Letβs make marketing .
Hey, I'm Dani, I help creative entrepreneurs create content strategies that work, using marketing psychology and raw data. I love putting ideas to paper and simplifying the overwhelm, so they never have to doubt how they're going to do it again.
I'm a big believer that every business should do good things for the world. Online businesses have an amazing opportunity to impact thousands online. And I want to help them make that happen.
I wasn't always into writing, I guess. Not for work at least. I actually took a class in Journalism in college and when that first assignment was handed back, covered in red ink from the prof, I was pretty sure I'd never write another damn word again.
I was, however, pretty good at telling a story. When I dived into the marketing world, it was completely on accident. I had just had a baby and wanted to write about how bad at momming I was. I taught myself how to build a website, create a brand, and hit publish on my first blog. From there, I realized I had nothing else to say really. π€¦ββοΈ
But I did find out I had a knack for looking like I had a whole lot to say. That blog that I gave up on within months of launching, opened up a whole new passion. Marketing psychology.
One website led to building more websites for money, which led to writing more copy for more money, which led to creating marketing strategies.
After 8 years of working with hundreds of business owners, I found one common thread of problems setting them back. They thought that all they needed was a brand, a beautiful website, or some reels where they uncomfortably showing up, staring at the camera with eyes that shout, "Is this what I should be doing?"
But what they really needed was to remember the passion they forgot about when they created their business in the first place and a strategy that worked for them. Not just all the "shoulds" the internet was tossing out.
What I found was that no one was actually creating content they wanted to create and that's exactly where I like to start. If you're content feels hard or doesn't feel natural, that's probably why you a. aren't doing it and b. don't get engagement on it.
Honest conversations, post-it note to-do lists, and normalizing the big feelings in starting a business.
People pleasing, limited beliefs, long emails, or doing work I don't care about.
Avoiding exercise, helping some businesses write stuff, with my family on some kind of adventure, trying to figure out what some font I saw somewhere it.
Non-fiction reading, nerding out on data with coffee, cuddles with my kids that are cooler than me + my husband who cooks better than me, skipping breakfast, and rifling through my Asana.
watching:
DRINKING:
READING:
CRAVING:
ted lasso
cold coffee (not the good kind)
a little life π
something salty
Currently
listening:
ilovecreatives playlist
My Favorite Things
I really like fonts. And this font from Jen Wagner Co. is my current fav.
my happy place!
Monogram Coffee Beans. I am a coffee snob. There, I said it.
Z Supply Sweatpants. I'm that girl with 11 pairs of sweatpants and am typically geeking out when a new pair is released. Hey, we all have our passions in life.
My Favorite Mentors
Erin and Jan Johnson who run Trailblazher Magazine. These women are full of a passion that inspires me everyday.
my new
guilty pleasure
Miss Jade Rivera and her phenomenal card readings that help you find meaning and direction as you navigate the ups and downs of being human.
My coach and mentor Rachel Dorsey and her Inner Circle group, filled with inspiring women who are exchanging incredible ideas.
This That
coffee
BEACH
EARLY BIRD
TOPSheet
POPCORN
cake
LIME LACROIX
or
TEA
mountains
night owl
no topsheet
CHOCOLATE
popsicles
PELLIGRINO
Where I stand on the super important stuff... Agree / disagree?
One of my favourite copywriting tools is the copy brief. It makes me feel ready to write whenever one lands on my desk. I typically won't write a piece of copy without. But this is also helpful in any content you're writing, so I'm gifting it to you for free because not knowing what to write is half the battle and I kinda want to read your content some day. π
Better than Free Ice Cream!
let's work together
If you have a wild idea for an online business and you want to start fast [bootstrap style ] without relying on learning curves, overwhelm, and investing a ton of those not yet earned dollars, apply for Creative Startup School!
did we just become best friends?