This is the heart of our community, a place to connect, share, and learn together. Inside this community, you’ll find ongoing conversations, prompts, and free events to support you. For our paid Circle members, there are also 2 live calls each month: - Goal-Setting + Co-Working → set intentions and get things done. - Strategic Coaching & Hot Seats → clarity, feedback, and real-time support. Whether you’re here to soak in the free community or ready to dive deeper in the paid Circle you belong here. Here’s how you can use this space: Ask questions → about business, strategy, balance, or anything you’re working on. Share wins + milestones → big or small, we want to celebrate with you. Post reflections + resources → if you’ve tried something that worked, or found a tool that helps, share it here so others can benefit too. Connect with others → reply, encourage, and support. This isn’t a scroll-and-go space — it’s meant for real conversations. The more you show up here, the more value you’ll get from this community. And if you’re curious about going deeper, the Balanced CEO Circle is where we host our live calls, coaching, and access to the Balanced Business Vault. For now, start by saying hi 👋 in the comments below and tell us: 1. Your name + business 2. What season you’re in right now (aligning, resetting, activating, elevating?) If you don't know The Balanced Business Roadmap can help you 3. One thing you’d love support with this month We’re so glad you’re here, Rosemary

I see so many brilliant service providers who have incredible offers, but when I ask, "When did someone last find you through your website (not a referral or Instagram)?" the room goes quiet. If you’ve been treating your website like a digital business card with just an "About" and "Services" page, you are likely navigating the "Quiet Gap" I talk about so often. To help us bridge that gap, I sat down with the amazing Barb Davids from Compass Digital Strategies for this podcast episode. Barb specializes in making organic search visibility easy to understand—no icky marketing "secrets" or high-pressure tactics allowed. In this episode, we’re peeling back the curtain on: ✨ Organic vs. Paid Ads: Why organic search is the "sustainable foundation" that keeps leads coming in even when the ads are turned off. ✨ The AI Shift: How tools like ChatGPT and Claude actually use your website content to recommend you—and why you need more than just a homepage to be "trusted" by them. ✨ Tangential Content: The "Death Wish Coffee" method of reaching your audience through topics they care about outside of your core service. ✨ Perfectionism & Procrastination: Why we put off SEO and how to stop "planning" and start answering the real questions your clients are asking. The 30-Minute Win for this weekend: 🛠️ Barbs gave us a brilliant, simple trick to see what Google actually sees. Go to Google and type site:yourdomain.com. If your homepage just says "Home" instead of your actual service or mission, you've got an easy fix that can increase your ranking in minutes . A Special Gift for our Community: 🎁 Barb is incredibly generous and is giving our listeners her Instant Blog Planner (usually $147) for FREE to help you get over the content hump. 👉🏾 Use code: ROSEMARY at  compassdigitalstratehttps://compassdigitalstrategies.com/digital-marketing-services/instant-blog-planner/gies.com/instant-blog-planner

Does your calendar have any protected time that belongs entirely to you? Time to think, build, plan — not respond, deliver, or show up for someone else? A) Yes — CEO time is blocked and I protect it B) Sometimes — but it gets moved when things get busy C) Not really — my week fills up with other things first D) What is CEO time 😂 Drop your letter below. And if you have a tip for protecting your thinking time, share it — this community needs it 👇

We've covered all three shifts over the past few weeks. Shift 1: Stop adding, start curating Shift 2: Stop holding everything, start building the container Shift 3: Design your week or your week designs you Quick poll — which one hit you hardest? A) Shift 1 — my menu is definitely still a Cheesecake Factory B) Shift 2 — my business 100% still lives in my head C) Shift 3 — my week is designed by default and I know it D) All three — please send help 😂 Drop your answer below. And if you want to share what one thing you're going to change this week — we're listening 👇