BGC ANNOUNCEMENTS
* Welcome to the 13th episode of the Boss Girl Creative Podcast!! Today I'm interviewing design blogger and author, Kristy Woodson Harvey.
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EPISODE AT A GLANCE
* Overcoming Obstacles
* Becoming an Author
* Publishing vs. Indie Route
* Looking at Opportunities
* Learning Balance
* Easiest and Hardest Experiences
* Managing Fear
* Looking Ahead

QUOTES BY TAYLOR
"I stumbled on blogging because of the Pioneer Woman. Like I had seen her blog and I literally started binge reading it because I was like ‘wow what is this, I didn’t know these things existed!’ So I totally get like, I never thought in a million year I would be podcasting with you [Kristy] right now!" Taylor Bradford

"I have met some of the greatest people in this space…and this has been the best thing as an adult to find female people to chat with you know that have common interests and all that good stuff." Taylor Bradford

"It’s all about just do it, just start, just make that first one go away and then you will get comfortable in your own skin and what you are doing, that no matter what it is so if it is public speaking or pitching yourself to a brand or whatever it is, you’re literally holding your own self back so being able to putting one foot in front of the other and just starting." Taylor Bradford

"That first no will happen, but then the yes’s will start coming in!" Taylor Bradford

QUOTES BY KRISTY
"Especially with becoming an author, it’s just a very daunting thing to look at the statistics and see how difficult it really can be to actually you know get published in the way that I wanted to be published…it was kind of scary to even put myself out there and be open to that rejection, that was something I kind of has to fight through and get over." Kristy Woodson Harvey

"I’ve always wanted to be a writer I think, even when I was little I was carrying around notebooks and writing down little stories and um, I went to journalism school and I really thought that was what I wanted to do, be a journalist of some sort." Kristy Woodson Harvey

"I wanted to be able to look back and say, you know I went for it and this is something I really wanted to achieve and I kind of got that big five New York publishing house dream." Kristy Woodson Harvey

"There are so many details that go into bringing a book to life that I wasn’t really aware of until I was in this process and I think it’s amazing." Kristy Woodson Harvey

"I think it’s different when you’re writing something with a message that you really want to get out to the world, you know I think if I has been in that situation, maybe the indie route would have made more sense." Kristy Woodson Harvey

"On a daily basis you are really having to do a gut check of you know does this work for my audience, is this something my audience is going to like. I think one of the things for my mom and me is this idea was a complete hobby from the very beginning...we were in this for fun and to do things that we love and to share things that we love with our readers who we feel really, really close to. So I think on the blog end it’s easier for us to say no to opportunities that don’t really mesh well because we only want to showcase those things or those designers that we know our readers are going to love and be really excited about." Kristy Woodson Harvey

"As a writer there are things that come to you that man and I think three years ago I would have fallen all over that but you know today I only have so much time and there are only so many hours in the day, I think it just kind of comes back to priorities." Kristy Woodson Harvey

"It’s amazing to see all these people who work together and build each other up you know that’s what people are doing and it’s amazing how the world can become such a small place in such a great way you know to have friends with common interests just all over the place and feel like we know them so well."

"I think managing fear is kind of a practice I mean, I think it’s like you know they say will power is a muscle or self-control is a muscle you know the more you work it the stronger it get and I kind of think it’s the same with fear, the more you face it, the more you dive into and the more it turns out to not be very bad at all." Kristy Woodson Harvey

"It’s never going to be the perfect moment...you just have to figure out what it is that you really want and then try to figure out a way to make it happen and I think sometimes those excuses that we use are the reason we can’t do something, and that’s really just the fear getting in." Kristy Woodson Harvey

RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED
Periscope
Instagram

SHOUT-OUTS
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The Pioneer Woman - Ree Drummond
Jennifer Weiner
Elin Hilderbrand
Maghon Taylor
Starbucks

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Author Blog - KristyWoodsonHarvey.com
Design Blog: Design Chic
Instagram - @kristywharvey
Facebook - Design Chic
Twitter - @mydesignchic
Pinterest - @mydesignchic
Book - Dear Carolina

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* Welcome to the 12th episode of the Boss Girl Creative Podcast!! Today I'm interviewing fellow Texan, Amy Lynn Andrews. You may have heard of her famous Useletter®. It's a weekly newsletter that features actionable tips to help your workflow, becoming a better boss girl, and so much more!
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EPISODE AT A GLANCE
* Obstacles in Business/Blogging
* The Useletter®
* Choosing the right kind of Opportunity that comes your way
* How to respond to an Opportunity that isn't a great fit at the time
* Setting work/life boundaries & finding balance
* Tools to keep flow of work going
* How to manage fear in business

QUOTES BY TAYLOR
"What are you being asked all the time over and over and over. Create a product around that." Taylor Bradford

