Chasing Simple

Sustainable Business Management

Because you’re tuned into this podcast, I know that you want to see more simplicity in your life and business. I mean, why else would you download a business episode from a podcast called Chasing Simple, right? But maybe simplicity and sustainability sound great in theory, but are hard for you to practically come by.

And you certainly aren’t alone in that. I believe that simplicity is never going to be something we find once and for all, but is an ongoing practice. Which is why I show up here week after week, to share practical ways to implement simplicity in your life, business, and marketing. It’s also why I bring in experts to help share their own areas of expertise and how we can simplify those as well.

And this week, I’m so excited to be joined by Sabrina Gebhardt, a lifestyle photographer of more than 11 years in Fort Worth, Texas and a business coach to photographers and other creative entrepreneurs. She’s married to her college sweetheart, and together they have 3 kids and 2 dogs. Sabrina is a lover of caffeine, emojis, color, and reading anything she can get her hands on (which is how I just know you’re going to love her). She’s also a strong enneagram 3 who really does have to force herself to sit still, but over the years has learned that her business (and her sanity) benefit from slowing down.

And today she’s joining us to share with you some practical ways that you can build sustainability and slowing down into your business as well! You’re going to love some of these tips she’s brought with her, so without wasting any time, let’s dive on in!

Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Grab my NEW Content Planner to help you create sustainable goals for your business this year!
• Download Sabrina’s Free Guide to Sustainability for Creatives here
• This week’s action step: Go into the Reminders app in your phone and do an emotional dump on what it is that you’re feeling right now. Set it as a reminder to go off at the beginning of your launch season for next year.
• This week’s book recommendation:We Should All Be Millionaires by Rachel Rodgers
• Find us on Instagram

Sabrina is a lifestyle photographer of more than 11 years living in Fort Worth, Texas and a business coach to photographers and other creative entrepreneurs. She’s married to her college sweetheart and they have 3 kids and 2 dogs. Sabrina loves caffeine, emojis, color and reading anything she can get her hands on. She’s a strong enneagram 3 who really does have to force herself to sit still but over the years has learned that her business (and sanity) benefits from slowing down.

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Because you’re tuned into this podcast, I know that you want to see more simplicity in your life and business. I mean, why else would you download a business episode from a podcast called Chase And Simple, right? But maybe simplicity and sustainability sound great in theory, but are hard for you to practically come by, and you’re certainly.

Not alone in this. I believe that simplicity is never going to be something that we find once and for all, but that is an ongoing practice, which is why I show up here week after week to share practical ways to implement simplicity into your life, your business, and your marketing. It’s also why I bring in experts to help share their own areas of expertise and how we can simplify those as well.

And this week I am so excited to be joined by Sabrina Gebhardt a lifestyle photographer of more than 11 years in Fort Worth, Texas, and a business coach to photographers and other creative entrepreneurs. She’s married to her college sweetheart, and together the...

9 Content Ideas for When You’re in a Creative Slump

We all have them – creativity slumps. As you know, one of the reasons I’m such a huge proponent of batching is to decrease these slumps, but they still happen. Sometimes it’s time to create content and you just don’t have any ideas on what to talk about or how to serve your people.

So today, I’m giving you 9 different content ideas that you can take with you into those slumps. In fact, if you follow through and do this week’s action step, you’ll have a content bank of 45 different ideas you can save for those days when you just aren’t feeling it.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• If you want your business to grow, effective marketing is crucial. But that doesn’t mean you have to spend a ton of time on your marketing – even if you’re a solopreneur. Do you dream of business growth, but aren’t gaining traction? Does the thought of tackling your marketing feel daunting? Or, do you understand the importance of effective marketing, but simply don’t have the time to get it done? There’s good news! Marketing doesn’t have to be so overwhelming, confusing, and complicated. Say goodbye to the confusion and complexity that has held you back, and say hello to a clear, actionable roadmap for business growth. In my book, Chasing Simple Marketing, I’ll take you on a journey to demystify marketing with simplicity as your guiding principle. You’ll walk away with a clear, concise, and personalized marketing strategy designed specifically for your entrepreneurial journey. You don’t need a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) or a background in business to tackle your marketing head-on thanks to the strategies and techniques in this book that deliver real results. No longer will marketing feel like an insurmountable mountain; instead, it will become an easily manageable and integral part of your business. Take your content from non-existent or inconsistent, to a true tool to grow your business by Chasing Simple Marketing. You can grab your own copy by heading to Amazon and searching for Chasing Simple Marketing, or you can hop over to amandawarfield.com/book/ to learn more about buying it for yourself.
• This week’s action step: Take a few minutes and brainstorm 5 different pieces of content for each of these 8 ideas.
• This week’s book recommendation: Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen
• Find me on Instagram and tell me you completed this week’s action step: @mrsamandawarfield

Don’t forget to subscribe so that you never miss an episode! Also, if you would be willing to leave a review on Apple Podcasts, it would mean the world to me. It’s such a small thing that can make a big difference in helping me spread this message of simplicity to other overwhelmed women.

