Networking might not seem necessary for a dance business. But it in fact is crucial if you want the process to be sustainable. Learn the reframe to view networking in a positive light, and how to do it in a way that feels aligned and sincere for both you and who you are connecting with. 

Networking was not something I gravitated towards, but with time I have developed the skill to increase my circle of phenomenal likeminded entrepreneurs, all rooting for and holding space for one another.

Highlights:

• Why you need to start networking
• How to network in a way that feels good 
• The next steps once you connect with someone
• Bonus: learn about my exclusive birthday month offer

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• Audra Allen-Queen: @thedanceceocoach

Mentioned In The Episode:

• Business Academy for Dancers®
• Dance CEO University™

Social media marketing has a reputation of being difficult and time consuming. But it doesn't have to be that way. You can in fact learn how to use social media to your advantage, in a way that feels aligned for you and maybe even exciting!

On this week's episode, Audra sits down with Jeanne-Marie Branche, social media manager and CEO/Founder of Releve Marketing to learn practical ways to optimize your social media and do it in a way that feels good and is sustainable, sharing 5+ years of staying on top of the ever shifting trends and best practices for marketing online.

Jeanne-Marie Branche is the Founder/CEO of Relevé Marketing- a social media and digital marketing agency for dancers, dance brands, and dance businesses. Jeanne-Marie graduated from the University of Tampa with a B.A. in Communication and a B.A. in Dance. Aside from her business, she is active in the dance community teaching, choreographing, and writing for her dance blog Dancers of the Light.

Highlights:

• The real purpose of social media
• How to take marketing more seriously 
• The steps to take to utilize social media for marketing
• Productivity hacks for content creation

Links:

• www.relevemarketing.com

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• Audra Allen-Queen: @thedanceceocoach
• Jeanne-Marie Branche: @relevemarketing

Mentioned In The Episode:

• 3-2-1 Rule by Brendon Burchard
• Pomodoro Technique for effective time management
• Business Academy for Dancers®
• Dance CEO University™

Learn this simple but highly effective process to start living your day-to-day ideal life, and showing up as your best self for other commitments you have.

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Instagram: @thedanceceocoach

www.thedanceceocoach.com

Learn More About the Dance CEO University:

https://www.thedanceceocoach.com/university

Join my guest, Nicole Perry, co-founder of Momentum Stage, Inc., and I as we discuss how dance teachers and business owners can make their studios, classes, and meetings safer and more equitable.

We chat about everything from pay scale options to continuing education on this topic. I learned a lot and I suspect you may as well.

To connect with Nicole Perry:

Instagram: @momentumstageFL

FaceBook: @momentumstagefl

Twitter: @intimacychoreoFL

www.momentumstage.org

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IG: @thedanceceocoach

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Dance CEO University information:

https://www.thedanceceocoach.com/university

I go personal on this one...sharing a trigger I recently discovered regarding dancing in the studio. If you want to hear my process in real time the why and how of this, then this is the episode for you. Who knows, you may even relate.

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Guest Emi Matsushita, Mindset & Business Coach for dance artists, and I go really deep in this episode. We share our own journeys of living the starving artist mentality, to now leading others to lives of abundance and why it is our mission to shift the dance business industry into one of inclusion. We wholeheartedly believe there is room for everyone to be successful!

Connect With Emi

IG: @levelup_emilou

www.emilou.co

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Masterclass Information:

3 CEO Skills to Attract Business

March 29, 2023 @1pm CST via Zoom

www.thedanceeocoach.com/masterclass

Books Mentioned:

You are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero

Rick As Fuck by Amanda Francis

Your time is the most valuable asset you have, and it's time to stop letting others take it away from you. In this episode I dive into the why and how of boundary setting to reclaim your time, energy and life. It's going to take a bit of personal work, but I promise you, it will be worth it.

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Join my guest Mia Kay of Tendu By Miss Mia LLC, and I as we discuss our personal journeys of detaching from the central identity of being a dancer first, learning to set boundaries and cater to ourselves before others and Mia's productivity hack to help you transition into an overwhelm free life. 

You can connect with Mia at:

www.tendubymissmia.com

Instagram: @tendubymissmia

You can follow me, Audra, your host, and see behind the scenes content from this podcast at:

www.thedanceceocoach.com

Instagram: @thedanceceocoach

Answering a question from you, the community, I dive into my personal take on the "starving artist" mentality and why and it's up to each of us, individually to shift our money scarcity mindsets. I also share my own personal journey with this and the steps you can take for yourself.

Book Referenced in Episode: You Are A Badass At Making Money by Jen Sincero

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Join the founders of We Are Queens, Tal Kamin & Sara Fox, as we discuss the process it took them to start and build a non-profit while in college (and during Covid) and the lessons they've learned along the way to create the empire that is their organization now.

You can find them at:

www.wearequeens.org

Instagram: @wearequeens_joinus

You can follow me, Audra your host, and see behind the scenes content from this podcast at:

www.thedanceceocoach.com

Instagram: @thedanceceocoach