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Consistency and Patience In Online Business

I spoke in a membership last week about how to be more consistent with your content and I did a little trip down memory lane of all my former businesses.  I recorded a podcast about it back in 2021. Check it out if you want to hear me sobbing about all my ā€œfailures.ā€ šŸ˜­ I […]

How do your brand values & personality type guide your business choices?

Iā€™ve been walking around for like 2 years thinking I was a projector. Ya know Human Design? Turns out I put my birthday into the thingy wrong. Instead of December 9th, I typed December 12th. šŸ˜‚šŸ˜… Iā€™m in ā€‹Jacki Hayesā€™ Launch Collectiveā€‹ and sheā€™s been helping us figure out what makes the most sense for […]

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Halloween Costumes of Years Pastā€¦

As a basic mom, I just wear either my dress with bats on it or my new peachy sweatshirt with a jack-o-lantern face on it when we go trick or treating.  My best friend Natalie (who also has two young kids) dressed up as this old photo of The Rock. Then I started thinking that […]

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Getting Feedback While Building Your Business

If youā€™ve taken a few online courses you know that they can totally help you build your business. But you know whatā€™s a seriously magical combination? šŸŖ„  Courses AND Feedback.  And not just any feedback, feedback from an actual human being who knows you and understands your business.  Iā€™m starting to realize that itā€™s the […]

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How to build a successful online business with a small audience

I just got back from another Friday Morning Dance Party. šŸ‘Æā€ā™€ļø Weā€™ve dwindled down to 4 regulars. Butā€¦ those four kids are having a BLAST. šŸ„³ With such a small group, itā€™s actually turning out to be really fun. I know their names, they suggest moves, and we all kind of work together to make […]

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Innovation, Excitement, & Sustainable Content Ā 

Iā€™ve always been the type of lady to just create something when I see a need for it. There was that one time I flunked my Jazzercise audition because I was dressed too much like the 80s and corporate didnā€™t really think it was on brand in 2009. šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø After that, I started my own […]

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Can You Give Yourself Permission to Make Less Content?

During my launch last week I added a pink letter to each email. If you kept track and added them all together, you revealed a secret word that scored you a free 30-minute 1:1 strategy session with me when you joined Content Playhouse!  The secret wordā€¦. EXHALE. Remember that song in Greyā€™s Anatomy way back […]

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How to Avoid Decision Fatigue in Business

Iā€™ve been thinking about how Iā€™ve been diagnosed with ADHD and yet, Iā€™ve figured out a way to plan my content for Quarters in my business. And I started wondering if that was unusual for someone with ADHD.  ā€œCan ADHD people plan ahead?ā€ šŸ‘ˆ Thatā€™s what I Googled. Am I the only one who literally […]

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Being More Productive in Business

How hanging with friends can help you get more done Iā€™m talking about the idea of Body doubling. Itā€™s the idea that you have a friend working beside you (in person or virtually) and not even necessarily on the same thing.  Itā€™s like how toddlers play next to each other but not actually together. Thatā€™s […]

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How to Create More Authentic Marketing

Psst… before we dive in, I gotta tell you something! ā€‹Iā€™m hosting a free 4-hour Quarterly Planning Sesh on September 11th! Iā€™m giving you a peak behind the scenes of how I plan my entire quarter. Plus thereā€™s a quick audio course thatā€™ll give you permission to make less content before we start planning! Itā€™s an […]

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Online Business Ainā€™t Easyā€¦

Ok, so I always talk about how running a business is hard AF, but since Iā€™m also usually talking about my kid sticking a bead up his nose, or recipes Iā€™ve made, or Cocaine Bearā€¦ it might seem like I donā€™t struggle. But I think itā€™s hard for everyone. Right? I mean, look at all […]

How to Create a More Personal Personal Brand

So I have this thing in my car where I can just say ā€œHey Spotifyā€¦ā€ and then say whatever I want it to play. The other day I said, ā€œHey Spotify, play songs by The Pixiesā€ but I sorta choked on my spit when I said it. šŸ˜… I think it thought I said ā€œFityā€ […]

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How Pop Culture Can Influence Our Lives and Businesses

Last week we lost an icon. Or at least heā€™s an icon in the Seymour household. Paul Reubens. Akaā€¦ Pee Wee Herman. I think he deserves a lot of credit for the wacky, zainy, creative spirit that I am today. And I realize thatā€™s a pretty bold statement. Pee Weeā€™s Playhouse aired from 1986 – […]

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Storytelling Content Done Right

I couldnā€™t decide what to write about this week. I was trying to figure out how to relate that show The Bear to something businessy. Have you seen it? I love it! šŸ»šŸ˜ Then I was thinking maybe Iā€™d talk about Kelly Clarkson on Watch What Happens Live talking about which emoji she used the […]

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Stop Buying Courses

Last week I wanted to buy a Powerball ticket on the way home from a friend’s house, but I missed the cut-off. It was up to a billion dollars and I just felt like the universe was calling me to get one. It was probably just the enormous billboard I passed on the highway, but […]

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Could Less Content Mean Better Content?

Iā€™ve been trying to eat more fruits and veggies. Ya know, working on my life force and all.Ā So I decided to make some Gazpacho. A summery cold soup. (please note: this is NOT my gazpacho, itā€™s a stock photo from Canva. Mine was not camera worthyā€¦keep reading. šŸ˜‚) I did what one tends to do […]

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The Power of A Content Plan

Remember maps? Like using an actual atlas when you were on a road trip? This is the same one I had tucked into the seat back pocket when I had one. I found it on eBay. šŸ¤£ 1997ā€¦ what a year. Thatā€™s my yearbook photo (two tone hairā€¦ totally on brand) and a DARE shirt […]

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How to Run a Business & Not Be On Your Phone

ā€œI think we should really try to be on our phones less this weekend,ā€ I said. ā€œI agree.ā€ Matt replied. ā€œBut I feel like everyone always gets so defensive when you try to call them out for being on their cell phonesā€¦maybe we should have a code word!ā€  ā€œOkā€¦ like what?ā€ ā€œHmmmā€¦ coconut baby?ā€ Who […]

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How to Plan a Vacation in Your Business

Iā€™m gearing up to take some time off over here. And since Iā€™m a service based business with retainer clients and custom projects, Iā€™ve been working hard to get my to-do list all checked off so I can check out when I hit the road tomorrow. I donā€™t think Iā€™ve officially told you that I […]

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Iā€™m Rebranding The Podcast

Welp. Iā€™ve been working on a lilā€™ something behind the scenes, and Iā€™m FINALLY ready to spill the beans.  My regular podcast is getting a little makeover!  Introducingā€¦. Itā€™s not usually my style to slow my roll and really think things through, but Iā€™ve been thinking about this for a couple months and itā€™s been […]

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