Lindsay Teague Moreno

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How Stock Photography Can Save You Time

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Hey, Moms!

Summer break is coming at you, fast and furious. Kids will be home and your time is about to get a lot more limited. Some of you are worried about how you’re going to fit it all in. I feel you.

As much as you love your kids, it can be overwhelming.

Want to know my best tip?

Work smarter, not harder.

You might not be in a place to hire help yet, but you can still find ways to take some tasks off your plate.

One that has helped me so much is investing in stock photography.

You must know that feeling of spending an hour trying to find the perfect photo for your post, right? It’s exhausting!  Or maybe you don’t post at all because you can’t find time to take your own photo.  Now your social media is a ghost town.

I’ve been there!

The problem I’ve been running into is not being able to find stock images that feel like my brand. That’s really important when trying to build trust online and stay authentic.

I’ve thought of shooting my own stock photos but I haven’t found the time. So, I did the next best thing and partnered with some of my favorite photographers, The Ulmers, to shoot for me!

I’ve been dreaming of this for years and can finally say that LTM Stock Shop is launching on June 1st!

We’re going to bring you affordable, modern, bright stock images that will take your brand and business to the next level.

I’m SO PUMPED!!

Stock photography makes my business a lot easier because I can just grab an image and post it or overlay a quote or text!

These examples of Instagram posts and a Facebook banner are using photos from our first release that’s launching on June 1st!

If you want to learn more about LTM stock, sign up for the mailing list to get info about subscriptions, discounts, and bonuses. Oh, and we’re sending FREE photos every single month. BOOM!

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Summer is coming, but we can do this Moms. We can rock motherhood AND our businesses. Promise!

3 Ways To Make Social Media More Social

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If you’re like me, you’re trying to make your social media more ummmm social.

You know, where it’s actually fun again!

With all the algorithms and paid content and everything else to confuse us, social media can be kind of draining.

Especially when you aren’t getting the results you want.

Let’s talk about three easy ways you can make social media more social. And more fun!

  1. Get personal in your stories: I love the stories feature on Instagram and Facebook and I use them regularly. It’s a great way to show more of your life and really dig in with your audience. Be vulnerable. Talk about the bad and the good. Share struggles that your target audience can relate to. Ask for advice. In my opinion, this is one of the best ways for your audience to get to know the real you. The one that exists outside of staged photos and curated newsfeeds.
  2. Do more videos: I think videos are going to become even more popular on social media this year. I also think it’s a great way to get personal with your audience. There is no better way to feel like someone is talking to you than a video. I think live videos are extra good because you can interact real time. Just make sure you are talking on stuff that makes your audience want to comment.
  3. Interact, interact, interact: Do you make a post and then shut your Instagram app? Or maybe you’ve got it set to auto-post and you don’t know when it’s happening? STOP THAT! With the latest algorithm, it’s decided within the first 30 minutes whether to keep pushing your post out or let it get buried. The more interaction you have within that time, the better! Commit to posting and then sticking around for 10-20 minutes after to like and reply to comments. Since you’re trying to get comments to help, you need to be posting stuff that is relatable and elicits some response from your audience too.

Give these a try and see what you think!

XO,

Simplify Social Media With This 1 Trick

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Social media is intimidating for some people, but it’s necessary if you’re a business owner so let’s simplify it with one easy trick.

Now, this isn’t totally mind-blowing, but I think people are missing it and getting overwhelmed.

Ready?

Pick 1 or 2 platforms and focus on them exclusively instead of chasing after ALL the social media.

Easy, right?

Here comes the part that requires a little work.

You need to develop a solid strategy for whichever platform you pick. 

No more winging it. If you want to grow, it’s going to take consistency and in order to be consistent you need to plan.

Your plan might be different to suit the needs of your brand, but I suggest posting once a day at the most optimal time for best results.

Use your main feed to post the really meaty, valuable content and use your stories feed to post more candid stuff about you and your life. You can do several of these a day. I’ve read it’s good to do 15 minimum, up to 30 maximum, but I think it varies. Try it out and see what your audience reacts best to.

Here’s what I did:

At different points over the last couple of years I’ve put my focus completely on one platform at a time and it’s really paid off.

For a while it was Facebook. Particularly doing live videos.

I got a TON of engagement from those and it really helped to grow my following there.

After that I focused on Instagram exclusively and the same thing happened – my following grew.

The common thread here?

I was consistent, but I was also really focused on putting out valuable content. 

In return for the likes and follows and comments I gave my audience something they wanted.

Tips, advice, vulnerability and connection, free downloads, etc.

So, if you’re struggling, try focusing on just one or two platforms at a time. Plan your content and give the best value you can think of.

Growth won’t happen overnight, but I believe it won’t take long to see some movement if you keep at it.

XO,

 

 

How To Increase Productivity Right Now

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It seems like we’re always chasing productivity. It’s February so the resolutions and goals for 2018 feel a little further away.

We’re busy, but are we really getting things done? That’s something I ask myself when I feel like I have too much to do.

Productivity is something that can be increased, but it takes some work.

Intention.

Focus.

