• Free Time with Jenny Blake

  • Auteur(s): Jenny Blake
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Free Time with Jenny Blake

Auteur(s): Jenny Blake
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  • Set your time free through smarter systems so you can do more of your best work. Free Time launched in 2021 and releases on Tuesdays and Fridays. It's a Webby-nominated business podcast and winner of three W3 awards for best show and best host. Join Jenny Blake, author of three award-winning books—including Free Time: Lose the Busywork and Love Your Business and Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One—to explore our guiding question: How can we earn twice as much in half the time, with joy and ease, while serving the highest good? Subscribe now so you don’t miss an episode! Bonus: please leave a review and share with a friend—word-of-mouth is the most joyful way to grow the show :) Subscribe to theTime Well Spent newsletter at ItsFreeTime.com, and share this episode at pod.link/freetime. Check out Jenny's other podcast, Pivot with Jenny Blake, on navigating change at pod.link/pivotmethod.
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Épisodes
  • 273: Navigating Time Anxiety, Reducing Inbox Dread, and Creating Ease Loops with Chris Guillebeau
    Apr 15 2025
    👋 Hello Free Timers! While we’re still not resuming the podcast’s regular publishing schedule, I’m popping into your feed today to share a fun conversation with my friendtor of over fifteen years, Chris Guillebeau. We’re discussing his new book, Time Anxiety: The Illusion of Urgency and a Better Way to Live — it was too aligned with Free Time not to share! 📝 View full show notes with all resources mentioned at http://itsfreetime.com/episodes/273. More about Chris: Chris is the author of several other bestselling books to help you live an unconventional life, think for yourself, see the world, and earn extra money, including The Money Tree, The $100 Startup (a global bestseller), and The Art of Non-Conformity, which was translated into 30+ languages. During a lifetime of self-employment that included a four-year commitment as a volunteer executive in West Africa, he visited every country in the world (193 in total) before his 35th birthday. Every day since January 1, 2017, his podcast, Side Hustle School, has offered a new idea, tip, or short story to help listeners create a new source of income without quitting their jobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 min
  • 272: Seth Godin on Publishing Strategy, Missed Opportunities, Sunk Costs, Social Media, and Smart Risks
    Oct 22 2024
    “How do you decide who has the power to judge you? Who are you seeking to please? Is that validation directly in alignment with how you are rewarded and how you're organized?” Seth Godin is back with a brand new book, This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans, and if you loved Free Time, I know you will love this one for geeking out on systems thinking! We discuss how his author strategy has shifted over time, why he’s piloting a new type of publishing contract with this book, how he felt when asked to leave a weekly poker game for not taking big enough risks, and how The Innovator’s Dilemma relates to companies like Google, NPR, and Netflix (he was in the room as NPR purposefully missed the boat on podcasting). More About Seth: Seth Godin is a renowned author, entrepreneur, and marketing expert who has profoundly influenced modern business thinking through his blog, with over 9,000 daily posts and counting. Known for his innovative ideas on marketing, leadership, and personal growth, Godin has authored 22 bestselling books in over 39 languages. He is also the coordinator of The Carbon Almanac, which he calls “the most important project of my career.” 🌟 5 Key Takeaways from This is Strategy Social media: Avoid projects where the system is organized to take all the value you create. Building community: Create a strategy where the scale is the magic. Start by serving a small group of people who would miss us if we didn't exist. Pricing: Price is a story, a signal, and a symptom of your strategy. “Low price is the last refuge of a marketer who has run out of useful ideas." Decision-making: It's impossible to consistently have perfect outcomes. It's easier to imagine that we're able to make good decisions on a regular basis. Ignoring sunk costs: All of your assets and experiences are a gift from your former self. You're welcome to leave them behind. 📝 Permission Stop seeking authority and start taking responsibility. Time is ours; sooner or later, the story we tell ourselves belongs to us. That doesn't mean it's easy. It just means that given the situation you're in, you could make something better and no one can stop you. ✅ Do (or Delegate) This Next If you feel creatively stagnant, try switching up your environment. For example, Seth took train rides with no destination in mind to get into a writing groove. Bonus: Try asking Claude.ai to expand on a list or framework you’ve created. What might you be missing? 🔗 Resources Mentioned Seth on the web New Book: This Is Strategy Community: Purple.space Udemy course: This Is Strategy Publisher: Authors Equity Seth's articles: Books don’t sell and Firing the New York Times Bestseller List Rolling in Doh: Is Kevin Bacon in His Flop Era? 