Ladies Who Launch

Scaling up your business can be one of the most exciting and scary parts of being an entrepreneur. Whether it's investing in an office space or hiring staff, the decisions can be overwhelming.

This week, Calgary PR entrepreneur Lana Rogers of LRPR joins Dakota and Alyssa to discuss how she took her solopreneurship to one of the city's successful most firms with multiple staff and a unique client discovery process.

For over a decade, Lana Rogers has worked closely with a number of the country’s top enduring brands to achieve significant recognition in North America’s leading publications. Now known for redefining the communications model with an unconventional approach, Lana Rogers supports unorthodox brands in achieving
autonomy and self-reliance.

Lana and her team get in the trenches, offering communications planning to jumpstart businesses by leveraging their innate potential LRPR bids farewell to formalities and best-kept industry secrets. Equipping passionate lifestyle and hospitality decision-makers with guidance, progressive marketing insight and accountability early on.

http://www.lanarogerspr.com/
Instagram: @lanamrogers

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So, you started your own business. What does this mean for how you represent yourself to clients, online and in your personal life? 

In this episode, Dakota and Alyssa talk about their professional metamorphosis over the years of having their own businesses, some mistakes they made with trying to be who they aren't and how you can integrate your personal values into your business. 

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Influencer marketing has become very popular over the last five years. Due to its newness, there are many pitfalls brands and influencers face when working together. Join Dakota and Alyssa as they share tips on how to work with influencers, how to research which influencer best fits with your brand and how both brands and influencers can protect themselves with proper contracts.

Resources: 

https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/fake-followers

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It's no secret that Alyssa and Dakota love to travel. And having the flexibility to travel played a large role in their decisions to become entrepreneurs. In this episode, they share tips on how to travel while running a business, why it's important to leave your business in capable hands and enjoy your trip and even some funny travel stories.

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Tune-in with Alyssa and Dakota as they explain what a business wall is, how to assemble, re-assemble and maintain your biz wall and what social media trends are top of mind as we enter the latter half of 2020!

Questions? DM us on Instagram @ladieswholaunch.yyc or email us at [email protected]

Resources
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/108387/open-for-business-feature-on-linkedin-overview?lang=en
https://www.bustle.com/life/how-to-use-instagram-pinned-comments-feature

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We get it, we started this cast in a weird time, so here it is, the ladies behind the cast and what we're all about!
Learn more about Alyssa Berry and Dakota Kidby, their businesses and why we chose to start the Ladies who Launch.

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Do you find yourself racing to the fridge or pantry when you’re feeling down or upset? Have you ever looked down and realized you've eaten an entire pint of ice cream and have no idea how it happened? This is emotional eating.

Join Alyssa and Dakota as they discuss the cycle of guilt, shame and weight gain related to emotional eating with CEO of Amber Approved, Amber Romaniuk.

Amber Romaniuk is an Emotional Eating, Digestive and Hormone Expert who helps professional women achieve optimal health through mindful eating, self-care and overcoming self-sabotage with food.

She overcame her own emotional eating after gaining and losing more than 1,000 pounds, spending over $50,000 on binge foods and spending 5 years balancing her hormones and digestion.

Now Amber helps others achieve Body Freedom™️ so they have the confidence and health to create amazing lives.

For more information on Amber and Amber Approved:
https://amberapproved.ca/
https://www.facebook.com/AmberApproved
https://www.instagram.com/amberromaniuk/

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Empathy the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Did you know that empathy is a skill that you can practice? Join Alyssa (solo this week) as she welcomes Salima Stanley-Bhanji from Humainolgie. They discuss how to support others and ourselves as empathetic beings. 

Salima Stanley-Bhanjiis the CEO of Humainologie. She has spent a decade in management roles in the not for profit sector, and as the General Counsel of the Calgary Homeless Foundation. Salima is a member of the Alberta Hate Crimes Committee and a mentor for SheMeets, which supports the success of women of colour. She values empathy, creativity, accountability, self-awareness and unknowingness.

For more information on Salima Stanley-Bhanji and Humainologie

www.facebook.com/humainologie

www.twitter.com/humainologie

www.instagram.com/spreadempathyYYC

www.humainologie.com  

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"Relationships (of all kinds) can be sh*t shows on the best of days. But how do they (and we) function when there are other factors involved outside of the regular messiness that is life? Dive in with Alyssa and Dakota as they discuss relationship fails, trials and tribulations and current events on this weeks' episode, Relationship Sh*t Shows"

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The global landscape is changing and communities and businesses need to adapt. Join Alyssa and Dakota as we chat with Karen Ball, owner of Karen Ball + Associates about the "next economy" and how micro-businesses and solopreneurs can be leaders as we turn the status quo upside down by learning how to find your community and get a seat at the decision-making table.

Visit www.karenball00.com to learn about Karen's extensive background in culture and community building.

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