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Ep 67: How to handle creative slumps
It's week three of my creative slump so I wanted to spend some time talking about it and what I'm doing as I work through it. I break down:
- How I got here
- What I'm doing to manage it
- What's next
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Ep 66: Interview with Leah Milton, Adventure Life Coach
This week I sat down with Leah Milton, who by day is an account manager and by night is an adventure life coach and community builder. Hear how Leah has embraced a previous failed business and all the challenges that come with building a community.
Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leahtravelista/
email: leah.milton@gmail.com
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Ep 65: Don't forget to live life along the way
We all want to have a life on our own terms, but that doesn't mean you need to be working 24/7 or never unplug. Rest and reset, it's just as important as work. Human connection, nature and remembering why you are on this journey to personal freedom. This week I'm chatting about the importance of it all, but especially the importance of unplugging.
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Ep 64: Interview with Yolanda Stephens, Founder Women to Make
This week I sat down with Yolanda Stephens, who by day runs Operations at HBCUvc, and in her spare runs a productivity studio called Sprint as a Service offering Agile and Notion consulting and is the founder of Women to Done, a training agency dedicated to supporting Women-led, socially impactful businesses. A wonderful discussion on how to run side ventures while working full time and why entrepreneurship isn't for everyone.
Connect with Yolanda
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FreshVestor
Website: https://freshvestor.com
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Ep 63: Starting over vs going freelance
This week I'm giving a bit more context to my story of going out on my own. Many go full time freelance using the same skillsets they built up during their traditional role, I didn't. I left all that behind and truly started over. Here's a quick thread about this story.
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Ep 62: Interview with Marc LG, Founder of PowerImporter
This week I sat down with Marc, founder of PowerImporter a no code tool to easily update your Webflow CMS. When he's not indie hacking he's co-hosting the Startup to Something Podcast about building bootstrapped businesses. From employee 3 at a startup through IPO turned indie hacker, Marc offered so much insight into how to embark on this path.
Connect with Marc:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JudoHacker
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Ep 61: How did I find clients?
This week I got a great question via DM on Twitter asking how I found initial clients and did I do any market research to find clients before quitting my job. I break down how I entered my journey and my answer to this question. In short, don't quit your job to go full-time freelance without a build-up of clients.
Resources:
Sean Wes - Overlap - https://seanwes.com/book/
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Ep 60: Interview with Lachlan Kirkwood, Founder of Building With Bubble
This week I sat down with Lachlan Kirkwood, a prolific maker and most recently founder of Building With Bubble. Lachlan has talked openly about his failures since venturing into the world of indie hacking in 2018. He's written extensively about his failures and his journey on his blog which is why I am excited to sit down with him and share his journey.
Connect with Lachlan:
Twitter:https://twitter.com/LachlanKirkwood
Website:https://lachlankirkwood.com
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Ep 59: "What are you doing now?"
This week I'm sharing an in-depth answer to one of the questions that hit home, "What are you doing now", in this month's Twitter AMA Thread 16 months into this journey. The short answer, building my dream life and figuring it out as I go along. It took me over a year to get to that phrase. I'm breaking it all down on this week's episode. Check out the full thread - https://twitter.com/saranosocks/status/1383850030780485641?s=20
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Ep 58: Interview with Carri Craver - Founder Build Squads
This week I sat down with Carri Craver, the creator of Find Vaccine USA. Carri is a digital product designer who has built multiple communities, including the Co-Founders League, Open Coffee Clubs, Womentum Now, and most recently Build Squads. This was a great open discussion of how community, listening to yourself and the power behind just starting lead to her current success.
Connect with Carri
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccgirl
Website: https://carricraver.com
Products: https://bldr.bio/i/carri
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Ep 96: Interview with Danielle Maveal, Chief Community Officer, Burb
This week I sat down with Danielle Manveal who by day is Chief Community Officer for Burb and by night she's a community builder, founder, consultant, and writing Community Feelings. Danielle has an extensive history in the community space with over 15 years of experience working at big names like Etsy, AirBNB, Lyft and BarkBox. From selling her own jewelry on Etsy to a career in community Danielle has had a fascinating journey.
