Chill & Prosper with Denise Duffield-Thomas

Recent Millionaire Lessons

In this week's episode of Chill & Prosper, we’re talking about some lessons I've learned from being a millionaire. 

I love talking about money! Part of my job in the world is normalizing talking about money and wealth. 

My business reached the million dollar revenue mark 6 years ago, and I’ve learned a LOT. 

Want to hear about it?

Converting Brainpickers Into Paying Clients

In this week's episode of Chill & Prosper, we’re talking about converting brainpickers into paying clients.

If you’re sick of giving free advice to everyone or if your business isn’t growing quickly enough - you need to listen.

BUT - even if you’re not doing free work - let’s see where this could be creeping in, because that’s exactly what happened to me recently!

How to Justify a Price Increase Without Losing Customers

In this week's episode of Chill & Prosper, we’re talking about price increases.  

Pricing is one of the hardest things in business. 

Wouldn’t it be nice if someone told you what to charge - and also told you the perfect time to raise your prices? 

Well - I’m not doing that! 

Price increases bring up a lot of fear and insecurity. Will you get criticized by some people? Yes. 

Will you lose all your clients? NO! 

It doesn’t have to be scary at all. But there are definitely some strategies to help you justify it to yourself!

Creating Marketing Content for Your Business without Stress

In this week's episode of Chill & Prosper, we’re talking about how to create a lot of marketing content for your business. Without stress.

People ask me this a lot, because I am seen as someone who is prolific and consistent in my business. 

I’ve created weekly content (either a blog post or podcast) and written a weekly newsletter for almost 12 years.

I’ve barely missed a day posting on social media. 

That doesn’t just happen by accident. 

That consistency has made me over $20m - yes TWENTY MILLION DOLLARZ. 

I’ve barely had anything go viral but I’ve shown up consistently every day and every week. 

Daunting? Don’t worry - we can make it fun and easy. 

Make It Easy For People to Give You Money

In this week's episode of Chill & Prosper, we are talking about making it easy for people to give you money. 

That's what we're all in business to do, right? 

But often it's not so simple. 

We sabotage ourselves and unknowingly we make it really hard for people to simply… pay us. 

Are you sabotaging yourself? You might be surprised!

My Worst Launch: And Why You Shouldn’t Quit Launching

In this week's episode of Chill & Prosper, we are talking about launch failures!  I’ve had them (many times) and I see people quit their business after a particular dismal launch.  If you love launching, you need to listen.  If you HATE launching, you definitely need to listen!

Going into Debt For Your Business

In this week's episode of Chill & Prosper, we are talking about credit cards and loans - should you go into debt for your business?  I spent my twenties paying off a ton of debt - and now I live by a very simple Seth Godin rule!  I’ve got 5 strategies for you to avoid getting into a ton of debt for your business.

Financial Transparency: Should you Share Your Income?

In this week's episode of Chill & Prosper, we’re talking about financial transparency!   I'm the kind of person who is happy to share anything - I’ll tell you all my secrets, how much tax I pay and how much I earn.  You might find it weird to talk so openly about money and that's okay too.   Let’s have an honest chat about the pros and cons of financial transparency.

Finding Your Business Cheerleaders

In this week's episode of Chill & Prosper, we're talking about finding your very own business cheerleaders.

Masterminds, friends, community and business besties. It’s a crucial part of your success.

Why Writing a Book is a Really Smart Idea!

In this week's episode of Chill & Prosper, I’m talking about something that so many people have a desire to do, have a massive resistance to doing, and also is something that will really create some amazing value in your business.

What am I talking about? I'm talking about writing a book!