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Welcome back, Aligned Entrepreneurs! Today I'm speaking with Miranda Grigor, graphic designer & owner of Moonstone Creative, a design studio for modern wellness brands and creative business owners. In this episode, Miranda shares her journey from freelance designer to founder of her own company. She speaks to the importance of getting clear on your business' messaging, how to improve your branding, and tips for scaling your business. She also shares how she shifts from a scarcity mindset to one of abundance, and why getting to know what makes you and your business unique can be your catalyst to success. Enjoy! Connect with Miranda: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonstonecreative.co/ Website: https://www.moonstonecreative.co/ Overview: 05:28 - Miranda's career journey and how she got into branding. 06:29 - Miranda's perspective on branding. 08:30 - Gaining clarity to create content. 11:00 - The importance of both energy and strategy in business. 12:56 - Miranda's transition from freelancing to owning a design studio. 16:20 - The misconceptions of scaling a business. 17:44 - Divine timing and alignment in business. 19:66 - Putting in the work behind your intention. 21:12 - Scarcity and hustle. 22:08 - Getting sucked into the ‘not good enough' narrative. 24:37 - How Miranda thought of the name for her studio. 25:26 - The power of letting the process of branding be intuitive. 34:00 - Tips for rebranding. 37:29 - The power of getting support and investing in yourself. 38:46 - The beauty of imperfection. 41:45 - Uncovering areas in your business that aren't serving you. 43:00 - Tips for entrepreneurs to improve their branding. 44:07 - How to work with Miranda.
Joining me today is systems expert Miranda Nahmias! She works with female service providers by helping them systematize their businesses. I am so excited she is here to talk to us about all things systematizing and organizing our businesses, starting with the all important onboarding of clients. I think so many of us start our businesses with a major lack of systems. Miranda explains to us how systems can make us more efficient and professional, and ultimately save us time and money. In this episode, you will hear: -How Miranda started her systematizing business -Why it is so important to systemize your onboarding and how to do it -What Miranda wishes she had known more about and her advice for entrepreneurs who are just getting started Thanks so much for listening! Other resources and links mentioned in this episode: https://www.mirandanahmias.com https://www.instagram.com/mirandanahmias https://www.facebook.com/mirandanahmias https://www.pinterest.com/mirandanahmiasco https://thesystemssociety.com/ May- Discovery Calls; June- Onboarding; July- Instagram https://zapier.com/ Find the How to Pitch a Podcast Cheat Sheet at https://www.pollinapr.com/diy/podcastpitch/ If you have any other tips or ideas, leave a comment under the post for this episode on our Instagram page @femalemillennialentrepreneurs. You can find and connect with me @pollinapr and https://www.pollinapr.com/. For any show ideas, to submit a guest to the podcast, or if you have any questions, please visit https://www.pollinapr.com/podcast/.
About this episode:· How Miranda’s studies in Biology and Anatomy have been affected by the transition to online learning [0:44]· What Miranda’s other classes have been like [3:04]· How Miranda has been staying motivated [4:22]· What Miranda misses most about JMU [5:53]· What Miranda has been working on remotely for JMU X-Labs [9:24]· Miranda’s advice for incoming JMU students because of the pandemic [10:37]· What Miranda is looking forward to the most when she comes back to campus [12:56]· Opportunities on campus that incoming students should take advantage of [14:49]· Miranda’s favorite experiences from 1787 August Orientation [16:28]· Miranda’s advice for incoming and returning students to make the most of their 4 years [21:17]
Welcome back to Climate Change Therapy, the podcast where we force ourselves to talk about climate change, if only to make sure we make time regularly to talk about the most important long-term threat we face as a species, despite how busy our lives seem in the short-term. On today’s (3/10/20) episode, host Hank Felsman sits down with the educator, artist, and anarchist Miranda de las Calles to discuss climate change, the coronavirus, and unrelated topics, including: 2:30 - The effects of the coronavirus on Miranda’s work in Philadelphia public schools, at the moment 7:40 - How Miranda came to be an anarchist 16:30 - The seminal anarchist climate change text: “Desert” by Anonymous 25:40 - Gold mining and authoritarianism in Nicaragua 31:50 - The key environmental philosophical question: Would you rather live in a high-tech highly-automated society, or as a member of a small band or tribe in the natural world? 36:00 - The compatibility (or lack thereof) of anarchy and capitalism, and of anarchy and money 48:15 - Population, poverty, and progress 51:00 - Climate change and the Global South 56:45 - The coronavirus, revisited 1:04:00 - The Green New Deal’s strategy to address climate change and unrelated topics all at once vs. a strategy that more directly mirrors the known climate change-specific solutions out there, such as the 100 climate change solutions laid out in Project Drawdown 1:15:30 - Segment: Counting down and reacting to the top 10 climate change solutions (according to Project Drawdown) 1:38:30 - Refrigerators and air conditioners 1:47:30 - Segment: Radical ideas! Do you support them? Feat. limiting the number of refrigerators to one per household, and much, much more 2:09:00 - Elon Musk
Miranda and Julian are approaching the end of the first trimester of her pregnancy. From Miranda’s new haircut, NIPTs, and responding on social media - tune in to get the highlights of the week! Topics: 00:40 - NIPT 2:15 - How Miranda has been feeling 4:18 - The Bangs 5:35 - Modifying movements in workouts 7:30 - Smiling in Pics 12:39 - Eating Links: Miranda’s Instagram Julian’s Instagram Street Parking Street Parking Instagram Reviews: If you enjoyed this podcast please share it with someone else that you think needs it! Thank you all for the support.
