The Business Edit: Declutter and Organize your Business

Are you into spring cleaning? I'm not really into cleaning, and typically couldn't care less if the floors are scrubbed (as long as the clutter has been put away)! However, in the spring, I always get the urge to do a deep clean and declutter of my entire house. I wish I could say that I get that urge as a business owner only once a year too, but in reality, it comes about every 90 days! If you're creative and ambitious, you might get that urge to reset and refresh your business routines every once in a while, too. But what if, instead of taking on a shiny new project to your plate to scratch that itch, you went through a spring cleaning process to get that fresh start feeling instead? In this episode, I'm sharing 5 practical things that you can deep clean in your business in order to get a fresh start feeling going into spring. Press play to get a little boost of energy to carry you into your next season of business!SHOW NOTES: jadeboyd.co/spring-clean-in-your-business/LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:The Quarterly ResetEpisode 75: The Quarterly Business Reset: How to Reach your Annual Business Goals FasterOrganize Your Business CourseFree Resource: Task Batching WorkbookPinterest: Planning Tips and ResourcesThe Business Edit group coaching program CONNECT WITH JADEWebsiteInstagramJoin My Email List LEVEL UP YOUR BUSINESS + PRODUCTIVITYOrganize your Business Digital CourseThe Business Edit™ Coaching ProgramFREE RESOURCESFREE Double your Profit While Working Less MasterclassFREE Task Batching WorkbookFREE Weekly Review ChecklistThe Business Minimalist Blueprint WorkbookThe Business Minimalist Podcast ArchiveMentioned in this episode:Download the CEO Day ChecklistDownload the free CEO Day Checklist at https://www.jadeboyd.co/ceoday.

Have you ever struggled with knowing how to balance maintaining a sense of privacy and building your personal brand as a service provider? Showing up as yourself while also curating an intentional, business-building personal brand can be a difficult path to navigate. Today, I'm excited to share this conversation with my past client, Randi Beranek, a pharmacist turned brand photographer who helps businesses and brands stand out online.Randi is one of those people who exudes confidence. In any situation I've met her in, it's seemed to me that she was fully showing up as herself. In this episode, Randi is sharing tips and strategies for how to build an authentic personal brand, how to become more confident as a business owner, and also how to take a countercultural, grace-based approach to prioritizing your personal health. Press play to learn how you can build your personal brand just by being yourself.SHOW NOTES: jadeboyd.co/building-your-personal-brand-with-randi-beranek/ CONNECT WITH GUEST:Instagram: @randileaphotographyWebsite: www.randileaphotography.comLINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Give Em the Bird PodcastCoaching WaitlistFreebie: 5 Must-Have Visuals for Business Success CONNECT WITH JADEWebsiteInstagramJoin My Email List LEVEL UP YOUR BUSINESS + PRODUCTIVITYOrganize your Business Digital CourseThe Business Edit™ Coaching ProgramFREE RESOURCESFREE Double your Profit While Working Less MasterclassFREE Task Batching WorkbookFREE Weekly Review ChecklistThe Business Minimalist Blueprint WorkbookThe Business Minimalist Podcast ArchiveMentioned in this episode:Download the CEO Day ChecklistDownload the free CEO Day Checklist at https://www.jadeboyd.co/ceoday.

