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Relatable, raw and tactical business trainings to keep you moving towards your big goals. I’m Elizabeth McCravy — a website designer and business strategist for female entrepreneurs. And, I’ve built a multiple six-figure web design business while in my early and mid 20s. I believe that how to build a thriving business shouldn’t be a secret. So, I’m here to pull back the curtain of all things successful business building. I'm a Christian business owner, a toddler boy mama (with baby #2 on the ...
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A podcast for creative entrepreneurs who want practical tips and strategies to build engaging brands and craft high converting websites. We’re your hosts Davey and Krista, cofounders of a brand + website design agency specializing in visual brand design and Showit + WordPress websites.
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Hosted by Kelly Zugay of With Grace and Gold, The Brand It, Build It Podcast equips you to grow your creative small business with purpose and strategy. Since 2014, With Grace and Gold® has served small business owners, photographers, and wedding professionals through award-winning, elevated, luxury custom brand and web design services. Pursue custom brand and web design services or shop completely-customizable Showit website templates at: https://www.withgraceandgold.com
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Get clarity on all things brand and website to push your business to thrive from the inside out by learning to dig deep and find your brand’s story. I’m Mindy Jean - A Certified Showit Website design partner, a Canva creator, and an educator/business coach for women who want to put more money in their hands. With this podcast, I deliver practical yet proven ways to grow your brand within your business. Once you start developing a plan of action and learn the inside scoop on building a connec ...
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Hey! I’m Melissa Guller, and after working for General Assembly, Ramit Sethi, and Teachable, I started my own business (Wit & Wire) to share my digital marketing and course creation strategies with more entrepreneurs. This season, I'm bringing some of the top online business experts together to help you compare different strategies, like TikTok vs Instagram, WordPress vs Squarespace, or YouTube vs Podcasts to help you find the right mix of sales and marketing strategies that work for you (an ...
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Welcome to The Freedom Filled Life Podcast with the Bucketlist Bombshells. The podcast for women in pursuit of their dream life and a career that gives you more than it makes you give up. Join your hosts, Cassie Torrecillas and Shay Brown, every Tuesday for meaningful conversations that will help you navigate the path to pursuing your own freedom-filled life and career! Whether you want to travel and work remotely, or simply just want to be your own boss, The Freedom Filled Life Podcast is h ...
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Step into the dynamic world of the wedding industry with Wedding Empires, your indispensable podcast companion crafted exclusively for ambitious wedding professionals eager to elevate their businesses to unprecedented heights. Led by Jac Bowie, the forward-thinking CEO of The Wedding Academy, and Ben Connolly, a distinguished award-winning wedding photographer and esteemed educator, this podcast is your gateway to a wealth of invaluable insights, expert interviews, and actionable strategies ...
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Does booking clients feel slow for you right now? Are you getting ghosted by potential clients? Maybe you have even thought to yourself, “Man, they seemed so interested, but I never heard back from them.” If you’re nodding your head right now, that this episode is for you. I'm teaching you a simple but powerful way to stay top of mind and book more…
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In this episode, we’re covering the differences between Showit and Elementor; both of which are website building platforms that we use actively, readily and these are the platforms that we build our templates on. Would you rather watch a video? Links, resources and the full video can be found in the show notes. Check ’em out at https://daveyandkris…
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Have you considered intentionally working less in your business or career to prioritize your motherhood? Or maybe you desire to take a career pause from your paid work to focus your time and energy on family life? These decisions can be tough ones to make, especially when it can feel like the world is telling us that we should do it all and just ke…
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In this episode, we’re sharing five ways to weave social proof throughout your website. Incorporate these, and you’ll be well on your way to higher conversion rates. Would you rather watch a video? Links, resources and the full video can be found in the show notes. Check ’em out at https://daveyandkrista.com/ways-incorporate-social-proof/. And if y…
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Today, we’re diving into a topic that can often feel a bit daunting but is an absolute game-changer: market research. We’ll be exploring how doing market research can grow your business and, of course, I’ll be sharing three easy and strategic steps for conducting market research that you can implement right away. Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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The must-have pages for every service-based business website! Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kelly Zugay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠With Grace and Gold®⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The B…
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Last week, I shared all about how I just redesigned my whole Showit website from scratch after years of having the same design. And today? I'm sharing six things I learned from designing for myself that you can apply to your own business, whether you're customizing a website template (like one of the ones in my template shop!), or if you're simply …
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If launching an online course is on your list of goals, the following episode is for you. Would you rather watch a video? Links, resources and the full video can be found in the show notes. Check ’em out at https://daveyandkrista.com/what-actually-need-launch-online-course. And if you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review over at A…
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I have a brand new website and a new brand for my business, and it’s finally live! I'm talking about new fonts, colors, patterns, logos, and a completely new website that I started completely from scratch. This business rebrand has been in the works since LAST October, and so we’ve been working on it for almost a year (and I’ve been dreaming of sha…
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Last week, we launched a brand new website. This project has been months in the making, and finally seeing it live feels like we can check off one of the major goals for the year. Would you rather watch a video? Links, resources and the full video can be found in the show notes. Check ’em out at https://daveyandkrista.com/how-to-migrating-website-p…
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SEO doesn't have to be a mystery! Here are 3 common SEO myths debunked — and additional resources to equip you for success. Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kelly Zugay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠With Grace and Gold®⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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Discover tangible ways to monetize your blog content with strategy. Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kelly Zugay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠With Grace and Gold®⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The…
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Today, I’m sharing a behind-the-scenes look into a very typical work week for me as a mom, as a business owner who works from home, and as a woman in the new baby and toddler phase of parenting. When I asked you guys what you want more of on the podcast, these kinds of episodes are always a favorite. It was actually one of the first 10 episodes of …
