The Ellechat Podcast

The New Year marks a clean slate. It’s prime time for planning and goal setting, and while you may plan and set goals with good intentions, you won’t be able to carry them out if you aren’t productive. So in this first Ellechat podcast episode of 2019, I’m sharing 7 of my best productivity tips to help you start this year off on the right foot and actually make progress toward your business goals.

In this episode, Lauren discusses three ways to save time and expand your reach on Instagram -brainstorm a big list of ideas, plan ahead, and batch tasks.

While most people may be able to spot good design and bad design, few know exactly what makes some graphics more visually appealing than others.Designing eye-catching graphics isn’t a guessing game. In this week’s Ellechat, I’ll be sharing 7 simple design fundamentals that will help you create better business graphics today, regardless of your design experience. Join me!

Lara Casey is the mastermind behind the popular PowerSheets goal setting planner and the author of two books, Make It Happenand Cultivate.She’s the business woman behind Cultivate What Matters, but she’s also a wife and a mom to three small kids. She leads a growing team of talented women, she’s in the process of writing her third book, she just started homeschooling...and somehow she manages to keep it all together!I invited Lara as my first guest in the Business Spotlight story to share her story along with how she’s able to cultivate what matters in both her business and her home.I’m personally so excited for this one. Join us!

Pricing, branding, finding clients, bookkeeping, marketing - there are many hurdles to starting a business. But one of the biggest hurdles can often be ourselves. Are perfectionism, procrastination, and comparison holding you back from launching and building your creative business? If so, I’ll be sharing how I’ve learned to deal with all of the above in the last 4 years since starting Elle & Company in this week’s Ellechat. Join me!

So you launched your website. You spent a bunch of time perfecting the design, layout, photos, and copy, and you even have your blog up and running. You check your analytics, but your numbers are few. Where is everyone? It’s easy to get discouraged. Especially when a higher number of visitors has the potential to open doors down the road, whether it’s a sponsorship opportunity, collaboration, job offer, book deal, or a new client. In this week’s Ellechat, I’ll be sharing 12 proven methods for increasing your website traffic today.

Creative entrepreneurs play many roles and wear many hats. So it’s inevitable that at some point, you might consider lessening your load and delegating tasks by bringing on the help of an assistant. Whether hiring an assistant is in your near or distant future, you probably have a lot of questions. When is the best time to bring on an assistant? How do I find the right person? How much do I pay them? What are some best practices for training them? How do I maintain a good working relationship? I’m sharing my experience in hiring help and answering those questions in this week’s Ellechat webinar. Join me!

As a business owner, your time is limited. You're wearing several different hats and juggling many roles, each of which requires precious time out of your day. And chances are, you probably don't have many hours to spare. So I've rounded up my 24 favorite time-saving hacks - one for each hour of the day - in hopes of helping you create a little more room in your busy schedule. For show notes, visit elleandcompanydesign.com/ellechat

So you want to start a business. You have a ton of motivation and excitement at first, but all of a sudden reality sets in. Where do you even begin? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a step-by-step list of what to conquer and when? Well, you’re in luck! In this week’s Ellechat, I’m sharing my step-by step list of what to focus on when you’re trying to get your business off the ground. (For show notes, visit elleandcompanydesign.com/ellechat)