Onward Creatives

The struggle is consistent and we all have the same issue....how do we sell?   If you look up selling you'll be overwhelmed with sales funnels, FB ads and sales funnels....enough of this!  These are tools you can use but not the substance of selling.  Let's cut through the junk and lay the foundation for sales. Zig Ziglar says "Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust." Here are the four steps you can take to establish the foundation for selling: 1. Develop a strong brand identity 2. Build a narrative 3. Engage the tribe 4. Deliver on what you promise   Join our Private Facebook Group! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. We're Valentina and Jack Fussell, creative entrepreneurs. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week we bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.  Join us on FB Live each Monday night, 7:30 pm EST. For more inspiration and resources for your life

How do we stay motivated when the results come in slow?  When nothing seems to be happening?  When it seems like we're alone on the journey? 1. Think about the end of the story 2.Live in Community.  Join the Creative Circus! 3.Celebrate Everything   Join our Private Facebook Group! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. We're Valentina and Jack Fussell, creative entrepreneurs. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week we bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.  Join us on FB Live each Monday night, 7:30 pm EST. For more inspiration and resources for your life visit us at: Onward Creatives Facebook You can Follow Jack at: InstagramTwitter Facebook  

Self awareness is key for both the individual and the company.  Being truly self aware is the difference between the shadow of success and true success.  There are costs and benefits to achieve self awareness. It requires: 1. Time/energy 2. Courage 3. Action It provides you with: 1. Confidence 2. Courage 3. Framework   Join our Private Facebook Group! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. We're Valentina and Jack Fussell, creative entrepreneurs. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week we bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.   For more inspiration and resources for your life visit us at: Onward Creatives Facebook You can Follow Jack at: InstagramTwitter Facebook

If success is Identity + Alignment = Success then we have to ask.... What is identity? How does it differ from what we do?  What is true identity and what does it bring us?   Join our Private Facebook Group! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. We're Valentina and Jack Fussell, creative entrepreneurs. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week we bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.   For more inspiration and resources for your life visit us at: Onward Creatives Facebook You can Follow Jack at: InstagramTwitter Facebook

What is success? Everyone has an answer and most of them are in conflict with each other.  So out of all the answers out there....which one is the true answer.  I think I know.... Success is to know who you are and to live in alignment with that identity.  In math terms.... identity+alignment=success It's true not only in our personal lives but also in business.  This podcast will change the conversation.  Are you ready to truly be successful?   Join our Private Facebook Group! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. We're Valentina and Jack Fussell, creative entrepreneurs. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week we bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.   For more inspiration and resources for your life visit us at: Onward Creatives Facebook You can Follow Jack at: InstagramTwitter Facebook

  Setbacks, roadblocks and defeats....we all face them.  The difference between long term success and failure is how we respond/deal with them.  Here are the four ways: 1. Know that it happens to everyone 2. Reflect and learn from them 3. Take back control 4. Pivot and keep going   Join our Private Facebook Group! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. We're Valentina and Jack Fussell, creative entrepreneurs. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week we bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.   For more inspiration and resources for your life visit us at: Onward Creatives Facebook You can Follow Jack at: InstagramTwitter Facebook

Let's be practical!  This episode is for anyone who is... 1. Looking for a job 2. Transitioning to a new career OR 3. Trying to get people to hire your company   These are Four Ways that you can stand out and get the job. 1. Be on Social Media 2. Establish yourself as a thought leader 3. Buy your own domain and have a landing page 4. Get creative and stand out     Join our Private Facebook Group! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. We're Valentina and Jack Fussell, creative entrepreneurs. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week we bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.   For more inspiration and resources for your life visit us at: Onward Creatives Facebook You can Follow Jack at: InstagramTwitter Facebook Building a brand? If so, listen to our other podcast Human Centric is the New Black

