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Live and in person, Design Your Own Success is the ultimate live and in person programme dedicated to business women like you from around the world.  Join us for 5 days of hands-on workshops & onsite experts all dedicated to your business. 
This is not just about learning how to do it. It's about getting it done!
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DESIGN YOUR BUSINESS WITH EXPERTS BY YOUR SIDE

GAIN CLARITY. SAVE TIME, MONEY & GET IT DONE

SHARE THE JOURNEY WITH YOUR NEXT LEVEL PEERS. 

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DESIGN YOUR BUSINESS WITH EXPERTS BY YOUR SIDE

GAIN CLARITY. SAVE TIME, MONEY & GET IT DONE

SHARE THE JOURNEY WITH YOUR NEXT LEVEL PEERS. 

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What people are saying about us

Elaine Russell

Finding Flow

Working with Finola and Lucy feels like everything is possible. They helped me remove my own barriers, pushed me to think bigger and got all my ducks in a row so we swam seamlessly through business strategy, brand & logo development.

Heather McGuire

Your Food Your Table

Lucy & Finola understand the vulnerability of small business owners with big ideas and helped me navigate through all the choppy waters during the process. Not only did they get into the trenches with me, they dug them!

Mary Jennings

Forget The Gym

Working with Lucy & Finola meant no more procrastination or indecision. They not only helped me visualize a future for my business that I had not let myself even dream of, they've helped me bring it to life.

Welcome Reception

Sunday 18th February

BUBBLES FOR EVERYONE!

The people we spend the most time with shape who we are and can also help shape our trajectory. Our Welcome Reception is designed with that very thinking in mind.

“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”- Jim Rohn

On our first evening together, we’ll get to know each other, drink a little bubbly and break the ice with your “pod”. That’s the four other business people we’ve matched you with for this deeply transformational work you’re about to embark on.  We plan to get you there faster and this is a key ingredient. 

We’ll close the evening with a clear intent for the coming days so you’ll be ready to Design Your Own Success and build a business that moves you!

Monday 19th February

Nail Your Positioning 

Clarity here makes all the difference. We'll find that red thread that ties it all together so you can own your space in the market. 

 

Workshop 1

Choosing Your Trajectory

You get to decide what next level success means for you and you get to set the rules.  This is the moment where you finally give yourself permission to have what you want on your terms. 

We’ll talk about the money AND the joy. These are the measures that will make a difference to your business and your life. 

Success is not a passive endeavour. It happens with intent and in this session we will frame that intent with such clarity that you’ll finally know what you are here to do and how you are going to achieve it.

 

Workshop 2

Unlock Your Customers Pain

Your success will be determined by your choice of customer and how well you know their pain.  

You’ll spend this session becoming them, walking in their shoes and expressing their pain as if it was your own. When you can do that you’ll be able to meet them where they’re at and be the answer they’ve been searching for.

 

Lunch

After lunch – Pilates to Revive and Energise

Workshop 3

Find the Right Revenue Streams

You’ll need more than one revenue stream to scale and your one to one work won’t be enough.

With every pain point you identified in the last workshop you’ll package an offering that solves that pain in a different way. It’ll optimize your exposure, your reach and ultimately your revenue potential. 

This is not about one-off engagements.  It’s about building a business model that delivers the results you want.

 

Workshop 4

Positioning Your Difference

Everything you’ve done already today has been remarkable. You’ve gone deeper into your customers needs than anyone else has done before you and come up with something truly impactful and unique to you. 

We put that idea to the test and compare what you’ve now got with 3 of your competitors’ offerings. This will help you fine tune what you’ve got so you become undeniable. 

 

Optional One:One Check-in 

Let’s review where you are with everything. In these check in sessions we’ll check for flow so the strategy makes sense in terms of where you want to take the business.  We’ll show you where to pay attention and offer ideas to take you even higher.

No Participant Gets Left Behind
 

Evening: Welcome Dinner in The Armento Restaurant

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Tuesday morning 20th February

Build Your Brand

 

Having a resonant brand identity is what helps you attract your ideal customer. Let's build a brand that sets you apart from the rest. 

