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Boss Girl Creative presents "And So..." podcast - a weekly business podcast & pep talk for women business owners in the trenches with host Taylor Bradford.

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595: YOU'RE MAKING IT TOO HARD TO BUY FROM YOU
#595
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What if your biggest sales problem isn't your marketing, your content, or even your offer? What if you're simply making it too hard for people to buy from you? You can have an interested audience ready to spend money, but if your customer journey is confusing, you're leaving sales on the table. It's time to look at your business through your customers' eyes, eliminate unnecessary friction, and make saying yes a whole lot easier.

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594: YOU'RE CREATING TOO MUCH CONTENT FROM SCRATCH
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10/28/2026

You're probably spending way too much time creating content from scratch when you already have a goldmine of ideas sitting in your archives. Just because you've shared something once doesn't mean your audience saw it, remembers it, or doesn't need to hear it again. It's time to stop reinventing the wheel and start making your content work harder for your business. Let's talk about how to repurpose what you've already created without adding more to your plate.

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593: STOP REINVENTING YOUR BUSINESS EVERY MONDAY
#593
10/21/2026

If you're constantly starting from scratch in your business, you're making things harder than they need to be. You don't need a new strategy, a new offer, or a fresh batch of ideas every Monday. Sometimes, the smartest thing you can do is repeat what's already working. It's time to stop reinventing the wheel and start building systems, processes, and routines that make your business easier to run, without sacrificing your creativity.

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592: NOT EVERYTHING DESERVES YOUR ATTENTION
#592
10/14/2026

Just because something needs to get done in your business doesn't mean it deserves your attention right now. And if you're constantly checking things off your to-do list but wondering why you're not making progress, it might be time to rethink your priorities. There's a big difference between being busy and doing work that actually moves your business forward. Let's talk about what deserves your attention, what can wait, and why you need to get comfortable leaving some things unfinished.

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591: IS YOUR WORK ACTUALLY MAKING YOU MONEY?
#591
10/07/2026

You can fill your week with productive work and still avoid the work that actually creates revenue. If selling, following up, or making offers keeps getting pushed to the bottom of your list, it may be time to look at what your calendar is really prioritizing. This week, you're learning how to build a simple revenue rhythm into your business so sales stop feeling like an emergency.

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590: YOUR CALENDAR IS TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS
#590
09/30/2026

You can say revenue, growth, visibility, or finishing that big project is your priority—but does your calendar actually prove it? This week, you're taking a closer look at where your time is really going, what keeps stealing your best hours, and how to protect the work that actually moves your business forward.

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589: WHAT GETS TO MATTER FIRST?
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09/23/2026

You don't need more goals competing for your attention. You need to decide what matters most right now—and what gets to wait. When everything feels important, it's easy to stay busy without actually moving your business forward. This week, you're narrowing the focus, identifying your true priority, and making room for the work that could create the biggest meaningful change.

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588: ARE YOU BUILDING A BUSINESS YOU ACTUALLY WANT?
#588
09/16/2026

You make dozens of business decisions every week, but are they actually building the business you say you want? This episode is about looking at your offers, calendar, workload, and opportunities through a different lens so you can spot where things are out of alignment—and start making decisions that move you toward a business you'd actually want more of.

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587: YOU MIGHT NOT NEED MORE CUSTOMERS
#587
09/09/2026

You might be telling yourself you just need more traffic, more customers, or more sales. But if something in your business is already leaking, adding more on top of it probably isn't the fix. Sometimes the next move is figuring out where people are getting stuck, what's taking too much of your time, and what needs to work better before you ask your business to grow.

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586: GO DEEPER, NOT BIGGER
#586
09/02/2026

You don't always need more followers, more leads, or more customers to grow your business. Sometimes your next level is sitting right in front of you—in the people already paying attention. It's time to look at how you're serving the audience you already have, what they're repeatedly asking for, what happens after they buy, and where you can create a deeper, more valuable experience without constantly chasing more.

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585: THE SMARTEST WAY TO USE AI IN YOUR BUSINESS
#585
08/26/2026

AI can make your business faster—but faster doesn't always mean better. You still need to be the one bringing the ideas, opinions, stories, judgment, and perspective to the table. The goal isn't to hand your business over to AI. It's to let AI handle more of the busy work so you have more capacity for the work only you can do.

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584: WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THEY FOLLOW YOU?
#584
08/19/2026

You worked hard to get their attention—but what happens after they hit follow? If social media is the only place you can reach your audience, the platform still controls the relationship. It's time to create a clear next step that moves people from casual followers into a deeper connection you can actually nurture—without adding five more platforms to your plate.

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583: DID YOUR OFFER FAIL - OR DID YOU STOP SELLING IT?
#583
08/12/2026

You might not need a new offer—you might need to sell the one you already have. Before you decide something "didn't work," look at how often you've actually talked about it, whether people understand why it matters, and if you've given it enough time to work. Creating something new can feel productive, but the revenue-producing work might be repeating the invitation you're tempted to abandon.