Selling....it's the thing we all struggle with....and the thing we need the most.  We usually approach selling with this attitude...."tell them why I'm so great....why my product is better."  This approach used to work....but now the competition is stiff and global and proving "better-then" is more difficult than ever.  So how do we sell? We sell the narrative over the product.  We sell the solution not the details.  Here are three ways to discover and sell your narrative: 1.Know your audience and the problem they need solving 2. Position your brand as the solution 3. Communicate this consistently   For inspiration visit: Patagonia Grove Collaborative   Join our Private Facebook Group! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. We're Valentina and Jack Fussell, creative entrepreneurs. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week we bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.   For more inspiration and resources for yo

How do you get the word out?  How do you use messaging and communications to stand out from the others? Here's the messaging framework: 1. What makes you distinct?  How are you unique? 2. Who is your customer? 3. Good communications is about them, not you   Listen to The Chobani Way: Focused on the How and Why     Join our Private Facebook Group! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. We're Valentina and Jack Fussell, creative entrepreneurs. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week we bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.   For more inspiration and resources for your life visit us at: Onward Creatives Facebook You can Follow Jack at: InstagramTwitter Facebook Building a brand? If so, listen to our other podcast Human Centric is the New Black

What we want is what we already had.....human experience....human interactions.  Business is the same as it always has been....human in it's very nature.  Networking can be difficult to navigate and usually brings to mind cheap ballrooms and stacks of business cards, I say we can do it better. You can build a better network....here's how! 1. Know who you want to connect with.  Go beyond the broad label and know who they are, what they want, what they value and where they gather. 2. Network around something other than your job.  If you're a wedding photographer don't network with other photographers.  If you know who you want to connect with....then look at the other angles of who you are and connect with people there.  Be creative and add value! 3. Network around a message.  Nike did it in their "Find Your Greatness" ad series.  Apple did it in their "Think Different" campaign. Neither mentioned their product or their details....they connected with an audience around a worldview, a philosophy.  What is your m

So often when we're ready to launch or grow our business we think....website.  Sales is all about awareness and reputation.  No matter how amazing our product is, if they don't know that we exist they will never buy from us. Networking is a word that terrifies most of us because we think of cheesy Chamber of Commerce meetings in hotel ballrooms....where cheap beer and business cards flow like honey.  There's a better way. To develop a true network you need to: 1. Know your target audience 2. Make a plan to meet them 3. Go to them....be willing to be uncomfortable 4. Make it about them (add before you ask) 5. Look and ask for connections 6. Stay in touch       Join our Private Facebook Group! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. We're Valentina and Jack Fussell, creative entrepreneurs. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week I bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.   For more inspiration and resources f

Whether your business is well on it's the journey or this is the year to start something new.....the big question is...."Where do I start?" I say to start with clarifying the destination (listen to episode 85 and 86).  Once you know the destination, then it's imperative that we take a little time to make sure that the movement we take in 2018 will move us closer.  Here are a few tips to grow your business in 2018: 1. Get a bird's eye view 2. Whiteboard everything 3. Stop what doesn't work 4. Get rid of the things that hold you back 5.Work the plan     Join our Private Facebook Group! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. We're Valentina and Jack Fussell, creative entrepreneurs. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week I bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.   For more inspiration and resources for your life visit us at: Onward Creatives Facebook You can Follow Jack at: InstagramTwitter Facebook Buildin

It's a new year with new opportunities!  Clarity is one of the key factors in both personal and business success. The more clarity of your purpose, what makes you unique and what success looks like the more probable you are to see success realized.  Here are three super-practical ways to start the year with clarity. 1. Write out your "70 year old" story. 2. Develop a life plan 3. Discover your why "Find your why"     Join our Private Facebook Group! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, business consultant, and brand strategist. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week I bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.   For more inspiration and resources for your life visit us at: Onward Creatives Facebook You can Follow Jack at: InstagramTwitter Facebook Building a brand? If so, listen to our other podcast Human Centric is the New Black

