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This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one’s who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Success isn't the result of random forces coming together. There are four factors that every one of us has, and they either prevent us or enable us to succeed.
1. Beliefs 2. Actions 3. Skills/Talents 4. Environment
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell and this podcast is for anyone who wants to turn their purpose into a platform. Each week I'll share insights, lessons learned and interviews that will help you discover, develop and grow your brand. The journey onward starts here!
The key to a personal brand isn't the "what" or "how" of what we do. When we build on this we blend in with everyone else. The key to standing out is discovering our "Why?" Our "why" is our purpose, it's the thing that truly drives us in everything that we do.
Here are two things I do with clients to help them discover their "Why?"
1. What do you want to be known for when you're 70 years old?
2. What did you like and dislike about each job that you've had?
In the middle of that, mixed in with your strengths is your "Why?"
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell and this podcast is for anyone who wants to turn their purpose into a platform. Each week I'll share insights, lessons learned and interviews that will help you discover, develop and grow your brand. The journey onward starts here!
It doesn't matter if you work for someone else or for yourself, the best time to build your personal brand is today. There are three steps to building your personal brand:
1. Discover your super power
2. Develop an Ecosystem
3. Activate the brand
Ready to turn your purpose into a platform?Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell and this podcast is for anyone who wants to turn their purpose into a platform. Each week I'll share insights, lessons learned and interviews that will help you discover, develop and grow your brand. The journey onward starts here!
Forget the resolutions! Forget the random goals. If you want 2021 to be amazing, do these three things:
1. Define your ideal life, every aspect of it
2. Define your current life
3. Target goals that will bring your current into alignment with your ideal.
Ready to turn your purpose into a platform?Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell and this podcast is for anyone who wants to turn their purpose into a platform. Each week I'll share insights, lessons learned and interviews that will help you discover, develop and grow your brand. The journey onward starts here!
These are three big lessons learned from successful small business owners:
1. They know that they don't know everything.
2. They change up so they can level up.
3. They find a balance and then accept the results.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell Brand Strategist and Fractional CMO. If you're ready to accelerate growth in your business then this is the podcast for you. Each week I share insights and lessons learned about how to discover, define and activate your brand so you see significant growth.
Small business owners are amazing at so many things. They're usually really good at their "thing" whether it's a product or a service. They're also good at selling, they have to be. But marketing is the area they struggle with. These are three mistakes I see small business owners make with their marketing.
1. They make it all about themselves.
2. They do what everyone else is doing.
3. They fail to build out the customer journey
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur. This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business.
Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness!
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The choice is never easy....be an entrepreneur or work for someone else. 2020 has changed our lives and our careers and a lot of people are trying to figure out what to do. I can't give you a simple, one-size-fits-all answer but these three criteria will help.
1. Define what your superpower is and what you're the best at.
2. Look at the phase of life you're in.
3. Take the time to clearly develop what you actually want in life.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur. This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business.
Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness!
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
Whether you're rebuilding after a layoff, growing in your career or wanting to grow your business here are three things that can help you.
1. Define your magic or find your hook
2. Develop a personal brand
3. Take immediate action and activate
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur. This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business.
Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness!
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
What are you building during COVID? The fact is, most of us have more time right now. Commutes are gone School is at home We’re traveling less We’re at home more Business is slow You’re job searching Maybe you’re experiencing a few of these, or all of these. Regardless we have more time than we normally do. What are you doing with it? I’m going all in on my personal brand. I’ve been on LinkedIn 5x week for 7 weeks. I’ve seen my numbers go from 800 to around 3600 connections. I’ve done over 20+ virtual coffees with people from LinkedIn. I’m redoing my personal website. I’m redesigning and pivoting my podcast of 4+ years. Life will pick up again. The days, nights and weekends will get busy again. I want to be ready. What are you doing during this season?
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur. This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business.
Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness!
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
We assume that failure is the #1 one thing keeping us from success. It's not. The biggest preventer of success is not starting. So many of us have an idea, have a moment of clarity, we hear an idea that captures our imagination.....but then we fail to launch. Don't let this keep you from your ideal life.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur. This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business.
Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness!
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
What do you want to be known for? These eight words can change your life. You can answer: What do you want to do? How much do you want to make? Where do you want to live? They have impact but determining what you want to be known for will change everything.
Check out our full backstory here.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur. This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business.
Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness!
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
There's no Waze for life, I wish there was. Sometimes we realize that the path we're on isn't the right one and it's time for a redirect. It doesn't mean we change the destination, simply the path.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur. This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business.
Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness!
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
Life is a marathon not a sprint. The hustle is vital to seeing our ideas become a reality. It's normal to feel tired, it's normal to pass out when your head hits the pillow. But sometimes we get weary, spent, running on fumes and when we do, we need to pause the hustle.
If you're tired, take a nap and keep going. If you're running on fumes, pause the hustle. It's ok to walk mile 4 so you can run mile 5. So if you need the break, take it. We'll be waiting for you when you jump back in.
Are you ready to discover your greatness?Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur. This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business.
Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness!
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
Walt Disney is known for the empire built in his name, but it wasn't always that way. He struggled throughout the 1920's only to have his largest character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, stolen from him. Soon after he created the legendary Mickey Mouse. But even that wasn't easy as over 300 bankers told him now before someone would finally fund his project.
A lot of you are struggling and 2020 has thrown you substantial curve balls. You can't give up because often times your greatest success comes from your darkest season.
Are you ready to discover your greatness?Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur. This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business.
Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness!
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
If I could hop in a Delorean and travel back in time (every one knows those are the best time machines) I would go back to when I was 18. I was much thinner but clueless about so many things. If I could go back I would tell 18 year old Jack to do these three things:
1. Discover yourself. Study your personality, your strengths, figure out how you're wired and own it.
2. Write out your 70 year old story. I've always run hard, but for a while I had no destination in mind. I wish I would have taken the time to discover what really mattered to me.
3. Start creating. A few powerful things happen when you consistently create content: you fine tune your own point of view, you become more confident in your own skin, and you build a network of people who already believe in you.
Are you ready to discover your greatness?Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur. This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business.
Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness!
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
You're more than a job, more than a title, more than what you create or what you do. You have a "magic" to you. It's the heart of your identity and discovering it can change your life.
Knowing your personal brand does two things. It gives you clarity to live and make choices by. It also helps you stand out from everyone else.
Regardless of which career path you're choosing, knowing your personal brand can change everything.
Are you ready to discover your greatness?Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur. This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business.
Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness!
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
You're more than a job, role, title or what you create. You are known for something, you have a reputation. This is your brand. Personal brands aren't just for the famous, the influencers. Each one of us has a personal brand. If we want to succeed in life and business we have to discover and define our magic, our greatness.
Are you ready to discover your greatness?Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur. This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business.
Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness!
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
The world needs your greatness. It's not only the thing that you need to discover but it's also your superpower.
You're more than a role...title...job description...service....or product. You're specially wired, gifted and talented to solve a problem. You're here to make the world a better place.
Are you ready to develop your greatness?Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
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If you're not sure what to do next, you're not alone. Think about 2020: COVID-19, social unrest, masks, hazmat suits, killer hornets, locusts, and the threat of a Nickelback reunion tour (not true but would definitely fit in 2020). Add to that the unemployment rate and the uncertainty and it's easy and perfectly normal to feel unsure.
I have a solution and it all has to do with the way you think about yourself. If you few yourself as a job/role/title/position then you wake up daily with the need to find work. Even if you own your own business it's easy to think of yourself as a product/service. What if we changed this?
You are a solution. You're a problem solver. I want you to reframe how you think about yourself, your company, your art form, whatever you have as a solution to someone's problem. This is the way to create opportunity in the midst of a crisis.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
Opportunity: a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something
We often thing wrongly about this word because we think of it as the result instead of the circumstances. "Opportunity" isn't a result, it's not a job, internship or study opportunity. Opportunity is what you currently have.
COVID-19, the recession, your creativity and restless spirit: this is your set of circumstances....this is your opportunity. What will you do with it?
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
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It's easy to feel overwhelmed right now. 2020 has been one hell of a year so far and the impact on our lives and minds is significant. I'm hard wired as an achiever and love the hustle, but I'm pushing a different message for this season. These are unique times and a lot of us are wondering what to do next.
Here are four things to do when we don't know what to do:
1. Pause don't quit
2. Feed your soul and mind
3. Focus on the priorities
4. Allow for evolution
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
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Greatness = the quality or state of being great (as in size, skill, achievement, or power).
We all have the ability to be great. Few of us ever discover and believe in our greatness. Even fewer take the time and effort to develop it. Greatness is seen in the spotlight but developed in the shadows. It requires grit, determination, and an unholy amount of patience. But to those who push through, they have impact and can change their world. Here's to Greatness!
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
LinkedIn, I've always considered it to be the nerdy, stuffy brother in the social media family. A few weeks ago I started experimenting with this platform and I've been blown away. It has quickly become my favorite space to engage and network.
The key to LinkedIn is adding value to your connections. LinkedIn is a long game where you build community, foster connections and engage people. The way that you think precedes the thing you sell.
LinkedIn is all about Humans doing business.
What will you do this week on LinkedIn? Share with us on the Facebook Group
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
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Welcome to Five Minute Friday. Steven Pressfield says "Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance."
What does the unlived life feel like? What does your ideal life feel like? What do you feel like on your ideal day? Define it, own it, go after it. This is where the battle occurs....on the delta between the life you live and unlived life.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
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Fear is always there. It keeps you alive, it keeps you safe, it preserves. It also prevents us from going after our possibilities. Fear robs of success far more times than failure ever does.
We can't ignore fear but we need something to motivate us to move in spite of the fear. We need a big dream. A dream worth waking up for, a dream that means something to us, a dream worth fighting for.
To rob fear of having the final word, you need to know: what you want, why you want it and what you're going to do about it.
Share your big dream with us on the Facebook Group
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
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There are so many competing voices in our heads "Work more"..."Work less"....which can leave us asking "What do I need to do?"
We can learn from the others, from people like me, but we have to decide for ourselves what matters. We can shape the voice inside our heads.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
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Have you ever bought a new red car, maybe a BMW or a Camry and suddenly you see them everywhere? This is the called Red Car Syndrome and is based on Baader Meinhof Phenomenon. It happens when when you see, buy or learn something new and suddenly you see it everywhere.
Red Car Syndrome can be harnessed to help you discover and engage the opportunities that are important to you. How do we harness the power?
1. Surround yourself with the positive, the helpful
2. Know what you do well
3. Know what you want
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
Do you want unlimited potential? Do you want to be agile and always progressing? Be a learner! Curiosity, humility and perseverance will take you to places you never imagined possible.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
There's always competition and they usually have more money to spend on ads and marketing. How can we compete? We have to change the conversation and make it all about the customer. Better business happens when we place the customer at the center of everything we do.
Are you ready to build and grow your business?Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
No matter what you're selling, you have an ideal avatar. Only toilet paper and bread have universal audiences, everything else is niche. The two key elements to selling is an understanding of your avatar (customer persona, ideal customer) and your unique value proposition. In this podcast I'll help you define and connect with your ideal avatar.
Are you ready to define and engage your avatar?Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
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When is the best time to take action? Now. So many times we want to wait until it "feels" right or the goosebumps hit and we feel like it's the right time. Ready isn't a feeling, it's a choice!
Are you ready to take action?Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
Uncertainty happens to all of us. We're all feeling it right now but the truth is that face it all the time. It's easy to let the uncertainty rob us of our confidence. So how do we stay confident?
1. Know yourself
2. Do what you do best
3. Keep your perspective
4. Assess the real cause
5. Engage a Growth Mindset
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
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You can't stand out as a Creative Entrepreneur by playing it safe. The world wants more Freddie Mercury from all of us. Go give it 150% and be larger than life!
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
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"How does one become a butterfly? You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar." -- Trina Paulus
Success is a journey. The truth is, you can't stay where you are and journey onward, it's not possible. Part of the success journey is the season of sacrifice. This season requires that we sacrifice a few things, making different choices. If we want to succeed we much chose:
Future over Feelings Growth over Safety Action over beliefs
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
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If you want to see an increase in your business, you have to try more and fail more. Whatever you want more of, make more attempts. It's simple but it requires that we exert more energy and get used to failing often. Are you in?
This is the first episode of Five Minute Friday, a weekly podcast to help you end out the week.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
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The chaos of the Corona virus has definitely thrown a lot of us a curveball. If this was a movie it would be a plot twist, something unexpected that changes the course of the rest of the story. With this in mind I've done three things in my own life to start building momentum again!