Everyone is talking about "building community" but few business owners have figured out how to bring people together in a meaningful way. I met today's guest when I was invited to guest present to her membership in early 2023, and I was immediately blown away by the type of community she'd built. Not only that, I was intrigued by the structure of her membership, how many people she was serving, and how many ways the membership was benefiting her business overall.Sabrina Gebhardt is a lifestyle photographer of more than 13 years in Fort Worth, Texas and a business coach to photographers and other creative entrepreneurs. She's scaled her service-based business through multiple offers, and today, she's sharing her secret to building a membership offer that's profitable, sustainable, and builds real community!If you're considering adding a membership to your offer suite, but are overwhelmed by how to structure it, what to charge, and how to get engaged members in a lower-ticket offer, this one's for you! Press play to learn how to scale your business through a membership offer.SHOW NOTES: jadeboyd.co/scale-your-business-with-a-membership/ CONNECT WITH GUEST:Instagram: @sabrinagebhardtphotographyWebsite: www.sabrinagebhardt.comSabrina's Round Table community membershipShoot it Straight PodcastLINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Atomic Habits, by James ClearThe 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, by John C. Maxwell CONNECT WITH JADEWebsiteInstagramJoin My Email List LEVEL UP YOUR BUSINESS + PRODUCTIVITYOrganize your Business Digital CourseThe Business Edit™ Coaching ProgramFREE RESOURCESFREE Double your Profit While Working Less MasterclassFREE Task Batching WorkbookFREE Weekly Review ChecklistThe Business Minimalist Blueprint WorkbookThe Business Minimalist Podcast ArchiveMentioned in this episode:Download the CEO Day ChecklistDownload the free CEO Day Checklist at https://www.jadeboyd.co/ceoday.

I grew up on a farm in the midwest, so I'm very familiar with the "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" mentality, and I don't shy away from doing work that's hard. HOWEVER, and this is a big however, we do not live in the time economy anymore. In the time economy, the more hours you put in, the more money you make. This was the height of the industrial revolution and where we got the lovely 40 hour work week. But now, we live in a knowledge economy, where it doesn't matter how many hours you work. You get paid for the value that you bring to the table, and this is true for many 9-5 jobs but also for freelancers and service providers.And yet, so many of us still fall into the trap of believing that in order to reach our goals, business or otherwise, we better work hard or else. It seems almost sacrilegious to say that working hard isn't something to be valued since our society puts so much emphasis on it, but there will come a point in your business or really any area of your life where working harder won't help you get better results. Everything has a tipping point, and the law of diminishing returns applies to this situation as well.I don't think we stop often enough to ask ourselves, "how could this be easier?" because we assume and prematurely accept that it's going to be hard. And today, I want to share why I believe that working hard won't help you make more money in your business as a service provider. In fact, I strongly believe that the least effort your business requires of you, the more successful you'll ultimately be. It seems counterintuitive at first, but I hope to change your mind!SHOW NOTES: jadeboyd.co/the-harder-you-work-the-less-you-make/LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Episode 19: Is the 40 Hour Work Week Really Productive?Effortless, by Greg McKeownEpisode 66: Are Your Services Priced to Scale?Episode 34: How to Align your Business to your Strengths with Arica Ohloff CONNECT WITH JADEWebsiteInstagramJoin My Email List LEVEL UP YOUR BUSINESS + PRODUCTIVITYOrganize your Business Digital CourseThe Business Edit™ Coaching ProgramFREE RESOURCESFREE Double your Profit While Working Less MasterclassFREE Task Batching WorkbookFREE Weekly Review ChecklistThe Business Minimalist Blueprint WorkbookThe Business Minimalist Podcast ArchiveMentioned in this episode:Download the CEO Day ChecklistDownload the free CEO Day Checklist at https://www.jadeboyd.co/ceoday.

