Amelia Hruby
Bio
Founder of Softer Sounds podcast studio & host of Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media Without Losing All Your ClientsAppears in 103 Episodes
👁️🗨️ Creative Business as a World-Building Practice — with Ayana Zaire Cotton
“We don’t have to give up the wild, “non-marketable” parts of our practice in order to sustain them.”This week, I am thrilled to be joined by anti-disciplinary artist,...
✨ April Biz Forecast — Shiny Sales Copy, Private Pods & my Q1 $$$ Update
Welcome to our third monthly forecast episode! This is a pod-feed-exclusive where I check in on the first Friday of each month to share a few fun marketing trends, thi...
🔥 Launch Without Social Media — Listener Hot Seat!
Let’s launch YOUR offerings without social media! 🚀This week on the pod, we hear from six listeners who are launching new things this spring and wanted my support figu...
🚀 How to Launch Your Next Big Thing Without Social Media
Welcome to our most-ever-requested episode! 🚀 This week, I'm teaching you my three-step process for launching your next big (or small, or just-the-right-sized) thing w...
🌱 Embracing Seasonal Transitions & Shifts in Your Business — with Yarrow Magdalena
Happy spring, biz friends! In honor of the equinox, today I'm joined by Yarrow Magdalena for a conversation about embracing seasonality and intentional shifts in our b...
🤷♀️ How Much is Enough? — Money & Social Media Part Two with Nicole Antoinette
This week on the pod, Nicole Antoinette is back to update us on how her business has changed since she left social media and took a $30k pay-cut last year. We talk abo...
🔊 Escaping the Attention Economy — Resonance Over Reach with Jay Acunzo
Consider this: What if marketing isn’t actually about getting in front of people? 🥸Today on the podcast, I’m joined by Jay Acunzo, a writer, speaker and award-winning ...
✨ March Biz Forecast — Launch Season, Newsletter Ads & Maybe Everything is Free Now?
Welcome to our second monthly forecast episode! This is an experiment I'm trying exclusively on the pod feed where I check in on the first Friday of each month to shar...
🦋 How to Show Up As Your Full Self in Business & Life — with Samara Bay
If you’ve ever struggled with showing up as your full self or being seen in your business, this episode is for you.Today on the podcast, I’m joined by award-winning vo...
🌀 24 Ways to Make More Sales in 2024
If you want to make more sales in 2024, this episode is for you! Today we’re improving our sales skills, so we can make better investments, bigger decisions, and more ...
🙃 Is Leaving Social Media a Privilege? — with Shivani Bhatia
📯 Bonus episode time! 📯 Today I’m joined by health equity expert and my biz friend Shivani Bhatia to unpack a question that’s been popping up on the pod lately…Is leav...
🌈 Finding Creative Freedom & Success Beyond Social Media — with Kristen Drozdowski of Worthwhile Paper
This episode goes out to all my creative babes out there, because today I’m joined by one of my favorite visual artists and print goods purveyors, Kristen Drozdowski o...
🪴 24 Ways to Nurture Your Biz Community in 2024
If you want to build better business relationships in 2024, today’s episode is for you!This week we’re continuing our ‘24 in 2024’ series, where I’m walking you throug...
✨ February Biz Forecast — Fun Trends, Biz-Care Recs & Taking Inspo from Selena Gomez
Welcome to our first monthly forecast episode! This is a new ~~experiment~~ I'm trying exclusively on the pod feed where I check in on the first Friday of each month t...
🏷️ How To Do “Just Enough” Marketing — with Amanda Laird
If you dread marketing your work or wish doing it felt way easier, then today’s episode is for you!This week on the podcast, I’m joined by Amanda Laird, the founder an...
👁️ 24 Ways to Boost Your Visibility in 2024
If you want to get your work in front of more people, today’s episode is for you!This week we’re kicking off our ‘24 in 2024’ series, where I’m going to walk you throu...
💰 Overcoming Underearning — How Much Money I Made Last Year & What I’m Doing Differently This Year
Welcome to Season 3 of Off the Grid! We’re kicking off 2024 by talking about everyone’s favorite topic — money money money! 💸🤑💰In this episode, I share my money story ...
💫 Is this the year you leave social media? [Free 5-Day Challenge]
Happy New Year, friends! Amelia here, dropping into your pod feed with three exciting announcements:#1 — Season 3 of Off the Grid is launching next week! 🥳 Surprise! I...
🥸 Am I a Business Owner or an Artist? (or a Secret Third Thing)
Welcome to the season two finale of Off the Grid!In this episode, I’m unpacking the difference between business and art … and arguing that maybe it’s actually all abou...
🧗🏻♀️ Getting Off the Online Business Growth Escalator
Lately I've been feeling like mayyyybe I want to burn down my whole business... But I know that's not really true! I've just been growing in the wrong direction and at...
🪦 Grieving Social Media — How to Process Your Feelings About IG/Facebook/Twitter/TikTok
Why does leaving social media feel so impossible? I think one reason is because of how joy and grief intermingle on these platforms.So this week we’re grieving social ...
🏄♀️ Join Me On The Interweb & Learn Exactly How I Launch a New Offering [BONUS]
I just launched the next big thing for Off the Grid, so let me tell you exactly how I did it! 👀 Tune in to learn about The Interweb, our new annual membership for crea...
🤷♀️ How Much Is Enough? — Leaving Instagram & Right-Sizing Your Work with Nicole Antoinette
How do we actually tend to our wellbeing & burn-out when we’re self-employed? And what happens to our businesses when we step back to heal?Today I’m joined by a writer...
💸 How to Make $$$ with Your Friends — with Taylor Elyse Morrison
Everything’s better with friends, babe! Including making money in your busine$$.Today I’m joined by my dear friend & biz cofounder Taylor Elyse Morrison to talk about ...
🧠 Creative Work Practices for AuDHD Artists & Entrepreneurs —with Mattia Maurée
This one goes out to all our neurodivergent biz babes out there. Today I’m joined by coach & composer Mattia Maurée to talk about running a business & navigating socia...
🌿 Embodying Liberation from the Social Media Matrix — with Lauren Ash of Black Girl in Om
What's it like to walk away from 50k Instagram followers & a full roster of paid partnerships? Let’s find out.In today’s episode, I’m joined by Lauren Ash, an artist, ...
🙃 Are Blogs in Again? — 7 Ways Social Media Just Can't Compete with Kasia Manolas
Blogs are back, baby! And maybe they’re great for business again?Today I’m joined by Kasia Manolas, writer of Girl in the Dark Room & Good Fortune, and owner of Narrat...
🏚️ 3 Cracks in Your Business Foundation — How to Align Your Model & Your Marketing with Jessica Lackey
Let me tell you something I learned from my business coach... the only “secret” of business growth is building stronger foundations.It's been a really transformative l...