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500: Favorite Podcast Memories, Highlights From 5 Years in Business and 3 Years on the Show

05 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to our 500th episode! That means we have spoken on air for 22,500 minutes or 16 days, and we are not going anywhere anytime soon. For us, ther...

499: Creating an Engaged Online Community with Ashley Knight of The Ashley Knight Co.

31 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s episode, we are super-duper excited to host Ashley Knight of The Hello Boss Community. Ashley founded the community as a means to support...

498: Why Boring, Stable, and Consistent is Our 2021 Motto

29 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Are you ready to plan the year ahead? It might be easier to do when you’ve had a great 2020 but, even then, you can plan to stick to the plan! We kn...

497: November 2020 Profit Report: The Month We Increased Members by 8%, But Saw 11% Less Revenue (Here’s Why)

24 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hi! Let’s take it back to the month of turkey days! We feel like with the holidays you quickly forget how November went, because you just roll strai...

496: Behind-The-Scenes of a Full-Time Influencer with Liz Rishel of Within the Grove

22 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show we have Liz Rishel from Within the Grove. For the last five years, Liz has grown her blog and Instagram to become an influencer to w...

495: Utilizing the TASK Method to Streamline Prospects into Clients with Dolly DeLong

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the podcast we have Dolly DeLong. She is a photographer and she has been in business since 2006. In 2020 she started educating small business...

494: 2020 Recap: Massive Growth with 32% Profit Margins

15 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How are we able to talk about the end of 2020 already? We don’t know because this has been the fastest, craziest year in life and business for us in...

493: Identifying Your Customer Journey to Make More Money with Mia Graves of Honey Bee Clay

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are talking to Emylee’s good friend, Mia Graves. She is another maker from a tiny town in Northern Alabama but she is now a Louisville tran...

492: Getting out of a Creative Funk, Overwhelm and Comparisonitis

08 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Emylee is back from a much-needed break, but now she feels like she has forgotten how to do her job! Getting back into business mode with Boss Project...

491: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and a Million Dollar Mindset with Rachel Rogers of Hello Seven

03 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, we talk to Rachel Rodgers, the CEO of Hello Seven. Previously, she was an intellectual property lawyer but today she is a business ...

490: Using a Welcome Email Sequence for Your Business

01 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hey everybody and welcome back to the The Strategy Hour! We hope you’re as excited for today’s episode as we are because we have something special...

489: Replacing Your Salary by Selling Services Online with Jereshia Hawk

26 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the show, all you biz badasses, and money queens! Today we have a great episode in store for you that you are most definitely not goin...

488: October 2020 Profit Report: One UX Tweak We Made that Increased Our Membership by 15%

24 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show, Emylee and Abagail walk listeners through their October profit report and, as per usual, it is nothing short of wild! Before Octobe...

487: Scaling Your Service Based Business to 6-Figures Using Dubsado with Elizabeth McCravy

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, we are talking with Elizabeth McCravy. She is a Nashville-based website designer and business strategist. She designs strategic ...

486: How to Reorganize Roles & Responsibilities in Your Team to Prep for Hiring

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, we are going to talk a bit about reorganization and what it looks like to really get clear on the roles and responsibilities of ...

485: Leadership Development and Creating a Sense of Ownership with Alyssa Bloom

12 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today's guest, Alyssa Bloom, has spent the last 10 years working for one of the biggest companies in the world, being a manager for virtual teams. She...

484: Free Challenge: 4-Day Batch Blitz

10 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are talking about batching your shiz! Yeah, girl! We know it’s a sexy topic going into the holiday season, but even in general, people want...

483: Preparing for Your Black Friday Promotions with Abbey Ashley

05 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest on the show today is Abbey Ashley, the founder of The Virtual Savvy! After running her own successful VA business for a few years, she has g...

482: Crafting Your Perfect Sales Pitch (without being icky)

03 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We remember our first good sales experiences so well! It can be one of the best feelings in the world and it does not have to have that slimy and slea...

481: Creating a Community for Your Membership using Circle with Ward Sandler of Memberspace

29 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joining us on the show today is returning guest Ward Sandler, the co-founder and CEO of MemberSpace. Ward runs a SaaS company that enables entrepreneu...

