So, you've figured out your flagship service. Great!After following what we covered in the last episode, on pricing and packaging, you now have a strong offer that converts. Most of the clients you attract accept the offer you're making. Awes

498: Build a Profitable Agency – Part 3: Pricing Your Service

Sep 23rd, 2020 1h 50m

There are 3 ways you can price your service:1. Hourly Pricing2. Flat Rate Pricing3. Value-Based PricingI've talked about Value-Based Pricing on the seanwes podcast for over 7 years now, so it might surprise you to learn we're not using Va

497: Build a Profitable Agency – Part 2: Finding New Clients

Sep 16th, 2020 1h 57m

You want clients and you want them now.But you don’t simply want *more* clients. You want more of the *right* clients. Because more bad clients is a nightmare.- Clients who **don’t pay you.**- Clients who **push you around.**- Clien

496: Build a Profitable Agency – Part 1: Your Flagship Service

Sep 9th, 2020 1h 59m

This is the start of a new series that goes behind the scenes on what it takes to create a highly profitable agency.We quietly launched seanwes media this summer, with a new flagship service, and it’s already a six-figure agency before we’ve

495: We’re Back! A New Series to Help You Make Money

Sep 1st, 2020 1h 2m

Sean is back on the seanwes podcast! Today we’re sharing a special episode of our members-only Q&A show, Fired Up Mondays, where Sean joins Dan to tell us what he’s been up to on his sabbatical year.We also announce an exciting new series sta

494: Sabbatical Episode: You Dont Have to Finish Books

May 8th, 2020 54s

I was just about to eat lunch, but I have to record this. My wife Laci was sitting on the couch and looking kind of down and I said, "What's going on?" She said, "The book that I'm reading just really isn't that interesting. It's really hard

493: Sabbatical Episode: What if I Have Nothing Worth Saying and No One Reads What I Write?

May 7th, 2020 8m 5s

You haven’t written that book, or started that blog or podcast you’ve wanted to start, because you fear you don’t have anything worthy to say.I mean, you kind of think you have something worthy to say, but what if other people don’t think so?

492: Sabbatical Episode: Revenue Down? How To Pivot Your Business

Apr 20th, 2020 9m 41s

Unless you’re Amazon, your business is probably bringing in a lot less revenue right now.Payment processors for small businesses are reporting that transaction volume is down as much as 50%.As a business owner, what do you do in a time like

491: Sabbatical Episode: It’s a Strange Time to Have No Home

Apr 13th, 2020 9m 25s

We moved out of our home at the beginning of 2020 to embark on a sabbatical year of nomadic travel. With no house or car, we set out to travel the world.Then the pandemic hit.This is an update on how we’re managing to #StayHome without a ho

490: How to Keep Going When Everything’s Changing

Apr 1st, 2020 1h 7m

There’s a lot going on right now.That’s an understatement, right? The COVID-19 pandemic has taken everyone’s attention in the last few weeks, and rightly so.Hopefully you’re in a situation where you’re safe, and healthy. But that doesn’t ma

489: Sabbatical Episode: Finding Community (Part 5 of 5): Making Time for Community

Mar 18th, 2020 13m 45s

This is it! The final episode of our 5-part podcast miniseries, Finding Community. If you’ve been following along, you know the incredible role a positive, uplifting community can play in your life. It can keep you on track, get you unstuck,

488: Getting Paid What You’re Worth

Mar 18th, 2020 1h 17m

Money can be a touchy subject. When you work a job, your employer often forbids you from discussing it. When you sell products or services, you struggle to put a price on them that lets you make sales… but also lets you make money.You might f

487: Sabbatical Episode: Finding Community (Part 4 of 5): Starting vs. Joining a Community

Mar 16th, 2020 8m 41s

Today we’ve posted Part 4 of our 5-part podcast miniseries, Finding Community. Sean’s talked about replacing negative inputs in your life with positive ones, and he’s explained how to find people pursuing greatness in your field and grow alon

486: Sabbatical Episode: Finding Community (Part 3 of 5): Learn From People Ahead, Connect With People Beside

Mar 13th, 2020 9m 15s

Today we’ve posted Part 3 of our 5-part podcast miniseries, Finding Community. In the first two episodes, Sean gave us the crucial steps for replacing the negative inputs in your life with positive ones. With all that new positive energy, we

485: Sabbatical Episode: Finding Community (Part 2 of 5): Surround Yourself With Positivity

Mar 11th, 2020 8m 17s

On Monday we posted Part 1 of a 5-part podcast miniseries called Finding Community. Part 2 is available today!You can’t just cut out the negative.In Part 1, Sean talked about the necessity of cutting out the negative inputs in your life, wh

484: Validating Your Big Idea

Mar 11th, 2020 1h 27m

There’s nothing worse than launching to crickets.That’s what we call it when you pour time and effort into designing and building a great product—a piece of art, an online course, a great app—you work on it for weeks, or months… or years.Yo

483: Sabbatical Episode: Finding Community (Part 1 of 5): Cut Out Negativity

Mar 9th, 2020 10m 8s

Sean’s recorded a podcast mini-series called Finding Community, and the first part (of five) just published today.Below are some highlights, takeaways and quick wins from the recording (in case you’re more into reading than listening right no

482: Can We Get Personal?

Mar 4th, 2020 50m 49s

We all have things in our lives that we can’t wait to share with everyone we know. There are other things we’d just as soon keep to ourselves, yet we want to make a connection with other people. We want to feel heard and understood. On top of

481: Sabbatical Episode: You Can Travel the World If You Really Want To (Yes, You!)

Mar 2nd, 2020 1h 2m

Do you want to travel the world—or even travel your own country—with nothing but the pack on your back? Imagine that freedom—knowing you’ve already got everything you need.There’s that line, “The things you own… end up owning you.” Well, what

480: When You’re Tired of Adulting

Feb 26th, 2020 1h 3m

You should be proud of yourself: you’ve got a lot on your plate.You might be running a business, and, as I’ve heard it said, the great thing about running your own business is you can choose whichever 16 hours a day you want to work!Or you

479: Is It Ethical to Sell Products to Consumers?

Feb 19th, 2020 56m 5s

There are no two ways around it: selling a product does not come naturally to most of us. In fact, the very idea can feel a little slimy. Isn’t it a little weird to try to convince someone to part with their hard-earned money? Who am I to try t

478: Sabbatical Episode: Caleb Wojcik On Getting Your First Video Client and Creating Content Without Overthinking

Feb 14th, 2020 39m 48s

While on our first stop of the sabbatical year in San Diego, I got to visit Caleb Wojcik in his home studio.In addition to this episode, we also recorded an episode with me on the Caleb Wojcik Show which publishes today.Caleb is an incredib

477: Sabbatical Episode: Ridding Yourself of Guilt – A Conversation With Calvin Rosser

Feb 12th, 2020 32m 41s

This podcast episode was not planned.While staying in San Diego during my sabbatical, my friend Caleb Wojcik invited me to his house to record a podcast. Caleb lives in Encinitas (about a one-hour train ride from where we were staying in down

476: Your Location Affects Your Motivation

Feb 5th, 2020 1h 7m

Everybody knows if you want to be in pictures, move to Hollywood. Want to work in finance? New York, or London. Dreaming of starting the next big tech company? Better move to Silicon Valley—that’s where the money is. And if country music’s your

475: Getting Comfortable on Camera

Jan 29th, 2020 1h 52m

Since YouTube launched in 2005, online video has taken over the world. It might be hyperbolic to compare this to the invention of the printing press… but, then again, it might not. Quite simply, video is the medium by which a growing amount o