Petit Four Films (https://www.petitfourfilms.com) recently left hundreds of couples in the worst case scenario situation: closed their business, filed for bankruptcy, and is NOT refunding couples. Unfortunately, due to the bankruptcy filing these couples will not see their money refunded. But how could Petit Four Films get away with this in the first place? Petit […]

Click the picture to listen to this episode on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/sarah-mickens/episodes/High-Converting-Website-Copy-e1o6tpu High converting webpages have a LOT of information without a lot of words. To see where I’ve learned about web copy and where you can learn more about high converting webpages, check out one of my favorite web designers and copywriters here: https://sarahklongerbo.com/blog/website-copy-crash-course/ Click […]

Click the picture to listen to this episode on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/sarah-mickens/episodes/Spending-in-your-Business—Advise-from-a-frugal–successful-entrepreneur-e1ns7lu I’m not a huge spender in my business. Most of the time, as creatives, we don’t actually need to spend a lot of money on the business side of things. We need our softwares, a good computer, and a website, but all the extra […]

**Update: This wedding was featured on Destination I Do! Check it out here! When Jacklin reached out to me on Instagram the first thing I noticed was her profile @foodbythegram full of delicious looking food. So already, I was IN because I knew her wedding menu would be immaculate. Then she sang those beautiful words, […]

Meghan and James met years ago through mutual friends who had an inclination they would hit it off. Their schedules kept them apart from time to time with Meghan being an olympic snowboarder and James being in the military; but that didn’t stop them from falling head over heals for one another. The way James […]

Click the picture to listen to this episode on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/sarah-mickens/episodes/Positioning-your-offer-in-1-minute-e1nhru4 Positing you offer in the market can be tricky, but honesty is always the best policy! There’s no shame in being a budget, mid-tier, or luxury service. Listen and learn how to position your offer at any budget. Click the picture of the left […]

Click the picture to listen to this episode on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/sarah-mickens/episodes/How-to-go-Full-Time-in-your-business-on-1-minute-e1n8210 Okay so you won’t GO full time in 1 minute, but here’s my advise to work towards that goal in 1 minute 😉 Click the picture of the left to listen to the podcast version, or watch the video below: Download your pricing worksheet

Click the picture to listen to this episode on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/sarah-mickens/episodes/How-to-make-your-first-5k-e1muihn $5k is that first monetary goal so many business owners have. It’s the number that really proves you have a service people want! So how do you get it? Here’s my advise to get started and make your first $5k. Click the picture of […]

Click the picture to listen to this episode on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/sarah-mickens/episodes/Elements-of-a-proposal-e1mlbfb A good proposal and contract can help set the expectations for your clients, define your scope of service so there’s no confusion on what you will and won’t do, and wrap it up with all the ‘legal stuff’. Click the picture of the left […]

Click the picture to listen to this episode on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/sarah-mickens/episodes/Recovering-from-Burnout-e1m1icp Taking care of yourself is the hardest and most important part o being a business owner. This is my journey through burnout and what I learned about self care in the process. Click the picture of the left to listen to the podcast version, […]