Off The Grid: Leaving Social Media

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Off The Grid is a podcast for artists, writers & creative business owners who want to leave social media without losing all their income. ✌️ Our host, Amelia Hruby PhD, shares stories, strategies & experiments for growing your business with radical generosity & energetic sovereignty. 🌐 Get the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit at offthegrid.fun/toolkit

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💿 My Privacy-Focused, Algorithm-Lite Tech Stack

I’ve spent the past 5 years trying to navigate the internet without handing my data (& life) over to surveillance capitalism. In today’s episode, I’m sharing my current tech stack — the browsers, search engines, email providers, and other tools that I use to share my wrk online without Google, Facebook, or AI overlords. As you listen, please know this effort is a work in progress and always evolving! You can learn my entire process by taking my class OPT OUT: 5 Steps to Break Up with Big Tech Today. My current privacy-focused tech stack Kagi search + Orion browserProton Mail (affiliate link) + Zoho MailSignalFind everything else mentioned here: offthegrid.fun/shownotes/privacy-focused-tech-stack 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! 💯 Your business can thrive with 100 Hell Yes People. Learn how in the FREE Simple & Spacious Library from Jen Carrington.

31 min
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📄 Feedback that Doesn’t Feel Bad — with Morgan Evans

Welcome to our most personal episode yet! Today I’m joined by Morgan Evans from Business Casual to talk about the seemingly-simple but often-fraught topic of: feedback. We share a lot of personal experiences and business examples as we get into: What feedback really isWhy reviews and random emails aren’t feedbackHow to give & receive feedback that doesn’t feel like 💩Ways to create business systems that invite feedbackHow to resolve conflict with clients/customers/team membersWhy feedback is actually a social justice toolPositive feedback and how to integrate it 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! 💯 Your business can thrive with 100 Hell Yes People. Learn how in the FREE Simple & Spacious Library from Jen Carrington.

59 min
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🔒 Self-Publishing Off the Amazon Path

Last month, I was thrilled to join Karolina Wudniak of Paperwing Studio in the Indie Book Lab! We talked about how I approached self-publishing without relying on Amazon — including the platforms I used, the (costly) mistakes I made, and how much money I’ve brought in from my book so far (revenue AND profit). I also answered lots of attendee questions: Why did you decide to avoid Amazon? & How much could you really?What size audience would you recommend having before going Amazon-less?Is it realistic to make sales without Amazon’s reach? How do you handle discoverability?What does fulfillment look like without a big platform?What about international sales?Is this only viable for nonfiction or niche audiences? What about debut authors?How much more work is it, realistically?And finally… why is your paperback actually on Amazon anyway?It was a great conversation, and I’m excited to share the recording — exclusively with paid subscribers in the Clubhouse :) Tune in here for a preview, and to hear the whole episode, join the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse When you do, you'll get access to over 40 bonus episodes (and counting), curated tech + creative business newsletters, and more. Plus your own private podcast feed, comments threads, and behind-the-scenes updates on the show. Please join the Clubhouse to support the show! And find this specific episode here :)

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➿ The Tension of Platforms & Why I Haven’t Left Substack (Yet)

If you're stressed about using Spotify, Substack, Google, Instagram, or any other platforms... this episode is for you! Today I'm talking about how to choose platforms & tech tools without selling your soul — and why I'm still on Substack even though I kinda hate it. 🫠 Tune in to hear me break down: Tools vs PlatformsQuestions to ask before you choose a new toolWhat to do about the bad politics of platformsWhy there's no purity on the internetFour strategies for rethinking your choicesTech stack harm reductionThe big decision I made about SubstackRESOURCES + 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! 💯 Your business can thrive with 100 Hell Yes People. Learn how in the FREE Simple & Spacious Library from Jen Carrington.

