How to start and run a slow, gentle and profitable business plus tips on using newsletters, Substack Notes and Pinterest

A bumper-crop of questions answered for this quarter's mini mastermind

Welcome to our quarterly mini-mastermind! Every quarter I invite paid subscribers to submit their questions about business to me, and I answer them in one (big) post.

I love the questions that came in this time, such great variety with a theme of wanting to run a slow, gentle and profitable business running through.

This quarter’s questions

• I want to start a newsletter but find the idea daunting. How do I get subscribers from a starting point of zero, without using social media?

• What role do Substack Notes play in your marketing strategy?

• Have you any suggestions of how I can face the overwhelm as well as resources to help start a business as a total novice?

• I’d love to make the transition to a slower way of working from April onwards, but don’t really know yet how.

• I’d love some Pinterest strategies and how to make it easy and intentional and part of make work flow.

Scroll down to read the full questions, and my detailed answers. As ever, I’d love for you to chip in too with responses and suggestions!