Embrace the Unfamiliar: How To Thrive Outside Your Comfort Zone

...from awkward to attraction 🧲

Hey there!

I bring you this week’s Biz Starter 🚀Newsletter from the beautiful beaches of the eastern shore of Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. I’ve been traveling for almost two weeks to celebrate this year’s birthday a little differently—beach hopping along the coast.🩴🏖️

Can I share a secret?

Running a business for 20 years has turned me into a tough cookie. Unsubscribes, unfollows, and even the occasional rude message? Pfft! No biggie.

But let me tell you, stepping into the wild world of blogging? That's a whole new ball game, my friend!

When sharing best business practices and my thoughts, it can be difficult to detach from what people think of them.

Especially if you’re sharing valuable information in a blog or video.

It's like inviting people into a sneak peek behind the curtain—when I first started, I battled this fear of being disliked by online peeps.

Can you relate?

If you're guilty of …

  • Taking unfollows and unsubscribes as a personal hit, as if they're pointing fingers at your entire existence.

  • Letting your nerves hold you back from sharing your fabulous work and business because you fear the peanut gallery's opinion.

  • Secretly believing you're not "good enough" deep down, it's leaking into your business mojo, making you disappear into the shadows.

Just a reminder: your sole mission is not to win a popularity contest.

Nope!

It's all about being unapologetically YOU.

I’m so glad I kept blogging and sharing videos. It connects me to people who would not have otherwise found me.

Blogging boosts website traffic without constantly telling people to “buy my stuff, buy my stuff”—that’s why it works so well for both service AND product-based businesses.

The right people will flock to you and your business like seagulls to a bag of chips, while the wrong ones will happily find their way to other businesses they click with.

Their loss, right?

So, my courageous biz starters, laugh off those insecurities, walk confidently, and show the world what you’re made of!

Sending you abundance in your business and a deep sense of self-love!

🌟In this week’s Top Tool of the Week, I share a tweak I made to my services based on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram DMs, and feedback from my audience and customers.👇

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Now, let’s get into this week’s tips, ideas, resources, and the latest news!

The Latest from Sherry

Elevate Your Entrepreneurial Blog: 8 Tips for Writing Engaging Posts

Do you find attracting people to your products and services challenging without constant self-promotion?

With engaging and impactful blog posts, you can strengthen your online presence, educate potential customers, and attract buyers who are familiar with your expertise, services, and products so you can convert leads into loyal customers.

💹Money Corner a/k/a Get Money‼️

To help get you motivated about making money for your business, in each issue, I share resources to help you Get Money!

Business Grants for Black Women: 18 Options

Grant funding, startup pitch competitions and government-funded resource centers can help Black women launch and grow their businesses.

How Startups Can Manage Their Cash Better, According to a VC | Entrepreneur

In today's volatile economy, startups need to take measures to minimize their financial exposure to protect themselves in the event of a banking crisis. This article provides four tips for startups to reduce financial risk.

Launch a fundraise for your startup online. Get help raising money for your business.

👩🏽‍💻Digital Marketing News

Twitter debuts a mid-tier data access plan, to almost immediate backlash | CNN Business

Twitter unveiled a new data access tier on Thursday aimed at attracting startups, after its decision to erect a paywall for developers and researchers prompted widespread backlash. But the new tier already has some describing it as “too little, too late.”

Facebook-Giphy sale shows how fear of regulators is slowing M&A market

A global network of regulators weigh in on tech deals large and small, forcing divestitures and blocking acquisitions at a challenging moment for the industry.

LinkedIn Integrates More Buyer Intent Signals into Sales Navigator Alerts

LinkedIn continues to add more buyer intent signals into Sales Navigator, highlighting new opportunities.

Instagram now allows for ads in search results via its Marketing API

Instagram announced today that it now allows for ads in the social network's search results via the Instagram Marketing API.

How influencers get paid and make money on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube

Influencers on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube explain how much they get paid per month from sponsorships, ad revenue, affiliate links, and more.

📆Tweets of the Week

💜🤗Entrepreneur Stories For Your Soul

"We are planning to build to sell": The Irish entrepreneur behind one of lockdown’s overnight success stories - The Currency

Like many, Natasha Durling turned to drink during lockdown. The difference being she was not seeking a salve, but a solution. The Irish-born, London-based founder and CEO of Total Management Group – an event, travel, and creative agency with offices in the UK and New York – found herself suddenly grounded by the pandemic with... View Article

Entrepreneur Makes 175K Per Year Selling T-Shirts He Never Touches And He Works Just 1 Hour A Day - Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)

This story is part of a new series of features on the subject of success, Benzinga Inspire.

👥👥Community News

"There is immense power when a group of people with similar interests gets together to work toward the same goals." Idowu Koyenikan. Check out what's happening in community news.👇

This iOS shortcut lets you post to your Twitter and Mastodon accounts at the same time.

We’ve seen a lot of alternatives to Twitter recently, and Mastodon is one of the most popular alternatives right now.

🧵🪡🛠️ Handmade's Tales

This Philly creator made Beyoncé's viral disco hat — then came the knockoffs. Etsy’s become a hotbed for them.

Abby Misbin spends hours handlaying glass titles on cowboy hats to sell on Etsy. After her designs blew up, she said dropshippers have been trying to undercut her with low prices and mass production.

🔹How to Sell on Amazon for Free in 2023.

🔹How I used ChatGPT and AI art tools to launch my Etsy business fast.

🔨Top Tool of the Week

20-Min “Solve My Quick Problem” Call 😇

Are you tired of spending hours, days, or even months trying to crack a pesky problem that's been stopping you from success in your business?

Over the last two months, I’ve had 122 people DM me for help with their business. (yes, I’m counting🙂) About 34 of those DMs were from stressed entrepreneurs who needed fast help to solve a quick problem with… their lack of sales, online marketing (Pinterest, Twitter, Blogging, email), sales funnels, tool stack, monetization, pricing, creating courses, business growth decisions, etc., etc.

While others wanted to ask questions they needed answered quickly for guidance.

You get the idea.😉

As an entrepreneur…things happen when you need to run it by someone with years of experience to deliver right-on-time advice.

So I created a new way to help entrepreneurs who only needed to solve one quick problem. 

Here's how it works: You bring me your most brain-twisting, hair-pulling, teeth-gritting biz-building problem, and I'll unleash my expertise, experience, and a dash of pure genius to crack it wide open!

In the 20-Min“Solve My Quick Problem” call, you’ll have my undivided attention, and I will be solely devoted to solving YOUR problem. Think of me as your personal problem-solving sidekick, ready to conquer any challenge that comes my way!

No fluff, no unnecessary chit-chat—just pure, unadulterated problem-solving power!

P.S. Limited slots available! Take action before I'm all booked.

Help Me, Super Solver! Book My 20-Minute Call. 

⏳Until Next Time

That’s it for this Tuesday’s edition. Thanks as always for reading The Biz Starter!🙂 Please forward this to friends and colleagues who can benefit from entrepreneur growth content. If you have any questions or want to discuss working with me, please email me directly at [email protected]. I'll get back to you straight away!

If you enjoyed this Issue #37, I'd love for you to mention it on your socials, don't forget to tag me.❤️

P.S.S. If you’ve been thinking about creating a blog for your business, reply to this email, and I’ll send you something special to get you started.

Goodbye, Biz Starters!

Sherry

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