How to Plan a Successful Brand Photoshoot (Especially if You Dislike Having Your Picture Taken)
If you’re a business owner, you KNOW the importance of good brand photography that visually tells the story of what you do. Having a vault of custom images makes social media SO easy. Gone is your need for stock photography subscriptions. Stock can be fine for a while, but it’s hard to make a visual impact using a bank of generic photos that anyone can use. Eventually, everyone keys in and uses the same images from the same stock photo sites and you’ll find yourself getting lost in the sea of sameness. In today’s episode, I’m breaking down exactly how…
How to Increase Your Sales
I know you want to find a way to easily make more sales. Converting cold traffic from your website leads or from social media often feels like a stab in the dark. What if you had a regular post you made on a weekly basis that felt easy to create and share? You can and in this podcast episode I’m going to explain how to increase your sales. Tune in and you’ll discover: The eye patches I love: Canadian Link HereUS Link Here The questions I typically send off to my clients: What problem were you dealing with when you…
How to Share a Link on Instagram
I wish I had a dollar for every time I get asked this question. So many of you struggle with understanding how to share links on Instagram. The problem arises when you try to add a link to the caption of your post and once published, you discover you can’t actually click on the link. Here’s the thing: Instagram actually doesn’t allow you to have a link in your feed posts. Why? Well first, let’s understand how Instagram makes money. Instagram makes money by serving up people ads and the longer they can keep people on the Instagram platform, the…
How to Add Your Brand Colors to Captions in Instagram Stories
Today I am here with a video showing you how to add your brand colors to the captions on your Instagram stories or reels. Whenever I record video for my stories, I ALWAYS record natively right in the app. So I open up Instagram, open a new story, and press record. In this video I’ve already got one minute of video saved to my story (you can tell because there are four, 15 second clips of slides at the bottom of the screen). Make sure you watch to see just how easy it is to add your brand colors!
How I Use Trello to Organize My Business
I’m really excited to introduce you to Trello and how I use it to increase my productivity and manage the systems and processes and workflows that I have set up for my business. Trello is a really great tool that I found about three years ago now and it really not only runs my business but also runs my life. What I love about it will remind you of Pinterest in organization. You have boards that you can add cards to, just like you’d add a pin to a Pinterest board. Here’s a video walking you through how I organize…
Why Email Marketing is Something You Can’t Ignore
Do you need clients or customers? If you do, then you need an email marketing provider. When I first started out in my business, I thought email marketing only for people who were selling programs for big groups or online courses. And beyond that, I thought email marketing was only for established businesses. Basically, I didn’t even give it a second thought. Now having owned and operated my brand for over ten years, I know better. Ladies, take it from me: you want to begin collecting an email list right from the get-go. The universal truth for all online businesses…
How to Schedule Out Your Instagram Posts in Advance for FREE Using Creator Studio
As a business owner, you’ve got a lot going on. Keeping up a regular posting schedule on social media can feel like a serious chore. But what if I told you there was a free tool that you can use to schedule your posts in advance? (Spoiler: there totally is)! In this video, I’m showing you how to take the stress out of social media by using Creator Studio to schedule your next Facebook and Instagram posts in advance.
How to Send a Meeting Invite in Your Email Marketing Provider
Marketing for masterclasses or other events can be a challenge. My business is all about making things easy, and so for years I’ve wanted to figure out a way for my ConvertKit email list to download all the info for my next event with the click of a button. And I’ve finally figured it out! In this video, I’m showing you how you can create a button in a marketing email that sends your clients all the calendar information for your next event.
How to Create a Product Mock Up Graphic
Mock up graphics are an attractive & professional way to market your products on social media. They may look fancy, but it couldn’t be easier to make them – it’ll seriously only take you a few minutes! In this video, I’m breaking down how to create a product mock up graphic in Canva that you can use to market your next offer.
How to Create a Carousel Instagram Post Graphic
Carousel Instagram posts have been popping up everywhere on my feed recently. They’re a great way to add a little extra interest to your marketing graphics & keep your audience engaged on your post. In this video, I’m showing you how you can use Canva to create these awesome looking carousel graphics for your next Instagram post.
When Do I Need a Logo or a Website for my Online Business?
Working with women for the last ten years designing businesses and coaching them in developing their websites, I’ve watched some take off and thrive and some struggle to get traction. I’m here to tell you that it’s definitely not a logo that is preventing you from working with clients. A logo or a website won’t make you legit. And it won’t bring you customers or clients. Only YOU can do that. I’ve worked with enough new coaches, designers, consultants, and creative entrepreneurs to tell you that what your business looks like today is not what it’s going to look like…
How to Purchase a Script Font and Add It to Canva
I get asked this ALL the time. “I found an amazing font that I really want to use in my brand graphics. Is there a way to get it into Canva?” The answer is YES! In this video, I’m showing you my favourite script font, how you can purchase it (or any other font you like), and how you can upload it into your Canva Pro account.
How to Create a Form and Use It to Collect Information on Your Website
Being successful in your business means regularly communicating with & taking feedback from your audience. After all, they’re who you’re selling to! In this video, I’m showing you how to use Typeform to create an intuitive feedback form you can use on your website to hear from your clients.