1. Write my life story. Where do I want to be at 70 years old. What have I accomplished? What am I known for?
2. Focused on self-awareness and alignment. I've spent some serious time defining my strengths and looking at Enneagram.
3. Connecting with others on the same journey. Community has been amazing during this process!
Are you ready to make a pivot?Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
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None of us could have ever predicted the way this crisis and the impact that it would have on our lives and business. Many of us went to bed one night with a solid plan and a steady business and woke up the next morning to an inbox of cancellations. Sometimes life changes, sometimes we change and we're left wondering "Now What?"
If you're ready for a change, it's time to pivot!
There are seven steps to an effective pivot:
1. Define your why 2. Choose a new destination 3. Find/build a new tribe 4. Look for the gaps 5. Resource and invest 6. Develop a launch plan 7. Make the shift
Are you ready to make a pivot?Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
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We’re living in a revolution! We're watching as brands that only "sell" are struggling with what to say. In many ways, they've gone silent. In their place has emerged an amazing group of content creators teaching us to cook, dance, paint, think and live. Social is fostering humanity and it's becoming the new normal.
It's time for all of us to rethink social media and how we can truly engage and invest in our followers. If you want to build a brand or business that will thrive in the post Corona economy, now is the time.
Do you have an idea that you want to see developed? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
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There's a lot to be concerned about right now, related to health and finances. Many of us are being effected in either or both of these areas. In spite of this, there are also amazing things happening. It's actually possible to create momentum for your life and business during this lock-down, here's how:
1. Turn off the news
2. Set a launch date
3. Set goals and learn
4. Remember this isn't a staycation
5. Go all in on social, add value and try new things
If you need help, reach out! Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
The impact of the Corona virus is truly unprecedented and the uncertainty can be overwhelming. We know that to protect ourselves physically we need to stay inside and wash our hands frequently. But how do we protect our mentality and our actions?
1. Mindset. This is truly key to our survival.
2. This isn't a staycation. It's time to rethink and pivot.
3. Solve problems.
4. Celebrate the beauty.
If you need help, reach out! Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
We have it all wrong! We've been told the key to success is to study someone and copy them....become their little disciple and that this will lead to success. The issue is....you're not them....you are you!
Each one of us is uniquely wired, skilled and gifted to do certain things in a way just as unique as we are. This is what I call your magic, the thing you do unlike anyone else. When you find it and are brave enough to own it....amazing things happen!
Ready for some help on the journey? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
Are you feeling drained? Are the long hours taking their toll? Are you possibly questioning your own sanity? Welcome to entrepreneurship! It's all exciting on Instagram but in reality it can be exhausting and if we're not careful we can lose the joy that we first launched with.
Here are eight ways to stay energized:
1. Build a business that matters to you
2. Stick to your values
3. Don't compare yourself to others
4. Focus on the customers
5. Remove the toxicity
6. Embrace the pivot
7. Celebrate everything
8. Remember, it's just business
Ready for some help on the journey? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
The "burn" is key to the life of the creative entrepreneur. The burn is a high energy season that moves us from one level to another. It can be both rewarding and draining because it devours an intense amount of resources. Here are three things that will help you make it through the burn.
1. Commitment
2. Mindset
3. Community
Ready for some help on the journey? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
Failure, we will all deal with it at some point. Most of us will deal with it many times throughout our lives and careers. Regardless of whose fault it is, it stings and if not careful can paralyze us to ever risk again.
Bumper sticker answers don't really help us truly deal with failure. The only true way to change how we respond to failure is to change how we respond to success.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
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Are you ready for a breakthrough? Clarity around next steps? The key is to move beyond "what you do" to "who you are and what you love." You're not a painter, you're more than that. You're not a coach, you're more than that. The power of who you are lies in the second half of those sentences.
Discovering who you are is like breaking through the clouds....everything becomes clear. So if you're ready for a breakthrough in your life and business, press into your identity and get ready for the game to change!
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love.
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Big decisions face all of us and knowing which way to choose can be difficult. However, there are two things that will help us make the best decisions possible: vision and values.
Vision: Where do you want to be and what do you want to be known for?
Values: What is important for the phase of the journey that you're on.
Have big decisions to make? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
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Human centric business strategy is the latest revolution to in business and most are either unaware or unsure how to engage it. Whether you’re a business of one or of one thousand placing the customer at the center of everything you do makes all the difference.
Here are for benefits to having a human centric business strategy:
It helps you develop your product. When you know your customer and their needs it gives you significant clarity for product development. The idea isn’t the goal, solving their problem is the goal.
You have clarity for marketing. Once you know your customers needs, you simply speak to it. To be honest, most people don’t care about the details, they care about the results.
You can create an experience. Digital is no longer the Holy Grail in business, experience is. We want our brands to remove all the obstacles and friction and lead us on a well developed experience.
It helps create a healthy culture. Your culture influences everything. When you please people at the center of everything you do, everyone benefits from the inside out.
Are you ready to build your strategy today? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
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People matter. You become like the 5 people you spend the most amount of time with. If you're serious about success in business and life, you've got to curate your relationships.
How do you attract better people into your life?
1. Clear out some room
2. Define what you want
3. Be the person you want to attract
4. Be brave and go meet people
Are you ready to take action today? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
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Do you want to be successful? There are three traits that are consistent in those who build successful businesses.
1. Be Curious
2. Be a learner
3. Invest in yourself
Are you ready to make 2020 the best year ever? Let's Talk!
This is day five of "Your Best Year". A five day podcast series on Onward Creatives.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
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How do I get started? This is always one of the biggest questions and always where people get stuck. So let's make it easy....here's how to get started:
If you are:
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This is day four of "Your Best Year". A five day podcast series on Onward Creatives.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
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When we start the year we think of words like: goals, action, go, strategy, change but the one word we overlook is the one word we so badly need....no. Highly successful people don't run around in madness and busyness....they're laser focused and say "yes" to a few things while saying "no" to everything else.
1. Say no to other opportunities. They may be good, but they're a distraction.
2. Say no the toxic, drama-filled, negative people. They're not heading where you are you don't need them.
3. Say no to yourself. We are all superheroes mixed with kryptonite. Say yes to the Ironman within but give no voice to the Joker within.
Are you ready to make 2020 the best year ever? Let's Talk!
This is day three of "Your Best Year". A five day podcast series on Onward Creatives.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
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You can't wait! Once you know what you want to do this year: discover, launch, grow, pivot you need to take some type of action. Every idea has a rot rate, the longer you wait the greater the chance of the idea never happening. The sooner you act on your why and what, the greater the chance of it becoming a reality.
So today, do something. Buy a book, do research, sign up for a conference, buy a domain, make the call, book a coaching session. If you're serious about seeing your "why" and "what" become a reality this year, take action now!
Are you ready to make 2020 the best year ever? Let's Talk!
This is day two of "Your Best Year". A five day podcast series on Onward Creatives.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
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Most of our resolutions and goals fail for one big reason....they are "what's" and "what's" don't inspire us. Our goals of self-discovery, launching a business, growing sales or influence or career pivots are great, but they're just the "what's."
Simon Sinek says "There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you and inspire it." The way to inspire your own behavior is to discover the why behind the what.
Every one of us in this group is either discovering, launching, growing or pivoting. We all have a goal or two, some small and some large within those areas that we want to see become a reality this year. That's awesome and I celebrate it. But if you want to increase the odds of it becoming a reality you need to push deeper to the "why?" Why do you want to discover, launch, grow or pivot? Whatever this answer is, this becomes your rallying cry for the year.
Move beyond a simple goal...put a date on it and define the why.
This is the first day of "Your Best Year". A five day podcast series on Onward Creatives.
Are you ready to make 2020 the best year ever? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
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Sometimes the idea you have doesn't work like you hoped it would. What do you do when it's not working?
Here's a checklist of questions to work through to determine what your next steps are:
1. What is the ultimate goal? 2. Is the business a good fit for your life? 3. Is it selling? 4. Does your product/idea/art help people? 5. Is it a product or pipeline issue? 6. Is the issue a lack of attention or a lack of trust?
Are you ready to make 2020 the best year ever? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
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2020 starts now! Don't wait until the calendar changes to start moving towards your goals, do it now. The next few days and weeks can be an incredible combo of relaxation and creativity. A great way to get a jump start on 2020 is to create some dissonance. Give yourself a few things to wrestle with so in those quiet moments your mind can start to solve these problems.
Here are a few questions to ask to help create the dissonance:
1. What was your biggest obstacle in 2019?
2. What derailed you from achieving your goals?
3. If you could solve one issue, what would it be?
Are you ready to make 2020 the best year ever? Let's Talk!
Join Valentina for her 25 Days of Christmas series on Youtube.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
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These four questions will help you honestly assess your year.
1. Where did I succeed?
2. Where did I flop?
3. What gaps do I see?
4. What surprises did I experience?
Are you ready to 2.0 yourself and your business? Let's Talk!
Join Valentina for her 25 Days of Christmas series on Youtube.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
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Chances are if you're listening to this podcast you are driven. This isn't the type of podcast that complacent people listen to. Being driven is awesome and necessary if you want to succeed, but it can also have a dark side. If all we see is the gap between what is and what can be, it's easy to be miserable.
Gratitude is the best way to balance this out make it all make sense. Drive is what gets you up in the morning, gratitude gives you a reason to smile when you do. Adding gratitude to your life allows you to keep the drive in place but enjoy the journey.
This episode is a must for everyone wanting to grow and evolve to the next level.
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Join Valentina for her 25 Days of Christmas series on Youtube.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
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Knowing an owning your differences is the key to success in life and business. You owe it to yourself, your business and your customers to discover and build around your differences. It will feel strange at first because we've been programmed to be just like every one else but no one ever stands out by being the same.
Are you ready to go big and own the differences? Let's Talk!
Join Valentina for her 25 Days of Christmas series on Youtube.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
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You're an amazing individual, uniquely skilled, amazing at certain things....and so much more than a job or role. Every person has an identity or magic to them. It doesn't live on the surface like a job or hobby but is hidden deep inside. If we want to live a successful and meaningful life we have to discover our identity, it's the key to everything.
How do we do it?
Ready to discover your identity? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
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Helicopters, Ferraris, non-stop content creation and endless energy. This is what the entrepreneur life is all about. My reality is a beat up iPhone 7, forgetting to post on IG and bags under my eyes so large they wouldn’t even fit in the overhead compartment. I am the world’s worst entrepreneur. My IG feed is full of amazing quotes pushing me onward, pics of entrepreneurs in the most exotic locations and countless rags to riches stories. It sounds awesome and some days I feel like I come close to touching this ideal but many days (and late nights) I feel like this life is a million miles from my reality.
To be honest, I'm fairly certain that I'm the world's worst entrepreneur. I don't have a helicopter, I don't always exhibit the "Top Ten Entrepreneurial Habits", and I probably work way too much. To be honest I drink too much coffee, don't sleep enough, buy more books than I read, and sometimes I simply want to chill out with a Moscow Mule and watch a few episodes of the Office.
So I'm either the worst....or I'm simply normal.
The reality is that life rarely looks like we see in media....it's way more human. So if you're struggling to get it all done, you're normal. If you're struggling to make the right choices daily, you're normal. If you're working way too much and are daily tempted to throw in the towel, you're normal.
So if you're like me what can you do?
1. Do what you can do. Make priorities and stick with them. You're not Superman, you can't do everything.
2. Keep at it. You will be tired, you will work too much, you will be underpaid. BUT if you keep at it you can have a life like no other.
3. Find community. You may feel like you're alone, but you're not. Find others that are on the same journey and travel together. Feel free to download the Marco Polo App and let's have a conversation.
Ready to finish 2019 with a bang? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
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You can't be the same and expect different results. If you truly want different results from life, business, relationships, health you must reinvent yourself.
The truth is, every hero is made by the process of reinvention. If you're ready for your ideal life, this is a journey you need to take.
Are you ready to reinvent yourself? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
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Your mindset makes all the difference. It will either open up a world of possibilities or keep you exactly where you are. Most of us start small. Even a well funded startup launches from a relatively small space. In spite of how we start, we don't have to stay small.
Mindset precedes growth. Growth doesn't create the mindset, the mindset creates the growth. My early days at Starbucks taught me to always develop, look to level up, and never, ever stay stagnate. Not only does this apply to our personal life, I truly believe that this mindset can be applied to any type of business or creative act.
