408 Marketing Q&A: How to Price Your Services, Evaluate PR Opportunities, and Build an Instagram Strategy That Actually Converts

About this episode

Kelsey answers marketing questions about pricing, PR opportunities, and Instagram strategies while sharing personal updates.

Quick Summary In this candid solo session, Kelsey answers your top marketing questions — covering pricing strategy, how to evaluate cold PR pitches, and what to do when your Instagram feels scattered and purposeless. Woven throughout are honest life updates: navigating her second pregnancy, the power of accountability, and how to embrace change as an entrepreneur. In This Episode Why accountability partners (and assistant nudges) are the secret to getting things done How pregnancy #2 has looked very different — and why Kelsey is packing her calendar before mat leave Debating winter babies vs. summer babies (she genuinely wants your input) The Picasso story and what it teaches you about price vs. value How to know if your prices are too low, too high, or just right The truth about cold pitch emails — when to say yes and when to run A step-by-step Instagram strategy for business owners who feel scattered The four-part Instagram sales funnel: Create, Connect, Collect, Convert Why showing up imperfectly beats waiting for perfect every time Key Takeaways Accountability changes everything. You'll cancel on yourself, but you won't cancel on someone else. Use that psychology…

People in this episode

Host: Kelsey Reidl

Topics covered

• pricing strategy
• public relations
• Instagram marketing
• accountability
• entrepreneurship
• personal updates

Keywords

• pricing
• PR pitches
• Instagram strategy
• accountability partners
• entrepreneurship
• pregnancy updates

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