"Working less and producing more is possible, even with a little one." In today's episode of The Kate Show, I'm sharing with you how I work as a mom and an entrepreneur. I'm giving you tips on how you can batch-work your business (my batch working process on a monthly schedule!), especially if you have little kiddos to help you get ahead of things and allows you to turn out better content as business owners.

If you are looking for inventive ways to serve your ideal client and set yourself up for a new year of pre-booked projects, you won't want to miss this episode of The Kate Show. I'm sharing actual holiday-themed service packages that you can sell on your website (or through My Doma, DesignFiles, etc). Plus, each package is easily adaptable to the post-holiday world with just a few wording changes.

Branding is more than a logo. I didn't understand this for the first few years in business. Now, I can call it what it is: Branding is the personality of your business. While I've since designed brands and helped name and launch businesses, branding is honestly not my scope of genius. Because this is such a huge topic, I've brought in Jill of Jula Paper to talk about all things branding.

Don't miss this episode on all things branding for your interior design, home staging, professional organizing, or window treatment business.

Trying to pick the best email marketing platform for your home industry business can be daunting. In today's episode of The Kate Show, I'm comparing and contrasting the differences between the two key players, FloDesk and Mailchimp, and wrapping it all up with my suggestion on which one you should be using - and why - when marketing your design, staging, organizing, or window treatment business.

We've been programmed to answer the question, "How are you doing?

" with an instant, "I'm doing great. How are you?" It's time to stop lying to ourselves and others in the name of nicety. If you are a business owner and parent, you are likely more stressed out right now than ever before. I feel you, and I have some tips. From how to plan your week and balance parenthood to true self-care beyond those cliched massage appointments, I hope you'll get at least one takeaway from this episode that will make this week just a little more manageable for you.

Figuring out what to say in an email newsletter can leave many home industry business owners feeling bewildered. In today's episode of The Kate Show, I'm sharing actual scripts taken from four of some of the most-loved email newsletter templates in Socialite Vault. If you want to see the design and layout of these scripts in a clean and crisp newsletter format, scroll down to watch the video tour.

As a professional organizer, you are eyeballs deep in all things systems as you develop ways to organize and sort your clients' spaces. But how are you organizing your business? Do you have processes in place that streamline your client process, create a great client experience, and enhance your professionalism?

If you feel like your business needs a little help leveling up, you're going to love today's guest on The Kate Show.

In this episode of The Kate Show, I'm sharing the first thing you should do to market your business, which is entirely dependent on your ideal client, and how that will impact the other pieces of your sales funnel.

If you've ever felt overwhelmed and bewildered by marketing and growing your home industry business, this episode is for you.

Are you unsure about what to post on Instagram for your business? Whether you are an interior designer, stager, organizer, or window treatment professional, you've likely voiced concerns for your social presence.

I'll be answering your concerns in today's episode while also sharing the exact social media posting schedule you should follow to make the most of your social presence without living your life on the 'gram. The proprietary social media schedule that we use for our own clients - and our own brand - here at Socialite covers the three main categories your social presence should include, specifically if you are in the service-based home industry. From those categories, we've built out the number of posts you need to publish each week, right down to what you should say, and how you should say it.

Setting up more than one income stream is a great way to bolster your design, staging, workroom, or organizing business in new ways. Aside from offering virtual consultations, coaching and mentoring can be used as alternate income streams. If you've been asked more than a few times about your success in business, your processes and systems, or even the hands-on work that you do (from creating complicated window treatments to how you conduct your client discovery calls and consultations), you could easily package that information and sell it to your less-experienced peers.

In today's episode of The Kate Show, I'm explaining the simple, efficient method you can follow to package and sell your experience and knowledge, thus creating a sustainable and truly passive income stream for your business.