As a one woman operation for a majority of her business, Brin has become an expert in nearly all elements of running a top Etsy shop through trial and error, persistence and hard work. From technical to aesthetic to SEO, she shares it all through her coaching and with her audience on various platforms.

• "tags and titles"
• social media marketing
• design
• product sourcing
• video
• B2C

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Anna Harrison has always had an interest in languages, travel and impact. She leveraged her International Studies degree, global ancestry, unique service and travel expertise into a variety of interesting positions after she graduated from college. Now Anna takes advantage of technology to design and deliver customized travel itineraries for clients all over the world.

In this episode, Anna describes her interesting background, how she curates and tailors memorable and meaningful trips for her clients, her business model focused on relationships and customer service and much more. We also talk a little bit about why she served a year in Americorp before applying to the Peace Corps, the benefits of those options and how they changed the trajectory and focus of her career.

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Anna's extensive travel experience, language proficiency, administrative and organizational skills combine perfectly to distinguish her from the typical travel agent. 

• research skills for hard-to-discover opportunities around the world.
• Instagram
• Twitter
• negotiation
• mentorship
• teaching
• marketing
• travel savvy

• Check out Anna's stunning website: Travel Observations
• Anna's Instagram, ​and Twitter.

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Hannah Phillips is the Chief Creative Officer and co-founder of Piper Creative, a company that offers three productized services to help companies establish brand identity and tell their story.

 Hannah has leveraged Instagram as a business tool since she was in high school and now applies those skills for Piper Creative clients.

Hannah shares specific strategies and current best practices to help any business improve engagement on Instagram. We also discuss how a person could create a side hustle managing an Instagram account for any small business.

Although Hannah uses her graphic design, photography and video skills for her own clients, she acknowledges that a person can leverage Instagram without these technical skills by employing certain strategies

• Hashtag research and experimentation
• Follow and engage with other accounts in your industry and region
• Use color or images for a cohesive aesthetic
• Post consistently and often
• Show the person behind the brand in posts

• Check out Hannah's Instagram Account 
• Follow Hannah on Twitter
• Piper Creative Partners
• Piper Creative on Instagram and Twitter
• Check out #ThisIsPiper on Youtube, the video documentation of the company's journey as a creative media startup.

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