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Fun With Flodesk: 5 Reasons I Love Flodesk as an Edupreneur and Small Business Owner

Fun With Flodesk: 5 Reasons I Love Flodesk as an Edupreneur and Small Business Owner

Flodesk is an intuitive email marketing platform designed to simplify the process of creating and sending beautiful, engaging emails. It offers user-friendly tools like drag-and-drop editors and customizable templates, making it easy for anyone, regardless of technical skill, to design professional-looking emails. With features such as audience segmentation, automation, and detailed analytics, Flodesk helps businesses connect with their audience effectively and track the success of their email campaigns. Plus, Flodesk offers additional features such as checkout processes, sales pages, and sign up forms. Here are 5 reasons I love Flodesk so much and think you will too!

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3 Ways to Make Aligned Decisions

3 Ways to Make Aligned Decisions

And the older I get, the more I want to make aligned decisions. The ones that are a little out of the ordinary but excite me. The ones that are out of my comfort zone but my inner knowing is telling me to do it. The ones that I look back on and say “imagine if I didn’t do that?”

It’s not always easy, but here are three things that made our road trip decision easier for us, and I’m confident they’ll help us continue to live a life of no regrets or “what if’s.”

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Joy With Canva: Get Creative in the New Year

Joy With Canva: Get Creative in the New Year

Canva caters to a wide range of users, from entrepreneurs and marketers to educators and social media enthusiasts, providing them with the tools to bring their ideas to life visually. Whether you're crafting social media posts, business presentations, or personal projects, Canva simplifies the design process, making it accessible and enjoyable for everyone

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Setting Your Small Business Up for Success in the New Year…

Setting Your Small Business Up for Success in the New Year…

Setting up processes now can streamline your business world in 2024, giving you more time, freedom, and joy in your life, no matter what season it is! At Joy with Georgia my goal is to provide you with more simplicity, balance, and beauty in your small business. Through websites, marketing material, and digital organization my goal is to help you promote and organize your business in simply way so that you have more space for what does light you up . Let’s make more space for joy in your busy life - you deserve it!

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Pursuing Multiple Passions: 3 Tips to Turn Overwhelmed into Empowered
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Pursuing Multiple Passions: 3 Tips to Turn Overwhelmed into Empowered

If you are feeling the call to try something new, or perhaps feeling overwhelmed with more than one interest and passion - I encourage you to see this as normal!

And better yet, I encourage you to open yourself up to the opportunities all around you. We are lucky to live in a time when following our curiosities and embracing new ideas is easier than ever.

It can feel scary at first, but dive into this blog for 3 ways to embrace having more than one passion or interest.

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Staying Organized and Creative As a Teacher & Business Owner: 3 FREE Tools I Use Every Day
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Staying Organized and Creative As a Teacher & Business Owner: 3 FREE Tools I Use Every Day

In the busy worlds of teaching and entrepreneurship, staying organized and creative is a daily challenge. Though my traditional classroom teaching days are over, I still very much consider myself an educator, both in my tutoring and consulting work, and in my freelance design and organization work.

In this blog, I'm excited to share three favorite free tools that continuously make all of my education and entrepreneurial roles streamlined and organized. Spoiler alert: since I tend to get carried away with my love for this stuff - I might just share 3 bonus tools at the end! And, yes, I used all 6 to get this blog out into the world in multiple ways, easily!

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Designing Marketing Material for Your Small Business

Designing Marketing Material for Your Small Business

Marketing sheets are informative and promotional documents used by businesses to provide essential details about their products, services, or brand in a concise and visually appealing manner. These sheets are typically designed to capture the attention of potential customers and are used in various marketing and sales efforts.  In this blog I’m chatting about different formats, use cases, things to consider, what to include, and ways to create the perfect marketing sheets for your business!

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How and Why to Share Your Story

How and Why to Share Your Story

Online connection may be more common in today’s age than face to face human connection, and though I encourage all to have more in person conversations with those near and far, the online world is not going anywhere. Luckily there are ways to express your unique story and form connections through your corner of the internet, too.

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Weaving the Web of Connection: The Power of Storytelling in Website Design

Weaving the Web of Connection: The Power of Storytelling in Website Design

Weaving some storytelling magic into your website can offer many benefits.  It doesn’t mean talking about yourself the whole time, it means sharing relatable tales that hook your audience’s attention, and makes them feel seen and excited to journey around your site and see all you have to offer. So how do you do it?! Whether you’re working with a website designer or doing it yourself, weaving storytelling into your site starts BEFORE you actually start developing the actual website. Here are some action steps to get started.

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