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We are continuing our conversation on PITCHING and this episode with Miranda Tamaska is jam packed with tangible tips to convert your pitches in to yeses! In This Episode You Will Learn About: Who Miranda is and how she started her Instagram with a goal of intentional growth (5:35) How Miranda got started with pitching brands (9:45) How she gained the confidence to pitch (14:00) If it is better to pitch via email or DM and how to find brand contacts (16:05) Miranda’s top secret tip to find brand contacts (18:30) What to include in a pitch email (19:40) Why Miranda doesn’t include a media kit or rate in a pitch email (22:56) How to continue the conversation regarding money after a brand responds (27:25) Miranda’s feelings on working for free (29:20) Miranda’s thoughts on Pitch Courses (36:15) If blog posts are still relevant for brand pitches (40:40) How to determine your rates for sponsored partnerships (42:45) Miranda’s rapid fire response questions (52:25) Resources: Follow Miranda on Instagram Miranda Southern Blog
Show highlights: 00:45 - Quick clip of Instagram influencer Miranda outlining advice for why 20,000 followers DOES mean sales 04:43 - How a hobby led to starting a business and helped Miranda gain expertise with Instagram 06:48 - Balancing sharing personal life with your business brand for building real relationships and trust with your community 09:35 - Instagram is working for small businesses, and why, especially for B2C (businesses selling to consumers, versus other businesses) 11:40 - Mobile-first marketing, including Instagram, leveraging direct messaging as a huge business builder IGTV (Instagram TV) versus YouTube from a product and interface standpoint 13:45 - Doing long form video and "showing behind the curtain" of your business. The trending guidance of "document versus creating" content and how a content plan helps the fear and quality of longer form video 20:20 - How Miranda built a community of 20k followers and challenged Aaron's mindset that "feel good" metrics do not necessarily lead to business outcomes 24:10 - Hashtag strategy and why it matters for organic growth, with common mistakes #hashtagcocktail 30:45 - Paid ads MUST leverage the same personalized, relationship building mindset that organic does 32:00 - Warming a targeted audience with ads spaced out, retargeted and timed along the buyer's journey 38:15 - Seth Godin's permission marketing and how the principles can be applied to digital ads, same as events/ tradeshows and email marketing 41:00 - Marketing Automation and still keeping empathy and being contextual with behavioral triggers for email sends, and email nurture philosophies 44:05 - Timing along the buyer's journey 45:50 - Stay patient, give the strategy time because it works
In this episode of Yoga | Birth | Babies, I speak with founder of the CrunchyRadish.com, registered dietitian, and natural foods chef Miranda Hammer. We discuss nutrition, food preferences and aversions during pregnancy, and how to get optimal nutrition for mom and baby. We also talk about the reality of finding a balanced and healthy diet during the exhausting “4th trimester.” Miranda shares some insightful tips that will be sure to help any tired and busy new or expectant parent. Enjoy and Bon appetite! In this episode: What brought Miranda to the study of nutrition. The start of CrunchyRadish.com How her approach to nutrition and food changed during pregnancy. How to maintain a balanced diet. How she creates her delicious recipes! How Miranda’s personal eating habits changed as a new mom. Dealing with the battle between knowing what is good for your body and baby and how to realistically eat that way. Quick and delicious “go to” snacks or meals for a busy, tired new mom. What Miranda refers to as “One Handed Eating.” How life has changed since baby came. The biggest changes both personally and professional as a new mom. The biggest surprise Miranda has experienced as a new mother. Take away tips for pregnant women and new moms to find ease and flavor in snacks and meals. About Miranda: Miranda Hammer, MS, RD, CDN is a registered dietitian, natural foods chef and founder of the website crunchyradish.com. Miranda primarily focuses on plant-based nutrition, as well as recipe and content development. She received her Master’s Degree from the Clinical Nutrition Program at New York University and completed her clinical rotations at