UNcomplicating Business for Teachers, Helpers, and Givers

 I'm a business weirdo. I want to do things 'right' and also I'm completely unwilling to do things that don't feel like me... which means a lot of the 'rigth' ways of the traditional business world don't match up. Maybe you can relate to this feeling :) On this episode, I'm going to share what being a business weirdo has meant for me, the lows and the highs that come with it, and how I've (mostly) worked to come to a place where I embrace the weird and let it HELP me, rather than hold me back. Come for the story but also for the practical ideas on succeeding as a weirdo :) Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineCheck out Selling for Weirdos here: https://torpeycoaching.thinkific.com/courses/sellingforweirdosAnd download the newest freebie, Journaling for Money and Growth, here: https://sendfox.com/lp/3ov9l4

Journaling seems like a good idea, right? And also, how do you journal as a business owner in a way that actually makes a difference for your business, doesn't take a TON of time, and helps you grow? On this episode, we're going to talk about the 4 simple steps of effective journaling for business and how you can become a more effective and consistent journaler (in way less time) starting TODAY.Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineCheck out Selling for Weirdos here: https://torpeycoaching.thinkific.com/courses/sellingforweirdosAnd download the newest freebie, Journaling for Money and Growth, here: https://sendfox.com/lp/3ov9l4

Ahhhh, new things to do. We all have a list of new things we WANT to do and also that we never get to because NEW things seem to require NEW time - and none of that is coming, right? Wellll... today we're going to talk about these new things you want to do. I'm going to share what's in the way of you getting to them right now (yes, yes, it's time - but exactly how and why...), AND, more importantly, I'm goign to share how to actually GET TO these new things. Because they matter - for you, for your business, for your growth, for your people - and getting to them isn't actually as hard as we make it :)Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineCheck out Selling for Weirdos here: https://torpeycoaching.thinkific.com/courses/sellingforweirdosAnd download the newest freebie, Journaling for Money and Growth, here: https://sendfox.com/lp/3ov9l4

As a business owner (as a person, really) time can get COMPLICATED fast. In this episode, I'm going to share a handful of the ways I simplify time in my own business. These are tools, ideas, and strategies that have served me well and have also served countless other business owners like you. It's all about helping time work WITH us and for us rather than fighting it. Ready to simplify? Listen on!Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineSign up for my next workshop here:https://www.torpeycoaching.com/workshops

If you run a business that helps people, the most important business move you can make for both your business and your people is to become a connector. What does that mean? Why does it matter? How does it actually help your business? And really, how do you *actually* do this? In this episode I'm sharing the whys and hows of growing your business (and your people) through being a connector!Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineSign up for my next workshop here:https://www.torpeycoaching.com/workshops

The truth of the matter is that sometimes your life takes over your business. There are lots of things you WANT and NEED to be doing to grow your business and also other things happening - and finding the balance between business and life feels like you're failing in at least one direction at all times. I get it, it's a thing here too. In this episode I'm going to talk about what I do when life takes over and needs more time and energy than I'd planned (in both the short and long term). Turns out I have a pretty simple flow that helps me to keep going on both the life and business fronts that might just help you too.Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineCheck out the Selling for Weirdos course: http://www.torpeycoaching.com/selling-for-weirdosJoin the Idea to Done 2/22/24 workshop: https://link.waveapps.com/3bb4vr-h4vm3t

Sometimes it can feel really hard to know what to say, how to say it, and where to say it in order to invite people to work with you or buy from your business. In this episode I'm talking you through my favorite ways to invite people to work with me (and my clients' favorites too!) - including the what, the how, and the where - so that inviting can be simpler for you, starting right now!Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineCheck out the Selling for Weirdos course: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/selling-for-weirdos

You could spend what feels like a billion dollars figuring out exactly HOW to market your own business. There are a million books, podcasts, episodes, articles, experts, freebies, not-so-freebies and things you can do, try, change, test - it all can feel SO complicated. Except... maybe it doesn't have to. 'How do I markety my business effectively so people find me, buy from me, and work with me?' is one of THE most common reasons people come to coaching with me. Today I'm going to share my very, very simple marketing framework that I use with every single client. Want to simplify your marketing AND have it actually work? Listen on.Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineJoin Selling for Weirdos here: www.torpeycoaching.com/selling-for-weirdos

Do you love to plan for your business but then.... those plans just sit, untouched, staring at you for the whole year? Or, maybe planning feels complicated or even just pointless... there are too many moving parts to consider and you're not going to accomplish it anyway, so why bother, right? If this is you, I see you AND I have a process for planning that's simple, straightforward, easy to use AND easy to stick with. It's not the same planning you've been doing year after year - this is planning you'll actually use in 2024. Want to plan differently for 2024 and be MORE successful (and likely less stressed out all the way around) because of it? Let's talk about it...Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-online

Business success comes from DOING, yes - but what we do or do not do is highly tied to how we are THINKING at any given moment. In this episode we're going to talk about THINKING, in particular some tiny but mighty thoughts that you might consider 'trying on' as things to think about yourself, your business, and your success, as we near the close of 2023 and the beginning of 2024! Let's go!Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-online

