Breakthrough Brand Podcast - Online Business Growth, Website Design Strategies, Grow a Podcast, Motherhood and Business, Passive Income, Christian Faith, Showit Templates

Affiliate income is an AMAZING way to earn extra money as a business owner. If you want to share things you love with people who may already be asking you about those things, affiliate income is for you.  And here’s the thing: for years now, my business has earned multiple five figures a year from affiliate income alone. I've even had years where it's been over a hundred thousand dollars...

Today, we are talking about the #1 buzzword in the online space right now: AI. I’ve brought in Dawn Richardson, owner of Tech Savvy Creative and long-time online friend (and Elizabeth McCravy shop customer!). We met IRL recently at the Creative Educator Conference a few months ago, and I reached out to her immediately after asking her to come on the podcast and talk about the top AI tools to free...

Designers - today’s episode is for YOU. Whether it's designing a website, creating a brand, or even just a simple graphic for a blog post, sometimes our creative minds just hit a wall. Maybe you can’t focus, or you just don’t feel like it, or you are actively looking for the inspiration, but you just can’t find it.  Recently, I launched a new template, and it got me thinking about my own crea...

This episode is for the mama’s out there who feel that balancing business life with mom life is harder than you signed up for. I’m raising my hand here too. Today on the podcast, we have Ashley Freehan, a brand photographer and a productivity and motherhood coach for mom photographers. She’s also a fellow podcaster, a wife, and a home-schooling mom of two! She’s passionate about helping moms confi...

Although I was freelancing for a while before I started my business, I count March 29th, 2016 as the day things started. When I think back to that day and that moment, I can still feel the nerves. It’s a really big deal to start a business!    So today, in this episode, I want to share some (four!) of the biggest lessons I’ve learned over the last 7 years (with an emphasis on mistakes I’ve made in...

What’s really holding you back from taking your business to the next level? Is it the right funnel? The perfect team member? Finally having “enough” followers on Instagram? Today Megan Hyatt Miller and I are exploring what’s REALLY holding you back from success and how to overcome it. Megan Hyatt Miller is the President and CEO of Full Focus (formerly Michael Hyatt & Co). She’s also a mom to f...

Whether you’ve been in business for a minute or are still in the first few years, this episode is for YOU. Starting a new business is EXCITING, but even though I look back on my new business owner self with so much love and gratitude, I know the learning curve as you start your own business can be intense! Today, I’m going to share 6 crushing mistakes entrepreneurs make early on in their business...

In this short and sweet episode, I’m sharing my top 3 Showit Design Hacks as a website designer who has been using (and loving) Showit for the past several years now. Whether you are new to Showit completely, or are a website designer looking to enhance your skills, these three Showit design hacks will save you time and (I believe) will lead to a better customer/client experience too. Whether you...

I'm so honored to have Angie McPherson on the podcast today! She's a long time listener of this podcast, an amazing brand photographer, educator for photographers, and just an incredible hype girl for creative business owners. Angie and I got to meet in real life in January at the Creative Educator Conference in Dallas. We both were speakers and sat next to each other the whole time. We...

In my 2022 end-of-year survey, I gave you the option to ask me ANYTHING… and today’s episode is just a taste of the (over 150!) questions that came in. In no particular order, I’m tackling 11 of my favorite “ask me anything” questions today, including:   What's the worst thing about your career? (I share THREE things I could live without!) What are the tiny secrets to blogging - things nobody...

Wondering what’s working in SEO right now? What does the Google algorithm want from your website? How does all the new technology like Ai writing affect blog content? What role does video play in SEO right now? How do you do your SEO page settings in Showit in a way that’ll actually work? What common mistakes might you be making with your SEO? Is Showit bad for SEO?!    We are covering it all and...

For this milestone episode, I wanted to share six habits that have transformed my business and have absolutely helped me reach episode two hundred. Inspired by a talk by Brenda Burchard, he encouraged us to look at our own habits and whether or not they are serving us. As I started to reflect, there were six habits that stuck out to me that have served my business time and time again so I wanted t...