480: September 2020 Profit: 5 Years in Biz Reflection, Our Thoughts on FB Ad Costs and
 Botox

27 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We’re excited to talk about business in September and the fact that we’ve been in business for five whole years! Honestly, it now feels like we we...

479: Building Company Culture and Wowing Clients with Your Customer Service with Jake & Becca Berg of Dubsado

22 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Prepare yourselves for one of the best episodes! Why? Because we are interviewing two of our favorite people, Jake and Becca Berg, the founders of Dub...

478: Boss Talk: How to Deal with Stress and Remain Productive in 2020

20 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, we are going to bring back an oldie but a goodie — We are going to do a Boss Talk episode, where we just ask a question, riff ...

477: Selling High-Four Figure Packages Utilizing Dubsado with Tiffany Tolliver

15 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show we have Tiffany Tolliver, the owner of the Emma Rose Agency. Tiffany is a rebrand and relaunch strategist who specializes in income-...

476: How to Create Tangible Transformations: 3 Core Components Every Group Program Needs

13 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We know our listeners are super smart, and there are tons of cool things you do every day, so maybe the best thing you can do today is to outline your...

475: Tips to Get Your Website on the 1st Page of Google with Melissa McGraw

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on The Strategy Hour we are joined by the amazing, the wonderful, the gifted, Melissa McGraw! Melissa is the founder of The Creative Potential, ...

474: 4 Sales Techniques We Are Using in Our Businesses

06 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Do you want to increase your sales? Of course, you do, we all do! There are so many strategies out there on how to do this and today we are picking ou...

473: Reduce Risk and Cover Your Legal Shizz with Braden Drake

01 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Most of us can do with a little help with the tax and accounting side of our businesses and we have just the person to talk us through the important p...

472: August 2020 Profit Report: We ALREADY Hit Our 2020 Revenue Goal!

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Can you believe it’s already time for another profit report? Literally, before we hopped on to record this show we were like what happened last mont...

471: Why Now is the Best Time to Start a Business with Rachel L. Proctor

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show we have Rachel Proctor, an author, speaker, and second-generation entrepreneur who helps people turn ideas into successful online bu...

470: Creating a Holiday Master Marketing Game Plan

22 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Are y’all ready to start hearing Jingle Bells? Well, you need to prepare yourself cause the holiday season is fast approaching even though it felt l...

469: Increasing Client Conversions and Offloading Admin Tasks Using Dubsado with Colin Tierney

17 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On the show today, we have brand designer Colin Tierney joining us. He owns and runs Tierney Studio where he has grown his branding and started a whol...

468: Building a Paid Community: Patreon vs. Mighty Networks

15 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Emylee and Abagail get into the topic of building a community that you get paid to run, talking about two of the more popular options...

467: How to Listen to Your Audience So You Can Create Services That Sell with Sarah Peck

10 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the podcast we are joined by our wonderful friend and all-round badass, Sarah Peck. Sarah is the founder of Startup Pregnant, a New York City...

466: Making $100k from Your Services is Easier than You Think

08 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on The Strategy Hour we’re diving deeper into what exactly we mean when we say that is should be easy and fun to make $100k from your service-...

465: From Crickets to Customers with Stephanie Crowder

03 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we talk to our good friend Steph Crowder, a business strategist, sales expert, and host of the Courage & Clarity podcast. In her past...

464: July 2020 Profit Report: Up 40% in Revenue, Down $100k in Expenses

01 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s get into our July 2020 profit report! This year has just been super satisfying. Around fall last year we had decided and declared out loud to ...

463: Simplifying Workflows and Automating Your Business Using Dubsado with Krystal Clark

27 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When we say that today’s episode is going to rock your world, we’re not even joking! If you have a client-based business and use Dusado, maybe you...

462: The New Way to Price Your Products, Offers and Services

25 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a hot minute since we had this conversation and we think we have some fresh takes on this taboo topic that seems to happen in every single...

461: Creating Viral Marketing with TikTok & Our Theories on Instagram Reels with JB & Brittany Jacquot

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we are talking to JB and Brittany Jacquot, who own their own media company out of San Francisco where they do video and photography for brands,...

