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

How does a fiction author make a living? When it comes to finding an agent, working with editors, and getting paid, Stephanie Feldman, author of Saturnalia and The Angel of Losses, is an open book about the good, the bad, and the honestly confusing side of publishing. She shows us just how much "rejection is not personal" matters when it comes to getting your work out into the world. And that perseverance to navigate an often harsh industry has resulted in two published novels, being the co-editor of the multi-genre anthology Who Will Speak for America? and her stories and essays appearing in Asimov's Science Fiction, Catapult Magazine, Electric Literature, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Rumpus, and Vol. 1 Brooklyn. This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: What it takes before a writer gets royalties The journey of 11 years between her 2 books Inside the world of book editing and publishing What her new book Saturnalia is all about Self-publishing vs. traditional publishing deal Is there any correlation between the quality of a book with how much it sells? How Stephanie gets her advance paid Primary parenting, writing, boundaries, and managing it all How the Amazon algorithm works Intense Twitter trolls Also Mentioned in this Episode: Saturnalia on Amazon Saturnalia on Goodreads The Angel of Losses Vox news on publishers in court Stephanie's short stories Connect with Stephanie Feldman Website Twitter Instagram 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.

Most people who launch a webinar come up with their topic and get straight to building out the funnel. Savvy business owners will think about whether the topic will attract the right kind of leads for their offers. And the brilliant business owner tests their webinar topic against cold traffic before building a single slide or optin page. In this episode, I walk you through the ultra-simple campaign that you can run to test your webinar topic before you decide it's the one you want to launch with or build an evergreen funnel with. (You don't want to be like me and create a webinar around a topic that isn't flashy enough to stop the scroll!) When you find the topic that gets you the most sign ups for the least amount of money, you're on your way to increasing your ROI in a huge way. This brief tutorial will help you make more money with your next webinar. My advice? Take this seriously. Mentioned in this episode: Title A: $9,000 Facebook Ad Lessons: Everything You'd Learn In 3 Months of Working With a Top Ad Agency Title B: 5 Facebook Secrets the Top Ad Managers Only Share With Retainer Clients GPM waitlist 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. Get your free marketing self-audit tool. Now, it's time to go get yourself paid.

Nell McShane Wulfhart is a journalist from Philadelphia, currently based in Uruguay. As a former New York Times columnist and frequent contributor, Nell has carved out a career as a travel writer, author, and Decision Coach. She authored The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet and the Audible Original, OFF MENU: THE SECRET SCIENCE OF FOOD AND DINING. She takes us on the journey of how she got paid to travel and write. On top of all that, she built a side coaching business helping people make big decisions on just about anything. She says "your therapist won't tell you what to do, but I will." This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: The one invaluable lesson about getting paid Nell learned as a freelancer How Nell sold 2 book projects in a year and why risking a few months of unpaid work paid off The 2 things that need to be in place to get your creative projects commissioned Is there any real correlation between writing for the New York Times, travel writing, and book writing? What goes into getting an audiobook version of your writing How Nell finds an idea and then peaks the interest of publishers The one thing Nell has done for 450 days straight, even when she has no desire to do it Connect with Nell Wulfhart Website Twitter Also Mentioned in this Episode: The Four Tendencies Quiz The Great Stewardess Rebellion by Nell McShane Wulfhart Off Menu by Nell McShane Wulfhart 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.

If there's something you shouldn't miss out in your business, that's conversion optimization. But, what the hell is optimization conversion? It's the KEY to making money on your current audience before you put more $$ and time into obtaining a flood of new leads. If your current list of prospects aren't buying, you probably have an optimization problem, not a lead problem. Let's talk about what you should look for in your existing assets. Listen in on this short episode to see how you're leaving money on the table when you're not improving the hell out of your sales page to get the significant results you and your business deserve. Mentioned in this episode: Blog post on writing bullet points: clairepells.com/landing-page-copy 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. Get your free marketing self-audit tool. Now, it's time to go get yourself paid.

Brandi Jordan is the founder of The Cradle Company, a postpartum resource agency where she's been helping new families grow, adjust, and find balance for almost two decades. Now, over 20 years and thousands of babies later, Brandi is an internationally-recognized and board-certified lactation consultant, pediatric sleep specialist, newborn care specialist, postpartum doula, and social worker. Known as the "Baby Sleep Fairy," she finds individual solutions for each family, regardless of location and socioeconomic status, allowing them to thrive once her time with them is complete. Over the past few years, Brandi has made headlines with high-profile clients like Mandy Moore, Rosamund Pike, Megan Fox, and Julia Stiles, who praise her approach, combining modern ideas and technology with age-old wisdom and protocols. Brandi's goal is to help all moms regardless of profile, and every client loves her most-used mantra: calm is contagious. Brandi holds a BA in Child Development and a Master's of Social Work from USC. She does business strategy and consulting with helpers, healers, and service-based entrepreneurs through her private coaching, Emerge mastermind, and her live inspirational events. She lives between the United States and Southern France with her husband and three children. This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: Shifting from studying business to child development and running The Cradle Company Insecurity around being childfree while working in child development Lack mentality in the social work industry How Brandi reached the inner circle of the celebrity work Why did she say yes to a job in France? Growing from a low-income month to a good one. What changed? What she spends her time doing in France The hardest part of her business Strategies she uses to get an influx of people. Does she run ads? Racism in France compared to the U.S. Brandi's financial and business goals for her business. Connect with Brandi Jordan: The Cradle Company Podcast Instagram Facebook 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. Get your free marketing self-audit tool. Now, it's time to go get yourself paid.

