๐Ÿ˜ฌThis is why I quit social media


Hey there Reader,

After a long hiatus, I opened my LinkedIn feed to โ€œ2026 predictions no one wants to hear.โ€ Iโ€™m totally that no one!

๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ-๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ?

Iโ€™ve had an online business for nearly ten years, so Iโ€™ve heard all about โ€œ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€ and how โ€œe๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.โ€

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ โ€œ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒโ€ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜?

BUT even when sales cycles are longer, even when trust is at an all-time low and audiences are more skeptical than ever...

๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜›๐˜๐˜“๐˜“ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ต. ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™จ๐™ช๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ? ๐Ÿค”

Iโ€™d like to introduce you to my friend, thought partner, writing accountability buddy and muse, the ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ

Danielleโ€™s been in the launch game since 2006 as an 8-figure launch copywriter.

She says ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ and really ask yourself what works for you, your family, your business, and your audience. Not on a โ€œwhat gets resultsโ€ level, but a โ€œwhat lights you upโ€ level.

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น-๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—ข ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ.

๐˜ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ'๐˜ด ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜“๐˜š ๐˜Ž๐˜–๐˜–๐˜‹ ๐˜›๐˜– ๐˜‹๐˜–.

And ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™š.

So if youโ€™re planning a Q1 or Q2 launch, join Danielle at Your 2026 โ€œ5-Flowโ€ Launch Plan on Monday, January 26.

Link: https://go.moneystoryteller.com/launchflowโ€‹

Please, no more social media posts to make us feel bad.

Go Danielle's workshop, learn to create better content, and then go make some money for me ๐Ÿค˜

I'm excited for...

Trunk or treat! We're trunk or treating this weekend.

An offer for you...

You know I love a good book. I'm gifting copies of The Download by Sara Connell and SpendFirst by Kelsa Dickey. If either sounds good, add your name to this list!

Favorite Thing...

Pumpkins. I just love pumpkins.

My daughter likes to draw pumpkins. It's one of the only things she knows how to draw. And orange is my favorite color.

The trunk or treat we're going to always has a giant pumpkin patch every year. So just shout out to pumpkins!

Money Study...

The strategy above gets even sexier if you invest this money for your kids in a Roth IRA. They don't pay taxes when they earn the money, and they don't pay taxes when they take it out in retirement.

If you contribute $500 a month to your childโ€™s Roth IRA from ages 10 to 17, they could have over $1 million by retirement, even if they never save another dollar. And because itโ€™s a Roth, they can take it out tax-free after 59ยฝ.

Thereโ€™s one rule to know: Roth contributions canโ€™t exceed your childโ€™s earned income for the year. Thatโ€™s exactly why the payroll strategy matters. The wages you pay them for real work in your business are what make these contributions possible.

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Hi! I'm Katherine, actress turned accountant

I capitalized on my artistic background to create the Money Storyteller Method, a mindset and accounting tool for business owners that makes even the most advanced financial strategies easy to understand and fun to implement. Expect frank conversations about leveraging our most valuable assets - money, time, creativity, team leadership, and YOU!

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