In this Special Edition Flourish episode, I interview my friend, fellow mompreneur, and business coach Amber Lilyestrom. She shares with me her journey from only providing one-on-one coaching to launching her own mastermind. We also discuss the importance of being oneself and riding the wave of brand me in a world surrounded by people trying to put us in boxes. Amber also doles out some important advice for mompreneurs just starting out.

This special edition episode offers a sneak peek at the content available in my signature Flourish 5-Day Marketing Plan Workshop. These short & sweet guest interviews feature industry friends and I wanted to pull them out of the vault for you. They reference 2018, but are filled with so many nuggets of wisdom and marketing inspiration, I knew you needed to hear them.

Join us live in January for the 2019 Flourish 5-Day Marketing Workshop designed to help your business grow and thrive. Short on time, but big on action, this one hour a day workshop focuses on marketing strategy & action plans and will help propel your business forward. Sign up for the Wait List today!

Highlights:

1. Authenticity: Why surrendering into the truth of being oneself, can be your brands greatest strength and challenge

2. When you hit a ceiling in your business or become burned out, how you can pivot and still expand yourself and your business

3. Why you need to allow others into your business, even if you know how to do all the things - there is value in community and asking for help

4. The answer to how building your business is like solving a puzzle

People, Links, and Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Amber Lilyestrom is a transformational branding & business strategist, writer and speaker. She has been featured in Entrepreneur and Working Mother Magazine and is the host of The Amber Lilyestrom Show podcast where she helps entrepreneurs turn their passions in to heart-centered brands and thriving businesses.

From idea conception to the construction of the business and its digital landscape, Amber supports visionaries, leaders and disruptivators in changing the world and their lives.

Amber spent 10 years working in collegiate athletics marketing, managing the University of New Hampshire Wildcats brand, as well as teaching sports marketing and mentoring student interns. She was recognized as one of the top sports marketing professionals in the nation.

Website: www.amberlilyestrom.com

Facebook:@BrandLoveCoach

Instagram: @amberlilyestrom

Lewis Howes: https://lewishowes.com/

Flourish 5-Day Marketing Plan Workshop: https://ah.amberhousley.com/flourish-waitlist

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Amber Housley is a creative business and sweet life cultivator who founded her first business in 2007. Today, she's a Marketing Strategist for top creatives and influencers, producing hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue with her sales and launch strategies. Passionate about raising women to new heights, Amber shares her smart strategies with other women business owners through live and virtual trainings like the Flourish 5-day Marketing Plan Workshop and Inspired Retreat— an annual business gathering of women entrepreneurs. Her private Inspired Coterie Mastermind program is made for women want to run creative businesses efficiently, with joy, and without the expense of sacrificing family time.

In this Special Edition Flourish episode, I interview Brittani Allen. She is the creator and owner of Pinch Of Help, a home organization service that helps families clear the clutter, while also creating a healthier space . We discuss her brand’s greatest strength; listening to customers, so simple, yet so effective! We also dig into the marketing campaign tactics that work and didn’t work for Brittani in the past years and what she has learned from them. Lastly, she offers up lots of brilliant advice for fellow mompreneurs that you don’t want to miss.

This special edition episode offers a sneak peek at the content available in my signature Flourish 5-Day Marketing Plan Workshop. These short & sweet guest interviews feature industry friends and I wanted to pull them out of the vault for you. They reference 2018, but are filled with so many nuggets of wisdom and marketing inspiration, I knew you needed to hear them.

Join us live in January for the 2019 Flourish 5-Day Marketing Workshop designed to help your business grow and thrive. Short on time, but big on action, this one hour a day workshop focuses on marketing strategy & action plans and will help propel your business forward. Sign up for the Wait List today!

Highlights:

1. How to not let your fears hold you back - so go on and reach out to that ideal client! 

2. Understanding that the direction of your business may not always be clear in the beginning, but flexibility and adaptation can lead to true growth

3. How to translate someone saying “Wow that’s a really cool, great thing” into an actual client

4. The marketing techniques Brittani plans to utilize to in the new year

5. Why discovering your uniqueness and working hard to showcase it can be a game changer

People, Links, and Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

As a wife and mom of two kids plus a puppy, Brittani Allen gets it. She knows your family is your top priority and you would do anything to ensure their health and safety. But with busy schedules, carpool and all the obligations of raising a family, she knows that finding the time to sift through all of the current health topics and decipher what’s best for your family can be a challenge.

Her Healthy Home Makeover is a room-by-room assessment of not only the ORGANIZATION of your living space but also its HEALTH & FUNCTION. She's committed to creating a customized organization plan that will leave your space free of toxins, beautifully organized, and that gives you and your family the peace of mind you so desperately crave in your home.

Facebook: @pinchofhelp

Instagram: @pinchofhelp

Flourish 5-Day Marketing Plan Workshop: https://ah.amberhousley.com/flourish-waitlist

Subscribe on iTunes and leave a 5-star, positive review RIGHT HERE. We'll choose one lucky reviewer each month to win a FREE GIFT!

Amber Housley is a creative business and sweet life cultivator who founded her first business in 2007. Today, she's a Marketing Strategist for top creatives and influencers, producing hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue with her sales and launch strategies. Passionate about raising women to new heights, Amber shares her smart strategies with other women business owners through live and virtual trainings like the Flourish 5-day Marketing Plan Workshop and Inspired Retreat— an annual business gathering of women entrepreneurs. Her private Inspired Coterie Mastermind program is made for women want to run creative businesses efficiently, with joy, and without the expense of sacrificing family time.

In this episode, I share my reflections and progress on goals from 2018. You can see the highlights and photo memories at this blog post available here: https://www.amberhousley.com/blog/2018-year-in-review

Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Watch the replay of my FREE Goal Setting in Business + Life Workshop

• Get my Goal Setting Workbook + Training to uncover your vision for the year ahead in your business

• Order your 2019 PowerSheets Intentional Goal Planner from Cultivate What Matters

• Sign up to be notified when the Flourish Marketing Plan Workshop is live in January

• Download my FREE Big Picture Blooming Worksheet

• Watch my interview coming in January for the Inside Job Soulfully Abundant online show

Subscribe on iTunes and leave a 5-star, positive review RIGHT HERE. We'll choose one lucky reviewer each month to win a FREE GIFT!

Amber Housley is a creative business and sweet life cultivator who founded her first business in 2007. Today, she's a Marketing Strategist for top creatives and influencers, producing hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue with her sales and launch strategies. Passionate about raising women to new heights, Amber shares her smart strategies with other women business owners through live and virtual trainings like her private Inspired Coterie Mastermind program, the Flourish 5-day Marketing Plan Workshop, and Inspired Retreat— an annual business gathering of women entrepreneurs. Her programs and content are made for women want to run creative businesses efficiently, with joy, and without the expense of sacrificing family time.

In this special episode, I chat with my friend and fellow mompreneur, Cathy Olson, who runs Love Inspired. We discuss her business, which is the perfect mix of beauty and brains, where website and graphic design goes beyond something pretty into something smart, strategic, authentic, and message based. She shares some of her brand’s greatest strengths, as well as a marketing campaign tactic that didn’t quite work out, but how to turn failure into success. Cathy shares lots of advice, from the types of marketing ads that are growing, when to hire outside contractors, and how to ask for help when needed. Just because we mompreneurs may look like superheroes, we still need a sidekick or two. 

This special edition episode offers a sneak peek at the content available in my signature Flourish 5-Day Marketing Plan Workshop. These short & sweet guest interviews feature industry friends and I wanted to pull them out of the vault for you. They reference 2018, but are filled with so many nuggets of wisdom and marketing inspiration, I knew you needed to hear them.

Join us live in January for the 2019 Flourish 5-Day Marketing Workshop designed to help your business grow and thrive. Short on time, but big on action, this one hour a day workshop focuses on marketing strategy & action plans and will help propel your business forward. Sign up for the Wait List today!

Highlights:

1. The importance of approachability and visibility in ones company 

2. What a value ladder is and how using it as a marketing tactic will lead to more success

3. Why experimentation can be the best bet for your brand 

4. When should you hire help in your business and life, and what does that look like  

People, Links, and Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Cathy Olson is a wife, mom of 2 girls, a Southern Californian and a believer in loving people with everything you've got. Cathy has been a professional designer for 17 years, working with multimillion dollar brands (Costco, Best Buy & Disney to name a few) and opened her own business 9 years ago to help small businesses find THEIR voice.

