Take It Personally

Emily Reuschel is an elementary school teacher turned entrepreneur and thought leader. She cultivates personal and professional growth for rural women. Her personalized habit challenge, #YouDoYou82, helps women build strong, attainable, and consistent habits to show up for the lives that they love. Today we are talking all about habits, personal growth, motivation, and making changes to become the...

Today we are talking about niching! What it is, if you should do it, how to know when to do it, and everything in between. I believe that you can make your business be whatever you want it to be and don’t have to follow any rules, but I also have seen within my own business how niching down has helped it grow. Here are the main things discussed in this episode: How to know when it’s time to niche...

  I have had the privilege of having Paige, of The Legal Paige, on the podcast before ( episode 18 ), and she is back again to share about clauses that your contracts may be missing. Paige is a wealth of knowledge in this area, and I’m so excited for this conversation. Here are the main things we discussed in this episode: How Paige helps bridge the gap between creatives/small businesses and legal...

I found myself panicking as I was looking at my revenue for the year so far and saw I was behind where I was last year at this time. I also saw that I probably am not going to hit my revenue goal for this year. But amongst that panic, I stopped myself to remember that what I am making is still a big accomplishment. I have also had many other successes this year that haven’t been related to money....

Solveig Petch (AKA, Petchy) is a brand strategist and identity designer. She helps clients uncover their unique brand core and then translates that into compelling brand strategy and visuals to help them reach more ideal clients. Petchy knows the ins and outs of building a brand, specifically having a purpose driven brand. Here are the main things discussed in this episode with her: Petchy’s start...

Creating, updating, or editing a website can be really overwhelming when you aren’t a website designer or SEO expert. But having a website that converts and is easy for customers to use is really important. Samantha Mabe is discussing all things website related and simple quick fixes you (yes, you!) can do to make your site better today. Samantha Mabe is the creative director and designer of Lemon...

It's no secret that I'm a huge Taylor Swift fan. I love her music of course, but I'm continually impressed by her marketing prowess and the foresight she has when it comes to her music and brand. This bonus episode explores the four R's of personal branding and how Taylor nails every single one.

I own 7 crop tops. If you would have told me a few years ago that after three babies I would feel more at home in a crop top than just about any other piece of clothing, I would have thought you were insane. But it’s true. And it comes back to the work I've done in thinking about my future self and working to create that reality right now (rather than waiting). This is why today’s episode is all a...

I could talk about money mindset all day long! It’s a favorite part of business, and it can also be a challenging part. My friend, Sheila Hansen, is the perfect person to guide a discussion on this topic, so I am so excited to have her on this episode of the podcast. Here are the main things discussed in this episode: Feeling the emotions of entrepreneurship and money How our beliefs about money c...

Do you ever feel burnt out and overwhelmed, but then you look at your to-do list and calendar and it’s not even that much to handle? If you don’t have a good grasp on your schedule and things are getting forgotten, or you feel like you can’t keep up or stay organized, this episode is for you! Once I got a better handle on my schedule, I found I was able to avoid that constant overwhelming feeling....

Dawn is a software engineer turned wedding photographer who has a passion for helping Creatives create a thriving business. Technology can be intimidating, and it’s Dawn’s goal to make tech fun and easy to understand. She will show you how systems, tools and other technology can take your business to the next level while achieving that balance you’ve always dreamed of. Here are the main things dis...

For so long I beat myself up in my business because there were weeks where I would be accomplishing everything on my list and completing all the things that needed to get done, and then there were other weeks I didn’t want to get out of bed, was struggling to focus, and just wasn’t in the same headspace. Once I learned about cycle synching, more about my own menstrual cycle, and about hormones in...

It’s time to talk about podcasting and how it can help you grow your business. There are ways to strategically use a podcast to help you get more leads, grow your audience, and even make additional income through it. Kat Brendel, a podcast expert and strategist, shares her wisdom on this topic as we discuss how to utilize podcasting as a way to grow your business. Kat hosts her own podcast, alongs...

Kim Diamond is a South Dakota-based Holistic Wellness Coach, confidence cultivator, wife, and dog mama, who truly believes that we each deserve to be living a life that is filled with purpose, passion, and a deep love for ourselves. Her mission is to empower women to hop into the driver's seat and take ownership of their lives, their happiness, and their wellness so that they can become the versio...

Rejection is a part of business, but it’s never easy when it happens. There’s an extra sting to it when it happens in a personal brand because it’s personal. We are selling the experience to work with us, our personality, what we bring to the table, spending time with us, etc. That’s why I wanted to talk about rejection and how to deal with it when building a personal brand. Rejection is inevitabl...

I recently did a poll on Instagram, and 83% of the people that responded to this poll (out of approx. 150 people) said that they wanted to outsource tasks in their personal life. And the number one thing preventing them from doing that was because they felt guilty. The problem wasn’t money or options, it was the shame and guilt and the stigma about bringing on help at home. So instead of doing tha...

Megan Raposa is an award-winning journalist with a passion for local news. She started her own hyperlocal news outlet, Sioux Falls Simplified, in early 2021 with the goal of making it easy to feel smart about the forces that shape her city.  Megan has always been a writer, and she discovered the journalism path in college and fell in love with it. She started at the Argus Leader newspaper in Sioux...

Pricing is challenging, it’s emotional, and it feels personal. And as women, we already deal with so much more imposter syndrome and inferiority complex - it is all more rampant among women than men. And I think a lot of that is because with men, if they do have some kind of imposter syndrome, it is a bit easier for them to look around themselves and see other men in positions of power or another...

I’m so excited today to be joined by Samantha Ste Marie. Samantha is a productivity strategist and specifically works with service providers to help them find clients with ease and create their perfect work schedule. We all know that the perfect work schedule for someone else may not be the perfect work schedule for us. And in this culture of online business and so much hustle and grind, I think a...

I have been approaching sales a bit differently in my business for the past year and a half. I used to rely really heavily on social media for sales and overall recognition. I still love social media, but I have been relying more on email marketing! I have been pleasantly surprised at the results that I’ve had and the increase in sales I’ve made by focusing on email marketing, both for products an...

Colie James is a family filmmaker turned Dubsado and systems guru. She is based out of Colorado, has been married 21 years, has an almost 12 year old, and a love for Disneyland. In this episode, we talk all things automations, systems, Dubsado, and more. Here are a few highlights: Colie’s background and how she got started with automations What a CRM is Automating emails and how you can still soun...

We are so close to one of my favorite times of year! School is almost out and summer is near. One of my favorite things about this time of year is that I decided a few years ago that I would work less during the summer. My kids are home more often and making this decision has allowed me to really spend this time with them and enjoy the summers we have together. And I love summer (who doesn’t love...

Jade Boyd is a brand photographer and business coach who helps creative entrepreneurs simplify and scale their service-based businesses with a combination of smart marketing strategies and seamless systems. Jade fell in love with entrepreneurship while earning her BBA in entrepreneurship and her MBA in Marketing at the University of Iowa. She's passionate about helping creative entrepreneurs find...

I have offered mini sessions in my business since the beginning of my business. I have such fond memories of mini sessions! The reason I started offering them at all was because it made me feel better about raising my prices. I felt guilty for raising my prices, so I offered mini sessions so I could work with the people that had kind of gotten me to the point I was at - essentially thanking them,...

Nicole Olson is a South Dakota photographer and private editor who loves helping burnt out creatives achieve freedom in their business. She has taken her 10+ years in the photography industry and seen that burnout is a common problem for photographers and can often be solved by outsourcing to make more time for themselves, their business, or their social life.  Nicole recently made this transition...