𝐀𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 & 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞!) —

𝘗𝘐𝘕𝘒 𝘗𝘙𝘌𝘚𝘌𝘛 𝘣𝘺 @marinabraunnn — 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸 & 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴!

𝘊𝘐𝘈𝘖 𝘉𝘌𝘓𝘓𝘈 𝘣𝘺 kat— 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦? 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸!

𝘊𝘖𝘊𝘖𝘕𝘜𝘛 𝘣𝘺 @yulya.kors — 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘰-𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤... 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘱 & 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 ‘𝘮𝘦𝘩’ 𝘵𝘰 ‘𝘰𝘩𝘩𝘩 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘩𝘩𝘩𝘩!’

𝐏𝐒𝐀: it’s important for us to show up WITHOUT filters on social media too... because more n more women (& young girls!) are comparing their natural faces to photoshopped influencers / celebrities. Ughhhh ‍

BUT our biggest concern is seeing filters popping up left & right that change the structureeee of your gorgeous face. They heighten cheekbones, baby-doll your eyes and lip inject those puckers so that you don’t...

-𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 *𝘏𝘈𝘊𝘒* 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘜𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘕𝘓𝘠 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮!

By editing a custom cover using this speedy technique, you won’t even need to open another app (Canva included!) for your reels to 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 & 𝘢𝘥𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦!

𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝐁𝐘 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏

1 Take a photo of yourself, your product or whatever it is that your featuring (in gold lighting!) in the reel using Instagram’s Stories function...

2 Use Instagram’s fancy Story Fonts / paint tools to add your TITLE as an overlay on the middle (or as close possible!) of your photo...

3 Screenshot/download the finished product to your Photo Album... Double check that the text fits into a ‘square’ (so that it’s readable on the feed) — upload it as a custom COVER photo before publishing your reel on Instagram!

**𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄** 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐥!

***𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆*** + 𝘚𝘞𝘐𝘗𝘌 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘟-𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘖𝘕𝘛𝘌𝘕𝘛 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯’ 𝘊𝘖𝘕𝘝𝘌𝘙𝘛𝘚 + 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘜𝘉𝘛𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘛𝘚 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵!***

Wait wait wait... HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!?!?

𝐒𝐢𝐬, 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐎𝗪𝐄𝐑 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆

One of the BIGGEST mistakes we see entrepreneurs make on the dailyyyy is not reposting your own *golden* nuggets in other places where your ideal audience could definitelyyyy be watching...

We’re talking...

𝘦-𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘹!

𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 / 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 / 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳!

𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦!

𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘍𝘈𝘘 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘋𝘔’𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴!

...what stops badass boss babes like you from taking advantage of this super amazing perk above???

𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑.

The fear of ‘looking annoying’...

The fear of showing up ‘too much’ on someone’s feed...

The fear of getting ghosted...

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑...

Millionaires SWEAR by THIS to Work Less + Make More!

𝐆𝐆: 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐁𝐈𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝗪𝐍𝐋𝐎𝐀𝐃 𝐛𝐢𝐭.𝐥𝐲/𝐆𝐆-𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬

So, it’s Friday morning, you plop that toosh down at your at-home desk, couch, counter or wherever else you’ll be house-hustling until that precious 5 PM hits (or 4:30… or 4:13 pm, depending on your mood)… you’ve got a longggg list of to-do’s to wrap up before the weekend and you’re rearin’ to go…

…next thing ya know - you check your I-Phone, it’s 3:48 pm + you’ve BARELY gotten anything crossed off your list… ruh roh.

…sure, it *feels* like you’ve been busy ALL DAY but haven’t actually gotten anything…DONE (?)

Gal. Been there. Done (or not done) that.

+ 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐅𝐅 <

Scheduling INTENTIONAL / FOCUSED time helps you be A LOT more productive without burning out!

Plan it all: work time, Netflix-binging time, cleaning the house...

This 2 Second Productivity Hack Will Save You HOURS!

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𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘖𝘚𝘛 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦-𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘩*𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦... 𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄.

We heard this tip a few years ago + it's been an absolute GAME CHANGER for us in terms of: work-flow, the ability to focus on important tasks + get more done in way less time (at both our full-time n' side hustle jobs).

