Sarah Blakely never worked in fashion or retail or taken a business class but in 2012, Spanx founder Sara Blakely was crowned by Forbes as the youngest self-made female billionaire. Sara Blakely is the founder and owner of shapewear brand Spanx, which sells undergarments, leggings, swimwear, and maternity wear in over 50 countries. “Can you see my underwear?” It's a question she has asked all her women friends at some point. What did she learn along the way and how can we use that insight in our own endeavors now?

Your pop-up isn’t capturing leads like you hoped? It happens to all of us and there are a few things I recommend for change for my clients when rebranding or building their website but the first thing to address is it is even interesting, valuable, or unique enough? Today I’ve got 101 ideas of things you can create to sell or to use as a very valuable freebie, opt-in, or lead generator to grow your email list and your following.

Typeface Hacks our brains. Just as color and photos and video content in branding can.
Font choice has a subliminal and subconscious effect on the brain. Knowing how the human brain deciphers and perceives a certain font can help you to unlock its true potential or avoid any hidden pitfalls that might hinder your message and cause your website or brand design to fail.

Why do we feel so reluctant to take the next step? To believe in ourselves and to go for our biggest and truly authentic goals and dreams? Most of us unconsciously wait for permission. Or sometimes very consciously wait for permission. Why does coaching work so well or why do we seek motivational speakers? Can you find the permission you seek or create it yourself? Listen to this guided-meditation episode to self-coach yourself through this invisible wall at any time.

“There are a lot of unknowns there when you try to DIY that you can’t realize that something is wrong until it’s to far in the process or it’s to late.” Dawn Foster from D.Foster Marketing is back with us again to further empower our online marketing by addressing the next biggest struggle she see’s clients having. That’s DIYing their brand and marketing. “If you start DIYing without having these things, you’re going to miss the mark when it comes to how to talk to, connect with and visually appeal to who your target audience is. If you just show up with your logo and website you’ll get into the whirlwind of – no one wants my product or service.” – Dawn Foster | dfostermarketing.com |

>>> Listen to this episode to hear what a designer and marketer really want to tell you about starting off on your own and the problems that people face in your DIY brands.

When first meeting her clients one of their biggest struggles or downfalls is: “Adding to much weight into social media… I see a lot of people hanging their hat on I’ve got this many followers or I am getting likes. Social media can take so much time and energy. Just because you're busy doesn’t mean you're productive.” – Dawn Foster | dfostermarketing.com | Suggested Reading:  4 Disciplines of Execution  >>> Dawn Foster is the founder of D.Foster Marketing which supports small business owners and solopreneurs, by crafting smart and strategic branding and marketing strategies. | She has a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design Communications with a Marketing Concentration and over the past 15 years, she has worked with and led both large and small marketing teams in small and multimillion dollar projects. 

 >>>  Listen to this full episode to learn more about empowering your marketing.

You built your website and are so proud of it! But there’s no one there to see it. In order to spread your message, help others, create financial abundance and do the work you’re called to – you need it to be seen. You need people coming and landing on your website. The amount of people doing that is called website traffic. 
Today is website traffic 101. The 3 Types of Traffic and the 5 ways to drive them.
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Branding can feel like an elusive unicorn. The things others have “found” but you still struggle to create or decide on. How do you decide what branding is the best? The best color, font, photo, or strategy?

Branding is arguably the most important aspect of marketing your business and growing your audience but it’s usually the most rushed process or changed too frequently in the first few years of a solopreneur start-up. Or in a corporation, it’s held onto way too long even though it’s not working or has no meaning for their audience.

We can try to avoid it but the problem is that our business - esp. as a service provider, coach, author, speaker and entrepreneur – our business is inexorably intertwined with our identity, beliefs in our abilities and our purpose. And those things are greatly influenced, and many times limited by our society culture and our instinctual need to be accepted. We are talking again today with Faisal Ensaun – my certified high-performance coach and one of my past clients. Today we get a bonus episode to talk about authenticity and living an Onthentic life. Which I believe is the basis and the foundation for self-actualization and the key to your business success. Find out more about high performance, coaching and connecting with a growth mindset mastermind community at FAISALENSAUN.COM

When you feel really stuck and in the same rut and aren’t sure how to make your big goals and dreams come true and feel that you just don’t have what it takes – you are not alone. And believe it or not – everyone that you look up to and envy as a success has felt the exact same way. Our personal development is the key to our success. Especially as an entrepreneur, freelancer, business owner, coach, content creator, investor, or speaker and author; our personal development will limit and hold back our business development. Our personal development ceiling is our success ceiling. Today we have as a guest - Certified High Performance Faisal Ensaun and he's here to help make your potential your reality by leveling up in business and life. Without compromising your joy, peace, health, & relationships now to get there. Find more about him and coaching at www.FaisalEnsaun.com