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
❤️🩹 Healing FOMO, Newsletters vs Email Marketing & My Take on Paid Ads [Listener Q&A]
It's time to A your Qs, dear listeners! In this episode, I'm answering your questions about all things leaving social media. Tune in to hear my thoughts on— The emotio...
🪤 3 Traps of an Insta-Bae Business & How to Avoid Them
This episode goes out to anyone who’s ever found yourself sucked into a marketing funnel, watching yet another free webinar, desperately trying to unsubscribe from the...
🔮 A Spell for Releasing Your Shoulds Around Social Media (& Everything Else) — with Natalie Miller
There are so many things to do when you run a small business. And even more things you “should” do according to marketing “experts,” online business influencers, and t...
😶🌫️ Social Media Is Not Neutral — aka the Threads episode
While I was off on summer break a big thing happened in the social media world — Meta launched Threads! And everybody had some feelings about it.So in this episode, I’...
🌀 Letting It Out with Katie Dalebout [BONUS]
Hey friends! Amelia here. If you're hungry for more Off the Grid, I wanted to offer you a little snack while we're on break. 🧀Last week, I was on one of my very favori...
🗺️ How To Map Your Business Ecosystem
Do you ever wish your creative path felt clearer? Your work felt more intentional? Your business felt more integrated?This week on the pod, I'm teaching you my favorit...
🎶 Let's Go Off The Grid [BONUS]
Happy Monday Funday, friends. I'm hopping into your pod feed today to share two exciting announcements—#1 Off the Grid has a new theme song!! It's cool. It's catchy. I...
🌴 Planning a DIY Business Retreat — with Maggie Gentry
When was the last time you took intentional time away from your business to work on it, rather than in it? Recently? Not so recently? Either way, it might be time to p...
💫 Align Your Marketing & Your Human Design — with Arianna Maag
At long last… it’s our episode on the best marketing practices for your Human Design!Today I’m joined by Arianna Maag, a Human Design coach who works with individuals ...
♻️ Pivoting Your Business Away From Social Media — with Natalie Ross of Earth Speak
Today on the podcast, I’m talking to Natalie Ross about what to do you do when you’ve built a successful business on Instagram … but it turns out that social media is ...
💍 Pulling a Beyoncé & Following No One — Social Media Experiments with Melissa Word
What would happen if you unfollowed everyone on Instagram? And what feelings come up when you think about it? In this episode, I have a fun and insightful conversation...
🛍 Can Retail Leave Social Media? — Advice for Product-Makers & Shop-Owners with Janine Mulone
Hold on to your bucket hats, my friends. Because today we’re talking all things social media, retail and product-based business with Janine Mulone!Janine is an indie r...
🤝 You Need a Network, Not an Audience — Relationship Marketing with Michelle Warner
Today I’m welcoming business designer and networking expert Michelle Warner to the podcast to teach us all about relationship marketing!With an MBA from one of the wor...
🍉 How To Plan a Summer Sabbatical in 5 Simple Steps [2023 edition]
Let’s give you that break you deserve, babe! In this episode, I share why I’ve decided to take a 3-week break from my business this summer. Then I walk you through my ...
🧐 To Substack or Not to Substack?
Welcome back to season two of Off the Grid! This week I’ve got a thot take (that's a thoughtful hot take) of an episode for all our newsletter writers out there.By pop...
🙅♀️ Saying Yes to the No — Creativity, Constraints & Content with grace allerdice
Hey hey babes — this week we're welcoming my friend & collaborator, grace allerdice, back to the pod for a conversation at the intersection of creative practice and se...
❤️🩹 Misinformation Hurts All of Us — Unpacking Social Media & Wellness Culture with Christy Harrison
Today I’m welcoming Christy Harrison MPH, RD, CEDS to the pod to talk about how social media platforms have lead to mass misinformation being spread online — and why t...
🤖 SEO Basics, Web Analytics & the AI of It All — with Emily Gertenbach
Welcome back, babes! Today I am excited to have our first guest of the season, SEO expert Emily Gertenbach.Together, we talk about Search Engine Optimization — what it...
💸 How This Podcast Makes Money Without A Big Audience
I’m a firm believer in transparency around the way my business (and this podcast) makes money. So in today’s episode, I’m opening up the books to give you the cold, ha...
💔 Why I Broke Up With Pinterest
Sometimes, we learn through trial and error, babes. Last season I was optimistic about what Pinterest could do for my small business. So I invested a little time, a lo...
☠️ 10 Things I Hate About Content Marketing
This week we’re taking on everybody’s favorite marketing strategy and we’re not holding back! If you’re an online business owner, you’re probably familiar with content...
👋 The 5 Stages of Leaving Social Media
Welcome to season two of Off the Grid! To kick things off, this week we’re diving into the emotional depths of breaking ties with social media. Turns out, it’s a proce...
🏔 Releasing #Productivity & Making Your Work More Seasonal — with grace allerdice
How can we release ourselves from the outer forces, inner voices, and productivity gurus driving us toward more-more-more? And when we do choose another path, how do w...
🙏 Your Next Client Isn’t In Your DMs — Coaching Success without Social Media with D’Ana Joi
What does leaving social media look like when you’re used to using it for collaboration & business growth? And is it really possible for coaches and service providers ...
🧞♀️ Social-media-free launches, human design to get offline & control vs collaboration [Listener Q&A pt 2]
The season one finale is here! In this episode, Amelia answers more of your questions about leaving social media & wraps up the first season of Off the Grid. Tune in t...
👻 Un-ghosting your followers, getting rid of FOMO & why there’s no “right time” to leave social media [Listener Q&A pt 1]
The moment has finally arrived! In this two-part episode, Amelia answers your questions about leaving social media. Tune in to hear her respond to Qs like— How do you ...
🛼 Let’s get transparent again — an update on our top 10 marketing practices at Softer Sounds
We’re back behind-the-scenes, babe! In this episode, Amelia revisits Softer Sounds’ top ten marketing practices to update us on what’s going great & what’s not working...
🕸 Unpacking the Social Dilemma — Alignment & Algorithms with Vickie Curtis
We all know social media makes us feel bad sometimes…but is something more problematic happening on these platforms? 🌪 In this episode, Vickie Curtis, writer of The So...