I LOVE books and to read, and I often find myself sharing books and book recommendations with clients as they work through the ups and downs of growing a business. On this episode, I'm going to share 5 books that have made a difference in my business (and that also aren't always business books...) and tell you about what they've meant to me just in time for you to maybe add 1 or 2 to YOUR holiday wish list. Listen on for ALL the details!Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineSign up for my next workshop here:https://www.torpeycoaching.com/workshops

Making offers - telling people what you do, why it matters to them, and how to get what they need/want - is vital to business success. People can't buy what you aren't telling them about. Making offers matters, and also, making BETTER offers allows the people you want to work with to understand what you offer faster, get why it would help them more easily, and actually buy from you faster. On this episode of the podcast I'm sharing 3 questions that I often share with clients when we're talking about making better offers. Use any one, two, or all three to make your offers better both today and every day from here on out!Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineSign up for my next workshop here:https://www.torpeycoaching.com/workshops

There are a LOT of oppotunities coming your way in the not so distant future from the UNcomplicating Business world, and I wanted to take a minute to share them with you here. If you want to sell in a way that feels like you, make more offers, set goals in a whole new way (that you'll actually like AND use), and maybe even get coached, take a listen and follow the links to sign up for what fits YOU!Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineSign up for my next workshop here:https://www.torpeycoaching.com/workshops

Do you struggle with 'closing' a sale calls? Do you find that you spend the last chunk - the part where you're supposed to tell them how much, why, and how it works - in a panic? Do you run out of time, feel like you don't know what to say and then end up feeling like you messed the whole thing up? I see you. I get it. Closing sales calls - what to do, how to do it, and how to be effective at it - is one of THE MOST common coaching topics that comes up with my newer clients. This is a problem they bring to coaching, and it turns out is pretty simple to solve. Want to know how to successfully close more sales calls, especially if you're someone who doesn't enjoy the sales part? I got you - listen on.Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineSign up for my next workshop here:https://www.torpeycoaching.com/workshops

Teachers are the best sales people out there. Full stop. If you're a teacher, you're also a sales person - and a good one - whether you realize it or not. In this episode we're going to talk about what exactly makes teachers great at sales (and how being a teacher is AMAZING preparation, maybe the BEST preparation, for being a business owner). And then? We're going to talk about why teachers don't see themselves in sales (or feel good about selling) even though they're already great at it...Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineJoin the Simple Way to Make 3+ Offers a Day 15 Day Challenge here: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/3-offers-a-day

Here's something humans - you and I and all of us - are REALLY good at... ready? We are really, REALLY good at assuming things that may not actually be true. In sales, there are a LOT of these kinds of assumptions, both that we make naturally, and that are IMPLIED by the traditional way of selling most of us are taught. In this episode we're going to talk about a handful of these assumptions that are making selling HARDER than easier AND then about what we can choose to remember instead to ease the sales process, starting NOW!Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineJoin the Simple Way to Make 3+ Offers a Day 15 Day Challenge here: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/3-offers-a-day

Having a business is great... except for the sales part' is something I hear a version of a LOT. And it's HARD to grow a business while hating the sales part - since the sales part is what actually creates, grows and FUNDS the business. So how do you change this? This week on the podcast we're talking about how to STOP hating the sales part of your business. I have four simple things you can do right now that will help you find (and maybe even love...) your inner sales person so that your business and your sales can grow without it all being so darn painful!Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineJoin the Simple Way to Make 3+ Offers a Day 15 Day Challenge here: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/3-offers-a-day

A client recently asked me how I 'did it all, all at once.' This is something we're all doing, right? You're building a business AND working AND parenting AND being a friend AND being a partner AND AND AND. So the question is, how do you do it all at once? In this episode I'm going to share my own version of this - my way of doing it all, all at once. At the very least you'll know you're not the only one out here still working to find the balance :) Listen on...Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineSign up for my next workshop here:https://www.torpeycoaching.com/workshops

Do you feel like you really SHOULD have a working sales funnel, and maybe that's the reason you aren't getting enough clients, customers, inquiries? Do you have a funnel that SHOULD be working, but isn't? Or do you have something that might be a funnel but maybe isn't right somehow (and maybe that's the issue??)? In this episode of the podcast we're talking about sales funnels, particularly why they go wrong, and what to do about it. Ready to be MUCH less stressed about all things sales funnels? Listen on!Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineJoin the Simple Way to Make 3+ Offers a Day 15 Day Challenge here: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/3-offers-a-day

 Should you have a side job as you grow your business? This is a question I get a LOT. It's something I talk about with friends and colleagues and new business owners (or people thinking of starting businesses) a LOT. So, what's the answer? Well... listen on, let's talk about it. Join the free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncomplicatingbusiness/Book a free 1:1 conversation about coaching: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/book-onlineJoin the Simple Way to Make 3+ Offers a Day 15 Day Challenge here: https://www.torpeycoaching.com/3-offers-a-day