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582: YOUR AUDIENCE IS WATCHING - NOW WHAT?
#582
08/05/2026

You may not need more followers, more content, or another offer—you may need a clearer path. When people discover your business, can they immediately understand what you do, why it matters, and what to do next? Before chasing more attention, it's time to find the confusion, simplify the journey, and make it easier for the audience you already have to become customers.

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581: WE'RE ADDICTED TO "WHAT'S NEXT?"
#581
07/29/2026

You don't always need a new offer, platform, strategy, or direction—you may need to pay closer attention to what's already working. Before you start over, look at the evidence your business is giving you. What's creating attention, building trust, and generating revenue? The strongest opportunity may be the thing you've grown bored with before your audience has fully discovered it.

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580: WHAT SHOULD WE ACTUALLY BE DOING NEXT IN OUR BUSINESSES?
#580
07/22/2026

You don't need another idea, offer, platform, or tool—you need to make better use of what you've already built. This conversation will help you identify what's working, tighten the path between attention and revenue, sell what you already created, and decide what deserves your full attention long enough to actually compound.

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579: WHEN VISIBILITY FEELS LONELY
#579
07/15/2026

You ever feel like you're doing the work, showing up, proving yourself over and over again… and still waiting for the room to catch up? This one is for the season where life feels heavy, visibility feels lonely, and you're questioning if you're supposed to keep going. Big sister truth: you don't need their belief to activate yours. You need to find the people who can actually see you.

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578: THE AI MISTAKE COSTING YOU TIME
#578
07/08/2026

You're probably using AI more than ever, but if it keeps losing context, hallucinating, or sending you in circles, the problem might not be the tool — it might be your setup. This week, you'll hear the simple workflow shift that makes AI feel less chaotic and more like an actual project partner: one project, clear instructions, uploaded files, and one chat per task.

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577: HARD DOES NOT MEAN WRONG
#577
07/01/2026

Hard seasons can make you question everything — your path, your timing, your business, even yourself. But hard does not automatically mean wrong. Sometimes it just means you need to shrink the day, come back to what actually moves the needle, and stop letting fear, pressure, or disappointment take the wheel.

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576: MANAGING ANXIETY
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06/24/2026

When anxiety shows up in your business, it doesn't always look like fear — sometimes it looks like control, overthinking, urgency, or trying to force the outcome before you move. This episode helps you recognize where anxiety is driving your decisions, regulate your nervous system, and return to grounded leadership so your business is led by truth, not panic.

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575: BECOMING A VISIBILITY MAGNET
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06/17/2026

Being more magnetic in your business doesn't mean becoming louder, shinier, or more performative for the algorithm. It means getting clearer about what you believe, what you're here to say, and who you're actually trying to call in. In this episode, I share how honest expression, lived experience, and a recognizable point of view can help you stop blending in and start becoming the person your right-fit people know to come back to.

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574: 10 MISTAKES YOU MIGHT BE MAKING
#574
06/10/2026

AI can help you move faster, but if your messaging is unclear, your data is ignored, and your backend is duct-taped together, all you're really doing is scaling the chaos. I'm breaking down the business mistakes I'm seeing right now so you can stop guessing, clean up what's actually not working, and build from clarity – not panic.

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573: UGC WITHOUT THE WEIRD
#573
06/03/2026

I want to talk about UGC from both sides today, because this is where things can get weird fast. If you're the creator, what are you actually agreeing to? And if you're the business owner making the ask, what are you actually asking for? We're getting into usage, deliverables, compensation, consent, and why "just make it authentic" is not a strategy. Because clear does not mean controlling – and casual does not mean free.

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572: ARE YOU GETTING TOO BIG FOR YOUR BRITCHES?
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05/27/2026

There's a sneaky shift that can happen when you're chasing the next room, the next invite, the next level of visibility. It starts looking like growth, but underneath it, you may be drifting from the work that actually matters. In this episode, I'm unpacking the difference between aligned ambition and performing for proximity – because bigger is not always better, and not every impressive room is your room.

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571: BEFORE YOU BURN IT DOWN...
#571
05/20/2026

This week, I'm digging into the moment when your business starts sending signals you can't ignore – the quiet resentment, the weird resistance, the offer that technically works but no longer feels honest. This is about reading the evidence, not spiraling from emotion, and deciding whether the next right move is a shift, a release, or one honest conversation with yourself.

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570: THE ECOSYSTEM OF AN EMPIRE
#570
05/13/2026

You're building something real, but that doesn't mean every revenue idea deserves a front-row seat. This episode looks at how to create a rooted business ecosystem – one where your core offer stays central, your partnerships make sense, and the opportunities you say yes to actually support the clarity you've already built.

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569: CLOSED MOUTHS DON'T GET FED
#569
05/06/2026

Closed mouths don't get fed, and business does not move because you stayed quiet and hoped people figured it out. This week is about shooting your shot, making the pitch, and knowing when it's time to pivot – because sometimes the offer is good, the idea is solid, and the only thing missing is movement.

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568: WHY YOUR CONTENT ISN'T BINGEABLE YET (PART 2)
#568
04/29/2026

I thought I needed better hooks… but what I actually needed was a thread. In this episode, I'm unpacking why your content isn't sticking yet – and how to shift from one-off posts to something people can drop into, come back to, and follow over time. Because when your content feels like a living process instead of polished outcomes, people don't just watch… they start waiting for what's next.

