
đź’Ž How I Built This: 5 Years of Softer Sounds & Off the Grid
About this episode
Welcome to season nine of Off the Grid!
We’re kicking this one off by talking about why I’m kinda closing my business…
Or more accurately: how pruning one tree helps another grow.
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Tune in to hear all about:
- Abolishing ICE & Standing with Minnesota
- What I did before I started Softer Sounds
- My step-by-step transition from side hustle to small business
- The one strategy that brought in 6 months of $$$
- Why I started this podcast… and then almost quit making it
- The 3 keys to Off the Grid’s success
- How I’m turning this tiny indie show into my full-time job in 2026
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LINKS & RESOURCES:
đź’ Free Class: How Our Businesses Create Change
📲 5calls.org (use the app, it’s great!)
đź’• Join us in the Off the Grid Clubhouse
đź’« Get the free Leaving Social Media Toolkit
đź“” Buy my book: Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media
đź«‚ Also big hugs to my biz friends Taylor Elyse Morrison & Nic Antoinette
📣 Learn more about advertising with Off the Grid
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