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Meaningful Bodies of Work Require “Base Hits”
3 Surprising Key Activities for Thought Leaders that are NOT a Distraction From Your Work…including social media (SHOCKING, right?). In fact, social media & self promotion can be a lab for your thought work rather than a time-suck. Read more to find out how.
Solidarity and the Perils of Sisterhood
This is a transcript of a teaching from We Are The Culture Makers I think we need to be careful using words like “community” and “sisterhood.” That kind of language and those kinds of concepts evoke really positive feelings that can create false expectations of kinship, similarity and safety — and that’s how people end…
On Women and POWER
Let’s build more of it and use it wisely Nearly every woman I know who is focused on her creative work or career is in a mastermind. Nearly every person I know is actively trying to heal a cultural injury — diet culture, body image, asymmetrical relationships, self-doubt, perfectionism, scarcity, OPPRESSION — and that means…
Actually, I’m a Huge Fan of Gatekeeping
This is an excerpt from my weekly email newsletter, The Sunday Love Letter. To get missives like this direct to your inbox, I invite you to sign up here. Back in 2016, when I started writing about The Female Lifestyle Empowerment Brand (I’m against it), a friend of mine who is a well-known DEI consultant…
Just Because It’s Needed Doesn’t Mean You’re The One To Do It
Fun fact: when I was 21, I started a coffee shop in Cloverdale, BC, my home town. It was called Kellybeans. I started it because I’d grown disenchanted with university but was newly bewitched by fancy caffeine. Espresso, affogato, cappucino, oh my! I was obsessed. And home. And there was nowhere to go to get…
Why Online Groups Might Not Be That Great For Us
I meant to write this 6 weeks ago but I was busy doing quicksand things that masquerade as chemically rewarding but in fact are the frenemy of personal momentum. This morning, for example, I got up early to finish this email but since I was up so unbelievably early, I thought I’d also take some of…
You Don’t Have to Pay with Your Suffering
I used to be mystified when people didn’t leap. Risk, schmisk. I’d been through a lot of shit. All the horror, all the anguish — I survived it all. So I knew I could survive it again. So, when I was 21 and wanted to start a coffee shop with zero help? What’s the worst…
Automatically Track the Dollar Value of Your Pro Bono Work and Scholarships
Business Tip for Culture Makers #409: Track Your Culture-Making Metrics and Quantify the Value of Your Pro Bono Work A lot of our effort and work is invisible — sometimes, even to us. We help out here and there, and if we’re working pro-bono we might be scrambling for time, which means that sometimes our…
“How Do I Price for Affordability?” and “How Do I Make My Prices More Accessible?” are The Wrong Questions
The only right answer to those questions is “lower your prices”, which can be a disaster for under-earning and start-up entrepreneurs — yet doesn’t necessarily create more economic justice. And economic justice is the point. As a business development coach, I work with seriously principled people. They are specifically committed to building businesses with justice…
What To Do In Overwhelmingly Troubled Times
I’ve been sending this email every few months for several years, to rally people when we’re most despairing. The world should NOT be as it is, and we do have the power to change it. Here’s some deeply practical advice about how each of us can do that, even in the midst of the worst.…
I repeat:
Self-promotion is NOT a distraction from your Body of Work - it’s a lab for your thought leadership!
People often think social media is frivolous. A time-suck.
Or that marketing, networking & self-promotion take your time away from the *real* work.
But in my latest blog post, I’m sharing with you 3 surprising key activities that will add up to a SIGNIFICANT and MEANINGFUL Body of Work.
Check it out here: https://kellydiels.com/meaningful-bodies-of-work-require-base-hits
My Blog link can also be found in my bio @kelly.diels
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I`m Kelly Diels, an expert on Culture Making, Thought Leadership and IP. I teach culture-making entrepreneurs & creators how to develop a substantial body of work that changes EVERYTHING – your life, your industry, our world.⠀
#BodyOfWork #MakingAnImpact #ThoughtLeader #ContentStrategy #LevelUpYourBusiness #CreativeEntrepreneur #CreativeEntrepreneurship #IntentionalBusiness #BrandingIdentity #SocialMediaForBusiness #SocialEntrepreneur #IntellectualProperty
Apr 15
Want to learn how to write sales copy that doesn`t shame or exploit anyone?
I`ve developed a copywriting framework that teaches you exactly how to do that...
I`ve been teaching it for 5 years and it has changed lives, businesses and bank accounts.
In fact, being able to write sales copy changed my life. I wrote my way out of poverty AND no matter what project or business I want to take on, it will WORK.
Because I know how to write words that sell.
The course is FANTASTIC....
And I`m evolving and moving onto other things.
So this is the last time I will offer Copywriting for Culture Makers, EVER.
If you want to learn how to write copy that sells (without selling out your principles)...I hope the timing is lining up for you!
The last day to enrol is April 1...
...AND you`ll get a significant bonus that isn`t listed on the sales page: 45 live, drop-in group coaching sessions where you can bring your draft copy and get feedback on it.
For the rest of 2024 you have the option to drop in 3 Tuesdays a month, at 9am or 4pm PST (or both). (No meetings in July or December)
(That`s 42 group coaching sessions!!!)
PLUS in 2025 you get monthly group coaching sessions in Jan, Feb and Mar (3 total).
The cohort will wrap up March 31 2025.
If this feels like a fit for you, I encourage you to sign up for Copywriting for Culture Makers, with its MAJOR bonus, here.
(There`s a 12 month payment plan available, so you can get started for $300.)
I hope to be seeing you soon in the course!
love + justice,
Kelly Diels
https://kellydiels.com/culture-making-copywriting/
or link in bio @kelly.diels
Mar 30
Today is my 51st birthday!
And it is an amazing one.
I`m going to tell you why, exactly, this birthday in particular is a straight-up miracle in your Sunday Love Letter this week...
...and let me tell you, it is a DOOZY.
In the meantime, to celebrate, I`m holding a 1-day birthday sale where you can get 51% OFF for my 51st Birthday!
And yep, that applies to payment plans too :)
It applies to all the courses listed in the shop...
...including 2 new group coaching classes, E-Money (how to write gracious emails, launches and autoresponders that sell) and Surface Your Methodology LIVE (the group coaching version of my classic course).
You`ll find the shop here:
https://kellydiels.com/shop/
And your discount code is:
51vibes
Because it really, really is.
love + justice,
Kelly
PS The one-day thing isn`t about inducing FOMO. It`s about sustainability.
Obviously 51% off my rates isn`t sustainable across time. But it can be sweet for both of us once a year :)
Mar 14
Dear Fat Girl*,
Go ahead and get the photos.
Treat yourself like a work of art.
🌺Because you are.🌺
love + justice,
Kelly
*and anyone whom our dominator culture has silenced, shamed, excluded, punished and discriminated against. We belong here, too. xoxo
PS if you`re ready to be unapologetic about what you want and what you need from your business, I encourage you to check out BESPOKE. link in bio @kelly.diels
#feministselfie #fatliberation #fatacceptance #fatshion #bodypositivity #feministaf #feminist #WeAreTheCultureMakers #wwfkd #girlboss #bossbabe #creativebusiness #womenentrepreneurs #visibility #takeupspace #womensempowerment
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photos by @daniellecohenphotography
Mar 4
Yes, we can learn so much from the examples of people who’ve done innovative, enduring, culture-changing work...
AND.
The examples of iconic culture makers can also be object lessons in what NOT to do in our work and world we’re co-creating.
Don’t let the optics (esp of righteousness) do the thinking for us.
#chanel #thenewlook #dior
kellydiels.com
Feb 29