She works with creative professionals both nationally and internationally and has designed and launched hundreds of successful brands. Cathy has an intense love and passion for small creative businesses and shares her experiences, teaches and shares tips for creative businesses. Cathy encourages others to focus on what matters, follow your passions, and make it count.

Website: www.love-inspired.com

Facebook: @myloveinspired

Instagram:@loveinspired

Flourish 5-Day Marketing Plan Workshop: https://ah.amberhousley.com/flourish-waitlist

Subscribe on iTunes and leave a 5-star, positive review RIGHT HERE. We'll choose one lucky reviewer each month to win a FREE GIFT!

Amber Housley is a creative business and sweet life cultivator who founded her first business in 2007. Today, she's a Marketing Strategist for top creatives and influencers, producing hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue with her sales and launch strategies. Passionate about raising women to new heights, Amber shares her smart strategies with other women business owners through live and virtual trainings like the Flourish 5-day Marketing Plan Workshop and Inspired Retreat— an annual business gathering of women entrepreneurs. Her private Inspired Coterie Mastermind program is made for women want to run creative businesses efficiently, with joy, and without the expense of sacrificing family time.

In this Special Edition Flourish episode I interview my friend and fellow mompreneur, Heather Crabtree. We discuss her Savvy Business Owners Group, why marketing campaigns can fail and what to learn from it, as well as her brand’s greatest strength. She also shares a great tip about graphics for beginners. We end our interview with some advice for fellow mompreneurs just starting off on this wild, but rewarding journey.

This special edition episode offers a sneak peek at the content available in my signature Flourish 5-Day Marketing Plan Workshop. These short & sweet guest interviews feature industry friends and I wanted to pull them out of the vault for you. They reference 2018, but are filled with so many nuggets of wisdom and marketing inspiration, I knew you needed to hear them.

Join us live in January for the 2019 Flourish 5-Day Marketing Workshop designed to help your business grow and thrive. Short on time, but big on action, this one hour a day workshop focuses on marketing strategy & action plans and will help propel your business forward. Sign up for the Wait List today!

Highlights:

1. The importance of time management and preparation before a launch, you always need more time than you think.

2. How focusing on only one product or campaign per month can lead to more consistency within the brand, which in turns builds more trust with the customer.

3. A great tip for how to easily resize graphics across all platforms.

4. Why trying to imitate all the other mompreneurs is not best idea and how going your own way can lead to more success and happiness.

5. The value in having people that not only support you and your business, but also are willing to call you out when necessary.  

People, Links, and Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Heather Crabtree is a Business Mentor for Creative Entrepreneurs and she wants to help you create and grow a savvy business that combines your smarts and your heart.

Heather currently coaches creative entrepreneurs from all over the world and hosts The Savvy Community, where she encourages female entrepreneurs to create, connect, communicate, and collaborate.

Business aside, Heather is also a proud mom to her littles, London and Lane, and wife of 11 years to her husband, Cole. She believes that life should not be taken for granted and that we should cherish each morsel of every day. She loves to encourage, motivate and share her knowledge with others, but also believes that we can learn something from every person we meet.

Heather's daughter London had pediatric cancer and is doing really well. Recently they received the news that there is No Evidence of Disease (NED) after 18 months of treatment! You can follow along at London's Love Bugs.

Website: www.heathercrabtree.com

Facebook: The Savvy Community with Heather Crabtree

Instagram: @heather_crabtree

Canva: https://www.canva.com/

Flourish 5-Day Marketing Plan Workshop: https://ah.amberhousley.com/flourish-waitlist

Subscribe on iTunes and leave a 5-star, positive review RIGHT HERE. We'll choose one lucky reviewer each month to win a FREE GIFT!

Amber Housley is a creative business and sweet life cultivator who founded her first business in 2007. Today, she's a Marketing Strategist for top creatives and influencers, producing hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue with her sales and launch strategies. Passionate about raising women to new heights, Amber shares her smart strategies with other women business owners through live and virtual trainings like the Flourish 5-day Marketing Plan Workshop and Inspired Retreat— an annual business gathering of women entrepreneurs. Her private Inspired Coterie Mastermind program is made for women want to run creative businesses efficiently, with joy, and without the expense of sacrificing family time.

