Grow Your Substack: The 2026 One-Two Punch Strategy That I'm Using to Grow My Substack
The Career Coach Mandy Podcast
Release Date: 12/10/2025
Launch Your Products: hey bestie, it's time to double down. start making PRODUCTS and capture your brilliance at scale.
The Career Coach Mandy Podcast
You've been thinking about building and launching your first product. Here's the nudge and the guidance that you've been waiting for. Take your specific area of expertise, match it to a customer's specific problem crossroads, and then make the experience of using and finishing your product super simple and easy. This is a great video for first-time entrepreneurs and creatives. Visit for more!
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Don't Wait for Perfect: The Perfectionism Trap. How to Feel ALIVE and Stop Overthinking Things.
The Career Coach Mandy Podcast
Do you ever find yourself overthinking and overanalyzing, to the point where you can't even get anything done? Girl, same. In this video, I talk about how perfectionism is keeping us stuck, and in order to learn, we have to start doing. This means putting stuff out there that's messy, not fully formed, and half-baked -- but allowing ourselves to exist in these in between states and therefore being ALIVE and growing. All I want to do is be in the game and keep learning and keep growing. That's happiness. For this video, I turned off monetization LOL so I hope you don't have to watch ads and can...
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Grow Your Substack: The 2026 One-Two Punch Strategy That I'm Using to Grow My Substack
The Career Coach Mandy Podcast
I'll be honest, I've been frustrated with the pace of growth on Substack. It's slow. It's article after article, often landing with a quiet thud. For 2026, I'm doing things differently. I'm going to try writing a Substack that can be turned into multi-part video content, so that I can be my own promotion engine.
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How to Get More Clients: My *exact* methodology to CLOSE MORE CLIENTS and grow your business | step-by-step no BS playbook
The Career Coach Mandy Podcast
So a few days ago, I had someone comments on my YT and say that they're new to the business game - and wanted some tips on how to actually close clients. I was like, SAY NO MORE I GOTCHU. Here's my true, foolproof way that I really built my business, brick by brick, through free consultations, pricing transparency, and very little follow up. Enjoyyyy! PS I hope you enjoy this ad-free experience. Because why not! I can't just be at the mercy of the advertiser's teat. LET'S LIVE A LITTLE! xo Mandy
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The Soft Entrepreneur: Hustle Culture Destroyed My Brain. Here's What I'm Doing to Rebuild My Business My Way
The Career Coach Mandy Podcast
Hi, I’m Mandy, and I’m a writer and entrepreneur, and I talk about how to find more creativity and joy at work and at home. In today’s video, we sit down to discuss the invasive effects of hustle culture, and how if you are a solopreneur, coach, therapist, or business leader, you can take your skills and productize them in a way that suits your lifestyle. As an experiment, I turned monetization off of this video. I'm just curious to see what happens with watch time and engagement. Maybe I just shot myself in the foot, but hey, we'll see...! :0) To check out my journals and stationery...
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11 Things I Did With Money to Get My Financial House in Order
The Career Coach Mandy Podcast
Here are 11 things that I did, that you can, too, to get your financial house in order. It doesn’t have to be hard or complicated or expensive. But gaining an intimacy with your finances can be the key to your freedom! Hi, I’m Career Coach Mandy, and I talk about careers, creativity, and life management here on YouTube! Here are timestamps so you can easily follow along. Free amortization calculators: https://www.bankrate.com/mortgages/amortization-calculator/ or https://www.calculator.net/amortization-calculator.html (look at the "monthly" view) Timestamps: 0:00 Welcome and background...
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It’s Friday, Come Chill with Me - Let’s Talk Live!
The Career Coach Mandy Podcast
It’s Friday, Come Chill with Me - Let’s Talk Live!
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let’s make breakfast together | slow morning | advice for small biz owners
The Career Coach Mandy Podcast
Hi, I’m Mandy and I’m a career coach and writer. My first book, Career Wounds, comes out next year. You can find my videos on YouTube and TikTok. Today, I’m trying something a little different and making the genre of video that I personally love: a cook with me / clean with me video. I’d like to make more of these :0) So if you like it, please leave a comment, like or subscribe to my channel to get an alert every time I publish something new! I have also been doing YouTube Live more lately, so you can catch me live and ask a question and get some advice, whether you are a corporate...
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You’re Not Lazy, You Just Need to Rest | How to Overcome Procrastination Without Punishing Yourself
The Career Coach Mandy Podcast
0:00 Viewer Question 4:02 Excerpt from my Substack 7:04 Permission to Slow Down 9:10 Substitutes 13:37 Leveraging the Organizer Within 18:47 Finding a Happy Alternative 20:46 Morning Self for the Win 22:28 Maybe You Don’t Actually Want It? 24:00 Wrap-Up and Thank You
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Office Hours Replay from 11/7 :)
The Career Coach Mandy Podcast
Come hang out with me for an hour to chat about life, get advice, vent, and celebrate making it through the week!
info_outlineI'll be honest, I've been frustrated with the pace of growth on Substack. It's slow. It's article after article, often landing with a quiet thud. For 2026, I'm doing things differently. I'm going to try writing a Substack that can be turned into multi-part video content, so that I can be my own promotion engine.