I Just Cut My Pay

Published: March 28, 2023, 9 a.m.

b'This week, in episode 147, Paul Downs tells Shawn Busse and Jay Goltz that his year has not gotten off to a great start. This was supposed to be the year that Paul unleashed a bold, new marketing campaign that would put his business on an entirely new trajectory\\u2014and perhaps it still will be. But for the moment, his revenue has fallen considerably short of his expectations, which has presented him with an unwelcome choice: Should he hold-off on the marketing campaign? Or should he cut his own salary? Along with discussing Paul\\u2019s decision, we also talk about the process of rethinking a website, how best to make use of LinkedIn\\u2014it\\u2019s a gold mine for both business development and recruiting, says Shawn\\u2014and why Paul and Shawn continue to perform their own HR chores.'