Off The Grid: Leaving Social Media

Here's the thing: Off the Grid isn't just a marketing podcast. 🥸It's a rallying cry to break free from the attention economy and reclaim your agency.It's also a vision of the internet where we create, connect, and make money online without extractive algorithms.In this bonus episode, I'm sharing the new vision for Off the Grid! And inviting you to co-create it with me at our upcoming retreat.Listen in. Read the vision. Buy a book bundle. Let's get free. 🩵RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community💓 Join the Clubhouse for more episodes + emails📔 Buy Amelia's book at yourattentionissacred.com!

🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention Today we’re going right to the heart of email marketing and answering your burning questions!To do that, I’m joined by Dawn Richardson, Product Education Manager at Flodesk and owner of Tech Savvy Creative.Dawn is here to explain how your emails end up in spam, strategies to get better open rates, and why you should stop sending reengagement campaigns immediately.She’s got the stats from millions of emails sent through Flodesk, so you can stop guessing what works and use the strategies that are effective in 2025 (rather than repeating things that haven’t worked since 2015).Tune in and you’ll learn:Exactly how email deliverability works and why it matters (even for tiny lists!)Why you need to be sending your emails from a custom domain (not gmail)How to warm up your domain if you’re sending your first email in a long time (or ever)How to clean your list without wrecking your statsThe outdated email practice messing with Amelia’s open rates 👀Plus answers to more questions from Interweb members with businesses like yours! Full disclosure: Off the Grid is a Flodesk partner! So if it feels like the right tool for you, we’d love to share our affiliate link so you get 50% off your first year. We also recommend signing up before November 29th when their unlimited emails and checkout plans end.  RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community💓 Join the Clubhouse for more episodes + emails📔 Buy Amelia's book at yourattentionissacred.com!

Let's get visionary! 🪅 🪅 🪅 Today I'm revisiting and reimagining my list of 100 Ways to Share Your Work/Life Without Social Media —  in celebration of my book launch!If you've been feeling unsure, uninspired, or unsatisfied lately, this episode is for you. Tune in for a quick dose of clarity and expansion. 🩵RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for courses + community💓 Join the Clubhouse for more episodes + emails📔 Buy Amelia's book at yourattentionissacred.com!

Today we welcome copywriter Nicole Cloutier back to the podcast (yay!) to help us avoid the most dreaded small biz experience: putting something new into the world and hearing … nothing … in return.We talk through launch basics then go deep into the strategies that have helped grow our sales — even in this challenging year.Join us as we stare into the void together and discuss:What a launch really is (hint: it’s pretty simple)Why it’s so important to pre-launch and “warm up” your audienceNicole’s 3-part pre-launch framework (with timeline!)Behind-the-scenes stats like Amelia’s email open rates 👀The only 2 CTAs you need for your launchWaitlist strategies & the one email that you never want to skipWhy your launches don’t have to be perfectThe importance of great subject lines 📨 👉💰 If you want to improve your emails and launches, click here to get the Great Subject Line Experiment! RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails📔 Buy a copy of Amelia's new book — Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media

My book is here! Learn more & buy your copy at offthegrid.fun/attention  🥳 🥳 🥳In today's episode, I tell you all about the book AND the virtual retreat I'm hosting this fall.Then I share an amazing conversation I had with Rebeka Ryvola de Kremer for her podcast Imagination State. It's all about how extractive algorithms wreck our creativity + community — and ways to make that stop. Tune in, then please ORDER THE BOOK! 

🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention The most radical choice I’ve made in self-publishing is not putting my book on Amazon.Tune in to this episode to learn: Why I made this decisionWhat it means for my bookHow I’m going to find readers anyway& Exactly how many books I’m hoping to sellThen join me in my journey of self-publishing without giving Jeff Bezos more money… by getting a copy of the book at yourattentionissacred.com!  Mentioned in the episode:Postcards from: Carolyn Yoo, Debora Figueiredo, Kening Zhu & Chelsie TammsFifty Feminist MantrasIngramSpark & LuluHow to Resist Amazon and Why by Danny Caine RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails📔 Buy a copy of Amelia's new book — Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media   

🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention Welcome back to Book Week! In this behind-the-scenes episode (from the Clubhouse!), I tell you all about: The story of my first book (& why I had to rewrite that story to move forward)Why I decided to write this book (instead of just making more podcast episodes)My process for writing the 15,000 word manuscript in ONE WEEK (a wild choice)How I ended up getting a book offer from my last publisher…And the exact sentence that made me turn that offer down 🙃   Tune in, then get a copy of the book at yourattentionissacred.com!     RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails📔 Buy a copy of Amelia's new book — Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media

🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention Bailey Lang is a book coach, editor, and ghostwriter who helps business owners, creatives, and academics tell stories that matter.In this episode, Bailey and I pull back the curtain on the book-writing process. I share the messy middle and behind-the-scenes challenges of bringing my own book to life, while Bailey offers grounded guidance on what to do (and what not to do) if you’re dreaming of writing one yourself.If you’ve ever thought “maybe I have a book in me” — this one’s for you.Tune in, then get a copy of Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media. Its on sale now! RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails📔 Buy a copy of Amelia's new book — Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media

🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention Tracy Candido is a creative coach and the host of Hidden Parts, a podcast about the inner voices that shape how we live, work, and lead.Today she joins me on the podcast to help me unpack how my inner perfectionist, procrastinator, and hyper-achiever showed up in the book writing process.To do that, she teaches us a lot about Parts Work. Tune in to learn:What Parts Work is (and how it’s different than Internal Family Systems)How to identify protector partsTracy’s 3-step methodology for quieting mental chatterHow Parts Work can heal overachiever patterns & visibility wounds   RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails📔 Buy a copy of Amelia's new book — Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media

🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention This summer, Cody Cook-Parrott deleted their Instagram account. In doing so, they “lost” 80,000 followers and gained so. much. more.In this conversation, we dig into why Cody decided to delete IG, how their creative attention has shifted since, and what it really looks like to build a business (and publish a book) off the grid.Tune in to this episode to hear us explore:Why Cody deleted their account instead of deactivatingWhat it means to archive your work onlineThe realities of giving up social capitalSacred witnessing and ways to cultivate the feeling of being seenHow Cody is approaching their next book launch without social mediaWhy we love self-publishing & the fate of Amelia’s first zine project 🌟 If you love this chat, listen to Cody’s podcast Common Shapes! (The party Amelia & Cody hosted has passed.)RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails📔 Buy a copy of Amelia's new book — Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media

🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention Seth Werkheiser was one of the first 3000 people on Twitter. Now he runs Social Media Escape Club and helps people get off X, Facebook, Instagram, and more.In this conversation, we chart how we’ve each spent 20+ years online — beginning with AOL, Tumblr, and Twitter all the way through Instagram, TikTok, and the current state of Substack.This one goes out to everyone feeling lost online and looking for the magic of the early internet era again. Join us for this journey through:Amelia’s cringe-inducing 2013 Tumblr blog & Twitter handle 😬Seth’s path from AOL Music to heavy metal email marketer 🤘The risks & rewards of bridging online connections into offline relationships 🥰Why Seth moved his paid subscribers off Substack & lessons he learned in the transfer process 🌶️The perils of the paywall 🚩If you love this conversation, join me and Seth for a LIVE Q&A on September 11th! Only $10 if you sign up right here.  RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back! Season 7 of Off the Grid officially kicks off next week. 🥳 This season we'll be digging into all things (self)-publishing without social media. I'm talking to writers, coaches, witches, and more about the magic of bringing our ideas to life and selling them in the marketplace. 😬To get you in the mood, I'm sharing a preview of what's to come this fall and a juicy excerpt of a conversation I had on the Writing Your Resilience podcast earlier this year. Tune in and make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss an episode!  More soon. xoxo, Amelia RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails📔 Buy a copy of Amelia's new book — Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media

It's finally here, my friends... your first preview of my book!In this episode, I fill you in on exactly why Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media.Then in a you-heard-it-here-first moment, I play you the beginning of the audiobook! And I implore you to get a copy at yourattentionissacred.com.Thank you so much for tuning in to season six of Off the Grid. We'll be on break for the rest of August, but if you join the Clubhouse, you'll get our free summer reset series that starts next week! xoxo, AmeliaRESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails📔 Buy a copy of Amelia's new book — Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media

Welcome to part one of our season six finale!Today I’m joined by TWENTY past guests sharing tiny pep talks recorded just for you.Tune in for encouragement on everything from surviving Capitalism to fixing your sales page to overcoming overwhelm and getting exactly what you want.You’ll hear from:[6:30] Blaize Hall of Weeping Willow Wellness[12:00] Michelle Pellizzon-Lipsitz of Holisticism[14:55] Sarah Arantza Amador of Hawthorne Mountain Tarot[18:20] Arielle Estoria[19:35] Mattia Maurée of AuDHD Flourishing[21:30] Michelle Warner of Sequence Over Strategy[23:55] Amanda Laird of Slow and Steady & Personal Biz[26:15] Chelsie Tamms of Lettering Works[27:30] Elise Granata of GROUP HUG[30:45] Shivani Mehta Bhatia[33:30] Maria Bowler[37:10] grace allerdice of home—body[39:50] Megan Leatherman of A Wild New Work[43:40] Maggie Gentry of Rest Day Creative[46:40] Natalie Ross[49:30] Natalie Miller of Mind Witchery[52:45] Rachel Duncan of the Money Healing Club[55:50] Nicole Cloutier of Copy Poetics[60:15] Yarrow Magdalena of Pink Well Studio[63:10] Chelsea Riffe  RESOURCES + LINKS🌸 Join the Clubhouse for FREE episodes in August👋 Download the Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the waitlist for the Interweb 

🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention Here’s my truth— I am absolutely, positively obsessed with this episode.Today on the pod, I’m joined by the one-and-only Sarah Faith Gottesdiener.She’s popping over from Moonbeaming to pull back the curtain on how the Moon Studio has made more money than ever this year — with a secret marketing strategy and a super minimal social media presence.Hear us get smart on:Inside/outside marketing strategiesKeeping your best work a secretBusiness models that are DOAWhy we love our client communitiesHow to cultivate a clear channel for your marketing& Working with the best people  Tune in, then sign up for Sarah’s class Clear Channels! Registration closes in August. RESOURCES + LINKS🌸 Join the Clubhouse for a FREE late-summer reset👋 Download the Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist

🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention Casey Johnston is a weight-lifting memoirist and former editor at Vice, Ars Technica & the New York Times’ Wirecutter.She’s been reporting on social media and smart phones for over a decade, and in that time, she built her career on Twitter then left it behind in favorite of a paid newsletter and a phone with fewer than ten apps on it.In this conversation, we dig into the the major shifts that Casey’s witnessed in digital media since 2010, as well as how she created a “DIY Dumb Phone” to help her kick her phone addiction last year.Specifically, we explore:How Twitter helped Casey start her writing careerWhy Casey launched a newsletter & how it’s become her primary income streamVirality, memes & how they push us to always be onlineThe difference between a Beat, a Brand, and a BusinessThe successes & failures of journalists on SubstackCasey’s “DIY Dumb Phone” methodHow algorithms convince us we have problemsWhy Casey quit being a defender of social media  RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails 📘 A more joyful business is within reach. Get your copy of Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business by Jenny Blake today at itsfreetime.com/book (sponsored)  

🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention Welcome to an episode unlike any other! Today I'm joined by Melissa Wong of Coherence Studio for a live advising session where I help her work through the age-old question: "how do I really grow my business without social media?"Then she turns the mic around on me to dig into how Off the Grid has actually grown — and what you can learn from that process.Tune in as we get super honest and explore:Two ways we build legacy in our businessesHow popularity wounds surface in our marketingLooking to other business owners as models for our workHow Off the Grid has changed as its grownWhy your intuition is necessary for business survivalWhat relationship marketing strategies are working in 2025Why Melissa wants to be on social media & if she’s going to leave IG RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails 📘 A more joyful business is within reach. Get your copy of Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business by Jenny Blake today at itsfreetime.com/book (sponsored)

🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention Welcome to Paradigm Shift Summer! 😎This month on the podcast, we're rooting into radical change with ease, softness, and poolside vibes.Today I'm taking you behind-the-scenes of my business and sharing 3 ways I'm releasing 2025-so-far and gently redesigning my work/life this summer. I'll guide you through the deep shifts and practical actions I have planned — all with the goal of having a more simple, specific, and spiritual business by the fall.Tune in to get inspired, and then join me for OPT OUT to do your own reinventing this summer! RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails📔 Buy a copy of Amelia's new book — Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media

🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention I’m not a fan of the #girlboss. But I am a fan of women who build wildly successful businesses. And I especially appreciate when they offer eyes-open advice about what it really took to get there.Today on the show, I’m joined by Sam Vander Wielen, a lawyer-turned-entrepreneur who’s built a multi-seven-figure online business through consistently $100k+ funnels and launches.While income claims like that typically make me roll my eyes… Sam is such an smart, honest, and candid business owner that I just had to ask her a million questions about how her business really works.So if you’ve ever wanted a values-aligned look into a seven-figure business, you’ll definitely want to tune in. We talk about:The relationship between trauma and high-achievementHow social media helped Sam grow her businessClarifying the stages of awareness in your marketingClearing fear around the legal aspects of small businessHow Sam handles hate mail and mean messagesThe realities of Sam’s $300k+ launchesWhy you need a copy of Sam’s new book  RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails 

🌈 Amelia's new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is officially here! Order your copy today at offthegrid.fun/attention I started my self-employment journey by freelancing… but somehow I’ve never talked about it on the pod!So today I’m joined by Sarah Jutras of Huzzah Studio and Freelance for Life to dive into how to build a freelance career and/or land a few gigs to make ends meet.Together we unpack a few common Qs, including:What is freelancing? 🤺Who is freelancing good for? 💼How can I land my first freelance gig? 😎And is it really possible to turn freelancing into a sustainable career? 🧐I also ask Sarah my burning question: “Is freelancing only lucrative if you work in tech?” And she has a great answer. Tune in to hear it! RESOURCES + LINKS👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit🌐 Join the Interweb for courses + community🌸 Peep the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails