Productive and Paid with Jamila Payne

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Practical momentum for breadwinning businesswomen.

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Productive and Paid with Jamila Payne brings brisk, encouraging business coaching to women who want their service work to pay more intentionally. Recent episodes turn everyday pressure points, from holiday promotions to hard-to-start workdays, into concrete planning moves and money-making priorities.

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About Productive and Paid with Jamila Payne

Productive and Paid with Jamila Payne is business coaching for women who want their work to create financial independence, not just a crowded calendar. It is energetic and plainspoken. Recent episodes show Jamila Payne moving between personal example, practical teaching, and repeated action prompts that keep the advice from floating away. The show spends a lot of time with service-based businesses because that is where offer clarity, client work, and revenue goals can get tangled fast. Holiday promotions become a chance to repackage resources, teach a workshop, or give an audience a useful first experience of someone's expertise. Group offers are treated as more than a scale tactic. They become a way to codify a method, strengthen client results, and let participants learn from each other's questions. The money talk is direct. Planning episodes push for sales goals, revenue targets, campaign dates, and project plans instead of vague hopes for growth. At the same time, the show leaves room for real life. An episode on a slow morning routine uses oatmeal, YouTube, Slack, and a flexible start to talk about adapting routines instead of clinging to an ideal version of productivity. Another episode addresses the days when family needs or low energy make business action feel hard. The answer is not hustle for its own sake. The show narrows the field to top priorities, money-making activities, delegation, and small moves that keep the business advancing. Its tone is encouraging, but it is not airy. Jamila Payne often repeats the core idea until it lands, then gives a next step that can fit inside an actual workday. The recurring breadwinner frame gives the show its emotional center. Business success is presented as provision, choice, and self-directed freedom. That makes the episodes feel personal even when the subject is marketing, sales, or program design. The show is best for capable service providers who already know they can deliver value and now want more structure around how that value becomes revenue. It favors action over theory. It also favors honest adjustment over polished routines that only work when life is perfectly calm.

Made for: The show is for women entrepreneurs, service providers, coaches, and small business owners who want clearer routines, stronger offers, and more intentional revenue decisions. It especially suits listeners balancing business growth with real-life demands.

What sets it apart: Jamila Payne blends money-minded business strategy with lived, everyday coaching examples, so productivity is always tied back to revenue, capacity, and action. The show stands out by making service-business growth feel structured without stripping away the personal context behind the work.

In their own words

Productive & Paid™ is a weekly podcast for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and service providers who want to make more informed decisions about money, time, and how they run their business.Hosted by Jamila Payne, a productivity expert and small business consultant, the podcast features candid conversations about what actually drives results. Each episode explores how business owners generate revenue, manage their time, structure their work, and think about getting paid.From income-generating activities and paying yourself as a business owner to setting boundaries, understanding your numbers, and building a profitable business, Productive & Paid is for capable, experienced entrepreneurs…

Why you'd press play

Jamila Payne makes a CEO retreat feel useful enough to survive your calendar.

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  • a revenue target translated into actual clients and offers
  • permission to keep the slow morning while still advancing the business
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Episodes

  1. 1

    From Self-Doubt to Confident CEO

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  2. 2

    Stop Quoting and Start Closing: What's Actually Happening in Your Sales Process

    ·29m
  3. 3

    How Business Owners Get Organized to Save Time and Make More Money

    ·36m
  4. 4

    How to Build a Lifestyle Business vs a Scalable Business

    ·38m
  5. 5

    How to Transition from Owner Operator to CEO

    ·47m
  6. 6

    LinkedIn Strategy for Business Growth(Turn Connections Into Clients)

    ·55m
  7. 7

    How to Host a Virtual Summit That Makes Money (Real Numbers + Pricing Strategy)

    ·52m
  8. 8

    Building a Business That Supports the Life You Want

    ·17m
  9. 9

    What It Really Means to Be Productive and Paid as an Entrepreneur

    ·17m
  10. 10

    The Conversations Entrepreneurs Aren't Having About Money

    ·30m
  11. 11

    Productive and Paid Trailer

    ·3m
  12. 12

    [BEST of 2025] Overcoming Overplanning: Take Action and Achieve Your Goals

    ·34m
  13. 13

    [Best of 2025] Collaborate to Accelerate: How Peer Partnerships Can Boost Your Revenue