Let’s all be honest: business can be really hard. Even after seven years in business, I still have plenty of hard days in my own business and days (or even just moments) where business feels overwhelming and uncertain. Today, I want to share with you 4 encouraging bible verses for when hard times come, and I hope that these will comfort you whether you are a Christian business owner or not. And, I...

We grew our real estate business FAST, buying 5 properties in about a year and ½ - 2 year period. And, we’ve learned a lot! You know I’m all about sharing what works for me in my life and business, and that’s what we’re doing in today’s episode. I have my husband, Adam, back on the podcast and we’re sharing 7 things we learned in these first years of real estate investing. It’s the good, the bad,...

When I surveyed you guys about what you want more of on the podcast in 2023, a resounding answer was investing, financial, and real estate investing content. NOW… I’m not about to turn this into a real estate podcast, don’t worry. But, as someone who likes to share what’s working for me with you all, I love giving you a behind the scenes into what I do with the money that my business makes because...

  Ever felt the pressure to quit your day job if you’re “really all in” on your business dreams? Maybe you believe you have to hate your 9 to 5 if you’re a “true entrepreneur”? There is a major pressure (in online business especially) on new or aspiring business owners to quit their day job, give 2 weeks notice, and “abandon all things” if you ACTUALLY care about your business dreams. Oh and, of c...

Mama friends, I believe this episode is the encouragement you need as we kick off another year of business, another year of motherhood, and another year of wearing A LOT of hats. I’m chatting with Joy Michelle, she’s a photographer turned YouTuber and business coach. (And a long time listener of this podcast!) She’s got 2 kiddos, Clara and Lewis, and she has been married to her high school sweethe...

Let’s talk money, honey — specifically how to keep MORE of yours in 2023. So often as business owners, we overspend without even thinking about it. It’s easy to just spend, spend, spend! Shiny object syndrome is real. And most of us (myself included) did not study finance, accounting, and bookkeeping in any professional capacity. We might struggle to really SEE where our money is going.    As we m...

I’m chatting today with fellow educator and podcaster, Laylee Emadi! She’s the host of the So, Here’s the Thing Podcast and the founder of The Creative Educator Academy. I personally really enjoy her podcast, and I was a guest a few months ago. (Links below to that conversation - it was episode #108 on her podcast!)    This interview is so insightful if you are someone who has ever wanted to get i...

Today we’re diving into a MUCH requested topic — the visual side of your marketing and business — a.k.a. the images and videos you use on your website and throughout your marketing. This is so important, right? We know that. We are visual creatures and that is true now more than ever. Gone are the days where you can have a website with no images or social media or any other part of your business w...

Today’s episode is a fun friend-to-friend chat about Christmas, and I am certainly bringing the Christmas ENERGY in this episode. I’m totally a “Christmas person” and I start getting excited about Christmas in July typically (not kidding). But, let’s talk about the elephant in the room… Resting and actually taking time off for the holidays doesn’t always come easy as business owners. There’s often...

What makes a great website? What makes a dud? Besides all the obvious things like don’t make your text too small, don;t use 1,000 fonts at once and things like that… What are the major keys?! No matter what you do in your work, if you have a website — you should be asking these questions. Today I’m sharing 3 things that I consider top things to making a successful website, and they are things peop...

I’ve got a quick tip for you today about your sales page and one thing you should probably stop saying on it. This thing you’re saying might be hurting the potential customer experience and is a lazy marketing habit. It’s a simple change — will take you just minutes, but will make an impact in your business! This tip comes from a mistake I myself made that my copywriter, Emily, pointed out to me....

Today’s episode with Angela is so fun, so inspiring, and full of nuggets of wisdom about life and business. So, friends, meet Angela Brown — she’s a talent brand and portrait photographer based in Brighton, Michigan. She was a wealth advisor for 25 years before doing a 180 on her career to become a photographer — proving it’s never “too late” to make a major career shift. Angie also enjoys educati...

This episode is the short encouragement that maybe you need today, and it is the encouragement I’ve needed a lot in my season of business. And that is that it’s OKAY to not be growing your business. It’s ok to stay put. It’s ok to even “go backwards”. It’s ok to say no to really good opportunities. It’s ok to make less money than you did last month or last year. It’s ok to work less. Simply put: Y...