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Getting stuck happens. Staying stuck doesn’t have to. The gap between where you are and where you want to be is not nearly as wide as you think it is. Often we get cemented into ways of operating and patterns of thinking that when disrupted through radical curiosity and thoughtful courage lead us towards our greatest potential. This talk will walk you through the core tenets of breakthrough thinking that will fundamentally change how you approach your creative business.

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Natalie Franke is an author, community builder, neuroscience nerd and mama bear for small business. As one of the founders of the Rising Tide, the Head of Community at HoneyBook, and author of Built to Belong, she leads tens of thousands of independent business owners while fostering a spirit of community over competition around the world.

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Back in high school, you were probably taught some basic things about Public Speaking. Look around the room. Make sure you gesture. And so on.

Those things aren’t wrong or inaccurate. But they’re not the battle most speakers are facing.

In this keynote, Mike Pacchione – who has coached speakers like James Clear, Donald Miller and Amy Porterfield – will walk you through how to become someone who owns the room. We’ll discuss both the mental and physical elements of being on stage. Fans of Ted Lasso will be happy to know Roy Kent is involved in this explanation.

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Mike Pacchione has trained over 10,000 presenters in his day, 9999 of whom are the better for it. Trusted by some of the world’s top companies like Nike, Slack, Microsoft, Convertkit and top industry leaders like James Clear, Donald Miller and Pat Flynn, Mike shares his secrets to prepare creatives like you to give presentations that leave your audience wanting more.

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Join creative writer and co-owner of Showit, Elisa Watson for a breakout session entitled Words as Tools.  Words are tools and, like any tool, there are better and worse ways to use them!  When used effectively, words can educate us, entertain us, make us think deeply, inspire us, and bring us to tears.  Some people have a natural way with words and others have to work a little harder at it but luckily. – as with physical tools – we all get better the more we practice.  In this workshop we won’t be looking at nitty gritty grammar rules but rather at strategies for being more creative with the linguistic tools we already have at our disposal.

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Elisa loves words the way toddlers love toys – she admires them, wants to accumulate them, enjoys playing with them, shows them off to other people (who may or may not think they’re nearly as interesting as she does), and gets irrationally upset when someone misuses them.  She likes to read words as well as write them, and is always delighted to find other people who feel the same. She and her husband Todd live in Gilbert, AZ, where they are raising four articulate and semi-well-read sons.

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Whether you see a need in your industry to offer an educational resource, or you feel drawn to helping others succeed within your community through sharing your skill set and knowledge; industries thrive off of experts passing down what they know. While creating educational experiences and offerings (from mentoring to course creation) can be heavy work, the reward of helping your peers, your community, and your industry grow and thrive is incredible! The goal of this workshop is to share a few steps to get you started on the path of transitioning into the role of industry educator, share tips on deciding is becoming an educator is right for you, and to start to equip those who have the heart to share their gifts and knowledge well.

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Laylee is an educator with a heart for serving clients and fellow creatives, through her coaching work, as the host of the So, Here’s the Thing Podcast, and as founder of The Creative Educator Academy. She believes in serving the creative industry with heartfelt encouragement, honest advice, and a shared pursuit of the ever-elusive “balance.” Laylee is passionate about her goal to help you feel confident in your ability to make a difference, create impact, and to build a life doing what you love.

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Join Showit Design Partner Ariel Garcia in this classroom style Premium Lab as she walks through How To Create A Custom Blog Design.

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Ariel Garcia is a self-taught graphic & web designer from Portland, Oregon. Through her Showit template shop (shopduchess.co) & her creative agency (byariel.co) she works with inspiring bloggers & business owners, elevating their branded online presence. She also expresses her love for design, fashion, travel & art through the posts found on her own personal blog. Ariel’s typical day consists of several cups of coffee, logo designing, collaborating with clients, styling products & planning her next adventure.

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It’s a huge undertaking to launch a new website for your creative business, and one that deserves to be celebrated! But once the confetti has fallen, how do you know if your website is actually working? Come learn about analytics and helpful post-launch tools that will help you track what’s working, and learn how to adjust what might not be.