If we want to grow our business and develop to the next level we must:
Think Large Build Large Lead Large
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
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Naming can be so difficult but the impact is significant. With over 500k new businesses being started every month we're facing a shortage of names. Today's guest, bestselling author Jeremy Miller, not only shares why names are so important but also shares his amazing naming process.
Whether you're actively naming a company or product or not, this podcast is full of amazing insight. Jeremy's approach to naming not only creates a great name but equally as important, leads to a release of creativity among the team.
We also talk about the future of branding and the importance of alignment between operations, sales and marketing. Whether you're just getting started or are well on your way this holistic approach to brand building is where the magic is. This is what customers love!
To find out more about Jeremy Miller, visit here.
To order his new book Brand New Name, click here.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
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We're in the midst of another marketing revolution. Everything is about the customer! You can no longer stand out simply by offering digital, or having a consistent visual identity or a great backstory....everyone has those. How do you stand out? You make everything about the customer.
The brands who focus on customers win in three big ways: they see greater retention, higher satisfaction and more word of mouth referrals. Does this sound like something your business/brand needs?Of course it does....we all need it.
The big question is how do we get it? You start with the customer and go beyond demographics....that's only the beginning. You understand they're spoken and unspoken needs and you build a process to meet all of their needs. The customer journey is at the heart of creating this customer narrative and the key is thoughtfulness. The brands that we love have been thoughtful about every touchpoint along the customer journey.
The best news is that size and budget have nothing to do with the ability to create a great customer narrative. Anyone can compete in this space and stand out. If you want to succeed in the new revolution....focus on the customer narrative!
Do you want more repeat customers and referrals? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
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There are a few books that have changed my life forever. They've not only changed the way that I live, but they've changed the way that I view and build business.
Here are the five: (if you buy from here you can help support the podcast)
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
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You have to stand out! If you look and sound just like everyone else why should someone choose you? Competition is intense and now it's global. The key is standing out!
How do you stand out?
1. Focus on the customer. They are the ones who will choose you over the others. It's important what they want in both the spoken and unspoken space.
2. Define what makes you different. The key to this is that it has to matter to the customer. This isn't middle school anymore....different is good!
3. Look and sound different. Pull up their sites and their IG accounts....do you all look the same? Create an identity that connects with your customer and sets you apart at the same time.
4. Focus on the experience. Your competition is the best customer experience they've had. So become a little marketer and study what the best do in customer experience and bring it into your space.
Are you ready to stand out? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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Starting a business or making big pivots can be difficult. We made a huge move a few years ago where we not only changed zip codes but we changed country codes. It's often difficult in the middle of big moves and risks to see beyond the work to evaluate how you're processing it all. But what if we could time travel?
Imagine if we could hop in a Delorean and travel back to five years ago, what important lessons or insights would we share with ourselves? Listen in as we share our top six things we wish that we knew five years ago.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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Growth is something we all long for and yet at times it seems to elude us. Growth in business can be focused on so many different things: sales, profit, influence, brand alignment. Regardless of how we measure growth we have to acknowledge the gap where frustration lives. This is gap exists between where we are and where we want to be.
When we find ourselves in this space it's important to assess the cause. Is it a foundational issue or an idea or product issue? The better we assess the root cause of the gap the greater insight we gather to find solutions.
The most important thing is to keep going, and not to settle for the current state. So many businesses and individuals plateau and make their home in the gap....remember, you were never meant to live in the gap. So don't give up, don't settle, take the time to assess and then do everything you can to level up.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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There's so much to learn from this amazing conversation with Macy Mcneely. At the heart of everything Macy does is persuasion. To persuade is to move someone towards a course of action. Macy has a natural gift to cast a vision and then actively gathers people around her to move towards this vision.
In this podcast we talk about her movement "Good is cool" and the powerful way that it helps people make the best decisions. We also talk about initial failure in sales which resulted in an amazing partnership with her dad called "Clearly Confident" a three day sales training held multiple times per year.
She also shares three tips for selling on Instagram.
1. Tell others stories, a more subtle way to establish authority.
2. Be enthusiastic. You must believe in what you're selling.
3.Learn proper communications skills. Remember that everything is a personal connection.
Be sure to follow Macy on Instagram @macymcneely
Clearly Confident and Daily Deposit
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
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Winning at Instagram isn't about numbers, it's about engagement. Enough with obsessing over the daily gain and loss of followers, enough with the gimmicks and hype, it's time to change the conversation.
Connections over following, this is where the magic is. Winning at Instagram is actually quite simple and old-school. It's about making connections. Whether you have an audience of 100 or 100,000 connect with your audience.
There are three ways to win at Instagram:
1. Facilitate online conversations. You have tools such as comments, likes and direct messages....use them.
2. Take the online...offline. Business is still human, so make the connections human. Grab a coffee, beer or even gather a handful from the IG in real time.
3. Give, give, give. Use your connections and influence to help others succeed. Make the introductions and watch as this human ecosystem begins to take shape.
Ready to build your Instagram Strategy Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
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Word of mouth has always been the preferred way of doing business. The struggle has always been the absence of a way to scale word of mouth. Nano and micro influencers are the answer because they literally personify word of mouth marketing.
Social media is more than a variety of apps aimed at entertaining us. Social media has created an influencer marketing space worth over $10 billion dollars. This landscape has mostly been dominated by the mega influencers, but the tide is changing. Not only are the mega influencers seeing engagements rate decrease they're seeing trust decrease. People want more than a spokesperson. They want a human connection.
We're seeing the rise of the new influencer both the micro (5-25k followers) and the nano (1-5k followers.) This group is amazing because they more abundant, easier to connect with and most importantly they still have connections to their followers.
Regardless of the size of your business or the marketing budget you have it's vital to have a way to connect with nano and micro influencers.
Here's what I'm doing:
1. Connecting with nano/micro influencers in my local cities.
2. Setting up personal connects. Literally seeing the digital realized in real life.
3. Creating connections between this group in real life gatherings.
Are you ready for the new influencer? How will you connect with them?
Ready to connect with the new influencers? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
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At the heart of selling is the customer experience. An ad may capture your attention, content may create interest but the customer experience is where the magic happens. This is the space where win or lose, this is the epicenter of the entire process.
How do we create an engaging customer experience? We have to think of every detail of the process from the customer's perspective. Here are a few questions to ask:
1. What is my brand's digital/physical curb appeal? 2. What does my website/store/point of sale look, smell, sound and feel like? 3. How do I make the experience as human as possible? 4. How easy is it to find what they want? 5. How easy is it to purchase/buy/donate/exchange? 6. How do I care for people post-sale?
These guys are doing it well
Ready to create the customer experience? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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Ready to earn your customer's trust? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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It's not enough to grab people's attention, a lot of brands do that. Trust is the currency of business, and earning it is vital to the customer journey. Customers care less about perception and more about experience. Every day well "branded" companies go out of business while "hole in the wall" places flourish....what's the difference? Consistency of experience.
Customers engage brands that they trust and this trust is earned when THEIR understanding of the brand matches THEIR experience. In the old world the brand proclaimed the greatness and established the trust. In this new world the customer proclaims the greatness and socializes the experience.
Money is always preceded by trust. When brands earn our trust, they earn our money. When they lose our trust, they lose our money. The key to trust is consistency in every part of the experience. Brands earn our trust when they create a consistent experience from start to finish.
Three brands that consistently earn our trust:
1. Apple: Helps people be inspired, confident and feel better about themselves.
2. Target: Combines creativity, low prices and unique design offerings in spaces that feel warm and human.
3. Lush: Believes that beauty can be human, happy and naturally indulgent.
Ready to earn your customer's trust? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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Regardless of size, we all face the same battle...the one for attention. Whether you're a brand of one or a brand of many attention is the first step in nudging customers on their journey. No matter what you make, if they don't know you exist they can't buy from you.
You probably feel the pain on a daily basis: you design the site, you publish the video, you open the store and the silence is deafening. There are great brands like Glossier, Everlane and Warby Parker that have captured our attention and turned us into fans. How did they do it? Here are the four things these brands have in common:
1. They know and understand their audience 2. They're defined the problem(s) their customers have 3. They know how they uniquely solve the problem 4. They actively communicate in unique and consistent ways
Ready to get your customer's attention? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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The Customer Journey is at the heart of an effective marketing strategy. Whether you're a company of one or one thousand your chances of success greatly improve when you understand the customer journey. Once you have this journey mapped out then it's time to overlay content.
The goal of the content is to move people through the four steps of the customer journey: awareness, reputation, exchange and advocacy.
Here are the key steps to developing this content strategy:
1. Identify your customers. Who are the key 2-3 people who will ultimately make an exchange with you?
2. Define their problem. You're selling more than a product, you're selling a solution. Dig into your customers worldview to discover their key problem.
3. Create content/strategy for each step of the journey.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
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Frustration finds all of us at times. Frustration isn't a sign that things aren't working, it's actually a sign that you're on the right path. Frustration exists because we have taste. When we see what can be in our business and we see where it is, we get frustrated. If we see the gap as a failure then we quit, and someone else fills in the space. But if we learn to live with frustration, and use it with a growth mindset incredible things can happen.
How do you turn frustration into momentum?
1. Remember that it's proof of your magic 2. Engage a growth mindset 3. Keep at it.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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Customer Experience is the new Battleground for Marketing! The key to great customer experience is understanding the customer journey. How do you build around the customer journey?
1. Acknowledge the journey.
2. Define the journey:
3.Experience the journey: Learn from those who do it well. Southwest Airlines, Disney, Ritz-Carlton, Sephora, Carvana, Barkbox, Apple, Trader Joes, Zappos.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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How do you build reputation without becoming the hero of the story? Empathy! We all love brands that make us feel important, it's just the way it works. So when we focus on building reputation we face two choices: 1. Build our reputation around ourselves or 2. Build our reputation on the customer experience. If we want to be the guide and keep the customer as the hero then using empathy to build the customer experience is the best choice.
We must start with the customer journey, understanding every step from first contact to post-purchase. Once we've mapped it out we overlay with empathy. This question is key: What do I feel/think at this stage of the journey? Once we've answered, we leverage empathy to create an experience and this creates loyal fans and an amazing reputation.
1. Empathy makes things easier. Filter Easy does an amazing job of this by providing a service that removes the hassle around changing your air filters.
2. Empathy redefines the experience. Most of us hate flying but we LOVE Southwest Airlines. SWA plays on level playing field with other airlines but they use empathy to redefine the experience.
3. Empathy creates magic! Disney uses empathy to create magic. They turned the once seedy amusement park into a legendary experience. They utilize a wide array of elements to keep the customer engaged and excited throughout the entire experience.
How can you use empathy to build your brand reputation?
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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Money isn't the goal, trust is! Trust is the actual currency of business and reputation is one of the key tools you have to earn this trust.
Everyone talks about marketing, do a search on YouTube, iTunes or Google and you'll be flooded with articles on how to market. Don't get me wrong it does matter what you do if people don't know you exist. But your reputation is WHY they buy from you.
How do you build a reputation like Disney, Nike or Chick-fil-a?
1. Define your desired reputation
2. Align EVERYTHING with this reputation
3. Listen and Pivot
Are you ready to earn trust? I can help. Sign up here for a free consultation.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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This is the key to building a successful brand.....understanding your customer! Competition is more intense than ever and technology is continually changing the playing field, so how we do compete? A human or customer centric approach will disrupt and help you stand out. It sounds simple enough but I continually hear this feedback "I don't understand my customers, I don't know who they are."
So how do we stand out from the competition and build a successful brand? Here are three key steps to take:
Know your Customer
Discover their Problem
Become their Guide
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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Failure! It will happen to all of us! The question isn't "will I fail?" the question is "What do I do when I fail?"
The issue with failure is that it can rob us of what we ultimately want: to feel respected, valued and appreciated. When we fail at something or one of our ideas fails it can sting deeply and if not dealt with correctly can actually derail us.
Here are five ways to get through the failures:
1. Know yourself. Do I have a fixed mindset or a growth mindset?
2. Map out what went wrong. What contributed to the failure?
3. Reflect and pivot. How adjustments can I make going forward?
4. Fill in the gaps. What skills or knowledge do I need to acquire?
5. Get back up and go again.
Are you ready to make your failure work for you? Let's talk! Sign up here for a free consultation.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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"How do I build my Instagram following?" I hear this question (and ask it) every day. Over 1 Billion of us are on Instagram and we all recognize that it's at the heart of content and marketing.....but we also recognize that it's a beast to build on.
