This week, I want to talk about my walking and writing journey and how it evolved into an online course. Now, I can hear many people thinking, “how can you make walking and writing into an online course? You need to do this in person.”. Well, obviously the last two years have taught all of us that we can bring most of our work online. Now don't get me wrong. I love to do things in person and offline as well, but I also like the global reach that an online course can give. So I have created a new brand called The Creatrix Journey, focusing on my two passions; walking and writing. 

Episode Highlights:

• (01:39) When I learned to love walking
• (02:37) The impact walking has on my writing 
• (03:31) What is a creatrix?
• (04:08) My walking and writing online course
• (05:35) The effect the course has had on the participants 

Awaken the Creatix: 

Check out the Creatrix Journey website: www.creatrixjourney.com   

Follow us on Instagram: @thecreatrixjourney.com 

To find out more about the Walk & Write Awaken the Creatix course: https://creatrixjourney.com/online-course-in-creative-writing/ 

Get your free creative writing guide here: https://creatrixjourney.com/free-writing-guide/

Connect with Claire: 

Email: [email protected]   

To find out about 1:1 content coaching go to:  www.clairewinter.info

Free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crackingcontent/

Website: https://clairewinter.info/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairewinteruk 

In this week’s episode I’m going to be dealing with a subject that often gets brought up by people in my Facebook group, what do you do when life gets tricky? Maybe events in your own life have got tricky or it could be the state of the world at the moment or both that are making it difficult to create content. So I’m going to suggest several ways for you to step back and still be able to produce content. 

Episode Highlights:

• (01:58) If you’re concerned about world events share charity posts
• (02:14) Stop scrolling and consuming so much media
• (02:29) Repurpose your content
• (03:05) If blogging weekly is too much reduce to monthly
• (04:53) Batch produce your content
• (05:26) If someone else’s content has resonated with you share their post
• (06:24) Request blogs from other experts
• (08:01) Give yourself a day off from social media 

Connect with Claire: 

Here are my 30 Content Ideas in 30 Minutes Download: https://clairewinter.info/freebies/30-content-ideas-in-30-minutes/ 

Email: [email protected]   

To find out about 1:1 content coaching go to:  www.clairewinter.info

Free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crackingcontent/

Website: https://clairewinter.info/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairewinteruk 

This week it's a bit more of a personal conversation. I’m going to be talking about my own walking and writing journey and how I have used my passion to create writing programs, a day retreat and a weekend retreat called Awaken the Creatrix. These are aimed at women who are change-makers, coaches, creatives, healers, and anyone that has something very important that they want to share with the world. 

Episode Highlights:

• (02:10) Being creative is our life’s purpose
• (02:52) The Awaken the Creatrix course
• (04:27) When I fell in love with walking
• (05:18) My qualifications 
• (06:45) The competition!

Awaken the Creatix: 

Check out the Creatrix Journey website: www.creatrixjourney.com   

Follow us on Instagram: @thecreatrixjourney.com 

To find out more about the Walk & Write Awaken the Creatix course: https://creatrixjourney.com/online-course-in-creative-writing/ 

Get your free creative writing guide here: https://creatrixjourney.com/free-writing-guide/

Here's more information about the competition:

Today we launch the new website for my Walking and Writing Courses, Workshops and Retreats to unlock your inner writer.

It’s my soul-led offering from my heart to yours.

I’m so proud of what we’ve built and I hope you like it too.

Introducing creatrixjourney.com

To celebrate the launch today we’re hosting a gorgeous GIVEAWAY worth £833

Fancy winning….

🌟 6-week Awaken the Creatrix online walking and writing course starting in May

🌟 Amplify your Reach as a Conscious Content Creator 1:1 strategy call with me

Here’s what you have to do!

✅Share the website on your social media using the hashtag #thecreatrixjourney

✅ Go follow the new Instagram account @thecreatrixjourney

✅ Tag 3 people you think would love a walking and writing adventure

✅ Like this post and drop a heart emoji in the comments

Thanking you for taking part!

