Scope Creep

How do you manage self-doubt even when you’ve been in your industry for a long time? To unpack this listener question, Liz conjures some wisdom from her past life as a mental health professional. Tune in to see what methods we use to keep self-doubt at bay (or at least manage it).Subscribe now to make sure you don’t miss our mini-episode series. Let’s stay connected! Learn more at: scopecreepshow....

Minisode 2: So You’ve Been Ghosted…..Ghosted. We've all been there, whether it's been in a professional or romantic relationship. This week, we’re sharing a listener story about being ghosted by a client and discussing the renowned (and slightly cringe) ghostbusting technique called the *magic email.* Can you guess who has tried this method before … and did it work? Subscribe now to make sure you...

As we gear up for season 2, we wanted to leave you with some minisodes where we answer Scope Creep listener questions and share some juicy client horror stories. In this episode, we discuss the delicate art of requesting client reviews and the situations that can make that process complicated. Stay tuned for some tips on getting testimonials that are worth posting. Subscribe now to make sure you d...

It’s the season finale of Scope Creep! For our final episode of the season, we opened up our inboxes for listener questions and the Scope Creep fam did not disappoint! Today we’re talking about sticky solopreneurship situations like:How to handle clients who ghost you or quit showing up to callsHow to respond to requests for free labor (aka unpaid test projects) and still win workWhat to do when y...

Shiny object syndrome. Serious scope creep. An unholy attachment to bad ideas. These are the top 3 client management challenges freelancers and solopreneurs consistently face. So this week, Liz and Jamie are opening up the Scope Creep email vault to share some past client emails that demonstrate these afflictions (identifying info redacted, of course). They’re talking about how they responded (vs....

In the years before this podcast existed, Jamie and Liz spent many a happy hour venting about all the #girlbossess shilling bad business advice on the internet. So the time has finally come for an unfiltered takedown of all those flimsy masterminds, group coaching programs, and courses you’ve probably seen for sale on Instagram. This week they’re sharing:The time one of us got majorly duped by a “...

As a small business owner, solopreneur, or even a corporate ‘stan,’ you probably know how important, but difficult, it is to set boundaries at work. But can you start saying “hell no” without drying up your business or damaging your client relationships? The answer? Hell yes. This week Jamie and Liz are sharing the “hell no” manifestos that guide what they will and won’t do for money and how they...

This week, Jamie and Liz are answering the #1 question they get from people who are looking to make their corporate escape or start their own service-based business: how do you keep getting clients? The answer? It comes down to selling yourself without selling your soul. But if the idea of pitching yourself or your service makes you clam up, you’re not alone. So many solopreneurs hate the idea of...

Everyone talks about how important it is to be authentic at work, but wtf does that actually look like? Can you really let your freak flag fly and run a successful brand? In Episode 3 of Scope Creep, Liz and Jamie discuss the good, bad, and ugly parts of being yourself in your business. They share how maintaining unapologetic (#sorrynotsorry) personal brands impacts their income and get super real...

If starting a business was easy, everyone would do it. But what exactly makes it so hard, especially for woman-identifying folks? This week we’re talking about barriers to building your own business and the real-life hurdles and systemic barriers that might be standing in your way (because, spoiler alert, you cannot girlboss yourself out of the fact that a wage gap exists and only 2% of VC funds g...

You’ve probably heard about the celebrity entrepreneur who is on their 5th vacation this year [insert major side-eye]. But have you heard about the content strategist with rustbelt roots? Or how about the brand strategist who grew up feeding bottle calves? In the first episode of Scope Creep, you’ll meet your hosts, Jamie Cox and Liz Talago, two successful solopreneurs who don’t fit the girlboss m...

If the Great Resignation, the #metoo movement, and the widening wealth gap have taught us anything, it’s that the world of work is rigged. And if you’re a person who wants to build wealth without sacrificing your health and wellbeing, it’s not in your favor. That’s why fellow solopreneurs Jamie Cox and Liz Talago said to hell with the corporate hellscape and built businesses on their own terms. Al...