"I love Periscope. It's been a really fun way to just kind of meet your community where they are." Taylor Bradford

QUOTES BY AMY
"I have a really hard time landing on one thing and sticking with it. So, I get, shiny app syndrome or whatever you want to call it. So all of these social media things are new and exciting and interesting. And I'm like 'oh that looks nice, let me see what that's all about' and I sort of get lost along the way. So it's been really hard for me to stick with one thing and go in that direction." Amy Lynn Andrews

"When I started the Useletter®, I don't know what it is about the difference in the writing, it's still writing, but for some reason I'm able to write the Useletter® every week. And over 2 years, I've only missed 2 weeks of sending it out. And that is shocking for me and both of those 2 weeks were actually planned." Amy Lynn Andrews

"My biggest obstacle is just sticking to it and being consistent." Amy Lynn Andrews

"The way that it call came about (The Useletter®)...I realized, oh my goodness, this whole blogging thing is really becoming more than just blogging. Now we have social media and we have YouTube and of course all of the different platforms on social media. And the stuff you that you need to do and all the changes that come with it all the time. So blogging is much bigger and really we not really bloggers anymore. We're digital content producers." Amy Lynn Andrews

"If I can't say yes (to an opportunity), I definitely can get behind this and promote it, then I say no." Amy Lynn Andrews

"I like to keep my options open. Generally I'll just say, if I have to say no to something, you know "Thanks for reaching out. Given my current projects, I am going to have pass this time. But please keep me in mind for similar projects down the road and maybe we can collaborate sometime in the future." Amy Lynn Andrews

"(Loving your job)...To get to a point where, my goodness, I get to do this every day. And then on top of it, I get paid to do it. Could life be any better?" Amy Lynn Andrews

"(Finding balance)...The first thing that comes to mind is we're always in flex. And allowing ourselves to look at the season we are in. And then create your schedule around that." Amy Lynn Andrews

"(Finding balance)...Number 2 is for me especially, I need in order to be really super productive, I need to have a really good chunk of time to sort of get into the zone and work for several hours. And then be able to come out of it at the other end. Before I was trying to squeeze work in the nooks and crannies of life. You know, like here's an hour free or here's a couple of hours free, or I've got 10 minutes to go through email or whatever. That's hard. Now I have a full day, once a week, where I leave in the morning and don't come home until late in the evening or afternoon. And I just work all day." Amy Lynn Andrews

"Make a list the night before, preparing yourself for what you are going to work on the next day." Amy Lynn Andrews

"I think it's important to think big picture." Amy Lynn Andrews

"I really have made a point of staying nimble. Which means keeping things running in such a way that I can change really quickly." Amy Lynn Andrews

"I'm moving away from blogging as we know it, let's say. And really thinking about what I want to do going forward. Just as blogging has changed so much and there's so many new things on the horizon all of the time. And I don't think people are reading blogs as much as they used to. So I think that we are kind of at this point where we gotta figure out what we are going to do moving forward. Because I don't think that the way we've done it in the past, blogging in general, is really going to keep us all moving forward as we go. There's a lot of microblogging now on social media platforms and of course Podcasting and Video, like we said. So, I'm just in the process of trying to turn around my the whole ship that I started, really." Amy Lynn Andrews

RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED
Useletter®
White Noise App: Rain, Rain Sleep Sounds (iPhone)
Pomodoro Technique
Periscope
YouTube

SHOUT-OUTS
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Kristen Welch - We Are That Family

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FIND AMY ONLINE
Blog - AmyLynnAndrews.com
Instagram - @amylynnandrews
Facebook - AmyLynnAndrews
Twitter - @AmyLynnAndrews
Pinterest - @amylynnandrews
Hey Amy Show - http://amylynnandrews.com/heyamy/
Useletter® - http://amylynnandrews.com/useletter/

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* Welcome to the eleventh episode of the Boss Girl Creative Podcast!! Today I've got Kirsten Oliphant as my Guest Co-Host and we're talking about Collaborations. Have comments or questions? Tweet/IG using the hashtag #BOSSGIRLQA or call in: (707) BOSS-GIRL
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EPISODE AT A GLANCE
* Beginning to Collaborate
* Reasons to Collaborate
* Expanding your Community
* Expanding your Horizons
* Expanding your Opportunities
* Different Types of Collaborations
* Building Community
* Building Brand Awareness ($$)

QUOTES BY TAYLOR
"The main part [of a tribe] is to be able to bounce ideas back and forth you know sharing contacts and whatever else we need help with, we celebrate each other. It has been a great place as far as connecting and kind of really growing." Taylor Bradford

"[My Book Club] it has kind of evolved over the years from trying to figure out what really works and like what’s feasible because you know everybody’s busy and trying to maintain an online book club, what I’ve experienced in person with books clubs is...what keeps the book clubs going is the in person events so trying to figure that out online has been an interesting ride for sure." Taylor Bradford

