IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
* Welcome to the fourth episode of the Boss Girl Creative Podcast!! In today's epsidode, I'm interviewing Indie Author and fellow Texan, Adrian R. Hale! Have comments or questions? Tweet/IG using the hashtag #BOSSGIRLQA or call in: (707) BOSS-GIRL
* This episode is marked explicit. Nothing crazy, just don't want little ears to be around! Keeping it real around here!
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* Oh and I say the word "cool" a lot in this episode. ;)
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE
* National Novel Writing Month
* Making Sacrifices
* Fake it till you Make It
* Find Facebook Groups that you can join...find people that you can trust
* Opportunities
* Keeping Creative Juices Flowing
* Intentional Homework
* Practice Your Craft
* Writing Things Down and Dreams
* "It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great." Jimmy Dugan from A League of Their Own
TAYLOR SAID
"I do have to look at all of the opportunities that are coming my way and if I can’t legitimately say that this is a ‘hell yes’ kind of opportunity, I have to say no." Taylor Bradford
"You have to have information and inspiration in order to get to the new creation, without the information, it’s hard to create." Taylor Bradford
"Intentional homework, give yourself homework and read." Taylor Bradford
"To just note when you are trying to get your creative juices flowing is that you should expect challenges, not everything is going to come naturally to you. Taylor Bradford
"Fill your mind with lots of compelling content, whether or not it is something for whatever it is you’re creating." Taylor Bradford
"Find like-minded creatives." Taylor Bradford
"Keep creating, even if it’s crap, just keep doing it because eventually you will break through, and when you break through, embrace it." Taylor Bradford
"The creative process, it takes time, it takes energy, and it takes intentional effort, it’s not going to come easy." Taylor Bradford
"In life, go forth with grace and gumption and know if the creative juices aren’t flowing now...do the things that like make you who you are and just love what you do and do those things and I totally think that will help you break through and help those creative juices flowing." Taylor Bradford
ADRIAN SAID
"...how am I going to balance anything at all? How am I going to balance this juggling act?" Adrian R. Hale
"I had to learn to say no a lot more, when you know you have a deadline you have given yourself for a book or you know you have an early morning wedding, you kind of need to say no to some of those social aspects of life." Adrian R. Hale
"You have to look at things and be like is this something that's going to get me further along in my career? Is this going to help me in someway or what?" Adrian R. Hale
"My dreams have just really grown and changed over the years and to be able to do both (hair/makeup and author) at the same time has been pretty phenomenal this year." Adrian R. Hale
"Publishing is a huge business that I had no idea about. I finished a book and was I was like 'Hey! I finished a book, what do I do now?' and people were like 'oh calm down, young one, like here's a whole list of things for you to learn about now'." Adrian R. Hale
"You have to fake it till you make it, don’t let them see you sweat, and then finding the people that you trust to get you through it." Adrian R. Hale
"I'm either writing fast and furious or not at all." Adrian R. Hale
"I try and find something that interests me. Because I'm not going to be able to write about French Cooking because I'm not really interested in French Cooking. But if you talk to me about MMA or if you talk to me about the hair and makeup business or like anything car related. I have a very defined interest in all of those. That is something that I can write about for several months straight." Adrian R. Hale
"A lot of authors…we do sprints where we’ll come up with a topic that could be related to what your writing or absolutely not…and then you would just write about that for however many minutes, as much as you can, anything that is like brain dumping just to get your brain going on a certain topic." Adrian R. Hale
"Anything to help develop yourself as a writer, finding out information about what processes for other people…anything that is going to get your creative juices flowing." Adrian R. Hale
"You can take something away from everything." Adrian R. Hale
RESOURCES AND LINKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWrMo) - November 1-30
Facebook
Pinterest
SHOUT-OUTS
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Texas Women Bloggers
Lost Oak Winery - Burleson, Texas
Amazon - Adrian's book is there!
