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Welcome back dear listeners! Welcome back to the Do Weekly Podcast!! We talk about challenges and how a Blue Whale intros a podcast courtesy of resident co-host, Natalie Maclees! Also, don’t mind the birds in this episode providing background vocals! Last Week… Our challenge from last week was to find a newsletter to advertise in.… The post Episode 046: Reach Out to Other Businesses appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

Last Week… If you listened to our last challenge you completed a S.W.O.T. Analysis of your business. If you didn’t complete the challenge you owe me cookies (but not Natalie, just me). A S.W.O.T. Analysis is a tool that one can use to analyze their business opportunities, strengths, weaknesses. This not-so-simple process provides business owners… The post Episode 045: Find a Newsletter to Advertise in appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

Last Week… Our last challenge was super simple. You had to give your time away. For free. Did you do it? We sure did! That’s the idea behind our podcast after all, folks! Our challenge was to give away some time for free. Rather, leading with value when talking to a prospective customer/client. I have… The post Episode 044: Do a S.W.O.T. Analysis appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

Our Last Challenge Our challenge last week was to make a choice. Either to take a Ferris Beuler’s Day Off OR to mediate each day of the week. While the challenge seemed easy, I didn’t get the thing done. I didn’t do the challenge. I was stressed and I just had a really lousy week… The post Episode 043: Give Away Some of Your Time appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

It’s been slog, folks. Time is a precious resource that we don’t have enough of. Tax time has been eating into our time as has keeping up with the books, which leads us to.. Our Last Challenge If you paid attention to our last episode then you would have known that you were supposed to… The post Episode 042: Make Your Own Challenge appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

Did you miss us? We sure as f*** missed your smiling faces! So let’s get to it, shall we? Last week’s challenge Your challenge last week was to order your business credit report. Nat and I both ordered our business credit scores and it gave us a case of the sads. Let me explain… First,… The post Episode 041: Hire a Book Keeper appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

Welcome back everyone! Are you ready to jump into things? We are! Last week’s challenge we signed up for HARO (Help a Reporter Out) to get ourselves a little free PR by looking for story queries from reporters that we could answer. The process of answering these inquiries, for Natalie, turned out to be a… The post Episode 040: Get Your Business Credit Report appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

Howdee-doo dear readers (and listeners)! Did you have a good week! We certainly did! Let’s get right down to it. Did you revisit your business’s purpose? Natalie and myself hit the pavement and thought about our businesses purposes. I struggled mightily with this. What is my why? Not to steal the phrase from Simon Sinek… The post Episode 039: Help a Reporter Out Why Don’tcha! appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

This week’s episode is brought to you by Natalie’s Blue Whale impression. Let’s talk about last week’s challenge! Our challenge from last week was to read a business book. The book I chose to read was Traction by Gabriel Weinberg, the guy who founded the independent privacy-first search engine Duck Duck Go. The book covers a variety of channels one might use to help market their business. It’s a no-nonsense approach to attain growth quickly by testing… The post Episode 038: Identify Your Business Purpose appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

Last week we had a challenge and YOU had a challenge. Did everyone do it? We had a very specific challenge last week. It was to join a local Chamber of Commerce. There are a pair of chambers I attempted to join. One of which never got back to me (still working on that one) and also another chamber (Alta Dena) which I did join. Natalie joined the… The post Episode 037: Read a Book appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

Did you do last week’s challenge? If you did, then gosh golly you’re a swell person and a good egg! Last week, we took up the task of sending gifts to our favorite-ist clients ever! Granted, we were SUPER late on the challenge. However, a good gift never goes out of style and they’re appropriate to give any time of the year! I sent out a variety of gifts to my clients over… The post Episode 036: Chamber of Commerce appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

We’re very, very late… We know. We’re super late with this episode. Dear reader and listener, it’s my fault! I was traveling through the South and, well, I got waylayed by my own sense of notgonnadothethingIshouldbedoing. Life is hard when you’re on the road and admittedly I dropped the ball on you and my Pod-partner… The post Episode 035: Gift Giving For Your Clients appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

Last week’s challenge: Prepare for the End of Year We’re zooming right along to the end of the year and our weekly challenge was to get ready for it. Natalie got her 2019 planning books in order to begin her campaign for the next years’ shenanigans and categorized all her expenses. Natalie and I both… The post Episode 034: Write a Blog Post appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

Last week’s challenge: Nourish Yourselves Did you take care of yourself this week? Well, you were supposed to! Nat and I challenged you, our listeners, to take better care of yourself by doing one thing a little bit better than you normally do. Our challenge for you was to be more mindful over what you… The post Episode 033: End of Year Preparations appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

Last week’s challenge: Update Your Branding Last week we turned the microscope on ourselves and updated our branding for our businesses. I did this challenge by reaching out to a talented and skilled friend. But even before that, I took to a marketplace (Fiverr) to get some initial concepts. I got about four in total, spent about… The post Episode 032: Nourish Yourself appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

Last week’s challenge: Have a Plan Natalie and I challenged our listeners to Have a Plan. Creating a plan helps us to not stress out about the things we have to do each and every day. Natalie is a natural at planning but she still derived value from last week’s challenge. She was able to,… The post Episode 031: Update Your Branding appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

Last week’s challenge: Create a New Revenue Stream During last week’s challenge, we looked at trying to find new ways to squeeze money out of our businesses. I looked at doing a workshop for small business hours to build out a simplified business website. Natalie initially thought about doing a cotton candy company. Definitely out… The post Episode 030: Have a Plan appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

Last week’s challenge: Volunteer Your Time or Donate to a Good Cause Volunteering. It’s a great public service to donate your time and money to worthy non-profit causes. Nat and I already volunteer our time to a pair of local organizations such as Girl Develop it and also the SBDC (Small Business Development Center). So… The post Episode 029: Create A New Revenue Stream appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

Last week’s challenge: Get Physical. Natalie goes to FreeCon (Freelance Conference) and Alex grapples with the fact no one wants to hear him talk. Last week’s challenge was all about self-care of the rigorous variety. I re-dedicated myself to a CrossFit gym I joined earlier in the year. I’ve been feeling down and out the… The post Episode 028: Giving Back appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.

Last week’s challenge: Competitor Analysis. Just really quickly, we’re a fan of Katie’s Cupcakes. It’s where I bought Nat’s challenge failure cakes. Last week we challenged you (and ourselves) to do competitor analysis. We each chose three different competitors. Natalie’s analysis noticed that no blog posts were getting published by her competitors, very little social… The post Episode 027: Lets Get Physical appeared first on Do Weekly Podcast.