This is the quick story of building SceneRoll, from closing our coaching business after eight years last summer, to discovering AI building tools like Lovable and Claude Code, to the frustrating weeks of trying to get video previewing and exporting to actually work in a browser. OOF.

Today it finally clicked! And I can't believe how fast and smooth SceneRoll feels to go from an audio file and B-roll clips to a finished vertical video!

Tomorrow we go live with a usage-based credit model and an exciting multiplier bonus for early buyers. Hope you'll check out SceneRoll.com and grab some credits!

• We're both more excited about business than we've been in years 
• Leaning into AI with curiosity instead of fear has been one of the best decisions we've made
• Going back to work full-time in January was intentional (work fills my creative bucket, which makes me a better mom)
• Walking away from WAIM Unlimited after 8 years was a leap of faith, but it wasn't a growth edge anymore
• Role split: I'm leading content/design (vibecoding.to, Instagram, TikTok, UI for SceneRoll + Teachery), Jason's leading product
• Found a fun NotebookLM → Canva workflow for reels
• Leon at 6 months is the best stage yet, her personality emerging, smiles, laughs

Honestly might be the happiest I've ever been, trying to soak it in and stay present instead of disappearing into the laptop!

• Haven't felt this excited about building since iWearYourShirt in 2009
• Claude Code (especially the Mac app) has been a game changer (way beyond what Lovable could do for us)
• Built an autonomous Teachery blog engine in ~2 hours: 3 articles/day, Telegram updates, auto-published
• Also built a content digest that turns voice memos into tweets and newsletters that sound like me
• Made my first real commit to Teachery's codebase! WOW!
• The tension: endless ideas, not enough hours, still wanting to be a present dad

Prediction: 2026 creative output will be 10-30x any previous year. Does it feel that way to you too?

On my walk this morning I had some thoughts about Teachery I wanted to share:

• Where the business started
• The main 3 evolutions Teachery has had
• The big ah-ha moments in 2025 that reignited my passion for Teachery
• The next version of Teachery I'm stoked about (v4.0)
• The first BIG financial goal I've set for Teachery in a lonnnnnng time!

Hope you enjoy and look for more of these episodes from each of us soon 👍👍.

We talk about:

• Life with baby Leon and what surprised us most in the early months
• How stepping away from WAIM Unlimited and work impacted us
• What’s happening with Teachery and why it’s entering a new chapter
• Two very different paths we’re considering for what we build next—and why we’re torn
• Why clarity still comes from action, not overthinking

This episode is part catch-up, part behind-the-scenes, and part open-ended invitation to follow along as we figure out what the next iteration of our work looks like in 2026.

🔗 Leave a comment: https://youtu.be/cbKe5NAzzUE

We also chatted about:

• How we’ve prepared financially for baby
• What it’s been like stepping back from WAIM
• Some of the more emotional, unexpected shifts we’ve experienced

Plus, a few questions about what work and childcare might look like and the baby’s future citizenship in Portugal.

In this episode, we’re going to cover:

• What actually worked (and didn’t) across email, Instagram, affiliates, YouTube, and more
• A surprise takeaway about boosting IG Reels
• The total revenue, MRR, and where we spent money
• Honest reflections on marketing, momentum, and managing real life during a major launch

If you’re curious about what went into a “final launch” of a signature program, the tactics, the lessons, and everything we did to beat our high goal this one is for you.

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⚙️ Give Teachery a try today for free! Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

💌 Want to get a weekly jolt of business inspiration and learn tactics and strategies that can help you increase profits, have more predictability, and feel peaceful with your biz? Sign up for our weekly email at wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter 

As of recording this FINAL installment, we have just 12 hours left in the launch 😱.

You’ll get an update on our total sales numbers, what went on the last week (another death in our family 💔), and the final things happening in the last day. 

🔗 Track our daily sales: https://sales.waim.co
💻 See the coaching session tool: https://preview.waim.co (expires when launch ends)

👉 Get all the details on our final launch of WAIM Unlimited: https://waim.co

We cover:

• How to increase sales without feeling pushy
• How to get clarity on what you're building and who it's for
• How to overcome fear and self-doubt
• …and 7 more honest, practical questions that we think every solopreneur asks themselves at some point!

Whether you're considering WAIM Unlimited or just want some grounded guidance, this episode is packed with the real stuff.

👉 Get all the details on our final launch of WAIM Unlimited: https://waim.co

As of recording this second installment, we are 1 WEEK post-launch and have 1 week to go! (This is the "Sahara Desert" part of the launch.)

You’ll get an update on our total sales numbers, how our boosted IG content is doing, and our adjusted plan for the next week due to a death in the family 😢.

Hope you enjoy this and we'll share one more real-time update episode on the last day of the launch.

🔗 Track our daily sales: https://sales.waim.co

👉 Get all the details on our final launch of WAIM Unlimited: https://waim.co

So what actually becomes more valuable in a world drowning in content? In this episode, we share the three human skills we’re doubling down on in the year ahead. These are core skills we believe will stand out more than ever:

• Storytelling: The shift from tip-based to narrative-driven content, and why holding attention is now a superpower
• Transparency & Building in Public: Why your lived experience (even failures!) is your best differentiator in the age of generic content
• Personality & Weirdness: As sameness increases, novelty becomes magnetic and showing up imperfectly is your edge

If you’ve been wondering how to stay relevant (and energized!) as AI transforms everything, we hope this chat offers a grounded, creative direction to move forward with.

🤠 If you want to join us for the years to come and get an inside look at how we're continuing to build calm creator businesses during the wave of AI, learn more about WAIM Unlimited: https://waim.co

As of recording this first installment, we are 24 hours post-launch and have 2 weeks to go!

You’ll get to hear how our pre-launch waitlist went, where 44% of sales have come from so far, and how close we are to our initial low goal already.

Hope you enjoy this and we’ll have two more of these episodes!

🔗 Track our daily sales: https://sales.waim.co

👉 Get all the details on our final launch of WAIM Unlimited: https://waim.co

In this episode, we introduce the idea of slow-learning AI: a calm, intentional approach to staying curious without getting overwhelmed. We share specific strategies we’re using to create boundaries, focus our energy, and integrate tools that actually serve our business goals (instead of just distracting us with new shiny objects).

Don’t bury your head in the sand if you are curious about AI. Take a few of our practical tips from this episode to create constraints and put YOU in the driver’s seat of educating yourself on your own timeline.

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How many sales emails matter? Do you actually need launch bonuses? Is there value in using AI to write sales page copy or does it sound too… AI?

Here’s what we cover in this ep:

• Why pre-marketing matters more than ever (and how to start sooner)
• The power of “carrots” and launch events to drive urgency
• Why inboxes are cluttered and what to do about it
• How specificity and social proof are becoming non-negotiable
• Why it's easier than ever to execute a launch (doesn’t mean sales are easy)

Whether you’re prepping for a big product launch or rethinking how you sell altogether, this episode will help you show up with more intention, strategy, and confidence.

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This episode, we hope you get to hear how we brainstorm, how we go back and forth, and when we get excited (or not) about a potential new idea.

In 2026, we’re going to shift from monthly coaching to building tools using AI no-code platforms (like Lovable). These are a handful of the ideas we might embark on. Let us know if one or two resonated with you!

