The BS-Free Service Business Show
The BS-Free Service Business show takes you behind the scenes of running a business as a freelancer, creative, or agency owner, focusing on fluff-free lessons to help you grow your business and get paid. You're in the right place if you work with clients and want to create a simple AND sustainable service business. Your host is Maggie Patterson, the creator of BS-Free Business, a content production agency owner, and a self-employed writer and consultant for nearly 20 years. You can learn more about the podcast and BS-Free Business at http://www.bsfreebusiness.com and subscribe to never miss an episode.
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If you’re anything like me, you love it when people let you peek behind the curtains of their business so you can see what's really going on. In today’s episode, I'm taking you behind the scenes of my businesses and sharing my halfway highlights now that we’re halfway through 2024. Topics discussed in this episode in
What if I told you that the key to a sustainable business (that you don’t want to burn to the ground once a week) ISN’T doing more? It's about doing LESS — but doing it better. In this episode, I’m flipping the script on your default “hustle hard” programming and sharing what really matters when growing a service busin
This time of year gives us a natural time to pause and take stock of what’s happening in our businesses. Think of it this way: it’s about curiosity, not comparison, and finding joy, not judgment. In this episode, I’m sharing a simple way to reset and recharge your business for the rest of 2024. Topics discussed in this
The sun is shining, summer is right around the corner and for many of us, we’re ready to get outside and play. The problem? Hustle culture tells us that we need to work work work. Otherwise, our business will crumble. And even if we DO take some time off, we should still be available to our clients. But those are jus
Have you ever started your Monday morning with a strong sense of existential dread and wondered how you could get all of your client work done… let alone any work ON your business? Next thing you know, the week has flown by, and it feels like the to-do list is just as long—if not even longer—than when you started. Th
2023 was a wild ride for the economy, with countless twists and turns that left many business owners unsure how to price their services. The good news? We’re still here, running our businesses and making it work. The tricky part is staying flexible enough to weather whatever the economy throws our way next. As we con
