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How to Build a Powerful Brand and Business from Home I loved getting to chat with Carrie Wilkerson, The Barefoot Executive, herself in her Texas home
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Hey there. Sorry I haven’t written, I’m still tackling some of the scary stuff mentioned in the last post, and it’s been all-consuming. As I’ve worked to start Lever over the last 8 months, there are some things I’ve already flubbed on.
Whoa. The last time I posted was Oct 17!? …Well, I guess that sounds about right.
Tomorrow is my birthday. I don’t normally have this new-year feel about my birthday. Other than maybe the year I got married, I never stop to think about “man last year I was doing bla bla.” But this year, I’m stopping to think.
My website is finally up! My BFC has been revealed, it’s the national froyo brand CherryBerry Frozen Yogurt, and my social media profiles are up and active. How does it feel?
I have already upped my one-day-new intern’s hours because my main client is growing so fast. It’s pretty exciting! I also have my sites set on New Business.
It’s been two weeks since my meltdown and my site is not done yet. Let’s not talk about it. It’s almost done, just like a day or two more, I can make it, right?
My husband is such a logical, reasonable person. Sometimes that is really annoying. For example, during my meltdown, he told me to look at my situation with a little perspective. Yes, I am behind on my website.
Okay, I’m freaking out. Like nauseated, not sleeping, freaking out. Maybe this was a crazy idea.
If you are considering venturing out on your own, I encourage you to have some contracts signed and an office plan worked out for yourself. If you can office at home, more power to you, but I knew that wouldn’t be best for me, I needed to at least have a few people around, and also get up and out everyday (pjs are for lounging, not kicking ass and taking names). A family business had an open office space for me so that’s where I set up for a very low monthly cost.
In about a two week period, I suddenly had a lot going on. A website here, updates to an old project there, and some musings from a big company who knew me thinking “maybe we can use Kelsey for this.” Also in that time, I got the call that would dramatically change my life. My Big First Client, BFC until I can reveal them, called because they had been watching me online. They needed a website and was I interested? To which I said I couldn’t take on a project of that size, or within&nb…