🔗 Try Lovable “vibe coding” https://waim.co/lovable 

🎥 Screenstudio video app https://bit.ly/jasonscreenstudio 

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In this episode, we’re cutting through the chaos to ground you in what remains true in online business today. If you feel like you're fighting a current right now, you're not alone! We cover...

• The three foundational things that still drive results (and always will)
• From dwindling blog traffic to the decline of vague offers
• How to adapt to fast-moving trends without burning out or losing focus
• And three calm truths to anchor you when everything feels uncertain

Whether you're feeling the pressure to "keep up" or just want to know how to stay calm with your business right now, we hope this ep helps ya!

✨ This episode pairs with our new email series The Future-Proof Creator: wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter

⏳ Our LAST EVER enrollment of our WAIM Unlimited program is a few weeks away, get on the VIP Waitlist: wanderingaimfully.com/waitlist

In this episode, we have two AI Speakers joining us to ask us questions about our businesses, content creation, and our lives. The AI voices were created using Descript and the questions were created via ChatGPT.

We thought this was SUPER interesting and very fun to see what things stood out to the artificial intelligence we spend time interacting with daily.

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Spoiler: we’re not here to growth-hack, we’re here to experiment, stay aligned with our business, and TRY to enjoy the content creation process.

We cover:

• What our first month back looked like (formats, topics, opt-ins, and spaghetti-throwing)
• Surprising lessons from low-effort Reels and a spur of the moment carousel
• Why we’re pivoting to a focused content series, 40 Days of Launch Prep, and how we’re using storytelling as strategy
• A behind-the-scenes update that we’re already a bit behind on our Month 2 plan, but we’re moving forward!
• How to reflect on your own content strategy and find what fits your season

If you’ve been thinking about returning to social or just want to create in a way that’s more creatively fulfilling, this one’s for you.

🤳 Follow our IG journey: https://instagram.com/wanderingaimfully 

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Whether you’re expecting, planning a business sabbatical, or just curious about building more space into your business, this one’s for you. Here’s what we covered:

• The values guiding our decision to take this time seriously: calm, presence, rest, and bonding
• Our loose timeline, including a pre-baby wind-down and giving ourselves permission to take the rest of the year off starting in August
• What business adjustments we’re making now (like our final WAIM launch and Teachery transition)
• The emotional and logistical prep we’re doing behind the scenes
• What we’re still figuring out—and why we’re okay not having all the answers

This season of life is calling for softer schedules, deeper presence, and more trust in the unknown. We hope this episode encourages you to honor your own rhythms—whatever chapter you’re in.

📺 Shows we’re loving: White Lotus, The Jackal, The Pitt

🍿 Movies we’re loving: Taking of Pelham 123 and Companion

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The questions we answered in this ep:

1. How are we feeling confident when it comes to the money side of this decision? Do we have savings? Other skills we can fall back on? Are we freaking out about this at all?
2. Monthly coaching has been so valuable for our customers, why would we stop doing it?
3. We talk about running a “calm business” does this completely change how calm things will be for us?
4. Why should someone buy WAIM Unlimited during this last chance to purchase? 

Hope you enjoy hearing us discuss more of the real-time decision-making and thought process to this big shift in our business! 

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We dive into:

• What it feels like to fall out of love with your offer (and why that’s not a failure)
• When your results no longer match your effort—and why that’s worth paying attention to
• How a strong pull toward something new can be a signal, not just a distraction
• Why shifting life circumstances (hello, parenthood!) require more sustainable, aligned business models

If you’ve been feeling stuck, disconnected, or daydreaming about a new chapter, this one’s for you. We’ll help you ask the questions that matter and maybe, just maybe, give you the nudge to take that leap.

💬 If you have questions you want to ask us about our decision to retire WAIM Unlimited, send them through our contact page.

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Retiring WAIM Unlimited didn’t come from burnout or panic… but from clarity, alignment, and a desire to move into our next chapter with intention. We’ve been business coaches for 72 months and we’re excited to take things in a new direction!

Here’s what we cover in this ep:

• What a final enrollment will look like (May/June 2025)
• The real (and nuanced) reasons we’re making this shift—from changing buyer behavior to our own creative evolution
• What this means for current WAIM members (spoiler: NOT MUCH!)
• What the next 12 months will look like for us, including our final launch and plans for parental leave
• A glimpse at what we’re pivoting toward in 2026—and why we’re genuinely excited to build from the ground up again

This episode is for anyone who’s questioning a long-standing offer or wondering if it’s time to let go of something that no longer fits. Your business can grow with you… if you let it.

💬 If you have questions you want to ask us about this decision to retire WAIM Unlimited, send them through our contact page.

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In this launch recap episode, we’re breaking down:

• The details of our Spring 2025 launch (amidst first trimester, new 6-month option, and our very minimal marketing effort)
• Why we think sales were lower this time (hello, economic uncertainty, changing buyer behavior, and declining web traffic)
• What we’re doing differently moving forward (getting back on social, refining our offers, and leaning into AI tools for creators)
• Our plans for WAIM Unlimited, Calm Launch Formula, and where we see our business evolving for the rest of 2025

If you’ve ever had a launch that didn’t go as planned, we hope this episode reminds you that business is an ever-changing game—and that reinvention is part of the process. Listen in for our takeaways and what’s next for us!

🔗 See our fancy new office at https://wanderingaimfully.com/now

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We’re covering:

• The fertility challenges we faced (Ep #223), including two pregnancy losses and the diagnosis that changed everything
• What it was like to start daily blood thinner injections and progesterone
• How we found out we were pregnant and why it felt different this time
• Caroline’s first trimester experience (hello, nausea and fatigue)
• Jason’s deep emotional reflections (aka, his attempt to share feelings 😂)
• How we’re adjusting work and life for this big transition

We’re incredibly grateful for this moment, and we also want to acknowledge that fertility journeys are deeply personal—if you’re in the thick of it, we see you and are sending so much love. 💛

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THE biggest mistake we see folks making when doing live launches is not enough planning and prep time (our own customer survey data showed 75% of people plan a launch in 4 weeks or less). Not giving yourself enough time leads to overwhelm, a lack of pre-marketing, and what we call a “floppy launch” (read: not many sales).

We touch on four things in this episode that every launch needs to feel calmer while also driving more sales! We hope you walk away from this episode giving your next launch more lead-up time AND when your launch starts you are having that (stress-free!) twiddling-your-thumbs moment.

🎙️ Listen to Jason’s episode on the How To Money podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/launching-an-offbeat-and-sustainable-business-w/id1337718773?i=1000697828135 

🍪 Try Jason’s fantastic chocolate chip cookie recipe: https://cooked.wiki/saved/5c71efb8-0c69-431f-957f-6d43e9a40daf 

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In this ep, we explore the thoughts that keep business owners from moving forward (especially early on). The 4 Qs we mentioned in the episode that every biz owner needs to be able to confidently answer are:

• Who do you help?
• Why does your business exist and why would someone choose you over your peers?
• What problem does your business solve?
• How do you help them solve it?

We hope this episode gives you a JOLT of inspiration and motivation to move forward if you’ve been feeling stuck!

🔗 You can join our 6-Month Coaching Kickstart if you need additional support and coaching: https://wanderingaimfully.com/6-months 

📬 Send us an email https://waim.co/contact if you want the coaching session mentioned in this ep!

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In this episode, we share 7 huge changes/shifts we’ve seen in the online business space. Some are obvious (🤖👀) and some have snuck up all of us. 

