Stay ConnectedWelcome 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.
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.
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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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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.
a Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
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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.
Are you ready to chart a course forward? 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.
a Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
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.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
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.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
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.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
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.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
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.
Ready for some help? 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.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
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.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
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.
Join us for Monday Night Live on FB and IG Live 8:30 pm EST.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
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