"I think you would just set yourself up to fail if you didn’t kind of have that sitting at the back of your brain that it’s going to change, you know your idea once you first pitch it is one of the things on collaborations because you are able to test ideas and products and you know what’s feasible, what works, what doesn’t work I mean I think that’s the nature of any kind of business regardless of collaboration, but it does allow you to see what works and truly what you’re trying to do with a collaboration is grow...grow in some way and whether it be to grow your community or grow your brand. I mean you are going to grow. So whether it works or doesn’t work it helps you figure out what direction to move or to go, in order to continue to grow." Taylor Bradford

"It’s expanding your community when you collaborate." Taylor Bradford

"I want the value in the podcast and my listeners to take away something from everything I put out there so yeah, for sure I don’t go into it thinking ‘yeah this is going to push me over the top!’" Taylor Bradford

"When you collaborate with someone else, it kind of opens your eyes to see things differently because the person you are collaborating with may view you in a light that you didn’t realize and, I am saying this in a positive way." Taylor Bradford

"It almost, in a way, secretly reaffirms that you are on the right path that you are doing what you are supposed to be doing when someone does recognize that in you but you don’t yet see it. That’s a character builder for me is that I know I’m on that right path when someone approaches me and says, ‘I need to learn everything you know.’" Taylor Bradford

"What I think bloggers have that no one else has is we have learned the power of our community. We have learned the power of our social media. And we know how to utilize those things to build our brand and build our market and build what we are saying is important to us. And that’s the true power of collaborating...to be able to collaborate maybe with similar paths but you guys can both bring something different to the table." Taylor Bradford

"Do you have time to collaborate with somebody? And do they have time to collaborate with you? Because you don’t want to put all of your eggs in the basket and for them to put two. You know you want it to be a 50/50 thing so it benefits both of you, regardless of it’s your idea." Taylor Bradford

QUOTES BY KIRSTEN
"I blogged in a vacuum, which is to say I did not talk to any other bloggers, I did not know what was going on and I wish now that I did because I just look back at those years and think how much better of a blogger I would be now had I been really learning or talking to other people or implementing things that I know how to implement now." Kirsten Oliphant

"The more I hung around with other bloggers and kind of connected with some of those same bloggers at the Blog Elevated conference also, a whole set of new bloggers, I really just started to soak up information like a sponge and not just information. I joined a little tribe of people after the conference and we all had sort of different kind of blogs." Kirsten Oliphant

"One of the biggest things to realize as you’re doing [in collaborating] so is that they are going to evolve...sometimes you go into something with one sort of idea in mind of what is will be and then it changes and that’s sort of necessary." Kirsten Oliphant

"Sometimes people go into podcasting thinking they are going to blow up because they have big guests and they think the guests will share with their list...but I do know that some people share better than others. I’ll say and I have heard from other podcasters that you know they interview people and it never gets shared." Kirsten Oliphant

"Share without expecting things back." Kirsten Oliphant

"When you start collaborating with other people and working with them I think you do start to see that value, and other people see the value, and I have started to see value in myself that I didn’t know was there until someone was like, ‘you are so good at this!’" Kirsten Oliphant

"I am always learning...I feel like I start to see things differently the more I talk to other people and experts in their fields." Kirsten Oliphant

"From the conferences I’ve been to, I get so much value from connecting with other people and the things that come out of that." Kirsten Oliphant

RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED
Blogger 2 Business Podcast
Create If Podcast
Blog Elevated Conference
Living Well Spending Less: 12 Secrets of the Good Life by Ruth Soukup
Podcast Movement
Biz Women Rock!
Word Press
Blogger
Twitter
Twubs
Pinterest

SHOUT-OUTS
*Links below may contain Affiliate Links. Purchasing through them help support Boss Girl Creative.*
Angela Peters: www.hairsprayandhighheels.net
#NoExcuses™ Fitness: www.pinkheelspinktruck.com/health-and-fitness
Literary Junkies: www.pinkheelspinktruck.com/literary-junkies
Ruth Soukup: www.livingwellspendingless.com
Katie Krimitsos: bizwomenrock.com
Anne Samoilov: www.fearlesslaunching.com

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Facebook - PinkHeelsPinkTruck
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Twitter - @pnkheelspnktrk

FIND KIRSTEN ONLINE
Blog - Kirsten Oliphant
Instagram - @kikimojo
Facebook - Kirsten S Oliphant
Twitter - @kikimojo
Pinterest - kikimojo
Podcast - Create If Podcast