New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. Additionally, Miranda attended the Chef’s Training Program at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts. Past work experience includes serving as a Clinical Dietitian at Montefiore Medical Center and running her own private practice in New York City. Her work has been featured in Vogue, mindbodygreen, Well + Good, and food52. She is currently the resident RD for superfood company Navitas Organics. Connect with Miranda on instagram @thecrunchyradish “Yoga | Birth | Babies” is sponsored by Health IQ, an insurance company that helps health conscious people like runners, cyclist, weightlifters and vegetarians get lower rates on their life insurance. Go to healthiq.com/YBB to support the show and see if you qualify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
I recently met Miranda Aisling Hynes at a event called Makers Monday at the Artist's Asylum in Somerville, MA. The event itself is sponsored by Miranda's Hearth, an Organization founded by Miranda with the mission of bringing people together around doing creative work and building relationships. Maker's Monday is one of a number of recurring, monthly event's run by Miranda's Hearth members (aka. Embers). Other monthly events include a potluck dinner, a waltz night (often with live music), book club gatherings, a creative writing night, and more.. Talking with Miranda that night I became intrigued by her philosophy on art and making, and sensed a potential connection with what she is doing and my own explorations around the concept of Poiesis. Miranda studied fine art painting during her undergrad years and went on to earn a masters in Community Art Education from Lesley University. In this episode Miranda shares many useful insights on a range of topics including: the creative process the notion of Art vs. making how to build relationships entrepreneurship for artists and makers and more... Links from the show: Miranda's Hearth Miranda's paintings Don't Make Art, Just Make Something Abstract Expressionism Stanley Lewis Ablerto Giacometti The Tempest Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Masters program at Lesley Community Art Hotel People mentioned: Jaclyn Wood Mathew Reese Kara Kulpa Show notes: Origins of the name Miranda’s Hearth. [4:09] A community based on creative exploration and authentic relationship. [6:42] One of the most common forms of creating common shared experiences is creativity. [8:06] Miranda talks about viewing Art as a vehicle for creating community. [8:35] Don’t Make Art, Just Make Something. [9:53] Because I couldn’t draw realistically with a Pencil, thought I couldn’t be an artist. [12:16] Abstract Expressionism and Miranda’s thought’s where her paintings might go. [16:34] How Miranda is able to be attentive to the many varied projects of the ‘Hearth’. [19:32] Why most entrepreneurial ventures fail. [20:54] An introverted extrovert. [24:12] Inviting to participate vs. asking people for help. [26:08] Making a business out of confronting your flaws and working your growth edge. [27:22] Miranda talks about finding a healthy relationship between business and Art. [30:43] ‘…just make something…’ [33:51]
In this episode of Drop and Give Me 20, Lindsey interviews the amazing ladies behind The Hive & Co, a company that offers online marketing services for small business owners. Meet Miranda Perales and Shiang-ling Bissonnette. They share how their partnership started and the challenges they face as they grow with their business. Miranda and Shiang-ling also talk about what it's like to be military spouse business owners and how their differences helped them in handling their business. Don’t miss this episode! Important topics they discuss: [01:10] What Miranda and Shang-Ling do [02:16] How Miranda and Shang-Ling started their business together [04:26] Challenges they experienced as partners [06:10] Tips for virtual business owners [08:05] Tips for military spouses on finding their people [11:17] Dealing with vulnerability and rejection Quote: "The partnership we have is a great thing because we have somebody to fall back on. But we also have to keep in mind that we are constantly balancing each other out and having to make sure that we are always in line because that’s something important for us to be successful." - Miranda Perales Social: The Hive & Co. The Hive & Co's Facebook Page The Hive & Co's Instagram The Hive & Co's Pinterest The Hive & Co's Twitter The Hive & Co's LinkedInThe Hive & Co's Email Address