Is it summer for you, too?!

In this episode:

• it's a surprise!

Also:

• we have an announcement!

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Links to things discussed in this episode:

• Patreon
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  - - - the place to join the show's financial leadership team and hear our mid-month conversations!
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• Episodes to Re-visit
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  - - -Money making! 

  How To Do What You Love… Without Worrying About Money
  How to Make Money Without Selling Your Soul: T2B 12

  - - - Marketing! 
  

  There are 10 episodes for you!  

  - - - Boundaries & Burnout! 

  Check out 24 Boundaries episodes
  Check out 13 Burnout (rest!) episodes

  Lots of overlap here!

   - - - Affiliate Marketing! 

  How Do Bloggers Make Money?
  Affiliate Marketing for Beginners
  Is Online Affiliate Marketing Legit?
  How Much Do Affiliate Programs Pay?
  How to Pitch Brand Collaborations

  - - - People Pleasing

  Check out these 12 episodes

  - - - SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
  

  Check out these 5 episodes

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• Berna on Instagram
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  - - - the main place to keep up on Berna's creator life while the T2B parts of our lives take a breather.
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• Jema's Newsletter
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  - - - the main place to keep up on Jema's creator life over the next few months.
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• Berna's Newsletter
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  - - - another way to keep up on Berna's creator life.
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• HalfTheClothes.com
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  - - - the other place to keep up on Jema's creator life.
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• Places to talk to us online:

  • Ticket2Blog.com
  • Instagram for T2B
  • Facebook for T2B
  • New Blogger Support Crew (also Facebook)
    

 

 

Ever had trouble keeping up a healthy routine?   Determined to make yourself a functional adult with good morning/night routines?  

In this episode:

• make changes by identifying crucial moments
• who are your role models?
• are you brainwashing yourself?

Also:

• fledgling boundary-setting practice
• leveraging bad habits to create good ones

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Links to things discussed in this episode:

• Patreon
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  - - - the place to join the show's financial leadership team and hear our mid-month conversations!
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• Berna's Newsletter
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  - - - the one approaching 1,000 readers!
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• The Negative Consequences of Sleep Deprivation
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  - - - a very well researched article explaining how to improve sleep and sleep hygiene (it's a thing!).
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• Family is the Masterclass
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  - - - the Horizontal with Lila podcast episode where she and her guest talking about family being the most challenging arena to grow and change.
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• Places to talk to us online:

  • Ticket2Blog.com
  • Instagram for T2B
  • Facebook for T2B
  • New Blogger Support Crew (also Facebook)
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  • Berna on Instagram
  • Berna's website
  • Jema's website
  • Jema's Facebook
  • Jema's Instagram

What do you do when you really want to work with a brand?   If you get a pitch meeting, how do you avoid getting stuck following up on your follow up?  

In this episode:

• how to seal the deal with brands
• what makes a good pitch
• preventing show-up-and-throw-up

Also:

• professional loneliness & creator life
• what to say when a brand asks for more than originally agreed

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Links to things discussed in this episode:

• Patreon
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  - - - This month we're going over a pitch Berna made that isn't getting the response she wanted yet.  Patreon is the place to join the show's financial leadership team and hear this and all our other mid-month conversations!
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• Berna's Newsletter
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  - - - she just launched it!
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• Sights Better Seen
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  - - - Your fellow Ticket 2 Blog listener who just this year quit her job to travel the world... and experienced a similar post-quit 'WHOA' as your hosts.
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• Places to talk to us online:

  • Ticket2Blog.com
  • Instagram for T2B
  • Facebook for T2B
  • New Blogger Support Crew (also Facebook)
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  • Berna on Instagram
  • Berna's website
  • Jema's website
  • Jema's Facebook
  • Jema's Instagram

Do you feel lost trying to organize radically different priorities in your creator life?   Looking to cure low-boil anxiety from constant admin and creator demands?  

In this episode:

• the quickest way to get clarity as a creator
• reducing anxiety in daily decisions
• business plans - yes? no? why?
• personality-specific entrepreneur stress

Also:

• how to use your expertise to get FREE admin help
• a hack no app or tool can do to reduce anxiety

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Links to things discussed in this episode:

• Patreon
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  - - - the place to join the show's financial leadership team and hear our mid-month conversations!
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• Too Many Tasks, Not Enough Time
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  - - - the (last) episode where we talk about the entrepreneur/creator learning curve.  Any why nobody gets to be the special exception to how much time it takes.
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• The Content Episodes - Ep26, Ep27, Ep28
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  - - - Where we discuss:
  * content marketing plans
  * how to come up with one
  * common timelines
  * how much time you should spend marketing
  * how long you can market a piece of content before your audience gets tired of it
  
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• TaylerGill.com
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  - - - one of your fellow listeners who is really into systematizing business admin.  Get ideas for ways to organize and systematize so it's not so stressful.  And she's for hire if you're ready to outsource your admin!
  
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• Places to talk to us online:

  • Ticket2Blog.com
  • Instagram for T2B
  • Facebook for T2B
  • New Blogger Support Crew (also Facebook)
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  • Berna on Instagram
  • Berna's website
  • Jema's website
  • Jema's Facebook
  • Jema's Instagram

Is there a car crash in your brain every morning?   Are you constantly overwhelmed trying to multi-task the demands of a creative life?  