Author: Karina Halle
Author: Heidi Joy Trethaway
Author: Mary Kay Andrews
Author: Colleen Hoover
Starbucks
Grey's Anatomy
MORE FROM TAYLOR
Pink Heels Pink Truck - pinkheelspinktruck.com
MORE FROM ADRIAN
Author Website: Adrian R. Hale
Hair/Makeup Artist Website: Revelry Beauty
Facebook: facebook.com/AdrianRHaleAuthor
Twitter: twitter.com/AdrianRHale
Adrian's Book: A Taste of Bliss
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Taylor - @pnkheelspnktrk
Adrian - @AdrianRHale
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
* Welcome to the third episode of the Boss Girl Creative Podcast!! And my very first Boss Girl Interview with Blogger/Author Sophie Hudson! Have comments or questions? Tweet/IG using the hashtag #BOSSGIRLQA or call in: (707) BOSS-GIRL
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TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE
* Approaching the obstacles of life
* Opportunities and when to say “no”
* Making time to write
* What’s next for Sophie
* Fun facts about Sophie
* Advice from Boo Mama
* Importance of building relationships
* Dale Carnegie, "You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people then you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you."
TAYLOR SAID
"We are still making our own paths and our own journeys and if one door closes, another one opens." Taylor Bradford
"I wouldn’t be where I am now without everyone I have met this far." Taylor Bradford
"We want to grow our brand but I think the more important thing is to grow your community and grow with your community." Taylor Bradford
SOPHIE SAID
"I just love home and I don’t think I have super elaborate expectations of life other than just having some people to love and people to serve, I just tend to like things simple and easy." Sophie Hudson
"I don’t have a complicated view of life." Sophie Hudson
"I really try to kind of come at every situation with 'If I say yes to this, am I going to be a source of frustration to someone?'" Sophie Hudson
"If I don’t do my main priorities well…than I kind of missed it." Sophie Hudson
"Ultimately, I want to be able to do a good job for people and if I can’t do a good job, it’s not going to serve me well and it’s not going to serve them well." Sophie Hudson
"Whatever tiny little piece of the internet I leave behind, I want it to be encouraging." Sophie Hudson
"I have never been on a schedule with my blog…I just like to do things on the fly." Sophie Hudson
"Worry more about building relationships than building traffic." Sophie Hudson
"Make decisions that are for the good for everybody." Sophie Hudson
"I think if your focus is on service versus promotion, I think it, again, kind of works out for everybody." Sophie Hudson
RESOURCES AND LINKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE
Instagram: http://instagram.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com
Libsyn: http://www.libsyn.com/
SHOUT-OUTS
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Allume.com
Amazon.com
The Bachelorette
Starbucks
Amy Grant
Beth Moore
Broadcast News
Daniel Craig
Mentholatum
MORE FROM TAYLOR
Pink Heels Pink Truck - http://pinkheelspinktruck.com
MORE FROM SOPHIE
BooMama - http://boomama.net
Sophie's Books - A Little Salty to Cut the Sweet: Southern Stories of Faith, Family, and Fifteen Pounds of Bacon-Sophie and Home Is Where My People Are: The Roads That Lead Us to Where We Belong
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Sophie - @boomama205
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
* Welcome to the second episode of the Boss Girl Creative Podcast!! Have comments or questions? Tweet/IG using the hashtag #BOSSGIRLQA or call in: (707) BOSS-GIRL
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TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE
* Building your brand
* Building your brand needs to be consistent across the board
* What can you do to help build your brand
* Know who your target audience is
* What does your website say
* Not being intimidated by bigger bloggers
* Guest posting, attending live events, create a product, comment, build your email list
* Collaborations/Partnerships with other Bloggers and Brands
* Find Your Tribe
TAYLOR SAID
"Building a brand needs to be consistent." Taylor Bradford
"You want to have consistency in your posting schedule." Taylor Bradford
"Social media, the platforms, the key is to stay consistent too." Taylor Bradford
"It is important to pick one platform that you are really truly drawn to and rock that platform out." Taylor Bradford
"Go through your feed, like and comment, that is how you get engagement." Taylor Bradford
"It is super important to figure out who is your target audience, who is your customer, who is the person reading, and then who are you wanting to attract." Taylor Bradford
"Ultimately you want to know what desires you are filling to the people who are reading." Taylor Bradford
"It’s important to always reach out to your readers, find out, give them an incentive…to get them to answer you." Taylor Bradford
"Because your site is kind of your informal speaker, when a brand does lands there, they want to figure out who you are right out of the gate and whether or not you compliment their customer." Taylor Bradford