The most important takeaway: You can either fight the current of change or you can turn into it — as much as feels right to you — and make a few concessions to continue to have a thriving business in 2025!

🔗 Links:

• Use offermath.com to pick your next idea!
• Watch Jason build OfferMath: https://youtu.be/FMq4CRNBlw0  
• Our Lovable affiliate link: https://bit.ly/jasonlovable 
• Content video: https://waim.co/previews/content 

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We walk through why we think creating tools is an alternate marketing path instead of creating content for social media. While everyone is focusing on Reels, TikTok, etc, you could be making tools without the need of a developer OR any design skills at all. The tool we’ve been using is called Lovable and you don’t need to know anything about databases, code, Github, etc. You just need to be able to type in a chat prompt (like GPT).

Let us be clear, no-code does NOT mean no effort. Building anything takes patience, time, and a willingness to learn new things and fight through the ups and downs. But, we are so excited with what we’ve been able to create with our WAIM of Stones accountability app for our WAIM Unlimited members. And we’d much rather spend our time creating long-lasting tools that solve problems as opposed to publishing vertical video content that lasts 24 hours at best.

🔗 Links:

https://bit.ly/jasonlovable (our Lovable aff link)

https://youtu.be/FMq4CRNBlw0 (watch Jason build a tool with Lovable)

https://wanderingaimfully.com/join (join WAIM to use the app!)

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We’ve been huge advocates of email list building for 10+ years and while social networks come and go, our email inboxes are still the most valuable channel in our minds. Whether it’s TikTok, IG, YouTube, etc, we believe it’s never been more important to grow an email list that gives you some control over your audience. 

Have a listen to this more casual conversation around the topic of marketing and what we’d do at all stages of your business journey (starting from scratch, some experience, or many years under your belt). 

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Whether it’s hiding in your “creation cave” or avoiding sending sales emails so you don’t feel sleazy, there are a handful of ways we limit our business potential that are of our own doing (we know, this is a tough love ep!)

We highlight 4 ways we’ve encountered self-sabotage and that we see from a lot of our community members. Then, we give you action steps to overcome the sabotage and change things for the better! 

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These questions and more came from our podcast producer (GPT 😂). There were some fun topics and we hope you enjoyed them. Let us know if you did and we’ll keep the AI-generated questions coming for future episodes.

Also, we did mention Lovable again, the AI app we’re gushing over to help us build tools without code!

🔗 Try it for free at https://bit.ly/jasonlovable (aff link)

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The tool is called Lovable and it’s a no-code, prompt-style, app/idea development interface (that does NOT require you to know how to code at all).

🔗 Try Lovable for free at https://bit.ly/jasonlovable (aff link)

Lovable is the first AI app we’ve used since GPT that truly feels groundbreaking (for us). We have immediately been able to take ideas in our heads and see them come to life just by using a prompt chat interface. You can probably hear our excitement for it in this episode!

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This year, Caroline will be focusing mostly on Wandering Aimfully (WAIM) and Jason will be focusing mostly on Teachery. We each shared two predictions that the other person didn’t know we were going to share about those businesses.

Then, we each brought 3 predictions for the online business space (digital products focus). Did any of these surprise you? Which one do you think we’re right on?

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We love doing these reviews and hope you enjoy hearing about the good, the bad, the disappointing, the tough, the awesome, and also all the things we thought were going to happen but didn’t (hey, that’s life 🤗).
 
 🔗 If you want to read the full 2024 Review/2025 Preview (with photos and charts): https://wanderingaimfully.com/2024-review

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We cover: What we sold, what it took to put the sale together (emails, sales page, automations, etc), what mistakes we made, and the final revenue numbers!

You can see the sales page we created, learn more about the Calm Launch Formula ✌️🚀, and even get access to the free course preview we forgot to email about (lol!) at: https://wanderingaimfully.com/deal 

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💌 Want practical tips to help you grow your creator

business-without burning out? Join our Growing Steady newsletter and every Monday you'll get 3 actionable tips for growing a Calm Business—one that is predictable, profitable, and peaceful: https://wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter 

Not sure there are big takeaways from this episode? Maybe just to find out if you’re #TeamJason or #TeamCaroline? Where do you stand with using social media for your business?

We’ll definitely record another episode (or two 🙈) as we solidify our thoughts and plans for using/not using social media in 2025.

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💌 Want practical tips to help you grow your creator

business-without burning out? Join our Growing Steady newsletter and every Monday you'll get 3 actionable tips for growing a Calm Business—one that is predictable, profitable, and peaceful: https://wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter 

Feel free to send us your version of the Top 5 lists we mentioned in the order you’d rank things!

Jump to 21:42 if you only want the Marketing Tactics list.

🔗 Here are a few links mentioned in this ep:

• Onyx Advent Coffee Calendar
• 19 Grams Advent Coffee Calendar
• Tony Chocolonely Advent Coffee Calendar
• Priorities Card Game

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In this episode, we’re also giving you an update on our fertility journey and the new findings with a bunch of blood work Caroline did to find some genetic conditions. We DO have a plan in place to move forward with our goal to grow our family and we’ll keep you posted. 

We also give a glimpse at how we’re feeling about work/business right now and what’s “shifting in us” as we like to say. We’ll have a lot more to share in the coming weeks/months as we always do this time of year.

If you listen on Spotify, please comment with what you want to hear more of with our podcast? We’re always keen to hear from you folks! ❤️

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In this episode, we share our personal story of trying to conceive (TTC) earlier this year, which resulted in two very early miscarriages, also known as chemical pregnancies. Now that we’ve had some time to process, we wanted to give you more details about what's been going on behind-the-scenes for the past few months, the emotional rollercoaster of moving through these losses and navigating these uncharted waters together, as well as how this has shifted our priorities and played a role in our business decisions. 

If these are topics that could be triggering at all, please don’t hesitate to skip this episode or come back to it when you feel ready. We also want to emphasize this is our personal journey, and we’re not medical experts. Our hearts go out to anyone who is in the midst of a similar journey or has gone through struggles conceiving in the past. Thanks for listening. 💛

Spoiler alert: For the second launch in a row, we did NOT hit our low goal 😬. BUT, we still had a successful 6-figure launch and welcomed in a great new group of WAIM members.

We share the positives, the negatives, the strategy we used for this launch, and then takeaways for what we’re going to tweak for 2025 enrollment periods. If you like launch recap content, you should thoroughly enjoy this ep!

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In this episode, we talk about a huge shift in direction for Teachery as a business. What might seem simple on the surface to offer a Lifetime (Pay-Once) Plan to Teachery, is actually quite complex. We share how we got to this place, how the experiment went, and the risks we’re looking ahead at.

The initial results of our Lifetime Plan experiment have us extremely excited for the future of Teachery. Not only does it feel very “us” as a business move, but it also immediately gives us the cashflow to afford to invest in additional design and development work! 

Can’t wait to continue to share this story with you as Jason takes the reins with Teachery (and Caroline is still in the wagon, she’s just more relaxed and less directing the horses which way to take us down the trail). 

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Over the past 10 years, we’ve used pre-marketing to get people ready to purchase all kinds of things. That strategy was never fully dialed-in and easy to share with someone else… until now! 