In this episode, I break down one of my favorite tools that has helped me manifest my biggest life and business dreams - a Vision Board! A vision board is the opportunity to put out your dreams to the universe in a fun, visual, and physical manner. I go through the key questions you should ask yourself during this process, such as: What type of person do you want to be in the future? What does a day in the life of that person look like? I also share details about my previous vision boards and how the quote “make your visions so clear that your fears become irrelevant” has become my guiding mantra for the coming year. Are you ready to do this? Great, me too!

Don’t forget to watch my free training video with downloadable worksheet at https://www.amberhousley.com/visionboard

I'm going to walk you through creating your own gorgeous vision for 2019!

Highlights:

1. The psychology behind vision boarding - what is the law of attraction?

2. How my PowerSheets Goal Planner is the ultimate tool for Vision Board prep work.  

3. What are the different elements of the board, from images to phrase, even specific numbers, and possible ideas for my Word of the Year.

4. The one clear rule for your Vision Board. Hint, it involves visibility!

5. A Discount Code to Persnickety Prints for you own collage print.

Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

My free Vision Board Training: https://www.amberhousley.com/visionboard

PowerSheets Goal Planner by Cultivate What Matters: http://shrsl.com/1854t

Persnickety Prints: https://www.persnicketyprints.com/photo-collage/

Pinterest Page: https://www.pinterest.com/amberhousley/

Subscribe on iTunes and leave a 5-star, positive review RIGHT HERE. We'll choose one lucky reviewer each month to win a FREE GIFT!

Amber Housley is a creative business and sweet life cultivator who founded her first business in 2007. Today, she's a Marketing Strategist for top creatives and influencers, producing hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue with her sales and launch strategies. Passionate about raising women to new heights, Amber shares her smart strategies with other women business owners through live and virtual trainings like the Flourish 5-day Marketing Plan Workshop and Inspired Retreat— an annual business gathering of women entrepreneurs. Her private Inspired Coterie Mastermind program is made for women want to run creative businesses efficiently, with joy, and without the expense of sacrificing family time.

This special Saturday episode gives you an inside look at my Christmas List, resolutions for the new year and reflections on the past year - what went well or not so well. I also share details about my one of my favorite traditions - the Christmas Cookie Exchange Party, where a little friendly competition mixes with some delicious treats.

Highlights: 

1. The inside scoop on my Christmas Cookie Exchange Party: its history, some of the rules and why it's such a success.

2. The importance of taking a break during the last quarter of the year in order to gain more focus

3. One of my biggest resolutions for next year involves getting more healthy with better meal prep and nutrition, while also getting more active. Should I give pilates a try?

4. I also give you a peak into my favorite resources I use all the time to make every day better, from daily devotionals to therapeutic apps.

Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode: 

terrain by Anthropologie: https://www.shopterrain.com/

Kendra Scott Jewelry: https://www.kendrascott.com/

Arbonne: https://www.arbonne.com/pws/amberhousley/tabs/home.aspx

Talkspace app: https://www.talkspace.com/

Flow With Intention - class by Jess Lively: http://flowwithintentiononline.com/

Jesus Calling by Sarah Young: https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Calling-Enjoying-Peace-Presence/dp/1591451884/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1544841503&sr=8-2&keywords=jesus+calling+sarah+young

The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo: https://www.amazon.com/Book-Awakening-Having-Being-Present/dp/1573241172/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544841567&sr=8-1&keywords=the+book+of+awakening+by+mark+nepo

21-Day Meditation Experience app (Deepak Chopra & Oprah Winfrey): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chopracenter.meditationexperience&hl=en_US

The Joyful Garden Planner: https://www.joyfulgardenplanner.com/ Promo Code - 'HOLIDAYS' for 30% off and Free Shipping!

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Amber Housley is a creative business and sweet life cultivator who founded her first business in 2007. Today, she's a Marketing Strategist for top creatives and influencers, producing hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue with her sales and launch strategies. Passionate about raising women to new heights, Amber shares her smart strategies with other women business owners through live and virtual trainings like the Flourish 5-day Marketing Plan Workshop and Inspired Retreat— an annual business gathering of women entrepreneurs. Her private Inspired Coterie Mastermind program is made for women want to run creative businesses efficiently, with joy, and without the expense of sacrificing family time.

I have just returned from an amazing retreat in Los Angeles with my business coach Amber Lilyestrom's mastermind with Lewis Howes as a featured guest. While the trip is still fresh in my mind, I wanted to share with you all my biggest takeaways from the retreat and how they are impacting my year to come.