460: Email Marketing & High Touch Customer Engagement for Product, Coaches and Network Marketing Businesses

18 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we get into exciting topics like email marketing, conversions, texting, relationships, and more! We talk about what we get up to in B...

459: 22 Tips to Rock Instagram with with Tyler J. McCall

13 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hey everybody and welcome to another fantastic episode of The Strategy Hour Podcast! Today we are joined by one of our favorite people in the world, a...

458: Stop Living in a Fear Based Mentality

11 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Are you unsure of what you are doing or where you are going? We know the feeling! Here at Think Creative Collective, we want to talk about these thing...

457: Growing Your Brand on Instagram with Natasha Samuel of Sol Studio Marketing

06 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The 'Gram is a topic near and dear to our hearts, and it’s one we know every entrepreneur who we cross paths with thinks about on a daily basis. For...

456: June 2020 Profit Report: Investing During a Growth Season

04 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We received a DM the other day all about how amazing our profit reports have been for people but it was also somewhat of a review. So, we just want to...

455: Rebranding: How to Get What You Want and Communicate with a Designer

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we are so excited to have this conversation, mostly because one of our favorite things in the world is to either learn, do something, or unlock...

454: Conversations that Convert and How to Leverage it for High Ticket Sales with Lattice Hudson

28 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You guys will enjoy our guest just as much as we do, and to share the love, why not leave us a glowing review and join the party over on Instagram? Wh...

453: Instilling and Creating Company Culture with Jamie King of Flex & Flow

23 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the podcast we have Jamie King, the owner of Flex and Flow PDX (originally Fit Approach) joining us! Together with her cousin/business partne...

452: Behind the Scenes Creating a Client Management System for Creatives with Becca and Jake Berg of Dubsado

21 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show, we have Becca and Jake Berg of Dubsado. We are super excited to have them on. They are a husband and wife team that are the brains,...

451: Creating Marketing That Feels Fun and Converts with Shunta Grant

16 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hey everybody, we are thrilled to bring you this episode with our good friend Shunta Grant! You might remember our Episode 441 that was all about tiny...

450: Launching Strategies for Coaches, Digital Sellers + Physical Products

14 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Have you heard about the virtual party we are having at the moment? One that you are all invited to? It is super easy to get in on the fun! All you ne...

449: How to Beat Imposter Syndrome

09 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode is all about the required step that you need to take in order to successfully sell what you do. That's right we are giving you the too...

448: Migrating Our 100k+ Email List

07 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Are you ready to hear about the biggest change we have made to our business in a LONG time? If you have been with us for a while, you will know all ab...

447: Expand, Engage & Convert: 3 Ways to See Growth with Josh Coats

02 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s guest is Josh Coats, #1 best-selling author of F*** Leadership, a leaders’ guide for every network marketer so that they can get out of th...

446: Your Launch Can Be Simple

30 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Before we get into today’s strategy, we want to tell you about our podcast party because there are awesome prizes up for grabs! Simply head over to ...

445: Launch Mistakes Your Business Can't Afford

25 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are going to be talking about the 23 launch mistakes that your business can’t afford to make. But before we get started, first and foremost...

444: May 2020 Profit Report: Realign for Results and 2.87x Profits

23 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hey, friends! Today we are super excited to bring you another Boss Project profit report. As you may know, we love sharing all of the behind-the-scene...

443: Making Less to Make More $$

18 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We have this theory that you can make less revenue and walk away with more money in your pocket if you do a few very strategic things. Like many of yo...

442: How Your Values Shape Your Business Strategy with Lindsay Hotmire

16 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the podcast we have Lindsay Hotmire. She loves to work with female creatives, entrepreneurs, and CEOs to help them discover a non-formulaic v...

441: Our Take on Tiny Offers (It might surprise you!)

11 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tiny offers … what are they? Small, inexpensive products that are supposed to blow up your business. At least that’s what we think people are sayi...

440 - How to Land Over 100 Podcast Interviews with Christine McAlister of Life With Passion

09 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we have serial entrepreneur and business coach Christine McAlister back on the show! She is an amazing friend of ours. We love having her on th...

