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How to Transition to an Online Voice Business – Inquiry and First Lesson Process
It’s July (!!!!) 2021, and for some of the world, it seems as though we are “done” with COVID, and “ready to get back into the studio with real, live people. Problem is, some of us don’t want to go back in-person, now, or ever again. If you’re in that boat, I’d like...
Value-Based Pricing in the Arts
I cannot implore you enough: please, please please, please stop selling your time. Time is merely the tool we use to deliver what we do sell - which is so much more than our time. How we move from this paradigm can be handled in many ways. I'd like us to look at one...
“Picking my Brain” isn’t free so stop pretending that it is.
This week on FB, I ranted. You can watch it here. The premise of my rant was, essentially, "Picking my Brain" isn't free so stop pretending that it is. I rarely do this, because I generally am the type of person that assumes that people have good reasons for...
Your Business Model Tells People How to Treat You
Intentional or not - we executing our work in a transactional way or a relational way. Both have benefits, both have discomforts. One thing to be sure, though, is that your business model tells people how to treat you, and if your model is set up for transactions over...
How to Conjure Up HUGE Scary Vision
Jack Canfield says, "You only have control over three things in your life - the thoughts you think, the images you visualize, and the actions you take." And that's all true. But if you've never known how to conjure up huge scary vision, this can seem a little cart...
We Voice Professionals have SuperPowers
We voice professionals have superpowers. We have the great potential to become superhero(ine)s.. (I am not sure how to say this in a gender-inclusive way, which I would prefer to do, so if you have an idea, let me know in the comments, please! For this post, I ask...
Decision Ninja: BE ONE in 2021
Be a decision ninja in 2021 and give decisions a kick in the butt. Throw down to every choice you have in your world… dare them to prove to you that they deserve your precious time and brain resources. DARE EVERY CHOICE TO MAKE YOUR DAY. (Yes I have found the gif...
How to Fire a Student. Hint: DON’T
Do you have folks in your studio or business that you're feeling way down deep in your nuggets need to get the heck out? It's been a rough year, and those folks who fit with the old you just don't anymore. You are wondering how to fire a student. Hint: Don't. They...
It’s not the planning it’s the implementation!
This month, The SpeakEasy Cooperative is talking about planning. One of the themes that keep coming up is that pesky concept of implementation. Sure, for some, merely the thought of planning makes running for the hills a quality option. For the majority of these savvy...
If I Quit Facebook Will I Destroy My Voice?
When it's time to take a good hard look at our relationship with social media, the question inevitably comes up: If I quit Facebook, will I ruin what I've built? Will I lose customers, friends, and a following? Will I no longer be heard, or valuable, or relevant? If I...
I Already Know How to be a Coach, Don’t I?
So why should I bother having one for myself? Maybe you've asked yourself this as you've come across the work I get to do. Voice people tend to think they have an understanding of what a "coach" is, even if they identify as a "teacher". I think this question needs to...
I see you fearing that you’ve become irrelevant.
I see you even though you've potato bugged into a careful self protective ball. I see how you've held on tight, trying to keep your head above water, and stay relevant, as your capacity and your energy has been sucked away by distance learning, physical distancing,...
HOW TO MAKE IT ALL WORK. #worklifebalance
I just got the BEST question in a FB forum: I’d love to hear from you or others on HOW TO MAKE IT ALL WORK. #worklifebalance My husband and I both have full time jobs, he works from home and is also a singer and collaborative pianist with weekly coaching gigs, I’m...
Brand Expectations and How to Manage Them
A blog on brand expectations you may not expect. A few weeks ago, I began our month of branding info with a FB live and blog focused on two of the big three components of brand that we use when we are going to come up with brand assets like our logos, fonts, and...
We Need to Talk About Your Brand. Your Siren Call.
As we approach these first weeks of Q4, in the middle of bullwonky stuff like school starting, distance and hybrid learning, fires, a pandemic, family shenanigans, and, oh yeah, the upcoming holidays, we need to talk about something. We need talk about your brand -...