Highlights: 

1. The importance of fuel and energy in one's life and business. Going outside and enjoying nature and eating those greens can really work wonders!

2. Discussing the reasons behind women's feelings to suffer silently and not inconvenience others and how to change that.

3. What is constant innovation (a phrase used by Lewis Howes) and how it can be used to better oneself and to finally break free from tired routines producing the same results.

4. How the company you keep can be an excellent resource that moves you forward.

5. Answering the tough questions, such as why are you doing this? and what impact will it have on yourself and others? will lead you towards action and success in the new year.

People, Links, and Resources Mentioned in this Episode: 

Amber Lilyestrom

http://www.amberlilyestrom.com/

Lewis Howes

https://lewishowes.com/

Free Vision Board Training Workshop

https://www.amberhousley.com/visionboard/

Flourish Marketing Plan Workshop (a focused five days of marketing strategy and action)

https://www.amberhousley.com/flourish

In this episode of The Bloom and Grow Show, Amber reveals top strategies to feeling more confident with social media and how to see your time pay off. Amber explains what a friend told her about bots and how to get real followers the right way. First, commit to creating consistent, valuable content that amplifies what is already great about you. Make sure to have a pulse on all channels with consistent themes that translate to each website. Next, show personality to stand out from the crowd and Amber gives tips on engaging with your audience. Then, some other strategies Amber offers for social media are having fun, actively looking for followers, and checking your analytics.

 Enjoy the show!

Links/Resources

Blissful Abode Interiors

The Sweet & Savvy Social Bundle

Show Notes:

• Bots grow your following online 00:02:00

• Creating valuable content 00:03:45

• Have a pulse on all channels 00:05:05

• Show personality 00:06:55

• Listen, ask, engage 00:09:20

• Have fun 00:10:50

• Actively look for followers 00:12:30

• Check your analytics 00:14:50

Subscribe on iTunes and leave a 5-star, positive review RIGHT HERE. We'll choose one lucky reviewer each month to win a FREE GIFT!

Amber Housley is a creative business and sweet life cultivator who founded her first business in 2007. Today, she's a Marketing Strategist for top creatives and influencers, producing hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue with her sales and launch strategies. Passionate about raising women to new heights, Amber shares her smart strategies with other women business owners through live and virtual trainings like the Flourish 5-day Marketing Plan Workshop and Inspired Retreat— an annual business gathering of women entrepreneurs. Her private Inspired Coterie Mastermind program is made for women want to run creative businesses efficiently, with joy, and without the expense of sacrificing family time.

In this episode of The Bloom and Grow Show, Amber reveals how she is on the way to Christy Wright’s Business Boutique Conference in Nashville, TN. Then Amber advises how to select the right conference for your needs. First, do your research by finding testimonials and discover what the price of the conference includes. To save money, Amber suggests finding a roommate to offset the cost of your hotel room and have a pajama party. Also, will your experience bring a return on investment and will there be a whole lot to do? For example, Amber wrote a sales page she could implement after the conference. Then, Amber says to do your homework on the speakers, not to judge speakers based on their online followers, and always to prepare questions.

 Enjoy the show!

Links/Resources

Christy Wright’s Business Boutique: https://www.businessboutique.com/events/nashville/

Inspired Retreat: https://www.amberhousley.com/inspired-retreat/

All She Wrote Notes: https://www.allshewrotenotes.com

Show Notes:

• Inspired Retreat dates are released 00:02:55

• Do your research 00:03:55

• Find a roommate for your hotel 00:05:00

• Return on investment 00:06:05

• Do your homework on the speakers 00:07:55

• Don’t discount a speaker based on their online following 00:09:20

• Prepare questions 00:10:00

Subscribe on iTunes and leave a 5-star, positive review RIGHT HERE. We'll choose one lucky reviewer each month to win a FREE GIFT!

Amber Housley is a creative business and sweet life cultivator who founded her first business in 2007. Today, she's a Marketing Strategist for top creatives and influencers, producing hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue with her sales and launch strategies. Passionate about raising women to new heights, Amber shares her smart strategies with other women business owners through live and virtual trainings like the Flourish 5-day Marketing Plan Workshop and Inspired Retreat— an annual business gathering of women entrepreneurs. Her private Inspired Coterie Mastermind program is made for women want to run creative businesses efficiently, with joy, and without the expense of sacrificing family time.