From the mind of Michelle Markwart Deveaux…
Do you own a business that helps people use their voice? I do too. Here on the FcK blog, I do my best to provide actionable tips, words of wisdom, and high fives of encouragement so that running your voice related business will be easy and feed your soul.
Running My Business When the World Feels Like It’s Falling Apart
Your business matters, even in a crisis. Get tips on staying informed, reframing your role, and thriving with resilience. Click to read helpful insights!
From Artist to Entrepreneur: Leveraging Creative Skills in Business
Artists bring unique skills to business. Explore how creativity, resilience, and adaptability can drive entrepreneurial success. Click to learn more!
Intersectionality in Entrepreneurship: How Identity Impacts You and Your Clients
Factors like inaccessibility to wealth and/or resources, education status, race, gender, body type, neurodivergence, and sexuality impact business ownership and opportunities.
Should You Raise Your Rates? A Data-Driven Guide to Making a Strategic Decision
Should You Raise Your Rates? A Data-Driven Guide to Making a Strategic Decision. Raising your rates has never been so tempting – read on to find out how to use data to make it happen! Most likely yes, you “should” raise your rates. Sometimes, no. Use data to drive the decision. Read on!
How to Answer “But What Exactly do you DO?”
As small business owners, we're often asked to explain what we do in...
Five Reasons I Gave Up “Charging What I’m Worth”
The concept of “charging what you’re worth” is misleading and harmful, as it connects personal value to financial position and can lead to negative self-perceptions. Instead, focus on valuing services based on what is needed to run a business effectively.
SWAG is LOVE: Make Your Clients Feel Special with Thoughtful SWAG!
SWAG is something I would love every business to budget for. It’s internal marketing. External marketing. SWAG reminds clients of all the change they’ve brought for themselves through working with you!
What Is a Business Plan and When Would I Need One?
Learn what a business plan is and how to write one so that you can you save loads of heartache and gain powerful insight on how to keep calm and carry on
How to Rescue Yourself from the Pit of Despair (aka Unmet Goals)
Goals and success are not, in fact, mutually inclusive. You can meet NONE of your goals and still be successful. Goals are there to have a desired outcome to reach for, plans are there to have something to veer from. click here to discover how
Stepping Into the Power of Possibility
A special guest post by SECO member, Marisa Gray Atha. If you are an independent voice teacher who has ranged within full to part time, are fairly seasoned, perhaps but not necessarily a parent, tend towards introversion or get stuck in fear, wish to lead a creative and fulfilling live and need help understanding how to frame this and seek out the right opportunities, this is for you.
Brick Walls Aren’t Machetes: Enforcing Strong Boundaries
When we are clear about what is non-negotiable behavior in our lives, we can gently build a brick wall that can withstand all kinds of weather. We don’t need to feel fear or become dysregulated because we feel empowered (maybe even safe?) inside our walls.
Velvet Ropes Boundaries for Tired People
People who set up “velvet rope boundaries” are able to save their mental energy. If you’re tired, and need to set boundaries, use systems and tools to save the day! Read more to discover some examples of velvet rope boundaries.
Resist Scarcity Mindset: It’s Not as Difficult as You Think
Do you find yourself constantly thinking about all the things you have to do and feeling overwhelmed? If so, then you may be suffering from scarcity mindset (the belief that there is never enough of anything to go around). This includes time, money, resources, etc. and can lead to feelings of anxiety, stress, and overwhelm.
Read on to explore ways you can resist scarcity mindset.
Ending relationships – No need to cover your bases
It’s all too common for people, especially women and other underrepresented communities of business owners, to be told to “exhaust every last solution before you throw in the towel” and have this be framed this as “being responsible.” Good advice or bad? Read on…