#28: What’s Actually Holding Your Creative Business Back

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Feeling like you're stuck in constant hustle mode without real momentum? You’re showing up, posting content, working on your shop - but something still feels… off. If you’re overwhelmed, reactive, and unsure why growth feels so hard right now, this episode is for you.

📌 Action Steps from Today’s Episode:

  1. The Quarter Plan in 3 Steps
    Choose One Big Thing for the next 90 days. Define a Core Message to support it. Then break it into Monthly Milestones to make progress feel manageable and motivating.

  2. The Anchor Email Strategy
    Commit to sending just one valuable email per week. Use the content to guide your entire social media presence, making your message clear and consistent (and saving so much time!).

  3. The 15-Minute Daily Sales Habit
    Set a timer for 15 minutes a day to:

    • Pre-write a sales touchpoint

    • Check stock and prep fulfillment

    • Capture a benefit-led sales story with a photo or video

  1. The Weekly Reset Ritual
    Do a brain dump every week. Then:

    • Delete what doesn’t matter

    • Choose just three priorities that support your One Big Thing

    • Let the rest wait until the next quarter

What We Cover in This Episode:

  • Why “hope marketing” keeps your business stuck (and what to do instead)

  • A simple quarterly planning method that protects your creative energy

  • How to turn scattered content into a consistent, clear message

  • The one 15-minute habit that fuels sustainable sales

  • The real reason you feel mentally overloaded, and how to reclaim your brain space

  1. Structure creates space for creativity - planning isn’t restrictive.

  2. Your weekly email can be your content anchor - no more hamster wheel!

  3. Sales is a habit, not a stressful event - and it only takes 15 minutes a day.

  4. Your brain is for ideas, not task storage - use systems to lighten the load.

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