In this episode:

• how to structure your day for sanity
• why creator life lends itself to overwhelm
• how long it takes for the solopreneur dust to settle
• how to level up sooner
• step it takes to actually make a move

Also:

• the biggest solopreneur sanity hack
• the mindset that held Berna back
• brain tricks to grow your solopreneur patience

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Links to things discussed in this episode:

• Patreon
  .
  - - - the place to join the show's financial leadership team and hear our mid-month conversations!
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• How to Get Over Fear of Asking for Help
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  - - - the episode where we talk about the technicalities of contracts
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• Solopreneur Daily To-Do List 
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  - - - the Middle Finger Project's instructions for structuring your day so you always get the most important things done.
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• The Most Important Question to Ask About Contracts... is NOT WHAT YOU THINK! 
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  - - - the episode where Berna ends up doing the ass-backward life budget - another way to flip your soul-selling assumptions on their heads!
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• Places to talk to us online:

  • Ticket2Blog.com
  • Instagram for T2B
  • Facebook for T2B
  • New Blogger Support Crew (also Facebook)
    .
    
  • Berna on Instagram
  • Berna's website
  • Jema's website
  • Jema's Facebook
  • Jema's Instagram

Ever tried to DIY legal stuff... and felt in over your head?   Even if a contract has yet to land in your inbox, there are gems for you in this 20 minutes, too.  

In this episode:

• when you need a contract
• when it's time to call in an expert
• how to navigate push-back
• the best negotiating tool you have

Also:

• why "failure cake" is a good thing
• what Jema and Berna are both afraid of right now
• why creator-dreams-coming-true... can be terrifying.

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Links to things discussed in this episode:

• Patreon
  .
  - - - the place to join the show's financial leadership team and hear our mid-month conversations!
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• The Most Important Question to Ask About Contracts... is NOT WHAT YOU THINK! 
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  - - - the episode where we talk about remembering that signing a contract is also... giving away your autonomy.
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• How to Be a Negotiation Ninja 
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  - - - the episode where we talk about the technicalities of contracts
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• Own it Summit (also on Instagram!)
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  - - - where Berna's going to be doing her personal finance dance live, in person, on March 30th!
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• Places to talk to us online:

  • Ticket2Blog.com
  • Instagram for T2B
  • Facebook for T2B
  • New Blogger Support Crew (also Facebook)
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  • Berna on Instagram
  • Berna's website
  • Jema's website
  • Jema's Facebook
  • Jema's Instagram

Perhaps contracts are just a gleam in your creative eye.  Or maybe that moment where you feel intimidated, powerless, or afraid to rock the boat... is just around the corner.  Or right now!

In this episode:

• options to protect yourself contractually
• the best educational tool to keep from getting screwed
• how to keep a brand from legally owning your soul
• what contracts might try to sneak by you
• what is "ownership of work?"
• what does "work made for hire" mean?

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Links to things discussed in this episode:

• Patreon
  .
  - - - the place to join the show's financial leadership team and hear our mid-month conversations!
  .
• The Most Important Question to Ask About Contracts... is NOT WHAT YOU THINK! 
  .
  - - - the episode where we talk about the most important thing for every creator (every human!) to be aware of
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• Places to talk to us online:

  • Ticket2Blog.com
  • Instagram for T2B
  • Facebook for T2B
  • New Blogger Support Crew (also Facebook)
    .
    
  • Berna on Instagram
  • Berna's website
  • Jema's website
  • Jema's Facebook
  • Jema's Instagram

Here's what you should ask yourself first if you are considering a blogger contract template or influencer agreement contract. 

In this episode:

• the dangers of contracts
• what a contract can mean to your creator life
• the worst thing that can happen with a contract
• how to keep it from happening

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Links to things discussed in this episode:

• Patreon
  .
  - - - the place to join the show's financial leadership team and hear our mid-month conversations!
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• The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living 
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  - - - the Randy Komisar book where the quote we talked about in the show came from ("the most dangerous risk of all is the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.")
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• Places to talk to us online:

  • Ticket2Blog.com
  • Instagram for T2B
  • Facebook for T2B
  • New Blogger Support Crew (also Facebook)
    .
    
  • Berna on Instagram
  • Berna's website
  • Jema's website
  • Jema's Facebook
  • Jema's Instagram

Ever done something out of the ordinary... and then had to deal with being asked the same question over and over?

What do you say to people asking me the same hard-to-answer questions over and over?

In this episode:

• three options to easily answer hard, repetitive questions
• why it's so annoying to be asked the same hard Q
• a mindset shift that can make it easier

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Links to things discussed in this episode:

• Patreon
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  - - - actually - we didn't talk about Patreon this time!.
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• Tackling a Backlog of Projects - (Part II)
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  - - - part II of this three part series (where we talk about dealing with a backlog of ideas.)
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• Creating While Handling Change - (Part I)
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  - - - part I of this three part series (where we talk about how to process a huge change in your life.)
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• Places to talk to us online:

  • Ticket2Blog.com
  • Instagram for T2B
  • Facebook for T2B
  • New Blogger Support Crew (also Facebook)
    .
    
  • Berna on Instagram
  • Berna's website
  • Jema's website
  • Jema's Facebook
  • Jema's Instagram

Is your mind crowded with decade's worth of creative ideas?

Feel guilty about projects you've been meaning to start?

In this episode:

• how to deal with a huge project backlog
• how to take action on every single item on your list
• how to prioritize projects

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Links to things discussed in this episode:

• Patreon
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  - - - the place where you vote with a few $ to keep this support in your life.
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• Creating While Handling Change - (Part I)
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  - - - part I of this three part series (where we talk about how to process a huge change that prevents you from being able to spend most of your time on creating)
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• Jema's Wim Hof Posts
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  - - - that are becoming super popular... even though she basically just put her boring notes online!
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• Horizontal with Lila
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  - - - the show Jema went out and wrote a review for after her challenge to listeners in episode 27.
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• Places to talk to us online:

  • Ticket2Blog.com
  • Instagram for T2B
  • Facebook for T2B
  • New Blogger Support Crew (also Facebook)
    .
    
  • Berna on Instagram
  • Berna's website
  • Jema's website
  • Jema's Facebook
  • Jema's Instagram