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This is a good thing

It feels like the old normal is gone and we have not quite defined the new one yet. What does that mean for our businesses and the way we live our lives? This is a question I have asked myself several times and what I discovered was comforting. Thankfully, I do not have to unlearn...

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This is a good thing

Let’s Collaborate…

I have always believed in the power of collaboration and I have been blessed with some super special partners too. Before now I would have considered collaboration a mere strategy to acquire new customers or expand your network but now I can say without a shadow of a doubt that collaboration post COVID, will be...

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Let’s Collaborate…

#Dearfashionpreneur S10

How are you doing? Business is slow, right? I don’t want you to get carried away by the anxiety around the pandemic and lose sight of a valuable gift this season has brought us; TIME. We now have all the time to reflect, adjust and develop. When the pandemic blows over and we get back...

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#Dearfashionpreneur S10

#Dearfashionpreneur S9

I know you worry about your business. I know you may be fearful and maybe you are panicking. Your fears are valid, but panicking will get you nowhere. Here are some facts. This situation is temporary but will change the way we do business forever. We have made more investment into solutions for this problem...

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#Dearfashionpreneur S9

WORKING SMARTER NOT HARDER

So I put on weight, the picture in yellow is one year older and one dress size bigger. I wish I could say I prefer myself thicker but nope… Admittedly miss being thinner, my new size has its perks though. My skin is brighter and clearer, my hair is thicker and longer and I’m having...

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WORKING SMARTER NOT HARDER

TIPS TO INCREASE SALES

Two things are going to happen to you in your business life and you can quote me on this. Two things that you should anticipate and be prepared for. What are they?  The first are HIGHS, you are going to experience some seasons or moments when everything that could go right would. You will surpass...

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TIPS TO INCREASE SALES

#Dearfashionpreneur S8

LEARN TO MONETIZE YOUR CREATIVITY People ask me how I do it? If you are a creative you know that is a difficult question to answer. It’s not really a process you can explain and talent is not something you can teach. Most creative entrepreneurs have the design bit locked. One of my students said...

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#Dearfashionpreneur S8

STAYING INSPIRED IN 2020

Too many moving parts, that’s what the entrepreneur signs up for. It’s what I love and hate most about entrepreneurship. When you are a creative entrepreneur it’s worse because your bread and butter are tied to being inspired so throw that in your already overwhelming list of things to do “stay inspired”. Inspiration is not...

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STAYING INSPIRED IN 2020

LESSONS FROM 2019

Still on lessons from 2019.Happiness is not overrated. Joy is power. I’m not talking about putting up a show for Instagram (except if that feeds your joy ) I mean taking deliberate steps to do what makes you happy. I don’t know who sold us the lie that a successful business starts with a happy...

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LESSONS FROM 2019

HAPPY NEW YEAR

The pressure that comes with the new year, now its a new decade we have to contend with . As an entrepreneur you can’t afford to panic. Panic is bad for business and it’s not great for your creative energy either. As usual we will be inundated with goal setting tips, classes,courses ,programs etc and...

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

BE PREPARED

I don’t know exactly what caused this but in the last 2weeks we have had more first time customers come through than in any other week this year. It’s a welcomed development but I don’t know if it’s the sponsored ads, campaigns, pop ups, newsletters, text messages, insta posts or stories, direct messages and calls,...

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BE PREPARED

TEMPTATION

Entrepreneurship keeps you humble, sensitive, alert and cautious at least it should . Fashion entrepreneurship is the worst ….In the words of heidiklum “one day you are in and the next you are out” so don’t let success make you cocky or overly confident. There is a temptation to ride a seasonal wave of success so...

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TEMPTATION