This edition is presented by Pine Ridge Wealth LLC

In today’s edition you get:

1. one inspiring quote for you

2. three tools for your biz tech stack

3. attention-worthy and fun links for you

4. a golden opportunity to build a nest egg

5. an idea to calm your “not enough” mindset

6. an unscripted video ironing out rough ideas

7. a moment of Zen of the soothing South Toe River

8. shout-out to founding subscribers - your next hire?

9. a chance for you to get a shout-out in the next edition

10. another chance for a shout-out in the next edition newsletter

Let’s dive in!

QuoteNotes

🪶 I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

— Henry David Thoreau Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

ToolNotes
🔥 My weekly recommendations on tools and tech that I have found to be helpful to the online entrepreneur. Asterisks (*) show affiliate links.

1. Tally This tool makes boring forms a thing of the past. I love that it uses blocks just like Notion.

2. Notion* I am in love! It’s got not only my entire content creation database but everything from tracking to organizing my life!

3. beehiiv* Googly eyes over this one! I use it for this newsletter and it also offers web hosting to creator growth tools. Streamline your business! And oh, just last week they raised 33M in Series B funding. Wow.

BestLinkNotes

🌴 Worthy of your attention
Articles, podcasts, videos curated from the web.

1. Did you know that as a freelancer you are part of a $1.27 trillion economy (just in the US)?

2. Morning Brew is a newsletter that grew to 2.5M subscribers and was acquired for $75M by Business Insider. Listen to the founder share exactly how they grew from 0 to 10K subs.

🐚 A bit of fun
Fun and intriguing links to uplift, expand and amuse the mind.

1. 10 weird animals of Australia. Tell me if you knew about #3 and #5 before. Yes, you can hit reply to this email to just tell me that!

2. Learning this is not the only way I am preparing for my upcoming trip to Australia. It involves lollies!

SponsorNotes

🪺 When I (Sophia) began my self-employed business, I was worrying about getting my next client; not about building retirement savings. If I had only acted on some of the things for my future early on, I would have had greater peace of mind and a financial nest egg a long while back. I’m glad I finally got started.

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CreatorNotes
An article I wrote on building your online business with financial freedom and peace of mind as goals.

💰 Could it be that you don’t want passive income?

I remember having a conversation with a friend of mine a while back. Both of us were self-employed and could relate to each other’s entrepreneurial journeys.

We wanted to make it happen with our businesses.

But we were struggling.

If you are a solopreneur or have a side hustle, you may be well aware of the struggles. From figuring out what skills the market will pay for, how much to charge for our services, and where to find the next client to how to balance work with rest, not feeling guilty for taking a vacation, how to deal with imposter syndrome and self-doubt, the challenges that we overcome are immense.

That’s why I consider running one’s own business a surefire path to personal and spiritual transformation.

But I digress.

So it was one of those days when my friend and I were lamenting about the up and down cycle of our business (a little bit of venting only, to let off steam). And that’s when she said, “Wouldn’t it be cool to make passive income?”

Read the rest

SoundingBoardNotes
Unfiltered & unscripted conversations

🦄 We (Sophia + Cristof) started Sounding Board as a way to talk through the business nitty-gritty and document our journey as we grow our newsletters to 10K raving fans. Watch us solve business problems whiling being the real us; unscripted and unfiltered.

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ZenNotes
Escape into nature

🌷A short video clip (1 minute or less) to refresh you; giving you a glimpse of nature’s beauty.

Shout-Outs
☘️ Check out these amazing people who are the Founding Subscribers of SophiaNotes.

1. Angie McNiece of Space Cadet Digital is your on-demand marketing department for small business helping your business shine online.

2. Rhonda Caudill’s gift is helping Christian speakers, authors, and coaches with branding, website design, digital marketing strategy, and self-publishing support services.

3. HR Hegnauer is a website designer and book designer specializing in working with independent publishers as well as individual writers and artists for the past 15 years.

4. Jennifer Strezo is a veteran designer creating brands for professional service providers that stand out from the crowd and are anything but boring.

ThankYouNotes

❤️ Thank you for reading SophiaNotes!!!

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