Connect with Danielle:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/daniellexo
Website: https://www.daniellexo.com
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Ep 95: Finding Balance and asking hard questions
This week is all about finding balance, how to ask hard questions and the reality that sometimes there isn't an answer. It's a rambling episode but I think a lot of people can relate. Here's to more of these discussions. If you're interested in learning more about Khe Hy and Rad Reads, be sure to check out the links.
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Ep 94: Follow-up Interview with Rob Hardy, Founder Ungated
This week I sat down to check back in with Rob Hardy, founder of Ungated, which he describes as "an oasis for creators who are committed to the long game of business. No get rich quick schemes. No "growth hacks." Just actionable strategies for building a creative business that stands the test of time. No gatekeepers required." When we last spoke Rob shared how he pivoted to the gift economy model. We talked about what worked with that pivot, what didn't and what's next as he continues to reimagine Ungated.
Connect with Rob:
Twitter:https://twitter.com/ungatedcreative
Ungated: https://ungated.media
Stand Out and Connect: https://ungated.media/stand-out-and-connect/
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Ep 93: Do you take social media breaks?
Social media has started to consume me and I refuse to succumb. I've been taking breaks for two weeks now, just on the weekends, don't get excited and wow, who knew I could still be bored! Tune in to hear what I've learned so far and then let me know in the poll over on Spotify, do you take social media breaks too?
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Ep 92: Follow-up Interview with Diego Diaz, Founder Ammo Studio
This week I sat down with Diego Diaz, founder of Ammo Studio, an Official Webflow Expert Partner. A lot has changed since we last sat down with Diego in December 2020 when he was a social media manager. From security guard to social media manager to founder of a growing a Webflow Development studio but it wasn't an easy journey. Tune in to hear how he went from no clients to a $35,000 month and continued growth.
Connect with Diego:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/the1diegodiaz
Ammo Studio: https://www.ammo.studio
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ammo\_HQ
Indie Hackers Post: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/from-1k-a-month-to-35k-in-a-month-for-my-agency-within-6-months-251b083d2b?commentId=-MjC0CVKJpWu7toAYikv
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Ep 91: Bringing your whole self together
After working in corporate for almost 20 years it should come as no surprise that I am still showing up "professionally" with a different persona than I do personally. I hadn't realized how much until today. This episode is all about bringing my whole self to this show and online.
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Ep 90: Interview with Daren Smith, Founder Craftsman Creative
This week I sat down with Daren Smith. By day Daren is a film and television producer, by night he's working on helping creatives build a profitable business through the Craftsman Creative. A collective of courses, and an upcoming book, the Craftsman Creative is teaching and enabling creators to earn a living. A fifteen year journey as a creative has led to finding his why and with it, success.
Books mentioned on the show:
Connect with Daren:https://twitter.com/darentsmith
Read the book: https://www.craftsmancreative.co
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Ep 89: The awkward phase of moving away from being a full time creator
So you haven't found a way to monetize as a full time creator or you're just ready to move back into a full-time role, now what!? This week I'm sharing the uncomfortable things I feeling and facing as I embrace the job hunt for a full time role.
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Ep 88: Interview with Khe Hy, Founder RadReads
This week I sat down with Khe Hy. Khe has been called Oprah for Millennials by CNN and the Wall Street Guru by Bloomberg. You may know him from his course SuperCharge Your Productivity, known to former students as come for the productivity, stay for the existential. Really SYP is showing us how to do the $10,000/hr work and the importance of asking and knowing your why every step of the way. Khe left Wall Street and today is helping us all transform our how we think about ourselves by asking the tough questions, like what if it was easy.
Connect with Khe: https://twitter.com/khemaridh
10K Summit: https://radreads.co/10k-summit/
Supercharge Your Productivity: https://radreads.co/courses/
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Ep 87: I spent 8 weeks resting
I'm back after 8 weeks away! I've been on an entire content creation break. No podcasts, no newsletter, less social media and a lot of time to rest, think, cry and reassess. The clarity that has come from resting is pretty astounding. I break it all down in this week's episode.
