I’m opening up the application process for Round 3 of the Holistic Marketing Summit… and I would love to feature a few voices from this space if you’re down. ✅ First, the deets. This summit is all about digging deeper and making all this marketing and business feel just good, while it works better at getting us to our goals. ... This season is all about hospitality in marketing — not as a vibe, but as strategy. We’re exploring what happens when being a caring, thoughtful, fully-human human becomes the advantage. When nuance matters. When nervous systems matter. When energetics and buyer psychology and platform behavior and messaging all braid together. 🤷‍♀️ Who the ideal summit listener is (AKA do our audiences align?). This summit is built for seasoned online business owners. Not beginners. The ones who’ve launched. Built audiences. Seen trends rise and combust. The ones who are ready to go past surface-level tactics and dive deep. We’re not skimming. We’re poking around in the Mariana Trench asking, “Okay… but how does this really work?” 🏗️ Format-wise. It’s a 20-minute pre-recorded conversation. You and me on Riverside. No slides. No teaching. No “three tips.” It should feel like two smart friends thinking out loud while the listener gets to eavesdrop. 📆 All the dates. Recording window: March 2 – April 2, 2026 Promo: May 1 – 19 (the ask. two emails to your entire list, sometime in here) Summit live: May 11 – 19 👉 👉 If that sounds amazing to you, drop a comment, and I’ll share the interest form link. ⏭️ What happens next if you drop your interest... 1. Well, first we become besties if we're not already... you're my people, and I love that! 2. Later this month I’ll curate a lineup of 10–15 voices from the interest form that feel aligned and deliciously thoughtful together. 🙋‍♀️ And one more thing: If your audience is seasoned business owners and your brain lights up at hospitality-as-strategy… Don’t let a smaller list or a slightly unconventional angle stop you.

I just read a post that struck a nerve in me. In the best way. It was about self-trust. And how we destroy it, piece by piece, as entrepreneurs. Here’s what hit me: I have good intuition. Really good intuition, actually. I can read people, spot patterns, sense when something’s off. But I’ve spent YEARS ignoring it. Because I thought the answer was out there somewhere - in the next course, the next framework, the next expert’s strategy. So I kept hopping. Trying things for a few weeks. Getting uncomfortable. Then burning it all down and starting over with someone else’s “proven method.” I told myself I was “learning” and “staying open.” But really? I was just avoiding trusting myself. Here’s what the author said that made me stop scrolling: “The reason my business wasn’t where I thought it should be wasn’t because I didn’t have the right strategy, niche, or messaging. It was because I didn’t trust myself to stay with a decision once it started to feel uncomfortable.” Oh. It wasn’t that I needed MORE information. I needed to stop running when things got hard. The rules she shared that I’m printing out today: ✔️ Don’t buy courses to be saved. Only buy to grow. ✔️ Don’t pivot until you’ve properly tested an idea. ✔️ When it feels uncomfortable, sit with it. Don’t burn it down. ✔️ Stop the impulse buying. Give yourself 24 hours. ✔️ Stop watching webinars and buying $7 courses. ✔️ When you drift, ask: does this bring my mission to life or pull me away from it? I’ve been in “learning mode” for so long, I forgot that building a business requires DOING mode. And doing requires trusting yourself enough to stay the course when your brain starts screaming “this isn’t working, try something new!” If you’re reading this and thinking “wait, is she in my head?” - you’re not alone. The shiny object syndrome, the expert-hopping, the strategy pivots… it’s not about discipline. It’s about self-trust. What would change if you just picked ONE thing and committed to it for 90 days?

Hey everyone! I am a Client Experience Systems Strategist and the host of Business-First Creatives. I've been in business since 2012, focusing on systems for photographers + creatives service providers since 2020. I live outside Boulder, CO, USA with my husband (25 year anniversary next month) and 15-year old daughter. My second home is Disneyland... not really but if I could I'd sleep in the park 😂 This year I am really working on my client delivery and podcast for visibility, outsourcing the rest.

You've just joined a calm space for women building sustainable online businesses - without relying on social media to be visible, grow, or sell. You don’t need to show up everyday. You don’t need to perform. And you don’t need to have everything figured out before you join in. This community is designed to meet you where you are. HOW THIS SPACE WORKS: This isn’t a noisy group or a content dump. Instead, you’ll find: - Thoughtful conversations - Resources that unlock as you participate - A focus on email, collaborations, and relationship-led visibility - Space to grow in a way that feels steady and sustainable You’re welcome to observe quietly at first - or jump straight into conversation. There’s no “right” way to be here. YOUR NEXT STEP: When it feels good, introduce yourself below. You can keep it simple: - What kind of business you’re building - Where you’re currently focusing your energy - One thing you’d love more clarity or momentum around Once you post your intro, you’ll unlock the next level of the community - including a planning tool I use myself to plan out what I'll focus on to be visibility without social media. I’m really glad you’re here - welcome. 💫

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