The Brass Tacks Biz Series

The Brass Tacks Biz Studio

No B.S. Strategies Every Successful Business Owner Needs to Know

Let’s face it: you’re pretty effin’ busy.

In between making sure your business is profitable, having some semblance of a social life, and, oh yeah, remembering to eat and sleep, you don’t have a lot of time to waste.

So vaguer-than-vague business advice?

It frustrates you.

It actually kinda pisses you off.

Every time you read another “10 tips to…” article, that doesn’t actually apply to the specifics of your business, you want to slam shut your laptop and go binge-watch Doctor Who on Netflix (and you should).

But, what if you had access to…

A live “hot seat” case study, where I’ll select one business owner and deep dive into their business. This may be YOU, or a business owner with similar struggles who you can actually learn from.
A post hot-seat Q&A party where you get to ask whatever you want about that month’s topic (it’s a free-for-all!)
A super-supportive community of business rockstars who are there to cheer you on when things are awesome (and pass you a virtual tissue when they’re notsogreat)
Audio recordings of the sessions so you can listen while you’re jogging (or pretend-paying-attention to something else.)
Transcriptions of the recordings, in case you like to read & scribble on things (like me!)

Brass Tacks Biz is a series of monthly awesomeness that’s delivered live on my party line…and lovingly placed in your inbox.

We’ll have a:

:: Live monthly jam on my conference line that’s part hot seat and part Q&A (all recorded … for your post-live listening pleasure.)
:: Workbook & inspiration notes pack based on the month’s call, so you can take action, baby!
:: A super-private Facebook group where you can mix n’ mingle with other brass tackers, plus ask me any burning business questions (I’ll be on ‘em like white on rice.)

Some topics we’ll jam on include:

Hot & Profitable Systems (how to keep in touch with people who have already happily given you money, in a douche-free fashion, so that they can happily given you more money)
Planning Uber-Successful Projects + Launches (so that you don’t wind up in last-minute ripping-your-hair-out all-nighter panic with no idea if things will actually be done in time or not)
Streamlining for Success (know exactly why you’ve been working 60+ hour weeks and yet, aren’t making the kind of bank you’d expect to be)

And? If you want to see something covered, you can just say so, and it’ll go on the docket. In addition to topics like the above, I’m also planning on having in-depth behind the scenes calls – like my recent post on a massive bundle sale I organized, but with even more usable info. As in, the actual task list + templates + spreadsheets I used to keep it all sane & manageable.

Price: $25/month

(If you’d rather pay with your credit or debit card – securely, of course – than use Paypal, you can just click here instead.)

Important note: you’ll be automatically added to the email list with the email address you use for payment. If you want/need to have your Brass Tacks emails sent to a different email address, just ping me or Tina after you finish checkout & we’ll get you sorted out.

Want a sample?

Once the series has been going a few months, this will be replaced with an actual call. But since I don’t have any Brass Tacks calls to share right now, I’ll give you a case study from Systems 201, on systems for growing businesses. Download it here.

How it goes down:

:: I announce the topic for the month
:: You apply to be a case study (if ya want!)
:: You either get selected that month, or you can just join in as a participant – learning + growing + asking questions
:: You roll around the Facebook group to connect with your fellow Brass Tackers!

Ready to jump on board?

Sweet action. That’ll be $25/month, and you can sign up by clicking that shiny button right here:

(If you’d rather pay with your credit or debit card – securely, of course – than use Paypal, you can just click here instead.)

My street cred:

I could give you the typical “profesh” rundown (which I will, in a minute). But here’s the short version: I love working with creatives. I love productivity & organization & systems and nerding the hell out about all of them. And I specialize in making them not-boring, applicable to you, and giving you the kick in the pants you need to actually put these things into place in your business.

In fact, I was once called an organatrix. That’s: or-gan-a-trix.

(i.e. “organizational dominatrix”)

Which is pretty accurate description of how I roll and what you can expect out of working with me.

The nitty gritty + profesh bits:

Despite being a 24 year old college dropout, I:

have been working for myself for 4+ years now, & am on track to have doubled my business income in the last 12 months
have consulted for a startup that works with the Rockefeller Foundation
have helped organize multi-six figure launches
wrote a bestselling book for Amazon Kindle (it hit #1 in Systems & Planning and #2 in Entrepreneurship)
a Youtube channel where I review project and task management tools, which averages 5,500+ views/month
have taught both live & in person workshops showing creatives how to plan effectively, make their biz run better, & generally rock it out

Plus I’ve got eight (and counting) tattoos, rainbow hair, and a mad sense of style. So you know I don’t fuck around – I’m not going to waste your time with un-actionable fluff.

What other people are saying:

“Intellectually I knew I couldn’t do everything myself in my business, but I was trying to do it anyway and dropping the ball big time. I came to Michelle because I couldn’t wear my CEO hat AND project manage every part of my business without major burnout. She immediately got me organised with a year long game plan with realistic timeframes and more importantly a strategic overview (I was just trying to do everything at once like an idiot). She’s kind of my new secret weapon and I’m almost loathe to tell others about her, but if you want to go to the next level in your business, I highly recommend giving Michelle a call immediately.”

–Denise Duffield-Thomas, author of Lucky Bitch

“My favorite thing about working together was having someone be able to help me separate this jumble in my head, and make it something simple…in black and white…for me to take action on. Before this I was feeling incredibly overwhelmed, getting pissed off with myself for not being on top of it all, wondering if I was really cut out for this whole business thing. Afterwards, I have a sense of possibility. I feel like I actually can do this after all. I feel now like I can get all this stuff lined up and know what needs done, and how to do it without taking up ALL my time. ”

–Angel Sullivan

todd “Michelle helped me blow myself to Mars with the massive success of the wellness ebook bundle sale that I hosted. Although it wasn’t easy, I was as organized as I have ever been for a big project – organized enough to allow me to sell 7,500 bundles for total in $293K in sales, in a time period of 7.5 days. I knew what I was doing, but the simple fact that Michelle was there to encourage me and help me think things through was worth the money I paid her. The way she laid it out for me was a massive bonus that helped me stay on track. In the end, everything ran very smoothly – I was expecting something terrible to go wrong but it never did. I’ll be doing another one of these in September and who I contact first to help me with it will be…. Michelle! :)”

-Todd Dosenberry, owner & writer at PrimalToad

Heard enough? Raring to go?

Sign up ($25/month) & checkout right here:

(If you’d rather pay with your credit or debit card – securely, of course – than use Paypal, you can just click here instead.)

I can’t wait to have you!