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6 Ways to Authentically Grow Your Audience

As a small business owner, it can be hard to know how to go about authentically growing your audience. Growing an audience takes time, but with the right strategies, you can start to see results quickly and make a lasting impression. Here are 6 tips on how to authentically grow your audience.

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December 2022 Moodboard + Playlist

This month is ruled by Jupiter. This planet is known for exuding faith, positive energy, and optimism. This planet is about growing your network and having luck in whatever direction you may cast your intention. The color palette this month is bold, filled with warm oranges, pinks, reds, and yellows. This brand inspiration is ideal for a spiritual entrepreneur or coach.

November 2022 Moodboard + Playlist

This month is ruled by Mars. This planet is known for taking action, masculine energy, and intensity. The color palette this month is warm neutrals. This brand inspiration is ideal for any creative entrepreneur, photographer, or artist.

July 2022 Moodboard + Playlist

This month is ruled by the Moon. The Moon controls our mood and emotions, bodies of water, and connects us with love, kindness, and feminine energy. The color palette this month is light and summery, inspired by the beach. This brand inspiration is ideal for creatives, healers, and any emotionally driven entrepreneurs.

June 2022 Moodboard + Playlist

This month is ruled by Mercury. This planet is known for satiating your curiosity about the world, matters of the mind, intellect, duality, and rules. The color palette this month is moody blue tones, a warm neutral pink, and a fun pop of bright green. This brand inspiration is ideal for an online retailer, social media coach, or a virtual course.

Your Branding is Casting a Spell

The logos, graphic designs, colors, and other visual elements that you use in your brand design have the potential to be more than just a pretty representation of your business. When they are created with intention, strategy, and purpose, they cast a spell to bring the clients you desire to the offerings you long to create.

The 8 Phases of Branding

If you have a budding business or you’re in the process of rebranding and are wondering where to begin on your journey, here are the 8 phases of branding to get you started.

May 2022 Moodboard + Playlist

The color palette this month is simple and bold with a pop of color amongst neutrals. This brand inspiration is ideal for any business with a rebellious spirit or is challenging the status quo such as an advocacy group, a blogger or magazine that speaks up for political issues, or anyone who is out to change their industry.

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My AM/PM Routine for Creative Inspiration

Getting in the creative mood is hard, like really hard. So, I would like to share with you my AM and PM routine for accessing my creativity in hopes that it will help you too. Feel free to try on parts of this that resonate with you.

9 tools every creative freelancer needs

Running a small business can be overwhelming and daunting, especially if it's a one-person show. Luckily for us, there are some tools that make this whole process a little easier so that we can still have some time to breathe at the end of the day. These are 9 tools every creative freelancer needs.

10 Reasons Why Content Creation Is Essential for Your Intuitive Biz

Content creation is one of the absolute best things you can do for your business. Running a one-human show is challenging but having a foundation and a plan that helps your business grow without a constant mental effort, is well worth the initial time invested.

How a Content Creation Workshop Changed My Life

Amid the pandemic, I signed up for a content creation and intuitive business course that changed my life. From that point forward I was able to start my business, grow my community, and authentically market myself in a nourishing way.

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Becoming an Archetype: a 7 Day Self-Portrait Photography Challenge

For artists, self-portraits are an excellent way to practice their craft. Self-portraits also allow people to embody different archetypes to understand what it would be like if they were to become that archetype. With this in mind, I created a 7-day self-portrait challenge to practice my art form and become an archetype.

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12 Portrait Photography Tips with Artifact Uprising

When we take a portrait, we don't just take a photo — we tell a unique story, capturing personality and emotion in meaningful ways that give color to the life in front of the lens. It is an artform, an exercise in human connection, and a tangible recreation of the human experience, all in one. But behind it all is a process that is so much more than point and snap.

Here, in collaboration with Artifact Uprising, our favorite print shop, we take a closer look at that process — starting with 12 portrait photography tips and techniques that every photographer can employ in their own shoots.

Chelsea Sherman 4/10/20 Chelsea Sherman 4/10/20

The Witch | 12 Jungian Archetypes Self-Portrait Series

The 12 Archetypes of personality, chosen by Carl Jung, are the foundations for characters in movies, literature, art, and the life where we live and breathe. I am exploring all 12 of the archetypes through self-portraits and embodying each as I understand them within myself. Along with the portraits, I have included a playlist that represents each personality to me, I hope you enjoy this playful exploration!