 

Workshop 1

What do you stand for? 

Brand values that are actionable can become a positioning point for those brave enough to live by them. In this session you’ll craft them in a way that they become an inescapable part of who you are in the marketplace.

And when you do that you’ll not only stand FOR something you’ll stand OUT for something!

 

Workshop 2

Capture The Full Story of Your Brand

At their best, brands have layers that unfold the deeper your relationship grows with your customers. We’ll show you how to unlock that thinking so that when you meet your brand designer they’ll either deepen what you’ve got or create the first true expression of you.  This is where your uniqueness truly becomes you.

 

Workshop 3  

Tap Into Your Visual Tone of Voice

In this hands on session you’ll learn about colour psychology, iconography, inspiring imagery and fonts. It’s how you’ll bring your brand brief to life in a way that impacts every part of your messaging; how you speak, how you write, how you’re photographed, how your brand is designed and more.

 

Lunch
 

Tuesday afternoon & Wednesday 21st February

You’ll be on an individual schedule Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning as we move you between each session that will bring all the work you’ve done to life.
 

Workshop 1

Your Story Shoot 

Every photograph has the power to tell a different story. It can be how you look at the camera, what you’re holding in your hand or an unguarded moment.  You’ll start with hair and makeup and then meet Eva or Eadaoin (our house photographers) who’ll capture the essence of you for the story you need to tell now.

 

Workshop 2 

Meet Your Brand Designer

We never underestimate the power of meeting someone to really get the essence of who they are.  You’ll bring your brand story and visual tone of voice with you to get the ball rolling and you’ll find you’ll tweak it a little after this conversation. The final versions will be sent to her at the end of this 5 Day Process.  This meet and greet is designed to get the creative juices flowing.

 

Workshop 3

One To One Check In

Let’s review where you are with everything. In these check in sessions we’ll check for flow so the strategy makes sense in terms of where you want to take the business.  We’ll show you where to pay attention and offer ideas to take you even higher.
  

Workshop 4

Reflection Time

We’re moving at a fast pace so we’ve built in key reflection periods so that you can walk around the grounds, take a pause to reflect and see how it all feels to you. It’s got to feel right so we’ve made space for you to feel it. 

 

Axe Throwing!

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Thursday 22nd February

Website & Copy

 

Win them over with story! Let's write copy that has your clients vigorously nodding and saying yes to you and what you do.


Workshop 1

Start Your Website Build, with Lucy O'Reilly

We’ve made it easy and pre-built some website templates so you can get live faster. You’ll bring your laptop with you for this hands-on session where you’ll choose your template, learn how it works and get stuck in by adding text, images and more. 

You’ll be given access to our online website course so you can follow the step by step guide and update your site in comfort even after the event.

 

Workshop 2

Build The Story Of Your Brand, with Sally Murphy

We are wired to pay attention to stories far more than data facts and figures. In this session you’ll learn how to start the story so that you can build your message in a way that lights you up and makes people truly care about what you have to offer. You’ll learn how your words can create patterns and pictures that make people remember your message and why you are the answer for them.

Lunch


Workshop 3 

Craft a Conversion Focused Sales Page with Frank and Marci

You’ll learn the key sections of an effective sales template and start to visualize how your sales page will look and get an initial feel for rhythm, contrast, imagery and content length. 

You’ll learn how to get online and mine reviews to check the language your customers are using to find answers and you’ll identify the sticky language that’s needed to convert them. 

 

Workshop 4 

One To One Check In

Let’s review where you are with everything. In these check in sessions we’ll check for flow so the strategy makes sense in terms of where you want to take the business.  We’ll show you where to pay attention and offer ideas to take you even higher. 

No Participant Gets Left Behind

Celebratory Dinner in the Strawberry Tree Restaurant

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Friday 23rd February

Creating Content For Scale

There's a way to find ease in consistently creating content and we're going to show you the tools, processes and thinking that will give you the edge in your content. 


Workshop 1 

Build A Messaging Strategy That You Can Scale

Now that you’ve built a story that resonates, we’ll take each piece and shape it into a calendar that switches between those times when you are growing your audience and those times when you are converting that audience. 