So how do we stand out from the other billion users? The best strategy is to avoid the gimmicks and short cuts and take a human centric approach.
1. Focus on your audience: Why are they on Instagram? Do they want to be entertained or educated? What is the problem they have? How do you solve it? Once you know these answers then you tell a story each and every day. Even on short form channels such as IG stories matter….and ultimately the story is about the audience.
2. Define your identity: We all desire consistency and consistency breeds trust. What is the look and feel of your feed? People will browse your feed and quickly determine whether they should take a deeper look. So the goal is a look that is consistent but also invites curiosity.
3. Tell a story: Think of your feed as one giant story with each day being a page. Once you have your identity and story then post frequently. People are on IG multiple times per day, if you post 1x week you will be virtually invisible to most users. Also make sure to use hashtags to lead more people to your feed.
4. Connect with others: Instagram is a conversation. Traditional media is a one way conversation, don’t treat IG like this. Start with your profile….what does it say about you? How does it let your audience know what they can expect and why you matter to them? Use Linktree to add more links to your profile. And once you post, make sure to post on other platforms for maximum impact.
5. Be human: People often ask how to build their following Organically….simple….be organic, be human. We don’t like faceless brands, we want to engage with people more than ever before and technology simply facilitates this. Engage with micro influencers is a great way to make human connections. Utilizing stories and live video is another amazing way to make your feed more “sticky”. And lastly….always go for a conversation.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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Marketing, one of life's biggest mysteries! Everyone has questions and everyone also seemingly has an answer. Regardless of the space you're in I see one glaring mistake across the board....not creating content. Content creation is the key in the new value economy.
Interruptions are out....value is in. So many of us are still operating like it was 2005 of 2006 when all you had to do was show up and the world came knocking. Those days are gone and internet requires more than you showing up....it requires resources. You either sacrifice money or time. Time and value are the keys as it engages beyond an interruption. So how do you create content?
1. Identify your audience
2. Define THEIR problem
3. Determine your preferred channel
4. Be there, be consistent and be social
5. Create sawdust
Are you ready to solve your marketing problem? Let's talk! Sign up here for a free consultation.
Welcome to the onward creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
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Compare and despair, most of us have felt the bitter sting. We're confronted in real time with the delta between our success and the success of others. We may not see their bank account but we see their likes, comments, features, endless vacations and it leaves us with the horrible sting of compare and despair. What do we do with it?
1. Embrace it and let it propel us
2.Celebrate the success of others
3.Learn from their successes
4. Always dig into the reality
5. Be patient. Nothing happens overnight!
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Welcome to the onward creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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Entrepreneurs and creatives have more in common than they think. Both have ideas they want to see come to life and both have to develop their skills to make it happen. So if the overall goal is the same, to see an idea come to life, then the skills required are also the same.
Here are the Ten Things Entrepreneurs can Learn from Creatives:
1. You need self awareness
2. Vision is required
3. Resilience is a must
4. Be ready to pivot
5. You need a healthy dose of narcissism
6. Develop the discipline of practice
7. Courage is required
8. Always be teachable
9. See life as a show
10. Live with optimism
If you need some help with content creation, let's talk! Sign up here for a free consultation.
Welcome to the onward creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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It's the question so many of us struggle with. How do I get more attention? Traditionally the path has been ads but those days have changed. Content creation is the new ad and unlike an ad can actually solve a problem. The key to content gaining attention is the vertical approach. Vertical is where you create content around a subject applicable to multiple industries or groups. Here's how to do it...
1. It's about skill not occupation. If you're a video producer you could focus on your skills as a story teller. You could articles for multiple different publications, blogs, podcasts or Youtube videos instructing on how to tell a good story.
2. Determine the horizontals you want to interact with. What spaces do you think could benefit from your skill AND occupation. These spaces are great places to start. Never forget that a CEO is also a dad, so never underestimate different content spaces.
3. Know the platforms. The big question is your platform or theirs. Each bring their advantages and disadvantages and the sweet spot is a balance of both.
4. Execute and be patient. Here's an insider secret....there's no short cut in marketing. Even ads don't work if executing on randomly. Content creation requires a good strategy, consistent execution and patience. The more you create in different spaces the more you develop the reputation as a thought leader. This takes time so keep at it.
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Welcome to the onward creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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The battle is for attention. It sounds new but the fact is the battle has always been for attention. Madison Avenue and the Mad Men have been the gladiators in this battle for years, their tools were TV ads, radio spots and print pieces. So what has changed? The internet and mobile phone have changed everything. We now have access to the same audience they do and the playing field has been leveled.
In spite of how accessible this space is we still struggle with how to get attention. So how do you fight in this new arena and get the limited resource of attention? Content Creation.
There are three key spaces to create content if you want to gain attention.
1. Vertical:Topic Focused Content which Solves a Problem
2. Horizontal: Interest Focused Content with Resources the Life
3. Spherical: Lifestyle Focused Content which Shares the Worldview
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Welcome to the onward creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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The difference between an idle business and a growing one is a growth strategy. Most startups don't survive more than a few years and many side hustles quickly plateau and never reach their full potential. How do we increase our odds of success? A growth strategy.
Regardless of whether the growth is revenue, influence, social following or internally, growth doesn't happen randomly. Long term growth requires a deliberate strategy that focuses everything we do on seeing growth. Here are five key steps to developing a growth strategy:
1. Clarity: You have to know what you want
2. Focus: It's all about growth
3.Strategy: Nothing happens randomly
4. Metrics: How to measure progress
5. Invest, Invest, Invest: There's no slot machine for growth.
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Welcome to the onward creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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The very thing you need to grow your business is the thing most of us hate....marketing. 64% of us see marketing as annoying and intrusive . We hate it so much we'll pay extra for something to avoid the marketing. So how do we stand out in the marketplace if people tune out the noise.
Value Added Marketing is the key. Disney, Starbucks, Amazon, Toms and Barkbox are just a few brands who have built brands that Add Value to people....and we can't stop loving them.
How do you build Value Added Marketing?
1. Know your customer! It all starts with them.
2. Discover the customer's problem.
3. Sell the solution, not the product.
4. Create a memorable customer experience.
Without Value Added Marketing, your brand is just another to ignore!
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Welcome to the onward creatives podcast. A weekly podcast bridging the gap between creativity and business.
This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one's who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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The world is quickly shifting to the freelance era. Over 35% of people in the US have some type of side hustle. There are more of us than ever before working on a side business. The big issue that we all face is how to balance it. If we push too hard we could jeopardize both jobs and if we move too slow we risk never gaining momentum.
Here are seven ways to keep the side hustle moving, in balance:
1.Determine Priorities
2. Set goals and timelines
3. Time Block
4. Space Block
5. Be ready to sacrifice
6. Hire or automate
7. Learn to live with the tension
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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It's go time! You've set some goals for this year to help you make a living doing what you love, and it's time to act on it. I work with a lot of launches and there are always three things launches do.
1. They have to set a launch day. When are you going to start moving towards the big goal. Set a date and make it official.
2. Market. In this case the target is yourself. There are so many competitive voices fighting for your attention, make sure to keep your goals and ideas at the front of your mind.
3. Be patient and Hustle. More often than not things start gradually. Don't be disappointed if the results come in slowly....they usually do. While it builds...keep hustling. Startups require constant energy and usually go through multiple pivots and tweaks. Your big idea or goal is the same, keep at it and put in the time.
Let's make this Your Best Year Ever!
This is Day Seven of "Your Best Year Ever". A seven day podcast series on Onward Creatives.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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Business is all about investment and ROI. As you look at 2019 there are three things that I guarantee will give you a significant return on your investment.
1.Invest in yourself. Use your time wisely and learn: podcasts, Youtube videos, books.
2.Network. Not the boring "hand out business card" type of networking but real networking....the kind that builds referrals.
3.Get into community. The impact of this is profound. Your chances of success increase when you have people investing and resourcing you....and holding you accountable.
You can't be better and be the same. If you want 2019 to be different than 2018 than do things differently.
This is Day Six of "Your Best Year Ever". A seven day podcast series on Onward Creatives.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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Regardless of what you want this year I can promise you this, you will face resistance! The world doesn't like change and does everything it can to keep you just like you are.
You will face three primary types of resistance:
This is Day Five of "Your Best Year Ever". A seven day podcast series on Onward Creatives.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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What if I could give you a better way to set goals? A way to set them would increase your likelihood of achieving them? The better way to set goals is to focus on the "how" instead of the "what".
So often we set a goal on the what, which is the result. Results are vague and can often be accomplished multiple different ways. We need the opposite of this if we want to increase our chances of accomplishing our goals. We need specifics and a process....these are found when we define "how" we get the results.
This is Day Four of "Your Best Year Ever". A seven day podcast series on Onward Creatives.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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What does the ideal future look like? One of the key steps to living your best year ever is defining what success looks like. Define every part of it, what is feels like, what the results are. Now define your current reality. Look at what you're doing, what it feels like, what you're not happy with. Between these two is the gap or delta, and this gap is where our work begins.
The real work of building a successful business and life is found in closing the gap. If you're confused by what to do this year, you need to discover the gap because the gap brings clarity. The gap may be huge and substantial but here's the good news...anything you do to close the gap brings you closer to success.
Let's get started!
This is Day Three of "Your Best Year Ever". A seven day podcast series on Onward Creatives.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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Most of our resolutions and goals fail for one big reason....they are "what's" and "what's" don't inspire us. Our goals of dropping 20 lbs., starting a new business, launching a new social media platform or adding followers are all "what's"
Simon Sinek says "There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you and inspire it." The way to inspire your own behavior is to discover the why behind the what.
What's don't get you out of bed in the morning and they don't keep you awake at night. They don't keep you focused and determined.... they're short lived and mechanical. A why, it motivates you to later behavior, make sacrifices and put in the hard work required to find true success.
If you want to live your best year ever, start with why!
This is Day Two of "Your Best Year Ever". A seven day podcast series on Onward Creatives.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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It's 2019, let's build your best year ever! Sometimes the path forward requires a brief look backwards. Before we can stretch out into 2019 goals we need to take a moment and learn from 2018.
Let's look at three aspects of 2018:
Successes: What did we do in business and life that worked well? Why?
Failures: What did we try in business and life that didn't work out? Why?
Nothings: What didn't we try? Why didn't we try?
You can't be better by being the same, so let's learn from the past so we can being to build the foundation for our best year ever!
This is Day One in our 7 Day Series "Building the Best Year Ever."
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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How do you develop social authority in your niche?
1. Know your audience
2. Choose the right channels
3. Know the terminology and major players
4. Be consistent
5. Use real life, current examples
6. Find and speak with your voice
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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Content creation is like flossing. We all know that we should do it, but most of us don't.
Half of business is persuading people that you have a solution to their problem. (the other half is actually solving their problem). You can either run around with a Keynote deck to meetings all day long or you can create content that works for you even you're at the ballpark or coffee shop.
If you're job hunting....create content. I can assure you most of your other hunters are not. Get to the heart of what your ideal role is and create content daily around that subject. This is a great way to sell yourself as the solution to a company's problems.
If you offer a service to others to purchase....create content. Everyone has a website....so how do you stand out? You add value. If a company reads your article or listens to your podcast consistently they're less likely to venture somewhere else for a solution.
If you're a leader at a company....create content. People respond differently to your ideas being presented in their space instead of a formal Keynote deck. Not only does it help you sell your ideas it also elevate your position as a thought leader.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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When we think of branding and marketing we usually think of logos, website, social media and messaging. The key to all of it being successful is one word: Empathy.
Empathy based marketing has three benefits:
1. It helps us understand our audience.
2. It gives us clarity of message.
3. It helps us stand out from the competition.
How do we stand out with empathy based marketing?
1. Discover and develop customer personas.
2. Chart out the customer journey.
3. Overlay the emotional highs and low along the journey
4.Build your processes and marketing around your customers and their journey.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
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You need to know what makes you unique. You can't be better and be the same. Every industry is full of businesses that look, sound and work the same.....it's time to do it differently. Whether you're a solopreneur or building a business with a team the key to standing out is to know the unique way that you solve people's problems.
Being Unique:
1. Requires discovery.
2. Comes with a price.
3. Helps you stand out with clarity and confidence
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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Pinterest is the third largest social platform with over 200 million monthly active users. It's quickly become a substantial way to sell and increase awareness. But it's also a platform that can be overwhelming....so tonight we answer these questions:
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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We've been discussing those who have "It" and those who don't....what makes the difference. Some way that "they" were born with it....we don't agree. All of us are born with some sort of talent....it's what we do after we're both that determines who has "It".
