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Sierra Elmore

Sierra Elmore is a high school senior and the owner of 13 Elm Streets. Part graphic design studio and part creative resource, 13 Elm Streets helps whip-smart women create playful and profitable businesses. She created three successful businesses by the age of seventeen and is in the process of starting a nonprofit. When she's not obsessively designing, Sierra enjoys reading and writing young adult fiction, studying psychology, and playing with Bronx, her cat.

Tips for business success
BusinessSeptember 29, 2015

My Top 5 Tips for New Entrepreneurs

By Sierra Elmore

Even though I’ve had my current business for about a year now, I feel like I’ve transitioned out of the “newbie” stage into the “professional” stage. I know there are a lot…

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When Passive Income isn't Passive - http://vividandbrave.com
Business, MarketingSeptember 9, 2015

Why Passive Income Isn’t “Passive”

By Sierra Elmore

Most people think that once you initially create a passive income product, you can upload it to your sales page and watch the sales roll in. Although that’s true to some extent,…

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Preparing Your Business For Major Life Transitions
Business, Planning & Setting GoalsAugust 21, 2015

Preparing Your Business For Major Life Transitions

By Sierra Elmore

Things will change. If I’ve learned anything after seventeen years of life, it’s that. Sometimes we know about change, and have time to cope with it. Other times, it hits us unexpectedly…

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Why do Optin Freebies & Lead Magnets Work?
Business, MarketingAugust 13, 2015

Why Do Optin Freebies & Lead Magnets Work?

By Sierra Elmore

An optin freebie is a free goodie you give to your ideal customers in exchange for their email address. You may have also seen the terms “lead magnets” or “optin bribe” thrown…

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Business, MarketingJuly 27, 2015

“You Can’t Afford Not To”? Actually, You Can.

By Sierra Elmore

Every single day, I come across dozens of sales pages, blog posts, and social media updates created by people, mostly women, in the online business world. I devour the content, but there’s…

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Business, MarketingJuly 17, 2015

How To Productively Use Facebook for Business

By Sierra Elmore

Facebook is a devil and an angel all at once. Once just a place to connect with friends and keep in touch with people who you sort of liked from your secondary…

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Creating a Playful Business on Vivid & Brave - http://VividAndBrave.com
Business, Planning & Setting GoalsJune 19, 2015

My Top 3 Tips for Creating a Playful Business

By Sierra Elmore

You didn’t dive into the land of entrepreneurship because you’re a boring stick in the mud. You came into this world because you have an amazing idea and the passion to match….

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Why do Optin Freebies & Lead Magnets Work?
BusinessJune 3, 2015

Why Failing Is a Good Thing

By Sierra Elmore

Ever since I was in elementary school, I wanted to own a fashion magazine. I devoured Seventeen, Teen Vogue, and similar periodicals and dreamed of writing my very own Editor’s Note. I…

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