Of course you do!! It’s funny, only 24 months ago if you would have asked me if “getting paid to speak” was on my radar I would have looked at you like you had 4 heads. For whatever reason, I had this notion that to get PAID to SPEAK you really needed like a gillion […]
Anyone else a fair-weather Instagram reel creator like me? I don’t know what it is about them… BUT I HATE THEM. I MEAN I LOVE THEM. As someone who has an entire business around storytelling and video, you’d think I’d be pumping these bad girls out most weeks, but I don’t. It always gets pushed […]
I hate to tell you this. But most of what you write no one reads. The same for your videos. No one watches them. Why? It’s all too long. SIGH. I watched this SHORT Ted Talk video and he affirmed (with actual data) what we always knew in the video storytelling world. You are taking […]
“I have been accepted to give a TEDx talk in June!!!!!! The topic I was accepted with — how we can’t move humanity forward without improving the quality of life for women in the workplace. And guess what I wrote about — my STORY!!” Having a clear, inspiring founder story in written and video form […]
Contrary to what social media might tell you…being on camera is not a natural thing for 99.9% of the population. But if you’re running a business, showing up on camera is now an inevitable part of your job description. But this is good news for us small business owners and side hustlers. Because we are […]
If someone came up to you and asked you why you do what you do….do you know what you’d say? (without you word vomiting and without the person getting that GLAZED look which is Universal Human Sign for STFU!!) So do you? Rachael didn’t. Meet Rachael who just wrapped my Founder’s Fire cohort (check out […]
Writing about yourself is hard. Showing up on camera and talking about yourself -that isn’t one giant snore fest- is even harder. In order to stand out from the approximately 897,675 other people doing the exact same thing as you, you will want to get comfortable with sharing key parts of your back story that […]
Hooks are the beginning of every amazing story. And the hype is true. Write a hook that connects and it’s the reason your audience will continue watching your video (or reading your pitch, email, newsletter.) Write one that doesn’t hit home and that video or newsletter you spent HOURS, OK…DAYS making will be for you […]
Dropping my go-to secrets for making consistent content that RESONATES with my audience. It’s a funny story why I am doing this so make sure you read TO.THE.END. 👀Do you find yourself making a $hit load of content but it doesn’t seem “to land?” 😭Are you posting a lot to your feed, showing up on […]
I outsourced my 4-year-old to “front yard camp” for the next few weeks while I was living in Chicago 💃🔥✨… so it was a great Monday indeed. I nearly cried tears of joy while also wanting to make out with the camp counselor upon drop off. But I digress on why I’m writing… “Patrice, what […]
