Sell and Tell

I Use Social Media For This

Do you think social media is a real place? I mean how do you keep up with the ______( the need to be real and and the pressure of being PERFECT?) How do you deal with wanting to edit and have a curated look?

Is it CHALLENGING to be authentic online?

As a small biz owner _____(social media is crucial for my success/ showing up on my platforms brings me new business/ is overwhelming but I do it anyway)

And whether the sqaure grids we build our businesses on are real or not, I _____(get to decide what aspects of my world and work I share/ I don’t ever worry about keeping up with the Jones’ / I tuck away my overwhelm and I try to make it work for my small business).

So, for me, here’s the thing about being authentic on social media,____ (I can’t control how people see my success, I have little control of how I’m perceived, I dont worry much about people judging me or my work).

Every space has its set of unwritten rules, and I have very little say on those rules but I can put in the time showing up, taking people behind the scenes, working hard to present the real me so I connect with my followers and they connect with me.

So how do YOU deal with the pressure to be PERFECT on social media? I can’t wait to go back and forth with you in the comments. I learn so much from you in the comments.

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I Sell Because I Show Up

Creating ( my new fashion line/ my dining experience/ my new line of …..) is magical for me.

I love the feeling of feeling connected to (state the natural ingredients, inputs, or emotions), that’s definitely one of the big reasons I became a (fashion entrepreneur/ a restauranteur etc.) I get lost in the craft in the best way.

I love sharing my creativity through (my clothing, my food, my etc….) —and if you’re a creative, it’s important you share your work, too!

You don’t have to share most of your work, but you should share it often, whatever that means to you.

I used to be terrible on social media then I recognised two things: as an artist I have to live and 2) if being public means I get more people to understand what I do and experience my work and joy, then so be it.

To never show your work is to deny your (perspective/your art/your creativity) that someone is waiting to receive and it also means getting left behind.

So I sell because I show up. ✨ How about you? Are you a creative? What does sharing your work mean to you? Share a comment below. I learn so much from your stories.

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Look What We’re Launching

We love your questions so keep them coming. They prove that you really love our ______( insert your launch, name product, service, course , event, sale)

We want to get straight to the responses so here are some of your more frequently asked ones.

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Later this week , we’ll answer some more questions but for now, we’ve gotta catch your calls and respond to al your texts.

Listen we never could have dreamed of this. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Goes to show that you can get what you pray for.

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Growth Looks Like This

Tell me what does growth look like for you.

For me— (it’s like a roller coaster/ it feels certain and uncertain at the same time/ like I’m an imposter)

Let me explain.

Some days I feel like I’m getting nowhere especially if I go down the rabbit hole of comparison analysis.

And other days I can’t ignore how much I’ve _____ (state your achievement/s)

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Growth is like a constant whiplash between feeling like I’m on the verge of being made a fool of (aka imposter syndrome) and feeling like, “Girl, you’ve got this.”

For today I’m snapping my fingers in the air after I learned (state good news about your product/service)

Today, I’m also kissing that imposter feeling to the curb.

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I Create With My Hands

Take a look at my hands.

I know they look ——(state your adjective: gnarly/ calloused/ worked) but when I see them I think of one thing (love/ pride / a life lived on my own terms)

At every opportunity, when I look down I see hands that —-( prepare custom meal plans with love/ stitch together pieces of silk into exquisite bags /make wigs for cancer patients to feel more beautiful etc.]?

A while ago I remember when crafting wasn’t seem (as valuable / didn’t get respect / etc), I’m glad I persisted though working with my hands has built me a satisfying career and it has touched people in ways I could not have imagined.

But you don’t have to take it from me!

Just listen to what one [client/customer] had to say about their experience: __________ [include a review that supports your claim in the first blank].

So too al the girls wondering if you can build a life and business you love just using your hands, I’m here to tell you, YES, you can.

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My Work Is Hard

If one more person tells me: “I must feel so free owning my small business, I’m blocking them forever. #kiddingnotkidding.

“Feeling free” is the last thing I experience when ______( I’m packing shipments for FEDEX / I’m working late at night on my sales page / looking over the menu for tomorrow’s Wine Evening long after everyone is in bed etc).

I know people mean well but I feel more folks need to acknowledge the work we, small biz owners, put in.

This is true especially at the beginning of the journey, deep in the middle too where we don’t have a clear idea of——–(how our dreams will evolve / what the next step should be etc)

Because as much as I sometimes wish that the path was all mapped out clear, when I think about, it’s not. And it does not ALWAYS feel free at all.

Ok! that’s the rant I wanted to share with you. Anyone else thing entrepreneurship is freaking hard? Let me know in the comments.

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