I used to think storytelling was ONLY reserved for ‘the professionals’. The journalists, authors, and comedians. But I stand corrected***before you go pay for that inflated grad school degree in journalism (#me) just go get dirty first Social media has exposed the talents of so many who are gifted storytellers and who leverage that power […]

3 Common Storytelling Mistakes I See

Hear me out, because I, too, have said, “the hook is the most important part of your story.”But I am changing my tune. Why? Because of AI and programs like Chat GPT. My main wingman Claude can vomit out a TON of really awesome Hooks in SECONDS. Let me show you my original Email headline that […]

Why the most important part of your story IS NOT your opening line.

I know you are all HUMMING it. I’m sorry for that.  I made a shit ton of mistakes when I started my business at the top of 2017. Yes, going through the mistakes is part of the entrepreneurial process. But not pivoting soon enough in another direction is the reason most people like us don’t […]

If I Could Turn Back Time

The difference between your Founder Story and your Brand Story. They are not the same story even though there may be overlap. What differs is the primary objective of each story. The Founder story is overridingly meant to sell yourself. NOT your business.The Brand Story is overridingly meant to sell your business. NOT yourself. The […]

Your Founder Story v. Brand Story

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 […]

How I Created My “viral” Instagram Reel

In the spirit of content repurposing, I stumbled upon this blog post from three years ago in the google archives when “I was determined to write a blog” and I never did because consistency!  Add that to my long list of “died a hot fiery entrepreneurial death” idea grave. Also, this was waya hella too […]

Hire Journalists For Your Storytelling

SHE. DID. IT. I popped my Linkedin Live Cherry! And the Blazer and power gold necklace was in full glory. In case you missed our live a while ago, my friend, mentor and polar opposite in camera energy personality Terry Rice and I spent the better part of an hour talking about: Terry kicked off the […]

Linkedin Doesn’t Have to be Scary

Your founder story is one of your most valuable assets when telling your company’s origin story.

The Power of a Video Founder Story

My family and I were bopping around our NY hood and leaning into tourist life because friends were visiting.**by the way I have never met a double decker tour bus I didn’t love but I digress I wanted a family pic where us (OK ME) and approximately 4,678 other families also had the same idea  […]

We Were Actually Arguing Here…

How much time do you have? Because there were SO MANY MISTAKES I made when I first launched my business at the top of 2017. For those of you who don’t know the back story, here is a video I made that is Cliff Notes In hindsight I now realize that me trying to be […]

My Biggest Mistake When I First Started My Business