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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 56: Interview with Patrick Prömmel, Lifestyle Entrepreneur
This week I sat down with Patrick Prömmel who by day is getting his MBA at Wharton and by night is on a self-proclaimed "lifestyle entrepreneur journey": an endeavor to create businesses for time, freedom, flexibility, autonomy, and fun. His past life was spent as a consultant for fortune 100 companies on tech strategy, but he felt unfilled. New in his journey Patrick shares what he's seeking and his path to getting there.
Connect with Patrick:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/patrickprommel
Website: https://patrickprommel.com
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Ep 55: Trust yourself, always
This week I'm chatting about the importance of trusting yourself, always. Lean into that inner voice, and say no when it isn't for you.
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Ep 54: Interview with Kevin Galang, Co-Founder Community Copilot
This week I sat down with Kevin Galang, co-founder of Community Copilot. Kevin is a self taught dev turned no-code indie hacker. He recently left corporate behind to go all in on himself. He's helping to build Rennet.io a product to help automate your flipping side hustle. A fantastic discussion on how to find balance, the importance of community support on your journey and never dropping the glass ball.
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Ep 53: How I started this journey
I didn't have a plan when I embarked on this journey, I just had a goal to exit corporate. In order to do that I knew I needed to save up money, so that was step 1. This week I detail how long that took and chat about all the new things coming to the Helping Creatives Community.
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Ep 52: Interview with Sharath Kuruganty, Co-Founder Shoutout.so
This week I sat down with Sharath Kuruganty, a community first maker and co-founder of Shoutout.so. Sharath has been building since 2018 with quite the impressive resume of his own products, 8 launches on Product Hunt, and countless others he's helped to build and support. Most recently he became the recipient of the 2021 Product Hunt Maker Grant. Tune in as he shares why community has been so key along his journey, the lessons he's learned from past fails and what the future holds.
Connect with Sharath on Twitter: https://twitter.com/5harath
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Ep 51: Have a plan, but be flexible
Not having a plan has lead me to a lot of failure over the last 15 months. I don't want to plan everything, nor can I, but I do need structure and a roadmap to get me to my end goal. I've learned so much I need to share with all of you, but my first and most important lesson is have a plan, but be flexible.
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Ep 49: Helping you go from corporate to creative
I had a breakthrough I needed to share with all of you today! Tune in to hear what I am building and what I am so excited about. Hint, it's about helping "trapped" creatives find their creative passion and make money at it. More stories of leaving corporate for creative roles, more tools, resources and inspiration to help you along your path!
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Ep 48: Interview with Kevon Cheung
This week I sat down with Kevon Cheung who is taking Building in Public to the next level. Kevin is a creator, building products, content, and helping others. A background in tech, Kevon's most recent launch was a Building in Public Guide. A discussion filled with advice on building in public, how to find your passion and why money isn't always a good thing.
Connect With Kevon
Website: https://kevoncheung.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevon69
Newsletter: https://kevoncheung.com/newsletter
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Ep 47: Scheduling rest is essential
This week I am focusing on how to rest. Getting rest is essential. We have to celebrate rest. Rest is just as important as working hard, if not more. Rest allows us to create great work without destroying ourselves in the process. I've had a lot of problems with getting rest in my past. I used to stay up and work late into the night so much that I was actually hurting my ability to do good work. How do you prioritize rest?
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Ep 46: Interview with Dan Parry, Co-Founder Tectonic
This week I sat down with Dan Parry, Co-Founder of Tectonic, no coder, mental health advocate and supporter of the creator economy. An impromptu discussion that was and real and raw covering mental health, no code, the creator economy and our shared love of failure. Grab a note book, this one is jam packed.
Connect with Dan:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/yodanparry
Website: https://yodanlabs.co
Tectonic: https://www.tectoniclondon.com
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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!
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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!
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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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