Are you a service-based business owner trying to figure out how to get your first client online? 

You are in luck because today, I have a special guest for you - Sophie from Simply Sophie Designs - a small business mentor and businesswoman behind a marketing and design agency that helps brands tell their unique story through eye-catching designs and powerful messaging. 

Today, Sophie will be sharing with us her secrets to getting clients online, as well as her inspiring story of how she turned her passion for design into her dream business!

In this episode, we'll cover the following:

• How pitching yourself and building relationships can help you book your first (or next) client online
• The power of not letting fear prevent you from showing up for your business
• Sophies, the vulnerable story behind what it REALLY is like growing an online business and walking forward even if you don't have all the answers

More about Sophie:

Sophie is the designer behind Simply Sophie Designs, a marketing + design agency that help brands tell their unique story through eye-catching designs and powerful messaging. Simply Sophie Designs started with Sophie selling custom portraits from her college dorm room to classmates in 2019. Her business has since grown and evolved into a service-based business, which allowed her to quit corporate and pursue her own dreams full time in 2022. When she’s not creating one of a kind pattern designs, beautiful illustrations, social media posts, or writing and designing marketing emails for her clients, she can also be found teaching a module in her signature course, the Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program a live, cohort-style class for business owners.

Sophie is also the co-host of creative entrepreneurship podcast, The Art of Small, and has had her illustration work published in magazine spreads and books alike. She currently lives in Indianapolis with her husband and their bernedoodle, Dolly (affectionately named after Dolly Parton).

How to connect with Sophie:

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Tools mentioned in this episode:

• Try my email marketing platform (affiliate link): Flodesk 30 days free trial + 50% off your first year
• Get Sophie’s freebie: The Client Magnet Blueprint: 5 Power Moves to Score Your Next (or First) Client
• Want more help growing your business on Instagram? Join Instagram for Small Business Academy HERE
• Join the waitlist for Social Media Planning Masterclass - JOIN HERE

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• Instagram: @‌smallbizbabescommunity
• Join our private Facebook group here
• Website: https://michaelafong.com/smallbizbabescommunitylinks

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