Joyfully Social
Social Media & Email Marketing for passionate and soulful, service-based female entrepreneurs
Before I made the transition into social media, I was a Wellness Coach for about 4 years. I sat with clients every day coaching them on how to fuel their body so they could feel better and see the results they were wanting.
It was great and I loved helping them reach their goals, but it didnโt happen for everyone, and you wanna know why? They made ๐ฒ๐
๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐.
Excuses were one of my least favorite things to hear coming from the other side of the desk because if there is one thing we are in control of in life, itโs what we put into our bodies (๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด).
We all make excuses and they seem to rear their ugly heads in situations that make us uncomfortable or when we are afraid of failing at something. And they show up in every aspect of our lifeโฆincluding our businesses (๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ!).
However, if we donโt start throwing away our excuses and instead commit to taking action on the things that are going to help us achieve our goals, then guess what? We may never reach them!
The thing I used to tell my clients as a Wellness Coach was โyou can have results or excuses, not bothโ. It may have sounded a bit harsh but itโs true.
And so is this quote๐.
We can say โone day Iโll _____โ OR we can start today with one little baby step toward that ultimate goal or dream.
So whatโs it gonna be? One day or day one?
Drop a โฅ๏ธ in the comments if you need to hear this today!
Last week I had the pleasure of sitting down with one of my clients, in person at a local coffee shop, and it was so delightful. (๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค ๐)
We actually had a zoom chat the week prior about her business and strategy for social media, so this meeting was solely just to chat about our businesses, listen, commiserate, laugh, dream, etc with one another.
In the past year, we both have gone through theโ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธโ question in our businesses - her wanting to work with bears and wildlife, me dreaming of having my own flower farm ๐ท - and itโs just nice to know you arenโt alone in those feelings and itโs OK to have them!
She is a coach and always has wonderful things to say and advice to offer, and Iโm glad to call her both a friend and a client.
Anway, if youโve had those feelings, or are going through those feelings, you arenโt alone! They may pass, or maybe they are the seed to the next big thing in your life.
Listen to your heart โค and commit to acting on them if you feel like it is more than just a fleeting feeling, or just allowing them to be there if you are still unsure.
Happy Monday!
A story Iโve heard so many times with my clients is, โIโll get started with social media and then I quit after like a monthโ. Sound familiar?
As Iโve been on my own journey of starting to market myself, Iโve already found myself wanting to avoid social media and not posting at all (๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต).
I feel like a lot of the avoidance is coming from doubt.
Doubt can stop us in our tracks and prevent us from doing anything. It creates a mountain that can seem insurmountable.
What moves the mountain?
Action.
For me, action doesnโt have to mean I have to knock out a monthโs worth of social media posts in one sitting, it can mean making one post (like this one).
Baby steps are better than no steps, am I right?! โบ๏ธ
If we avoid all things that make us uncomfortable, then we can miss out on the learning, growth and opportunity.
Whatโs one thing you need to take action on today?
๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐: It's been interesting to see myself fall into the same story my clients do, aka..not wanting to do social media or market themselves. I guess I am my ideal client ๐
My husband got me into legos a few years ago and I have really fallen in love with the flower ones (๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ)๐.
They are all so vibrant and beautiful, and they donโt die.
Along with real plants, I have them scattered throughout our home as decorative pieces and they actually do bring me joy.
The other day when I was putting one together, I was having a philosophical moment as most do when playing with legos ๐, and I got to thinking of the lego pieces and how all these tiny little pieces are really nothing as lone pieces, but when you put them all together it creates something beautiful and cohesive.
These mini masterpieces take time, effort, maybe a sore thumb here and there, but most things in life and business take time and effort. Am I right?!
As a business owner, there are A LOT of tiny pieces to consider, especially when marketing your businessโฆpost on social, send out emails, attend networking events, set up google business, do ads, donโt do ads, do videos, do podcasts, write blogsโฆ
โฆand it can all seem a little overwhelming at times, but when you get the pieces even somewhat put together, they start to work for you.
Take me for instance. I just started marketing myself on social media 3 weeks ago and have already had 2 discovery calls with potential clients. To me thatโs a huge win ๐ฅณ!
The consistent small efforts you put in everyday WILL pay off, just keep adding the pieces!
โจP.S. If you're struggling with marketing yourself, knowing where to get started or staying consistent with it, send me a DM and Iโd love to chat!
When just getting started with social media, the biggest question can often be - what platforms should I post on?
The wrong answer is - EVERYWHERE!!
No one needs to be posting everywhere, especially if you are a solo or small business owner.
However, the question is an important one to ask and dive into as you donโt want to be putting a ton of effort and time into posting on the wrong channels if your audience isnโt there or if it isnโt sustainable.
Here are 3 questions for you to ask yourself/consider when making the decision of where to post your amazing content!
Most of the time Iโm communicating with my clients via Slack, Voxer, texts or zoom but last week I had the pleasure of sitting down for coffee โ with my client who has been with me the longest - 4 years!
Lynn Carnes is the Founder of . She is an amazing Executive Coach, blogger, podcaster, author, horseback rider, waterskier, potter, pilot, and lifelong learner!
She seriously does ALL THE THINGS and how she finds (or makes) the time is something I learned from her when we first started working together.
It is a question she asked herself when working in the corporate world of banking and instead of just leaving it as a question she threw out into the universe, she got curious and took action on it.
Ok, ok, yes Iโll share the life-changing question. Here it isโฆ
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐? ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ?
This question literally saved and transformed her life. It got her out of the hectic corporate world and into running her own passion-filled business.
And it's a question I constantly go back to as a reminder to prioritize the "fun stuff" too. We can all get so lost in the 9-5 or running a business, that we forget about the joy of living.
So I challenge you to schedule one "fun thing" on your calendar this week and prioritize it, just like you would a meeting.
P.S. I love my clients and I LOVE learning from my clients โค๏ธ.
The one thing I wish I had done 5 years ago when I started my business is create a way to ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐๐! Luckily, itโs not too lateโฆitโs never too late.
With the rise of DMโs, Snaps, videos, slacks, texts, etcโฆemail may seem like an old-school way of communicating and getting your message or service out there but do you know the #1 reason you should?!
๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ข๐ช๐ก ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง.
You donโt own your followers on social media.
If the head honchos of any social media platform decided to say bye-bye (๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅโฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ-๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ-๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฑ!), the followers you worked so hard to attract to your accounts would be gone.
BUT if you are able to create an email list of the people who are really into what you are doing - you know, the people who want updates, tips, and continued connection with youโฆwell, that list is yours. You own it (๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ชโ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ). โบ๏ธ
So if you own a business or are starting a business, make email a priority too!
Drop a ๐ below if you want to know what email platform I use!
As Iโve started videoing myself, I hit the exact same fears and hesitations all my clients do๐-
โก๏ธ Fear in general of putting MY FACE out there
โก๏ธ Overanalyzing the video to the point of almost not posting
โก๏ธ Feeling like a fraud (aka imposter syndrome)
โก๏ธ Feeling like I suck and Iโm not creative
โก๏ธ Why would anyone listen to meโฆ
And the list could go on.
BUT instead of letting it stop me in my tracks, ๐โ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐. Iโm taking action and actually getting them postedโฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ.
If youโve been struggling to take the leap of putting yourself and your business out there on video, Iโve put together ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.
Sometimes having a โguideโ to go by takes away a little of the hesitation and fear. Almost like, โ๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐โ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง๐งโฆ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต.โ ๐
If youโd like my ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ปโ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ๐, comment below with a ๐ and Iโll send you the link via DM or you can click the link here
โก๏ธ https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63e52422781752946ff2b982
๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ก๐ (๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐'๐ฎ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต) ๐.
If you want to have a successful social media presence in today's algorithms, you have to dive into the world of video.
This can be a scary thing for those who don't like being the center of attention ๐โโ๏ธ (๐ฉ๐ช, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ข๐บ. ๐'๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต-๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ).
But if you want to reach and grow your audience, and your business, you've gotta get out of your comfort zone!
Iโve put together ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ!
You can download it here๐
https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63e52422781752946ff2b982
Yesterday I had the honor of attending ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ช๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ (๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ฆ)! Honestly, I rarely get out of my home office as a solopreneur, and yesterday was a good reminder that I need to do it more often!
Being a business owner, especially when youโre the only one on the team, can be pretty lonely at times.
You ARE the team.
And being in the room yesterday with hundreds of other female entrepreneurs and small business owners was SUPER INSPIRING.
Everyone who was there, was there because they wanted to make a difference.
To make a difference in the lives of the people they serve and the lives of their families.
They were mothers, daughters, daughter-in-laws, sisters, friends, partners, etc. and we were all there supporting one another.
We came together to celebrate each other, the good, the bad, and the ugly of this journey of being women on a mission.
We are better together and I need to remember that. Itโs so easy to isolate when you work from home and by yourself, but Iโm now challenging myself to get out and surround myself with other like-minded people on a regular basis.
Can you relate? I challenge you to do this as well!
If youโre with me, drop a โฅ๏ธ in the comments โคต๏ธ
Welcome to my brand spanking new Facebook account! Iโve been creating, managing, and posting content for my clients' social media channels for about 5 years and I have NEVER actually done the same for myselfโฆ so, here I am!
Iโm showing up and doing the hard stuff of marketing MYSELF!
Helping my clients is easy. Showing my own face on social media ๐ณ? Not so easy, but Iโm determined and Iโm here!
So, hey. ๐โ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐. If you are a passionate, soulful โค๏ธ, service-based female entrepreneur (๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ), Iโm the ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐-๐ ๐๐๐ youโve been looking for!
I focus on ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด. I help you reach your audience, keep you consistent and the best part of all (๐ฅ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ), I ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ.
Pretty simple, but pretty powerful when you are an entrepreneur trying to do ALL the things!
๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป? Comment "SAVE ME TIME" below and Iโll send you a DM!