Let me know your thoughts on twitter, Have you ever taken a break and done nothing?
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Ep 15: Interview with Chris, founder of Jetboost.io
This week I sat down with Chris, founder and owner of Jetboost.io. Started just a year ago, Chris talks about how Jetboost came to be and how he made the transition from his consulting business to going all in on Jetboost during the pandemic. We chat about the rising popularity of the #no-code community, the tools that are springing up left and right.
If you're interested in hearing about Webflow, No-Code, Jetboost and small business, this is a must listen! Need a NoCode and Webflow community? Come join us on PixelGeek.Community! We'd love to help you!!
Connect with Chris:
Check out Jetboost.io
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/c_spags
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Ep 13: Interview with Andrea, Rocket Science Branding
Interview with Andrea, Rocket Science Branding
This week I sat down with Andrea owner of Rocket Science Branding creating thoughtful and uniques experiential swag to inspire & excite your audience. Andrea tells us all about the company, her empathic and consistent messaging and how she is uses that to drive her business forward. We dive into how COVID19 impacted her business and the shifts she has had to make.
If you're looking for an in depth conversation about how your branding and marketing effects everything in your business, you don't want to miss this episode! Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review!
Get in touch with Andrea and Rocket Science Branding:
Website: https://www.rocketsciencebranding.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/rocketsciencebranding
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Ep 12: Interview with Nelson, The Pixel Geek
This week I sat down with Nelson, better known as The Pixel Geek to discuss all things no code. He dives into his design history, his love for sharing his knowledge with the world and why he's launching a Pixel Geek Community to help his mission of making the web beautiful together. If you love design, humans, Webflow, no-code and want to learn more about how to build a community, this episode is for you!
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The Pixel Geek Community launches soon and you don't want to miss it!
Sign up today for The Pixel Geek Community: https://www.pixelgeek.community
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Connect on Twitter: twitter.com/thepixelgeek
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Ep 11: Interview with Uri, owner of Wallatees
This week I sat down with Uri, owner of Wallatees, a local on-line apparel shop here in San Diego. When the pandemic hit, Uri sprang into action, helping restaurants, adjusting his services to expand to promotional items and tackle on-line marketing. If you're looking for advice on how to pivot as a small business owner, on-line marketing insight and encouragement to just start, this episode is for you!
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Contact Uri today for any promotional or apparel needs!
Website: wallatees.com/wallatees/shop/home | Email:info@wallatees.com | Phone:(619)-940-5556
Instagram: www.instagram.com/wallatees
Facebook: www.facebook.com/wallateesofficial
Twitter: twitter.com/WallaTees
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Ep 10: Interview with Molly Murphy
This week on Talks with SaraNoSocks I sat down with Molly Murphy, a signer, songwriter from Nashville. She's working on releasing her first EP and COVID hasn't helped. Molly shares how going virtual has impacted her career, how to connect with your audience as a singer when you can't do live shows and what's in store as live shows are limited. We chat about whether or not the virtual concert platform is here to stay and how the future of music might change. Molly's EP is scheduled to be out by the end of the year and we'll be sure to check back in when it drops!
Share your support on social media and give Molly a follow!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mollymurphymusic8/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollymurphymusic/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MollyMurphMusic
Website: https://mollymurphymusic.com
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mollymurphymusic
Connect with Sara
Twitter: https://twitter.com/saranosocks
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saranosocks
Website: saranosocks.com
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Ep 9: Interview with Greg Kuchan
This week's episode is an introduction to a new format for Talks With SaraNoSocks. Conversations with small business owners and how their lives have been impacted by COVID bringing everything virtual. This week I sit down with Greg Kuchan where we talk life, real estate and the new realm of virtual everything. We dive deep early on, but trust me, you don't want to miss this conversation!
Follow Greg on Instagram (@greg.kuchan). Listen to his podcast Grow With Greg for more in-depth discussions with interesting people.
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