I recently read that as many as one in three entrepreneurs struggle with depression and burnout and 95% of entrepreneurs are unsure of how to achieve a healthy work-life balance. Here's why this is so important: when we don't manage and address stress in our life, it will inevitably lead to burnout. You can't sweep your stress under the rug and hope it goes away. You have to learn how to manage your stress levels if you want to build a sustainable business.In a recent podcast episode, 4 Business Lessons I've Learned the Hard Way, I mentioned that I've recently noticed how much of an impact stress has on my business. Over the past 6 months, I've been focussing on reducing stress triggers and learning how to process unavoidable stress. Today, I'm going to deep dive into the things I've found to be helpful in dealing with stress as a business owner in hopes that you'll be able to pick up a strategy or two and declutter some stress in your own business too.SHOW NOTES: jadeboyd.co/stress-and-anxiety-as-a-business-owner/LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Episode 071: 4 Business Lessons I've Learned the Hard Way11 Scary Truths about Mental Health and EntrepreneurshipClickUpOrganize your Business courseJournaling Prompts Pinterest boardCommon Planner 5 Year JournalUnbound 5 Year JournalEpisode 067: My 2024 Planning StackThe Best Planners Blog Post CONNECT WITH JADEWebsiteInstagramJoin My Email List LEVEL UP YOUR BUSINESS + PRODUCTIVITYOrganize your Business Digital CourseThe Business Edit™ Coaching ProgramFREE RESOURCESFREE Double your Profit While Working Less MasterclassFREE Task Batching WorkbookFREE Weekly Review ChecklistThe Business Minimalist Blueprint WorkbookThe Business Minimalist Podcast ArchiveMentioned in this episode:Download the CEO Day ChecklistDownload the free CEO Day Checklist at https://www.jadeboyd.co/ceoday.

One of the reasons why I think so many business owners struggle to hit their annual goals is because they don't take the time to break them down into bite-sized chunks. At the beginning of the year, they get excited and motivated and create the big pretty map, but then they shove it in a drawer and don't take it out because actually taking action on those goals feels overwhelming.This is why I'm so passionate about quarterly planning. Focussing one one quarter at a time can help you break down your big goals into more managable bite-sized chunks and be more realistic about what you actually have time to do during the next 90 days. It also eliminates the procrastination trap that many business owners fall into when they're constantly reassessing what they should be focussed on each month, week, or day. If you look at a huge list of projects and goals every day, it can feel absolutely paralyzing. It makes it easier to say, "I'll get to that later, there's plenty of time." But in reality, the only way to make progress on your goals is one tiny baby step at a time. If you can separate deciding what to do from the time and place you actually do those things, it will be easier for you to slide into execution mode, stop overthinking things, and just get things done.Today, I'm sharing a simple 5-step process that you can use each and every quarter to have a mini business reset and get clear on the projects and tasks you need to prioritize to reach your business goals.SHOW NOTES: jadeboyd.co/how-to-reach-your-annual-business-goals-faster/ LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Quarterly Business ResetMy Printable Wall Calendars CONNECT WITH JADEWebsiteInstagramJoin My Email List LEVEL UP YOUR BUSINESS + PRODUCTIVITYOrganize your Business Digital CourseThe Business Edit™ Coaching ProgramFREE RESOURCESFREE Double your Profit While Working Less MasterclassFREE Task Batching WorkbookFREE Weekly Review ChecklistThe Business Minimalist Blueprint WorkbookThe Business Minimalist Podcast ArchiveMentioned in this episode:Download the CEO Day ChecklistDownload the free CEO Day Checklist at https://www.jadeboyd.co/ceoday.

I hired Sarah as my trademark attorney after going through a nightmare experience with my previous attorney - a story that I share in more detail during this episode! I've learned so much about trademark applications from working with Sarah, and I'm thrilled to bring her to the podcast today to simplify the ins and outs of protecting your brand for you too.Sarah Waldbuesser is an attorney for coaches and online business owners.  After several years at a law firm and a few career jumps, she ended up falling in love with online business and loves helping entrepreneurs achieve their dreams in a smart and protected way.  She is also an adventurer, traveler, and food and wine lover. When we recorded this episode, she and her family were enjoying a 90 day adventure in Italy!In this episode, Sarah provides a simple checklist for legally protecting your online service business. We also dive deep into everything you need to know about legally protecting your business and personal brand with trademarks. If you're overwhelmed by legalese, the thought of being sued, or the possibility of someone stealing your program name or framework, this episode is for you! Tune in to learn when to think about filing a trademark application and what to expect after you file.SHOW NOTES: jadeboyd.co/legally-protect-your-personal-brand-with-trademarks/ CONNECT WITH GUEST:Website: www.destinationlegal.comSarah's FREE 15 Minute Legal Lightning CallInstagram: @legally.sarah_LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:USPTO Trademark SearchAtomic Habits, by James ClearCONNECT WITH JADEWebsiteInstagramJoin My Email List LEVEL UP YOUR BUSINESS + PRODUCTIVITYOrganize your Business Digital CourseThe Business Edit™ Coaching ProgramFREE RESOURCESFREE Double your Profit While Working Less MasterclassFREE Task Batching WorkbookFREE Weekly Review ChecklistThe Business Minimalist Blueprint WorkbookThe Business Minimalist Podcast ArchiveMentioned in this episode:Download the CEO Day ChecklistDownload the free CEO Day Checklist at https://www.jadeboyd.co/ceoday.