Kaneisha Grayson is the founder of The Art of Applying®, the world's largest Black-owned graduate admissions consulting firm and the world's largest woman-of-color owned graduate admissions consulting firm. The Art of Applying® has directly helped 1000+ nontraditional applicants get into the world's top business, public policy, and law programs with over $20 million in merit scholarships to pay for it. Kaneisha is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School. She is also the author of Be Your Own Boyfriend, an avid slow traveler, and the host of Scale Your Joy, the only podcast that teaches high achievers with fancy degrees how to craft a business and life they love. She lives in Austin, Texas with her rescue pup Lady Zadie. "I dropped out of school before I went to Harvard." - Kaneisha Grayson This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: The thrill of receiving royalty checks. Going from giving dating advice to helping people prep grad school applications. What can you do if you get grant money and can't finish the project you got money to do? Is bold pricing from the start worth it in the long run? Using anonymous forums to bring in clients. What does Kaneisha have to do with the beginning of BSchool? The compare and despair feeling of watching the people around you succeed quickly while your success takes longer to show up. The steps Kaneisha took to get her business from $80K per year to the million dollar + mark. The important skill Kaneisha's business education totally lacked, even as a Harvard Grad. Where Kaneisha focuses her ad spend these days and where her clients come from. Having a million dollar business year during the worst year of your life. Quick-calculating what Kaneisha needs to do to have a $600K year, including looking at the cost of hiring support people. You also get a look at the structure of Kaneisha's staff. Is it possible to get part-time/freelance employees invested in the success of a solopreneur's company? Mentioned in this podcast: River City Youth Foundation Laura Roeder Chris Guillebeau BSchool Jenny Blake Connect with Kaneisha Grayson: Kaneisha.com The Art of Applying Be Your Own Boyfriend Scale Your Joy Podcast 5 Money Mistakes Episode, Scale Your Joy Podcast Kaneisha Grayson on Instagram Kaneisha Grayson on TikTok Kaneisha Grayson on YouTube 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.

🎉 It's our 200th Podcast Episode! 🎉This week, I'm sharing a very honest and open behind-the-scenes view of what it takes to put together a podcast, specifically how we choose guests, the workflow for releasing episodes, and what I've learned along the way. Get out your champagne 🥂 and celebrate with me. And really, thank you so much for being here as a listener. I truly appreciate everyone who tunes in to the Get Paid Podcast. This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: How I choose guests. Believe me, I do NOT want to have the same story on repeat—even if it's good—over and over again. Which guest pitches I love and which ones I totally fucking ignore. From full-on ranting in my solo episodes to a more scripted approach. What do my listeners like most? Is consistency really key? The process I use that helps us keep things organized Where you should place ads in your podcast episodes. Do Instagram posts for episodes really move the needle on downloads? If your friends stop listening, does it mean they don't love you anymore? Is the unpaid time you put into your podcast actually worth it? Podcast audience or email list - which is more important to me? From my life: Buying a house and going on vacation with kids. The good, the bad, and the totally messy/ugly. Mentioned in this episode: She Podcasts Live - Get $200 bucks off your ticket to the event on October 11-14 in Washington D.C.. I'll be talking about using low cost Facebook Ads to grow your podcast audience.Use the coupon code CLAIRE when you check out to get your $200 discount: https://www.shepodcasts.com/she-podcasts-live-2022/ The strollers we LOVED on our family vacation: Collapsible Wagon 1 from Target Collapsible Wagon 2 from Target The mastermind I mentioned: Stacy Boehman Connect with Claire Pelletreau: The Get Paid Podcast ClairePells on Instagram ClairePells on Facebook ClairePells YouTube Channel Email my team

Rachel Greiman is a copywriter and documentary family photographer in Denver, CO. She owns Green Chair Stories, a company committed to writing websites that get photographers booked. She believes cookies are a perfectly acceptable breakfast food, as long as you eat some salad later. She lives with her giant dog (an 80-pound bernedoodle named Bernadette), her giant husband (a 6'6" man named Travis), and her currently little (but probably soon-to-be giant) babies in a bungalow in the city. " I thought: I'm going to shut this down. This is our last year. I'm done." - Rachel Grieman This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: Meeting at a conference to becoming Voxer friends with Claire Her life as a reaction to how she was raised in a Mennonite community How Rachel went from finishing a job in Uganda to starting a business in Philadelphia Do enriching experiences equal happiness? From charging $500 for a full website to stacking $500 every 6 months Hiring her first teammate 3 weeks before maternity leave Zero child care during a pandemic 😩😩😩 How Rachel has successfully written the copy for 300 websites A disappearance from social media Rachel's conversion rates and how she sells her services without sales calls Connect with Rachel Grieman: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Pinterest 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.

Angie M Jordan is an expert digital marketer and content creator that focuses on helping service and consulting-based businesses use podcasting as a tool to grow their business and get more visibility and reach online. Angie has been in the digital marketing space since 2008, when she launched her first company providing copywriting, social media, and digital marketing services. Since then, she has used her marketing knowledge to build a multiple 6 figure podcast consulting and full-service production agency. This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: How do you go from rocking the retail world to an in-demand podcast coach? How to get people to discover a podcast Quitting her job on the subway without a plan Getting your warmest leads from your podcast Why Angie doesn't do many podcast interviews How she helps her clients start a podcast and why it's a great marketing tool Angie's launch strategy What freedom looks like for Angie and Claire Are podcast ads effective? Why now? Connect with Angie Jordan: Website Facebook Instagram Podcast TikTok 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 this episode, Claire walks us through her entire launch strategy, how much she made, conversion rates, and whether or not it felt like it was worth it. Braden Drake is back as a guest co-host asking all the right questions about planning, process and money. 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.