You’ll identify the pillar content that will grow your authority, prove your authenticity and build relatability with your target audience in a content calendar that is planned in advance and delivers the results you want.

 

Workshop 2 

Original Means Being Seen Or Heard

Your customers want to see or hear you in videos, audio or podcasts. It’s how they’ll connect most deeply with you and where you’ll grow your audience fastest. 

In this hands on session, you’ll shoot 3 videos; one to introduce you, one on a pillar topic and one inviting them to work with you. Getting the first couple out of the way means you’ll be comfortable doing it consistently from today onwards.

 

Workshop 3

Tap into The Tools that Repurpose For Impact
 

Learn how to take your video / audio and repurpose them as a blog and as multiple social media posts in your chosen channels. We’ll use AI and other tools live in this session so you’ll see how easy it can be to be seen consistently and on point.

Lunch

After lunch singing for creativity, with Julie Shanley

 


Workshop 4

Make Your Content Flow

This is about building a process that feels right for you. If it doesn’t feel right you won’t be consistent. In this session we’ll dig in to see where the resistance lies and adjust the process so it will work for you.  We’ll show you where you can outsource and where your input is needed. This is what will make your content flow and your audience grow. 

 

Workshop 5 

One To One On Track Check In

 
Let’s review where you are with everything. In these check in sessions we’ll check for flow so the strategy makes sense in terms of where you want to take the business.  We’ll show you where to pay attention and offer ideas to take you even higher. 

 

Event end and checkout

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What happens next?

Welcome Reception

Saturday 11th November

BUBBLES FOR EVERYONE!

The people we spend the most time with shape who we are and can also help shape our trajectory. Our Welcome Reception is designed with that very thinking in mind.

“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”- Jim Rohn

On our first evening together, we’ll get to know each other, drink a little bubbly and break the ice with your “pod”. That’s the four other business people we’ve matched you with for this deeply transformational work you’re about to embark on.  We plan to get you there faster and this is a key ingredient. 

We’ll close the evening with a clear intent for the coming days so you’ll be ready to Design Your Own Success and build a business that moves you!

Sunday 12th November

Nail Your Positioning 

Clarity here makes all the difference. We'll find that red thread that ties it all together so you can own your space in the market. 

 

Workshop 1

Choosing Your Trajectory

Success happens with intent. In this session we will frame that intent with such clarity that you’ll finally know what you are here to do and why. 

Walk away with a clearly articulated Purpose, Mission and Vision that will take you beyond what you imagined was possible when you started.

 

Workshop 2

Get Up Close & Personal With Customers

You’ll need more than one revenue stream to build the level of success you desire. That means you’ll need more than one target customer. In this session you’ll choose two key customers that make sense for your business trajectory.  You’ll dig deep with each of them to truly understand their pain, in their language. Then you’ll buddy up with one of your pod to add another layer of depth to their story.

Lunch

After lunch – Pilates to Revive and Energise

Workshop 3

So What Have You Got?

You will be so affected by your customers pain when you hear it in their words that you will want to reshape how you solve it.  

You’ll think about each step they take and answer that pain at each level from tiny offer to full solution.  You’re not just engaging in individual transactions. You’re building ongoing relationships that exceed the expectations of your customers.

This is how you grow a business sustainably!

 

Workshop 4

Positioning Your Difference

Everything you’ve done already today has been remarkable. You’ve gone deeper into your customers needs than anyone else has done before you and come up with something truly impactful and unique to you. 

We put that idea to the test and compare what you’ve now got with 3 of your competitors’ offerings. This will help you fine tune what you’ve got so you become undeniable. 

 

Optional One:One Check-in 

Let’s review where you are with everything. In these check in sessions we’ll check for flow so the strategy makes sense in terms of where you want to take the business.  We’ll show you where to pay attention and offer ideas to take you even higher.

No Participant Gets Left Behind
 

Evening: Welcome Dinner in The Armento Restaurant

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Monday morning 13th November 

Build Your Brand

 

Having a resonant brand identity is what helps you attract your ideal customer. Let's build a brand that sets you apart from the rest. 

