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Embrace Presentation Createology | SFR.U πŸ“Ί business besties spiced advice stoned fruit roll.up

The ROI of DIY? Ask Jody Wissing. 

Do you have something to say, and axe to grind or a soapbox to stand on? Do you want to change the world, do things a better way, or start something new? Do you need to align hearts and minds with mission and values? Do it with a presentation.

Jody Wissing...

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Doggedly Effective | SFR.U πŸ“Ί spiced advice stoned fruit roll.up top10

Or, the Anatomy of a YouTube Channel.

Have you ever wished that you had a tour guide to walk you slowly through the bones of a YouTube channel? ‍ It me. I am that. Join me + Zack Bordeaux from DozerDog Designs as he patiently shows me every nook and cranny of the Stoned Fruit YouTube channel,...

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Business in the Raw LIVE! | SRF.U πŸ“Ί business besties business in the raw stoned fruit roll.up

Join us on one person’s journey to discover an authentic personal brand.

Pull back the curtain on the internet’s safest co-creation space in intimate conversation and “entrepre-therapy” with some of the most maverick minds in the business arena today—building a bold...

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Meet Janine, Entrepreneur in Residence | BitR πŸ“Ί business in the raw entrepreneurial activism

Ooze the smooth soothe on Business in the Raw Season 1 

For wildly adventurous entrepreneur-types who need to fully realize their creative self—in life and in business—Business in the Raw is the weekly one-hour show exclusive to 100TV that delivers one person’s journey to...

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Creator Confessions from Month One | SFR.U πŸ“Ί stoned fruit roll.up

Failure and success? Tpfffft! How about experimentation and iteration?

I go live solo for the first time to share how it's going, shout out to Gilly, and a teaser for next week. Stoned Fruit Roll.Up, the early daze.

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Host with the Most in a Livestream Universe | SFR.U πŸ“Ί business besties business in the raw spiced advice stoned fruit roll.up

When I told Ross Brand I was starting a LIVE show, he asked me to start two.

Brah, I can barely wrap my head around one show. Like, how do you actually become a great host? What are all of the things you have to remember? What is the role of a host anyway? How do you juggle all of those moving...

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Methodize Creativity | SFR.U πŸ“Ί stoned fruit roll.up

Dependable processes for juicy content? Yes, please

When I told Tony Porreco I was launching a weekly LIVE show, he said, "interesting," with the old chin stroke.

For you see, Tony has known me since the days before Stoned Fruit, since the days before Rebecca Gunter, freelance for hire....

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πŸ₯³πŸŽ‚ Happy First Birthday, Heads Together 🎧 business besties podcast

‍ Podcast Takeover 

Our favoritest podcast turns 1 today.  Entrepreneur-types are some magical creatures. No other professional persona shows the drive to self-direct, self-believe, and self-educate—literally learning whatever they need to learn to make things happen...

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Revamp Visibility | SFR.U πŸ“Ί spiced advice stoned fruit roll.up

12 Paradigm-Shifting Things We Learned About Video Podcasting from Paul King 

This is the sprout of a show we've been affectionately calling Stoned Fruit Roll.Up. Ah-dorable. 

It’s Day 14 of having a live show and the mountain of things we don’t know about having a weekly...

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The Recognized Authority | The Art of Positioning 🎧 brand strategy podcast positioning

From indistinguishable to instantly recognizable

The Art of Positioning is the fundamental formula that inspires Rebecca Gunter in her unique approach to creative Brand Strategy and Copywriting for entrepreneurially-spirited folks who crave relationship marketing because it nurtures a genuine...

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"Stoned Fruit Roll.Up" Who is it for? | SFR.U πŸ“Ί stoned fruit roll.up

Start a weekly live on YouTube, they said. It'll be fun, they said. Well, alright.

This is Day 7, the sprout of a show we've been affectionately calling Fruit Roll.Up.

Ah-dorable.

Intentionally, we have done just about zero prep for this launch and that is by design. When Gill suggested we...

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Ode to the Positioning Statement ✍️🧠 brand strategy positioning spiced advice

Making a brand delicious at every bite: 

We challenge you to think about branding without thinking about your logo and color palette.

We want you to forget about a logo. Push aside that PMS color. Leave those branding visuals on the laptop. Those are all additions. Branding elements help to...

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