This week is a solo episode with Sarah Voris as she breaks down her latest launch from her membership when it opened in January. She talks through three things she learned and what she would do differently next time—so you don’t have to make the same mistakes!

Make sure you’re following us on all the socials:

The pod: @prettyprofeshpodcast

Sarah Voris: @sarahvoriswrites

Haley Westfall: @thewest.collective

Sarah Bell: @bellandwhistle.design

-This week on the pod we talked about Main Character Energy and how utilizing it successfully is crucial to the success of your brand and for customer retention. We talked about:

-What is MCE?

-Why is it important for our clients to feel that THEY are the MC? It can’t be all about you. You need to be the funny best friend who encourages.

-Ways to make your client the MC of your brand

1) talk to them, not about them

2) when you talk about you, frame it about them

3) story, story, story. Let them be the hero rather than about your accolades.

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Make sure you’re following us on all the socials:

The pod: @prettyprofeshpodcast

Sarah Voris: @sarahvoriswrites

Haley Westfall: @thewest.collective

Sarah Bell: @bellandwhistle.design

This week on the pod, we’re talking about how we can balance motherhood and being an entrepreneur. We covered things like:

Living in the divide (Judi Holler - "both, and" mentality)

- Stop feeling like you have to choose one or the other. You can be BOTH a mother AND an thriving entrepreneur

- Your identity is not found in a role that you hold

- How to remove guilt from the equation

Setting you and your family up for success

- Time boundaries

- Clearly communicating expectations

- Managing seasonal times when kids are home (how to pivot)

- Fill your kids cups first

Regularly checking in with your intentions

- Do your intentions for your home and business align with one another? or do they conflict?

- Are you consistently keeping both front of mind or regularly prioritizing one over the other?

- Your kids are always watching. how can you create a positive mindset around your work for your kids? rather than "mommy is always working" how can you show them "mommy is worthy of chasing her dreams or mommy is working super hard to build something special to help people?"

Make sure you’re following us on all the socials:

The pod: @prettyprofeshpodcast

Sarah Voris: @sarahvoriswrites

Haley Westfall: @thewest.collective

Sarah Bell: @bellandwhistle.design

This week on the pod, we’re chatting about fear of failure, how it holds us back in our business, and concrete steps we can take to overcome it.

Here’s the highlights:

- Research by Babson College shows that women report being afraid of failure more than men, which means that there are significantly less female entrepreneurs.

- Imposter Syndrome is already so strong. We already don't feel like we belong in these spaces, which makes us extra sensitive to failure because it reinforces what we already fear.

- The problem is that failure is essential for business owners. We cannot grow without risk, and risk carries an increased chance of failure.

- Not only does it stop us from pursuing opportunities, it causes us to feel insecure when we do pursue them

- Creative entrepreneurship is also more subjective; you could present a project to a client and have them hate it (therefore, failing) even though it could be good work.

- 3 ways to combat fear of failure

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Make sure you’re following us on all the social:

The pod: @prettyprofeshpodcast

Sarah Voris: @sarahvoriswrites

Haley Westfall: @thewest.collective

Sarah Bell: @bellandwhistle.design

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Things coming up:

Sarah V’s Use Your Words email template membership is open!

This week we’re talking ICAs & why you might be missing the mark when you’re trying to connect with them.

The girls give three reasons:

1. You're casting too wide of a net

2. You don't know who they are/you don't know their pain points

3. You’re focusing too much on WHAT you sell v HOW they will transform

Check out the episode to get all the details!

Make sure you’re following us on all the social:

The pod: @prettyprofeshpodcast

Sarah Voris: @sarahvoriswrites

Haley Westfall: @thewest.collective

Sarah Bell: @bellandwhistle.design

Things coming up:

Haley’s Content Camp, starting January 6

Sarah V’s Four Days to a Fire Nurture Sequence Challenge, starting January 17

Episode 1!

This episode, the girls talk through the uniquely different position it is to be a creative business owner and the pressure to continually churn out creative content and product.

They talk about:

what creative burnout is, why it’s common to small business owners and entrepreneurs, but it's more heavily with creative businesses

what causes creative burnout: managing and replenishing the finite resource of creativity, unrealistic expectations on yourself, poor boundaries, decision fatigue, right and left brain tasks, and managing client expectations

how to avoid it: give yourself permission to make something terrible, walk about for a period of time, practice those boundaries, get outside, and set routines with smaller goals

Make sure you’re following us on all the socials:

The pod: @prettyprofeshpodcast

Sarah Voris: @sarahvoriswrites

Haley Westfall: @thewest.collective

Sarah Bell: @bellandwhistle.design

Things coming up:

Haley’s Content Camp, starting January 6

Sarah V’s Four Days to a Fire Nurture Sequence Challenge, starting January 17