Have a comment about today’s episode, or a topic you’d like to suggest for a future episode? Shoot me an email over at [email protected]!

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We all have them. Creativity slumps. As you know, one of the reasons I’m such a huge proponent of batching is to decrease these slumps, but they still happen. Sometimes it’s time to create content and you just don’t have any ideas on what to talk about or how to serve your people. So today I’m giving you nine different content ideas that you can take with you into those slumps.

In fact, if you follow through and do this week’s action step, you’ll have a content bank of 45 different ideas that you can save for those days when you just aren’t feeling it. You’re listening to episode 173 of The Chasing Simple Podcast, and I’m your host, Amanda Warfield. This episode was brought to you by my book, Chasing Simple Marketing, and you can grab your own copy at amandawarfield.com / book.

How do I find time to create content without overwhelming myself? Where should I even be showing up in my marketing? How do I come up with fresh content ideas? Where should I be focusing my marketing efforts? What is lead generation anyways and how do I do it? Are launches still a thing? And most importantly, how do I put it all together to market my business strategically?

Can I really grow my business without spending all of my time marketing? These are some of the questions that float around in your head when you think of marketing. Welcome friend. This is Chasing Simple Where Practical Marketing Strategy Meets Simplicity. I’m your host, Amanda Warfield, simplicity focused content marketing and launch strategist, speaker educator, and autho...

Keep Your Marketing Messaging On Brand (Without Getting Bored)

Are you feeling uninspired when you sit down to create content? Do you feel completely out of ideas for what to say, or talk about? Have you said it all, more than once?

If you’re feeling this way, this episode is for you. I’m going to share three ways for you to spice up your messaging so that you can continue to show up for your people, share your messaging, and bring in those clients – without getting bored.

Because it doesn’t matter if you have the best messaging in the world if your audience doesn’t hear you talk about it.

Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• This week’s episode is brought to you by the Chasing Simple Content Planner and you can grab your own at amandawarfield.com/planner/
• Are you looking to improve your content without spending a ton of time and mental energy doing so? Whether you’re looking for help knowing what to talk about, setting up content systems, or improving your launch strategy, the Chasing Simple Shop has something for you. From A Year of Content Prompts broken up by type of content, to my Launch Strategy Mini-Course – the Chasing Simple Shop is the quick and simple way to take your content to the next level. And you can get 10% off any item by using the code LISTENER at checkout! Just head to amandawarfield.com/shop/ and again, that code for 10% off is LISTENER!
• This week’s action step: If you haven’t revisited your brand and offer messaging this year, put a date on your calendar to do so!
• This week’s book recommendations: Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez. Rare 5 stars. And Building a Story Brand by Donald Miller
• Find me on Instagram and tell me you completed this week’s action step: @mrsamandawarfield

Don’t forget to subscribe so that you never miss an episode! Also, if you would be willing to leave a review on Apple Podcasts, it would mean the world to me. It’s such a small thing that can make a big difference in helping me spread this message of simplicity to other overwhelmed women.

Have a comment about today’s episode, or a topic you’d like to suggest for a future episode? Shoot me an email over at [email protected]!

Rather Read? – Here’s the Transcript!

Are you feeling uninspired when you sit down to create content? Do you feel completely out of ideas for what to say or talk about? Have you said it all more than once? If you’re feeling this way, this episode is for you because I’m going to share three ways for you to spice up your messaging so that you can continue to show up for your people, share your messaging, and bring in those clients without getting bored.

Because it doesn’t matter if you have the best messaging in the world. If your audience doesn’t hear you talk about it. You’re listening to episode 156 of the Chasing Symbol Podcast. And I’m your host, Amanda Warfield. This episode was brought to you by the Chasing Simple Content Planner, and you can grab your own at amanda warfield.com/planner.

