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Holly Marie Haynes

Holly Haynes, a leading voice in the entrepreneurial world, is the founder of the globally recognized Crush the Rush Podcast. With her unique blend of business acumen and personal experience, Holly empowers women to build successful businesses while maintaining a fulfilling personal life and scaling their businesses without relying on the social media algorithm.

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3 naps, 1 puppy, and a made-up holiday

TL;DR - Life-first business strategy, delivered weekly. One strategy you can actually use, a few resources worth your time, and a couple favorites we're loving right now. You in? πŸ•’ 3-minute read. Hi Reader, We wrapped up the 4th of July weekend hanging with Poppy (our new puppy) and, if I am being honest, three naps on Sunday. Three. I am not sorry about a single one of them because 5:00 am wake-ups are real! Bike parades and puppy's! 🩷 Then I rolled straight into one of my favorite weeks of...

Creating Life First Business Strategy for Entrepreneurs Creating Life First Business Strategy for EntrepreneursThink: one game-changing strategy, the resources you didn't know you needed, and a few fun favorites we're loving right now. Quick to read, packed with value, you in? πŸ•’ 3-minute read, unlimited inspiration. Hi Reader, Want to know a secret about the email you're reading right now? It's been going out, in some shape or form, since 2020. Some weeks it had a logo. Some weeks it very...

Creating Life First Business Strategy for Entrepreneurs Creating Life First Business Strategy for EntrepreneursThink: one game-changing strategy, the resources you didn't know you needed, and a few fun favorites we're loving right now. Quick to read, packed with value, you in? πŸ•’ 3-minute read, unlimited inspiration. Hi Reader, This was the first real week of summer. Not the kind where someone is homesick. Not the kind where we are living out of suitcases. Just summer. The actual thing. Nobody...

Creating Life First Business Strategy for Entrepreneurs Creating Life First Business Strategy for EntrepreneursThink: one game-changing strategy, the resources you didn't know you needed, and a few fun favorites we're loving right now. Quick to read, packed with value, you in? πŸ•’ 3-minute read, unlimited inspiration. Hi Reader, We just got back from Alaska. Six days of sunshine, which if you know Alaska, you know is its own kind of miracle. We were celebrating our 20th anniversary, and I will...

Creating Life First Business Strategy for Entrepreneurs Creating Life First Business Strategy for EntrepreneursThink: one game-changing strategy, the resources you didn't know you needed, and a few fun favorites we're loving right now. Quick to read, packed with value, you in? πŸ•’ 3-minute read, unlimited inspiration. Hi Reader, By the time you read this, our cruise is docking and we're flying home from Seattle. ✈️ But here's what I actually want to talk about today. Not the trip itself. The...

TV gif. Blanche from Golden Girls spritzes herself with a spray bottle full of water and firmly places it on the counter. She huffs and puffs as if overheated from hearing a steamy story and trying to cool herself off.

Creating Life First Business Strategy for Entrepreneurs Creating Life First Business Strategy for EntrepreneursThink: one game-changing strategy, the resources you didn't know you needed, and a few fun favorites we're loving right now. Quick to read, packed with value, you in? πŸ•’ 3-minute read, unlimited inspiration. Hi Reader, The end of Macember is near. (If you have been here a while, you know.) This week alone, the girls added a new dance class (we are now at three times a week), a bonus...

Life First Business Strategy for Entrepreneurs Hey Reader, We are adding over 20 new subscribers to our email list every single week. No ads. No new content. No social media post driving traffic. Just our website. Working quietly in the background while I do everything else. Now I know what you are thinking. Twenty subscribers a week does not sound like a lot. And you are right, it is not a viral moment. It is not a launch spike. It is not a number that breaks the internet. But here is what...

Creating Life First Business Strategy for Entrepreneurs Creating Life First Business Strategy for EntrepreneursThink: one game-changing strategy, the resources you didn't know you needed, and a few fun favorites we're loving right now. Quick to read, packed with value, you in? πŸ•’ 3-minute read, unlimited inspiration. Hi Reader, I was reminded this week of a book called The Gap and the Gain. The whole idea is this. We spend our lives measuring ourselves against where we want to be. The "gap."...

Life First Business Strategy for Entrepreneurs Hey Reader, When I was working full time and wanted to connect with an audience. Email. When I want to increase my sales and take a vacation with my family. Email. When I want to share behind the scenes and connect with other business owners. Email. When I want to test out a new idea before I build it. Email. My answer is always the same. It has been for years. And it is the reason I have been able to build and launch and grow without being glued...

Life First Business Strategy for Entrepreneurs Hey Reader, Two people who bought Anti-Social Schoolβ„’ during our last launch had never been on my email list. Never been in the Club. Never seen a single Instagram post. They found the podcast. They listened. They bought. No ads. No social media. Just a show that has been quietly doing its job for years. I call them unicorns. And honestly? Those two sales are the whole model working exactly as it should. But here is the other side of that launch...