If you’re looking to learn our specific 4-week pre-launch strategy AND get AI prompts that can create the exact pre-launch content discussed in this episode (for you!) in less than 30 minutes 😱 you can join WAIM Unlimited and get our Calm Launch Formula program at https://waim.co/join 

Join us this week as we deconstruct our 4-week pre-launch plan for our current enrollment. Hear how we’ve gone from scattered to focused, and the initial results are proving to be worth it!

Other things mentioned in this episode you can check out:

🔗 Our "Journey to 330" recap: https://waim.co/330 

🔗 13 Marketing Ideas: https://waim.co/online-business-marketing

We interviewed Michelle Rohr, founder of Secret OWL Society, to find out how she harnesses her intuition to sell courses, templates, planners, and more without stress or overwhelm.

🔗 Michelle’s business is https://secretowlsociety.org 

Michelle has made many choices in her business that are different than the status quo in the digital products world, including some things that go against the typical marketing advice out there, and we hope digging into the details of her business will inspire you to do business YOUR way. 

She is an incredible example of how to run a calm business in the sense that she is always evolving her business to make sure it supports her well-being and her personal development. Hope you enjoy hearing her story!

In this episode, we talk about a big shift we’re seeing in customer behavior and how that impacts solopreneur creators. Having been in the online course industry for 10+ years, owning a course platform, and running a community of 1,500+ members, we have quite a bit of data that’s informing us.

We talk about our newest course, Calm Launch Formula ✌️🚀 and how we added a Done-For-You element in the form of pre-written AI prompts. There are multiple ways you could add a Done-For-You element to your digital products and we share some thoughts throughout this episode. 

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Wayne started with his first product, which sold to just 7 people. Realizing it wasn't a good fit, he pivoted and a year later generated $30,000 in sales for his Canva course! 

🔗 Wayne’s business is https://createdbywayne.com 

📺 Subscribe to Wayne https://youtube.com/@createdbywayne

Using our un-boring coaching advice and our Calm Launch Formula, Wayne managed to grow his email list to thousands and his YouTube channel to 20,000 subscribers in just a year and a half. He achieved all this with intention, honesty, and without using any sleazy or dishonest tactics.

In this interview, we discuss picking a niche, pivoting strategies, and overcoming the mental hurdles to finally being consistent and growing an audience. We hope Wayne's story will inspire you as much as it inspired us. Enjoy the conversation!

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This week, we discuss selling digital products Evergreen vs Launches. While Evergreen is often seen as the “easy,” passive income model, we believe there are a lot of hidden tactics and costs, not to mention a TON of technical setup and ongoing experimentation that is really difficult. 

For us, Launching offers a simpler, more manageable alternative. An open and closed launch model provides built-in urgency and a single, streamlined experience for our audience. Through trial and error, we discovered a recurring revenue launch model that combines the best of both worlds, giving us Evergreen-like results. 

Listen in as we discuss the pros and cons of each model and, as always, you decide how you want to run your own business, we’re just here to share our stories and experiences.

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However, our thinking evolved further this year. We realized that to build a calm, profitable business, you need to focus on what we call the Calm Business Trifecta: 1) an irresistible offer that you can sell with repeatable launches; 2) an engaged audience grown with a sustainable content system; and 3) a peaceful daily schedule grounded in an 'enough' mindset. 

We believe that if you narrow your focus to having a successful launch of your core offer, everything else will fall into place. This approach not only helps you build momentum but also ensures that all the important elements—like a great offer, knowing your audience, and building a list—are working together in harmony.

In this episode, we share a story from the early days of Made Vibrant, where Caroline was constantly creating new products instead of capitalizing on successful launches. This scattered approach led to more effort and LESS profit, the opposite of what we aim for. 

By focusing on repeatable launches with Wandering Aimfully, we found clarity and control, leading to increased profitability and a sense of momentum. If you're a business owner feeling overwhelmed and directionless, tune in to learn why making calm launching the center of your focus can finally get your head above water.

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We know firsthand the excitement and hard work that goes into creating a digital product, but what happens when all that effort leads to disappointment?

In this episode, we're sharing our personal experiences with failed launches, including the lessons learned from a calendar app and a digital magazine called Color Your Soul.

We explore the importance of pre-launch preparation, from creating strategic content to validating your offer with real customer feedback. You'll hear tips about starting your planning six months ahead, using project management tools to stay organized, and understanding customer behavior to ensure your launch is anything but a flop.

This is not about dream selling but about creating a calm, repeatable launch strategy that keeps your well-being intact.

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What goes into creating a new product? How is this different than a standard online course? What does “done-for-you” mean and how are we using AI to do all the boring work? 

Tune in this week as we share all the details of going from initial idea, to first brainstorm sesh, then dumping the big concepts into a bulleted list, refining that list, building slides in Canva, and then engineering all the AI prompts to do all the work for you (in 15 minutes or less 😱). 

We can’t wait to help you have more calm launches in your business using this system and it’ll be the first product we sell outside of WAIM Unlimited in 6 years! 

We mentioned the Calm Creator Canva Whiteboard: https://waim.co/canva 

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If you’ve been following along the past few weeks, we were on a content creation extravaganza and we’ve finally reached PUBLISHING time! 

We had some pretty strong resistance to posting and we cover the feelings that came along with that this week. Hopefully, as you listen to this episode, it gives you permission to hit publish/send/upload on something you’ve been holding back on. 

Our mantra right now, “good enough is better than not at all!” 

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This is our first enrollment period in over a year that includes a new program! We’re creating the “Calm Launch Formula,” a product to help you plan your own 2-week launch based on our proven schedule, sales page, sales emails, pre-marketing tactics, and more. 

What are all the tasks on our list the next few weeks? When will we start marketing and promoting our new program? And how do we feel about doing our first LIVE cohort?? 

All of that and more in this week’s ep!

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In this episode, we share our thoughts on keeping our “team” small and not going down the path of hiring more people. We’re not saying hiring people is bad, but for us, managing people and the stress that comes along with it is not worth it at this time in our businesses. 

We DO have a few freelancers we work with on an ongoing basis. It’s a very low-stress and minimal interaction relationship with those people, which feels nice and calm. We’ve experienced having a bigger team before and it was stressssssful 😂.

If you’re thinking about growing your team or hiring freelancers, we hope this episode gives you some food (💩🥪👀) for thought!

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We’ve been on a break from consistently creating social media and video content for nearly 3 years 😬. But, that’s all about to change and we’re getting back on the content creation train for both of our businesses. 

How much content are we creating? What does our weekly schedule look like? What is “good enough” looking like for now? Have a listen and get inspired to build your own content creation plan!

Grab the Canva Whiteboard: https://waim.co/canva 

YouTube Video of our Content Plan: https://youtu.be/bZq0n7-idTI 

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One thing we know for sure, we’ve always operated Wandering Aimfully as generalists. We can help with email marketing, copywriting, branding, etc. Sure, we were always trying to help small business owners who care about being intentional, but that was very unclear and made our lives difficult when it came to positioning ourselves and our core product. 

In this episode, we share our NEW content focus, which also presented a more niched-down audience focus too. We hope that hearing us talking it out in real-time can help you to better focus your core audience or problem your business solves.

Lots of (fun) changes coming to our Wandering Aimfully website and content very soon! 

Our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/wanderingaimfully 

Framer (aff link): https://bit.ly/jasonframer 

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Writing informative articles is not our favorite thing, BUT, after working on the task for a week we feel like we found a good groove. In this episode, we share the process and the tools that made the writing process much simpler. 