How do I run a successful business from my home? How can I possibly wear all of the hats? Am I the only one that struggles with staying organized? What am I supposed to do about work-life [00:01:00] balance? How can I create a solid schedule and routine? How do I even stay productive? And the biggest question of all, how do I manage it all?

And can I really create a business that I love without being chained in my laptop? Welcome to The Chasing Simple Podcast, hard conversations and Actionable Education meet. I’m your host, Amanda Warfield, time management coach, online educator, and crazy Cat mama. My mission is to help overwhelm biz owners get more done and less time so that they have more time and energy for what matters most.

If you feel overwhelmed or occasionally lost in the rollercoaster that is entrepreneurship, I want you to know that you aren’t. Those things you’re feeling, you aren’t the first or the last to feel that way. The hard things you’re going through, someone else has already been there too. Each week I’ll bring you transparent conversations, actionable steps, and a judgment free community to encourage and equi...

Hitting pause on your content – should you do it? Should you continue your marketing? I’m discussing what I’m doing for my businesses and their marketing right now, what you should consider in order to make your own decision, and how to go about dealing with your already scheduled content.

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How To Market A Digital Course

Live launching or evergreen launching. Which one is easiest? How do you do them? What do they require? How to market a digital course and, ultimately, which is right for you? In this week’s episode, I’m going to explore each type of “launch”, their pros and cons, and my personal opinion on which you should be utilizing for your digital course.

Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Grab the 8 emails I send to my waitlist every launch – a new free resource for you!
• This week’s action step: Sign up for my free popup podcast – Course Launch Prep – Simplified. A three episode series created to help entrepreneurs prepare themselves to launch a course. I’m going to cover What You Need to Launch a Course ( & What You Don’t), the 5 Phases of a Course Launch, and Creating Your Launch Messaging. Episode 1 drops on September 7th, but you can go ahead and sign up and tune into the introductory episode by heading to amandawarfield.com/launch-podcast/
• This week’s book recommendation: Hang the Moon by Alexandria Bellefleur, and Count Your Lucky Stars. May be the first time I’ve ever rated a sequel higher than an original, but I only gave the first in the series 3 stars, and wasn’t even going to mention it to you. And while you could probably skip the first one and just read two and three, if you’re a completionist like me, it’s called Written in the Stars. All are written within the same friend group, and are your typical romcom novel. Book one focuses on the relationship between Darcy and Elle. Book two around Darcy’s brother and her best friend Annie. And Book three around Elle’s former roommate, Margot, and her childhood best friend, Olivia.
• Find me on Instagram and tell me you completed this week’s action step: @mrsamandawarfield

Don’t forget to subscribe so that you never miss an episode! Also, if you would be willing to leave a review on Apple Podcasts, it would mean the world to me. It’s such a small thing that can make a big difference in helping me spread this message of simplicity to other overwhelmed women.

Have a comment about today’s episode, or a topic you’d like to suggest for a future episode? Shoot me an email over at [email protected]!

Rather Read? – Here’s the Transcript!

Live launching or evergreen launching, which one is easiest, how do you do ’em? What do they require? And ultimately, which is right for you? In this week’s episode, I’m going to explore each type of quote, unquote, launch their pros and cons and my personal opinion on which you should be utilizing. You’re listening to episode 123 of the chasing symbol podcast and I’m your host, Amanda Warfield. Let’s dive in.

Live launching, live launching is what most of us tend to think launching is when we think a launch or course launch, we’re thinking live launching it’s where you have doors open and doors close. You have a ton of hype around the launch and your stories on Instagram are all about the launch. You know, maybe you’ve got some way to take down names for all of your students and you’re celebrating each sale that comes in on your lives.

You’re going live, you are doing some sort of visibility booster, whether it’s a webinar or a Facebook group challenge or a popup podcast, all of these things where you are literally staying as active and as visible as possible. You’re literally going live as much as possible in order to make sales for your course.

Now there are pros and there are cons to live launching. Pros, you have the satisfaction of seeing a large group of sales roll in. You get that adrenaline boost, right? You also have a large revenue bump in your year. You know, when you’re looking at your year as a whole and how much revenue you brought in each month, launch months are always, are typically going to have a large bump in sales, which is great.

If you need to boost your cash flow a little. They create really easy urgency because you have doors open and then they close. And once the doors close, well, your people aren’t able to get back in until the next live launch. They also create adrenaline and excitement and they majorly boost the visibility for your business because you’re showing up more often, people are interacting wi...