439: April Profit Report: The Month We Surpassed Our Profit Goal by 15% and What We’re Focusing on Now

04 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we’re excited to do the profit report for April because we don’t know about y’all, but for us, April felt much better than Marc...

438: Marketing that Feels Good Is Marketing that Works with Brit Kolo

02 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show we are so excited to have Brit Kolo joining us once again! She is the creator of the Marketing Personality Type Framework to be foun...

437: How to Never Have to Think About Your Marketing Again (+ We Need Your Feedback!)

28 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As of this week, we are officially five months into the launching of the Creative Template Shop and it’s so exciting, still! There are so many diffe...

436: Using Tailwind to Organically Grow Traffic and Sales with Danny Maloney

26 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show our guest is Danny Maloney, CEO of Tailwind, and we are so excited to have him here to talk about what his company has done for onli...

435: Migrating from Squarespace 7.0 to 7.1 (and a mini Shopify update)

21 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Emylee recently decided to migrate from Squarespace to Shopify for her side hustle website, which got Abagail questioning hers too. She had some issue...

434: How to Have Amazing Customer Service and Implement Product Feedback Loops with Ward Sandler of Memberspace

19 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are super excited to welcome Ward Sandler to the show! Ward is the co-founder and CEO of Memberspace, where he and his team help entrepreneur...

433: Marketing Strategies that Work and Tactics to Try If You’re In a Rut

14 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Okay, guys, we finally stopped putting our things off and worked on some marketing strategies we told you we would test out to see what would happen, ...

432: Redefining Your Expectations for Your Work At Home Life with Kat Harris of the Refined Woman

12 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the Strategy Hour podcast we have Kat Harris joining us. She is a Brooklyn-based online educator, digital content creator, co-founder of The ...

431: Switching from Squarespace to Shopify: New Features & Who It Doesn’t Make Sense For

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We have exciting news! Word on the street is that Emylee is trying something new—gasp! Because, as you may know, she isn’t stuck in her ways at al...

430: 4 Things to Do Right Now if You’re Starting a Business from Scratch with Amanda Boleyn

05 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we have Amanda Boleyn back on the show! She is the founder of She Did It Her Way, where she coaches women how to quit their jobs, replace their...

429: Planning for Worst Case Scenarios

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For those of you who don’t already know Emylee – welcome to her anxious life. She is the type of person who can tell you where every exit in a bui...

428: How to Tweak Your Messaging and Serve Clients *Right Now* with Courtney Chaal, founder of The Rule Breaker’s Club

28 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the podcast we have Courtney Chaal, the founder of The Rule Breaker’s Club where she teaches women to package and sell with brilliance and ...

427: March Profit Report: How COIVD Impacted Our Profit + Did We Reach Our Profit Goal for Q1?

23 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We dunno if y’all noticed, but March was weird. March was also hard, hurtful, and 7000 times longer than January. That’s probably because March as...

426: What's Working Right Now in 2020 for Pinterest with Melanie Fountain

21 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s show, we interview Melanie Fountain, a blog and Pinterest strategist who started her virtual assistant business a while ago and has since...

425: Best SEO Practices for 2020 with Megan Clarke of Clapping Dog Media.

16 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show we have Meg Clarke of Clapping Dog Media. She is an SEO strategist who teaches creative small business owners how to grow their orga...

424: February Profit Report: A Shop Drop, 5-Day Challenge and Launch - Here’s How it All Shaped out

14 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It feels like it’s been 87 months since February, both in business and life, but we are going back in time to revisit that month and stay consistent...

423: How to Share a Story Your Audience Actually Cares About with Jessica Rasdall

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show we have Jessica Rasdall, a motivational speaker, bestselling author, public speaking strategist, and host to the Speak to Scale Podc...

422: What Is Human Design and How Can You Use it to Become a Better Business Owner Part 1

07 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hey everybody and welcome back to the show. This is going to be a really good episode because today we are finally talking about the Human Design pers...

421: The Dance of Spreading Kindness in a Difficult Time with Carrie Grace McQuaid

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back all of you lovely quarantined listeners! We are sending you some love and strength in these trying times! And in order to show you that w...

