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Tonnisha English-Amamoo, TJE Communications

How Tonnisha Cut 30 Hours a Week and Tripled Revenue in 5 Months

Tonnisha English-Amamoo was working 60-hour weeks, on the verge of a breakdown, and having real conversations with her husband about whether to give up her business entirely. She was broke when she decided to invest — but she knew that if she walked away, she'd be back in a year trying to figure it out alone again. Within five months, she tripled her revenue with her existing clients alone and cut her work week nearly in half.

 
Interview with:

Tonnisha English-Amamoo
Founder & CMO
TJE Communications
Company Size: 2 - 5 Employees
Niche: Digital Marketing for Nonprofits

Services:
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Social Media Marketing, Email Marketing, Content Development

3x

Revenue from existing clients alone — no new clients needed

30

Hours per week saved — from 60-hour weeks to 30

5

Months to transform her business and get her family back
I had to really take a step back and look at — is scaling my business worth my family? The answer is no. But there is a way to scale so that you don't have to sacrifice your family time, if you do it the right way.

BEFORE using the Leverage for Growth Method:

Tonnisha was working 60-hour weeks — nights and weekends — while raising two young kids and watching her marriage absorb the strain.
Her offer was built on hourly retainers — some months busy and profitable, other months slow and tight — making her income inconsistent and her workload impossible to predict.
She was the bottleneck in everything — and she knew it, but didn't have the tools for the breakthrough she needed.
She was on the verge of a breakdown — having real conversations with her husband about becoming a stay-at-home mom, getting a corporate job, or whether the business could even fit into her life anymore.
She'd started the business as a single mom and it had been manageable then — but after getting married and having a second child, the old approach of working every night after bedtime no longer worked.

AFTER using the Leverage for Growth Method:

Tonnisha tripled her revenue by shifting from hourly retainers to value-based pricing — focusing on the problems she solves, not the hours she gives — without adding a single new client.
She cut her work week from 60 hours to 30-35 hours, reclaiming her evenings and weekends for her family.
She learned to make objective business decisions instead of emotional ones — including evaluating a VA hire based on business fit rather than personal feelings.
She built a GPT executive assistant that saves her hours every day on tasks she used to do manually — organizing, planning, and creating job descriptions.
She found an accountability partner in the mastermind — someone in Canada she never would have met — and a community where she could bring her problems and leave every call with a game plan.

Tonnisha on Tripling Revenue and Reclaiming Her Family Time

Tonnisha shares her raw and emotional journey from 60-hour weeks and conversations about quitting to tripling her revenue in five months while working half as much. She's open about being broke when she made the investment, about the life changes that made her old approach unsustainable, and about how the shift from hourly to value-based pricing changed everything with her existing clients alone. She credits Jesse's genuine care — and the fact that he didn't shut her out when she couldn't afford it — as what made her trust the decision.

Results

When Tonnisha joined the program, she was at a breaking point. She was working 60-hour weeks, missing time with her two young kids, and her husband was asking what was going on. They were having real conversations about whether to give up the business — become a stay-at-home mom, get a corporate job, or figure out some other path. She could see the vision for her agency but had no game plan to make it happen. What made it harder was that the business used to be manageable. When Tonnisha started TJE Communications, she was a single mom, and it worked — once her kid went to bed, she had all night to work. But after getting married and having a second child, she was on 24/7. The old approach of working every night after bedtime wasn't an option anymore. Her life had changed, but her business model hadn't changed with it. She was broke when she decided to invest. But she knew that if she walked away, she'd be back in a year trying to figure it out alone, without the tools for the breakthrough. So she made the call. Jesse didn't pressure her — in fact, when she'd hesitated earlier, he didn't shut her out. He offered her free resources and alternative entry points, which was the opposite of every other coaching pitch she'd received. The first thing they tackled was her offer. Tonnisha had been pricing on hourly retainers — good months and bad months, no consistency. They shifted her to value-based pricing, focusing on the problems she solves rather than the hours she gives. That single change, applied to her existing clients alone, tripled her revenue. No new clients needed. At the same time, her work week dropped from 60 hours to 30-35. She learned to delegate to her virtual assistant and started making objective business decisions instead of emotional ones. When her VA proposed taking on social media work, Tonnisha didn't say yes because she liked her — she paused, evaluated the business fit, and made a decision aligned with her goals. That kind of shift — emotional to objective — was something she credits the program for fundamentally changing in how she operates. Tonnisha found an accountability partner in the mastermind — someone in Canada she never would have met otherwise — and a community that felt like a safe space to bring her real problems and leave every call with a game plan. Five months later, she has triple the revenue, half the hours, and her family back.
Even just that small change with my current clients — not even any new clients — I was able to scale my business three times the amount. And I went from 60 hours a week to 30. Which is like crazy.
If you're really thinking about all the time you've put into this and there's something pulling you — like you just can't give up — then this is where you need to be. Please don't give up on yourself. Try this out. I know that it will work, and you'll be happy that you did.
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