+ here's the kicker...

IT'S SO FRICKIN'. SIMPLE.
As in, it'll literally take you TWO seconds to do S-I-M-P-L-E.
All you gotta do is set up intentional 'focus' time (ideally in the beginning of your day, before the e-mails/work flow gets too crazy) + while you're hustling on - 𝐏𝐔𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄.

Yup. I mean, pretend we're about to take off into the unknown skies of your focused A F future sister... because this lil' trick WORKS.

Why?

Because - it take the average person 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫...

How Planning Posts EARLY Will Save Yo’ BOOTY!

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AHHHH!!! *screams internally out of PURE. GODDAMN. JOY*

Your girl (hi hi! Deniz here!) got to meet SO many @girlsguide.co boss babes in the making today in PERSON...

+ I gotta say, nothing makes our lil hearts wanna explode more than getting to serve you ladies in the feed/face to face *virtual hug*

More than HALF of the stellar local female entrepreneurs in this "Social Media Power Hour" at our downtown co-working space were GG followers - *squeals*

+ you know the best part?
They were all SO. FRICKIN. NICE!!!
These super sweet ladies were CRAVING connection with other badass girls bosses, they WANTED to level up their #social media game + they KNEW they had to get out of their perfectionist mindsets/classic comfort zones to do it.

#PreachPreachPreach...

But what were the biggest roadblocks in their way?

We chatted about 3 main points in that busy hallway:

...

How NOT Setting INTENTION Can Screw You/Your Biz Over


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It's a mistake a LOT of female entrepreneurs make (us included!)... + tbh, you've probably already made it TODAY (#NoShame #AlwaysGrowGirl)
Trying to function throughout your day, or get through the seemingly never-ending to-do's of your business list without INTENTION is like trying to find a Waffle House in the middle of Vermont without a GPS... *F*CKING. HARD* 

You MIGHT get there, eventuallyyyy... but it's going to take you:

...10 x as longer... (when you already feel out of time)

­ ...make you wanna pull your hair out...(NO GIRL PLZ)

...+ there's a HUGE chance you might not make it (womp womp).

We end up doing this SO often, that we just fall into the habits that no longer serve us, waste our own damn time or don't ACTUALLY get us RESULTS.

Especially when it comes to moving the dial on your biz... $$$

In this week's #MondayMindset...

CONTENT Your Followers Will Fall in LOVE With!

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Wouldn't it be AH-MAZING if instead of just 'liking' what you put out on #social media - your people FRICKIN' LOVED IT???

#HellYas.

In today's Galentine's-Day themed #FreebieFriday, we fall in lurvvv with the idea of creating content that:

MEANINGFULLY connects with your followers! (no bots allowed!)

Serves your loyal squad some REAL value! (on/off line!)

 Introduces your audience to your WHY! (SO important!)

Saves you a SH*T load of time/effort/stress! (#bless)

 Allows you to focus on business BUILDING activities! ($$$)

#YasBossQueen.

We worked extra hard last month to craft a February guide that's absolutely overflowingggg with everything you need to plan your content proactively...
- a day
- a week
- a month
- or even a YEAR in advance! 

All while achieving the list above on a daily basis. How sweet...

The POWER of Setting CLEAR INTENTIONS (with your biz!)

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Let's be honest, sis…

One of the most ANNOYING realities about owning/promoting a biz online is actually knowing what the F to post every day

Whether your struggling with:

INSPIRATION (what to say/why should anyone care?)

CREATIVITY (making content that looks better than your 8th grade powerpoint on homeostasis... #WeHope)

ORGANIZATION (not rushing against that dailyyyy #Insta clock... *sweats*)

....or you just feel like you’re posting to post, but not reallyyyy putting out anything of QUALITY

Then THIS guide is for YOU, boo!

We put together this SIMPLE + INTENTIONAL freebie to give you ideas of what to post Every. Single. Day. Of. The. WEEK. *#bless*

In this DOWNLOAD you’ll get:

A DAILY breakdown of TOPICS to post about each week with examples…

The WHY behind how your content is really SERVING your audience…

...