Here are a few traits of those who possess "It"
1. Never stop learning. They become average and they keep going....always pushing to be better.
2. They practice self-control and have self-awareness.
3. They realize that everything matters.
4. They live out everything with authenticity.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
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It's no longer enough to get a business license, open your doors, promote yourself and watch as the business comes in. Competition is more fierce than ever before both locally and globally (thanks to the internet). The best way to stand out is to know your audience.
The brands that make their messaging, content and marketing about their audience are the brands that win. These brands create loyalty and transform us from consumers to evangelists.
Here are four key questions to think through:
1. Do I have an audience?
2. Who is my audience?
3. What is their problem and how do I solve it?
4. What is my action plan?
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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Here's the message that every person needs to hear: The world isn't conspiring against you, it's actually conspiring for you.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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If it doesn't scare you....it should! A good business idea should scare you. Here are three ways to know if your business idea is big enough.
1. It should frustrate you.
2. It should require more than you have.
3. It should require more than you can do.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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You asked for it and here it is. The One Page Business Plan!
Click on this link, give us your email and download the plan. This episode of the podcast walks you through exactly what you need to know for each part of the plan. If you take the time to work this through you will build a strong foundation for your creative business.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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You won't believe what happened when I wrote a business plan. I found my identity, defined my audience and locked in on my biggest idea yet.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
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It's the question I hear more than any other....How do I build a larger audience?
Here's the first four steps:
1. Create Content
2. Collaborate
3. Tell other people's stories
4. Engage, engage, engage
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
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How to sell without being salesy!
1. Know the difference between marketing and sales
2.Understand your audience
3. Know how you (and your product) helps.
4. Continue the "Woo" with a real ask
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
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1. Create it in alignment with your identity
2. Define what type it is
3. Set goals
4. Schedule specific hours
5. Automate as much as possible
6. Don't undermine the FT gig
7. Know when to continue, grow or walk away
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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Visit Kayla at Dak & Co
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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The battle for people's attention is fierce, but it's the key battle. Since the beginning of time businesses have fought for attention....the weapons have changed but the battle is still the same. Here are four things we have to understand about attention.
1. The battle is intense
2. We have unprecedented access to a global audience
3. If you don't understand social media and marketing, then learn it
4. Don't interrupt....add value
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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Don't let your start determine your finish.
None of us get to choose how we start, how we're wired and our environment. What we do every day after birth is on us. How do we finish well regardless of how we start?
1. Accept the past (and move past it)
2. Invest in personal growth
3. Focus on the finish
4. Invest in others
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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We all have three problems with our creative endeavors.
1.We all need an audience to buy into what we're selling.
2. We all want to stand out from the competition.
3. We all want to feel secure on the journey.
What if there was one solution to all three problems? What if you added more value? Value is always a good idea and will actually solve their problem and yours also.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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Don't go solo, get a partner
Here are four keys to a successful partnership:
1. Know yourself
2. Choose wisely
3. Make a Plan
4. Build it together
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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Love the freak inside you!
1. It helps you live it
2. It helps you sell it
3. It helps others accept you
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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We made it to 100 episodes! Wow, we started this journey in Copenhagen, Denmark as we quit our jobs and since then we've podcasted in real time throughout the journey. To be honest, the destination that we've arrived at isn't the destination that we had in mind. We set out to find a new life and what we found was our identity. The journey hasn't been easy but it's been worth it. The journey to identity has four phases:
1. Ordinary life
2. Conflict (internal and external)
3. Discovery
4. Pursuit
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast for the creative dreamers and doers. Whether you’re just getting started on your creative journey or your well on your way this is the place for you.
Each week I help you discover your identity and develop a life and career in alignment with who you are. The journey onward starts here.
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We launch with such excitement. We start the online store, publish the website, begin creating content and then we hit the gap. The gap is where we see something in our head that we don't yet see coming to reality. How do you push through the resistance and clear the gap?
1. Realize that this is reality. Nothing comes instantly!
2. Keep creating! When you've created....drink a bit of coffee and then create some more.
3. Pivot when needed.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. We're Valentina and Jack Fussell, creative entrepreneurs. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week we bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.
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The struggle is consistent and we all have the same issue....how do we sell? If you look up selling you'll be overwhelmed with sales funnels, FB ads and sales funnels....enough of this! These are tools you can use but not the substance of selling. Let's cut through the junk and lay the foundation for sales.
Zig Ziglar says "Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust."
Here are the four steps you can take to establish the foundation for selling:
1. Develop a strong brand identity 2. Build a narrative 3. Engage the tribe 4. Deliver on what you promise
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. We're Valentina and Jack Fussell, creative entrepreneurs. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week we bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.
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How do we stay motivated when the results come in slow? When nothing seems to be happening? When it seems like we're alone on the journey?
1. Think about the end of the story
2.Live in Community. Join the Creative Circus!
3.Celebrate Everything
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. We're Valentina and Jack Fussell, creative entrepreneurs. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week we bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.
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Self awareness is key for both the individual and the company. Being truly self aware is the difference between the shadow of success and true success. There are costs and benefits to achieve self awareness. It requires:
1. Time/energy 2. Courage 3. Action
It provides you with:
1. Confidence 2. Courage 3. Framework
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If success is Identity + Alignment = Success then we have to ask....
What is identity?
How does it differ from what we do? What is true identity and what does it bring us?
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What is success?
Everyone has an answer and most of them are in conflict with each other. So out of all the answers out there....which one is the true answer. I think I know....
Success is to know who you are and to live in alignment with that identity. In math terms.... identity+alignment=success
It's true not only in our personal lives but also in business. This podcast will change the conversation. Are you ready to truly be successful?
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Setbacks, roadblocks and defeats....we all face them. The difference between long term success and failure is how we respond/deal with them. Here are the four ways: 1. Know that it happens to everyone 2. Reflect and learn from them 3. Take back control 4. Pivot and keep going
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. We're Valentina and Jack Fussell, creative entrepreneurs. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week we bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.
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Let's be practical! This episode is for anyone who is...
1. Looking for a job
2. Transitioning to a new career OR
3. Trying to get people to hire your company
These are Four Ways that you can stand out and get the job.
1. Be on Social Media 2. Establish yourself as a thought leader 3. Buy your own domain and have a landing page 4. Get creative and stand out
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Building a brand?
If so, listen to our other podcast Human Centric is the New Black
Selling....it's the thing we all struggle with....and the thing we need the most. We usually approach selling with this attitude...."tell them why I'm so great....why my product is better." This approach used to work....but now the competition is stiff and global and proving "better-then" is more difficult than ever. So how do we sell?
We sell the narrative over the product. We sell the solution not the details. Here are three ways to discover and sell your narrative:
1.Know your audience and the problem they need solving 2. Position your brand as the solution 3. Communicate this consistently
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How do you get the word out? How do you use messaging and communications to stand out from the others?
Here's the messaging framework:
1. What makes you distinct? How are you unique?
2. Who is your customer?
3. Good communications is about them, not you
Listen to The Chobani Way: Focused on the How and Why
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. We're Valentina and Jack Fussell, creative entrepreneurs. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week we bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.
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What we want is what we already had.....human experience....human interactions. Business is the same as it always has been....human in it's very nature. Networking can be difficult to navigate and usually brings to mind cheap ballrooms and stacks of business cards, I say we can do it better.
You can build a better network....here's how!
1. Know who you want to connect with. Go beyond the broad label and know who they are, what they want, what they value and where they gather.
2. Network around something other than your job. If you're a wedding photographer don't network with other photographers. If you know who you want to connect with....then look at the other angles of who you are and connect with people there. Be creative and add value!
3. Network around a message. Nike did it in their "Find Your Greatness" ad series. Apple did it in their "Think Different" campaign. Neither mentioned their product or their details....they connected with an audience around a worldview, a philosophy. What is your message?
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Building a brand?
If so, listen to our other podcast Human Centric is the New Black
So often when we're ready to launch or grow our business we think....website. Sales is all about awareness and reputation. No matter how amazing our product is, if they don't know that we exist they will never buy from us.
Networking is a word that terrifies most of us because we think of cheesy Chamber of Commerce meetings in hotel ballrooms....where cheap beer and business cards flow like honey. There's a better way.
To develop a true network you need to:
1. Know your target audience 2. Make a plan to meet them 3. Go to them....be willing to be uncomfortable 4. Make it about them (add before you ask) 5. Look and ask for connections 6. Stay in touch
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Whether your business is well on it's the journey or this is the year to start something new.....the big question is...."Where do I start?"
I say to start with clarifying the destination (listen to episode 85 and 86). Once you know the destination, then it's imperative that we take a little time to make sure that the movement we take in 2018 will move us closer. Here are a few tips to grow your business in 2018:
1. Get a bird's eye view 2. Whiteboard everything 3. Stop what doesn't work 4. Get rid of the things that hold you back 5.Work the plan
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. We're Valentina and Jack Fussell, creative entrepreneurs. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week I bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.
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It's a new year with new opportunities! Clarity is one of the key factors in both personal and business success. The more clarity of your purpose, what makes you unique and what success looks like the more probable you are to see success realized. Here are three super-practical ways to start the year with clarity.
1. Write out your "70 year old" story. 2. Develop a life plan 3. Discover your why "Find your why"
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It's a New Year! There are so many opportunities ahead of us this year. So many of our ideas fail for the same reasons....lack of execution....lack of patience. But before we can execute and wait it out we need clarity!
So as we start the year I want you to ask this question....
What would I do in 2018 if this was my last year?
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Although business may slow down as we celebrate the holidays, we can stay productive and keep the momentum going. Here are four things that I do to keep moving through the holidays while getting ready for the New Year:
1. Celebrate the growth 2. Evaluate 2017: work through Stop, Start, Continue 3. Begin to build a plan of action 4. Rest and resource (here's the list of my top 10 books)
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, business consultant, and brand strategist. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week I bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.
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Building a brand?
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Does it wake you up? Is everything fine and then suddenly....it's not? Do you find your mind racing ahead through possible scenarios most of which end with you crashing and burning into utter destruction?
Maybe I'm the only one....but I doubt that I am. Anxiety sucks and we as creatives are especially vulnerable to this "companion" who over stays his welcome.
To be honest, I'm done with it....so here are the three things that I'm doing to kill it so I can go onward.
1. Starve it----remove the things that feed it
2. Replace it ---- find other "wolves" to run with
3. Kill it-----rewire the mind and the way you face difficulties.
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Building a brand?
If so, listen to our other podcast Human Centric is the New Black
There are no shortcuts to success. The journey is long but the journey is where YOU ARE MADE! The promises of instant and overnight are not the way forward. In order to create we have to sit down and create. Get the hands dirty, let the paint fly, and create. We have to hustle!
The second thing we need is patience, cheap wine comes instantly...the good stuff takes a while. You deserve more than boxed wine, you deserve the good stuff. So stay at it....work hard and be patient.
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Walt Disney is a true American icon and he's an amazing example to those of who merge business and creativity. This week I'm joined by Lou Mongello as we talk through the top 10 things that entrepreneurs can learn from the amazing life of Walt Disney
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Guess what....this journey is difficult! The webinars, keynotes, online courses and Instagram posts sell us on an easy journey. The messages tell us that we can short cut the process and skip our way to success but none of it is true. Entrepreneurship is hard, as long as we expect it we won't be sideswiped.
The other reality is "If others have done it, you can do it also!" So as hard as it looks take heart and learn from those who have gone before you.
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Human Centric is the New Black
If you're ready to grow your business and see your brand grow and develop then this is the podcast for you.
Our spaces are more crowded than ever with more voices fighting for attention than ever before. We help you stand out from the others by building your business and marketing in a human centric way.
The Podcast is a production of Tolke a branding/marketing and strategy firm in Atlanta, GA.
Instagram has a tendency to make the world look sexier than it is for most of us. The same is true for us entrepreneurs, Instagram often portrays these ninjas of business with endless energy and nothing but opportunity in front of them. Here are three things Instagram doesn't tell us about the entrepreneur life.
1. We all have false beliefs
2. We all have to get scrappy
3. We're all afraid to be found out
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This week we have the one and only Lou Mongello on the show. Lou has made a unique journey from New Jersey based lawyer to Florida based podcaster. Lou shares serious thoughts on influence, community, social media, customer service and how he built a business around his passion for Disney. Check out Lou Mongello at WDWRadio and Loumongello.com
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Valentina is back with us this week to share how's she's building the House of Valentina. Click here to visit her updated site to find out more.
