Beyond Margins
Beyond Margins
Beyond Margins™ explores what it takes to build a calmer business with comfortable margins - what it looks like when you make calm your new…
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How to Build a Client Report Card for a Calmer Business with Karen Sergeant

Managing client relationships is one of the biggest challenges of running a service-based business. Expectations, boundaries, and communication all play a role in whether an engagement runs smoothly or goes off the rails. So,...

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Feb. 11, 2025

How to Build a Client Report Card for a Calmer Business with Karen Sergeant

Managing client relationships is one of the biggest challenges of running a service-based business. Expectations, boundaries, and communication all play a role in whether an engagement runs smoothly or goes off the rails. So…
Jan. 28, 2025

Fresh Content, Fewer Posts: Kendall Cherry's Calmer KPI

In this episode of Beyond Margins , we explore the concept of calmer KPIs with guest Kendall Cherry, founder of The Candid Collective. Kendall shares her innovative metric, “Fresh Content Inked,” and how it has transformed h…
Jan. 14, 2025

Making Calm Your New KPI: How to Set Goals That Truly Matter

In this episode of Beyond Margins , Susan dives into the heart of goal-setting, breaking free from default metrics and focusing on what truly matters to your business and life. She shares her own approach to prioritizing cal…
Dec. 17, 2024

Anti-Oppressive Marketing & Reducing Urgency with Natalia Sanyal

How do you reduce urgency in a world where urgency is so deeply embedded? How do you market yourself and your work in a way that is anti-oppressive? We're continuing in our mini-series on my calmer framework for a calmer bus…
Dec. 3, 2024

Architecting Rest with Jordan Maney

We live in a society obsessed with productivity and working more, so how can we lean into rest? What are the benefits of building rest into our businesses? And how can we begin to do that? We're continuing in our mini-series…
Nov. 19, 2024

Using Efficient Systems to Create Calm with Amelia Hruby

Why are efficient systems so essential for building a calmer business? And how do you go about finding the right systems and processes for yourself? We're continuing in our mini-series on my calmer framework for a calmer bus…

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Susan Boles

Susan is the founder of Beyond Margins. Through its newsletter, podcast and consulting services, Beyond Margins helps you build a calmer business with comfortable margins. Susan is a speaker, podcaster, and consultant with more than 15 years of experience as both a CFO and COO, in a variety of industries. She's worked with major universities, small retail shops, software companies, just to name a few - and now she focuses on working with agencies, consultants and creatives.

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