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567: WHY YOUR CONTENT ISN'T BINGEABLE YET (PART 1)
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04/22/2026

I used to think bingeable content meant better hooks or more value, but what I'm seeing now is it's actually about connection and consistency. I'm walking through the first two layers that make people stay – how to surface problems they can't name yet and why repeating your message is what builds trust, not reinvention. This is where your content starts to click.

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566: THIS IS THE WORK NO ONE TALKS ABOUT
#566
04/15/2026

You hit a new level in business and suddenly what used to work… doesn't. This is where two-millimeter shifts come in – small, intentional tweaks to your content, messaging, and systems that compound over time. Instead of burning it all down, this is about refining what's already working until it actually converts.

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565: THE PIVOT I DIDN'T PLAN
#565
04/08/2026

In this episode, I'm walking through the moment my metrics called me out – 1,000 clicks, one sale, and a gut feeling I couldn't ignore. I realized the course I built isn't the anchor… it's the upsell. So I'm talking through the pivot forming in real time, the roadmap my audience is actually asking for, and what happens when you finally stop forcing an offer and start listening to what the data – and your people – are telling you.

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564: STOP SWEETENING WHAT'S NOT WORKING
#564
04/01/2026

I'm talking about the black coffee rule and the quiet clarity that comes when I stop sweetening things that aren't actually working in my business. I'm sharing what this looks like in real time, from handling misaligned comments to protecting my energy, and why tolerating what's bitter keeps me stuck. This is your reminder, and mine, that I don't have to make everything drinkable. I can set it down, walk away, and move forward with more focus and less noise.

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563: STOP GUESSING WHAT TO POST
#563
03/25/2026

I'm sharing how I'm using content mining to stop guessing what to create and start listening to what people are actually asking. I walk through how pulling real questions from comments, DMs, search bars, and even other creators helps me find gaps, spot patterns, and use my audience's own words. This approach removes pressure to be trendy, builds empathy, and turns unfiltered language into relevant content that connects and positions you as the go-to resource.

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562: YOU DON'T NEED MORE CONTENT, YOU NEED BETTER DATA
#562
03/18/2026

In this episode, I'm breaking down the exact Instagram metrics I track at the 30-day mark so I can stop throwing content at the wall and start making decisions that actually lead to comments, follows, and sales. I'm sharing what I look at, why it matters, and how I use that data to create more of what's already working – without adding more to my plate.

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561: MANYCHAT: HELPFUL OR SPAMMY?
#561
03/11/2026

In this episode, Taylor shares her honest thoughts about Instagram automation and why tools like ManyChat aren't the spammy shortcut some creators fear. Instead, she explains how automation can become necessary infrastructure for solo business owners – helping you manage growth, protect your capacity, and still build real relationships with your audience without trying to do everything manually.

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560: FROM FOLLOWER TO BUYER IN 7 TOUCHPOINTS
#560
03/04/2026

In this episode, I dive into the real data behind my first course sales and unpack what I'm calling micro moments of trust. By tracking the interactions people had with my content, I discovered it took about seven touchpoints – ads, profile visits, automated DMs, stories, and more – before a complete stranger decided to buy. It's a behind-the-scenes look at how trust builds online and why strategic touchpoints matter more than being everywhere.

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559: HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN GPT WITH CHATGPT
#559
02/25/2026

If you're constantly re-explaining your voice, your offers, or your standards to ChatGPT, this episode is your reset. I'm walking you step-by-step through how to build your own custom GPT so it thinks like you, edits like you, and follows your exact rules. No more starting from scratch. Just a smarter system that supports your content, protects your voice, and saves you serious time.

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558: 153 FOLLOWERS IN A YEAR. 121 FOLLOWERS IN A DAY. WHAT CHANGED? (MY 17 DAY INSTAGRAM EXPERIMENT)
#558
02/18/2026

Instagram wasn't broken – it was misaligned. In this episode, I unpack what actually shifted: deleting 1,700 followers, committing to four intentional posts a day, leveraging trial reels, and using Manychat to turn views into movement. This isn't hype or hacks. It's a real-time breakdown of how clarity, consistency, and one focused goal – one sale a day – started compounding fast.

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557: FROM STUCK TO GAINING 374 FOLLOWERS IN 10 DAYS
#557
02/11/2026

In this episode, I share the Instagram system that finally broke my plateau – one daily reel, two trial reels, and simple ManyChat automations that turn new followers into real conversations. This isn't about hacks or hype. It's about building traction on purpose, nurturing people automatically, and creating momentum that actually feels sustainable.

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556: HOW I FINALLY GOT INSTAGRAM TO MOVE
#556
02/04/2026

Struggling to grow on Instagram? In this episode, I share how a $5/day ad strategy, targeted trial reels, and deleting 1,748 deadweight followers finally moved the needle on my account — after a year of stalled growth. If your IG feels stuck, this behind-the-scenes breakdown walks you through exactly what I did (and what finally worked).

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