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Hosted by Maggie Patterson, BS-Free Business · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 498 episodes
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Growing a solo service business is tough. It's even harder when you're bombarded with BS advice that steers you away from your values and why you started your business in the first place. This is the podcast for solo creatives and consultants who want to remain as a team of one and have zero interest in the hustle and grind of typical business teachings. Most podcasts for solopreneurs and freelancers, hosted by out-of-touch celebrity entrepreneurs who haven't offered one-to-one services in years, miss the mark on today's market realities.Maggie Patterson, a service business owner for 20 years, understands that to stay solo, you need to know what matters to you, what works for you, and what you should completely ignore. In each episode, she examines one piece of conventional business advice to discover how it may hurt your business or be completely wrong for you as a solo business owner. Join Maggie for real talk to help you avoid burnout or the desire to entirely burn down your bu
Maggie Patterson, BS-Free Business hosts Staying Solo, a business show with 498 episodes published.
The best offers aren't built by adding more calls, bonuses, or Slack access. They're built by understanding why people buy. In this episode, I'm sharing the buyer psychology behind Easy Yes Offers and the POP Framework I
The best offers aren't built by adding more calls, bonuses, or Slack access. They're built by understanding why people buy. In this episode, I'm sharing the buyer psychology behind Easy Yes Offers and the POP Framework I
An offer not selling can send any business owner into a full-blown spiral. Suddenly everything feels questionable: pricing, positioning, marketing, even the whole business. But here's the real question: is the offer actu
Before you create another offer, ask yourself one question: What job will it do? Because the right offer makes your business easier to market, sell, and grow. The wrong one creates confusion, complexity, and more work fo
We're taking a short summer break from Staying Solo, but don't worry—we'll be back on July 6th with a brand-new season. In the meantime, if you want a sneak peek at what we're covering, join the waitlist for The Squad. Y
The online business industry completely broke people's brains around paying for support. For years, we were told that if you really believed in yourself, you'd invest. So people spent thousands on all kinds of coaching a
When you're over your business, it's not that you don't know what's wrong…because you totally do. In this final episode of the Over It series, we're talking about how to stop living in that stuck-in-between place — and s
At a certain point, the question isn't whether your business works, but whether the way you're running it is destroying your quality of life. In this next episode of our Over It series, we're talking about what happens w
You're booked, busy, in demand. And completely over it. Either you're not making enough, or you ARE, but it's costing you your time, energy, and sanity. Either way, the math isn't working. This is the time-vs.-money trap
Ever feel like nothing's "wrong," but you're dragging your feet, avoiding things, and quietly wondering how long you can keep doing this? So you try to fix the feeling. But the feeling isn't the problem. It's the signal.
When did running a business start meaning it takes over your entire life? Somewhere along the way, "success" became more clients, more offers, more everything… and a lot less time, energy, and sanity. The truth? You've b
Your business isn't hard to sell; you're just making it harder than it needs to be. When your capacity is maxed, "do more" isn't a strategy. It's the problem. In this episode, I'm breaking down the mismatch between your
Most service providers think they need to be everywhere, all the time, just to stay visible. So they either force it or avoid it completely. Both paths lead to the same result: not enough clients. In this episode, I'm br
Despite what conventional business advice may tell you, if you're not booking clients, it's probably not a visibility problem. More marketing won't fix what's broken underneath. In this episode, we're breaking down the f
Clients are interested—but they're not choosing you. If you're stuck in the "maybe" pile, it's not a sales problem. It's an Easy Yes Energy problem. In this episode, we're getting into why clients hesitate, what most peo
If your bigger packages have stopped selling, it's not your work; it's your entry point. Clients aren't ready to make big decisions right now. They want something simple, clear, and low-risk to start. That's where your E
When you've been running a business for a long time, experience can quietly turn into ego. You start believing certain things are beneath you, like following up, reaching out to your network, or sending a simple check-in
If potential clients keep saying "let me think about it," show interest but never follow through, or seem confused about what you actually do, your business may be missing what I'm calling Easy Yes Energy. In this episod
You did the work. You delivered. The client was happy. And then… the relationship ended. Not because anything went wrong, but because there was no plan for what came next. That's the Deliver-and-Disappear cycle — and it'
Ever had a potential client seem ready to move forward… and then disappear? Not a no. Not a yes. Just silence. In today's episode, I'm breaking down the four hidden leaks in your sales process that are costing you client
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Staying Solo is hosted by Maggie Patterson, BS-Free Business. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 498 episodes.
Staying Solo has published 498 episodes.
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