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Maddie Tudor Consulting Lesson Learned: Insights From an Entrepreneur Trying To Figure It Out The Main Event I was recently enjoying my nightly scroll through TikTok when I stumbled upon a user who was starting a fresh account with only one goal in mind: to read all of the books on the brand-new 100 Best Books of The 21st Century from The New York Times. She’d already read book 100 and not enjoyed it, but was so far having a better time with book 99, Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (no surprise...

Maddie Tudor Consulting Lesson Learned: Insights From an Entrepreneur Trying To Figure It Out I recently wrote a guest article for my friends at MemoryFox on tools to level up your social video game. If you're interested, check it out here! The Main Event It’s that time of year in the U.S., a time that so many in our nation dread, yet is also so important: election season. It’s a time that seems to divide so many of us, but I want to think about something that unifies us all. Our system is...

Maddie Tudor Consulting Lesson Learned: Insights From an Entrepreneur Trying To Figure It Out The Main Event Alas, today I write to tell you some news: I’ve come down with a fever. Not just any fever, but one that shall last a month and afflicts me every two (or four) years. I kid, but a lot of us may be feeling this way right now as we sit and enjoy the Paris 2024 Olympics each day. But it isn’t as simple as that anymore, the Olympic sports have lept from our screens and grown larger, taking...

Maddie Tudor Consulting Lesson Learned: Insights From an Entrepreneur Trying To Figure It Out Photo Credit: Gabriela Rubino on Dupe Photos Before we dive in, I just wanted to share that I've recently had a few client spots open up. If you've found you need help with social strategy, email marketing, or operations, now is the time to reach out! You can do so by simply responding to this email. The Main Event My family recently went through a major upheaval when my grandfather passed away, and...

Maddie Tudor Consulting Lesson Learned: Insights From an Entrepreneur Trying To Figure It Out Today I'm honored to be sharing a guest post from my new biz buddies at MemoryFox. They are a company making waves in the nonprofit and social responsibility world with their innovative new technology making it easier than ever to capture meaningful video messages from your constituents. If I sound like a commercial, it's only because I love what they are doing! Carly, their marketing manager, shares...

Maddie Tudor Consulting Lesson Learned: Insights From an Entrepreneur Trying To Figure It Out The Main Event In the realm of annoying online business advice (of which there is a voluminous amount, most fictitious or major oversimplifications), one piece that I somewhat believed all along was that if you can come up with a good enough online course, it will just sell itself, becoming the mythical *~*~passive income~*~* that we all dream of. I couldn't tell you why I believed such a fallacy,...

Maddie Tudor Consulting Lesson Learned: Insights From an Entrepreneur Trying To Figure It Out The Main Event Lately, I've been asked by a few people what newsletters I follow. So today, I thought I'd spend my time sharing some recommendations! I've broken it down into a few categories, and I hope you give them all a chance as they've each made a big impression on me in one way or another! Clients: I obviously want to share newsletters of current and past clients, not just because I work with...

Maddie Tudor Consulting Lesson Learned: Insights From an Entrepreneur Trying To Figure It Out The Main Event I come to you, on this thirtieth (woah!) edition of my newsletter, having just turned 30 over the weekend. That level of connection seems hard to ignore. And having just hit thirty, I’m also struck by how much I’ve done already. I’ve founded a business that brings me the lifestyle I want, made incredible friendships, and seen so much of the world. To celebrate, I took real advantage of...

Maddie Tudor Consulting Lesson Learned: Insights From an Entrepreneur Trying To Figure It Out The Main Event This week alone, I will have written six newsletters. That doesn’t include the one I’m writing now. You may wonder, how do you write so many and know they are all different enough? That you don’t write the wrong voice for the wrong client? First off, unlike some, I will admit to getting tired of writing. So I always try to only write for one client on one day. But, that doesn’t always...

Maddie Tudor Consulting Lesson Learned: Insights From an Entrepreneur Trying To Figure It Out The Main Event One problem seems to be a perennial issue for myself and my clients: Doing something for yourself is so much harder than doing it for someone else. Whether that be marketing, grant writing, graphic design, or any other expertise, we can all seem to use our talents for others much easier than we can for our own work. It’s something I tried to address in my first-ever newsletter, and it...