It's a New Year!  There are so many opportunities ahead of us this year. So many of our ideas fail for the same reasons....lack of execution....lack of patience.  But before we can execute and wait it out we need clarity!   So as we start the year I want you to ask this question.... What would I do in 2018 if this was my last year?     Join our Private Facebook Group! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, business consultant, and brand strategist. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week I bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.   For more inspiration and resources for your life visit us at: Onward Creatives Facebook You can Follow Jack at: InstagramTwitter Facebook Building a brand? If so, listen to our other podcast Human Centric is the New Black

Although business may slow down as we celebrate the holidays, we can stay productive and keep the momentum going.    Here are four things that I do to keep moving through the holidays while getting ready for the New Year: 1. Celebrate the growth 2. Evaluate 2017: work through Stop, Start, Continue 3. Begin to build a plan of action 4. Rest and resource (here's the list of my top 10 books)     Join our Private Facebook Group! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, business consultant, and brand strategist. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week I bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.   For more inspiration and resources for your life visit us at: Onward Creatives Facebook You can Follow Jack at: InstagramTwitter Facebook Building a brand? If so, listen to our other podcast Human Centric is the New Black

Does it wake you up?  Is everything fine and then suddenly....it's not? Do you find your mind racing ahead through possible scenarios most of which end with you crashing and burning into utter destruction? Maybe I'm the only one....but I doubt that I am.  Anxiety sucks and we as creatives are especially vulnerable to this "companion" who over stays his welcome. To be honest, I'm done with it....so here are the three things that I'm doing to kill it so I can go onward. 1. Starve it----remove the things that feed it 2. Replace it ---- find other "wolves" to run with 3. Kill it-----rewire the mind and the way you face difficulties.   Join our Private Facebook Group! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, business consultant, and brand strategist. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week I bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.   For more inspiration and resources for your life visit us at:

There are no shortcuts to success.  The journey is long but the journey is where YOU ARE MADE!  The promises of instant and overnight are not the way forward.  In order to create we have to sit down and create.  Get the hands dirty, let the paint fly, and create.  We have to hustle! The second thing we need is patience, cheap wine comes instantly...the good stuff takes a while.  You deserve more than boxed wine, you deserve the good stuff.  So stay at it....work hard and be patient.     Join our Private Facebook Group! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, business consultant, and brand strategist. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week I bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.   For more inspiration and resources for your life visit us at: Onward Creatives Facebook You can Follow Jack at: InstagramTwitter Facebook  

Walt Disney is a true American icon and he's an amazing example to those of who merge business and creativity. This week I'm joined by Lou Mongello as we talk through the top 10 things that entrepreneurs can learn from the amazing life of Walt Disney   Join our Private Facebook Group! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, business consultant, and brand strategist. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week I bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.   For more inspiration and resources for your life visit us at: Onward Creatives Facebook You can Follow Jack at: InstagramTwitter Facebook  

Guess what....this journey is difficult!  The webinars, keynotes, online courses and Instagram posts sell us on an easy journey.  The messages tell us that we can short cut the process and skip our way to  success but none of it is true.  Entrepreneurship is hard, as long as we expect it we won't be sideswiped.   The other reality is "If others have done it, you can do it also!"  So as hard as it looks take heart and learn from those who have gone before you.   Join our Private Facebook Group!   Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, business consultant, and brand strategist. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week I bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.   For more inspiration and resources for your life visit us at: Onward Creatives Facebook You can Follow Jack at: InstagramTwitter Facebook  

Please check out my new podcast Human Centric is the New Black   Where are you at in the hero's journey?  I want to hear from you on the Facebook Group. Join our Private Facebook Group!   Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, business consultant, and brand strategist. This podcast is for the creative dreamers and doers. Each week I bring insights, resources, and support to help you take your business to the next level. The journey onward starts here.   For more inspiration and resources for your life visit us at: Onward Creatives Facebook You can Follow Jack at: InstagramTwitter Facebook