It’s the quarterly business bestie chat! In this episode, Colie James and I are sharing an honest recap of Q2 and what’s coming up next for our businesses. 


The Shoot It Straight Podcast is brought to you by Sabrina Gebhardt, photographer and educator. Join us each week as we discuss what it’s like to be a female creative entrepreneur while balancing entrepreneurship and motherhood. If you’re trying to find balance in this exciting place you’re in, yet willing to talk about the hard stuff too, Shoot It Straight Podcast is here to share practical and tangible takeaways to help you shoot it straight. 


Review the Show Notes: 

Colie’s offer pivot (2:35)

Replacing sales calls (4:24)

Sabrina’s summer camp (5:37)

Root to Rise revamp (8:44)

Systems in Session tweaks (11:22)

Ads strategy (14:01)

New freebie waitlists (16:40)

Launch ethics drama (20:52)

Root to Rise launch results (22:56)

Colie’s launch timing (28:56)

Summer launch experience (32:10)

Price versus trust objections (33:03)

Micro-wins build confidence (36:48)

Trial week idea (38:16)

Pricing and logistics (41:12)

Audits as downsell (48:04)

New fall retainer offer (50:32)

Serving Q3 and Q4 plans (51:46)

Sharing client wins (52:48)


Mentioned in this episode:

Systems in Session: coliejames.com/systems-in-session

The Experience Edit: coliejames.com/the-experience-edit

Root to Rise: sabrinagebhardt.com/mastermind-waitlist

First Class Lounge: sabrinagebhardt.com/membership

Summer Camp: sabrina-gebhardt.myflodesk.com/summercamp


Our Quarterly Business Bestie Chats:

Q2 2026: sabrinagebhardt.com/podcast/194-q2-2026-business-bestie-chat-with-colie-james 

Q1 2026: sabrinagebhardt.com/podcast/183-q1-2026-business-bestie-chat-with-colie-james

Q4 2025: sabrinagebhardt.com/podcast/165-q4-2025-business-bestie-chat-with-colie-james

Q3 2025: sabrinagebhardt.com/podcast/q3-business-besties-chat-with-colie-james

Q2 2025: sabrinagebhardt.com/podcast/q2-2025-business-bestie-chat-with-colie-james

Q1 2025: sabrinagebhardt.com/podcast/128-q1-2025-business-bestie-chat

Q4 2024: sabrinagebhardt.com/podcast/q4-business-bestie-chat-with-colie-james

Q3 2024: sabrinagebhardt.com/podcast/q3-business-besties-chat-with-colie-james

Q2 2024: sabrinagebhardt.com/podcast/88-q2-business-besties-chat-with-colie-james

Q1 2024: sabrinagebhardt.com/podcast/75-quarterly-business-chat-with-colie-james


Connect with Colie:

Podcast: coliejames.com/podcast

Instagram: instagram.com/coliejames

Website: coliejames.com


Connect with Sabrina:

Website: sabrinagebhardt.com

Instagram: instagram.com/xo.sabrinagebhardt

TikTok: tiktok.com/@xo.sabrinagebhardt


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