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The Get Paid Podcast: The Stark Reality of Entrepreneurship and Being Your Own Boss

The Get Paid Podcast: The Stark Reality of Entrepreneurship and Being Your Own Boss

Claire Pelletreau 368 Episodes Sep 16, 2026

Claire Pelletreau started her side business as a Facebook ad and marketing consultant when her full-time job disappeared. Struggling to find practical advice on how to actually get paid month to month, she created The Get Paid Podcast to reveal the real financial realities of running an online business. The show interviews entrepreneurs about their actual income, expenses, marketing strategies, and team structures. It aims to demystify the 'six-figure' claims and provide transparent, actionable insights for solopreneurs.

Episodes

LAST CHANCE 🎟️ Doors Closing on the Philly Funnel Sprint
LAST CHANCE 🎟️ Doors Closing on the Philly Funnel Sprint Sep 16, 2026 19:51 It's the final countdown! We're wrapping up registration for the Philly Funnel Sprint at midnight on Thursday, September 17th. If you're still unsure if this 2-day in-person event is right for you, listen in to this quick episode and then send any additional questions to Claire directly at https://www.instagram.com/clairepells !  Here are the details again if you need them:  📅 Dates: October 19–2
Philly Funnel Sprint FAQs: Everything You Need to Know Before You Book
Philly Funnel Sprint FAQs: Everything You Need to Know Before You Book Sep 8, 2026 22:15 We're less than three weeks out from the September 17 deadline to grab your ticket for the Philly Funnel Sprint (the event itself is October 19–20). Questions have been coming in, so Claire is doing a rapid-fire FAQ episode to answer everything you might be wondering about before you book — from what time the workshop actually starts to what you need to have decided about your offer before you sit
The Honest Reasons Funnels Never Get Built: Nobody's Watching
The Honest Reasons Funnels Never Get Built: Nobody's Watching Aug 18, 2026 19:41 This is part three of a three-part series. All three episodes are live now — listen in order. Claire saved this one for last because she thinks it's the actual answer — for funnels, and for every other thing that's been sitting unfinished on your list. It's also the one nobody wants to admit. This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: The reason your funnel is still sitting there — and it isn't time T
The Honest Reasons Funnels Never Get Built: A Million Words
The Honest Reasons Funnels Never Get Built: A Million Words Aug 18, 2026 22:27 This is part two of a three-part series. All three episodes are live now — listen in order. Reason number two is the one Claire has thrown the most money at trying to solve. It worked, sort of. It also cost her months she's not getting back. This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: The reason your funnel is still sitting there — and it isn't time The exact point in every build where things quietly s
The Honest Reasons Funnels Never Get Built: Unanswered Questions
The Honest Reasons Funnels Never Get Built: Unanswered Questions Aug 18, 2026 14:36 This is part one of a three-part series. All three episodes are live now — listen in order. There are three reasons funnels don't get finished. Claire starts with the one she hears most — the one people say out loud, right before they say "I'll get to it next month." This Week on the Get Paid Podcast: The reason your funnel is still sitting there — and it isn't time The exact point in every bu
A New Offer, a New Experiment: Claire's Summer Update
A New Offer, a New Experiment: Claire's Summer Update Aug 7, 2026 35:38 Claire's back on the mic solo — no guest, no script, just real talk about what's actually been happening this summer. She's been running a very specific marketing experiment for the last 10 weeks that she hasn't been talking about publicly. In this episode, she finally opens up about it — what she's testing, what she's learning, and the emotional ride of doing something week after week without kno
Jason Zook: From "This Is Hell" to a Sustainable Vibe-Coded Offer
Jason Zook: From "This Is Hell" to a Sustainable Vibe-Coded Offer Jul 2, 2026 54:25 Back in Part 1, Jason Zook left us on a cliffhanger — week one of vibe coding his first app felt like "we're going to be millionaires this year," week two was "this is hell." This week, Jason picks up exactly where we left off and walks Claire through everything that happened next: the rescue that came from inside his old Wandering Aimfully community, the pricing experiment Claude mapped in fiftee
Cathy Mazak: $96K Launch After a 3-Year Plateau
Cathy Mazak: $96K Launch After a 3-Year Plateau Jun 25, 2026 51:15 Cathy Mazak just had the biggest launch of her career — $96,000 in two weeks, with 75 students enrolled. But until then, she had been stuck. Same email list. Same launches. Same program. The same 20-to-25 enrollments every time. Whatever you sell, if you've ever felt that flatline-launch frustration where the math just won't math, this episode is for you. In this conversation, Cathy walks Claire t
Jason Zook (Part 1): Walked Away From a $30K/Month Business On Purpose
Jason Zook (Part 1): Walked Away From a $30K/Month Business On Purpose May 29, 2026 48:00 Jason Zook and his wife Caroline spent eight years building Wandering Aimfully into a coaching program doing over $30,000 a month in recurring revenue. Then they shut it down — on purpose — at the peak. In Part 1 of this conversation, Jason walks Claire through how he and Caroline started working together (it involves lion makeup), the pricing shift that took them from $5K to $30K a month, the "en
Ellen Yin: Why I Retired My Best-Selling Program
Ellen Yin: Why I Retired My Best-Selling Program May 21, 2026 01:06:14 Claire met Ellen Yin at a conference last year — and despite Ellen's podcast Cubicle to CEO crossing over a million downloads, Claire had never heard of her. Months later, Claire stumbled onto one of Ellen's offers on Instagram and bought it without thinking twice. "Take my money," she said! In this episode, Ellen shares how she built Cubicle to CEO into a media company, the brand partnership stru
What Sponsoring Gave Me That Attending Never Did
What Sponsoring Gave Me That Attending Never Did Apr 17, 2026 27:23 Claire just got back from Miami, where she sponsored Dielle Charon''s Millionaires of Color conference for the first time — and she's sharing the WHOLE story. The stress spiral, the question she asked Dielle that completely changed how she showed up, and the unexpected moment that made every dollar worth it. Plus: her best tips for getting an actual ROI out of any in-person event — whether you're
Vix Meldrew: Turning Around a Launch Flop and Ending With 82 New Clients
Vix Meldrew: Turning Around a Launch Flop and Ending With 82 New Clients Apr 3, 2026 01:11:30 Vix Meldrew is one of those people who has actually lived multiple internet lives — and somehow turned all of it into a business that sells memberships and group programs at scale. In this episode, Vix breaks down how she went from being a sex + dating blogger (while teaching primary school!) to building a membership with hundreds of members… and then making the decision to close it when Reels cha

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