Are you living to work, or working to live? Here’s how and why I step away from my business for days at a time, without sacrificing my client experience or my sanity.
Being a solopreneur is NOT easy. And I have to admit, a huge part of my "secret" is that I have HoneyBook to keep me on track with it all. This client management system helps me book clients, send emails, contracts + invoices, and so much more. See exactly how I use HoneyBook in my own business, and get a 50% discount off your first year!
We all come programmed with a biological drive to categorize things in order to make sense of them. And if something can't be easily categorized somewhere or labeled as something, it causes chaos and discomfort. Even within ourselves. But the truth is… we are NOT one-dimensional creatures, and it kinda sucks when we get pegged that way.
After the gifts had been unwrapped and the dinner devoured, my dad and uncle would break out the Wild Turkey bourbon, pouring shots and taking turns toasting to all the stuff that had happened that year. And now that my dad has passed, it's MY turn to carry on his tradition…
She craved just one afternoon of normalcy + delight... where she could hang out with her daughter, bond over sandy cartwheels + ice cream cones, stroke her daughter's hair , share silly stories, and just BE.
This mother/daughter photo session happened almost 10 years ago, and it's still on my mind…
I’m sure you’ve heard that when it comes to marketing your brand or business, “stories sell.” We all recognize the power of a good story. The emotional connection, the ability for a potential client to recognize a piece of themselves in what you do, and what they want a piece of their world to look like. But even more powerful than when a business/brand tells their own story… is when someone becomes an advocate and tells that story FOR YOU.
As a solopreneur, handling my own accounting used to give me nightmares. But ignoring money matters doesn’t make them go away, and so I promised myself (and my business) that I’d get better. And slowly but surely, I have. Here are my top tips + tools for getting better at handling the accounting stuff for your small business, even if you’re not a “numbers” kinda person… (or scroll to the bottom to get right to the discounts!)
Your brand is growing, and business is soaring. You’re on Cloud 9 until you hear these words from your marketing person, web guru, or the PR person in charge of your next published article or speaking engagement: “We’d like to include your professional headshot; please send it our way.” And then… panic. Yikes! Now what?
Did you know that one of my FAAAAAAVORITE things to photograph is behind-the-scenes pics for small businesses + brands??? Why? Because there's so much HEART that goes into everything they do, which is absolutely impossible to convey through stock photos and a boring headshot. Each business + brand has a STORY, and I like to tell it.
