The Social Focus

We've heard it over and over again recently... that Instagram has been frustrating, overwhelming and less exciting. Our hope is that this episode will rejuvenate your love for the app and feel inspired to make it work for you business again.

Meet Sophie Rennie. Seventeen year-old High School Student turned entrepreneur and business owner of Sweet &  Sassie Bakeshop in Ontario, Canada. After be unable to complete her co-op during the pandemic, this smart and resilient student decided to utilize that time to complete her co-op hours while working on growing her business. And boy did she grow!

We chat about how she took her love of baking as a hobby and making it a full blown business with raving fans and very loyal & satisfied customers. One of her favourite tools to grow her business? Instagram! Sophie shares that she's been able to grow her following, sell more of her delicious sweets and goodies and build a solid reputation in her hometown all while using the features of Instagram.

If this young woman doesn't leave you feeling inspired, youthful *and yes, hungry) we don't know what will! Check out Sophie on Instagram at @sweetandsassiebakeshop and say hello!

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@angela.s.doyon and @natcaronphoto  

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Today we’re answering one of the questions that was asked from one of our followers on Instagram.  And the question was, “can you schedule your Instagram LIVE?” 

Do you have a question you'd like us to answer in an upcoming episode? Submit yours to [email protected] and include your Name, Instagram Handle and your Question! 

Check us out on Instagram @thesocial.focus  

@angela.s.doyon and @natcaronphoto  

JOIN INSTAGRAM FOR BUSINESS NOW!  

(the online course and community where you learn to scroll less and sell more!) 

We love and use Buzzsprout to host Instagram for Business Podcast and they have made it easy and seamless (plus their customer service is by far one of the best!) 

This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. 

In this episode, @angela.s.doyon is on the mic solo and sharing how her feelings of overwhelm and anxiety were beginning to catch up to her. She realized that she needed to make some changes in order to continue to utilize social apps and manage her business but alleviate some of the overwhelm.

Five ways to help alleviate some of this overwhelm and anxiety begin with setting timers, boundaries, managing notifications, being proactive and implementing strategy and techniques that can help save time.

Some simple strategies you can start to implement are setting timers for social apps, or not checking your phone first thing in the morning. Ang has even turned off all notifications for social apps and email because they were starting to feel like triggers for more work. By setting up systems and being proactive with saved replies, out-of-office notifications and expectations, has helped minimize the feelings of overwhelm.

But one of her biggest suggestions is removing any app off of your phone. In fact, Ang removed email from her phone in order to better manage her time and anxiety. What do you think? Could you remove apps or email from your phone?

Snap a pic while you're tuning in and tag us @thesocial.focus on Instagram and let us know what you think!

Check us out on Instagram @thesocial.focus  

@angela.s.doyon and @natcaronphoto  

JOIN INSTAGRAM FOR BUSINESS NOW!  

(the online course and community where you learn to scroll less and sell more!) 

We love and use Buzzsprout to host Instagram for Business Podcast and they have made it easy and seamless (plus their customer service is by far one of the best!) 

This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. 

Today we’re answering one of the questions that was asked from one of our followers on Instagram.  And the question was, “Should I always include a Caption on an Instagram Post?” 

Do you have a question you'd like us to answer in an upcoming episode? Submit yours to [email protected] and include your Name, Instagram Handle and your Question! 

Check us out on Instagram @thesocial.focus  

@angela.s.doyon and @natcaronphoto  

JOIN INSTAGRAM FOR BUSINESS NOW!  

(the online course and community where you learn to scroll less and sell more!) 

We love and use Buzzsprout to host Instagram for Business Podcast and they have made it easy and seamless (plus their customer service is by far one of the best!) 

This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. 

How Rest, new experiences, and travel stimulate creativity.

In this episode we had the pleasure of sitting down with Mike Zeller. Mike is a leading expert at helping high achievers find their deepest zone of genius. He's mentored  hundreds of entrepreneurs on 6 continents now of all age ranges and experience.  From beginners to 9 figure entrepreneurs.  He has also mentored some of Hollywood's top voice over actresses, NFL athletes, and other peak performing executives.  He's author of TwiceBorn: How a Crisis Can Remake You and forthcoming book The Genius Within: Finding Your Business and Personal Zone of Genius for Maximum Success.

If you’re looking for more freedom and flexibility in your life and business without implementing a “hustle”mentality, then this is the episode for you. Mike walks us through his creative flow of honing in on your genius, passions and attuning yourself to reality. He led our conversation with an early realization that the world was, “his playground” and how that has led him down a career of creating impact for others. 

We hope this episode inspires your to delegate, eliminate and detox anything that doesn’t serve your genius within. 

To connect with Mike Zeller:

Instagram instagram.com/themikezeller 

Twitter twitter.com/themikezeller 

Facebook facebook.com/themikezeller 

Youtube youtube.com/themikezeller 

LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/themikezeller 

Check us out on Instagram @thesocial.focus  

@angela.s.doyon and @natcaronphoto  

JOIN INSTAGRAM FOR BUSINESS NOW!  