 

Workshop 1

What do you stand for? 

Brand values that are uniquely articulated and truly embraced are a positioning point for those brave enough to live by them. In this session you’ll craft them in a way that they become an inescapable part of who you are in the marketplace. 

And when you do that you’ll not only stand FOR something you’ll stand OUT for something!

 

Workshop 2

Write a Brand Brief That’s Designed For Success!

At their best, brands have layers that unfold the deeper your relationship grows with your customers. We’ll show you how to unlock that thinking so that when you meet your brand designer they’ll explode with ideas that will be unique to you.

 

Workshop 3  

Create your own mood board.

In this hands on session you’ll learn about colour psychology, iconography, inspiring imagery, fonts, motion and sound. It’s how you’ll bring your brand brief to life and frees your designer to deliver something truly unique for you that is cohesive and usable in so many ways.

Lunch
 

Monday afternoon & Tuesday 13th November

You’ll be on an individual schedule Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning as we move you between each session that will bring all the work you’ve done to life.
 

Workshop 1

Mini Shoot To Your Palette

You’ll start with hair and makeup and then meet Eva or Eadaoin (our house photographers) who’ll capture the essence of you so you can get started on bringing your brand to life.

 

Workshop 2 

Meet Your Brand Designer

We never underestimate the power of meeting someone to really get the essence of who they are.  You’ll bring your brand design brief and mood board with you to get the ball rolling and you’ll find you’ll tweak it a little after this conversation. The final version will be sent to her at the end of this 5 Day Process.  This meet and greet is designed to get the creative juices flowing.

 

Workshop 3

One To One Check In

Let’s review where you are with everything. In these check in sessions we’ll check for flow so the strategy makes sense in terms of where you want to take the business.  We’ll show you where to pay attention and offer ideas to take you even higher.
  

Workshop 4

Reflection Time

We’re moving at a fast pace so we’ve built in key reflection periods so that you can walk around the grounds, take a pause to reflect and see how it all feels to you. It’s got to feel right so we’ve made space for you to feel it. 

 

Axe Throwing!

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Wednesday 15th November

Website & Copy

 

Win them over with story! Let's write copy that has your clients vigorously nodding and saying yes to you and what you do.


Workshop 1

Start Your Website Build, with Lucy O'Reilly

We’ve made it easy and pre-built some website templates so you can get live faster. You’ll bring your laptop with you for this hands-on session where you’ll choose your template, learn how it works and get stuck in by adding text, images and more. 

You’ll be given access to our online website course so you can follow the step by step guide and update your site in comfort even after the event.

 

Workshop 2

Build The Story Of Your Brand, with Sally Murphy

We are wired to pay attention to stories far more than data facts and figures. In this session you’ll learn how to start the story so that you can build your message in a way that lights you up and makes people truly care about what you have to offer. You’ll learn how your words can create patterns and pictures that make people remember your message and why you are the answer for them.

Lunch


Workshop 3 

Craft a Conversion Focused Sales Page with Frank and Marci

You’ll learn the key sections of an effective sales template and start to visualize how your sales page will look and get an initial feel for rhythm, contrast, imagery and content length. 

You’ll learn how to get online and mine reviews to check the language your customers are using to find answers and you’ll identify the sticky language that’s needed to convert them. 

 

Workshop 4 

One To One Check In

Let’s review where you are with everything. In these check in sessions we’ll check for flow so the strategy makes sense in terms of where you want to take the business.  We’ll show you where to pay attention and offer ideas to take you even higher. 

No Participant Gets Left Behind

Celebratory Dinner in the Strawberry Tree Restaurant

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Thursday 16th November 

Creating Content For Scale

There's a way to find ease in consistently creating content and we're going to show you the tools, processes and thinking that will give you the edge in your content. 


Workshop 1 

Build A Messaging Strategy That You Can Scale

Now that you’ve built a story that resonates, we’ll take each piece and shape it into a calendar that switches between those times when you are growing your audience and those times when you are converting that audience. 

