BE the Sought-After Entrepreneur Podcast
Did you know that 93% of communication is non-verbal? Yet, the marketing industry is saturated with teaching entrepreneurs brain-based content marketing strategies–logical, psychological, and analytical. However, when your energy is magnetic, it’s the most irresistible force in any crowd without you saying a word.Listen in as Kathryn Thompson, a creative rulebreaker, award-winning marketing and communications expert, and the Founder of Creatively Owned, goes against the grain and shows you how to finally BE seen, heard, and a sought-after entrepreneur without having to spend endless hours marketing your business and chasing clients.BE the Sought-After Entrepreneur podcast is here to help you ditch the cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all approach to marketing and use your unique energy to effortlessly attract the most aligned clients. When you do this, you can spend less time marketing your business and more time doing your soul work and enjoying the richness of your life.If you’re ready to tap into a more powerful way of BEing to attract more clients and create instant appeal for what you’re selling, tune in weekly to BE the Sought-After Entrepreneur podcast. Like what you hear? Subscribe to the show!
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The Reality Gap That's Shaping Your Business (And How to Recognize When Who You Are and How You Show Up Don’t Match)
Have you ever noticed that when you"re feeling scattered internally, your business seems to attract the most chaotic clients? I used to think this was just bad luck until I started paying attention to the pattern. Every time I was overwhelmed, saying yes when I meant no, or neglecting my own basic needs, I"d somehow ma
I caught myself doing it again. Scrolling through Instagram, seeing a post from someone I usually love, and thinking "I can"t believe they just said that. That goes completely against everything I thought they stood for." Then it hit me—the massive hypocrisy I was living. Here I am, constantly talking about authenticit
Why I Spent 8 Months Building a Business That Made Zero Dollars (And How to Avoid My Expensive Mistake)
I spent eight months building the "perfect" business. Perfect logo, perfect colors, perfect fonts, perfect website, perfect brand. I had 50+ logo variations saved in Photoshop and spent hours on Pinterest creating mood boards for my brand aesthetic. Meanwhile, my mentor kept saying "Fail fast and fail forward, Kathryn.
Everyone told me my quiz was too much. After creating what I called "one of the most epic quizzes the interwebs have ever seen" with detailed results pages that took months to develop, one person said it was "overwhelming, there was too much content there." My inner child started screaming. "Maybe I should take some co
Everyone told me I was crazy. I had a funnel that performed exceptionally for 2.5 years, 80% show-up rates on sales calls, 6-8x return on ad spend, metrics people would die for. But I felt like I always had my foot on the gas, never able to truly step away. My mentor kept showing me the data… "Kathryn, these numbers ar
When you"re naturally a people-pleaser or perfectionist, it"s so easy to flinch the moment someone gives you critical feedback. One complaint and suddenly you"re questioning everything, ready to completely revamp your business to avoid future criticism. I spent years turning myself inside out every time someone wasn"t