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How did Apple go from being a niche computer company with 2% marketshare to the global powerhouse that it is today? One word....iPod! The iPod changed the trajectory of Apple in every way possible. The drastic change happened for four reasons:
1.They built a better product
2. They opened up a new market
3.Marketed the solution, not the product
4.Created an entry point into the Halo ecosystem
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What do Airbnb, Amazon, Chick-fil-A, Starbucks, Disney, Uber, Apple, Netflix and Southwest Airlines all have in common? Two things, they're all brands that we love and that they're all brands that are customer-centric.
If we want to build customer-centric businesses we need to do three things:
1. Choose Customer Experience over Customer Service
2. Know your customers.
3. Operationalize everything around the customers.
Four ways that being a content rockstar can be good for your business.
1. You pay it forward (and always get paid back)
2. Establishes you as a thought leader (and creates trust)
3. It builds a tribe
4. Helps you communicate and share ideas
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United Airlines has built their marketing on "Fly the Friendly Skies" yet in reality they're the most hated airlines in the US. From bloodied doctor David Dao to mom Shirley Yamauchi they continually break their brand promise through a total lack of customer service. Great businesses are built when we align our culture, operations, customer experiences and marketing with our brand promise. United Airlines promises one thing and yet consistently delivers another.
Southwest Airlines is an amazing example of brand alignment and we love them for doing so. People love working there, they don't charge for luggage or change fees, they surprise and delight their customers and they market with LUV at the center of it all. They know who they are and they've built everything around this identity. Whether we're a freelance artist or leading a company the lessons are the same. We have to know who we are and what we promise....and then we work tirelessly to make sure that everything we do is in alignment with this. This is bow great brands are built.
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Build your business with the end in mind 1. It gets you where you want to be 2. You can't separate work from life, so make sure they live in alignment. 3. It gets your business where you want it to be.
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Why the "Why" matters to you and your business:
1. It helps your business stand apart from the competition.
2. People buy the why, not the what.
3. It allows our business to grow and evolve.
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Social Media feels just like High School. I came to this realization when I jumped out of social media for the last few months. There are three things I've learned about social media while being out of social media.
1. Most of us aren't "cool" (and that's ok) 2. Cool is always changing (still waiting for Parachute pants to come back in) 3. Real is always better (it's true with butter and it's true with life)
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. A space to develop and grow your creative potential. Each week we provide inspiration and resources to you, the creative entrepreneur so that you can live out your greatest life story.
We're Jack and Valentina Fussell, creative entrepreneurs just like you, and each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. A space to develop and grow your creative potential. Each week we provide inspiration and resources to you, the creative entrepreneur so that you can live out your greatest life story.
We're Jack and Valentina Fussell, creative entrepreneurs just like you, and each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way.
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Ready to have that dream job? There are two key steps to growing into your dream job. You have to start with the job you're wanting to get (or you're wanting to build). The main benefit is that it lets you know what people are looking for in the role you want to fill. It also gives you the language you need to speak fluently. The second step is to measure yourself up against this job description. The key to this is to start with your strengths, look for the places that come naturally to you. Then move onto the gaps, the places where you're not as strong. Fill in these gaps with as many resources as possible. You also need to fill these gaps with experience of some type. These two steps are key to growing into your dream job.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. A space to develop and grow your creative potential. Each week we provide inspiration and resources to you, the creative entrepreneur so that you can live out your greatest life story.
We're Jack and Valentina Fussell, creative entrepreneurs just like you, and each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. A space to develop and grow your creative potential. Each week we provide inspiration and resources to you, the creative entrepreneur so that you can live out your greatest life story.
We're Jack and Valentina Fussell, creative entrepreneurs just like you, and each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way.
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You are definitely your best asset but the reality is that none of us are complete. We each have unique personalities and giftings but none of us are great at everything. Regardless of whether we're self-employed or working within an existing company or organization we're guaranteed to be more successful if we build around who we are. There are three ways to build around who we are:
1. Build around your personality. We use the Meyers Briggs test to dive into who we are. Not only is the helpful to better understand what you do naturally it also helps to understand the roles that will drain you. It's great to have someone close to you fill in these gaps with their personality.
2. Build around your strengths. The Strength Finders Assessment is a great way to assess your top 5 strengths. If you're like me when you see your results you'll have an "a-ha" moment and some things that you thought were quirky turn out to be your greatest strengths. With 34 strengths out there it's vital to know your own and then bring in others to help build a complete skill set.
3. Build around your preferences. In addition to our personalities and strengths we also have preferences. We shouldn't discount these when it comes to building a team. For every task I prefer not to do there's someone who loves to do it. So I say, let them do it! It helps them fulfill their role and it leaves time on your plate for the things that come more naturally.
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Hopefully after last week's episode you realized that your life is one of a kind....it's epic! But even when we decide to take the risk and live our unique life....gravity does it's best to keep us inline and as a result many of us coast. We usually coast along until life is disrupted and we're suddenly pushed into greatness.
The epic journey sounds sexy but the reality is that it costs us blood, sweat, tears and usually money....in other words....sacrifice. Here are six steps to make it through:
1. Wake up 2. Remember what you want 3. Define why you want it 4.Take is 30 minutes at a time 5. Celebrate progress 6. Go to sleep thinking about it.
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If we want to live a life of purpose and meaning, it all starts with the ending. What we want at the end is a great way to discover what really matters to us. It's the first step to help us discover who we are and also anchors our life to a desired result.
To live for the ending we need to:
1.Realize we each have unique endings 2.Determine which categories matter to us 3.Come up with the desired ending/outcome/result 4.Document it for the future
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2016 is a wrap! We started the year in Copenhagen, Denmark and ended the year in Atlanta, Georgia. This episode is all about celebrating the amazing things we experienced in this once in a lifetime journey!
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Ashley Jones has turned tragedy into hope with her non-profit Love Not Lost. After suffering the loss of her child Ashley turned to photography to help start the next chapter of her life. She soon found herself being invited to take portraits of people with terminal illnesses. After facing such a devastating loss herself she realized the importance of preserving and capturing the memory of loved ones through photography. Out of this desire to help others she formed the non-profit Love not Lost. Her story is one of deep loss, grief and hope as she now uses her past to help others.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. A space to develop and grow your creative potential. Each week we provide inspiration and resources to you, the creative entrepreneur so that you can live out your greatest life story.
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Regardless of your business most of us concentrate our time and efforts on a few key things....creating the product, marketing, sales, distribution, social media.....but we often forget one key thing....ourself. If we want to move beyond a transaction to an experience the key is a relationship....and at the heart of that relationship is you.
Most of our spaces are crowded with everyone fighting for the same attention, marketshare and customers. So if we're comparing apples to apples....we'll always buy from the nicest farmer.
Sadly, many of us place ourselves and our development at the bottom of the pile and we end up robbing ourselves and our customers of the best version of ourselves.
So let's make sure that we develop the thing that people really want....you!
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Gratitude is a key component of successful business. It's not taught in business school and there aren't too many books written about it but at the end of the day....being grateful is good for business. There are three ways gratitude is good for business:
1. It makes you a better person
2. It makes you more positive and helps you dream
3. It helps combat the negative energy of comparison
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We have so much to be grateful for! As we (Americans) celebrate Thanksgiving it's a great reminder to be grateful three key things in both our personal and professional lives. Here are three things to be grateful for!
1. The things you wanted and got.
2. The great things you received that you didn't expect.
3. The things you wanted but DIDN'T get.
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We all have ideas to sell. For some of us we need to sell our idea within our company to a boss, team or group of key stakeholders. For others we need individuals, friends and family to buy into our idea. Regardless of the context the process is the same and it requires us to know how to sell.
Robert Louis Stevenson said "Everyone lives by selling something."
There are three key steps to selling our ideas.
1. Develop the idea
2. Determine who needs to know
3. Share the plan and involve others
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We're all brand builders. We're all managing the brands or reputations of our businesses, relationships and our family. These brands are built in both the long term and the instant. Great brands are built with a long term focus and in awe-inspiring moments. So as we build these reputations we have to make sure that we utilize both the long term and the short term.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. A space to develop and grow your creative potential. Each week we provide inspiration and resources to you, the creative entrepreneur so that you can live out your greatest life story.
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Struggling with fear in this election cycle? Tired of being afraid?
The solution is more simple than you think....Feed the Courage and Starve the Fear!
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Cirque De Soleil, Waze, Starbucks, Curves, iTunes....these are all game changers and they've all used blue ocean strategy to get where they are.
Blue Ocean Strategy is a radical change from the traditional way of thinking about business. Most industries still focus on the same customer base, in the same overall way. That traditional approach is red ocean thinking. Like sharks, everyone is trying to live off the same prey (customers.) Blue ocean turns away from the crowded space and looks for new opportunities.
If you're tired of doing business like everyone else, here's how to develop Blue Ocean Strategy.
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A few weeks ago I spoke about the importance of imagination in our lives. (Listen here). The fact is that we only have a certain amount of hours, skills, finances and resources. So when we imagine something new, we also have to deal with sacrificing something old. Simply put....Imagination requires sacrifice!
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Seven Steps to Making Better Decisions
1.Know where you're going
2. Know the first problem
3. Know Yourself
4. Get the input of trusted others
5. Ask which solution aligns with your goal/purpose
6. Act, go for it!
7. Don't expect perfection
Remember:
Good decisions come from experience, and experiences come from bad decisions.
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"....and wisely." Elizabeth Thompson was an artist in the late 19th century in the UK. She was not only a women in a man's world but she also painted their subject matter....war. Her painting "The Roll Call" broke onto the art scene and ushered Elizabeth from obscurity into the limelight. The Royal Academy was forced to notice and she was nominated to join the Academy (all male at this time). She lost the vote and in spite of incredible follow up paintings she never made it into the academy and eventually drifted into obscurity again. The worst part is that she seemingly gave up and accepted defeat.
In her memoirs she wrote "As it turned out, in 1879, I lost my election by two votes. Since then I think the door has been closed and wisely."
These are two words that we can never allow ourselves to say!
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Lauren Glass is the southern entrepreneur behind Throw Pillows, a give back company. This 25 year old entrepreneur is already seven years into her journey and there's no stopping her. At the age of 18 she was wrestling with her purpose and the work she wanted to spend her life doing. Being 5' 0" she ruled out being an olympic volleyball player, and quickly realized that there was no career in watching Netflix so she set out to discover her "thing". One day she asked herself the question "If I were to die right now, what would people say about me?" and her life changed forever.
Lauren founded Beds4kids to help provide mattresses for children who were without. She was in the process of writing grant proposals and soon realized that this process was risky and slow to produce results. Her entrepreneurial spirit jumped in and she decided to fund her non-profit by launching the give back company Throw Pillows. Lauren is on the journey towards changing the world around her by combining business with giving. She's fearless, she's driven and she's accomplished by 25 what many of us hope to accomplish before retirement.
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We all have skills, things we're gifted or naturally inclined to do well. We can build on and add to these skills throughout life through school, work, experiences, and other education. We hold these skills in our hands, all of us have them and none of our hands are empty. The question isn't what we hold in our hands, but what we see in our hands.
If I give you an apple, what do you see?
What is the difference between the afternoon snack and the endless possibilities, imagination. Success is possible when you imagine that there is unlimited potential in whatever you hold in your hand.
George Bernard Shaw said "Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will."
So look at what you have, and don't settle for the obvious, the predictable. Instead, allow the mind to dream, to explore the endless possibilities.
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When was the last time that you let yourself imagine? When was the last time that you let your dreams just go, allowing your imagination to just go. For many of us adulthood has brought with it extreme reality, leaving little or no room for imagination. We may think imagination is just for the crazy artists or the movie makers in Hollywood. The truth is that imagination is for people of all ages and can play a key role in determining your success.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. A space to develop and grow your creative potential. Each week we provide inspiration and resources to you, the creative entrepreneur so that you can live out your greatest life story.
We're Jack and Valentina Fussell, creative entrepreneurs just like you, and each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way.
Your journey Onward starts here!
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The creative journey that we're on is tough, exhausting and at times overwhelming. What would happen if you quit? Seriously, what would happen if you called it quits? This a group of creatives: some of us are in existing businesses using our creativity to support and grow established businesses, some of us are solo artists trying to make it as writers, photographers, artists and others of us are building a tribe about an idea or thought. All of these can be exhausting and can push us to the edge. So what would happen if you quit?
