Be Fabbo Podcast - Mindset-Motivation-Momentum to Thrive in Business and Life

Adrienna McDermott is a former bridal boutique owner and wedding planner turned virtual assistant. She is the owner of Ava And The Bee, a virtual assistant and social media managing company for wedding professionals.

Adrienna has been in the wedding industry for 10 years, 5 years working and managing bridal salons, and 4 as the co-owner of Ivory & Beau, a wedding planning, bridal boutique and florist in Savannah, Georgia. Over the last year, she has grown her virtual assistant company and now works full time with two team members.

With her fine arts degree from Savannah College of Art and Design and the experience of opening 3 business before the age of 28, she has acquired unique knowledge on how to start a business, flourish, and scale. Her work has been seen in print and online publications, including Savannah Weddings Magazine, Green Wedding Shoes, 100 Layer Cake and Ruffled.

Adrienna is also passionate about educating others to become freelance virtual assistants. Through her mentorships and course, The Creative VA Academy, she helps women create businesses of their dreams.

When she's not working in her pajamas and top-knot, you can find her with a cup of iced coffee, living in central New York with her tripawd black lab Cooper, slightly overweight cat Brutus, and Army Veteran boyfriend.
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• WordPress
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• Squarespace
• Showit
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Sweet Peach Weddings joins Bobbi to discuss how she got her start in the wedding industry and how as a wedding planner she wanted to produce her own bridal expo to bring together wedding pro's and engaged couples in one place to start putting together the wedding day team.
Also on the episode, a few live interviews with attendees at the Elevated Events of Statesboro Wedding Connection.
Lea Camp
Sweet Peach Weddings- Weddings sweet as a peach
"What I do: My job is to help bring dream weddings to life by communicating with each vendor so couples don't have to worry about who is showing up when, coordinating a rehearsal so the bridal party, parents, and grandparents can go into the wedding day with confidence, create and maintain a timeline for the wedding day, make sure i's are dotted and t's are crossed, put out any and all "fires", make sure the couple is enjoying their day, and that's just to name the basics. I've found myself creating centerpieces, cutting cakes, fixing bride and groom's dinner plates, and so much more. I have a passion for wedding days; that includes the tiny details, the love, the hustle and excited air each of those days bring."

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Elevated Events Bridal Expose 2/17/19
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It's 2021 and the most commented on episode is this one! Bobbi still hears from her coaching students + other wedding pros is that they are still exhausted/scared/worried-not because they worked weddings/events but if and when will they get back to working. In Episode 58 Bobbi encourages you to not let fear creep in and to stop for a moment of gratitude for yourself because you are still standing. As someone who is supportive and your best cheerleader, she's reminding you there is fabbo coming to you, your business and the industry. Re-listen + Recharge! Continue to Bet On Yourself!

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Bobbi is on a mission to empower you to make an impact as the CEO of your business. Helping ambitious creatives build a sustainable business that they love & their clients love more is my joy. Because when you do well, you can do good!

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Candid Conversation from This Episode

2:19 You wonder, am I where I'm supposed to be? Am I doing what I'm supposed to be doing? How will I serve my clients? If I can't feel that I'm serving myself? If you think you can, or you think you can't? Either way, you're going to be right.
3:31 I want you to stop for a minute, look in the mirror, look in the rearview mirror, just stop for a second and go wow, I am still here. I'm standing.
10:15 2020 has given us plenty of opportunities. And I really have tried to look at it that way I've looked at it as here's the opportunity for us to refresh, reinvent, recharge.
15:07 Few people have seen our sacrifices and our dark days and our depressions trying to figure out w

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Hello, fabbo listeners, and welcome back to the Be Fabbo Podcast! Today, we're diving into a theme that's both powerful and inspiring... resilience. Resilience, as beautifully stated by Serena Williams, in the quote is shared for Monday Motivation over on my IG and LinkedIn (you are following me both places right? Her quote 'A champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.' This perspective shifts the spotlight from success to the courage and determination it takes to overcome setbacks.

So, whether you're facing a setback, navigating a tough transition, or simply looking for that spark of motivation to keep pushing forward, this episode is for you. Let's dive into the champion's journey of resilience, learning how to embrace our falls as steppingstones to greater heights

• The Champion's Mindset
• Resilience: The Heart of a Champion
• Applying the Champion's Mindset
• Motivation Through Adversity
• Transforming Setbacks into Fuel
• Maintaining Motivation
• Visualize Success
• Construct a 'Motivation Board'
• Embrace Discomfort as a Growth Signal:
• The Ripple Effect of Motivation
• Building and Sustaining Momentum: The Ripple Effect in Action
• Creating Your Momentum Playbook

Till next time Be Fabbo friends

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"Do you struggle with writing social media captions? Do you find it difficult to come up with something to say on Instagram? Do you ever wonder "is this thing on?"
Let's talk about how templates and swipe copy can change the game for you. Social media doesn't have to be so hard!
We’ve taken the guesswork out social media for you with a collection of ad-lib style Instagram captions for wedding professionals."
Episode 70 features guest Serena Waller from a recent Clubhouse room. You'll find more like this on the social audio app Clubhouse in the Wedding Pros Club. Serena focuses on Social Media Management + Strategy for the Wedding & Creative Industries.

Serena Waller
Founder, Delegate & Elevate
The Essential Takeaways:
5:43 the reason that I really believe that Instagram has resonated so much specifically with couples is it gives them the opportunity to get to know you on a visual level first, because obviously, weddings are a very esthetic medium, you know, people don't come to weddings and just say, Oh, I'm just here for the food anymore. You know, they're coming for an experience, they're coming, because they want to feel something like they're looking for an emotion, they're looking for a feeling, they're looking for something beautifully created. And weddings are really all of those things for people. So when they come to Instagram, they get, they get to start to imagine their life with their partner in this space that you have created, or this experience that you're creating. 7:50 That's part of the problem is that because we have kind of disconnected a couple, we've disconnected from that experience and don't necessarily know how to share that experience. And then I think also, again, like people just feel like, Oh, I'm not a good writer or I'm not a writer, I don't know what to say, I don't know how to say it. Do people even care are they even reading because Instagram is such a scrolling medium

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