Here are 4 ways you can increase your productivity starting today:

  1. Three: Write down three things that absolutely need to be done this week. You can pick more, but I find that 3 is the sweet spot. What are the things that will be a problem if you don’t finish them?
  2. Prioritize: Put these three things in a list by priority. If something needs to be done Tuesday and the others are due Friday, Tuesday goes to the top. This helps clarify what you need to be working on right now.
  3. Pause: Ignore your email and social media inbox until you’ve worked on these three things today. Inboxes can be a huge time suck and getting to them first tends to decrease energy. Save your energy for the important things and then tackle your inbox.
  4. Timer: Set a timer and work through it, uninterrupted, on a task. After the timer is up, take a break and then repeat this. It’s shown to be much more effective working in blocks of time and taking breaks. You might have to play with how long you can work and see what’s right for you.

Now, go crush your day!

XO,

 

 

Entrepreneur Magazine Feature: How This Mom Hits 7 Figures a Month Using Social Media

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Last month I sat down with Kelsey Humphreys to talk about how I created a 7-figure income using social media. I loved the interview because of the great questions she asked.

Also, I’m excited to say it was featured in Entrepreneur Magazine this week!

In the interview, I opened up about how I grew my MLM business to a 7-figure personal income, in just two short years, using social media.

Here is an excerpt from the article on how I hustled extra hard at the beginning to reach my goals:

“Hustle hard the first few years.

Moreno shared that she would open her eyes and immediately pull her laptop up onto her bed to start working. She worked as much as she could with young kids at home, and asked her husband for the ability to immediately get back to work when he got home in the evenings. “I was working 100-hour work weeks, easy. I was working that much. I’d pick my computer up in the morning, and I go to sleep at 3 a.m. I knew that I had to for these two years.”

The payoff was definitely worth it for the Morenos. Soon, she was able to bring her husband on board, and now the family has complete freedom and flexibility. Ask yourself, are you willing to go all in and all out for the first few years? Because all of my guests on The Pursuit have confirmed, that is definitely what it will take.”

And another excerpt on how I think social media should be used to attract cutomers:

“Use social media, not to find customers, but to attract them.

This is Moreno’s No. 1 piece of advice for any and all entrepreneurs and small-business owners. “Be really, really smart on social media. You can do everything faster, smarter, cheaper than ever before on social media,” She warned against the idea that social media is overused and oversatured. “If you’re really smart with it, you can build an audience that’s so captive and loves you and loves everything you do and buys everything you sell.” Her personal tactics include posting five or six fun, personal, non-business posts for every one product post she publishes. She writes posts with a conversational tone and brutal honesty.

“I’m an open book for my people. I don’t hide things. I don’t want them to feel like I am a magical unicorn. I want him to feel like I’m the person next door that can say, ‘Hey, can you help me really quick,'” she added, “I try to stay away from all the things that make people turn off from MLM, and because we were able to do that, we became really accessible to a lot of people that would have never said yes to it.”

Be yourself and share sparingly about the product, and people who know, like and trust you will begin to lean in and listen.”

I’d love for you to read the entire article and see five more things I believe were a big part of my success!

How This Mom Hits 7-Figures a Month Using Social Media

I hope this article is helpful, and most of all, I hope you can use some of the tips to reach your desired success!

XO,

*You can find more work from Kelsey Humphreys on her website: KelseyHumphreys.com

 

How I Grew My Business Into A 7-Figure Income

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Recently Kelsey Humphreys asked me to sit down for an interview about my business, and we talked about a lot of things, but mainly how I grew my personal income to 7-figures, in two years, using only social media.

I was so pumped to be asked and am really excited to share this interview with you guys!

Have you heard of Kelsey?

She’s this hilarious writer, speaker, and entertainer who interviews crazy successful people, like Tony Robbins and Seth Godin, online.

You can check out her work here:

Kelsey Humphreys

Here are just a few of the questions Kelsey asked me:

  1. What to do in your first two years of business that will skyrocket you to success? I walked in and looked at what everyone else was doing and decided to do the exact opposite. I don’t consider myself an MLM person and I didn’t want to run my business that way. I’ve never read an MLM book, or listened to MLM podcasts, or take advice from MLM people. I didn’t want to attract the people that worked for, so I did things like sharing my paycheck because most MLM people hide theirs. I unpacked the compensation plan and told everyone on my team how it worked. Really, I ran my business like a Fortune 500 company and figured out how I could train a stay-at-home Mom who had a strong desire to do more in life.
  2. How to motivate your team to perform at a high level? If you can spark some type of excitement in people, it spreads so fast. If you’re having your best day ever, it will be your team’s best day ever too. My group knows that I love what I do every single day and it’s a privilege to do it. I work for them and am always asking “what can I do for them?” Because I have this service attitude, I think people want to do for me, just like they do for themselves. That gets replicated down the line because I have the best group of givers on the planet. I really want all the success for them and so I gave every ounce of what I had to them.

There is so much more and you can watch the whole video here:

My Tell All Interview on The Pursuit!

I hope you’ll check it out and I hope you can glean something from it that helps you reach the success you desire.

XO,