Growing Steady | Intentional Creative Business Podcast

This week, we go through a big move we’re making with our software product Teachery. For the first time, we have a pretty big change in our new user signup process! We’ve created 7 pre-designed course themes to get someone up and running much faster with their online course. We’re also moving our marketing site to Webflow so we have more control over marketing content, landing pages, etc. We’ll keep you posted on the progress!

We also introduced a new segment called Calm Business Confidential where each of us brings an interesting calm business to the podcast without telling the other person about it before recording (hence, the confidential part 😘). Hope you enjoy the new segment and learning about calm businesses that aren’t billion dollar companies trying to change the world.

Last but not least, we update you on our summer in Portugal, including spending 3 weeks with Caroline’s Mom, road-tripping to the Douro Valley wine region, and an update on our residency card status.

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/172

🔗 Calm Business Confidential links mentioned in the episode:

Jason’s pick: Chenell Basilio’s GrowthInReverse.com (newsletter + blog with in-depth business breakdowns)

Carol’s pick: Liz Sharma’s TalkTheStreets.com (YouTube channel + learn a new language program)

If you have a calm business you think we should talk about, send us an email and share it!

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This week we are breaking down our affiliate program for our main offer (WAIM Unlimited). Just a few years ago we weren’t interested in “affiliate marketing” at all. We share those initial misconceptions and how our mindset shifted in a different direction, with the help of our paying customers who were asking if they could promote WAIM to their friends and subscribers.

Nearly 70% of our new WAIM customers in the past 3 years are from our existing customers (affiliates) and we love this for multiple reasons: Not only because it keeps us from having to spend money on marketing and advertising, but because we know our members are only going to attract people who share our similar values.

Some business owners might hear that we’ve paid our affiliates $166,000 and think that’s money that could’ve gone into our pockets, but we see it as a great way to re-invest in our members and thank them for their efforts!

We hope this chat about affiliate marketing can give you some concrete ideas on if setting up affiliates is right for your business.

🔗 Get the full episode show notes and transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/157

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Links mentioned in the episode:

Restrict Content Pro (WP membership plugin): https://bit.ly/jasonrcp

AffiliateWP (WP affiliate plugin): https://bit.ly/jasonaffiliatewp

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We all know being on social media has its ups and downs. While it’s a great place to have a brand new business or idea get found, it’s also hard on our mental health and can constantly feel like you’re stuck in this never-ending hamster wheel of content creation.

This week, we’re sharing our thoughts on how we’re viewing social media as it relates to our businesses moving forward. We also talk about our personal social media profiles (really just IG) and if we think we’ll come back to those either

We want to make sure to note, if you LOVE using social media then by all means keep using it! But, like everything else in life and business, if you aren’t enjoying using social media right now, ask yourself our age-old question: “what is it all for?”

✈️ Our pramvel this week starts with a beach story from Nazaré and the first moment we realized living in Portugal could be a real option. Then, once we switched our plans to stay in the Silver Coast for another week, we had to book a last-minute hotel, but we found a great spot with a fun surprise!

🏨 Check out the Well Hotel & Spa we stayed at: https://goo.gl/maps/x7yheVeHXfyAMtTu7

😍 Check out the unique Areias do Seixo Hotel: https://goo.gl/maps/VSso2KDXqohahG5t5

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We have 11 questions we grabbed from the game OpenUp! These weren’t pre-selected and we simply picked them at random while recording to make it fun and authentic.

Have fun asking these questions with your friends, family, partner, or just answering them on your own:

1. If you had a hairy spot on your body that you could NEVER shave and that would grow forever, where should that spot be?
2. Do you feel that life has been generally fair or unfair to you?
3. Do you eat food that’s past the ‘best by’ date? Explain.
4. Have you ever told a friend you were interested in more than friendship, and gotten turned down?
5. How well do you think you could keep an important secret if you were subjected to torture?
6. What’s the largest age gap you would consider when choosing someone to date/marry?
7. Would you go commando for one year for $10,000? Why or why not?
8. What is the last thing that made you laugh out loud?
9. Would you be willing to flash a stranger? (*At FlashCon, a conference we made up for people who like flashing other people)
10. How long do you think you could survive in the wilderness without help or supplies?
11. If there were no electronics (TV, smartphones, i-anythings) what would you do for fun?

👩🏻‍🦰🌍👨🏻‍🦲 WAW Countdown: 50 days!

🍿 Movies discussed: Red Notice and Love Hard

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The next few weeks of our podcast will shift from business and focus more on life, silliness, and just all-around fun (we hope!) as we partake in our summer sabbatical.

In this episode, we answered 10 thought-provoking questions and they range from deep and meaningful to utterly ridiculous. A great metaphor for the two of us as human beings, don’t you think??

Here are the 10 questions if you want to answer them yourself, with your spouse, or with a friend:

1. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
2. What do you wish you’d spent more time doing five years ago?
3. Who do you sometimes compare yourself to?
4. How have bodily functions evolved in your relationship?
5. If you could instill one piece of advice in a newborn baby’s mind, what advice would you give?
6. What are the 3 most defining moments in your life thus far?
7. Would you rather own a dragon or be a dragon?
8. What small act of kindness were you once shown that you will never forget?
9. If you had to do anything as a job other than what you do right now, what would you do?
10. What’s the best part of growing older?

Movies: Skyfire (great disaster flick!) and Inside (Bo Burnham’s new Netflix special)

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More goodies from us:

Feel like you might be experiencing a business roadblock? Let us help you get un-stuck with our free quiz - wanderingaimfully.com

Build and sell your online course using our easy-to-use and friendly course platform - teachery.co