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Today's guest is Nata Salvatori, founder and CEO of Timeline Pro and multiple photography businesses. Today she joins us to chat all about timelines and her journey of creating Timeline Pro. If you're in the wedding industry, you'll want to give this episode a listen. Links and resources can be found in the show notes. Check ’em out at https://dave…
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Today, I’m bringing on Stephanie King from My Essential Birth to the podcast. Stephanie has been instrumental in my pregnancy and birth journey with both of my boys. I discovered her podcast early in my first pregnancy and have been a dedicated listener ever since. Her content, courses, and guidance have been invaluable. It's amazing how our paths …
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How do you know your logo is — or isn't — working effectively on behalf of your business? Today, we're sharing what to look for — and how to equip your business for success! Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kelly Zugay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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Most podcasters don't earn as much as they could from their show. In fact, many smaller podcasts don't make any money at all, which is one reason why so many podcasters quit. Today, I’m talking about how making money from podcasting goes beyond just getting sponsors for ads. For smaller podcasts with less than a thousand downloads per episode, you …
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Want to run a business survey? Listen in to learn why we surveyed our audience, what we learned, and how we’re using the results. Would you rather watch a video tutorial? Links, resources and the full video can be found in the show notes. Check ’em out at https://daveyandkrista.com/what-learn-from-business-survey/. And if you enjoyed this episode, …
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Raising your prices — when done thoughtfully and strategically — can benefit both you and your clients. Today, I’m excited to explore the question: Is it time to raise your prices? Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kelly Zugay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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This is part three of the three part series all about my maternity leave as a business owner, as a mom of two, and just taking you guys behind the scenes more of my life and business. Today, I’m sharing all about coming back from maternity leave and what my schedule looks like as a mom working two days per week! What I’m sharing: Our experience fin…
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For small business owners, email communication is often central to day-to-day business operations. Whether you manage your own email Inbox, or you've outsourced your Inbox to an administrative assistant or virtual assistant, today's episode will help you to create more efficiency, accuracy, and effectiveness in your email processes overall. Today, …
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In today’s episode, I’m chatting with type designer Jen Wagner. Jen is one of the most talented type designers around and not only do we use one of her fonts on our own site, we’ve also licensed several of her fonts for our templates. As always, links and resources can be found in the show notes. Check ’em out at https://daveyandkrista.com/how-to-c…
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Today I’m taking you behind the scenes of my 4-month maternity leave with my second baby as a business owner! If you’ve ever wondered what maternity leave might be like, how my business did while I was away, what it was like going from one kid to two (while recovering from a c-section), this episode is for you. I’m sharing: What I still was doing i…
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Though we can create movement, detail, and texture using photography and copywriting alone — the use of video content can elevate and enhance a brand and web design in valuable ways. Today, we’re excited to share 5 creative uses for brand video content — and why having a brand video could be a truly beneficial investment for your business. Hosted b…
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Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing a behind-the-scenes look into my maternity leave with my second baby. Specifically, what my maternity leave looked like as a business owner! Compared to last time with my first baby Colin, I have to say that felt a lot more fluid this time. In this episode, I’m going to share a behind-the-scenes look at how …
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Today, we’re sharing how to create a website launch your audience will engage with and remember. Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kelly Zugay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠With Grace and Gold®⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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Today I'm chatting with equine photographer, Kirstie Jones. We're diving into the benefits of choosing a niche and creating a profitable and sustainable business. As always, links and resources can be found in the show notes. Check ’em out at https://daveyandkrista.com/specialization-business-success-niche-btb-230/. And if you enjoyed this episode,…
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Today on the podcast, we are talking all about ConvertKit's rebrand to Kit. In case you missed their big announcement of this, don’t worry! I’m sharing all about it today: from my thoughts on the name, what it looks like to rebrand a company of this size, domain name things, and even diving into the last time ConvertKit rebranded and how it relates…
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Today, we’re sharing key ways to assess your business, the types of goals to set for the remainder of the year, and how to create an action plan you can more effectively follow through on. Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kelly Zugay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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Had a wedding nightmare? We want to hear about it for our latest segment! Text us here. Curious about the latest shifts in the wedding industry and some juicy behind-the-scenes stories? We kick off with a story of resilience and adaptation as I share my journey from the turbulence of Bonza's liquidation to finding new skies as a content director fo…
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What are some practical, tangible ways to help your brand and business stand out? Today, we’re sharing 11 ways to shine in a saturated market. Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kelly Zugay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠With Grace and Gold®⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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I'm back for part two on how to make more money in your service business this summer. In this episode, I'm sharing ways to make more money in your business quickly, that are not the basic stuff you always hear recommended to you (that typically involve a TON of work or for you to burn down your entire business model). These 4 things are NOT going t…
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Today's guest is my neighbor and friend, farmer and wedding venue owner, Buddy Powers. Buddy and his wife Jill own a regenerative farm and wedding venue here in Lexington, Virginia. You may remember Buddy from episode 16 where he shared his experience starting the wedding venue and offered tips on how others can do the same. As always, links and re…
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It is officially summer! While summer can feel like a busy season for some people, it can also be a slower time when it comes to inquiries and gaining new business, to the point where you might start wondering, "Hey, how am I going to find that next client for my service business?" This week and next week, I have a two-part series where I'm sharing…
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A quick and easy guide to choosing font styles that represent your brand well and help to serve your audience, too! Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kelly Zugay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠With Grace and Gold®⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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If we’re all just being honest, productivity just doesn’t look the same in the before and after of motherhood. But often you’re not told that as a new mama, you’re just told “productivity hacks for moms” and that you’ll “feel like your old self” eventually and to “sleep when the baby sleeps” (but also try working during nap time). But here’s the pr…
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