Monthly Archives: June 2017

Business plans don’t have to be complicated! In fact they can be creative, colorful and playful with all the information you need to know presented on one beautiful page you can hang on your wall. In my post last week, I shared a list of 21 questions you need to […]

Create a Visual Business Plan for Your Creative Business

30 Jun, 2017 in big why / ideal client / leadership / profit by Leslie Rivera

I learned the hard way that what Eleanor Roosevelt said is too true: “It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.” I’m really good at wishing. Are you? In today’s post I want to share a series of questions with you that I share with each […]

Starting a Business? 21 Things You Need to Know First

28 Jun, 2017 in big why / leadership / profit by Minette Riordan, Ph.D.

We’re back with another hostful episode and this time we dig into our own problems with creating too much and not reusing and repurposing existing content. We had a recent example where we made the decision to create a whole live webinar campaign during an already busy month but backed […]

Episode 51: Over-creating

27 Jun, 2017 in creativity / income / perfectionism / podcast-episode / systems / time management by Brad Dobson

Help, I need somebody … Help, not just anybody … Help! You know I need someone … Help! As a creative entrepreneur, you may have so many juicy and inspiring ideas that it can be difficult to get organized. I get it … being in your flow is an incredible […]

5 Ways You Know You are Ready to Try Outsourcing

21 Jun, 2017 in relationships / systems / time management by Leslie Rivera

Our talk with Tiffany went from Australia to America, budgie smugglers to speedos, all the way through empowering women! Super-cool to talk with someone who knows about branding and building communities. Minette and I both hit it off with Tiffany 🙂 Minette’s Graphical Notes Bio Tiffany has always been driven […]

Episode 50: Tiffany Scott

20 Jun, 2017 in big why / branding / podcast-episode / speaking by Brad Dobson

I was first introduced to a “Best Of” or “Indoctrination” autoresponder sequence of emails by Digital Marketer. You can see their great Welcome Email Template post for a breakdown of all the pieces and how to structure individual emails. If you aren’t familiar with the concept, a “Best Of” autoresponder […]

3 Ways that Best Of emails Help Your New Subscribers

14 Jun, 2017 in branding / ideal client / relationships / sales / systems by Brad Dobson

Do you struggle with sales? Is sales difficult and feels icky? What if sales was an act of Love? This week Minette and Brad interview their own sales coach, Shannon Ward. She sets us straight on how when we treat sales with compassion and use it to find an alignment between […]

Episode 49: Shannon Ward

13 Jun, 2017 in comfort zone / daily practice / income / podcast-episode / relationships / sales / systems by Brad Dobson

I hear over and over from my clients, “I don’t know what to say on my blog, social media, newsletter, etc.” I thought it would be useful to share 5 blog post ideas to jump start your creative writing process. Blogging and content creation, in general, are still powerful marketing […]

5 Blog Post Ideas for Creative Entrepreneurs

8 Jun, 2017 in Uncategorized by Minette Riordan, Ph.D.

Got Maximizer? Maybe you’re a little Achiever? In this episode with Stormy Rose we get into the StrengthsFinder assessment, her personal journey out of an accident that put her in a coma, rock-climbing, and more. We loved talking with Stormy and loved her focus on Strengths in a world where we […]

Episode 48: Stormy Rose

6 Jun, 2017 in big why / comfort zone / leadership / podcast-episode by Brad Dobson