We also go over our competitor page strategy and how we used Framer to make the job easier for us. 

Jess Cooks Garlic Bread: https://www.thisjess.com/sourdough-discard-garlic-pull-apart-bread/

SEO Article Tool (aff link): https://bit.ly/jasonfrase 

Framer (aff link): https://bit.ly/jasonframer 

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The report we got back from an SEO Strategist does confirm that keyword-based articles are still working in 2024, especially for SaaS companies like Teachery. From the report, we have a 3-pronged plan of action to take. 

Listen as we share that 3-pronged plan and feel free to steal a few ideas based on what we’re going to be working on as our 5-week content extravaganza continues! 

And, we WILL be creating SEO-friendly articles for Wandering Aimfully in an upcoming week as well, so stay tuned to hear about that if you run a knowledge-based digital product business.

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There has been ONE clear friction point for us over the years when working together and that’s... Long-form videos. It’s some combination of our two strong creative personalities, along with having different visions for how a video should turn out, and the entire process has always been a bit bumpy for us. But, we really hoped to change that this last week!

Through many conversations, many experiments, and just trying to lead with curiosity we feel like we came out of the week WAYYYYY better than expected. Sure, we only finished 2 long-form videos, but our goal was 3, so we’re happy about that. 

Enjoy listening to us recap our experience and we hope it helps you re-think a current spot where you might be in your business. 

🔗 Links we mentioned:

AI Song tool: suno.com 

ScreenStudio (screen recording: https://bit.ly/jasonscreenstudio

CapCut (modern video editor): https://capcut.com 

YouTube Diary of our second week: https://youtu.be/wNCJKxzCOdM 

Teachery’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@teacheryco

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If you didn’t listen to last week’s episode, we’re embarking on a 5-week content journey to get back into the groove of posting content to grow our audiences for Teachery and Wandering Aimfully (publishing starts in 1 month). 

We set a goal of creating 10 short-form videos last week and we ended up with… 6! We’re actually happy with that result because we’re very new to short-form video creation and have been on a 3-year break from any short-form content creation 🥶. There were a ton of lessons learned, mistakes made, and a hilarious “first pancake” moment 🥞. 

For this next week, we’re shifting our focus to long-form (10-15 minute) YouTube videos for Teachery. We talk through our plans live as we recorded this since it was a last-minute shift from working on articles.

Links we mentioned:

ScreenStudio (screen recording: https://bit.ly/jasonscreenstudio

CapCut (modern video editor): https://capcut.com 

YouTube Diary of our first week: https://youtu.be/llGuDm8gO1Y

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If you missed last week’s episode, we’re embarking on a 5-week content extravaganza 😂 for our two businesses. This week is the official first week and we’re focusing solely on trying to create 10 pieces of 60-second video content to be shared on Teachery’s TikTok, YouTube, and IG account.

What does creating social content initially feel like? Who is doing what? What content keywords and strategies are we focusing on? All of that is tackled in this episode.

Important note: We are NOT posting this content just yet. We want to create a nice little backlog of content to have ready to post in a month-ish. We also want to get a feel for what the creation process is like and what formats/formulas of content work best for our skillsets. 

Next week, we’ll update you with how this week went and then we’ll move on to the next content bucket. 

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This week, we’re kicking off a big content creation project for both WAIM and Teachery. Now, Teachery is a bit easier because it’s has NEVER had content created for it (not a single article, social post, etc). But, before we just start creating content willy-nilly, we wanted to come up with a framework to make sure we’re creating the right content for the right purpose. Is our content just nurturing an existing audience? Or is our content discoverable and helping us grow our audience? 

Enter our… Content Salad MATRIX. We cover the two different formats of content (Long and Short) and the two different types of content (Find and Nurture). From there, we share our plan for the next 5 weeks and what type of content goes where.

We’ll fully acknowledge there is a lot to unpack in this episode and that we are embarking on a big content project, but hey, wouldn’t it be boring if we didn’t swing for the fences a bit??

Hope you enjoy it!

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Now, we want to be 100% clear: We are not upset by a 6-figure launch. There is nothing to complain about or shed a tear about. However, there is a reality to reaching a certain level of revenue with our launches and then not hitting that same level after raising our price (for the first time in 5 years).

We hope you get a few takeaways from this episode if you’ve had a lackluster launch and see it the same way we do; as an opportunity to improve and create a new baseline for the future! 

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In some ways it feels like we’ve recorded 200+ episodes of this podcast, but in other ways, it kind of feels like we’re just getting started. Whether you are listening to your first episode or have been with us since the start, we appreciate you so much 💖💖.

⭐️ If you were thinking of getting us flowers, chocolates, or a delicious batch of cinnamon rolls to celebrate this milestone, we’d gladly accept a rating and review on whatever podcast player you use!

Here’s to 200 more eps 👩🏻‍🦰👨🏻‍🦲👋.

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In this episode, we want to share our experience as a couple who works together (on two businesses!) but also how you can apply some of our lessons to running your own business, whether you have a partner or work with freelancers (or just on your own!)

We’re going to talk about the importance of having more discussions that you think you need, how to navigate perfectionism (over and over again), communicating during rough patches, and recommitting to your values.

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Thanks to listener Leah W. for submitting this week’s podcast topic! This is a timely one for us as of recording because we’re overflowing with ideas for our two businesses (Teachery and Wandering Aimfully). And, even with our advantage of being a 2-person operation, we’re still finding it hard to carve out time for every idea.

So what do we do? Well, that’s what we discuss in this ep! We’ll cover our signature “Big Ass List™” and then go through the steps to get your ideas out of your head and planned on your calendar to get done in a methodical way.

🗣️ Send us a voice memo for ep #200! Head to podcast.wanderingaimfully.com and leave a voicemail with when you started listening to our podcast and a favorite episode, memory, or note to share. Thank you!

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If you’re a fan of the video game MarioKart (any version!) then you’ll know about the items you can collect in the “?” blocks throughout each race. As we shared the seven tools, Jason assigned a MarioKart item to each of them to make it fun! Here’s a recap of the tools and the MarioKart items… because… why not?? 😅

1. Chat-GPT (👻)

2. Midjourney (🐢)

3. Castmagic (🔴)

4. ScreenStudio (🍄)

5. Tally (🔴🔴🔴)

6. Whimsical (🍌🍌🍌)

7. Framer (⭐️)
8. Bonus: Arc Search (🔵)

Hope you learned about a few new tools and found this episode interesting! Let us know if you’d like to hear us share more episodes like this one in the future?

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How do you know you’re on the cusp of burning out? There are clear signals we’ve noticed: neglecting texts, rushing through moments, feeling unfulfilled despite productivity, brushing only half your teeth 😂, and struggling to find stillness. 

To avoid burnout, we’ve put together a list of six things to reassess and take stock of. There are times to push yourself and your limits, and there are definitely times to take a strong look at your schedule and make important decisions to save future you!

