Off The Grid: Leaving Social Media

Today we’re talking about why I left Substack! Through a conversation with the amazing Lex Roman of Revenue Rulebreaker.

Together we explore:
Lex’s journey from working in tech to starting an agency to launching a membership for journalists to now running an indie media company
The state of small business media (& why there are so many opportunities there!)
Why we’re committed to being creators even though it’s a challenging business model
How Lex helped me decide to leave Substack
What newsletter and podcast tools might work for you
 
If you like this episode, please go check out the new Off the Grid Clubhouse on Ghost! 👉👉 👉 offthegrid.ghost.io
 
Then sign up for Revenue Rulebreaker and get 20% off your paid subscription with code OFFTHEGRID 👉👉 👉 https://www.revenuerulebreaker.com/off-the-grid

 
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails
 

 
🎧 Tune in to 31 Days of Black Business on NoseyAF podcast! Find all the episodes here: https://www.noseyaf.com/episodes/season/9/

Join me as I convince myself it's ok to sunset my business 😬
 
In this quarterly recap episode, I walk through the highs, lows, and finances of Softer Sounds & Off the Grid so far this year...
 
And I figure out how to make the money work as I pivot my business model from service provider to content creator!
 
Tune in to an episode preview here, and become a paid subscriber of the Clubhouse at offthegrid.fun/clubhouse to get all the $$$ details.
 
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RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

 

 
🎧 Tune in to 31 Days of Black Business on NoseyAF podcast! Find all the episodes here: https://www.noseyaf.com/episodes/season/9/

Nic Antoinette is back to help me wrap season nine, and we’re talking about the breaks we are (and aren’t) taking this summer.

Tune in to hear us unpack:
Why nobody talks about the moments we don’t like our business 😬
How fear keeps us from slowing down or taking breaks 🐌
When being honest actually f*cks with your sales 📉
Different types of breaks we’ve taken and want to take ⛓️‍💥
How to figure out what’s not working and why 📍
The fantasy of the finish line 🏁
Communicating your break to your clients and/or audience 📣
Cancer scares, carpal tunnel & caffeine addiction ☕️

 
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

 

 
🎧 Tune in to 31 Days of Black Business on NoseyAF podcast! Find all the episodes here: https://www.noseyaf.com/episodes/season/9/

HEY HI HELLO! 🍕
Today I’m thrilled to be joined by best-selling author, super-fun illustrator, and illustrious host of Creative Pep Talk podcast, Andy J Pizza!

In this upbeat conversation, we chat about:
How Andy makes money as an artist
The strategic choices he made to grow his podcast
Why we can’t “What-Would-David-Bowie-Do” our way into a successful business
Andy’s musician-model for thinking about your creative business through singles, albums, tours & merch
Why you should pre-order Andy’s new book, Mysterious Things!
 
 
RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

 

 
🎧 Tune in to 31 Days of Black Business on NoseyAF podcast! Find all the episodes here: https://www.noseyaf.com/episodes/season/9/

If I had to name ONE THING that increased my sales more than anything else in the past year...
It'd be learning to polish my copywriting and pre-launch my offerings with Nicole Cloutier and her class Open Loop.
Open Loop is how I doubled Interweb sign-ups in 2026.
Open Loop is how I made over $10k on COME TO CLASS last month.
Open Loop is why I feel so confident selling this year.
And that's why I'm THRILLED to share that Open Loop is happening again in July and you can hop on the waitlist right here right now!
So if you'd like to make more money from your launches in 2026 and beyond...
Tune in to this 'best of' episode to hear me and Nicole give you lots of free advice on how to launch anything you want to sell online.
Then click this wonderful (affiliate) link to learn more about Open Loop. I hope to see you at an alum call bragging about your successful launches in the fall. ✨

RESOURCES + LINKS
👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit
🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community
💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

 
🎧 Tune in to 31 Days of Black Business on NoseyAF podcast! Find all the episodes here: https://www.noseyaf.com/episodes/season/9/