The Get Paid Podcast: The Stark Reality of Entrepreneurship and Being Your Own Boss

They called me “pelican” in fifth grade. The mean girl in 10th grade? She shouted I was ugly in front of the whole class. For years, those moments dictated how I showed up in my business… until one messy, totally unplanned ad flipped my beliefs about visibility on their head. Today, I’m sharing what I learned about running ads when you hate being visible—and why your ideas about looking “professional” might be holding you back. This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: The unpolished ad that outperformed every “perfect” one I’d made Three options for running ads when you don’t want to show your face How to prepare for online haters (without losing your cool) Now it’s time to GET PAID. Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today’s episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media. Now, it's time to go get yourself paid

Mike Pacchione heard "power of story" but wrote down "tower of story." That mistake somehow led to a Nike speaking gig, which led to a coveted role in Silicon Valley, which led to helping Pat Flynn unlock over a million dollars from speaking. Today Mike charges up high ticket rates for one-on-one coaching and fills his group programs with just a couple emails. No complicated funnels. No big team. Just really good work and the right people. This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: How a misheard phrase turned into a multiple six-figure business Why corporate speakers are terrified of being good (and what Mike does about it) The shockingly simple way he fills Speech Club every quarter Mentioned in this podcast: bestspeech.co/claire  (Mike's freebie on starting speeches) Speech Club (Mike's group program) The Unforgettables (Mike's advanced program) Now it’s time to GET PAID Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today’s episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media. Now, it’s time to go get yourself paid  

Today, my BFF Steph and I dive into the raw, unfiltered debrief of her Sold Out Group Programs mastermind launch—including the moment she realized she was "doing everything" but actually wasn't, and how changing one thought on her sales calls converted every single person after that. This is what happens when you stop reading the metrics and start trusting launch magic. This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: Why Steph's launch felt eerily quiet  The mindset shift between going for 10 clients vs going for 20 How she converted two cold leads from ads into $16K in revenue The surprising reason she stopped looking at metrics during the launch Mentioned in this podcast: Sold Out Group Programs Mastermind Same Day Sales (Steph's other program) Courage and Clarity Show (Steph's podcast) Get Paid Marketing Now it's time to GET PAID Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media. Now, it's time to go get yourself paid  

Today's episode features a powerful mindset coaching segment from inside Get Paid Marketing (GPM), where we tackle one of the most common patterns that keeps course creators stuck: the feast or famine cycle. Listen in as I coach a GPM client through her pattern of "taking her foot off the gas" every time she has enough money in her bank account to cover the next month's expenses. Sound familiar? She shares vulnerably about how she's a completely different person when her bank account feels "safe" versus when it's running low, and we work through a simple but powerful solution. This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: The hidden pattern that creates feast or famine cycles Why feeling "relief" after a launch might be sabotaging you How to stop letting your bank account dictate your sales activities The moment that changed everything for this client Now it's time to GET PAID Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media. Now, it's time to go get yourself paid  

I have a philosophy that has made a HUGE difference in my life and business - and it has nothing to do with strategy, funnels, or ads. Today I'm sharing one of my “mottos” that saved my mental health, made my launches more profitable, and helped me show up better for my clients. Plus, the one thing you should outsource before anything else. This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: The unexpected philosophy I learned from a TikTok video that changed everything The #1 thing killing your launch energy (and the simple fix that costs less than $100/week) Why I deleted a certain app from my phone and what happened to my business The physical device that's better than any willpower hack How to train algorithms to work FOR you instead of against you My controversial decision that some people will hate (but saved my sanity) Now it's time to GET PAID Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media. Now, it's time to go get yourself paid  

I just wrapped up the best launch in my business history for Get Paid Marketing. And the wild part? It happened when everyone's talking about recession and how "high ticket is dead." Today I'm pulling back the curtain on exactly what worked (and what didn't) in this launch, including the mindset shifts that changed everything and why I stopped caring about webinar numbers. This is the raw, unfiltered debrief of how we exceeded our goal by 21% and what I'm doing differently next time. This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: The exact breakdown of our launch strategy and results The one thought that changed everything about how I showed up Why we barely spent anything on ads (and still crushed our goals) My renewal strategy that brought back previous clients How showing multiple paths to success transformed my webinar conversions The costly mistake of not incentivizing pay-in-full (and how it hurt cash flow) Why I coached people on sales calls instead of just "selling" Mentioned in this podcast: Get Paid Marketing waitlist: clairepells.com/waitlist Stacy Boehman, Brooke Castillo, Mariah Coz (mindset and strategy influences) Now it's time to GET PAID Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media. Now, it's time to go get yourself paid  

