If you have ever found it easier to cheer for everyone else than to step into the spotlight yourself, this episode is going to feel very familiar. This week I am talking with a content creation expert and newly published author who spent years helping other people share their message, and then had to figure out how to do exactly that for herself. From her very first LinkedIn Live to showing up on podcasts to simply letting people celebrate her and her book, she shares what it really looks like to go from behind the scenes to center stage.

Val Roskens Tews is the founder of Butterfly Copywriting and author of "The Butterfly Strategy," a book all about building a community of business friends, collaborators, and clients through the power of genuine connection. In our conversation, Val takes us through her author origin story, the mindset shifts that made stepping outside her comfort zone possible, and the one piece of advice she would give every author who is still happily writing and not yet thinking about what comes next. Spoiler: start building your community now, long before the book comes out.

BOOK: The Butterfly Strategy: Transform Online Connections Into Community and Clients

• Val Roskens Tews: linkedin.com/in/val-roskens-tews

• Gillian Whitney: linkedin.com/in/gillianwhitney
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