You asked, and now I'm answering. Here's to the first "Ask Jenny Anything Q&A post," and it turns out there are 20 questions! Today I'm covering why I quit social media, who to follow to learn about Instagram (if you enjoy social media), "the restaurant analogy," niches, prioritizing to-do lists, and so much more. Now, let's dive in. You asked ... How to take Continue reading...
Advanced Business Strategies
How to Hit Your Goals and Also Honor How You Feel
I hear you: You want success on your terms … but you’re not clear on how to achieve it. For example, you want to hit your business goals and also honor how you feel on a daily (or even hourly) basis. But from where you are today, you don’t know how to make it happen. The question is, how do you do this? How do you go after something when you aren’t sure how to Continue reading...
How to Fall Back in Love with Your Business Again
A reader asked me to help her with this: I want to fall in love with my business and be interested in it again. Aw, I feel you on this one. As someone who's been self-employed since 2009, I can assure you that the ebb and flow of love, excitement, enthusiasm, drive, motivation, you-name-it in business is real. Whether this is something you’re experiencing now or Continue reading...
Steal This! Boundary-Setting Email Scripts
Having trouble setting boundaries with clients (and non-clients)? These email scripts will help! You can use the templates as-is or tweak them to suit your personal style. These emails tend toward the more firm tone because, in my experience, when most women realize it’s finally time to set a firm boundary, their clients have gone way overboard and firm is more Continue reading...
7 Secrets to Working Less Without Making Less
Back in 2012, I taught a totally free class called The Secrets to Working Less Without Making Less. Although some of the specific wording I use today to talk about these ideas has shifted, the core concepts are still applicable to anyone wanting to build a thriving business without working to the bone. Heck, it even works great if you're an employee who wants to work Continue reading...
3 Key Sales Concepts that Helped Me Earn More Money
To keep giving you relevant and timely content, we update our most popular posts. This article was last updated in May 2021. Selling is so much more than a script for a discovery call or template for a follow-up email. Sales is pervasive in your business—and that doesn't mean icky, pushy, slimy, or conniving. I like to think of sales as making a meaningful connection Continue reading...
How to Solve the Problem that Keeps You Up at Night
Do you ever feel like you’re on an endless merry-go-round of business and marketing ideas, in search of the one thing that will solve your problems? You hear that you need a sales funnel to book yourself solid; or social media is a must-have for connecting with your audience; or scaling your offers is the way to grow your income. (By the way, NONE of those are true. Continue reading...
Thriving In Uncertain Times: Insights from the Jenny Shih Team
My heart goes out to you if you’ve been sick, have had to take care of someone sick, or lost someone to COVID-19. (((hugs))) My heart goes out to you if you’ve had to shut down your business, or been laid off work, or kept your job but with reduced income … if you don’t know if you’ll be able to pay all your bills, whether or not you can make rent, or if you can even Continue reading...
On Making Tough Choices, Listening to Your Heart, and Running a Business in the Time of the Coronavirus
👶 You know you’re living in extraordinary times when the best way to show your love is to plan NOT to visit your grandchild when he’s born. 😮😢 This was one of the tough decisions my in-laws had to make due to the coronavirus 🦠 epidemic … even though they’ve been waiting for this for 18 years. It’s disappointing. It’s upsetting. But Continue reading...
The Very First (and Only?) Jenny Shih LLC Income Report
I’ve been talking lately (on Instagram and Facebook) about how nobody knows where anybody’s business really stands based on how things appear online. You know how important it is to be careful who you let into your mind and your business. How you need to make sure you’re learning from someone who really has the chops to back up their claims instead of being tricked by Continue reading...