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Sarah founded Digital Grace Design in 2017 to help creatives (like you!) escape website shame and find confidence in a beautiful and strategic website that helps them book more clients and grow their business. She is honored to have been named Showit’s 2019 Designer of the Year. Sarah is based in New York City, serving creatives worldwide.

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Designing your sales page doesn’t have to be overwhelming. I’ll address the most common sales page mistakes and show you how to strategically design your sales page to turn those clickers into customers.

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Octavia Elease is a brand + Showit website designer based in Atlanta, Georgia. She fuses brand storytelling with a modern aesthetic to create conversion-focused brand visuals for creative entrepreneurs. As the Rising Tide Leader in Atlanta, Octavia is on a mission to educate and inspire the creative community to chase their dreams. She’s a boy mom and charcuterie board enthusiast who loves to FaceTime with a cup of coffee!

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An overview of how Youtube can be a great launching site for your business leading more potential clients to your products as well as helping you create multiple lanes of passive income.

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John Branch IV is a wedding photographer and Youtube content creator who in is first 2-3 years on Youtube has grown to 135k subscribers. This has helped him not only grow his business but create lanes of passive income allowing him to focus on other areas of his business as well as spend more time with his family. Slowly transitioning out of wedding photography John devotes his time now to teaching other photographers and create entrepenures how to leverage Youtube to grow their businesses.

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Learn from two creative couples who have each built multi-6 figure businesses while also investing in their marriages and thriving in both! We’ll take a deep dive into how successful entrepreneurial couples build their marriage before business in order to find success with both!

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The Haven Collective Co. is the passion project of two creative entrepreneurial couples, Erica + Jon and Anna + Ryan, who have both built successful, multi-six figure businesses while also investing in their marriages and thriving in both! The Haven Collective Co. exists to mentor, motivate, and inspire entrepreneurial couples to excel in both marriage and business through education and intentional connection retreat events.

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Masterclasses are an awesome way to share your expertise, get your audience interested in a bigger offer, and test new passive income ideas for your online business. By the end of this session, you will have an actual outline and the plan for a Masterclass that Sells!

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XayLi Barclay is a Visual Content Creation Coach & Thinkific Expert for Online Course Creators. She specializes in helping companies and entrepreneurs effectively stand out and make a genuine impact in the digital space. Through knowledge-based content and online courses, she teaches others how to effortlessly create the visual learning experiences they’ve always dreamed of in order to unlock multiple revenue streams, attract paid opportunities and connect on a deeper level with their audience.

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We will focus on 5 areas in our businesses to enhance our client experience so we can continue to receive new leads, retain clients and get better or 5 STAR reviews.

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LaJune King is the owner of Photos by LJK + BLK STRY Studio, located in Frisco, TX. She specializes in the client experience, personal branding, + changing the narrative for Black men, women and people of Color through client experience. LaJune is also a mentor to other creatives in photography. If you’ve never experienced a Pink Starburst moment of your own, LaJune definitely exudes that great energy.

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In this 60 minute lab, Davey, Krista (and the Till Agency / Davey & Krista teams) will walk you through optimizing a page on your website so that it has the best possible chance of ranking on Google.

Davey + Krista will also be leading a Showit Lab on How to Build a High Performing Ad (on any social platform!) 

In this 90 minute lab, Davey and the Till Agency / Davey & Krista teams will walk you through creating a high converting ad for any digital platform including Facebook, Instagram, Google, TikTok, and others!

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Davey and Krista are brand strategists and designers who specialize in helping businesses create brands and websites that are beautiful, compelling, and encourage action. Davey and Krista decided to make helping creatives run better businesses their full time gig. They believe in chasing hard after an intentional life—one that includes fulfilling work, palm trees and blue skies, time with their son Jack, and—of course—wine and pizza.

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Feel like your website is missing something that’s holding you back? Grab your computer and we’ll find the missing piece of your website puzzle.

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Abigail is a brand designer, Showit Design Partner, and SEO expert that’s been trusted by hundreds of business owners. She’s a Southern gal with a Tennessee accent and known for bringing her Southern hospitality into each and every design experience. You can call her what you’d like, but her priority remains the same – making sure her clients stand out online so their business brings them more life.

