Growing Steady | Intentional Creative Business Podcast

Episodes

Aug. 19, 2021

098 - Should your biz have one or many offers?

If you don’t have an offer, you don’t have a business. And before you you have an offer to sell, you need a skill you can monetize!
Aug. 12, 2021

097 - The #1 online business mistake

We promise it’s not just a clickbait title! We break down the #1 mistake we see online business owners make and how to avoid it in the future.
Aug. 5, 2021

096 - Compassion for procrastination

It’s time to stop seeing procrastination as a bad habit or a character flaw.
July 1, 2021

095 - Traveling in 2022 (Part 4 - Our biggest fears + Q&A)

This will wrap up our 4-part “Zooks Travel Full-Time in 2022” impromptu series! We hope you enjoyed it and in this episode, we answer some questions from IG, our Slack Community, and a few from some Jason Z guy. LOL.
June 24, 2021

094 - Traveling in 2022 (Part 3 - We're making decisions)

This week we made a few decisions regarding our 2022 travel plans. These are more business/content strategy decisions as we’ll start planning our actual travel itinerary next month. For our episode next week we want to do a Q&A so be sure to send in your Qs about our 2022 travels to hello@wandering…
June 17, 2021

093 - Traveling in 2022 (Part 2 - Will we create a business?)

Traveling for a year brings about some incredible opportunities to share the journey which could lead to creating an entire other business for us! But… do we want to do that?
June 10, 2021

092 - Traveling for a year in 2022 (Part 1 - How will we do it?)

What happens when a married couple decides they want to travel for a year but haven’t talked about it too much yet? Find out in this week’s episode!
June 3, 2021

091 - 10 thought-provoking questions

We're starting our 4-week "Fun in the Summer™" series of our podcast. Look for a bit less business-ey and a bit more fun and light-hearted content from us these next few weeks.
May 27, 2021

090 - Summer sabbatical (and why you need a break)

Taking breaks from work, especially when you own your own business, is one of the HARDEST things to do. No matter what stage of business you’re in, taking time off can bring about guilt and we’re hopefully going to help change that feeling in this episode.
May 20, 2021

089 - In the midst of anxiety

In this episode, we’re going to talk about Caroline being in the middle of a rough patch with her anxiety. If you are at all triggered by hearing discussions about mental health, anxiety, depression, etc, please consider skipping this episode.
May 13, 2021

088 - FOMO, NO MO!

FOMO… We all deal with it! Whether it’s the latest craze of NFTs or a hot new social media app everyone is talking about, how the heck do you know when to ignore the fear of missing out (FOMO)? We chat about that!
May 6, 2021

087 - How we argue

This episode gets JUICY! Okay, so, not really. Buuuut, we do share a lot about our relationship and how we navigate difficult discussions (aka arguments, disagreements, etc).
April 29, 2021

086 - The art of making it hard (LOL)

We promise this isn’t a dirty episode and you ARE listening to the right podcast hosted by us (Jason and Caroline Zook - lol)! In this episode, we talk about how adding friction and additional work for your customer/subscriber/follower can actually be a GOOD thing for your business long-term.
April 22, 2021

085 - Life after COVID-19?

We're not pretending COVID-19 is over and done with but with vaccines rolling out there are some "normal" life things we can see off in the distance. We wanted to chat about those as well as the anxious feelings many of us are experiencing after being locked down for over a year.
April 15, 2021

084 - Ignoring societal (and familial) pressures

If podcast descriptions could have emojis, this one would be filled with the "grimace" emoji... We're talking about societal and familiar pressures and how we've gone against them in our lives (and how you can too!)
April 8, 2021

083 - Everything we've learned about paid memberships

In just 3 years we've taken our paid membership community from $0 to $25,000 in monthly recurring revenue (MRR). In this episode, we break down the eight major steps we've taken to make that happen. You can read the accompanying in-depth article here: https://wanderingaimfully.com/memberships
April 1, 2021

082 - Setting boundaries and saying "no"

One of the hardest lessons we’ve had to learn over and over again is saying “no” and staying true to our boundaries.
March 25, 2021

081 - Answering your (really great!) biz questions

What season of business are we in right now? How do you gain confidence in your pricing? How do you balance client + digital product work? What advice have we've given that we'd change? Wait... Super Mario originated from the first Donkey Kong game???
March 18, 2021

080 - Kick perfectionism to the curb!

If we've learned anything in all our time as online biz owners (and humans existing with other humans) it's that perfectionism DOES NOT SERVE US. Instead of perfection, we like to focus on completion and imperfect action.
March 11, 2021

079 - How important are original ideas?

To succeed in business, does your idea have to be truly original? Do you have to come up with the most unique business concept ever? Or... has everything already been done? Let's discuss!
March 4, 2021

078 - Let's talk MARKETING

Marketing your online business can be confusing and overwhelming but our goal in this episode is to change your perspective on marketing AND give you concrete marketing ideas to try moving forward.
Feb. 25, 2021

077 - Okay, what's up with Clubhouse??

Should you start using Clubhouse to grow your biz? What about TikTok? Do you need to create Instagram Reels? When should you jump on new trends and when should you avoid them... let's discuss!
Feb. 18, 2021

076 - Did you know we have a second business?

Did you know we have a second business outside of Wandering Aimfully? It’s a SaaS (software as a service) product called Teachery that helps people create and sell online courses.
Feb. 11, 2021

075 - 36 questions that lead to love

Will our marriage survive these questions posed by a prominent psychologist? Let's find out!