Drumroll pleeeaaase!!! π₯π₯π₯ π₯π₯π₯π₯ π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯ π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯ π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯ π We'll be hosting our first Speak Easy Society Event at Local Sound Collaborative on Tuesday, October 6th, 7-9pm. A HUGE thanks to Ray and his team over at LSC, who said yes without hesitation and want to support this event. This is an incredible example of how curiosity, community, and connecting will open doors for you. A little background: I went to one of the first open mics that LSC ever hosted about a year and a half ago. Having...
17 days agoΒ β’Β 4 min read
The Real Deal Digest Issue No. 34 Estimated read time: 4-5 minutes Us Rochester folk may not have any major league baseball, pro football or premium hockey teams playing inside our city, but boy do I love going to Rochester Red Wings games over the summer. (That's our Triple A baseball team.) Well, at least *I* used to love going to the Rochester Red Wings games. That all changed yesterday. YESTERDAY I LOST IT, Reader! I don't know if they got a new music director or what, but I don't...
about 2 months agoΒ β’Β 7 min read
Hey hey heyyyy! Thank you for your interest in the Speak Easy Society, which is essentially my vision to gather Rochester women together who are ready to do any or all of the following: Share their story with others (without fear of judgment) Shed their fear of speaking in front of others Step into the courage to say what they're thinking Speak their vision or dream into existence Connect with and support other women who are done hiding or playing small Ready to make their speaker dreams come...
2 months agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
The Real Deal Digest Issue No. 33 Side note: I wrote 80% of this newsletter a few weeks ago. Then I set it aside because I wanted to write about something elseβ¦ then Mr. Zuck-F*ck announced his newest enshittification of Instagram this past week, so what I wrote has become relevant again. And yes. There will be a bit more cursing than normal in this edition of The Real Deal Digest. If that makes you uncomfortable, you are always welcome to unsubscribe. π Yesterday, with great hesitation, I...
2 months agoΒ β’Β 6 min read
I'mma gonna be talkin' about the newest addition to my Skool community, The Inbox Writing Room, for the next few weeks. This is for business owners who have an email list but aren't consistently emailing their subscribers for a VARIETY of reasons... and would love some accountability, some writing prompts, and a legit space to get it done with some other cool peeps. Not interested? Then click here to stop getting emails about it but stay on my list. π I'm SO afraid to say spring is here (I...
4 months agoΒ β’Β 4 min read
The Real Deal Digest Issue No. 32 A bi-weekly(ish) newsletter that shares the business-y truths no one wants to talk about...but everyone is thinking. π¬ β²οΈ Read time: 4-5 min Iβm gonna be so FR* with you today (as the Gen Zers say):Writing newsletters consistently can feel like a total b*tch. And lately? Iβve barely been able to keep my head above water due to a temporary full-time gig I said yes toβ¦ until June. JUNE. OMG, that feels so far away. π© But today, itβs 55 degrees, the sun is out,...
4 months agoΒ β’Β 6 min read
The Real Deal Digest Issue No. 31 A bi-weekly newsletter that shares the business-y truths no one wants to talk about but everyone is thinking. β²οΈ Read time: 5 min Until last week, I secretly thought I was better than everyone else who watches shows like The Bachelor or Love is Blind. Thatβs because (again, up until last week), I believed I was above all that nonsense. You knowβ¦ an intellectual. A total snob, side-eyeing the viewers who βwastedβ their time on such frivolous shows starring...
5 months agoΒ β’Β 5 min read
The Real Deal Digest Issue No. 29 January is a weird month, isn't it? It's technically just another month with 31 days (six other months manage just fine), but somehow January always feels like it lasts three years. The days are short but also feel long. If you're up north like I am, the cold and snow act like it will never leave. Actual footage of my backyard right now. π And as February shows up and the "new year energy" reveals its true self, you find yourself in one of three camps: βΊ Camp...
7 months agoΒ β’Β 6 min read
Did you know there are certain words copywriters avoid using because they're considered "friction words"? We don't talk about it much. Neither does ChatGPT. π One of those words is "LEARN." Yup. LEARN. You ever tell anyone to go and "Learn More" as a call to action? If you have, it's okay β you didn't know! But "learn" is one of those words that makes our lizard brains subconsciously think, "Learn?? I don't want to learn right now. Yuck." So then your reader doesn't move forward. To go to...
9 months agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