420: Disruptive Ad Campaigns in a Time of Crisis with Meghan Maydel

31 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Before diving into the show we wanted to let our listeners know the date on which this was recorded – March 18th – because we know the world is in...

419: How to Create A Super Productive Work Environment At Home

26 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the Strategy Hour Podcast, we figured that – in light of the current coronavirus restrictions – it might be a good idea to share some str...

418: How to Have Your Best Today with The Best Today(TM) Guide with Shunta Grant

24 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are joined by our badass biz bestie, Shunta Grant! Shunta has released something amazing that we think so many people in our audience need an...

417: 5 Strategies to Grow Your Email List by The Thousands Per Month (4 are free!)

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Every single month we add thousands and thousands of people to our email list, which sounds bananas because when we started getting to the first 10,00...

416: Not Everyone Has An Internal Monologue with Hannah Chester and Dr. Barbara Shabazz

17 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

At the tail end of January, there was a viral blog post that blew our minds, and since then we have been on the hunt to find others who are experienci...

415: Love is Blind: Lessons for Your Business from Netflix's Hit Reality Show

12 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Like most of the US population, we are currently obsessed with the new hit show on Netflix Love is Blind! Today we are picking apart why we think this...

414: Facebook Ads in 2020, Features to Pay Attention to on Instagram & Organic Marketing that Works with Tony Rulli of Intentional Spark

10 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on the show we have Tony Rulli, the co-founder, and CEO of Intentional Spark, an amazing paid advertising consultancy which we are proud to have...

413: January Profit Report: 46% Profit on a Historically Low Month

05 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hey friends! We are back for another profit report. It is time to break down January’s profit, the first profit report of 2020, and we are super exc...

412: That Awkward Teenager Business Growth Phase Its Time to Get Unstuck

03 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A relevant question recently popped up in our Facebook community, one we felt warranted some unpacking. The question came from someone who wanted to h...

411: Life Lessons from Oprah: It's Time to Give Y-O-U a New Focus

27 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It’s probably not much of a long shot to assume that many people dream they could meet Oprah in real life. Indeed Abagail spent much of her youth wa...

410: Validating Your Offer and Leaning Into Your Role as Founder with Jessica Korthuis of Sohuis

25 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Life as a successful female entrepreneur can be frazzling with all the different responsibilities you have to take on. Sometimes it can be difficult t...

409: Why Strangers Support You More Than The People You Actually Know

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Oftentimes the people closest to us are the most apprehensive about our business goals and dreams, and this can be isolating. You worry that perhaps y...

408: How to Create Authority and Authentic Relationships You Can Leverage In Your Business with Jaclyn Mellone

18 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Relationships can make all the difference in your business and as many of us have learned, focussing on connections and networking in the right way ca...

407: How We've Stayed Biz Partners for Nearly 5 Years

13 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Someone asked us the other day why it is we still work together after all these years and how we have managed to stay afloat as a business partnership...

406: How to Cycle Sync Your Business with Laura Charelle of Balanced Bombshells

11 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Balanced Bombshells is a health and lifestyle brand for high performing women and we are very lucky to have the brains behind the business, Laura Char...

405: Selling Without a Website: Strategies to Land High Paying Clients (Even if You Don’t Have a Website)

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For those of you that do not know, we used to work directly with clients, Emylee as a photographer, Abagail as a graphic designer and then as a brandi...

404: 3 Resources to Create Your Next Opt-in, Grow Your List, and Make More Sales

04 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hey, Friends! Let’s talk about email, opt-ins, lead magnets, freebies, and everything else you worry about in your efforts to grow your email list. ...

403: December Profit Report: When It’s Helpful to NOT Launch

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You may have wondered what kind of revenue our business made over the holiday season, so today’s we’re giving you all the details about December. ...

402: Creating Sustainable Growth After Sold Out Product Launches

28 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are giving Emylee the guest chair and are diving into her newish side-hustle, making clay earrings! You have probably heard it mentioned on t...

401: Ready to Launch? With Parker Stevenson of Evolved Finance

23 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Parker Stevenson is a great friend of ours and someone we love and respect a lot! He has done so much for us and our business in the years that we hav...