Do you know if your business can afford your next investment or are you hoping it all works itself out? Today, Steph Crowder and I break down how to create a financial safety net in your business using nothing more than a spreadsheet. This is how you can relax a bit more and know you’re making pretty smart, grounded investment decisions. (No buyer’s remorse afterwards!) This is how Steph went from “there’s no way I can afford that!” to realize she was more than fine (even in a worst-case scenario).  This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: The exact spreadsheet Steph used to project revenue and expenses (without overcomplicating it) How she realized she was running a $450K/year business…with almost no profit What happened when we cut her projected launch revenue in half and she was still OK Why projecting income + expenses is more regulating than just having 6 months of savings What to include in your projections (especially if you still have a job or multiple revenue streams) The mindset shifts from “can I afford this?” to “what needs to be true to make this work?” Mentioned in this podcast: Gusto (payroll software) Now it’s time to GET PAID Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today’s episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media. Now, it’s time to go get yourself paid  

🎯 Want to join Get Paid Marketing? Watch the full workshop replay and learn more here: clairepells.com/getpaid Already know you’re in? Skip straight to the application: https://airtable.com/appzUYw2yLS4Ysmi9/shrZMHZk3fOFCJfV3 Doors close Friday, May 23—don’t wait. 🎥 Prefer to watch the full Open House replay with the live walkthrough? https://vimeo.com/1086496180/1db0b15ce5?share=copy 

Allison Boyle, Founder of She Dreams of Alpine, shares how she went from spreadsheets and engineering to empowering women through backpacking programs and courses. We get into the details of living the van life, launching her first digital course, and the highs and lows of running ads and what led her to Get Paid Marketing.  If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like to scale with Facebook ads, track results like a pro, or make bold pivots when things stop working, this one’s for you. This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: Allison’s journey from a stable, high-paying engineering job in California to launching her blog and building her business, She Dreams of Alpine What she did when rising ad costs, team expenses, and ineffective tracking led to major financial stress in 2021 Using a scrappy version of a webinar funnel, spending $52K on ads, and generating over $100K in revenue Stabilizing her evergreen funnel with $700/week in ad spend Using ads to bring in over 2,500 leads from her Solo Adventure Summit Making back ad spend with upsells and enrolling new clients in her course How she and her team Allison leverage viral memes and clever clapbacks to handle trolls, which ends up attracting even more of their ideal clients Mentioned in this podcast: https://www.shedreamsofalpine.com/ https://clairepells.com/getpaid  Now it’s time to GET PAID Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today’s episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media. Now, it’s time to go get yourself paid  

In her fourth appearance on the Get Paid Podcast, Dielle takes us through the funnel she implemented that took her from loathing the Ads Manager to skillfully running profitable evergreen webinars every other week.  Because of ads, she started seeing results like $50K+ in her bank from just $18K in ad spend. After avoiding ads for years due to neurodivergence, even with millions in earnings, Dielle realized that implementing the GPM steps only took 20 minutes.  Hear the full story in today’s episode. This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: $50K in sales from $18K ad spend across several evergreen webinars in 2024 8 sales in 4 days from a backend, ads-only funnel (on a $2,500 offer) Weekly live webinars now powered by ad traffic, selling directly from the first touch Sales emails refined with Claire + Sarah Lucille are still converting 3 years later Membership launch hit 160 members (goal was 100), now planning to upsell via funnel Credits Absolute FB Ads and Claire’s simplified portal for removing tech overwhelm Rejoining Get Paid Marketing, this time leading ads as the CEO Mentioned in this podcast: Links in Episode Now it’s time to GET PAID Thanks for tuning into the Get Paid Podcast! If you enjoyed today’s episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, rate, and leave your honest review. Connect with me on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, visit my website for even more detailed strategies, and be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media. Now, it’s time to go get yourself paid