Let’s talk about avoiding burnout before it happens in this week’s ep. Also, learn more about setting non-negotiables here: https://wanderingaimfully.com/calm-non-negotiables/

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Here are the 14 quick wins written out:

1. Rewrite your homepage so it speaks to a problem
2. Make your home page lead magnet obvious and enticing
3. Remove clutter from your site that isn’t converting
4. Make your lead magnet useful, specific, and efficient
5. Rewrite your opt-in copy to be based on a mini-problem
6. Try a welcome mat on your blog posts 
7. Create a contextual lead magnet for your top 3 articles
8. Put search terms in your Instagram name
9. Add related “guide posts” to every piece of content 
10. Use ConvertKit’s Creator Network/Recommendations
11. Include a “ways to work with me” section in emails
12. Name and “brand” your newsletter
13. Add formatting to make your newsletters scannable
14. If your podcast host has dynamic ad insertion, use it!

If you’re feeling frisky, send us an email and let us know how many of these 14 wins you HAVEN’T done yet and are going to next week.

🗣️ Send us a voice memo for ep #200! Head to podcast.wanderingaimfully.com and leave a voicemail with when you started listening to our podcast and a favorite episode, memory, or note to share. Thank you!

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🌟 GET READY! Our un-boring coaching program opens for enrollment March 11 - 26! You can learn more and jump on our pre-launch email list at wanderingaimfully.com/join 

We go over 4 crucial parts: The Audience, The Offer, The Community, and The Launches.

Not only do we share what has worked for us in each of those four categories, but we also share some ideas if we were to start over from the beginning. How would we build an audience from nothing? Would we still lean on email marketing? How would we facilitate a thriving community? And what would our sales and launch strategy be? 

All of those questions and more covered this week! We hope you enjoy this chat and if you know anyone looking to start a paid coaching program or community, pass this episode on to them!

🎥 Check out Created By Wayne’s YouTube channel to see exactly what we’d do for audience building using YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@createdbywayne

🗣️ Ask us a question! Head to podcast.wanderingaimfully.com and leave a voicemail if you have any questions you want us to answer in a future episode!

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🌟 GET READY! Our un-boring coaching program opens for enrollment March 11 - 26! You can learn more and jump on our pre-launch email list at wanderingaimfully.com/join 

There is no perfect way to make money with online business, but from our experience, using a lifetime pricing model to sell an online coaching program (WAIM Unlimited) OR a software product (Teachery) is a fantastic option that reduces stress, puts less overall pressure on sales and marketing, and creates a stronger connection with your customers.

Early on, we ran our WAIM Unlimited program as a membership and saw a monthly churn of 30% — which is NOT good 🥵. After a slight positioning pivot and rebrand of the offer to a Lifetime Program, our churn immediately dropped to ~3% and felt way more predictable and a win-win for us and our members.

Lifetime pricing isn’t for every business, but in this ep we share all our thoughts, lessons learned, challenges, and reasons we love it.

🎢 If you haven’t ready our WAIM Journey to Enough, you can read how we reached $33,000 MRR at wanderingaimfully.com/330

🗣️ Ask us a question! Head to podcast.wanderingaimfully.com and leave a voicemail if you have any questions you want us to answer in a future episode!

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🌟 GET READY! Our un-boring coaching program opens for enrollment March 11 - 26! You can learn more and jump on our pre-launch email list at wanderingaimfully.com/join

⚙️ Give Teachery a try today for free! Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

💌 Want to get a weekly jolt of business inspiration and learn tactics and strategies that can help you increase profit, save time, and enjoy your work more? Sign up for our weekly email at wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter

We share the steps we’re taking to regain momentum and we also talk through the idea of “starting ugly” and what to do with the feelings of wanting to change EVERYTHING.

If you take nothing else away from the episode, just do the following: Keep going.

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⚙️ Give Teachery a try today for free! Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

💌 Want to get a weekly jolt of business inspiration and learn tactics and strategies that can help you increase profit, save time, and enjoy your work more? Sign up for our weekly email at wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter

✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

In this ep, we share the process and thoughts we had around changing the podcast name. We also go through the nuts and bolts of why we changed things up and what you can expect moving forward.

🗣️ Ask us a question! Head to podcast.wanderingaimfully.com and leave a voicemail if you have any questions about our lifetime pricing model that’s generated $1.5m in revenue.

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⚙️ Give Teachery a try today for free! Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

💌 Want to get a weekly jolt of business inspiration and learn tactics and strategies that can help you increase profit, save time, and enjoy your work more? Sign up for our weekly email at wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter

✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

While this episode may not be full of actionable tips and takeaways, we hope it’s a relatable conversation about what it actually takes when you’re at a starting point or pivot point in your biz!

Also, when things get challenging in your business, just remember: "You get to do this."

📜 Find our 5-step business checklist at wanderingaimfully.com/checklist

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⚙️ Give Teachery a try today for free! Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

💌 Want to get a weekly jolt of business inspiration and learn tactics and strategies that can help you increase profit, save time, and enjoy your work more? Sign up for our weekly email at wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter

✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

Then, it’s time to go through the 7 things to pack for the long-term journey as a creator. Tune in to the ep to hear us discuss discomfort, self-care, self-awareness, taking risks, self-belief, tunnel vision, and thinking long-term.

If you’re feeling frisky, jump on over to wanderingaimfully.com/contact and share the action item we mentioned at the end of the episode! 😜

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⚙️ Give Teachery a try today for free! Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

💌 Want to get a weekly jolt of business inspiration and learn tactics and strategies that can help you increase profit, save time, and enjoy your work more? Sign up for our weekly email at wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter

✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

Join us as we talk about facing the “stuffed closet,” introverts doing customer interviews, and “don’t talk to me before lunch.”

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⚙️ Give Teachery a try today for free! Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

💌 Want to get a weekly jolt of business inspiration and learn tactics and strategies that can help you increase profit, save time, and enjoy your work more? Sign up for our weekly email at wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter

✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

We walk you through four essential steps we’re taking this year to take Teachery from an afterthought in our work week, to priority #1! You’ll hear how we’re changing up our schedule to accommodate Teachery, the key mindset shifts that are motivating us, how we’re moving from vagaries to specifics, and what our goals are for the year. Those four things should help you do the same if you’re also want to transition a side project into a full-time biz.

💬 Let us know if you’re excited about getting a monthly check-in on our progress this year with Teachery?

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⚙️ Give Teachery a try today for free! Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

💌 Want to get a weekly jolt of business inspiration and learn tactics and strategies that can help you increase profit, save time, and enjoy your work more? Sign up for our weekly email at wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter

✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

If you’ve never done your own year end review, we love the simple format of answering these questions:

What went well in 2023?
What didn’t go well in 2023?
What did you not do on PURPOSE in 2023?
What are you looking forward to in 2024?
What is a defining word to help guide 2024?

Simple questions, but very effective and fun to look back on each year (we’ve been doing this since 2015! 😱)

Here are the links we mentioned (aff links):

☕️  Hario Switch Coffee Dripper - https://amzn.to/47pagYv
🎬  Screen Studio - https://bit.ly/jasonscreenstudio
💻  Arc Browser - https://bit.ly/jasonarc
💌  ConvertKit - https://convertkit.com/jason

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💌 Want to get a weekly jolt of business inspiration and learn tactics and strategies that can help you increase profit, save time, and enjoy your work more? Sign up for our weekly email at wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter

✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

We’re going to walk you through our MMM Number and Enough Number exercises. We’ll talk about what an Enough Mindset can do to help you make day-to-day decisions. And, we’ll go through the mental exercises we’ve done to fight our urges to want more while still striving for growth and goals that evolve as our lives evolve.

Hope you enjoy this episode and we’ll be back in early 2024 with… maybe… a new show name and podcast art?? MAYBE!

