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I am now on Buy Me a Coffee! In an effort to keep being able to create more content, I have created a buy me a coffee account! If you…

Use Canva docs to quickly uplevel your slides — I hate creating presentation slides! While I love teaching, the idea of creating slides just always seemed tedious and frustrating to me. However, recently for my membership and SkillShare courses, I have been using Canva (affiliate link) docs to create my presentation slidesHiKayHi. Now unlike many people creating full courses…

A video's initial performance isn’t the whole picture — My video went live this morning and quickly made its way to 10 out of my last 10 videos. If you don’t have a YouTube channel, on your YouTube Studio Dashboard, you will see your latest video performance. …

The BS of expecting creators to work for free — A week ago, I received an uncalled-for comment about having affiliate links in my video descriptions. This was on a video published in 2021 on my channel Science Grad School Coach. I will include a screenshot of this comment below.

“Bad” content can skyrocket your creator journey — Quality over Quantity I heard this phrase repeatedly when I was starting my content creator journey. Everyone I tried to learn from would tell you that you need to focus on creating high-quality content instead of a lot of content. One writer I was reading had an alternate take on…

The real reason why most businesses fail — If you searched the internet for business ideas, you would find thousands of videos, articles, and courses ready to help you find your “profitable” business idea. So many business gurus start by helping you find the idea you should pursue; however, this seems so counterintuitive to me. The question I…

How Understanding Your Audience Can Lead to Different Business Models — I currently manage 2 businesses: Alana L Rister and Science Grad School Coach. These are widely different in that Alana L Rister focuses on sharing the business experiences and knowledge that I have gained from running the Science Grad School Coach business. …

The realities of business systems and how to tailor them to your unique business — Everyone has a business system. You can find articles, courses, and videos all about some random person’s business system that is supposed to make you millions. When you are starting out in business, it can all feel overwhelming. How do I build a product? How do I market the product…