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As we're getting into the New Year, you may have already made some goals around how much money you want to make this year and different strategies you want to implement to reach your goals. I'll be the first person to say that there are a million ways to grow a business, and there's no one-size-fits-all solution. However, no matter what your financial goal or marketing strategy looks like, there's one thing that every single business owner needs to do if they want to increase their income while working less: build an offer suite that will scale.If your offers are locking you into trading time for money, then it will be impossible for you to jump off the hamster wheel and reach your income goals. But when you have a solid offer suite in place that is fully in alignment with your financial goals, your marketing strategies will start giving you a better return on your investment, and you'll reach your goals faster. So today, I'm going to share how to create an offer suite that scales in 3 simple steps.SHOW NOTES: jadeboyd.co/build-a-scaleable-offer-suite LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Ep. 70: 4 Ways to Scale your Service Based BusinessEp. 62: Simple Sells – Clarify These 5 Things to Simplify and Streamline your Marketing StrategyDouble your Profit While Working Less MasterclassThe Business Edit coaching programCONNECT WITH JADEWebsiteInstagramJoin My Email List LEVEL UP YOUR BUSINESS + PRODUCTIVITYOrganize your Business Digital CourseThe Business Edit™ Coaching ProgramFREE RESOURCESFREE Double your Profit While Working Less MasterclassFREE Task Batching WorkbookFREE Weekly Review ChecklistThe Business Minimalist Blueprint WorkbookThe Business Minimalist Podcast ArchiveMentioned in this episode:Download the CEO Day ChecklistDownload the free CEO Day Checklist at https://www.jadeboyd.co/ceoday.

As a business owner, I've always valued learning from the mistakes of others, but I've learned by experience that there are just some lessons that you have to learn the hard way. I talk to so many business owners on a weekly basis that feel like they're the only ones who are struggling, and if the only thing that this episode helps you see is that you're not alone, then it'll be worth it.It's normal to have hard days and hard seasons as a business owner. And being 18 weeks pregnant at the time I'm recording this, I feel like I've had more ups and downs over the past four months than ever. If you're struggling, feeling uninspired, feeling overwhelmed, or feeling apathetic about your business, know that it's okay, and it's healthy even! Growing a business is really hard, and if you ever find yourself in a season where everything feels completely effortless, it's a good sign that you're not stretching yourself and growing as a business owner.So today, I want to share with you 4 business lessons that I've learned the hard way as I've grown and scaled my business in hopes that it's encouraging to you wherever you're at on your journey. And maybe you'll even be able to avoid some of the mistakes I've made along the way.SHOW NOTES: jadeboyd.co/4-business-lessons-ive-learned-the-hard-wayLINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:The Business Edit coaching program"Real Food for Pregnancy" book CONNECT WITH JADEWebsiteInstagramJoin My Email List LEVEL UP YOUR BUSINESS + PRODUCTIVITYOrganize your Business Digital CourseThe Business Edit™ Coaching ProgramFREE RESOURCESFREE Double your Profit While Working Less MasterclassFREE Task Batching WorkbookFREE Weekly Review ChecklistThe Business Minimalist Blueprint WorkbookThe Business Minimalist Podcast ArchiveMentioned in this episode:Download the CEO Day ChecklistDownload the free CEO Day Checklist at https://www.jadeboyd.co/ceoday.