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* Welcome to the tenth episode of the Boss Girl Creative Podcast!! Today I'm interviewing Rachel Matthews from A Southern Fairytale. Have comments or questions? Tweet/IG using the hashtag #BOSSGIRLQA or call in: (707) BOSS-GIRL
* Have you seen the BGC Intensive??
* Support Boss Girl Creative endeavors by joining the BGC Crew!
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EPISODE AT A GLANCE
* Overcoming obstacles
* Looking back at the beginning
* Saying "No"
* Easy and hard times as a food blogger
* Managing fear in a business
* Inspiring BGC
* Looking into the future
* Current Projects

QUOTES BY TAYLOR
"I would just rather have someone go find something else to read than cause me problems like you know because we do grow and we do change and that’s the nature of any business and that's what we are, we are businesses." Taylor Bradford

"I will share whatever I am talking about, [in] the very first paragraph, I will interject whatever personality I have and whatever commentary I have." Taylor Bradford

"We are kind of in a solo business even though we have other bloggers that we can go chat with, this is still our solo business, and you need someone that is not in your world to be able to cushion you." Taylor Bradford

"You don’t really want to burn out because this is your job and this is your business that you have been cultivating for so long but you need to be able to kind of renew yourself somehow and how do you do that well, you almost need to force yourself to take a break in order to recharge and be able to continue to put out the compelling content." Taylor Bradford

QUOTES BY RACHEL
"Really trying to stay true to why I started doing it and staying true to my own voice instead of trying to get caught up in the fads or things that really don’t fall along my voice or my audience or my message which really is a food blog with family on the side." Rachel Matthews

"I have found myself saying, ‘well if I just post about this once, then I can kind of maximize on this,’ and it never feels authentic to me." Rachel Matthews

"She [a reader] had a point that she sees people jumping on band wagons and all of a sudden they go away from the person that she’s loved reading, I also went and explained to her well we are all growing and sometimes you read a blog for a long time and then the blog goes on a different path because that is where that blogger has gone." Rachel Matthews

"You kind of have to realize that sometimes while they’re [readers] there for what the service you’re providing, they are not interested in who you are as a person, so that is an interesting line to walk as a food blogger...is how much personal do you get into and how much do you just stay recipes." Rachel Matthews

"Closing the door is never a good idea as far as I believe. Always leave it open and I will tell you something, all PR people of all levels and of all companies talk." Rachel Matthews

"My love language is food, hands down and doing this has allowed me to pursue photography which has always been a passion of mine but I never thought would be something that I could do further than a side hobby or a tourist." Rachel Matthews

"The hardest [part of blogging] is being a business. Not just doing it for fun, really taking the time and doing the research and continually learning and following all the ever loving different changes of every network and every new thing that comes out." Rachel Matthews

"Prayer, really, as cliché or trite as that sounds, when I start to feel like I can’t do this or questioning myself or really just going ‘oh my gosh is this going to be the right decision, am I doing the best for myself, for my family, for everything'...taking a minute and kind of closing everything down, saying a prayer and sometimes going to my husband and saying, ‘okay, help me, let’s talk,’ because he is my biggest sounding board but he's also my biggest supporter." Rachel Matthews

"Many more spouses are coming to conferences and seeing the space and getting to understand what happens, and seeing the power behind it. And also for how far that this space has come, and how many people are coming out of this with radio shows and TV shows and books, cookbooks, all of these amazing experiences and the way that they are being kind of rocketed into the stratosphere has really made more people step back and go "oh"." Rachel Matthews

"Be authentic, be kind, and lift others up because if we don’t do those things and we don’t put that out there, what kind of world are we creating for ourselves but what are we leaving for those that come behind us." Rachel Matthews

RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED
The Beauty of Different by Karen Walrond
Mom 2.0 Summit
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Instagram
Periscope
YouTube

SHOUT-OUTS
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Nutella
Kristen Doyle: www.dineanddish.net
Karen Walrond: www.chookooloonks.com/blog
Lulu Lemon: www.lululemon.com
Ooh La La Sweets: www.ohlalasweets.com
Farrah Braniff: www.farrahbraniff.com
Jill Krause: www.babierabies.com
Amy Locurto: www.livinglocurto.com
California Avocado Commission: www.californiaavocado.com

FIND TAYLOR ONLINE
Blog - pinkheelspinktruck.com
Instagram - @pnkheelspnktrk
Facebook - PinkHeelsPinkTruck
Pinterest - pnkheelspnktrk
Twitter - @pnkheelspnktrk

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Blog - A Southern Fairytale
Instagram - @sthrnfairytale
Facebook - A Southern Fairytale
Twitter - @sthrnfairytale
Pinterest - asouthernfairytale

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* Welcome to the ninth episode of the Boss Girl Creative Podcast!! Today I'm interviewing Anne Samoilov from Fearless Launching. Have comments or questions? Tweet/IG using the hashtag #BOSSGIRLQA or call in: (707) BOSS-GIRL
* Support Boss Girl Creative endeavors by joining the BGC Crew!
* Join me on Periscope (@pnkheelspnktrk) on Wednesday nights at 9pm CST for a live Q&A answer session!! Send me your questions through email, phone or #BOSSGIRLQA on Twitter/Instagram
* Want a direct link to the podcast feed? Click here.
* Use these Hashtags on Social Media: #bossgirlcreative #bossgirlQA