To be honest....it would probably feel great. What if we stopped moving forward and decided to stay where we are, doing what we've been doing? We would probably feel relieved.....and then we wouldn't. Our ideas for business, art and creativity are not some frivolous thing we pursue out of boredom or restlessness, they're birthed out of the depths of who we are. Although powering this side of us down would feel good for a brief season, as soon as we caught our breath we would once again feel the call to pursue these ideas Onward.
What would happen if you quit? Play it out....write it down....and every time you want to give up and go back, replay this story and allow the regrets of not pursuing your ideas, dreams and art to flood your heart and mind. You were made for this, what would happen if you quit?
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. A space to develop and grow your creative potential. Each week we provide inspiration and resources to you, the creative entrepreneur so that you can live out your greatest life story.
We're Jack and Valentina Fussell, creative entrepreneurs just like you, and each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way.
Your journey Onward starts here!
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Megan Huntz had a desire and she designed a life to fit it. In this episode I interview Atlanta fashion designer, Megan Huntz. Megan had a passion for a different type of fashion and charted a course to gain the experience and insight she needed to launch her own label. She takes a few minutes to share her journey and the insights she gained along the way.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. A space to develop and grow your creative potential. Each week we provide inspiration and resources to you, the creative entrepreneur so that you can live out your greatest life story.
We're Jack and Valentina Fussell, creative entrepreneurs just like you, and each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way.
Your journey Onward starts here!
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16425 days. I just celebrated roughly 16425 days on this amazing planet. This weekend we celebrated two birthdays, mine and Landon's. Landon asked me how many great days that I've had and I had no problem coming up with several that were unforgettable.
16425 days. Not all of them have been amazing. Some have been spent on tax returns, studying for tests, waiting for car repairs, jury duty, dealing with down websites.... But mixed into these are the amazing days....days with family, close friends, new jobs, creative breakthroughs, weddings, births, vacations....these are the days sprinkled among the 16425 (and growing) that make for an amazing life.
So no matter how your week starts, breakup or breakthrough, don't give up, don't lose heart, instead celebrate. Celebrate the amazing days you've already experienced and celebrate in anticipation of the next great day coming your way!
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. A space to develop and grow your creative potential. Each week we provide inspiration and resources to you, the creative entrepreneur so that you can live out your greatest life story.
We're Jack and Valentina Fussell, creative entrepreneurs just like you, and each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way.
Your journey Onward starts here!
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Until we define our purpose and what we actually want we'll always struggle with the time we invest in our work. Many of us are frustrated with work/life balance because we don't see the reason why. Why do we work? What's the purpose behind the traffic, the long hours, the hard work?
Viktor Frankl said "Life is never made unbearable by circumstances but only by lack of meaning and purpose."
So if we want to discover how to succeed with purpose we need to ask three key questions.
1. What do you want?
2. What do you want to be known for?
3. What do you want the ending to look like?
"Those who have a "why" to live can bear with almost any "how." -- Viktor Frankl
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. A space to develop and grow your creative potential. Each week we provide inspiration and resources to you, the creative entrepreneur so that you can live out your greatest life story.
We're Jack and Valentina Fussell, creative entrepreneurs just like you, and each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way.
Your journey Onward starts here!
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It's time to celebrate! Of course there's still more to be done, more dreams to be realized, more art to create, more business to be built....but today, we celebrate.
We celebrate three key things:
1. The privileges we have as creatives.
2. The progress we've made in the last year.
3. The breakthroughs we're currently having.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. A space to develop and grow your creative potential. Each week we provide inspiration and resources to you, the creative entrepreneur so that you can live out your greatest life story.
We're Jack and Valentina Fussell, creative entrepreneurs just like you, and each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way.
Your journey Onward starts here!
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Melanie Villeneuve is the Nomadic Wife and she is leading a movement to inspire and resource people to eat plant based meals. Melanie is less than a year into her startup and is already creating amazing content and more importantly, she's enabling people to live a more healthy life. She does all of this while creating her own recipes and photography that is truly breath-taking.
In this interview Melanie clearly lays out the steps she took to transition from her previous career as a wedding photographer to her new role as the Nomadic Wife. There are four key steps to her process:
1. Start with an interest. She wanted to change her own life by replacing unhealthy foods with more plants. At the same time she started picking up a few food photography jobs. When these two interests came together from different parts of her life she paid attention and noticed the trend.
2. She launched a site. "Your no one without a website." The website provides a home base to create content for various social media channels. This site also serves a significant role required for any movement, a place to build community.
3.Chose creating over marketing. Within six months she had created around 250 recipes. This focus on content over sales allows for her message and ideas to saturate her work in more significant ways without the immediate pressure of making sales. Often times we decide to launch a business or project and start with marketing, Melanie chose to focus on creating first. Not only does it allow for a deeper saturation of message but it also allows her to go into "auto" mode on content creation when it's time to launch.
4.Make it a goal to be rejected. It doesn't matter how great the product or message is if no one knows about it. Instead of playing it safe Melanie continually seeks out rejection. Each week she submits content to 5-6 places. Her rejection rate of 50% is worth the fact that the other 50% pick up her content.
This mass approach plus the sheet volume of content is positioning the Nomadic Wife at the epicenter of an evolving movement.
You can find out more at The Nomadic Wife
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. A space to develop and grow your creative potential. Each week we provide inspiration and resources to you, the creative entrepreneur so that you can live out your greatest life story.
We're Jack and Valentina Fussell, creative entrepreneurs just like you, and each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way.
Your journey Onward starts here!
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Whether you're starting your own business, building out an existing business, launching a creative career or relaunching into a different career path we all find two companions for the journey....doubt and rejection.
As we set out on the journey we soon find that the fanfare and enthusiasm subsides and is often replaced by doubt, rejection, failure and the ominous music in a minor key.
We can take heart in the fact that countless others have gone before us and faced the same thing. Whether they faced self doubt, direct rejection, or indirect rejection they still had to choose between listening to the rejection and giving up or staying true to their dream/idea and pressing onward. Thankfully they pressed on and we can walk in their footsteps.
These are just a few of those who were told to give up, to give in:
Walt Disney Bill Gates Colonel Sanders Lucille Ball Marilyn Monroe Albert Einstein Claude Monet Elvis The Beatles Oprah
Thankfully they didn't and neither should you!
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. A space to develop and grow your creative potential. Each week we provide inspiration and resources to you, the creative entrepreneur so that you can live out your greatest life story.
We're Jack and Valentina Fussell, creative entrepreneurs just like you, and each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way.
Your journey Onward starts here!
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There are few subjects as divisive as work/life balance. We definitely live in a world of polarizing opinions on what this means and what is the proper balance. On one side of the equation is the group idealizing working from the beach, living life to it's fullest all the time. On the other side is the "I hustle and work while you sleep and play." Both sides are loud mouthed, opinionated and mostly motivate through guilt. You deserve better than this!
It's time to rethink the whole work/life debate (which includes redefining these stupid words).
1. There's not just one definition of work/life balance. It's not the fewest amount or the most amount of hours which wins, because each of us is different. It's time that we let go of the guilt and the manipulation and realize that proper balance varies from person to person.
2. Stop seeing work and life as opposing factors. The fact is that life is everything. Life is family, work, play and us as individuals. Hotwire president Henrik Kjellberg has reframed the discussion around work and leisure. He works in order to enjoy leisure and his leisure refreshes him for his work. There's no separation between the two and they're not always opposing factors.
3. Succeed with a purpose. Jim Bird thinks of this as achievement and enjoyment. You work for a purpose which is where you find enjoyment. This step is probably where most of us struggle because we've never taken the time to define what we really want, or we're afraid to admit it to others. Until we define our purpose and what we actually want we'll always struggle with the time we invest in our work.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. A space to develop and grow your creative potential. Each week we provide inspiration and resources to you, the creative entrepreneur so that you can live out your greatest life story.
We're Jack and Valentina Fussell, creative entrepreneurs just like you, and each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way.
Your journey Onward starts here!
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You're one of the rare ones. You're one of the ones who has an idea and is acting on it. Whether you're starting a business, launching a career or building an existing business I want to remind you this week....You can do this!
I'm a huge fan of Disney, ok more like a Disney nerd. But I don't think we can just wish and hope our dreams into existence. Of course we can imagine and maintain hope but this journey requires more. This journey requires everything from us.
You can do this.....but (Kardashian size) you have to work for it! This is going to require a lot from you, but if you want it bad enough, you'll do whatever it takes.
Start the week by resting in this encouragement....You can do this! But after the coffee cup is empty it's time to go after this with everything you have. The journey onward starts here!
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. A space to develop and grow your creative potential. Each week we provide inspiration and resources to you, the creative entrepreneur so that you can live out your greatest life story.
We're Jack and Valentina Fussell, creative entrepreneurs just like you, and each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way.
Your journey Onward starts here!
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Welcome to the Question and Answer Episode! I love these episodes because it's all about you! Here are a few of the questions that you all asked:
Thanks to those of you who asked!
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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You are the one, the only! I don't mean this in a cheesy, we're all perfect, we all deserve a trophy kind of way. The reality is that we're not all good at everything because we're each different. It's time that stop celebrating us all for the same thing and begin to celebrate the uniqueness that we each are.
This celebration also comes with responsibility. We're not interchangeable like cell phones. We're each wired and talented in unique ways. I do coaching and business development and one of the things that I hear all of the time is "I don't know who I am" or "I have no idea what I enjoy doing or am good at." This is tragic and is a reminder that we have to take the time to get to know ourself. So grab a cup of coffee and dive in to the one and only....you!
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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Jeff Shinabarger truly believes that better is possible. He is a firm believer in solving problems through both for-profit and non-profit endeavors.
Jeff is the founder and director of Plywood People in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been involved in helping over 200 startups do good while solving key problems. He is a thought leader in Social Entrepreneurship and in addition to co founding Q and eight years at Catalyst he has been featured by CNN, USA Weekend, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Huffington Post, Christianity Today, Coca-Cola, Relevant Magazine, and the Chicago Sun Times.
In this podcast Jeff shares several key insights:
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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We've heard it before and it's a big fat lie, "Curiosity killed the cat!" It's intended to protect us as children from doing things that are harmful to us. The problem with childhood advice is that it often influences us as adults. It's quite easy to live our lives surrounded by people who are just like us in most ways. And because we've been raised to be afraid of curiosity we never venture outside of our homogenous norm.
If we want to grow, be stretched, and learn new things we have to say "screw the cat" I want to be curious. Samuel Johnson says "Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect." So let's throw caution to the wind and surround ourselves with people who think, believe, vote and act differently than ourselves. Be Passionately Curious!
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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Knowing if and when to transition a project into a business can be a difficult process. There are so many factors that play into this vital pivot but if done correctly an amazing business can be the result.
Eryn Erickson was working as an art director and aspiring musician when she started a small t-shirt project to give back to her fans. She suddenly found herself with a house full of t-shirts and people sharing their stories from all over the world. She utilized mentors, business savvy and her instinct to transition this side project into the highly successful lifestyle clothing line, So Worth Loving.
In this episode Eryn shares her journey and some of the key insights that she's learned along the way.
Eryn shares three major lessons with us:
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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Keep looking ahead! Not only is this really good advice for driving but also for life. When we make big, crazy decisions it's tempting at some point to look back.
To be honest sometimes the road ahead looks treacherous and uncertain. This is when we're tempted to look back, and even turn back. Whether it's in business or life, we have to keep our view on what is ahead, the more treacherous it gets the more focused we have to be. Let's stay on the journey with our eyes on the possibilities that lie ahead!
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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Do you have an idea that is great but you don't have the experience for? This is a common problem among entrepreneurs and often times keeps us from pursuing our dreams.
A few weeks ago I met Laura Bento, founder of Good Grit Magazine, and was shocked by one of her first statements. I expected to her say that she had worked for publications for years and after proving herself had decided to start her own magazine. Instead she told me "Prior to starting Good Grit I had never actually subscribed to a magazine before." After a few more questions I discovered that when she conceived the idea for Good Grit she had ZERO publication experience.
Prior to launching her magazine she ran a consulting company and found herself needing to learn new skills consistently. She was able to utilize multiple opportunities to build her skill set through curiosity and the simple art of asking questions. Laura is the ultimate learner and has leverages this skill set to build Good Grit.