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💌 Want to get a weekly jolt of business inspiration and learn tactics and strategies that can help you increase profit, save time, and enjoy your work more? Sign up for our weekly email at wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter

✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

We’re also going to talk through a few categories, like our home and neighborhood, making friends, the food, the pace of life, all the admin crap when you move to a new country, as well as the healthcare system and more! This is a BIG OLE ep and we’re trying to give you our honest thoughts and feelings.

Whether you want to move to a new country or not, we hope this episode inspires you to add some adventure into your life and jump at an opportunity to take a risk and grow as a person!

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💌 Want to get a weekly jolt of business inspiration and learn tactics and strategies that can help you increase profit, save time, and enjoy your work more? Sign up for our weekly email at wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter

✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

We also share our own experiences and perspectives on simplification, including how we developed frameworks and made difficult decisions about our own business. We provide practical tips on auditing your channels, evaluating tasks, and documenting processes. If you're ready to streamline your business for greater efficiency and mental well-being, tune in and apply the takeaways we share this week.

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🔗 Calm Business Confidential:

👨🏻‍🦲 Jason’s pick: Kate Brunotts (Audio Producer)

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

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💌 Want to get a weekly jolt of business inspiration and learn tactics and strategies that can help you increase profit, save time, and enjoy your work more? Sign up for our weekly email at wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter

✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

We don’t use paid ads, and we aren’t on social media, yet this enrollment period saw the highest amount of customers in our business history! How’d we do it? Listen to hear all about it!

[00:02:14] Do you listen to launch recap podcasts? Send em to us.

[00:03:18] Launch breakdown, goals, numbers, sales, MRR, affiliates, final thoughts.

[00:07:19] Time for an episode on lifetime pricing?

[00:11:23] Excitement and energy increased sales in spring.

[00:12:27] 10,538 email list size with 10-person increase, targeted launch for business owners transitioning to digital products.

[00:18:14] Jen Carrington's case study brought us success and gratitude.

[00:21:36] The total net revenue and our 90% survey response rate.

[00:28:40] No social media or paid ads. Email, website, affiliates only.

[00:32:27] Entrepreneur avoids pressure and starts teaching baking.

[00:34:50] Calm business confidential!

[00:38:27] US podcast episode? Differences, portions, candy excitement.

👋  Are the episode timestamps helpful? Let us know!

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🔗 Calm Business Confidential:

👩🏻‍🦰 Carol’s pick: Chef Amanda Schonberg of Chef Schonberg Sweets | @bakingforbusiness (Professional Baker and Course Creator)

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

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💌 Want to get a weekly jolt of business inspiration and learn tactics and strategies that can help you increase profit, save time, and enjoy your work more? Sign up for our weekly email at wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter

✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

We go through the nitty-gritty of how many views our 26 videos have gotten so far, the 21% YouTube surprise, how many people converted from our quiz lead magnet, our website stats, AND the number of direct new conversions to our WAIM Unlimited program. This project wasn’t about the initial stats, but they are fun to share.

Lastly, we go through some final takeaways, some FEEEELINGS, things we would’ve changed, and future steps we want to take. You get all of those in this ep!

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/181

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🔗 Calm Business Confidential:

No calm biz confidential this week as the episode went a bit long and we wanted to save it for a shorter one next week.

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

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💌  Want to get a weekly jolt of business inspiration and learn tactics and strategies that can help you increase profit, save time, and enjoy your work more? Sign up for our weekly email at wanderingaimfully.com/newsletter

✳️  Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

⚙️  Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

If you like hearing how the proverbial sausage is made then you are going to LOVE this one! We walk through how we take an idea and concept and break it down, answer our own questions, and create frameworks that we can teach.

We hope you learn something that you can apply to whatever skill you teach people AND some business simplification tips! Also, maybe a few walrus bucks or muffin hair laughs??

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/180

🔗 Calm Business Confidential:

👩🏻‍🦰 Carol’s pick: Delphine of Just-Patterns.com(digital pattern-maker)

👨🏻‍🦲 Jason’s pick: Julien Nahum of NoteForms (Notion form software)

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

This week, we share a pretty big update as it’s the future of our focus in our work!

We sat down last week and had a 3-hour brainstorming meeting that resulted in coming to a decision about our monthly coaching plans for WAIM Unlimited (our un-boring coaching program) AND our small side business Teachery (an online course platform).

In this ep, we share all the conversations we had and how we’re embracing feeling like JCVD straddling those semi trucks! We’re excited about “Project ALL-IN” in 2024 and hope you’re excited to go along on the ride with us.

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/179

🔗 Calm Business Confidential:

👩🏻‍🦰 Carol’s pick: John D Saunders of johndsaunders.co (entrepreneur and agency founder)

👨🏻‍🦲 Jason’s pick: No biz this month as “his dog ate his homework.”

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

This week, we wanted to reflect on a few of the biggest takeaways we learned while taking on this monster of a project. Things like acceptance of how we work, the importance of extra project time, finding your motivators, and ignoring what other people are doing!

We hope this episode is helpful and gives you some useful insights for whatever you’re working on next.

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/178

🔗 Calm Business Confidential:

We want to hear from YOU! Are you enjoying this segment of our show? This is the week to send us an email and let us know.

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

In this episode, we talk about getting to the first finish line of the Calm Business Encyclopedia. But, that first checkered flag is only one of many and we still have a ways to go.

How have our emotions changed throughout this project? And what are we hoping this project does for us? We talk about these things and much more!

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/177

🔗 Calm Business Confidential links mentioned in the episode:

Jason’s pick: Holger Sindbaek of WorldofCardGames.com and Online-Solitaire.com (web games)

Carol’s pick: Khe Hy of RadReads (productivity guy/mentor)

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

In this episode, we talk about finally getting into a groove, the power of doing something YOUR way (not following a blueprint), how to get a jolt of momentum in a big project, and why you can feel creative restlessness when you’ve been running your business for a few years.

Tune in to future episodes for updates and on September 18, our 26 days 😉 of content will start being published!

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/176

🔗 Calm Business Confidential links mentioned in the episode:

Carol’s pick: Gabby Beckford of Packs Light (travel digital creator)

Jason’s pick: Arushi Sachdeva and Chaman Raj of Dohful Cookies (e-commerce business 🍪

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

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⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

Two days before recording this podcast ep, we were getting ready to record the first videos for our 26-day content blitz. Caroline had painstakingly taken time to write the initial video scripts and we sat down to punch them up together (read: add “un-boring” moments). That started a cascade of discussions, which led to 5 hours of trying to figure out why we have so much friction while recording YouTube videos. Needless to say, ZERO videos were recorded.

In this episode, we’ll share what went wrong, how we worked through the “mud,” what our solution was, and what we learned throughout this process that we hope might help you in your biz! Maybe?? 😂😂

Tune in to future episodes for updates and on September 18, our 26 days 😉 of content will start being published!

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/175

🔗 Calm Business Confidential links mentioned in the episode:

Jason’s pick: Paul Jarvis and Jack Ellis of Fathom Analytics [aff link] (simple, privacy-focused analytics)

Carol’s pick: Paloma Cordova of Paloma the Peach (artist and illustrator)

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

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⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

One of the most helpful things we do during a big project like this is to focus on “good enough.” Now, that’s not easy, because we’re both recovering perfectionists (who haven’t fully recovered - LOL). However, we are implementing a few guardrails to help with this go-round.