EPISODE AT A GLANCE
* Overcoming obstacles
* When to say “no”
* Looking back at the beginning
* Difficult times and easy times
* Managing fear in business
* The Future of Fearless Launching

QUOTES BY TAYLOR
"I do have to take a step back and if it’s not going to be like a good fit with the brand, but if I know I’m going to have to like jump through a million hoops, if it’s not worth the hoop jumping, than there’s just no reason to say yes. So whether or not it’s the best thing since sliced bread, if I have to do too much like to make that same kind of whatever it happens to be…I do think now I look at things in a sense of, ‘how is my health going to be affected?’ 'Am I going to be stressed out, am I not going to have sleep?'" Taylor Bradford

"If you’re just sitting there like how are you ever going to get going forward you know if you can’t share what you’re going through and whether or not it’s a setback or a hurdle or whatever it might be, there is probably someone, if not you, that can give some insight." Taylor Bradford

QUOTES BY ANNE
"I think my biggest obstacle just ever, and if there’s ever an issue, it’s to do with confidence actually, believe it or not. Something I do just kind of try to convince myself, trick myself that I am confident into doing something. But the belief is something I fight almost, not every single day but if there is something that I start freaking out about it’s usually tied to; did I give enough, are my skills enough, do I know what I’m talking about." Anne Samoilov

"I always want to help people, but I’ve had to really reel myself in and do that same thing and say ‘why am I not feeling this?’ ‘Why am I not feeling it?’ And so for me there's really practical concerns, I have my daughter...there's things that are going on with her school, there might be things that are going on with me and I always remind myself of past times when I didn’t say no, and I should have." Anne Samoilov

"I started working just toward something. I wasn’t sure what it was. But I definitely saw like the day to day of what I would be doing and things I'd be creating and how I would be working with helping people and teaching, definitely teaching, always teaching." Anne Samoilov

"The easiest part is creating new things. Because I get excited about new ideas and not just my own but other peoples, so that keeps me engaged and excited in Fearless Launching." Anne Samoilov

"The hardest thing has been being myself. But just realizing ‘okay people don’t like it, whatever, they can take a walk or whatever’ and also getting over myself that anyone really cares if I’m goofy or not." Anne Samoilov

"Anytime that I feel anxious and that's as close to fear that I can think. Whether it’s related to maybe like my money goal, afraid I’m not going to reach them. What happens when people find out. It’s all that kind of stuff. It’s all very self-preservation. I’m trying to make sure that I, you know, stay as reputable and respectable as I can. That if I ever feel anxious about those things...the way that I fight it is that I just take action on something. Like I’ll just take out my to do list and start taking action and I immediately don’t feel anxious anymore." Anne Samoilov

RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED
Fearless Launching
B-School
Pinterest

SHOUT-OUTS
*Links below may contain Affiliate Links. Purchasing through them help support Boss Girl Creative.*
Hilary Rushford
Erika Lyremark
Marie Forleo
Joe Polish
#NOEXCUSES™ Fitness365
Discovery Channel
Doterra Oils
Young Living Essential Oils
Laura Roeder
Derek Halpern
James Wedmore
Lewis Howes
GaryVee
Morgan Freeman
Alexis Giostra aka Miss Trenchcoat
Starbucks
Daniel Craig
Jessica Kupferman

MORE FROM TAYLOR
Blog - pinkheelspinktruck.com Instagram - @pnkheelspnktrk
Facebook - PinkHeelsPinkTruck
Pinterest - pnkheelspnktrk
Twitter - @pnkheelspnktrk

MORE FROM ANNE
Website - Anne Samoilov Instagram - @annesamoilov
Facebook - Anne Samoilov
LinkedIn - Anne Samoilov
Twitter - @annesamoilov
Fearless Launching - Fearless Launching
Podcast - The Fearless Launching Show

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* Welcome to the eighth episode of the Boss Girl Creative Podcast!! Today I'm interviewing Heather Disarro from Heather's Dish. Have comments or questions? Tweet/IG using the hashtag #BOSSGIRLQA or call in: (707) BOSS-GIRL
* Support Boss Girl Creative endeavors by joining the BGC Crew!
* Join me on Periscope (@pnkheelspnktrk) on Wednesday nights at 9pm CST for a live Q&A answer session!! Send me your questions through email, phone or #BOSSGIRLQA on Twitter/Instagram
* Want a direct link to the podcast feed? Click here.
* Use these Hashtags on Social Media: #bossgirlcreative #bossgirlQA

