Feeling honored to be asked to contribute to the Tailwind blog today sharing some of my best (+ most overlooked!) advice for creating scroll-stopping images that hook your audience! Thanks for having me, Tailwind + Preston Lee! https://www.tailwindapp.com/blog/10-pros-reveal-how-to-create-scroll-stopping-images-for-social-media 
Feeling all the love today about our super juicy livestream on TREND HACKING. (Wondering what the heck "trend hacking" is? Get the insiders scoop here! → https://bit.ly/3g3vSAW Trust me: It's a GAMECHANGER → Breaking into an extremely saturated product niche? Check →Increased traffic to your shop in DAYS not weeks? Check →Increased daily sales? Check (true story: I earned an extra $200-$300/DAY from trend hacking in my own shop!) Yep, Trend Hacking checks all those boxes and more-- it's like being handed a blueprint of EXACTLY what is going to sell in your shop. Plussss! I'll share my easy 3-step process for implementing trend hacking in YOUR shop (even if you're certain it doesn't apply to your unique niche-- I promise it does!) Watch the free training here! → https://bit.ly/3g3vSAW 
Happy Memorial Day! Hope you’re out making new memories with your people and sharing old ones that make you smile 😊 love this little family of mine!!! 
Spoiler alert: The quickest path to success in your business is.... 🚫 NOT adding more products 🚫 NOT posting on more social media channels 🚫 NOT trying to target a bigger audience. You will find success FASTER and EASIER if you first find FOCUS. It may seem counterintuitive, but oh my law, it is SO true. If you try to go too big, too quickly, you're left with a lot of (unanswerable) questions: 🤔 What product do I promote and when? And for how long?! 🤔 What do I say on each individual platform? 🤔 Who am I actually speaking to in this post? And it's when you're having to answer these questions on a daily basis that running a business starts to feel HARD. And LONG. And just CRAPPY. So let's make it fun again, okay?! ;) If you can FOCUS on these *3 key areas *in your business though, I PROMISE everything is going to become approximately 1 bajillion times easier. Ready to simplify things? Catch the full livestream here! → https://fb.me/e/269q6S57X 
Unpopular opinion alert: Doing MORE can actually HURT your sales. Wait...what?! One of the BIGGEST mistakes I see Etsy sellers make it trying to go too big, too fast. MORE products. MORE social media channel posting. MORE customer profiles to appeal to. They think that if they can just do MORE, they'll see success. But guess what? By doing MORE so early in your business, you're actually *hurting* your sales. And making running your biz a heckuva lot harder + more complicated than it needs to be...especially if you're just starting out. Curious what I'm talking about? Join me LIVE on May 19th over on my FB page (https://www.facebook.com/morgangatesnield/) for my *weekly* livestream series (12 pm ET/ 9 am PT) where I'll be sharing how doing LESS can actually earn you MORE (+ specific examples of what it actually looks like in practice so you can take action right away!). See you there?? 😉 
Ever feel like you're stuck inside your own head going round and round and round and can't get ANYTHING done? Yep, yep, and double (triple?) yep. There's actually a legit reason for that-- 🧠 it's because your brain can only think about ONE thing at ONE time. 🧠 And because of that, your mind is constantly jumping from thought to thought to thought without any real focus-- because you're trying to remember too many things! Which means if you keep revisiting the dental appointment you scheduled but forgot to put on the calendar, your brain is reserving VALUABLE space to keep that thought close to the surface to recall when needed... ...at the expense of allowing for total focus on your business. Which means if you're sitting down to work and have a list a mile long in your head, you're going to spend so much time + effort trying to REMEMBER what's on the list (because remember: you can't think about #allthethings at the same time), that your productivity goes down the tubes...womp womp. 🙌 Give your brain a break! 🙌 Yesterday over on my FB page, I shared some of my favorite productivity tips (you know-- the kind that allow you to build a multi six-figure business in less than 15 hours/week ;) and this one stood out to people in a big way-- you've GOT to clear out the mental "to-do" list if you want to actually get stuff done. Stop spinning it round and round in your head and grab a pen + paper and just WRITE IT DOWN. It seems so stupid simple that it can't possibly work, but this tip has been a 🙌 GAMECHANGER 🙌 for me-- no lie. I love it so much that I actually use it 2-3x/day (and one of those times is right before I go to bed so I can stop my brain before it goes overboard and I lie awake all night 🤣) 
Q for ya: What's your best business productivity hack??? 👇 Drop it below!👇 I'm going LIVE on Wednesday on this *exact* topic, but I definitely don't profess to be an expert... 😂😂😂 Basically I'm just a momma to 2 young(ish) kiddos that's tried EVERYTHING and had a few things stick ;) I'm sharing what works for ME...but I'd love to hear what works for YOU (and hopefully pick up a tip or trick along the way 😉 Help a girl out? 😉 (Pssst! You can RSVP to the Wednesday livestream here so you get notified when it's go time: https://www.facebook.com/events/5518318571573333/) 
Fact: If you don't believe in the value your product provides, your customers won't either 🤯🤯🤯 Catch the full livestream here! → https://www.facebook.com/177905662270299/videos/465623888025069