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Are you an established business, staring at your website feeling like something is off but you just can’t put your finger on it? Are you noticing a plateau in your sales, or even worse a decrease? In this session we will explore the signs it is time to rebrand and the roadmap to rebranding with no stress and no tears.

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Bernel is a brand and web designer, podcast host, and the founder of Branded by Bernel, a full-service design studio for creatives. With a background deeply rooted in fine art and a degree in web development, she lives by her motto “to obsess over the details so you don’t have to.” She has worked with hundreds of creative entrepreneurs to build brands and websites that establish a foundation of trust. Since 2016, Bernel has served the creative industry with high energy, tell-it-like-it-is honesty, and a passion for inspiring others.

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In this entertaining session, Melissa will show you how to build a sales funnel that *whispers* real humans can actually enjoy. Even the words ‘sales funnel’ sound like they were invented by an evil robot. (No one minds an evil robot in a disaster movie, but you don’t want one in your inbox). She’ll show you her funnel building strategy, explore the moving parts and tell you the story of how she lost £30k in her first business venture (yes, she should have built a funnel!)

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She is the founder of WordPress theme company, The Design Space, which makes excellent design affordable, and she’s a WordPress nerd who has taught thousands of business owners how to build their own beautiful websites. Through her online membership, The Marketing Fix, she and her team coach members through building ethical sales funnels.

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Business owners tend to run on empty and must find a neverending well of content creation ideas to attract customers on social media platforms. Participants will learn how to loop a content plan to not only repurpose past content, but also reimagine content for future platforms to incorporate NFTs, digital art installations, and contests that engage customers in a new realm of what is possible.

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Dr. Sandra Colton-Medici is a digital strategist and a business coach in Los Angeles. Sandra assists business owners in building their brands and is the founder of CollegeOfStyle.com. She’s a former pro dancer who has been seen on FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance, as a backup dancer for Rihanna, backup singer for Paulina Rubio, and has appeared in films, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Bring It On: All or Nothing, and in music videos for Justin Timberlake, Snoop Dogg, Raphael Saadiq, Cascada, and more.

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In this lab, Commercial Brand Photographers Erica and Jon will walk you through practical ways you can work with a photographer to make sure your brand is well represented through imagery! Great brand photos can increase brand awareness, build trust with potential clients, and even correct misconceptions before clients read a word of copy – in short, brand photos do the selling for you! Walk away with actionable steps to make your next brand photoshoot a success and leave with not only beautiful, but functional images to represent your brand!

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Erica + Jon are a husband and wife brand photography team that partner with commercial and personal brands to plan, style and intentionally create compelling imagery for marketing. Their work has been featured on billboards, utilized on storefront signs and published in magazine spreads across the country. Their transition from lifestyle and wedding photography to commercial brand photography has inspired them towards helping educate others to achieve similar success in the brand photography space.

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Your business should give you freedom—not leave you feeling overwhelmed. Creating a cohesive clientflow means getting paid while you sleep, working from anywhere, and never dropping the ball on a client again. In this presentation, we will cover the best strategies and tactical insights for creating systems that scale your creative business.

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Join Honeybook’s own Mac Hughes for this Vendor Sponsored breakout

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Join Flodesk to learn how to start building your email list in just one hour!  This one hour session will be led through our Flodesk software, but the concepts can be applied to any email marketing software so everyone will benefit from it.  You’ll even be walked through how to embed a flodesk form onto your Showit website.  Ahead of the event we just ask that attendees have an active Flodesk account, a free trial is perfectly fine and it’s highly recommended you bring your laptop to this session!

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Join Flodesk’s own Megan Seeley and the Flodesk team for this vendor breakout.

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In this classroom type setting, we’ll walk through the ins and outs of building a shop page that converts. At the end you’ll have an actual shop page that you can start using to sell products, education, and more!

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Chris is multitalented, able to play several instruments, and inclined toward creative design AND technical know-how. Two out of the three skills are why he is the perfect Ux/Web designer. He used to design websites as a hobby, but now he can do it full-time.

Chris is not only Showit’s web designer but he also owns a web design agency that he and his wife run together. They’ve helped clients set up their own shops AND have used time-tested conversion tactics that have helped clients TRIPLE their sales.