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Off The Grid: Leaving Social Media

Softer Soundsoffthegrid.fun
Off The Grid is a podcast for artists, writers & creative business owners who want to leave social media without losing all their income. ✌️ Our host, Amelia Hruby PhD, shares stories, strategies & experiments for growing your business with radical generosity & energetic sovereignty. 🌐 Get the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit at offthegrid.fun/toolkit
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Episodes

🛠 Business Systems Can Solve Your Problems — with Patty Ryan Lee of The Fiery Well

Have you ever felt confused, overwhelmed, or lost in business? A system might be the answer to all your problems! 🤯 In this episode, Patty Ryan Lee of The Fiery Well joins Amelia to talk about business systems, SOPs & the good kind of audits. Together, they discuss— What business systems are & why they make your life way easier 😎 How to create your first SOP (aka Standard Operating Procedure or, as we like to think of it, Streamlined Opportunity for Play) 🌈 How to audit your existing ...

May 25, 202253 minSeason 1Ep. 11

📌 How Pinterest Can Grow Your Business + a Paid Ads Primer — with Brooke Basso

Searching for a marketing channel for easy, long-term business growth? In this episode, Brooke Basso of Embody Socials joins Amelia to talk about how Pinterest connects you with your ideal clients, boosts the longevity of your content, and drives traffic toward your offerings. 😎 Together, they discuss— Pinterest as a growth tool & what types of businesses thrive on the platform How to get started on Pinterest & best practices for successful pins Ads & how to make the most of your bu...

May 18, 20221 hr 2 minSeason 1Ep. 10

🎙 How Your Podcast Can Bring You Clients & Make You Money — with Chelsea Riffe

Wondering how your podcast can be a creative outlet and bring you new clients? In this episode, Chelsea Riffe of In My Non-Expert Opinion joins Amelia to talk about how her podcast integrates storytelling and sales. Together, they discuss— Why Chelsea launched In My Non-Expert Opinion 🎙 How her podcast helps her sell courses & coaching 👩🏼‍🏫 When she uses social media for her business (& when she doesn’t) 🤳 Tune in for an open & honest convo between two business owners podcasting...

May 11, 202245 minSeason 1Ep. 9

🎧 3 Ways Podcasting Can Radically Change Your Marketing

Let’s make our marketing slower and more sustainable! In this episode, Amelia breaks down her 3 fave things about podcasting for small businesses, exploring how— Podcasting is embodied 🧘‍♀️ Podcasting helps us slow down 🐌 Podcasting invites us to get support 💞 She also explains why podcasting is her favorite sustainable marketing strategy and shares some precious gems of wisdom from her clients at Softer Sounds. Links & resources— 👋 Ready to get your business off social media? Download y...

May 04, 202233 minSeason 1Ep. 8

🛼 Let’s Get Transparent — Our Top 10 Marketing Practices at Softer Sounds

Want a peek behind-the-scenes at Softer Sounds? In this episode, Amelia opens up our metaphorical doors and walks you through 10 ways we grow our audience & market our business. Here's what we get into— Using the tools in the Leaving Social Media Toolkit Pitching & direct sales via email Creating SEO-optimized blog posts Joining cool online communities Growing your email list with free, lead magnets Using Pinterest to drive traffic to your business Offering free workshops Placing paid ad...

Apr 27, 202242 minSeason 1Ep. 7

⚡️ Cultivating Energetic Sovereignty & Email as a Love Language — with grace allerdice

Join us in welcoming our first guest! grace allerdice is an artist, consulting astrologer, writer, podcaster + energetic practitioner. In this episode, we discuss why she left Instagram and how exiting social media impacted her business (spoiler: less than you’d expect!). We also dive into— how we center relationships in our marketing 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 why email is mary grace’s love language 💌 what energetic sovereignty means to us 🔋 & how to cultivate more of it in your business & life ⚡️ T...

Apr 06, 202254 minSeason 1Ep. 6

🌸 Gentle Productivity, Radical Generosity & the Necessary, Nice & Ideal Framework

We’ve been talking about leaving social media so we can feel better in our businesses…but what if we’re so burned-out that doing business feels impossible? In this episode, Amelia unpacks how we can fill our own cups and build businesses based on radical generosity. She also shares— a super helpful & easy-to-use framework for planning your projects & weekly schedule around your energy levels a breakdown of necessary, nice & ideal tasks in product & service-based businesses how to...

Mar 30, 202228 minSeason 1Ep. 5

🌈 How to Create a Fun, Feel-Good Marketing Plan to Grow Your Business

Bummer news, babes. When you leave social media, you still have to market your business… But we promise it doesn’t have to be a drag! In this episode Amelia shares— How to create a fun, feel-good marketing plan Why you want to embrace creative marketing experiments The 3 questions you should ask yourself before you start any marketing task/plan/project If you love a plan, this episode is for you! And if you don’t...we’ve got advice on how to make planning more fun for yourself. Grab your Leaving...

Mar 23, 202228 minSeason 1Ep. 4

💯 100 Ways to Share Your Work Off Social Media

So what exactly do you do once you leave social media? In this episode, Amelia shares her popular list of 100 Ways To Share Your Work Off Social Media. With a little gentle guidance and a whole of big ideas, she invites you to become your own marketing visionary and imagine a new business away from from the Instagram/Facebook/Tiktok grind. Grab your Leaving Social Media Toolkit , and tune in to get inspired! Links & resources— 👋 Ready to get your business off social media? Download your fre...

Mar 16, 202226 minSeason 1Ep. 3

✌️ How I Left Instagram & a 5-step Plan So You Can Too

Let’s talk about leaving Instagram! In this episode, Amelia shares how getting a book deal made her invest time, money & energy in Instagram...and why that made her exit the platform altogether a year later. Tune in to hear about— How Instagram makes us anxiously-attached & codependent Amelia’s #1 rule for leaving social media & where to get your 5-step plan for exiting any social platform Links & resources— 👋 Ready to get your business off social media? Download your free Leavi...

Mar 09, 202234 minSeason 1Ep. 2

🐲 4 Myths & a Truth About Social Media for Small Businesses

Do you ever wonder how we started doing business on social media to begin with? On this episode, Amelia breaks down four myths about social media marketing for small business owners — deconstructing the idea that this free & easy marketing channel is ever actually free or easy. She also explores: how social media instills scarcity mindset in our marketing how The Algorithm can ruin our self-confidence and our confidence in our businesses and the core question of this podcast — What would you...

Mar 02, 202229 minSeason 1Ep. 1

🆕 Introducing— Off the Grid!

Off the Grid is a podcast for small business owners who want to leave social media without losing their clients. On this show, we'll explore how to run an incredibly successful business without relying on social media to get new customers or clients. Download your free Leaving Social Media Toolkit , and subscribe now so you never miss an episode. Credits — Music: https://www.melissakaitlyncarter.com/makingaudiomagic Cover Art: https://natelier.co/...

Feb 16, 20223 minSeason 1Ep. 1
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