How to Change The Success Message Color on Your ConvertKit Confirmation
Getting consistent with your branding across all your platforms and business tools is the key to ensuring your business makes an impact in the online space. Having brand colours is a great way to make your business recognizable to your audience. In this video, I’m showing you how you can change the success message color on your ConvertKit conformation to your own brand colours so you can stay consistent in your email marketing.
How to Automate a Sequence of Emails in Convert Kit
Email marketing is a great way to collect new leads, promote a new offer or upcoming event, or just connect with your audience regularly. And as you may know, the key to successful marketing is consistency – and a great way to ensure you’re on time with your content is by using automation tools. In this video, I’m breaking down how you can use ConvertKit to automate an email sequence so you can nail your marketing for your next offer or event.
How to Tag Subscribers in ConvertKit
ConvertKit is the platform I exclusively use and recommend for email marketing. It’s incredibly intuitive, and allows for a high level of specificity in reaching within your audience. One way you can achieve this specificity is by using tags to target specific kinds of subscribers. In this video, I’m showing you how you can apply tags in your ConvertKit profile so you can get clear on the messaging in your email marketing.
How to Use Tags to Send Secret Messages to Subscribers in Your ConvertKit Emails
For a while now, I’ve exclusively used ConvertKit for all my email marketing needs. There’s a lot of reasons I’m a die-hard fan of this platform: it’s consistent, intuitive, and versatile. You can get seriously creative with how you’re connecting with your email list, such as including secret messages in your broadcasts! In this video, I’m breaking down how you can use tags in ConvertKit to send out conditional content to your email list, allowing you to fine tune how you are communicating with your audience.
44 Different Ways To Say Subscribe on Your CTA
Almost every business owner has a freebie or lead magnet that they offer to new website visitors. If you don’t, you’re missing a HUGE opportunity to nurture your leads. To see the full list click here. To see the Other, click here. Most business owners don’t take the time to change the text on the call to action (CTA) from subscribe. Today I’m giving you access to my list of 44 different ways you can inspire your audience to say YES to your freebie. Get Instant AccessI’m ReadySend Me My DownloadInstantly DownloadSign Up For FreeStart ReadingGet StartedLearn MoreCome On InTry…
How to Add a Convert Kit Pop-up Form to Your Wordpress Website
ConvertKit is an amazing tool for any online business owner to execute successful lead magnets & sales funnels, as well as to connect regularly with your audience via email. All the tech may seem a little bit overwhelming, but trust me, it couldn’t be simpler! In this video, Im showing you how you can add a ConvertKit pop-up form to your Wordpress website so you can start collecting leads from your website today.
How to Clean Up Your Google Mail Inbox
I think this is a problem we can all relate to. Signing up for promo emails from our favourite brands & businesses can really add up over time and overwhelm your inbox. It’s easy to get frustrated and want to abandon the address altogether. But you don’t have to. In this video, I’m showing you how you can organize and clean up Google Mail so you can ditch the spam and just get the emails you want in your inbox.
How to Create Columns in a Canva Template
Making creative, engaging graphics is one of the best ways to up your marketing game. But getting the design vibe you crave doesn’t have to be a circus. And Canva is my favourite design platform for making graphic design accessible. In this video, I’m showing you how you can create clean-looking columns in Canva that you can easily add to your next marketing graphic.
How to Add a Canva Template You Purchase to Your Canva Account
My business is all about making things easy for other business owners. With that in mind, I created an amazing one-stop-shop vault of Canva templates you can use to upgrade your marketing game without taking your time. In this video, I’m showing you how to add the templates you purchase from Her Template Shop to your Canva account so you can start creating awesome graphics for your brand. Want to get your hands on some done-for-you Canva templates? Click here to visit Her Template Shop!
How to Easily Record Your Screen and Share It With Others
Operating an online business comes with some interesting challenges. One of them is that collaborating remotely (via video call, email, or voice message) can make sharing ideas, problems and solutions tricky. Sometimes you just need to show someone what you’re talking about. In this video, I’m showing you how to easily make & share a screen recording using Loom so you can get clear in your communication.
How to Add a Video Into a Screen Mock Up
In today’s post, I’m showing you how to add video to a screen mock up in what appears to be a still photo.
How to Use Convert Kit to Deliver Your Lead Magnet or Collect Email Addresses BEFORE You are Ready!
Getting your online business off the ground is an exciting time – but it can also be confusing. Do I need a website & logo to start connecting with clients or taking work? Do I need a following to ramp up my social media strategy? NO! In fact, when you’re first starting out, you should be connecting with your audience & collecting leads BEFORE you start worrying about a website, logo, or other online infrastructure. In this video, I’m showing you how you can use ConvertKit to rake in leads & collect email addresses so you can start your online…
How to Easily Remove the Background of a Photo
There are many reasons why you’d want to remove the background of a photo and before this easy method existed, you needed to use a professional editing program like Photoshop to make it happen. In today’s tutorial, I’m going to show you how easy it is with only ONE click to effortlessly remove the background from any photo.