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This week’s minisode is all about my passion project the Visionary Journal. After, running a successful Kickstarter campaign last year, I’ve decided to run a pre-order campaign to offset the production costs of bringing the Galaxy Visionary Journal back. In this episode, I’m sharing a little of my journey as a planner creator and giving you 5 important reasons why you need the Visionary Journal for 2018.

Pre-order the Galaxy Visionary Journal at VisionaryJournal.co

Get FREE shipping by using GALAXY at checkout.

 

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This week on Pimp Your Brilliance, I’m chatting with Lindsay White of Lot 801. Lot801 is a children's brand for the curious littles and mums who love practical style. After building her brand so quickly through social media and PR, other small shop owners took notice and started contacting her with questions on how they too could grow their brand. That's when she started Lot801 Marketing where she teaches other small biz owners how to grow their brand via social media, PR and email marketing.

In this episode, we discuss how Lindsay started her children’s clothing line, the light bulb moment that made her take PR seriously, how she leverages celebrity relationships to grow her brand and her keys to success.

This episode is sponsored by the Galaxy Visionary Journal- VisionaryJournal.co

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Today we’re talking all about creative collaborations. A common struggle amongst creative entrepreneurs is trying to gain visibility and grow their brands in an increasingly noisy online space. Once I started to partner up with other people I found it so much easier to grow my business and expand my influence.

But there’s an art to pitching collaborations and more often than not I’m underwhelmed by the quality of pitches that I’ve received. In this episode, I’m sharing the dos and don’ts of creative collaborations.

This minisode is sponsored by the Galaxy Visionary Journal- VisionaryJournal.co FREE shipping with promo code GALAXY

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This week on Pimp Your Brilliance, I’m chatting with Tamara Floyd an award-winning blogger and part-time superhero. Tamara started her blog, Natural Hair Rules.com in 2008 as a creative outlet and online natural hair journal. Over the years it has garnered more than one million monthly pageviews and a following nearly 700,000 across all social media channels. She has had the honor of working with top brands and companies such as Sally Beauty, Wal-Mart, and Dove, just to name a few.

In this episode, we discuss how Tamara got started as a blogger, SEO best practices and repurposing content to build consistency and how failure is valuable.

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In a recent listener survey, I asked: What’s one thing that you’re struggling with in your creative business? Overwhelmingly the answers the revolved around struggles related to running a side hustle while holding down a 9 to 5.

If you’ve been struggling to make progress with your side hustle because of time and organization issues you aren’t alone. Many creatives including myself have struggled with this. It has taken me years to figure out strategies, processes, and systems that help my business run with more ease.

In this episode, I’m sharing 4 ways to master your side hustle.

This minisode is sponsored by Side Hustle & Flow master class- sidehustleandflow.com

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This week on Pimp Your Brilliance, I’m chatting with Jess Peterson. Jess is the CEO & Creative Producer of Mighty Oak, a creative studio that specializes in hand-made animation and design. Since launching in May 2015, their series of commercials, gifs, and editorial videos have been viewed millions of times, receiving acclaim from the ACLU, Huffington Post, and BBC. Her mission is to both encourage more creatives to explore the world of entrepreneurship and to employ more women in her field.

In this episode, we discuss why Jess started a handmade animation studio, how she pivoted to build a better business, understanding your strengths and the lessons she’s learned on her entrepreneurial journey.

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Have you ever wondered how to develop an idea into a physical product? How to find a manufacturer for your idea? What are minimum order quantities? How to get funding for your idea? After successfully producing several versions of the Visionary Journal, I know a thing or two about working with a manufacturer to produce a product. This episode is all about how to develop an idea and bring it to life through manufacturing.

BEST MOMENTS

• The idea behind the Visionary Journal
• How I created my first prototype
• Product Testing/ Getting feedback
• Developing my MVP (minimum viable product)
• How to find a printer
• What it’s like to work with a printer
• Creating a budget/ Funding your idea

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This is the inaugural episode of the Brilliant B*****s Book Club with my co-hosts Siobhan of Be Free Project and Christa of Christa David Art. In this episode, we are discussing Jen Sincero’s latest book You Are A Badass At Making Money. If you’ve read Jen’s previous book you know she has a no-nonsense approach when it comes to changing your mindset and believing you are deserving of something greater. It’s the perfect book to give you that much-needed kick in the pants to fix your funky mindset.

 

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This week on Pimp Your Brilliance, I’m chatting with public health researcher turned painter Christa David. Christa is a mixed media artist fusing the mediums of painting, collage and assemblage to discuss themes of faith, power, politics and identity. In September 2016, after years of “making art in the cracks” (nights and weekends) along side her demanding work as senior public health researcher, she took a leap of faith into making art full-time.

In this episode, we discuss why Christa left her six figure salary to pursue art, how to evaluate your life situation to decide if taking the leap is right for you, marketing yourself as a full time artist and avoiding the comparison bug.

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BEST MOMENTS:

• Why Christa left her six figure salary to pursue art
• How she prepared to leave her job
• Evaluating your life situation to decide if taking the leap is right for you
• How Christa is developing her art practice
• Christa’s take on marketing yourself as a full time artist
• How she refuels her creativity and stays inspired
• How to avoid the comparison bug
• Christa’s advice for new artists
• Pimp Your Brilliance action challenge

 

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My grandma has this saying about September. She says, "If you let September catch you without a plan, then you might as well get ready to start saying "Happy New Year" in two weeks."

I totally agree. Once September starts the holiday season rolls in and it’s a nonstop roller coaster ride until we hit New Year’s Day. Don’t let the holiday slump catch you.

If you own a creative business, it’s important that you get your second wind and finish the year strong. In this episode, I’m sharing 6 ways that you can end the year on a high note.

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