EPISODE AT A GLANCE
* Facing obstacles in the blogging world
* Choosing the right opportunities
* Balancing family and blogging
* Overcoming failure
* Being yourself

QUOTES BY TAYLOR
"There is really no rule book…as far as how you do something, or how you grow your brand or how you grow your community, or whatever it is your trying to do, there's no rulebook, we kind of invent things as we go." Taylor Bradford

"Brands are flying by the seat of their pants because this is a new space for them and as far as traditional advertising and traditional media, they have a set process and whereas an online world, there is really not one yet." Taylor Bradford

"The moment that you can just be honest with yourself that there is a potential for failure, and it’s okay to have those thoughts and feelings, I think you become more true and real to your readers, that your product and what you’re creating and what you’re putting out there in the world becomes better, because we are human. We're not perfect." Taylor Bradford

QUOTES BY HEATHER
"Honestly, the biggest obstacle is always myself, which is you know, I feel like typically the case, just when you’re trying to do something and you have so many creative people out there that are doing something similar…it can be really hard to not second guess yourself on every single thing that you do and so kind of getting over that, and getting over the hurdle of instead of trying to be like other people, just trying to take what you love about their style and apply it to my own style." Heather Disarro

"This is an every growing, ever changing industry. And it's still kind of a baby industry at this point and so just as advertisers and third party companies and ad networks kind of are always changing their policies and having to go with the ebb and flow of that, that's always been another big obstacle." Heather Disarro

"I had to get to a point where I was like ‘okay my time is worth this much money,’ and not just because it’s my time because now it’s my children’s time and my husband’s time and they deserve to have a mom and a wife who’s completely present when they are home and I can’t be that if I don’t be very selective with what I do. So I really only try to work with companies that I really believe in what they do, that they have a good reputation…" Heather Disarro

"To go from wishing I could get some free granola bars to making a full time income, I didn’t even put the two together." Heather Disarro

"I’d rather know that I put it all on the table, rather than held back and I hope my boys see me, I hope they do see me fail and see me get back up again and do it different and try again, because I think that is one of the biggest life lessons I could ever teach them." Heather Disarro

"You can look at other people and kind of gleam things that you really like from their work but, as far as aspiring to be exactly like somebody or to be the next somebody, you know it’s so much better if your just try to be yourself." Heather Disarro

RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED
Arkansas Women Bloggers Conference
AWBU Foodie Friday
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Food Buzz
Federated Media
BlogHer Food
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Pinterest

SHOUT-OUTS
*Links below may contain Affiliate Links. Purchasing through them help support Boss Girl Creative.*
Ree Drummond aka The Pioneer Woman
Ree Drummond's Black Heels and Tractor Wheels Book
Joe Thomas
Cleveland Browns
The American Dairy Association
Starbucks
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Hobbit
It’s Complicated
Total Eclipse of the Heart
Pierce Brosnan
Tracy Shutterbean
Boo Mama (Sophie Hudson)
Melanie Shankle
PBS Kids

MORE FROM TAYLOR
Blog - pinkheelspinktruck.com
Instagram - @pnkheelspnktrk
Facebook - PinkHeelsPinkTruck
Pinterest - pnkheelspnktrk
Twitter - @pnkheelspnktrk

MORE FROM HEATHER
Blog - Heather's Dish
Instagram - @heathersdish
Facebook - Heather's Dish
Pinterest - heathersdish
Twitter - @heathersdish
Etsy - Amber Coast Design

BGC ANNOUNCEMENTS
* Welcome to the seventh episode of the Boss Girl Creative Podcast!! Today my Co-Host is Lauren from Lauren McBride Blog. Have comments or questions? Tweet/IG using the hashtag #BOSSGIRLQA or call in: (707) BOSS-GIRL
* Support Boss Girl Creative endeavors by joining the BGC Crew!
* Join me on Periscope (@pnkheelspnktrk) on Wednesday nights at 9pm CST for a live Q&A answer session!! Send me your questions through email, phone or #BOSSGIRLQA on Twitter/Instagram
* Want a direct link to the podcast feed? Click here.
* Use these Hashtags on Social Media: #bossgirlcreative #bossgirlQA

EPISODE AT A GLANCE
* Power Behind Instagram
* Benefits of Instagram
* Being Intentional on Instagram
* Iconosquare
* How to Grow Instagram Feed
* Instagram Challenge

QUOTES BY TAYLOR
"(Instagram) allows a bit more organic feel even to sponsored content because you are still having to share something about your life through that photo." Taylor Bradford

"Having an intention with what you’re posting is something that will help you grow your Instagram account." Taylor Bradford

"Figure out what your game is on Instagram, what your aesthetic is." Taylor Bradford

"Try to figure out what your game is, what is your feed, what are you wanting to share, and does it align with your brand." Taylor Bradford

"Who are you posting for, who is your customer, who are you trying to engage with on Instagram." Taylor Bradford