Tune in to future episodes for updates and on September 18, our 26 days 😉 of content will start being published!

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/174

🔗 Calm Business Confidential links mentioned in the episode:

Jason’s pick: Adam Pietrasiak [@pie6k] of Screen Studio (screen recording app, aff link)

Carol’s pick: Jen Wagner of Jen Wagner Co (type designer) - Here’s the podcast interview we mentioned.

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

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⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

In this episode, we’ll share why we think 30-day challenges are great for growing your biz and we’ll share the reality of how much work they can take. And yes, our content challenge is 26 days, not 30, but it’s cool if we round up, right??

We’ve done different 30-day challenges over the years but it’s been quite a while since we’ve focused on recording consistent YouTube videos and writing helpful business articles. And that’s exactly what we’re going to do for the next 4 weeks as a lead-up to our Fall Enrollment for WAIM Unlimited.

Tune in to future episodes for updates and on September 18, our 26 days 😉 of content will start being published!

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/173

🔗 Calm Business Confidential links mentioned in the episode:

Carol’s pick: Tim Koa’s sticker company Turtle Tags + YouTube Channel (Etsy/Shopify shop)

Jason’s pick: Marie Martens + Filip Minev SaaS Tally.so (form builder software)

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

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✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

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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⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

In this episode, we go over how and why we take sabbaticals from content creation (we’ll be back in August 👋), we chat just a little bit about AI and some thoughts we’ve been having on it, we share our favorite new video editing tool (linked below), and we go over what we’re doing this summer while on a break.

Hope you enjoy this more random-style podcast from us and we’ll be back in August!

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/171

🔗 Links mentioned in the episode:

The video AI tool that can help turn long-form video into short-form (or just help edit quicker for social): vidyo.ai

An app that uses ChatGPT to pull in all of your content and create your own custom AI chat on your website: myaskai.com

The screen-recording video editor we LOVE (for Mac) called Screen Studio: https://bit.ly/jasonscreenstudio (aff link)

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⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

So… what are the pros and cons of being “invisible” in a very noisy and loud online biz world? How do we manage our egos when nothing really looks that impressive from the outside looking in? And, could you start an “invisible” business tomorrow and reach your enough revenue goals?

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/170

🎙️ Other podcast episodes mentioned in this ep:

#086 - The art of making it hard (LOL)

#157 - How we built a $500,000+ affiliate program in 3 years

#140 - Are we ever going back on social media?

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Did you enjoy us interviewing ourselves? Would you like to see us do this again in the future? Any questions you want us to answer?

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/169

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This week Caroline is interviewing Jason (Part 1). Next week, Jason grabs the interview microphone and will ask Caroline a bunch of questions (Part 2).

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/168

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✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

If you don’t know, we were $124,000 in debt in 2013 with no plan, zero consistent income, and a lot of stress and overwhelm. How did we turn our mental state around AND pay off 100% of our debt in less than 3 years? You’ll have to tune in to find out!

Money is a tricky topic, but after watching Ramit Sethi’s new Netflix show, we were inspired to be more transparent and share more conversations moving forward about money.

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/167

🔗 Links mentioned in this ep:

Watch Ramit Sethi’s “How To Get Rich” Netflix show: https://www.netflix.com/title/81410436

Read our 8-Step Debt Payoff Plan article (with income flow): https://wanderingaimfully.com/debt-free/

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✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

We don’t use social media and we don’t pay for advertising with WAIM Unlimited. We use our trusty weekly email newsletter and this podcast as our main marketing vehicles. You’ll hear us chat about why these simple strategies continue to generate 6-figure launches for us.

Hope you enjoy hearing ALLLLLL the details and that this episode gives you a few helpful nuggets and tips for your next launch.

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/166

🔗 Links mentioned in this ep:

Read our full journey from starting WAIM with $0 to hitting our Enough Number ($33k MRR): wanderingaimfully.com/330

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✳️ Are you a freelancer looking to transition to digital products (selling online courses, etc)? Check out our free coaching session created just for you at wanderingaimfully.com

⚙️ Looking to create online courses with a platform that lets you customize everything? Give our course software a 14-day free trial at teachery.co

We’re not immune to the effects AND negative thoughts around getting older. Our age might just be a number and a construct of human existence (WHAT EVEN IS TIME??), but there are some realities to aging and gaining years on Earth.

Maybe this episode will help you reframe how you think about aging? Maybe it won’t? We just wanted to share a conversation we’ve been having a lot more this year that seemed interesting!

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/165

🔗 Links mentioned in this ep:

Harvard professor debunks biggest exercise myths - https://youtu.be/n6AwsVGJDOY

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Because we’re still not using Instagram, we wanted all the traffic that might be finding us there to know what we’re up to… without having to always be creating content talking about what we’re up to. Hence… the 9-grid!

In this episode, we meandered through some of our recent thoughts on social media and how much comparison reared its ugly head in just the 2 days we were using Instagram again to create the 9-grid (and then immediately sign off again).

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/164

🔗 Links mentioned in this ep:

Are we ever going back on social media? (ep 140): wanderingaimfully.com/140

Embracing YOU in social media (ep 119): https://waim.simplecast.com/episodes/119-embracing-you-social-media-and-more-lisbon-stories

Do we NEED social media? (ep 052): https://waim.simplecast.com/episodes/do-we-need-social-media

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This week, we discuss the concept of “satisfied striving.” Can we lean towards growth, while still being rooted in satisfaction and gratitude? We think so, but let’s discuss!

➡️ Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/163

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🔗 Links mentioned in this ep:

Spotify listeners - Do you see a poll?? 😅

Our “Journey to Enough” post - wanderingaimfully.com/330

Our “What brings you purpose” episode (#055) - https://waim.simplecast.com/episodes/055-what-brings-you-purpose-every-day

Shout out to Esther Perel’s quote: ”Think of this as a paradox to manage, not a problem to solve”

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Making the shift to digital products does NOT happen overnight, but having a scalable profit model that gives you more freedom and flexibility IS POSSIBLE! Hopefully, the steps we share in this ep give you some motivation and actionable tips on what to do in the coming months.

And hey, if nothing else, we hope you enjoy the Zelda: Breath of the Wild metaphor around the 58:20 timestamp.

🔗 Get the episode show notes and full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/162

From the ~200 responses, we found 6 common categories of advice. Within those categories, we plucked out the best 27 tips (along with a bonus tip or two from us sprinkled throughout!)

If you’re currently working with clients but want to move to selling digital products, we hope this episode gives you tons of actionable tasks and mindset strategies to make the transition more realistic and achievable.

🔗 Get the full episode show notes with 27 tips written out for you and a full transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/161

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Links mentioned in the episode:

Teachery Digital Product Ideas Hub: https://ideas.teachery.co

In this episode, we want you to walk away feeling like a 6-month, no-results plan of action is OKAY. We hope you’ll commit to the input, the processes, the journey, and you’ll let the results come and measure them at the END of that timeframe. Now, there are of course caveats with all of that and we share them throughout this ep.

The next time you’re about to embark on a new biz journey, we hope this conversation can motivate but also reassure you that results take time and consistent quality is one of the most important things to focus on.

🔗 Get the full episode show notes and transcript at wanderingaimfully.com/160

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Links mentioned in the episode:

James Clear’s Atomic Habits: https://amzn.to/3F45YKN