Biz Banter

THE LET THEM THEORY: A Life Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins (not to be confused as Tony Robbins wife)

DEEP WORK: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport

Your homework from Alex: block 90 minutes off your calendar this week. Put away your phone, work in silence or with some instrumental music, and see what you can get done in a place without distraction!

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In today's episode, Allison & Allie sit down to chat about their biggest sources of inspiration in media. We take it all the way back to our childhood, through the golden age of teenage television and discuss the other favorites that inspire our work. 

• Childhood inspiration and the time we lobbied against RL Stine censorship
• How creativity is influenced by media
• Chemistry translating on screen and in books
• Cinematography 
• Nostalgia for horror 
• Romantic comedies
• Twilight and other favorite adaptations

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Don't make the mistake of thinking entrepreneurship is a one-woman-show all of the time. Working with others is crucial to the growth of your business and has so many great benefits. In today's episode, we break down our experience in all sorts of scenarios that we've worked with others in some capacity. 

• Our general experience working with other people
• Business partnerships
• Coworking
• Creative Collaborations & Styled Shoots
• Horror Stories
• Positive Side to Collaborations
• Hiring the Right Contract Worker
• Being honest about your experience

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"Be your own boss!" "Travel the world while working full time remotely!" 

That all sounds great, but is working on the road all it's cracked up to be? 

In this episode, we spill all of the tea about being your own boss while traveling: 

• The hurdles of working and traveling 
• Our least favorite types of work to have to get done while traveling 
• What we DO like to focus on while we work on the road 
• Strategies to help make working while traveling more productive

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The trend cycle is moving faster than ever these days with the social media landscape, especially TikTok. Given their "come and go" nature, we chat about how to navigate the ever-changing trend landscape in business. 

In this episode, we breakdown: 

• How to strategize around "trends" in general
• When we know to jump on trends
• Positioning yourself
• Our favorite TikTok trends 

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One thing that we've found as small business owners is that how we take care of and maintain our positive mindset on business, life and OURSELVES shapes the way we move in our businesses - for better and for worse.

In this episode, we banter about: 

• How we are doing and feeling about our mindsets in the current moment
• Statistics around mindset & entrepreneurs (brought to you by Chat GBT) 
• Reflecting on our journey to cultivate a positive mindset 
• What we do when we need a little boost

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Allison is out this week traveling the world, so for this episode with just Allie and Alex, we are talking all things service-based businesses

We discuss: 

• Why your client experience is so important, if not, THE most important thing
• Professionalism and the types of behaviors we see lacking in this space
• The challenge of knowing when to speak your mind and show up authentically

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On this week's episode, we play a friendly little game of the classic "Would You Rather", business addition. 

Uncovering our preferences, delusional dreams and biggest fears, one either/or scenario at a time.

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