QUOTES BY LAUREN
"That’s what makes Instagram so powerful because it’s so visual, it’s really one of the only forms of social media that doesn’t have like a stupid algorithm like Facebook or Pinterest." Lauren McBride

"I'm all about the aesthetics of my Instagram feed...I have a method on how I edit my IG photos." Lauren McBride

"I am constantly being intentional about how I want my photos to look. If I don't like how it looks (overall feed), I'll quickly delete it." Lauren McBride

"In my brain, engagement, commenting more, liking more, in general is also really helpful, posting a few times a day, making sure your feed has that style like Taylor was saying, aesthetically pleasing..." Lauren McBride

"You want someone to go to your Instagram profile, scroll down, and you want everything to flow as a whole, but also...you want that photo to be appealing on its own." Lauren McBride

RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED
Instagram
Facebook
Snapchat
Iconosquare
Twitter

SHOUT-OUTS
*Links below may contain Affiliate Links. Purchasing through them help support Boss Girl Creative.*
World Market
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show
Brock O’ Hurn Instagram
Brock O’ Hurn Snapchat: username-imbrockohurn
Cents of Style on Instagram
Lindsay Cotter on Instagram
Helene in Between on Instagram
Goose and Gemma on Instagram
The Samantha Show on Instagram

MORE FROM TAYLOR
Pink Heels Pink Truck - pinkheelspinktruck.com
Instagram - @pnkheelspnktrk
Facebook - PinkHeelsPinkTruck
Pinterest - pnkheelspnktrk
Twitter - @pnkheelspnktrk

MORE FROM LAUREN
Blog: Lauren McBride Blog
Instagram: @laurmcbrideblog
Facebook: facebook.com/laurenmcbrideblog
Twitter: twitter.com/laurmcbrideblog

EPISODE AT A GLANCE
* Selling Out
* 8 Signs of Being on the Verge of Selling Out
* Proper Disclosure
* The 80/20 Rule
* Being True to your Brand, Content, and Readers
* What's Happened to Twitter??
* I totally lose count on how many tweets I was counting. That's funny, y'all! It's about 24 tweets in.

QUOTES BY TAYLOR
"If your posts always have free items in it, you might be on the verge of selling out." Taylor Bradford

"Don’t host a giveaway every single day on your blog, unless you’re specifically a giveaway blogger." Taylor Bradford

"You want to always be honest about what you are talking about but you don’t also want to engage in brand bashing on your blog." Taylor Bradford

"Genuinely want to be there to support your fellow bloggers, support your tribe members and don’t always just ask ask ask and take take take, always be willing to give back, it’s all about community." Taylor Bradford

"Keep your credibility with your readers, don’t push them to question your content." Taylor Bradford

"Money isn't worth losing your street credit as a blogger." Taylor Bradford

"If you get approached for something that is not a ‘hell yes’ than say no." Taylor Bradford

QUOTES BY JENNIFER
"Setting your line in the sand about products you are willing to do, what you’re not willing to do, and really establishing that before the offers even start coming because otherwise they will be tempting if you don’t already have your standards set." Jennifer Salter

"You have to treat everyone with dignity and respect whether or not you had a good experience with that product or not, and I think sometimes you can earn a better reputation by holding your tongue than by just spewing how much you disapproved or disliked something." Jennifer Salter

"You don’t want to be committed to a project that your kind of slightly hate and miss out on opportunities that you could have said yes to that were a 'hell yes'." Jennifer Salter

RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED
Twitter
Periscope

SHOUT-OUTS
*Links below may contain Affiliate Links. Purchasing through them help support Boss Girl Creative.*
Trish on Twitter - @TriniCapini
Love Laughter and a Touch of Insanity (Trish's Blog)
Texas Women Bloggers
To my BST Ninja Monkeys!!
Lancome
Covergirl
Neutrogena
Shark Tank

MORE FROM TAYLOR
Pink Heels Pink Truck - pinkheelspinktruck.com
Instagram - @pnkheelspnktrk
Facebook - PinkHeelsPinkTruck
Pinterest - pnkheelspnktrk
Twitter - @pnkheelspnktrk

MORE FROM JENNIFER
Blog: Busy Being Jennifer
Instagram: @BusyBeingJennifer
Handmade Biz: Homespun Happiness
Facebook: facebook.com/BusyBeingJennifer
Twitter: twitter.com/busybeingjenn
Shop Facebook: facebook.com/HomespunHappiness
Shop Instagram: instagram.com/shophomespunhappiness/

