The Jenna Rainey Show

I have my fair share of nightmare workshop stories. From not packing enough paper for a watercolor workshop and having to run down the street to an art supply store halfway through teaching, to having to cancel a workshop the night before due to food poisoning... over the last 7 years of teaching, I've experienced it all!

While none of these scenarios were fun in the moment, they were all HUGE learning moments. Now that I have my system and set up DIALED in for teaching workshops, we thankfully never run into these frightening experiences anymore (I mean, never say never I guess), but I want to use today's episode to help you avoid the same nightmare mistakes.

Whether you teach workshops, you do live art at events, or anything related to showing up for a group of people...this episode will give you a good laugh at my expense (you're welcome) and some great advice on how to prepare for the worst.

Episode show notes: https://jennarainey.com/workshopnightmares

Check out my FREE Workshop Cheat Sheet to help you avoid these nightmares. From the prepping phase, to promoting and teaching, we've got the entire checklist here so you know when to start ordering supplies, what to pack for your workshop and more. Grab yours at http://bit.ly/workshopcsheet.

Have you ever thought about writing a book? If not, never say never! It wasn't on my radar AT ALL when Kimberly Brower slid into my DMs in 2015. Fast forward 5 years, and here I am—two best-selling books later—and Kimberly has played a HUGE role in this journey.

She's a literary agent and works behind the scenes negotiating, reading and just demystifying all the contracts that we get from our publisher, making sure I'm following up on my deadlines and meeting deadlines. And we now have our third book in the works with Ten Speed Press!

In this episode we talk about what goes into finding a literary agent, how you would find a literary agent, what an agent does for an author, the pros and cons of self publishing versus traditional and all of that good literary stuff!

Episode show notes: https://jennarainey.com/literaryagent/

Check out Kimberly's agency at http://browerliterary.com/ and give her a follow on Twitter https://twitter.com/KimberlyBrower and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kimberlybrower2/ !

Do you sell digital or physical products on an e-commerce site? I'm talking Etsy, Shopify, Squarespace, Wordpress...any place where you sell your goods.

Over the years I've learned a ton about what works and what totally doesn't. I've had my share of total flops and hearing crickets when launching a new product to selling out and scrambling to pack and ship everything on time.

In this episode, I give you my top 3 tips on what to do when you're making no sales so that you can grow your revenue.

Episode show notes: https://jennarainey.com/ecommerce/

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Emily Jeffords is a brilliantly talented fine artist whose work is highly sought out by collectors. A few years into her creative business, she started teaching to diversity her revenue streams—everything from quaint, beautiful workshops in her own studio to week-long retreats in dreamy locations around the world and even online courses!

Her story is inspirational—one that is relatable to so many of us. We talk about:

- How you can start teaching, even if you don't have a large following

- Emily's mindset hack for overcoming imposter syndrome - How she went from selling her first painting for $1 only 10 years ago to now fully supporting her family

- How teaching plays a fundamental role in her business

...and so much more!

Episode show notes: https://jennarainey.com/emilyjeffords/

Emily's websites: https://emilyjeffords.com and https://emilyjeffordslearn.com

If you're interested in creating and teaching in-person workshops or online courses, but you have no idea what to teach, who your audience would be, and how to make it profitable, I'm hosting a free training starting 2/27/20! Save your seat: http://bit.ly/3dayvideoseries

Have you ever received an email from a client who was disappointed in your product/service or gave negative feedback? Let me tell you...you're not alone!

Over the years, I've learned how to respond to upset clients without getting emotional and I feel more confident in handling those snippy comments on social media. Unfortunately, there's no way around it – you can't please everyone!

In this episode, I share my 5 best tips for dealing with client criticism. Don't let the fear or uneasiness form negative feedback stop you from pursuing your dreams!

Episode show notes: https://jennarainey.com/upsetclients/

Dial in your client services and level up your custom stationery game with my Pen to Press stationery course: https://jennarainey.com/pen-to-press/

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Today I have my very own IP attorney joining me—Grant Atkinson from Framework Law Group. Grant and I have been working together since 2015 on various things like registering trademarks for my business, filing licenses, settling issues with clients etc.

"When is the right time to become an LLC or S Corp? What's the difference?"

"How and when do I trademark my brand and copyright my work?"

"What contracts and workers agreements should I be using?"...

Have you been asking yourself any of these questions? Every single business owner, whether you're creative or not, needs to listen to this episode. This is the crash course on all things business, legal, entities, contracts, IP (intellectual property)!

To see this episode's show notes, visit https://jennarainey.com/legal/

Framework Law Group website: http://www.frameworklawgroup.com/

Framework Law Group Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frameworklawgroup/

Social media boundaries are absolutely crucial for protecting your mental health, your social life, and your relationships. They have been so huge for me lately because not only do boundaries protect my mental health and sanity, they allow me to be more effective in juggling all the things like motherhood, running a creative business and having relationships.

This episode isn't about bashing social media. Instagram, specifically, is an amazing business tool that's helped me create my business and gain traction with attracting clients to build my stationery business and then later allowed me to pivot into licensing and education.

At the same time, it's important to be aware of the potential downsides to social media so that we can be intentional about how we use it.

Tune in and get the 6 simple, GAME-CHANGING ways I've set boundaries for myself surrounding social media and technology.

Episode show notes: https://jennarainey.com/boundaries/

Happy 1st birthday to my baby boy, Myles! Today's episode is a very special one. My husband, John, and I took listener questions and reflected on our first year as parents in this candid, honest, and personal conversation. We didn't hold back...consider yourself warned!

We talk about everything from how I told John I was pregnant in the funniest way to sleep deprivation, a typical workday, work/life balance, and what surprised us most so far about parenthood.

Episode show notes: https://jennarainey.com/mylesturnsone/

Are you thinking about teaching an online course or workshop? Do you want to know what really goes on behind the scenes of a profitable launch?

In this episode, I'm going to give you an exclusive look at what a six-figure course launch looks like including what's worked well and what's something I would never do again.

I want to show you the exact strategies I used—including nurturing, segmenting, launch timing, and launch week tweaks—so you can implement them into your business if you want to teach online courses!

Episode show notes: https://jennarainey.com/launchbts/

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I only met Elizabeth Weil a few months ago, but she quickly has become one of my biggest inspirations because of how she's so incredibly active and involved in her job and her kids' lives. Her story is incredible—from venture capital and Twitter to angel investing, being a mom of three, and running a letterpress business out of her garage.

She's got the mom duties, the business owner duties, and then investor duties and meeting with clients. I know many of us are juggling a lot of responsibilities and often feeling overwhelmed. If you're looking to get inspiration and tips on balancing it all, this episode is going to give you a lot of that insight.

Episode show notes: https://jennarainey.com/paperwheel/

Paperwheel: https://paperwheel.com/

Paperwheel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paperwheel/

Paperweel on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Paperwheel