HeyJaredThe Ordinary Business®️ Podcast
This isn’t a show about hitting seven figures or running a 10-person team. Ordinary businesses deserve the spotlight, too. On The Ordinary Business®️ Podcast, you’ll hear from solopreneurs and tiny teams about how they actually make work and life fit together.
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How Sara Royf Uses Free Audits to Get More Clients (and 344 Warm Leads) (opens the original)
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Ever felt allergic to those gimmicky "freebie" PDFs floating around the internet? (Yeah, me too.) In this episode, Sara Royf ( https://www.sararoyf.com/ ) shares how she used free LinkedIn profile audits to grow her email list and get more clients, starting before she'd even quit her full-time job. Sara recorded 5 to 10 minute audits after work and posted the offer in local Facebook groups. About 100 audits in, a call with a local marketing whiz pushed her toward LinkedIn consulting, and people
Tracking What Matters: Small Business Systems for DIY Marketing with Tayler Hollman (opens the original)
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Ever sat there staring at your long to-do list, wondering why every “simple” marketing idea somehow multiplies like dirty laundry? I feel you. In this episode, I get real with Tayler—ordinary business owner, Enji co-founder (https://www.enji.co/), and black coffee enthusiast—about why having piles of good marketing ideas means nothing if you never actually do them. This chat dives into what it’s actually like to run your marketing by yourself, with messy weeks and half-finished projects front an
Work Life Balance for Solopreneurs: Taking Extended Time Off Without Losing Clients (opens the original)
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Ever blinked and come back to 212 unread emails? Same. This group chat episode is about taking real time off, whether you call it a sabbatical, a vacation, or just ignoring Slack from your couch. If you've wondered how other solopreneurs actually build work life balance into their business without tanking their income, pull up a chair. This chat with Michelle (https://www.michellepontvert.com/), Rebecca (https://rebeccastanisic.com/), and Amanda (https://chaoscoordinationllc.com/) gets into the
Social KPIs: A Work Life Balance System for Entrepreneurs with Samantha MacKinnon (opens the original)
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Ever noticed your business decisions getting foggier the longer you go without seeing another adult? Samantha MacKinnon ( https://samanthamackinnon.com/ ) did. After her first son was born, she was hitting her deadlines and taking care of clients, but she felt flat, less confident, and unlike herself. So she did what a former construction project manager would do: she treated her social life as load-bearing and started tracking it. In this episode, Samantha explains how she built a "social quota
Marketing Without Social Media Trends with Erin Perkins (opens the original)
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Ever feel like everyone else is nailing viral reels while you're just trying to get your inbox under control? Erin Perkins ( https://www.mabelyq.com/ ), accessibility educator, founder of Mabely Q, and creator of the accessibility assistant Tactile, has been in business for 8 years without doing a single dance video or trending audio clip. She takes over the mic this week to talk about marketing without social media trends. Erin tells the story of a sales team that pushed her in 2025 to start do
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