No longer a Blogging Virgin

Blog Post #3.

Thank God I got that out of the way. What once I was so resistant about, may now be growing on me. Wanna know why???? (Can you see me doing a little dance….)

I finally have something to blog about!!

So, I had this little idea for a business, enter Amy Swift Crosby and the super badass babes of SMARTY a networking group of female entrepreneurs. To be fair it is SO much more than a networking group—community, education, resources, accountability. Without Amy and this group, I certainly would not be writing this bog. I would still be talking about this idea at parties with responses like “cool idea, you should do that!” My super fly reply would be: “Yeah, well what do I know about starting a business?”

Now, I’m getting my street MBA from the ladies at SMARTY. Nine months ago, I didn’t know what the word monetize meant (make money), what a VA did (virtual assistant) and I am still wrapping my brain around how I provide ROI (return on investment). And I am from a family of business owners!! I’m the one at the dinner table asking my uber successful self-made brother to stop talking about marketing because he is making my brain hurt. Really.

Fast forward to last week when I get a call from Deluxe, you know the people who make your checks, apparently, my little yet to be launched company, MyStory, Inc, was selected to participate in this marketing collaborative called Project Rev. I applied months ago when I heard about it through my business coach Whitney Roberts. The application was so cake, I completely forgot I applied (which tends to happen as an independent filmmaker, self induced amnesia to ward off disappointment). No long essay to convince them why I’m a rock star or why MyStory deserves thousands of dollars in free marketing for a year.

Just simply tell us what you do and tell us your website so we can see for ourselves.

Now, they are flying me out to their headquarters in Minneapolis to get started and they want to know what my preferred beverage of choice is in the morning AND in the afternoon.

Who’s the rock star now? It’s the little things.

Stay tuned… Christmas dinner this year is going to be very interesting.