"Building your brand is hard work because you are constantly working to keep up at the level that you want to put forth." Taylor Bradford
"What are you saying outside of your blog?" Taylor Bradford
"People will fall in love with who you are, that is the most natural and organic way to build your brand." Taylor Bradford
LAUREN SAID
"I really strive to be very open, honest, consistent with who I am on my blog, my social media, in person, and in emails." Lauren McBride
"If your readers are taking the time to sit there and comment, you should comment back." Lauren McBride
"Know who you want to be out there, and the audience that you are targeting, and again with the consistency, and your site really needs to line up with all of that." Lauren McBride
"Especially when you start partnering with brands, you really want your site to look professional and really speak volumes of who you are just from that one, that initial landing on your page." Lauren McBride
"You want your site to be you." Lauren McBride
"You don’t have to try so hard to be you, just be you and you can’t go wrong." Lauren McBride
RESOURCES AND LINKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE
Survey Monkey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/
BSchool: http://www.marieforleo.com/bschool/
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com
Peek User Testing: http://peek.usertesting.com/
Hello Bar: https://www.hellobar.com/
Gleam Capture: https://gleam.io/app/capture
SHOUT-OUTS
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Emylee @ Emylee Says
Mercedes @ Beyond Beauty Lounge
Melissa @ This Girl's Life Blog
Emily @ Emmy Mom
Jena @ Miss Jena's Lifestyle Studio
Lisa @ Lisa Serrano aka Princess Mousey Cards
Starbucks
Valentino Shoes
Target
Forever 21
TJMaxx
Marshalls
Toyota
MORE FROM TAYLOR
Pink Heels Pink Truck - pinkheelspinktruck.com
MORE FROM LAUREN
Lauren McBride Blog - www.laurenmcbrideblog.com
CONNECT WITH US ON INSTAGRAM
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Lauren - @laurmcbrideblog
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
* Welcome to the very first episode of the Boss Girl Creative Podcast!! Have comments or questions? Tweet/IG using the hashtag #BOSSGIRLQA or call in: (707) BOSS-GIRL
* Join the BGC Crew!
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE
* What it means to be a Boss Girl and a Boss Girl Creative
* A short history on Taylor and Lauren
* What blogging can do for you
* Turning blogging into a source of income
* Rewards of blogging
* Investing in yourself and your brand
TAYLOR SAID
"Even though we all may be in a different market, we all are creatives and we all are trying to do our thing and be fellow Boss Girls." Taylor Bradford
"I don’t want to be pigeon holed into one category because what fun is it to just be one kind of blogger when you can be all kinds of bloggers!" Taylor Bradford
"My biggest thing that I have enjoyed is adding my blogging series and being able to provide education to fellow bloggers." Taylor Bradford
"No matter what creative field you’re in…you can reach your community and your customers through blogging in a way that you really can’t through any other platform." Taylor Bradford
"I personally want to be as transparent as possible because I want you to know, this is possible, if this is your dream…this is possible and there are women in our field doing that. Taylor Bradford
"You have to grow, you have to put yourself out there, you have to think about your brand, your community, you’re investing in yourself, investing in time to figure out what can take you to the next level. Taylor Bradford
"Invest in yourself, invest in your brand and invest in your business." Taylor Bradford
LAUREN SAID
"I like being a lifestyle blogger because you can kind of do whatever you want!" Lauren McBride
"Getting paid to do something I love, writing about something I love, it doesn’t even feel like work." Lauren McBride
"When I ever won Maxxinista of the Month last August, that was my dream and I never would have thought I would be able to collaborate with TJ Maxx." Lauren McBride
"When you get things [collaboration opportunities] like that and see what doors it opens, it gives you that push to continue and then you are almost hungry for it." Lauren McBride
"There isn’t a rulebook…we have learned via trial and error but if there is a way to do that easier and more effectively, we want to provide that." Lauren McBride
"You have to invest in yourself. You have to put the time in and you have to be continually growing." Lauren McBride
RESOURCES AND LINKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE
B-School: www..marieforleo.com/bschool/
Instagram: www.instagram.com
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com
SHOUT-OUTS
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Sits Girls
31 Days to Build a Better Blog - Darren Rowse aka PROBLOGGER
Match.com
Pottery Barn
Maxxinista of the Month - TJMaxx
The Breakfast Club
MORE FROM TAYLOR
Pink Heels Pink Truck - pinkheelspinktruck.com
MORE FROM LAUREN
Lauren McBride Blog - www.laurenmcbrideblog.com
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Lauren - @laurmcbrideblog
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