In this Episode you will learn:
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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Whether we're starting a business or looking for a job,we all do our fair share of research. We research production, marketing, branding, pricing. We look into the company that we're applying to and learn how to network and use social media to make meaningful connections. All of these are great and definitely important but so many of us miss out on knowing our best asset...ourself.
We need to learn about ourself in order to:
1. Operate in your our strengths
2. Build a team that compliments us
3. Avoid being the chameleon by staying true to ourselves.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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Can you be an entrepreneur and work for the "man?" Some say no but we say yes! And here are seven reasons why:
1. Sometimes you don't have a full-time idea
2. It's best for your stage of life
3. It reduces your stress/pressure and keeps things fun
4. Allows for a slow build
5. It allows you to work on a team
6. It provides you with experience
7. You can add value to an existing company
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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Change and growth come from disruptions. Commonality creates comfort but differences create growth. Whether it's in our own personal journeys or in the business's that we lead significant change and growth cannot happen without disruptions. The Humanitas home in the Netherlands is a great example of how revolutionary thinking changed the conversation from death and sickness to youth and parties. If we want to make life change or take our business to the next level we need to change the conversation and this change in conversation requires disruptors.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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There are six common myths about pursuing your dreams. To be honest, I've believed a few of them along the way and maybe you have too. Today we'll be your entrepreneurial Myth Busters, here they are:
1.You have to quit your job
2.You can finally focus 100% of your time on your passion
3. You cannot work for someone else
4.You will get rich quick
5. You will be guaranteed happiness
6.You can't be a grown up and have a dream
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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You have to break out of the drift. The drift is the subtle, gentle current that slowly takes you far from where you want to be. If we don't break out of the drift we will wake up one day and say "This isn't the life that I wanted." In this Motivation Monday we talk about the need to break free of the drift.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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We're all leaving one place and heading towards another. The journey requires that we set out on a path that will require a lot from us. In addition to the difficulties we face in starting a business, changing jobs, getting healthy or changing relationships we also feel the continual pull of gravity to return back to where we came from. We need a group of people who will not only help us navigate the journey itself but who will also fight gravity and beckon us onward towards our best life. For many of us this process of building a new network can seem daunting but there are five simple things that we can do to build our new support network.
Key Points:
1. Introduce yourself to people
2. Connect with an existing group
3. Join a learning group
4. Attend a conference or event
5. Hire a coach/mentor
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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Welcome to Motivation Monday! Every journey has a starting point and a destination. The beginning of the journey is marked with excitement and the end of the journey is exhilarating because you can see the end. The middle though, when we can't see land on either side of us, this is where it gets difficult. It's in this season that we must remember two things: 1. We must remember why we started. What was it that caused us to embark on this life change? What is it that we want to leave behind? 2. What is the desired outcome? What does change look like?
I hope you'll join our Facebook group and share your "2 things" with us this week.
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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Life change is easy! Ok, no one ever said that. In fact, when you decide to change something in your life you'll quickly find that it can be more difficult than you've ever imagined (which is the very reason so few people do it). Here are 5 things that you can do when the doing gets difficult.
1.Realize it's always difficult
2.Remember why you're doing this
3. Pick one thing to work on today
4. Find community (such as our Facebook group )
5. If necessary, pivot a bit
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Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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Are you ready for action today? In the next five minutes I'm going to help you embrace a two letter word that will change your life. This week is all about action so we're going to take the first step towards our dreams becoming a reality. Once you've listened to the podcast I want you to visit our Facebook Group and share your step for this week. This gives us all the chance to encourage and celebrate these most important first steps to each others dreams becoming a reality.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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Do you like waiting? I hate it! Whether in it's line, traffic or for the next Star Wars movie. It's even worse when I have an idea that I want to act on. Unlike Jerry Maguire we can't just quit our jobs and start over in the night. Sometimes we need to wait for a season until we can pursue the idea. In this episode we talk through four ways to get ready while waiting.
Key Points:
1. Get rid of the excess baggage
2. Make a plan
3. Get prepared
4. Enjoy where you are
Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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Ever feel like on the road to success you're in a Fiat and everyone else is in a Ferrari? We live in the instageneration so this feeling is quite common. You have the idea and the skill but patience and practice are what you need to make your dream a reality.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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How do we stay hopeful with tragedies occurring every day?
How do we solve problems which seem to increase daily?
We can fight hopelessness and despair with two words...."What if"
Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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This week we're sharing 10 big relaunch lessons that we've learned from 12 years of living abroad. What happens when you combine a family of 5, 20+ moves, three continents and lots of travel? You learn a few things! This week we share these big lessons and how they have prepared us for the relaunch that we're currently in the midst of.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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You have to defy gravity! Gravity seeks to maintain order and keep everything in it's place. This is vital for our physical life here on earth but truly limits us in the other areas of our life. When you try to change something in your life gravity seeks to bring you back to the way you've always done things. It's time to defy gravity!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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We live in a fast paced world where success often seems instant. Word travels quickly and it often appears that everyone else gets their dreams overnight. When we pursue our ideas it's easy to be frustrated when the journey isn't instant and success is anything but overnight. Don't lose heart because we've discovered a few ways to be patient in an instalife generation.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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Happy Monday Everyone! Welcome to the first episode of Motivational Monday. Average is easy but living a unique, inspired, extraordinary life requires work and it can be exhausting. When you're hitting the wall and the exhaustion is all you feel remember what you are fighting for! You can do this!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two, we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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The world needs you! The world needs dreamers because there are problems that need to be fixed and fear has rendered us useless to solve them. Dreamers can replace fear with hope and with that hope we can begin to see possibilities again. In this episode we look at the vitally important role that dreamers play.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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We're starting Season Two by answering some of the questions that you've been asking. You asked about creativity, time management, networking....and the biggest question of all...."How do you work together without killing each other?"
Welcome to the Onward Creatives Podcast. This is the place for anyone who is dreaming of making a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure, or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
We are creative entrepreneurs, Valentina and Jack Fussell and in Season Two we continue to share from the midst of a total life relaunch. After 12 years living in Africa and Europe we are relaunching our life in the US.
Each week we share insights from our personal journey and the inspiring people we meet along the way. The journey onward starts here!
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Changing your life and pursuing your dreams is a crazy process. During this first season we're chronicled our own journey from Copenhagen, Denmark back to the US. Along the way we've shared our insights, struggles and victories to provide a rare view into the actual process of pursuing a dream.
In this episode we each share the top three things that we've learned along the way. This is an exciting podcast that marks the end of one phase of the journey and leads to the next beginning with season 2.
We want to hear from you and answer any questions you may have in an upcoming Q&A show. Visit http://www.onwardcreatives.com/onward-creatives-podcast/ and at the bottom of the page you can leave a comment or question.
Join creative entrepreneurs Valentina and Jack Fussell each week as they equip anyone who is dreaming a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
In Season One, Valentina and Jack share from the midst of a total life relaunch moving their family of five from Copenhagen to the US. Each week they share their own journey and the insight they're gaining along the way. Join them as they launch on their biggest adventure yet.
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As we prepare to embrace a business launch, lifestyle change or any other creative endeavor changes will inevitably come. It's vital that we plan and think through every variable prior to launching but it's also important to be flexible immediately afterwards. This week we'll look at knowing when it's time to adjust a dream.
Join creative entrepreneurs Valentina and Jack Fussell each week as they equip anyone who is dreaming a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
In Season One, Valentina and Jack share from the midst of a total life relaunch moving their family of five from Copenhagen to the US. Each week they share their own journey and the insight they're gaining along the way. Join them as they launch on their biggest adventure yet.
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Change will always cost you something! The greaterthechange, the greater the cost. The great news is that thiscost comes with benefits and they're actually more diverse than wethink. Not only do we benefit from the sense ofrelief,personal growth and greater awareness of possibilities butthe world around us benefits as they see us take risks and pursueourdreams. Change nourishes change!
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In Season One, Valentina and Jack share from the midst of atotallife relaunch moving their family of five from Copenhagen tothe US. Each week they share their own journey and theinsight they'regaining along the way. Join them as theylaunch on theirbiggest adventure yet.
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Your dream has a cost attached to it. The greater the distance to be traveled between current reality and the realization of the dream, the greater the cost. When we look at pursuing a dream we have to look at four key cost factors: financial, relational, energy/comfort and time. Is the dream worth the cost?
Join creative entrepreneurs Valentina and Jack Fussell each week as they equip anyone who is dreaming a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
Valentina and Jack share from the midst of a total life relaunch moving their family of five 5000 miles from Copenhagen to the US. Each week they share their own journey and the insight they're gaining along the way. Join them as they launch on their biggest adventure yet.
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The journey to change starts off with excitement and endless energy but when the pivot happens and you begin to turn to the future it happens. Exhaustion and fatigue can set in. This phase of the journey is critical and it's in this phase that many turn back and don't see their dreams realized. In this episode we'll give you three ways to make it through the exhaustion so can continue on your journey.
Join creative entrepreneurs Valentina and Jack Fussell each week as they equip anyone who is dreaming a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
Valentina and Jack share from the midst of a total life relaunch moving their family of five 5000 miles from Copenhagen to Portland. Each week they share their own journey and the insight they're gaining along the way. Join them as they launch on their biggest adventure yet.
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How do you know when an idea is ready to launch? This question haunts us and the answer eludes even the best of us. To be honest there's no way to guarantee that an idea will take or launch, but with a few key questions we can increase our odds of success.
Join creative entrepreneurs Valentina and Jack Fussell each week as they equip anyone who is dreaming a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
Valentina and Jack share from the midst of a total life relaunch moving their family of five 5000 miles from Copenhagen to the West Coast of America. Each week they share their own journey and the insight they're gaining along the way. Join them as they launch on their biggest adventure yet.
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What do you want to be known for? What do you want your life to actually be about? Who do you aspire to be? These are all vitally important to know when looking at change in life.
If we have an idea, something we want to pursue, we have to consider whether or not it will help us become who we aspire to be. If not our decisions can actually prevent us from achieving this long term goal.
Knowing who you want to be is a vital step in living out our greatest life story.
Join creative entrepreneurs Valentina and Jack Fussell each week as they equip anyone who is dreaming a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
Valentina and Jack share from the midst of a total life relaunch moving their family of five 5000 miles from Copenhagen to the West Coast of the US. Each week they share their own journey and the insight they're gaining along the way. Join them as they launch on their biggest adventure yet.
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Every action has a reaction. When you seek to embrace a lifestyle change, explore a business, launch a new product or create a new art form you will quickly come up against the resistance. It can be both external and internal and if we're not careful can sidetrack you. We're going to give you the encouragement and insight that you need to push back and continue on your journey to see you ideas become reality.
Join creative entrepreneurs Valentina and Jack Fussell each week as they equip anyone who is dreaming a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
Valentina and Jack share from the midst of a total life relaunch moving their family of five 5000 miles from Copenhagen to Portland. Each week they share their own journey and the insight they're gaining along the way. Join them as they launch on their biggest adventure yet.
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You have an idea! That's awesome but the question we usually ask next is, now what? It doesn't matter if you're wanting to start business, create art or change your lifestyle so many ideas never become realized because we don't have a system of processing them. We're going to look at ideas and process them in three distinct steps.
1.Protect and Nurture
2. Develop and Define
3. Release and Refine
Your idea(s) are worth developing!
Join creative entrepreneurs Valentina and Jack Fussell each week as they equip anyone who is dreaming a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
Valentina and Jack share from the midst of a total life relaunch moving their family of five 5000 miles from Copenhagen to Portland. Each week they share their own journey and the insight they're gaining along the way. Join them as they launch on their biggest adventure yet.
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Fear! Any time that we even think of trying something new in life fear loves to show up and protect us /deter us from pursuing. Fear is actually healthy and if we learn to manage it we can use it to propel us forward and create momentum. We'll look at these questions?
Is my feat irrational or rational?
What is the worst that can happen?
What happens if I don't do it?
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In episode 2 of the Onward Creative Podcast we look at discontent. We'll examine it to make sure it's legit, discover how to explore it for the underlying truth so that we can leverage discontent and turn it into momentum.
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What is the Onward Creative Podcast about? Join creative entrepreneurs Valentina and Jack Fussell each week as they equip anyone who is dreaming a change in their lives, taking a leap into a new adventure or wondering if their idea is worth pursuing.
Valentina and Jack share from the midst of a total life relaunch moving their family of five 5000 miles from Copenhagen to Portland. Each week they share their own journey and the insight they're gaining along the way. Join them as they launch on their biggest adventure yet.
For more inspiration and resources for your life visit us at:
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