    ·42m
  14. 14

    Must Do Year End Ritual You Need (Part 2)

    ·19m
  15. 15

    The Must Do Year End Ritual You Need (Part 1)

    ·18m
  16. 16

    Money Mistakes that Women Owners Make (and How to Avoid Them) Part 2

    ·33m
  17. 17

    5 Money Mistakes that Women Owners Make (and How to Avoid Them)

    ·19m
  18. 18

    Managing the "Messy Middle" of Emotions in Business

    ·30m
  19. 19

    7 Must have skills that every business owner needs

    ·1h 13m
  20. 20

    How to Stop Overthinking and Start Winning

    ·29m
  21. 21

    The Six-Figure Mistake That Almost Sank My Business

    ·28m
  22. 22

    Prep Your Business for a Profitable Fall (My Simple 5-Step Routine)

    ·18m
  23. 23

    How I Built My First Group Coaching Program to Scale My Business

    ·32m
  24. 24

    Why Accountability Is the Missing Ingredient to Scaling Your Business

    ·29m
  25. 25

    The Business Model That Gives You Your Time Back

    ·36m
  26. 26

    How to Reconnect with Clients and Get Referrals

    ·34m
  27. 27

    Revenue Rescue: How to Bounce Back if Q2 Didn't Hit the Mark

    ·25m
  28. 28

    Should You Double Down or Take a Break This Summer?

    ·22m
  29. 29

    Mid-Year Reset: How to Refocus and Finish the Year Strong

    ·21m
  30. 30

    How to Brand Your Ideas into Intellectual Property (and Stand Out in a Crowded Market)

    ·22m
  31. 31

    Your Next Client is closer than you think

    ·38m
  32. 32

    7 Signs You're Getting an ROI from Coaching (Part 2)

    ·21m
  33. 33

    How to Create an ROI from Coaching

    ·46m
  34. 34

    Don't Let Them Make You Small

    ·28m
  35. 35

    Prepared is the Enemy of Perfect

    ·21m
  36. 36

    Zero Budget Marketing

    ·19m
  37. 37

    Revenue without the rollercoaster: A guide to creating predictable income in business

    ·24m
  38. 38

    Quarterly Reset

    ·34m
  39. 39

    How to Manage Business When Life Take Over (PART 2)

