Spark - A Roadmap For The Vegan Professional

I’m truly motivated to find actual solutions for business problems, and to encourage others to do the same. There’s a zen moment when you realize that the work you completed in a given week or month has created a breakthrough solution for your business. On the other hand, when you feel overwhelmed, it’s hard to truly fix problems, so instead you might look for bandaids. While I love using quick fixes to stop a project from becoming derailed, it’s important to put a process in place to make sure the action doesn’t end there. For example, I keep a log of issues in my business so I can track them and eventually develop plans to solve them. It’s how I move from temporary fix to permanent solution. In this live session today, I will invite you to think about a fix that is needed in your business, and how finally solving it can help your business. Plus, I’ll show you how I do it. 

Join me to learn:

- How to identify problems effectively

- The benefits of an “issues” log

- How to implement a process that creates long-term solutions

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When you come up with a good idea or new project, do you find it hard to give it the time it needs to marinate? In this episode of Spark! join Stephanie as she talks about the very real struggles -- and the very real advantages -- of having the patience to allow a good idea to percolate. You’ll hear about a recent real-life example involving one of Vegan Mainstream’s marketings campaigns, and the lessons that Stephanie learned and hopes to pass on so others don’t make the same mistakes. 

Find out:

• What happens when you give new ideas the space they need to flourish
• Some of the pitfalls of taking a great idea too big too fast
• How to build something scalable, rather than pushing through for quick sales

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As a small business owner many pitfalls await you. There are countless ruts along the road to success that can threaten to drag you down and impede your progress. 

But if you’re aware and have some strategies in place to deal with them BEFORE they happen, it’s more likely that you will stumble, rather than do a complete wipe out that takes weeks to recover from. 

In today’s live Spark! session, join Stephanie as she talks about some common pitfalls she has seen her clients getting into. She’ll provide suggestions for recognizing them, and tips for getting out of them quickly when they happen (because they will!) 

In this session you’ll learn:

- How to assess WHY you’re getting stuck in a rut

- Ideas for combating some common pitfall scenarios 

- How to create the awareness you will need to protect yourself from business pitfalls over time

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Have you ever felt the pressure that success can bring? I’ve been extremely fortunate in experiencing a significant growth-spurt in my business over the past month. But it’s funny how a little bit (or a lot!) of pressure can encourage the reappearance of bad habits and decisions. I’ve been noticing with interest lately how good things can cause bad things to happen. But only if you let them, right? Well, I confess, I let them. In today’s live session of Spark! come hear about this journey, and the “a-ha” moments it has led to.

I’ll discuss:

- When working in your pajamas goes from being a luxurious novelty to a warning sign

- How my spiral started and evolved -- and things I’ve learned that will help me avoid that pattern in the future

- Where I started to slip, and safeguards I am putting in place to stop that from happening again

- Key things I have learned -- some are reminders, others are new takeaways

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For any business leader, the team should be the wind that buoys you up. Your team can help you soar, inspire and challenge you to dream bigger dreams, or they can provide the space and time for you to rest when you need to. A great team can help fill the gaps, bringing expertise and accelerating growth. However, as a small business it can be hard to know when to invest in a team. In this live session of Spark! Stephanie will talk about how to know when you’re ready, and all the ins and outs, like:

• How to avoid expanding too fast? 
• How to find great talent, and use it to your full advantage
• How to understand your new role as a manager once you start to outsource
• The importance of the simple concept of allowing your team to grow as you grow

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More people than ever are working from home offices these days, but those of us who run our own businesses are accustomed to managing things from a home office. Still, that doesn’t necessarily mean that your space is serving you. If you find yourself struggling to get things done join Stephanie for this live session of Spark! and learn:

• How to evaluate whether your office space is really serving you
• The reasons why having a workspace with a productive atmosphere is so important
• How to get started making some easy, inexpensive changes that will increase your productivity
• Specific examples from Stephanie’s own experience that can get you excited about sitting down to work each day! 

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We live in a noisy world. Being distracted seems to be a way of life these days -- there are so many things that want our attention! It’s easy to place blame for this constant state of distraction on the mini-computers that live in our pockets, the addictive nature of social media, or even coworkers. And it’s true that there are plenty of forces trying to sway us every moment of the day. But it’s important to remember that YOU have the power to choose how you spend your time. If you feel like distractions are taking over your life join Stephanie in today’s live Spark! session. 

We’ll discuss:

• How to lean into your own power to gain control of your time again
• Strategies for cutting through the noise
• Tips for staying focused

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In our content-hungry world it is imperative for small business owners and managers to have a content marketing strategy that takes full advantage of leverage. Too often small businesses struggle to keep up with marketing demands because they aren’t in a position to develop new content from scratch weekly. In this live Spark! session, join Stephanie as she dives into the benefits of leverage, and shares tips about how to make leverage a strategy that truly helps your marketing efforts. 

This session will cover:

• Ideas for reusing your best marketing campaigns and content, and why this is something all smart business owners (of any size) should be doing
• The benefits of setting out your own standards for marketing efforts like social media posting, blogging, live sessions and more (and how to go about doing it)
• How taking these steps can help lead you to your next exceptional marketing campaign

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Are you using your website dynamically to engage with your customers and clients in a targeted way? Have you set up triggers and touch points based on your customers’/clients’ interactions with your site, helping them to get the answers and information they need -- aka more business for you? When was the last time you took a good look at how your website functions for your business? If these questions seem way past where you’re at with your site, or your website has been stagnant - or worse, a thorn in your side - for longer than you care to remember, be SURE to join this live Spark! session with Stephanie. You will: 

• Learn how you can use visits to your website to personalize your marketing efforts so that you can serve your customers/clients better - and get more of them
• Get inspired to make some changes so your website can help, not hinder, your business
• Understand how to develop a purpose for various components of your site so it becomes a dynamic marketing tool, rather than a stagnant one
• Hear about real-life examples of how this works and can be implemented from Vegan Mainstream’s own website

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When you think about networking, what comes to mind? Perhaps, “Who do I need to meet?” and “How can this person benefit me?” are questions that arise, and of course those are important questions. But in this episode of Spark! Stephanie talks about a different approach -- one that involves taking time to lay the groundwork for something bigger, a scenario of mutual benefit that also has the potential to help grow the vegan business community. 

Listen up to learn:

- Why you should consider a shift in your networking approach if it is currently very one-sided

- Ideas for overcoming the challenge of finding and connecting with other vegan leaders who share your professional passion

- Stephanie’s 5-step process for networking you can use to inspire a successful networking strategy of your own

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