Searching for Sustainable Self-Employment with Joey Clarkson

Joey Clarkson
  • 0.0 (0)
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Updated Semimonthly

Welcome to "Searching for Sustainable Self-Employment", a podcast designed to help small business owners and side hustlers navigate the often challenging journey to self-employment. Each episode is filled with practical advice and actionable steps to help you understand how to grow your business and achieve your goals. We believe that with the right mindset and strategies, anyone can turn their small business or side hustle into a sustainable self-employment venture.

Episodes

  1. 03/14/2023

    #7 - Travel and work: In conversation w/ digital nomads Chad Weber and Kathy Trithardt

    So, you wanna hit the road and start traveling. The digital nomad life has been calling you! Maybe you want to be self employed, maybe you already are! maybe you've got a remote job... but for whatever reason, you're putting the breaks on following that dream of yours to see the world and travel while working. I think this is a dream that many people I know have, but few of them actually act on it. Which is why I'm so excited to share today's interview with you! In today's episode, I sit down with Chad Weber and Kathy Trithardt (my cousin and his partner) and we talk all about how they wound up working as self employed individuals and the current adventure they are both on: travelling throughout the UK and Europe for 2 months while working from the road! This one is juicy and full of lots of great tips for anyone who has ever had even an inkling of desire to experience this kind of lifestyle, with a very unique perspective as they are both in very different stages of their self employment Journey. Find Kathy on Youtube, here: https://www.youtube.com/@kathytrithardt  As always, we will finish with an actionable task that you can implement right away... so stick around until the end. If you found this episode helpful, make sure you hit that subscribe button to follow Searching for Sustainable Self Employment on whatever platform you listen to your podcasts on, and send it to anyone you feel it might bring value to. And, if you want to help me help more people, please consider rating and reviewing my show. This helps creators like myself to keep creating, and business owners like you to have access to more shows like this! Lastly, if you would like to book a 1-1 session with myself where we will dive into your current social media strategies and analyse where we can strengthen your approach, putting together an achievable plan that you can implement right away: visit my website here. Spaces are limited, but I would love to help you and your small business get back on track.

  2. 03/07/2023

    #6 - Starting a podcast? Here's what you can expect in the first month!

    Have you ever wanted to start a podcast? Maybe you've already started one, and you're wondering what kind of results you might see after a month of consistantly posting? In today's episode of Searching for Sustainable Self Employment, I dive into my own analytics on Anchor (the podcast distribution platform I use) to show you the results I've seen with this podcast so far.  I'm hoping this might help manage expectations, and show the real side of what growth looks like from day one of starting a podcast.  This is a series I will be bringing back on a fairly regular basis, so if you have any questions for future episodes on this topic: please pop them in the questions below! As always, we will finish with an actionable task that you can implement right away... so stick around utnil the end.  If you found this episode helpful, make sure you hit that subscribe button to follow Searching for Sustainable Self Employment on whatever platform you listen to your podcasts on, and send it to anyone you feel it might bring value to. And, if you want to help me help more people, please consider rating and reviewing my show. This helps creators like myself to keep creating, and business owners like you to have access to more shows like this! Lastly, if you would like to book a 1-1 session with myself where we will dive into your current social media strategies and analyse where we can strengthen your approach, putting together an achievable plan that you can implement right away: visit my website here. Spaces are limited, but I would love to help you and your small business get back on track.

  3. 02/27/2023

    #5 - In conversation with Tara Henton: the growing pains, and rewards, of building a thriving online community.

    Adding a paywall to your community can be stressful, especially when you’ve been functioning as a free service for so long; but there comes a time in every community where it grows to the point of needing additional support, in the form of finances, in order to maintain the function and growth of your community. What will your members think? How many of them would be willing to buy in? How do you know you’ll have enough people to actually pay for the platform you need to run it? Welcome to searching for sustainable self employment, with me, your host, Joey Clarkson. In today’s episode, we tackle all of that and more with our guest Tara Henton! Tara is a Canadian singer/songwriter, music teacher and community leader. In 2021, she not only launched her own music school, venturing into the world of self employment, but also launched an online weekly event for songwriters that would snowball into the thriving community that is now known as “We Write Songs”. Find more information on Tara, here: https://www.tarahentonmusic.co.uk/ If you found this episode helpful, make sure you hit that subscribe button to follow Searching for Sustainable Self Employment on whatever platform you listen to your podcasts on, and send it to anyone you feel it might bring value to. And, if you want to help me help more people, please consider rating and reviewing my show. This helps creators like myself to keep creating, and business owners like you to have access to more shows like this! Lastly, if you would like to book a 1-1 session with myself where we will dive into your current social media strategies and analyse where we can strengthen your approach, putting together an achievable plan that you can implement right away: visit my website here. Spaces are limited, but I would love to help you and your small business get back on track.

  4. 02/20/2023

    #4 - Breaking Through Your Social Media Creativity Block!