Walking + writing = creativity

***T’s&C’s - Giveaway closes Sunday 24th April 2022

Winners will be contacted on Wednesday27th April 2022

Winners will be selected using a random generator

Must be 18+

This giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook.**

Connect with Claire: 

Email: [email protected]   

To find out about 1:1 content coaching go to:  www.clairewinter.info

Free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crackingcontent/

Website: https://clairewinter.info/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairewinteruk 

This week I’m sharing a live recording I did with the brilliant Awena Naomie Ella.  Awena is a Certified mBIT and transformational success coach, for ambitious, soul-led women ready to own their truth and create a life of wild success. She joined me for the last cohort of the Walk & Write Awaken the Creatrix Course and in this episode of the podcast, we discuss what that experience was like for her and how much she benefited from giving herself the time to become more creative through getting in touch with nature and writing with other like-minded women. Walk & Write Awaken the

Episode Highlights:

• (02:09) What is was like being part of the Creatrix Course
• (04:55) How Awena came up with new concepts and titles for her business
• (05:31) The importance of integrating the walk before writing
• (08:57) It was powerful having this circle of women
• (12:35) You appreciate how important creating a space for creativity is 
• (14:00) Getting back in touch with the nature and elements

Connect with Claire: 

To find out more about the Walk & Write Awaken the Creatix course: https://creatrixjourney.com/online-course-in-creative-writing/

Get your free creative writing guide here: https://creatrixjourney.com/free-writing-guide/

Email: [email protected]   

To find out about 1:1 content coaching go to:  www.clairewinter.info

Free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crackingcontent/

Website: https://clairewinter.info/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairewinteruk 

About Awena Naomie Ella:

Awena Naomie Ella Certified mBIT and transformational success Coach, for ambitious, soul led women ready to own their truth and create a life of wild success.

Awena is a business mentor, experienced Occupational Therapist, Certified mBIT Coach, Holistic Life Coach, NLP Master Practitioner, Belief Clearing Practitioner, Healer, Multi-Award Winning Businesswoman, speaker, teacher and a badass warrior woman with a passion to create global change and help other phenomenal women Ascend into a wildly wealthy life!

Connect with Awena:

Website: https://naomieella.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/naomie.ella.393?fref=mentions

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/awena-naomie-ella-509039197/?originalSubdomain=uk 

This week’s episode is all about how to be more confident on video. Video is going to be increasingly used by people to promote their businesses, their goods and services, and also to create consumer confidence.

I've got some really impressive facts that might encourage you to start playing around with video, or using it more for your business; by the end of 2022, 82% of all internet traffic is predicted to be video. At the moment 86% of small businesses say they are using video in some way to promote their goods and services. And 84% of consumers say they are more confident if they've seen a video about someone's product or service. 

Episode Highlights:

• (01:53) Know your equipment
• (02:02) Going live
• (02:41) Invest in some good lighting
• (05:09) Find something that will give a bit of confidence
• (05:49) Pre-recording
• (07:55) Play to your strengths

Connect with Claire: 

Listen to this episode of Cracking Content to find out how to create a brilliant guest signature talk. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-59-how-to-create-a-brilliant-guest-signature-talk/id1529616010?i=1000543466958

Here are my 30 Content Ideas in 30 Minutes Download: https://clairewinter.info/freebies/30-content-ideas-in-30-minutes/ 

Email: [email protected]   

To find out about 1:1 content coaching go to:  www.clairewinter.info

Free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crackingcontent/

Website: https://clairewinter.info/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairewinteruk 

This week’s episode is all about reels and if we really have to do them. You would have to be hiding under a rock, not to notice the number of people using short-form video content. Obviously, TikTok is leading the way, and if you have teenagers in your house, you will see them creating lots of dance videos, or consuming a lot of this content. Instagram has obviously got reels and they have indicated that they want to make Instagram, not a picture led platform, but a video led platform. You've also got YouTube shorts and even Pinterest are getting in on the video game with Idea Pins. So it’s definitely worth considering using video for your content marketing. 

Episode Highlights:

• (02:05) I’ve built my business doing Facebook lives
• (03:31) There any many different things you can do with short videos
• (04:00) Use the trending music
• (04:32) Think about who your audience is and what content they like consuming
• (05:22) You can keep it really simple

Connect with Claire: 

Here are my 30 Content Ideas in 30 Minutes Download: https://clairewinter.info/freebies/30-content-ideas-in-30-minutes/ 

Email: [email protected]   

To find out about 1:1 content coaching go to:  www.clairewinter.info

Free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crackingcontent/

Website: https://clairewinter.info/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairewinteruk 

This week I’m going to be discussing how you can get into the writing and content creating zone when you just don't feel like it when you are tired or right out of inspiration. 

