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✨ Welcome + Introduce Yourself

You made it! Welcome to Square’s togetHER community 🙌

 

Our purpose is for you to find connection, advice, encouragement, and community with fellow women in business and allies. This community is built for and by you, so make it your own.

 

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First step: Introduce yourself in this thread! We want to get to know each and everyone one of you here. Stuck on how you should introduce yourself to other lady bosses? Here are some things to cover: Tell us who you are, what you’re working on and what type of business you own. If you have an online store, feel free to share with the group!

 

Our guiding principles

We all want productive, friendly conversation propelling us forward. Keep these in mind when posting:

  • Share actionable information/material. We want this group to provide advice and actions that you can implement immediately to improve your business. Give context when asking questions and be detailed in your responses. Post about the difficult things so we can figure out an answer together as a community.
  • Assume good intent. Tone on the internet is very difficult to convey. Let’s assume that everyone posting here comes from a place of good intention, so we can do the same. If anything feels amiss, please report it to our moderators.
  • Treat your fellow sellers with respect. We all come from different backgrounds and may not always agree with one another, but we can always treat each other with respect. We have a zero tolerance policy for harassment or abuse of sellers or moderators because this should be a happy place on the internet.
  • No spam or excessive self promotion. We’ve all seen those groups with the same people posting the same thing every single day. Let’s respect each other’s time and refrain from this type of excessive self promotion. But, by all means, when it’s time to celebrate you, shout that accomplishment from the rooftops!

 

Can’t wait to see your posts and celebrate you! 🎉

Ani
Gestora de la Comunidad de Vendedores / Seller Community Manager, Square
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Hello! I'm Kenyonna and I'm from Arkansas. In April of 2021 I opened a women's boutique. I have a storefront and an online site called XOXOimpressions that sells women's clothing, shoes, purses/bags, jewelry, eyelashes and more! www.xoxoimpressions.com

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Welcome Kenyonna!

 

 

Alicia | PEINT
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Hello Friends👋🏾😊, my name is Jessica (she/her). I am the Owner & Creator of Prevael, a Virginia-based bespoke apparel manufacturing company.

 

Prevael is a custom Life.Style.Brand., dedicated to designing premium quality apparel and essentials to positively inspire and influence the extraordinary call to thrive with intentional purpose. Prevael is a lifestyle & a mindset.

 

Prevael creates, designs & manufactures premium, custom fit, exclusive, and timeless, apparel and essentials.

 

I am a passionate advocate of continuous learning, personal growth, being of service to others, creativity, curiosity, and adventure!

 

I immensely enjoy reading, learning about technology/blockchain, writing, research, and analysis - you know, the typical nerdy stuff. Gardening, music, enjoying nature, and creating art, are some of my favorite pastimes.

 

I joined the Community to listen and learn from others; and to share my thoughts, experiences, and pain points.

 

I appreciate the opportunity to engage & network with this Community! I look forward to collaborating together!

 

Best,

 

Jessica

 

PREVAEL, Owner & Creator

PREVAEL Life. Style. Brand.

@prevael

@prevael_brand

@PREVAEL_LSB 

@prevael.com

 

Connect with PREVAEL

 

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JM
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Welcome to the community from a fellow Virginian 😊

Emily ( she / her )
The Violet Fox Bookshop
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@Thevioletfox I appreciate the warm welcome, thank you! 😊 

 

Connect & Build with Prevael

 

 

JM
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Very nice website! Your business is doing some really cool & great things for the 757 area! I’m glad we connected 😊

 

Best,

 

Jessica

Connect & Build with Prevael 

JM
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Aw, thanks, Jessica! I'm glad we found each other too! I love connecting with other local businesses! Looks like you are doing some pretty awesome things yourself 😁

Emily ( she / her )
The Violet Fox Bookshop
https://thevioletfoxbookshop.square.site
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Hello everyone:)

My name is Stacelyn and I own a nail studio in Charlotte NC. We’re currently in the process of actively locating a second location (one that won’t break the bank lol)…so this should be fun:). 

can’t wait to network with you and swap amazing techniques and stories!

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Hello Ladies! 

 

Hi!! I am Mesha Williams, and I am the Founder and Creator at Instinctively Different. We are a home decor company that specializes in unique handmade items that feature products from small women-owned businesses from around the world. I always looking to connect and learn from my fellow entrepreneurs so please feel free to contact me! 

