! In this episode, I share why I’ve decided to take a 3-week break from my business this summer. Then I walk you through my 5-step process for planning your own summer sabbatical. Tune in to hear more about:What is a sabbatical? 🌴Why might you want to take one? ☁️Your 5-step plan for taking a sabbatical! ✋If you’re craving rest, release or peace, this episode is for you! And rest assured, it’s not too late to take a sabbatical THIS summer. This episode is a whole workshop in less than 60 minutes. So just tune in, follow the 5-step plan & you’ll be on break before you know it.👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today.🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨  

Welcome back to season two of Off the Grid! This week I’ve got a thot take (that's a thoughtful hot take) of an episode for all our newsletter writers out there.By popular request, I’m exploring the rise of Substack. And I’m asking whether this newsletter/podcast/threads/notes platform is good for small businesses or bad for them.I’m also helping you answer the question, Is Substack right for me? Tune in to hear more about:The pros of SubstackThe promises Substack makes to its creatorsWhether or not Substack is social mediaHow Substack might be harming small businesses more than helping them👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today.🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨  

Hey hey babes — this week we're welcoming my friend & collaborator, grace allerdice, back to the pod for a conversation at the intersection of creative practice and self-employment.Grace and I have a chat about what's been happening in our businesses lately, then discuss what it means to be a creator-led business, how constraints help our creativity flourish, and why we want to make less content, not more.Join us for a friendly chat between two business BFFs, then click here to get on the mailing list for Living Systems. 🌬👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today.🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 

Today I’m welcoming Christy Harrison MPH, RD, CEDS to the pod to talk about how social media platforms have lead to mass misinformation being spread online — and why that’s harmful to all of us, whether we think we fall prey to it or not.Together, we talk about the parallels between wellness culture and social media culture, how misinformation spreads online, and the way that social media weakens our inner authority. We also get into our personal and business relationships to social media, and have a candid chat about why Christy’s still on Instagram.Tune in to hear more about:The aspirational nature of wellness & social mediaWhy false information spreads faster & farther than the truth onlineHow to values personal stories and scientific evidence simultaneouslyThe value of solitude in reconnecting to ourselvesWhy Christy’s still on social media  👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today.🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 

Welcome back, babes! Today I am excited to have our first guest of the season, SEO expert Emily Gertenbach.Together, we talk about Search Engine Optimization — what it is, how it works, and how you can make it work for your business in a mindful way. We also get into what it means that search engines are implementing more AI. And we have a candid chat about data privacy online.Tune in to hear more about:SEO for beginners & prosEmily’s 3-step process for optimizing your siteDemystifying keywords & getting your site to rankWhy Emily stopped using Google AnalyticsAI’s potential impact on the future of SEO (spoiler: no need to be scared)👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today.🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨ 

I’m a firm believer in transparency around the way my business (and this podcast) makes money. So in today’s episode, I’m opening up the books to give you the cold, hard / warm, soft facts of how much money I’ve made from this show and exactly how I’ve made it.If you've ever wanted a peek behind the scenes of Off the Grid strategy, you'll definitely want to tune in & hear:How I’ve grown the Off the Grid audienceReal dollar amounts & download stats for the podWhich offerings make the most money and whyThe big failure of a VIP Day I launched last springTips for how you can apply these lessons to your own business and/or podcast👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today 🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