    ·1h 16m
  40. 40

    How to Manage Business When Life Takes Over

    ·44m
  41. 41

    Collaborate to Accelerate: How Peer Partnerships Can Boost Your Revenue

    ·42m
  42. 42

    Overcoming Overplanning

    ·34m
  43. 43

    Annual business planning step-by-step

    ·44m
  44. 44

    [REPLAY] 5 Mindset Shifts to Reach $10k or more in Monthly Revenue

    ·34m
  45. 45

    [REPLAY] How to Believe in Yourself and Your Business

    ·23m
  46. 46

    90 Day Goals Changed My Life (Here's How to Use Them)

    ·34m
  47. 47

    The BEST Networking Secrets to Grow Your Business

    ·40m
  48. 48

    What Business Success Actually Takes for Women Over 40

    ·39m
  49. 49

    Overcoming the Culture of Busyness

    ·41m
  50. 50

    Doing the Uncomfortable Work in Your Business

    ·45m
  51. 51

    How to Generate Cash Fast When Business Is Slow

    ·31m
  52. 52

    The Time Audit: How to Reclaim Hours in Your Week and Boost Productivity

    ·25m
  53. 53

    Revenue-Boosting Strategies for Q4

    ·30m
  54. 54

    Put Your Marketing Into Action without Overwhelm

    ·27m
  55. 55

    5 Ways to Create Awareness for Your Business

    ·28m
  56. 56

    Marketing Mindset to Make Six Figures and Beyond

    ·35m
  57. 57

    How to Solve Your Marketing Problems

    ·34m
  58. 58

    7 Things I wish I knew before starting an online business

    ·32m
  59. 59

    Overcome the Fear of Selling

    ·33m
  60. 60

    4 Steps to Hitting Your Sales Goals

    ·28m
  61. 61

    How to Get Unstuck in Business

    ·39m
  62. 62

    Working ON the Business vs IN the Business

    ·27m
  63. 63

    Why women entrepreneurs should rethink non profits

    ·22m
  64. 64

    Life Update

    ·35m
  65. 65

    Monetize Your Expertise with a Group Program

    ·18m
  66. 66

    Signs a Group Offer is Right for Your Business

    ·26m
  67. 67

    Efforting Your Way to Success

    ·18m
  68. 68

    How to Plan Your Best Quarter

    ·34m
  69. 69

    6 Ways to Level Up as a Business Woman

    ·42m
  70. 70

    Overpaying Yourself is Draining Your Profits

    ·22m
  71. 71

    3 Money Making Activities to Increase Your Revenue in 30 Days

    ·18m
  72. 72

    3 Steps to Choosing Your Niche with Gabrielle Smith

    ·47m
  73. 73

    The #1 Thing Holding Women Back from Business Growth

    ·15m
  74. 74

    3 Ways to Get Clients without Social Media

    ·49m
  75. 75

    Time Management: Create Focus Days

    ·19m
  76. 76

    5 Ways to Grow Your Business as an Introvert

    ·25m
  77. 77

    Managing Emotionally Hard Tasks

    ·20m
  78. 78

    Choosing a Business Partner

    ·27m
  79. 79

    How to Overcome Fear and Get Known in Your industry

    ·27m
  80. 80

    7 Areas to Audit in Your Business

    ·38m
  81. 81

    Execute Your Goals with This Proven Strategy

    ·18m
  82. 82

    Get Happier in Your Business

    ·29m
  83. 83

    7 Tough Lessons Learned in 2023

    ·47m
  84. 84

    Leading Your Team with Kenya Reeves-Costa

    ·16m
  85. 85

    Steal My Yearly Planning Process

    ·53m
  86. 86

    3 Online Strategies to Generate Clients

    ·25m
  87. 87

    How to Hire a Virtual Assistant

    ·25m
  88. 88

    7 Time Management Secrets

    ·49m
  89. 89

    Six Figures Selling Hair Repair with Brandi Nichole Wallace

    ·46m
  90. 90

    Leveling Up Your Team with Jaimee Brosko-Smith

    ·24m
  91. 91

    Black Friday Promotions for Selling Services

    ·19m
  92. 92

    7 Lessons Learned from 5 Years of Podcasting

    ·53m
  93. 93

    My Personal Weight Loss Journey

    ·29m
  94. 94

    Should I Brand as Myself or as a Company

    ·20m
  95. 95

    Selling as an Introvert

    ·21m
  96. 96

    Planning a CEO Retreat

    Jamila Payne, host of the Breadwinning Businesswomen podcast, makes the case for solo service-business owners to host quarterly CEO retreats as a structured planning practice distinct from both vacation and normal work days.

    ·34m·2 clips
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    Holiday Promotion Ideas for Service Businesses

    Jamila Payne delivers a solo episode for service-based business owners explaining how to run holiday promotions during Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday, and the Christmas season without discounting their core services.

    ·29m·2 clips
  98. 98

    My Slow Morning Routine

    Jamila Payne, host of Breadwinning Businesswomen, shares her current slow morning routine, explaining it grew out of a parasite infection two years ago that left her averaging three hours of sleep while still attending 8 a.m.

    ·35m·3 clips
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    Package Your Expertise into a Scalable Group Offer

    Jamila Payne reveals how a simple mindset shift could radically change how you run your business and break through income ceilings.

    ·26m·2 clips
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    How to Take Action When You Don't Feel Like It

    Jamila Payne reveals why women entrepreneurs struggle with guilt when life demands pull them away from business.

    ·25m·2 clips