You’ll identify the three or four pillar topics you’ll focus your attention on so you become known in that space. We’ll add your personality to the mix and build a content calendar that is planned in advance and delivers the results you want.

 

Workshop 2 

Original Means Being Seen Or Heard

Your customers want to see or hear you in videos, audio or podcasts. It’s how they’ll connect most deeply with you and where you’ll grow your audience fastest. 

In this hands on session, you’ll shoot 3 videos; one to introduce you, one on a pillar topic and one inviting them to work with you. Getting the first couple out of the way means you’ll be comfortable doing it consistently from today onwards.

 

Workshop 3

Tap into The Tools that Repurpose For Impact
 

Learn how to take your video / audio and repurpose them as a blog and as multiple social media posts in your chosen channels. We’ll use AI and other tools live in this session so you’ll see how easy it can be to be seen consistently and on point.

Lunch

After lunch singing for creativity, with Julie Shanley

 


Workshop 4

Make Your Content Flow

This is about building a process that feels right for you. If it doesn’t feel right you won’t be consistent. In this session we’ll dig in to see where the resistance lies and adjust the process so it will work for you.  We’ll show you where you can outsource and where your input is needed. This is what will make your content flow and your audience grow. 

 

Workshop 5 

One To One On Track Check In

 
Let’s review where you are with everything. In these check in sessions we’ll check for flow so the strategy makes sense in terms of where you want to take the business.  We’ll show you where to pay attention and offer ideas to take you even higher. 

 

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What happens next?

The next 90 days are critical so we’ve built a robust plan to support you after the event.

Let's Map Every Milestone

Everything is more achievable when it’s bite sized. We’ve broken down every step into weekly actions to take and tick off your list. We’ve built the plan, now it’s time to action it.

Weekly Live Checkins

We’ll be live every week doing a quick reminder of each task in our dedicated community. These sessions will be short and to the point and are simply a  reminder of what you’ve already learned!

Monthly Checkins

These checkins will remind you of the bigger picture & are designed to keep you on track from December to March. We will answer your questions, celebrate your wins and you'll get the opportunity to show off your work!

Your Photoshoot Reveal

We’ll send you your photos and recommend which ones will work on each page of your site and how to use them.

Your Brand Reveal

Your brand is unique to you so we’ll set up a time to walk you through your design. You’ll have one round of edits to fine tune and then you’ll be ready to go.

Dedicated Community

We are strong believers in community so we’ve built one to support you throughout this journey. There’ll be an interface where you can ask questions and share your wins. You’ll also get to keep in touch with your fellow participants and see how they’re doing too.

Online Training Videos

The devil is in the detail so we’ll be uploading regular video content about all aspects of digital marketing, free for you to watch in your own time. You’ll never be stuck!

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Finola Howard

Internationally award winning Strategist, Marketeer and Your Business Whisperer for the duration of Design Your Own Success, Finola will help you dream bigger, uncover your uniqueness and use that as the red thread that will drive your next level success.

Lucy O'Reilly

Brand & Website Designer Lucy will help you define the essence of your brand, what it feels like, what emotions it should evoke in your customers and what that might look like. Lucy will also introduce you to your website template and give you the tools to adapt it to your own brand.

Sally Murphy

Business consultant, trainer and communications strategist, story-teller extraordinaire, Sally will enchant and delight you with the power of storytelling. She will also give you a framework for telling your own stories, so that you connect deeply with your customers.

Aisling Griffin

Graphic Designer & Branding specialist, Aisling designed our Design Your Own Success logo! Aisling will be on site to take your brand brief and translate it into a stunning visual identity.

Frank & Marci

When you feel directionless regarding your brand voice, Frank & Marci are your beacon of light! Learn everything you need to know about writing compelling website copy that converts into sales.

Eva Blake

Personal Brand Photographer with a distinct, feminine style who takes memorable images that flawlessly tell your story and make you more visible.

Eadaoin Curtin

Personal Brand photographer known her for colourful, creative images that help you tell your story and attract your ideal clients.

Julie Shanley

Singer, pianist, choral director and music teacher, Julie's vibrant and infectious energy will have hearts and voices singing in perfect unison!

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