For years, I’ve been a student and admirer of Amy Porterfield. What most people don’t know is that early on, Amy had a silent business partner. When that partnership ended, she nearly lost her entire business. I watched what followed in real time. She worked constantly... Long days. Packed schedules. Relentless output. Yes...revenue grew, as did her visibility. From the outside, it looked like massive success. But the pace wasn’t sustainable. The real turning point came when her business became simpler and more intentional with structure that supported growth instead of consuming her life. That’s why seeing her featured on the cover of Success Magazine made me smile: Amy Porterfield The Multimillion-Dollar Pivot:The Art of Scaling Back to Scale Up Simplicity didn’t slow her down. It made expansion possible. And here’s the part I think gets overlooked… Your goal doesn’t have to be building a multimillion-dollar empire. Maybe it’s working fewer hours. Maybe it’s breaking your first 5-figure month. Maybe it’s finally feeling steady instead of stretched. Whatever growth means to you, it shouldn’t require burnout or constant sacrifice. To help suppor this ideal, I'm hosting the Simplify to Scale Summit. It’s a free 3-day virtual event focused on making growth easier through clearer priorities, simpler strategies, and sustainable momentum. Several of our expert speakers are part of this community, and the conversations are practical, grounded, and rooted in real experience. If you want growth to feel lighter instead of heavier, this is a good place to begin. Save your free seat here: https://theresacifali.com/summit @Shannon Boyer @Mona Weathers @Alexander Walter @Sondra Verva

I've never participated in a summit before other than by being an attendee, and next week I am participating in 3 different summits, all in the same week, and all being put on by CLASSIFIEDS members!!! How cool is that? 🧗 The first is being hosted by @Theresa Cifali and it's called Simplify to Scale. There are a number of speakers right from the CLASSIFIEDS as well as from Theresa's own network and everyone is contributing quick tips to simplify and scale that can be implemented quickly. Each session is only 25 minutes long, so you know there is no fluff! I'll be presenting How to Simplify Your Course Creation Process So That You Don't Have to Keep Pivoting on Jan 20. Get your free ticket here! ___________________________________ 📧 The second summit is being hosted by @Cody Burch , and he has a lineup of very impressive guests including Stu McLaren, Liz Wilcox, Zach Spuckler, Sarah Masci, and a ton of others! The entire thing is about making the most of your email list, and there are three streams to choose from: building your list, engagement, monetization. I'm not presenting in this one, but I am acting as an affiliate, which I almost never do. You can get your free ticket here! _________________________________ 🪄 The third summit is being hosted by @Katya McEwen of Oracle Cards Magic. Evelyn Weiss is a keynote speaker, and she has 50 presenters lined up! If that's not impressive, I don't know what is! I'll be presenting about how to showcase your gifts and talents in a high quality online course so that you can help others and monetize your skills! You can get your free ticket here! __________________________________ It's going to be a big week. If you decide to attend, I'd love to hear afterwards what you got the most value from. 😊

Lately, I’ve been noticing a common pattern in conversations with business owners who are doing a lot of things right. They have ideas, experience, and momentum, but they’re still unsure what actually deserves their focus right now. The problem is that there are too many good options to choose from and when that happens, growth starts to feel heavier than it should. So I created the Simplify to Scale Summit to address this issue. From January 20–22 (11am–2pm EST), I’m hosting a live, free event focused on simplifying how we think about growth so progress feels clearer, steadier, and more sustainable. We’ll be digging into things like messaging, AI, offers, planning, productivity, mindset, and leadership…not from a “do more” perspective, but from a clarity-first one. What I’m especially excited about is the group of speakers involved. Several are part of THIS community… @Shannon Boyer @Mona Weathers @Alexander Walter @Sondra Verva @Cody Burch Every one of them brings a grounded, practical approach that respects real life and real businesses. So if your business has momentum but your focus feels scattered, this event will help you get clearer about what to focus on next and feel more confident moving forward without overcomplicating everything. Click here to grab your free ticket. And to those of you in this group who are speaking — thank you. I’m so grateful you’re part of this and can’t wait for others to experience your work. Happy to answer questions below.

As we roll over to a new year and enter the comma club (in terms of members) it seems fitting that this is also a good time to introduce a new moderator! Please help me in welcoming @Faith Adebayo who will be joining @Mona Weathers as moderators for this group. Both have a wealth of experience leading groups, have been around the CLASSIFIEDS since the beginning, and I am so grateful that they have both agreed to help out with ensuring the CLASSIFIEDS is a positive, supportive place where you want to hang out. I think this is also a great time to clarify some of the guidelines that people get confused about: 1. Posts in the community are for free offers (paid Skool groups are fine). 2. Paid offers must be posted in the Classroom (you can link to the classroom from the community). You can do this by becoming a Premium member. 3. You can post once a day in any category, NOT once a day in each category. If you have more than one group, you still only get one post a day. This is to prevent the feed from getting clogged up. 4. You must promote yourself (and you must be the one doing the posting - not a VA, admin, etc). Affiliate links and shoutouts are reserved for the #FriendFriday thread. 5. Absolutely not promotional DMs or DMs inviting people to join your group - this is grounds for immediate removal from the group. The whole purpose of the group is to promote yourself, so please do it in the public feed. I'm so looking forward to seeing what everyone creates this year, how everyone collaborates, and most importantly getting to know you all more through our meet ups, which you can find on the calendar. Don't forget that you are able to earn affiliate commission by using your personalized invite link in the right panel. Let's do this, team!

Hey guys....I'm hosting a summit in January called Simplify to Scale. We still have a couple of open spots....I'm looking for an experts in video creation, delegation, and money mindset. Is that expert you? Or can you recommend someone? Thank you so much...in the home stretch here.