C.J. Hayden

Feeling overwhelmed by email? Here's what I did. 1. Move every message over 30 days old out of your inbox. 2. Review what's left and categorize it (e.g. w/ colored stars) so you can address it in batches of like work. 3. Unsubscribe from every list not relevant to your 2026 goals. 4. Set up filters to assign categories/stars automatically as mail comes in. My days are easier & more productive by making these changes!

Marketing and your services can be one of the most challenging elements of being in business for yourself. But does getting clients have to be as hard as we seem to think it is?

What Makes Getting Clients So Hard? - C.J. Hayden “Getting clients is really hard.” That’s what we self-employed professionals and creatives tell each other, anyway. Over coffee, at meetings, and online, wherever self-employed folks gather, the difficulty of getting clients is a frequent topic. There’s certainly some truth to this sentiment...

"You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." ~ Jack London