🚬 Smoking is Essential for Your Success, They Said 🙄 If Your Business Could Talk, What Would It Say? People: Shawn Coyne of Story Grid Tools: Claude.ai 📚 Books Mentioned This Is Strategy Song of Significance The Practice: Shipping Creative Work Visit the shop to see all of Seth’s books . . . Your First 1,000 Copies The Innovator’s Dilemma Atomic Habits Thinking in Systems Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One Life After College 🎧 Related Episodes Seth’s podcast: Akimbo Free Time: 092: Train the System, Then the Person 056: Set Your Compass—Systems vs. Goals 268: Strategies for Surpassing “The Magic Number” of Book Sales, and 271: Todd Sattersten Part Two Pivot: 254: The Practice—On Generosity, Peculiarity, and Showing Up with Seth Godin 🌟Enjoying the show? The best way to thank us is by leaving a rating or review ✍️ Check out Jenny’s personal business essays on Substack, Rolling in D🤦🏻‍♀️h 💌 Subscribe to the Time Well Spent newsletter for access to the Free Time Toolkit 📝 Check out full show notes and share with friends: https://itsfreetime.com/episodes/272 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    48 min
  • 271: Specific Road-Tested Tips for Book Sales and Marketing with Todd Sattersten (Part Two)
    Oct 15 2024
    Hi Friends! Although the podcast is still paused, I'm dropping into the feed this week and next with two very special conversations :) Today is a bonus episode from February for paid subscribers with Todd Sattersten, publisher and owner of Bard Press, and next week features Seth Godin and his new book, This Is Strategy. If you haven't already listened, check out part one here (episode 261) first. Todd is so committed to helping his authors succeed that he only publishes one book each year. Today he's sharing how to investigate and possibly reposition a book when a launch isn’t gaining traction, his three-sentence problem statement to attract ideal readers, and why the Table of Contents and first chapter are essential parts of the marketing process. 🌟 5 Key Takeaways Advance copies are a marketing event: Will they do something with the physical book? Two B’s for categories of people that can be most helpful: bulk and broadcasters. Most book launch activities don’t scale: You are the beacon for people to find the book. Title should always be a change function: show the change that they will experience reading the book with the title, subtitle, and book description. 1) State the truth. 2) What's the surprise? 3) Twist to drive the point home. The Table of Contents is marketing copy! It should read like sales copy to draw people in. Chapter one is also marketing copy, and be sure to include a quick win, because most people won’t finish (sadly). Write short chapters! Give the reader payoffs. 📝 Permission Drop the idea that your launch day is 24 hours. Taking a page from Tim Grahl’s Your First 1000 Copies, just do one thing a week. Use the HBO model of a little bit every week, not the Netflix binge release-watch. ✅ Do (or Delegate) This Next With the Free Time book approaching its three-year bookiversary on March 22, 2025, help 🎁 give the gift of free time :D Don’t miss the handy Chapter Summaries and Leader Kit (PDFs) Want to try before you buy? Read the free excerpt here » (Web) Check out my author toolkit here » Take the Free Time reader survey I sent, whether you’ve read the book or not VIP Day with Jenny: via Free Time Operations Dashboard 🔗 Resources Mentioned Todd on the web, IG, X, LinkedIn, Bard Press Todd's Articles: The Magic Number, and The Few, The Many, and the Reality of Power Laws McSweeney’s: MY COMMENTS ARE IN THE GOOGLE DOC LINKED IN THE DROPBOX I SENT IN THE SLACK What is Net Promoter Score (NPS)? Book Indexer: Michelle Guiliano — Line by Line Indexing (web) and This is indexing. (Substack) X thread by Jason Colavito: Publishing stats for 2022 EPJ Data Science: Success in books: predicting book sales before publication 📚 Books Mentioned The One Thing by Jay Papasan and Gary Keller American Kingpin by Nick Bilton Your First 1000 Copies by Tim Grahl The Snowball System and Give to Grow by Mo Bunnell Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One Life After College 🎧 Related Episodes Self-Publishing School: The Engineer Approach to Millions of Copies Sold with Todd Sattersten Billion Dollar Creator: 018: How to Write a Book That Sells for Decades with Tim Grahl Free Time: 268: Strategies for Surpassing “The Magic Number” of Book Sales 064: The Vulnerability of Launching 084: Sprinkling the First 1,000 Serendipity Seeds of a Launch 103: How to Land a Literary Agent and Publisher with David Moldawer (Part One) and (Part Two) 203: 🎢 Riding the Emotional Rollercoaster of Launching with Natalie Lue Pivot: 207: How to Develop Your Book and Big Idea (Part 1) and (Part 2) 49: The (He)art of Book Publishing Excerpt: Land a Traditional Publishing Deal — Q&A with My Editor at Portfolio/Penguin Random House ✍️ Check out my personal business essays at Rolling in D🤦🏻‍♀️h with Jenny Blake 💌 Subscribe to Free Time with Jenny Blake for access to the Free Time Toolkit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    54 min

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