Business Mojo and Margaritas Suzanne Proksa

We all know that feeling of panic when our favorite social media platforms go down, especially if our business relies heavily on them. But fear not, my friends! In this episode, I will not only offer some words of encouragement but also share strategies for diversifying your online presence and ensuring that you're not putting all your eggs in one virtual basket. So grab your margaritas and let's get started on this journey of navigating the ever-changing online landscape. Cheers!

Welcome back to Business Mojo and Margaritas! In today's episode, titled "How to Let Go of Guilt and Finally Start Your Side Hustle," our guest, Stacy Ogden, shares her journey from being a teacher to becoming a successful side hustler. Stacy has experimented with various side hustles over the years and has learned valuable lessons from each one. Her blog, "Creating My Happiness," has been her longest-running project, but she felt the desire for more interaction with her audience. This led her to explore podcasting and coaching, eventually realizing that there is a demand for help and guidance for teachers interested in starting their own side hustles. Stacy's passion for empowering others to pursue their dreams and find alternative career paths drove her to create "Side Hustle Summer Camp." In this episode, she dives into the mindset issues, particularly guilt and self-doubt, that often hold women back from starting their own businesses. She offers insights and advice to overcome these challenges and shares how prioritizing her side hustle actually made her a better mom and teacher. So if you're struggling with guilt or unsure of where to start with your side hustle, you don't want to miss this episode. Tune in for some powerful mindset shifts and practical tips to help you let go of guilt and embark on your entrepreneurial journey. Let's dive right in and unleash that business mojo!

The marketing landscape is littered with sleazy, man-ick-ulative tools & tactics. As a result, small businesses with soul are turning away from marketing completely, doing a massive disservice to the audience who needs them. Rachael teaches us a surprising trick to taking the stuff you HATE about marketing and turning it into epic, hilarious content your audience loves and positions you as the expert you are. In this episode you'll learn:

- Why trying to discover your ""niche"" is the wrong approach
- How to create your marketing “alter ego” to inspire content that brings laughs AND conversions
- The 6 questions to ask yourself before you create another piece of content


Rachael Kay Albers Bio:

Rachael Kay Albers is a marketer who hates marketing. As the founder and creative director of RKA ink, a branding, web design, and digital marketing studio based outside Chicago, Rachael has helped hundreds of thought leaders and visionary entrepreneurs all over the world stand out online without selling their soul or playing the manipulation game. Rachael’s clients have used their online platforms to launch bestselling books, five star podcasts, and six figure funnels.

When not crafting epic, unforgettable brands for her clients, Rachael hosts Awkward Marketing, a business comedy show blending fun size small business advice with storytelling and sketch comedy, for entrepreneurs who want to create epic, unforgettable brands online. Rachael has been featured in Inc. Magazine and The Huffington Post and been a guest on podcasts like Make Money Your Honey, Marketing In Yoga Pants, and The Entrepreneur Mastermind Show.

Rachael lives in St. Charles, IL with her husband, daughter, two troublemaking dogs, and a bunch of old computer cords they’re afraid to throw away.

Main website: http://www.rkaink.com/
Awkward Marketing: http://www.awkwardmarketing.com/
Giveaway: http://www.rkaink.com/niche/

FB: http://www.facebook.com/rkaink
Insta: http://www.instagram.com/rkaink/
YT: http://www.youtube.com/rkaink/

In this episode I chat with Myown Holmes about how using direct message can help grow your business and curate relationships.

Myown Holmes Bio:

CEO, Mother of 4 boys, and wife. Myown uses her education and passion for being social to help small business owners create an omnipresence.

After working in the corporate sector, she decided to follow her passion and start her own agency, while giving herself the freedom to spend time with her children, one with autism and another with apraxia.

Since building her business she hasn’t looked back, and finds that a nice drink and book after a long day helps to even out her mood!

In this episode, I dish on why I deleted 4,000 friends on Facebook including the positives and negatives and what I’m doing next.

Listen in as Baby Sleep Expert, Tamiko Kelly, shares several tips that will help you get your baby sleeping through the night so you can double your revenue. She also shares why the ""hustle mentality"" will kill your business and what you should do instead.

Tamiko Kelly is the founder of Sleep Well. Wake Happy and the creator of The Feel Like Yourself Again Baby Sleep Solution. As a certified sleep consultant and holistic health practitioner, Tamiko helps tired moms feel like themselves again by teaching them how to get their babies sleeping through the night.

She has spent over 50,000 hours sleep training babies and many of her clients have called her a ""miracle worker"" as they have been overjoyed after her methods restored sleep in their homes. Tamiko is an international speaker who has shared the stage with Dr. Harvey Karp of The Happiest Baby on the Block and Dr. Jenn Mann of VH1 Couple's Therapy.


Tamiko happily shares her advice across her social media platforms where she reaches over 12,000 tired moms. Her sleep advice has been featured on Yahoo Finance, Care.com, mom.me and she has appeared as a guest expert on Austin's ABC Affiliate TV Show, Studio 512.

Tamiko lives in Austin where she jubilantly attends SXSW each year.