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This post is a part of the Double Your Followers blog tour to spread the word about April Bowles-Olin’s upcoming CreativeLive course. Does hearing the word ‘marketing’ make your armpits start to drip with anxiety? Are you terrified of sounding salesy or like you have the personality of a dead blowfish? If so, come join me and 2,500+ entrepreneurs who’re taking April’s latest CreativeLive course, Double Your Followers with Creative Marketing. You can RSVP and watch for FREE. Yep, free. High fives, wildflowers, wine samples. Who doesn’t love free?
April Bowles Olin is one of my favorite creative experts and I love the courses she’s done on CreativeLive – my very favorite platform for learning about everything creative (click here to check out my previous blog tour post about her CreativeLive course on building your creative blog – I learned so much and April and her partner in creativity Mayi also inspired me to wear a tutu, see the evidence below!;)
One of my favorite ways of growing my creative business is through speaking. I’ve been doing live speaking events for several years now and have found that with every event I do I grow my audience and get new requests from clients. I like to get creative with my speaking engagements, and since I often speak to groups of parents and their kids to speak about dreams and entrepreneurship it’s not uncommon for me to bring props and special guests like Batman to do creative opening skits (see below;) or to dress up as a superhero myself (the kids love it:). You can do live speaking engagements in any format you’d like – get creative with it and make it your own!
If the thought of public speaking strikes terror in your heart – fear not! There are so many ways of sharing your voice and your story that can be effective in engaging your audience. The funny thing is I used to shake in my boots, literally at the prospect of speaking on stage, after years of suffering with social anxiety but now I look forward to it!
When you speak at events it sets you apart as an expert as well as puts you in front of people who can relate to you on a more personal level than if they merely came across your website because when you speak they get to see your amazing personality and heart shining through your words. Also, I believe whatever your business it’s so important to share your voice and your story. Everyone has purpose and people to reach to give hope with their story and what you’ve accomplished or overcome – whether you’re helping women become more confident with your product or service or if you’re passionate about empowering kids and teens discover purpose and entrepreneurship at a young age, like I do.
If speaking on a big stage is not for you, here are some other ways for you to grow your creative business through speaking up:
Check out April’s tips on getting started on Periscope here and follow her here. (By the way you can follow me on Periscope @Dreamfleur where I share inspiration on following your dreams!:)
Below I share my voice in a quick video to inspire you (bottom left photo credit: Thank you Sue Bryce, I love her work!).
Also, if you’d like to stay in touch and find out more about growing your creative dreams and my upcoming resources and creative products, join the DareDreamer Community below! We’d love to have you! <3
Join me for a creative online retreat where we will rediscover our creativity and deepest purpose. Are you ready to Refresh Your Dreams?
What will Refresh Your Dreams include?
* Creative reflective prompts to help you reconnect with your purpose and the deeper reason why you are pursuing your dream
* Creative printables and a playbook that will help you refine and renew your vision
* A creative cheerleader and motivator (that’s me;) rooting you on as you follow your dreams
Join our community below to get updates on the Refresh Your Dreams Series!
One of my childhood passions has been to share my artwork with the world and I’ve been able to do so through my design studio Envibrance for the past 10+ years! I also have a line of inspirational T-Shirts and now…mugs! Click above to get the new “Live Boldly Everyone Has Purpose” mug today, based on the signature theme of The DareDreamer Movement!
It’s also my passion to bring your dreams to life! I’m now opening the doors to Envibrance Design Studios and want to design your next personalized T-shirts, mugs and more for you, someone you love or your blog or brand. Click here to contact me to get your project started! I’d love to bring YOUR dreams to life too!
Click here to visit Envibrance and find inspirational apparel designs like my Every Great Dream Begins with a Dreamer Harriet Tubman quote shirt I wore recently at a conference.