For eight years, Lydia Di Francesco, a Stress-Reduced Fat Loss™ Practitioner, has worked in the wellness industry and built a successful business. Like so many business owners, though, she’s had her struggles. In this episode, Lydia shared what she’s learned about narrowing down her target market and the impact burnout had on her both personally and as a business owner.
Read MoreOne of the objections I hear from business owners pretty regularly about content is the idea that when they share too much, it makes their services unnecessary. I get the concern. So much content these days is geared toward sharing how to do specific individual tasks.
If you teach people how to do everything you do, how can you compel them to pay for your services?
Read MoreOne of the best things about developing foundational content for any business is the act of laying out how you see the industry, your place in the industry, and how you define best practices and success within the industry. But none of this is possible if you don’t put the work into creating these types of cornerstone pieces that position your business.
Read MoreAlina Fedorowicz, the brilliant artist behind Hipster Stitcher is relatively new to business, but she’s learned a lot in a short time (as so many business owners do) about how to navigate the world of locally made artisan creations. Her custom embroidery customers get to display unique pieces that have meaning to them, and Alina’s work is fulfilling because of the joy it brings her to express her creativity.
Read MoreBack in early July, I started getting quite busy, with some clients wanting more from me and then several other new clients. And it’s funny how that works, because at the same time things were getting busy, I was FULL of ideas.
In my brand new closed off workspace (my husband gifted me with the best, most purple wall that I love), I spent one Sunday with the door closed filling up all four of my whiteboards. They’re small - my office isn’t that big. I laid out about 6 months of work for myself - and that was just the work I needed to do ON my business.
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