(the online course and community where you learn to scroll less and sell more!) 

We love and use Buzzsprout to host Instagram for Business Podcast and they have made it easy and seamless (plus their customer service is by far one of the best!) 

This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. 

Today we’re addressing the recent Facebook and Instagram Outage.  Inside our private community, we share our thoughts and suggestions on why having a backup plan is so important and what to do next time there's an outage... because it will happen again. 

Do you have a question you'd like us to answer in an upcoming episode? Submit yours to [email protected] and include your Name, Instagram Handle and your Question! 

Check us out on Instagram @thesocial.focus  

@angela.s.doyon and @natcaronphoto  

JOIN INSTAGRAM FOR BUSINESS NOW!  

(the online course and community where you learn to scroll less and sell more!) 

We love and use Buzzsprout to host Instagram for Business Podcast and they have made it easy and seamless (plus their customer service is by far one of the best!) 

This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. 

Check us out on Instagram @thesocial.focus  for more Instagram for Business tips and education!

@angela.s.doyon and @natcaronphoto  

JOIN INSTAGRAM FOR BUSINESS NOW!  

(the online course and community where you learn to scroll less and sell more!) 

We love and use Buzzsprout to host Instagram for Business Podcast and they have made it easy and seamless (plus their customer service is by far one of the best!) 

This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. 

Today we’re answering one of the questions that was asked from one of our followers on Instagram.  And the question was, “how do I show more of my personality on Instagram?” 

Do you have a question you'd like us to answer in an upcoming episode? Submit yours to [email protected] and include your Name, Instagram Handle and your Question! 

Check us out on Instagram @thesocial.focus  

@angela.s.doyon and @natcaronphoto  

JOIN INSTAGRAM FOR BUSINESS NOW!  

(the online course and community where you learn to scroll less and sell more!) 

We love and use Buzzsprout to host Instagram for Business Podcast and they have made it easy and seamless (plus their customer service is by far one of the best!) 

This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. 

OK, be honest… have you ever said this to yourself…

Who am I to run this race?

Who am I to start this business?

Who am I to wear this fancy dress?

Who am I to say I’m an expert?

Imposter Syndrome friends. It’s real. And it can creep in when you least expect it!

For many of us entrepreneurs, sometimes at the beginning, or when we make massive changes in our business, Imposter syndrome nestles in. But good news! There is science behind this.

Have you heard of the Dunning-Kruger Effect?

If you look it up, you’ll see a chart that looks like a half pipe. At the beginning there’s confidence, very little competency and we’re thinking, “damn, I’m awesome!”

In the middle we have average competence, but we feel like we don’t know anything. 

But by the time we’re an expert it swoops back to feeling pretty good, but you know your limitations.

The basis around this is that people with LOW ability of a task actually overestimate their own ability. And people that have high ability of a task underestimate their own ability.

We don’t know what we don’t know.

So when does imposter syndrome show up? Does it show up when we’re a newbie?

Nope. Imposter syndrome doesn’t show up until you have a certain level of competence. Which means that the only people with imposter syndrome are people who actually do have a certain level of expertise! Mic Drop!

But so many people consider Imposter Syndrome the moment that they should give up, and the moment they should pivot in a whole new direction.

Rather than realize that when imposter syndrome creeps up, it’s only here because they are actually on the path of becoming an expert, and literally half way there!

You literally can’t have imposter syndrome unless you do have an expertise. And it’s a sign that you are well on your way!

So how do you cope with it?

- Know the signs

- Let go of perfectionism

- Be kind to yourself

- Realize this is a view no one else shares about us

- Remember all of your strengths

- Read a note from a happy customer

- We’re all a work in progress

• Stop comparing

Check us out on Instagram @thesocial.focus 

@angela.s.doyon and @natcaronphoto 

JOIN INSTAGRAM FOR BUSINESS NOW! 

(the online course and community where you learn to scroll less and sell more!)

We love and use Buzzsprout to host Instagram for Business Podcast and they have made it easy and seamless (plus their customer service is by far one of the best!)

This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links.

Today we’re answering one of the questions that was asked from one of our followers on Instagram.  And the question was, “how do I craft better education posts on Instagram?” 

Do you have a question you'd like us to answer in an upcoming episode? Submit yours to [email protected] and include your Name, Instagram Handle and your Question! 

Check us out on Instagram @thesocial.focus  

@angela.s.doyon and @natcaronphoto  

JOIN INSTAGRAM FOR BUSINESS NOW!  

(the online course and community where you learn to scroll less and sell more!) 

We love and use Buzzsprout to host Instagram for Business Podcast and they have made it easy and seamless (plus their customer service is by far one of the best!) 

This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links.