 
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Hi Mesha.  Wanted to let you know about a couple of avenues where you can promote Instinctively Different.  The first is a FB page called The Virtual Shopping Place.  It's a great group of people who help promote each other.  Let them know that I referred you (@CherylAnn's Gift Shop).  The other place is on my website at CherylAnn's Gift Shop.  I would love to be able to help your women-owned business get more ad views.  Let me know what you think.

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Awesome! I'll definitely follow you and would love to connect! 

 

 

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With this month being Women’s History Month, it’s such an honor for my company to be selected by First Horizon Bank to receive up to 30K for our business needs! Please help us make and build our own history by voting for Instinctively Different.

For our mission, to cast your vote, and share see the link below.

Thank you my fellow Women Entrepreneurs for your support!

https://www.winwithfirsthorizon.com/#/gallery/316622351?group=395294

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As a Black women-owned business owner, grants and mentorship help us thrive and provide sustainability. So I enjoy seeing others grow with me in the small business journey. What a perfect month to share opportunities that will encourage your business to grow.

 

I’ll be sharing grant opportunities for Black & Women-Owned small businesses.

 

Here’s the first with MasterCard!

Tips:

  • Review the questions and write out your response to simply copy and paste. 
  • Read aloud to a friend, family member, or mentor to ensure you get your mission and goals across. 
  • Be specific on your needs for the grant. Spell check and grammar… Try Grammarly. There is a free version you can install on your devices to help. I recommend the premium since it will rephrase your sentences and has a “Tone Detector” to let you know how it may sound to your readers. 


Apply Here!!! 

https://www.fearless.fund/strivers 

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Hi, I'm Sheila, owner of Lavender Heart Treasures, turning my hobby into a small business in Virginia. I make polymer clay jewelry, keychains, magnets, accessories and sculptures. I have a free Square website, starting Facebook and Instagram. I'm not great in the social media so trying to think of something to post in Facebook and Instagram is kind of intimidating. I do have items for sale in two local gift shops and have done a vendor show this spring. It was pretty windy so will have to figure a way so jewelry doesn't flly away! My link tree which includes web site and socials is https://linktr.ee/lavenderhearttreasures. Any advice is welcome!

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@SheilaL wrote:

... figure a way so jewelry doesn't flly away! My link tree which includes web site and socials is https://linktr.ee/lavenderhearttreasures. Any advice is welcome!


Jewelry cases! Glass top, metal box-- too heavy for any winds except those that would be considered dangerous!

Kaytee
I make stuff, or I get sad.
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Good idea!

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Hi Sheila, IG is intimidating, but put that aside. It does work, I get a lot of flow from IG posts. if you would like some ideas, check out mine, litdisignslimited @ IG

TikTok benefits less, but still benefits some traffic.

my mom uses FB and she has been able to stop the vendor shows completely.

If I may, google is the main search engine, having a google site, definitely will direct traffic to you if you have a site with them. I started with link tree too, but no traffic was generated by it and left it for google. I would not look back. Google costs 12 a yr, for a domain. Worth it due to searches and traffic from results. I did litdesignsllc.net, and use square.online for my inventory, cart, and checkout. It is working out pretty good.

 

Congratulations on the consignments! I wish you well and a polymer clay high five! if you see my galaxy octopus, let me know what u think.

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Hello I'm Jennifer, owner of Three Paths Wellness Therapy. We offer services from social work to card reading. I also make some simple jewelry. I'm working on the website right now as we've grown from just me to three people 🙂 

 

Thank you for adding me! I'm in Canada, does that make a difference?

 

Thanks again!

 

Jen

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Hi Jen, Is Sunnyvale in NovaScotia a real place? Did you ever meet Barry Dunn, John Dunsworth, Mike Smith, Rob Wells, or John Paul Tremblay?

 

Canada is welcome here!

Congratulations on the Growth!

Keep us posted on the website, I'm excited to see what you have in store!

 

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Good Morning everyone! My name is Jodi and I sell Park Lane Jewelry! We are nickel, lead, and cadmium free, we have something for everyone! Go simple or make a statement or any where in between! Designer inspired pieces of all kinds from Kendra Scott to Tiffany inspired pieces! If anyone is interested I can send you a link! 

Thank you for allowing me to join this fabulous group! 

        Jodi

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