45 min
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🕯️Centering Your Values & Staying off Social Media — with Harry Doull of Keap Candles

Harry Doull grew up living in a small family hotel in the French countryside. Then he worked for the UN and Google, before leaving tech behind to co-found his candle company, Keap. This week, he’s on the podcast to share why he left tech for candlemaking, and how he’s grown Keap without social media or Amazon — while still garnering plenty of customers, partners, and awards, including landing on Wirecutter’s best candles list. This one’s for all the product-makers out there and anyone who believes business without social media can’t scale. They can! We’re proving it! Buy a candle & join us! ALSO — If you want to try a Keap candle, use the code OFFTHEGRID for 15% off your first purchase. My faves are: Timur Moon, Wood Cabin, Wild Figs & the brand new Grapefruit + Yuzu (affiliate links) And if you want to partner with Keap, check out their Mindful Creators program. RESOURCES + LINKS🕯️If you want to try a Keap candle, my faves are: Timur Moon, Wood Cabin & the brand new Grapefruit + Yuzu (affiliate 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! 💯 Your business can thrive with 100 Hell Yes People. Learn how in the FREE Simple & Spacious Library from Jen Carrington.

1 h y 1 min
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🔒 How Do I Stay Visible Without Social Media?

Today I’m bringing you something really special— A mini-coaching session and marketing conversation about how to stay visible without social media. It comes from a wonderful conversation I had with Jenni Gritters’ community last month, where someone asked me: "I just started a business and everyone I’ve talked to has said: ‘oh so you have to make an Instagram.’ My rebellious self is completely against it, but obviously it’s a very slow build without social media. Do you think it’s possible? How would you go about it?" I get this question a lot, and I wanted to speak to it here! So tune in to this episode preview to learn exactly how I’d grow this business without social media, including what I think comes before you ever begin working on visibility. To hear the whole episode, join the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse When you do, you'll get access to over 30 bonus episodes (and counting), curated tech + creative business newsletters, and more. Plus your own private podcast feed, comments threads, and behind-the-scenes updates on the show. Please join the Clubhouse to support the show! And find this specific episode here :)

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🧗🏻‍♀️ Getting Off the Online Business Growth Escalator [BEST OF]

Today, I'm bringing together everything I know about growing an online business to explore why sometimes we feel like our businesses just won't work... and then other times they grow wayyyy beyond our capacity. Tune in to this Best Of episode to hear more about: Realizing you're on the Wrong Path & how to get off itThe Online Business Growth EscalatorWhat to do when your escalator is brokenHow to chart your own path for business growthQuestions to get clear on where you want to go 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! 💯 Your business can thrive with 100 Hell Yes People. Learn how in the FREE Simple & Spacious Library from Jen Carrington.

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📉 Business Degrowth — Slowing Down & Noticing Patterns with Nic Antoinette

This week, Nic Antoinette returns to share what really happens when you take a year off your business… and why degrowth is their plan for 2026. Join us for a 90-minute biz friend chat where we explore: The original idea for Nic’s Gap YearHow stepping back from work changes your identityWhat slowing down really requires of usWhen making less money can be a goal (not a failure)Finding enoughness without succumbing to underearningHow we’re right-sizing our work in 2026& more! 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!📣 I wanna promote your work! Learn more about advertising with Off the Grid. 💯 Your business can thrive with 100 Hell Yes People. Learn how in the FREE Simple & Spacious Library from Jen Carrington.

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Literally the Only Marketing Podcast I Listen To

28/10/2025

Miss Graham

I’m an artist, and you have to be careful with some marketing podcasts because the lessons don’t always apply to us—but this one does. The conversations are so relevant, and it’s refreshing to learn new ways to think and share that have nothing to do with social media.
Brilliant podcast

23/04/2025

jatrae

This podcast feels like home. I’ve been introduced to so many amazing voices through it and even though I haven’t abandoned sm totally, it gives me hope that I can happily do so someday soon. Thank you for your work Amelia!
Amelia’s podcast is so needed!

26/02/2025

Uma Girish

I was feeling exhausted by social media and Amelia showed up in my world like a godsend at the perfect time. I’ve been off social media for 2 years now and was able to navigate my exit smoothly thanks to Off the Grid and the Leaving Social Media toolkit she has put together. Thank you, Amelia ❤️
So refreshing!

05/11/2024

Sammmmm B

As a business owner who is really into self-development, I love to listen to podcasts. But so many podcasts have the same methods for marketing. This is such a refreshing and new point of view when it comes to growing a business in the world of social media and influencers.

Off The Grid is a podcast for artists, writers & creative business owners who want to leave social media without losing all their income. ✌️ Our host, Amelia Hruby PhD, shares stories, strategies & experiments for growing your business with radical generosity & energetic sovereignty. 🌐 Get the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit at offthegrid.fun/toolkit