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The Podcast Launch Checklist
On this episode I’m going to give you the essentials you need to get your podcast live! Use this podcast launch checklist to make sure your show is accepted to the podcast apps the first time you submit!
Steal This Onboarding Questionnaire!
You know how you have a specific customer in mind that you love working with, but the customers you attract don’t really fit the mold? Here’s a very very very VERY simple way to get more of your ideal clients before you have to worry about the sales pitch!
Podcasting for Business With Wes Grove
In this episode I interview Westin Grove, a multi-hyphenate creative entrepreneur who is both a trained audio engineer and social worker. He combined his two career streams to create the Mobile Arts Program with his business partner, which brings a music recording studio into different types of assistance facilities all over Toronto.
How To Write A Killer Services Page
If you looked at my website last week, you would have wondered what the hell I do and if I could even help you, simply because the path(s) I had created was so overwhelming. I had one going to creatives, one for solopreneurs, one for courses, one for free resources, one for retainer clients – it was a bit of a clusterfuck, not gonna lie.
How To Relax
Look, it’s really not easy to relax when you’re ambitious and you have so many ideas. There’s just no way that you can justify not working hard on everything! But in order to really move forward, you have to. I know this, I’m learning this, I’m still struggling with this.
You Need A Clear Mission Statement
The easiest way to confuse visitors to your site is to give them 800 different kinds of services and products and resources. I learned this the hard way last week while I was redesigning some pages and cutting out some service offerings, trying to zero in on my customer persona and who I serve.
How To Make Money Podcasting with Justin Decloux
In this episode, I interview Justin Decloux (my partner) about the career he created for himself through his passion for everything film - and we get into his time management tricks and the nitty gritty details about how he manages to do it all! Justin Decloux is a...
Managing Your Multi Hyphen Career
Why hello there! You might be asking, "Emily, what's a Multi-Hyphen Career?" Well, dear friend, I'm about to blow your mind. A multi-hyphen career is one that incorporates more than one skillset or interest. "MORE THAN ONE?" you ask? YES! MORE THAN ONE! Insane, right?...
How To Quit Your Job And Start A Creative Career
Let me just start by saying that to this day, I still have no idea what I'm doing or how I'm going to do it. The thing about building a creative career, or any career, is that most of the time, it's just guessing until you figure something out. Once you've figured the...
How To Be Motivated
Originally I wanted to write this post about different techniques to keep yourself focused on creative projects, not how to be motivated generally. Obviously the world has done a 180 and we're all just doing our best to motivate ourselves to get out of bed and put...
How To Start Something New
In this episode we talk about a few things that show you how to start something new. Whether it’s a career jump, a relationship, a new hobby, a change in your routine, WHO THE HECK KNOWS?! Well, you do! And I’m going to help you figure out the BEST way to take the...
Fact: Email Marketing is the DM-Slide of Commerce
When I was younger, I often thought about becoming a dating advice columnist. The idea of helping the lonely and socially inept find love and build fulfilling relationships made me feel like less of a grinch. As it turns out, now that the golden age of Ann Landers...
3 Simple Steps to Savvy Social!
Social media: it can be a giant pain in the ass on a personal level, especially if you’re dealing with complicated relationships, racist aunts, or trying to dodge friend requests from that random you met at your friend’s loft-warming party. But, when it comes to...
Content Marketing: It’s Basically Digital Witchcraft
Your market research is finished. Your product is perfection. Your online shop is flawless. You’ve assembled a veritable dream sales team. You launch in six weeks and you’re running down your checklist -- what are you missing? Have you figured out your content...
Discover Your Concentration Superpower!
As someone who runs multiple small businesses, one of my least favourite questions is “Any big plans this weekend?” followed closely by “What are you up to tonight?” Because the answer is nearly always “Working.” Building up a business means sacrificing a lot of...
Take Your Digital Marketing First Steps!
YOU ARE LIVING IN A GOLDEN AGE OF MARKETING. In terms of forging strong connections and relationships with your potential customers, it’s literally never been easier—or cheaper. Thanks to the invention of email marketing automation and social media, reaching hundreds...
New Changes
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Announcing: Our Favourite Apps
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Every Entrepreneur Needs These 5 Things
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5 Must-try WordPress Plugins!
Ahh, WordPress. The entry-level blogging platform that powers countless websites (about 30% of all websites, according to W3Tech). WordPress users range from former Livejournalers to journalists to artists to entrepreneurs to small business owners. The beauty of...
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