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
* Welcome to the fifth episode of the Boss Girl Creative Podcast!! Today my Co-Host is Jennifer from Busy Being Jennifer. Have comments or questions? Tweet/IG using the hashtag #BOSSGIRLQA or call in: (707) BOSS-GIRL
* This episode is rated explicit. Nothing crazy, just don't want little ears listening in.
* Support Boss Girl Creative endeavors by joining the BGC Crew!
* Join me on Periscope (@pnkheelspnktrk) on Wednesday nights at 9pm CST for a live Q&A answer session!! Send me your questions through email, phone or #BOSSGIRLQA on Twitter/Instagram
* Want a direct link to the podcast feed? Click here.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE
* Finding Your Blog Tribe
* What to Look for in a Tribe
* Trusting Tribe Members
* True Purpose of a Tribe
* Where to Start Finding Your Tribe
* Tribe Challenges
* Bitly Links
* SEO
* Proper commenting on blogs

TAYLOR SAID
"...try to find a tribe of people of no more than ten when you are first starting out. And some people now are calling them masterminds which I think is a cool girl boss term because a tribe doesn’t necessarily have to be everybody in your exact niche." Taylor Bradford

"What it feel like to be part of a tribe, just the camaraderie of having people that kind of know what you’re doing and kind of understand it." Taylor Bradford

"I can’t stress enough how important finding a blog tribe is." Taylor Bradford

"Seasons change. Friendships change. Tribes change." Taylor Bradford

"The biggest, number one thing you need to look for in a tribe is people you can trust." Taylor Bradford

"You want to be able to freely share about the things that are going on in your head, like your ideas, in a space where you will not feel like someone might scrape that idea, or steal that idea." Taylor Bradford

"Cultivating your tribe is more than just blogging and commenting on their blogs." Taylor Bradford

"Always give back, always offer support, and always provide value." Taylor Bradford

JENNIFER SAID
"Finding people who were of the same mind and interested in the same things, which was blogging, was so key for me not going crazy." Jennifer Salter

"Your tribe will change, guaranteed, it will change overtime, but that’s a good thing because you’re growing, which means your tribe needs to grow." Jennifer Salter

"You want to look for people too that are learning things, you don’t want to talk about the same old things." Jennifer Salter

"Try to find a least two or three people who are experts in something that you suck at." Jennifer Salter

"Your tribe is not about getting ahead, your tribe is about supporting each other and sharing knowledge." Jennifer Salter

"Don’t be afraid to put yourself out there because, if you’re doing it through your computer, there is a little bit of a buffer so you don’t have to be afraid of rejection because you know it might happen but, just feel comfortable." Jennifer Salter

RESOURCES AND LINKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE
31 Days to Build a Better Blog - Darren Rowse aka PROBLOGGER http://www.marieforleo.com/bschool/
Fearless Launching

SHOUT-OUTS
*Links below may contain Affiliate Links. Purchasing through them help support Boss Girl Creative.* SITS Girls
The Pioneer Woman

MORE FROM TAYLOR
Pink Heels Pink Truck - pinkheelspinktruck.com

MORE FROM JENNIFER
Blog: Busy Being Jennifer
Handmade Biz: Homespun Happiness
Facebook: facebook.com/BusyBeingJennifer
Twitter: twitter.com/busybeingjenn
Shop Facebook: facebook.com/HomespunHappiness
Shop Instagram: instagram.com/shophomespunhappiness/

CONNECT WITH US ON INSTAGRAM
Taylor - @pnkheelspnktrk
Jennifer - @BusyBeingJennifer
#bossgirlcreative #bossgirlQA

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!
* Support Boss Girl Creative endeavors by joining the BGC Crew!
* Join me on Periscope (@pnkheelspnktrk) on Wednesday nights at 9pm CST for a live Q&A answer session!! Send me your questions through email, phone or #BOSSGIRLQA on Twitter/Instagram
* Want a direct link to the podcast feed? Click here.
* 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
*Links below may contain Affiliate Links. Purchasing through them help support Boss Girl Creative.*
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

CONNECT WITH US ON INSTAGRAM
Taylor - @pnkheelspnktrk
Adrian - @AdrianRHale
#bossgirlcreative #bossgirlQA

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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
* Join the BGC Crew!
* Join me on Periscope on Wednesday nights at 9pm CST for a live Q&A answer session!! Send me your questions through email, phone or #BOSSGIRLQA on Twitter/Instagram

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
*Links below may contain Affiliate Links. Purchasing through them help support Boss Girl Creative.*
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

CONNECT WITH US ON INSTAGRAM
Taylor - @pnkheelspnktrk
Sophie - @boomama205
#bossgirlcreative #bossgirlQA

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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
* Join the BGC Crew
* Join me on Periscope on Wednesday nights at 9pm CST for a live Q&A answer session!! Send me your questions through email, phone or #BOSSGIRLQA on Twitter/Instagram

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
*Links below may contain Affiliate Links. Purchasing through them help support Boss Girl Creative.*
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
Taylor - @pnkheelspnktrk
Lauren - @laurmcbrideblog
#bossgirlcreative #bossgirlQA

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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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