So whether it's writer's block, distractions or endlessly stacking deadlines, the whole writing process can seem like it's against you at times. And let's face it, we really need to write, even if we are creating videos or podcasts or social media content. So for those moments, when you need to get into the writing mindset, here are some tips to get you back into flow and back into the zone.

Episode Highlights:

• (01:33) Make sure you take time to do nothing
• (02:16) Start your day relaxed with a nice morning routine
• (05:12) Create a nice place to work
• (06:39) Writing is like a muscle, you need to exercise it
• (07:42) Use the Pomodoro technique 

Connect with Claire: 

Here are my 30 Content Ideas in 30 Minutes Download: https://clairewinter.info/freebies/30-content-ideas-in-30-minutes/ 

Email: [email protected]   

To find out about 1:1 content coaching go to:  www.clairewinter.info

Free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crackingcontent/

Website: https://clairewinter.info/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairewinteruk 

This week I am joined by Limarah Crathorne because, in a previous episode, I was talking about SEO and your customer journey and how you can make your website experience for your customers more seamless and also get them to convert. And I promised that I would get Limarah to come on the Cracking Content Podcast to tell us about how we can do that. Limarah is the founder of Convert-More.Com and she's here to share her expertise about making customer journey and conversions easier. 

Episode Highlights:

• (02:13) How Limarah started her business
• (04:30) The mistakes that business owners are making on their websites
• (07:42) Review mining
• (11:02) Three things to help optimise your website
• (14:12) What is SEO?
• (16:33) Using the correct keywords
• (21:27) Repurposing content 

Connect with Claire: 

Here is my guide to being your own PR: https://clairewinter.info/freebies/be-your-own-pr/ 

Email: [email protected]   

To find out about 1:1 content coaching go to:  www.clairewinter.info

Free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crackingcontent/

Website: https://clairewinter.info/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairewinteruk 

About Limarah Crathorne:

Limarah is an expert in helping businesses to get more enquiries, clients and customers from their website. Using a customer-driven optimisation approach she looks at the bigger picture to show you the missed opportunities buried in your website that will help you to get more visitors to your website from Google and turn them into buying customers.

Connect with Limarah:

Visit the convert-more.com

Read her convert-more.com/blog

Follow her on Instagram

Watch her on YouTube

This week is all about how to maximize winning a business award. Now, the reason why it's this week's title is because I've got some amazing news to share with you. The Cracking Content Podcast won its first award last week! We won Best Marketing Podcast in the Podcast for Business Awards. Now we were runners up last year, which was amazing, and it was even better to win this year. So this is why I decided to talk about how do you maximize winning a business award today. 

Episode Highlights:

(02:58) It’s a great way of showcasing your business to a wider audience

(03:58) Make an announcement, create a blog

(05:28) Send out a press release to your local media

(07:31) Send out an email to your mailing list

(08:35) Use other people’s words - transcribe the summary the awards used for you

Connect with Claire: 

Here is the business awards link: https://awards-list.co.uk/uk-awards/business-awards/

Here is my guide to being your own PR: https://clairewinter.info/freebies/be-your-own-pr/ 

Email: [email protected]   

To find out about 1:1 content coaching go to:  www.clairewinter.info

Free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crackingcontent/

Website: https://clairewinter.info/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairewinteruk 

This week, I have been having some really interesting conversations about marketing on social media. Some people are tired, they're tired of spending a long time online marketing their businesses, which inevitably often leads to scrolling and comparisonitis. So is there another way? Could you really market your business without social media? 

Episode Highlights:

(03:17) Create core content and use social media to amplify it

(05:51) Grow your email list

(07:36) Concentrate on search engine optimization (SEO)

(09:15) Blogging regularly will ensure more people find your business

(10:48) Pitch yourself to the media 

Connect with Claire: 

Download my Content Planner: ​​https://clairewinter.info/freebies/yearly-content-planner/ 

Here is my Blog Brainstorm Guide: https://clairewinter.info/freebies/blog-brainstorm-guide/ 

Email: [email protected]   

To find out about 1:1 content coaching go to:  www.clairewinter.info

Free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/crackingcontent/

Website: https://clairewinter.info/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairewinteruk