Hi Reader Sometimes you need to cut back some things in order to make room for new growth. Yesterday, I started helping prune the rose bushes in my mother’s garden. I’ve been doing it every year that I live close by since I was teenager. Every time it’s a bit hard to get started. There are new leaf buds everywhere, a tangled mess of last year’s tiny stems, and thick, old dead canes that are always really hard to get to. The only way to start is to start somewhere. Pick a cane and make a cut....
4 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader I’ve been working on doing hard things. Or at least hard things for me or things I’m scared of. My entire parenting, homeschooling and business journey has been filled with them. Designing my first website, designing my first client website, posting my first blog post, asking for my first testimonial, posting my first social media business post, the list goes on. Yesterday, I mentioned one of my focuses this year was on writing better emails. Another thing I’ve been working on is...
10 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader I just got off our monthly campaign planning call for the Email School Membership that I am in. It happens every 3rd or 4th Wednesday of the month. One of the main things I’ve been working on this year is writing. Thankfully, I met Cody Burch last year in the VIP Day group I am in. He was killing it and sharing his success in the group. I wanted to know his secret. He was helping people set up FB ads, emails, and storytelling. I wanted to know how he did it so I looked him up and...
12 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader I’ve been reading The Plan by Kendra Adachi. The thing that has stood out the most so far is truly identifying and embracing the season of life you’re in right now and choosing the one thing that is most important to you for this season. Then and only then, make your plans. This week we are in a short “season” of sickness. Just keeping everyone hydrated and getting through this week is the top priority. My two littlest are the last to get sick and are almost through the worst of it....
18 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader Is it just me, or is social media getting to be TOO MUCH? All the policy changes, spending HOURS creating content that has a shorter shelf life than most produce, and feeling like you have to be “on” all the time. It’s exhausting. That's why I stopped playing the game a few years ago. But still many of you keep doing it because that’s what the 7-figure experts say you should do to grow your email list. “Post every day, multiple times a day”“Make reels with trending audios”“Keep up...
20 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader Online business is not for the faint of heart. There are so many tools and teachers to learn from. You can't possibly try them all. I've tried on a few occasions and it's led me down a deep dark time stealing journey I don't wish on anyone. So I've found a few people that I highly respect and resonate with especially for their opinions on what works for their business. It has helped me make a short list to start my research from. I hope that I can be that for you. Today I wanted to...
25 days ago • 5 min read
Hi Reader I had a great chat this morning with about 40 other Squarespace Designers from around the world. Some of them are the big name designers and presenters from yesterday’s summit. I loved having the opportunity to just be in the room with them in an informal way. My biggest take aways from the chat is that many of the designers still struggle with imposter syndrome no matter how long they’ve been in business. One developer who’s created an amazing Squarespace tool and has gained 20,000...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader I’ve been a bit MIA the last couple of weeks as all of my kids are performing or running tech for my oldest first High School Musical: The Little Mermaid. It’s been a lot of rehearsals and so many late nights! Now we're into week 2 of the show. 6 done, 4 to go! She’s doing well and finally had a night with no microphone issues/failures and was super excited that the audience got her quippy jokes for the first time. She has two different semi-main roles for every other show all while...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader Today is International Data Privacy Day, a day to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices! This may not be on your list of holidays to celebrate, but it’s a day I take seriously as your web designer and educator and I want to remind you to protect your data and websites!In honor of Data Privacy Day, today would be a great day to: 1. Reset your passwords for common platforms you use 2. Unsubscribe from emails from companies you don't work with 3. Stop...
2 months ago • 1 min read