    Have you ever felt inspired to batch create social media content for your small business, only to find that when you sit down to actually do it: you draw complete blanks as to WHAT to post? You have the energy, and the desire, but you lack direction? In today's episode, I overuse the word "literally" as we discuss where I believe the root of this problem stems from - and how you can take action to work through it. An episode made with the intent to challenge old habits, and make positive changes to how you move forward with creating content for your audience.  As always, we will finish with an actionable task that you can implement right away that will help break you out of your social media creativity block, because... you know what they say? It's all in your head ;)  If you found this episode helpful, make sure you hit that subscribe button to follow Searching for Sustainable Self Employment on whatever platform you listen to your podcasts on, and send it to anyone you feel it might bring value to. And, if you want to help me help more people, please consider rating and reviewing my show. This helps creators like myself to keep creating, and business owners like you to have access to more shows like this! Lastly, if you would like to book a 1-1 session with myself where we will dive into your current social media strategies and analyse where we can strengthen your approach, putting together an achievable plan that you can implement right away: visit my website here. Spaces are limited, but I would love to help you and your small business get back on track.

  5. 02/13/2023

    #3 - Ready or Not: You Don't Have to Wait to Get Started.

    Are you feeling stuck and unable to move forward? Are you constantly planning and never taking action? If so, this episode is for you. Many of us hold onto the belief that we need to be fully prepared and confident before taking action towards our goals. However, waiting for the perfect moment can often be an excuse to avoid taking risks. The truth is, no one ever feels fully ready. There will always be another book to read, another course to take, another puzzle piece to invest in. But when we're too focused on feeling ready, we overlook the importance of taking action and making progress towards our goals. In today's episode, we will explore the importance of taking action, even when you don't feel ready. We'll discuss why waiting for the perfect moment or feeling completely prepared might be holding you back, and I'll share real-life examples to help you overcome these obstacles and start making progress in your life and business.  As always, we will finish with an actionable task that you can implement right away to help get you on the right track with your content! If you found this episode helpful, make sure you hit that subscribe button to follow Searching for Sustainable Self Employment on whatever platform you listen to your podcasts on, and send it to anyone you feel it might bring value to. And, if you want to help me help more people, please consider rating and reviewing my show. This helps creators like myself to keep creating, and business owners like you to have access to more shows like this! Lastly, if you would like to book a 1-1 session with myself where we will dive into your current social media strategies and analyse where we can strengthen your approach, putting together an achievable plan that you can implement right away: visit my website here. Spaces are limited, but I would love to help you and your small business get back on track.

  6. 02/06/2023

    #2 - Analyse This: The Key to Unlocking Social Media Growth for Your Business

    A lot of business owners feel a bit overwhelmed by analytics. I get it - there's a lot of data to sift through, and it can be tough to understand what all the numbers mean. But here's the thing: those numbers can be super helpful for your business! In today’s episode of Searching for Sustainable Self Employment, we’re going to dive a little deeper into the world of analytics; specifically focusing on how you can utilise them to make better decisions on the content you post for your small business. Saving you time and effort in the long run. We’ll also talk a little bit about different terms that are used in Analytics, like Engagement, Reach and CTR. As always, we will finish with an actionable task that you can implement right away to help get you on the right track with your content! Sound scary, and far too technical for someone who doesn’t even want to be on social media in the first place? That’s ok, and you are not alone! We’re going to do this together. Are you ready? If you found this episode helpful, make sure you hit that subscribe button to follow Searching for Sustainable Self Employment on whatever platform you listen to your podcasts on, and send it to anyone you feel it might bring value to. And, if you want to help me help more people, please consider rating and reviewing my show. This helps creators like myself to keep creating, and business owners like you to have access to more shows like this! Lastly, if you would like to book a 1-1 session with myself where we will dive into your current social media strategies and analyse where we can strengthen your approach, putting together an achievable plan that you can implement right away: visit my website here. Spaces are limited, but I would love to help you and your small business get back on track.

  7. 01/30/2023

    #1 - Maximising Your Small Business with Twitter: An Introduction to Tweeting

    Being a self-employed small business owner is hard, and can feel isolating. Our to-do lists are never ending, we have to learn to be accountable to ourselves, and even though we know that it would benefit the health of our business: our efforts on social media are often one of the first things that we let suffer when we're stretched for time. So, how do we break the cycle? In today's episode, we discuss: The importance of creating consistent content that engages our online audiences. Why we need to provide them with value before we ask anything of our audience. Why Twitter can be a great platform to start creating on, when you feel like your efforts on social media are failing. As always, we end with and actionable task that should help you breathe more life into your businesses presence on twitter in just 5 minutes a day!  If you found this episode helpful, make sure you hit that subscribe button to follow Searching for Sustainable Self Employment on whatever platform you listen to your podcasts on, and send it to anyone you feel it might bring value to.  And, if you want to help me help more people, please consider rating and reviewing my show. This helps creators like myself to keep creating, and business owners like you to have access to more shows like this!  Lastly, if you would like to book a 1-1 session with myself where we will dive into your current social media strategies and analyse where we can strengthen your approach, putting together an achievable plan that you can implement right away: visit my website here. Spaces are limited, but I would love to help you and your small business get back on track.

    #1 - Maximising Your Small Business with Twitter: An Introduction to Tweeting
  • 7 Episodes

About

Welcome to "Searching for Sustainable Self-Employment", a podcast designed to help small business owners and side hustlers navigate the often challenging journey to self-employment. Each episode is filled with practical advice and actionable steps to help you understand how to grow your business and achieve your goals. We believe that with the right mindset and strategies, anyone can turn their small business or side hustle into a sustainable self-employment venture.

Information