Midwest Mompreneurs

Midwest Mompreneurs host, Kathryn Snellen is sharing her tips to start planning holiday promotions + marketing for your business or brand including ideas for small shop owners and influencers. 

Today's mini episode with our host, Kathryn Snellen, is all about creating know, like & trust with your audience in order to grow your business.

Today's episode features Emylee Williams, a Midwest mompreneur that has built a 7-figure online marketing business, Boss Project + has followed her creative pursuits to create her own product line of handmade clay jewelry. Emylee is a Kansas City-based mom that went through an adoption journey while creating the business of her dreams that allows her flexibility and financial freedom to live the live that she always dreamt of. Tune in for tips on scaling a service-based business into an online platform, plus managing multipe different businesses including introducing products to the mix! Emylee shares how she continues to encourage other makers, creators and entrepreneurs to create the career that works best for them. 

Today's episode features Chef Shanita or Shanita McAfee-Bryant, a mom and professional chef that has served the Kansas City area + national cities like LA, NYC and Chicago as a culinary extrodinare. Shanita has been featured on popular cooking TV shows and was the 2014 winner of "Cut Throat Kitchen". She has worked for high-profile restaurants and clients, but also has realized that her passion for cooking goes beyond that and has launched an initiatve in Kansas City with the "Fresh & Free Produce Box" project to bring healthy produce to parts of the city that are lacking access. Shanita shares her experiences building her career, while raising her babies and how she shares her cooking with her community, plus the struggles of being a Black woman in the kitchen in an industry that is not always diverse.

Today's episode features Chef Shanita or Shanita McAfee-Bryant, a mom and professional chef that has served the Kansas City area + national cities like LA, NYC and Chicago as a culinary extrodinare. Shanita has been featured on popular cooking TV shows and was the 2014 winner of "Cut Throat Kitchen". She has worked for high-profile restaurants and clients, but also has realized that her passion for cooking goes beyond that and has launched an initiatve in Kansas City with the "Fresh & Free Produce Box" project to bring healthy produce to parts of the city that are lacking access. Shanita shares her experiences building her career, while raising her babies and how she shares her cooking with her community, plus the struggles of being a Black woman in the kitchen in an industry that is not always diverse. 

Today's episode features Nellie Sparkman, a mom of two that balances a multitude of services under the "Nellie Sparkman" brand including wedding planning, custom stationary, website design,  wellness, and much more! Nellie shares her experiences of building her event and wedding business and how she gradually added other services beyond event planning to add additional revenue, fulfill her creative passions and make it work as a mom that stays at home. Tune for tips on balancing revneue streams, launching services and building a cohesive brand that highlights a variety of experiences and reflects many passions.

Today's mini episode is all about finding and understanding your ideal client. From evaluating your current clients and who makes sense for your brand to researching the "ideal client" that makes the most sense for your business!

Today's episode is with Katie Mabry van Dieren, the Owner and Curator of one of the world's top indie craft fairs, The Strawberry Swing and the Co-Founder and Director of Arts & Programming of Troost Market Collective, a non-profit organization whose mission is to create equitable economic opportunity for creative entrepreneurs, inspiring future generations through innovative partnerships and programming.  Katie is a champion for community and the maker movement. Her own maker business, Papillon Kate, leads one of Etsy's largest maker teams with over 800 local Etsy businesses. She is the owner and co-founder of Craft Show CEO.

Today's episode features Stephanie Parenza, a Kansas City style influencer + bookkeeper for small businesses that turned her influence into a business where she offers education around empowering women to manage their business financials and grow an authentic community. Today, we are diving into Stephanie's journey as a full-time business owner, mama and how she uses systems to do it all.

Feeling overwhelmed? Let's chat about easy and effective productivity hacks to schedule your week and get more done while balancing a business and raising babies.