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Jo Draper

Creative Mentor & Digital Designer helping VAs + creatives simplify design, content and systems.
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Creator of The Dotted Path - tools and courses for clarity, confidence and business your way.

07/08/2025

PSA: Your first (or next) digital product doesn’t have to be polished, perfect, or packed with pressure.

While I’m busy eating dessert before dinner, here’s your permission slip:

Make something simple. Sell it sooner.

✨ Canva template

✨ Mini kit

✨ Swipe file

✨ Email signature Magic

Because progress beats polish.

Every. Single. Time.

What’s one “lazy” product you’ve thought about creating? Tell me and I’ll cheer you on (once I’m back from the sea breeze zone).

05/08/2025

Packing for a holiday as a business owner hits different.

Yes, I’ve got the SPF.

Yes, I’m already planning my dessert strategy.

But you know what made this break feel possible?

The systems I set up months ago.

🪄 A clear content plan (shoutout to my Dotted Path)

🪄 Templates that stop the overthinking

🪄 Dot Drops doing their quiet magic while I’m off-grid

Turns out, peace of mind fits nicely in a Notion board.

If your business still feels like a carry-on full of chaos, we should chat when I’m back.

Tell me, what’s one system you wish was working for you right now?

03/08/2025

I’m on a cruise.

But I’m not replying to DMs from the buffet line.

This week, my biz is on auto-pilot - and here’s what’s keeping it ticking:

✅ Pre-scheduled posts

✅ Dot Drops doing their thing

✅ Recovery mode fully activated

This week, my biz is on auto-pilot - and here's what's keeping it ticking:.

What’s one thing you could pre-schedule to give Future You a break?

01/08/2025

You might love Notion. Or have a Google Drive that’s colour-coded like a rainbow.

Your client? They’re still figuring out how to reply to your email.

Last week I told Ash (my business coach) this:

You can’t support someone if you’re three tech steps ahead and waving from the clouds.

Want to help your clients feel confident, not cross-eyed?

Start where they are.

💡 Simple doesn’t mean unprofessional. It means usable.

💡 Clear beats clever, every time.

💡 If your system needs a tutorial to explain the tutorial… it’s not working.

Your tools should invite people in, not leave them locked out with a headache.

Before you send that onboarding pack or share your latest Canva board - ask yourself:

“Would this make sense to me if I were brand new?”

If the answer is no, rewind. Simplify. Dot it down.

30/07/2025

So I got a new phone.

Threw away the old one.

Feeling productive. Fresh. Organised.

Except... I forgot my MailerLite login is locked behind the MFA Authenticator app on the phone I binned.

🙃 No recovery codes.

🙃 No backup login.

🙃 No access to my email list.

Cue me:

→ Emailing support across time zones

→ Trying to prove I’m me

→ Having a little cry into my Twinings

✨ Lesson of the day:

Before you Marie Kondo your tech, make sure you’ve checked what it’s still connected to.

🛠 Add this to your "Dotty Path that's always moving stories"

✔ Save recovery codes in Notion or a password manager

✔ Have a backup email or device for MFA

✔ Don’t trust your “I’ll sort it later” brain

Also…

Tech mishaps make great content.

This post? 100% powered by chaos.

Because AI can’t get locked out of MailerLite - but I can. 😅

28/07/2025

The first time I saw a beautifully branded email signature, I stared at it for longer than I’d like to admit.

It had a photo.

It moved.

It had clickable Magic built right in.

I thought, "why don’t we all have this?"

Your signature is doing a job - even if it’s doing it badly. But it could be your digital handshake. A micro pitch. A scroll-stopping spark.

So I made a class: The Signature Scribble. Coming soon to Skillshare + my site - with the Canva kit included.

You don’t need to be a designer. You simply need a bit of guided mischief.

25/07/2025

Let’s normalise this kind of week.

✨ Sent an email about a Canva fail (because design chaos is always a story)
✨ Made a carousel about emails without a strategy (ironic, I know)
✨ Created an ebook for a client
✨ Batched social content for two client accounts
✨ Rewrote all my client emails for Skillshare
✨ Made three posts explaining what Skillshare actually is (because yes, it’s brilliant)
✨ Did a 1:1 session with Ash
✨ Showed up daily for a 1:1 client
✨ Shared a Dashlane freebie with my people
✨ Attended a financial year planning session with Ash
✨ Had a little existential crisis when Miss Dots told me I was working for $29/hour
✨ Took Monday arvo off and I'm taking off this afternoon too (because I can)
✨ Mapped out five annual goals
✨ Reverse engineered every one of them into four simple steps
✨ Planned August
✨ Dropped it all into Milanote + Notion for sanity
✨ Created a bloody gorgeous mood board (because vibes matter too)

This is what Manifestor momentum looks like:

Not a checklist. A rhythm.

Not more hustle. More honesty.

I don’t tick boxes - I build direction.

I share the mess and Magic so you don’t have to figure it out alone.

✨ Tell me one thing you did this week that deserves a gold star (even if it didn’t feel “productive”).

23/07/2025

Is Skillshare a Netflix for creatives?

A YouTube without the chaos?

A productivity rabbit hole disguised as learning?

Yes, yes, and absolutely yes.

Skillshare is an online learning playground - packed with short, practical video classes taught by real humans (not robots reading slides).

You can learn anything from:

– creating animated email signatures (hello, that’s me)

– mastering Procreate

– making your Notion workspace sing

– or finally figuring out what ‘motion graphics’ even means

I’ve joined as a teacher, and I’m bringing my no-bull, rule-breaking style with me.

Curious? Ask me anything about it - or tell me what class YOU would binge-watch first.”

22/07/2025

Had one of those mornings where inspiration hit like a confetti cannon 🎉

Saw a clever flip card on someone’s site → instantly mapped a whole new product in my head → almost built it before my second cuppa.

Except… it’s not what I need to focus on right now.

I’ve got coaching tomorrow.

Business planning Thursday.

The dots can wait.

So this is your gentle nudge:

✨ You don’t need to chase every spark.

✨ It’s safe to park an idea until you’re clearer.

✨ Aligned action > scattered motion.

Tell me - what are you parking this week?

Drop it in the comments so it stops swirling in your head.

17/07/2025

Your email signature is doing a job - even if it’s doing it badly.

If it’s dull, unclickable, or hiding behind Times New Roman… we need to talk.

Because your signature? It’s not a sign-off. It’s a mic drop.

Your visual handshake. A digital “this is me.”

You don’t need to be a designer or know a lick of code to make one that clicks and converts.

I’ve got a Skillshare class landing soon:

The Signature Scribble - create an animated, clickable email signature

✔️ Canva template with varying sizes for the different pages
✔️ Mood boards in case you don't have yours sorted
✔️ Layout ideas - 'cos we all get stuck on the 'blank page' sometimes
✔️ Step-by-step video tutorials (short + sweet)

Want in when it drops? Let me know below or hit that follow so you don’t miss the Magic.

14/07/2025

Your email signature isn’t a sign-off.

It’s a branding opportunity you're probably wasting.

Still using “Kind regards” and a blurry logo from 2014?

Still linking to social icons that go nowhere?

Still pretending that a headshot isn’t way more human than initials in a circle?

That ends now.

✨ I'm teaching on Skillshare ✨

First up - a workshop where you’ll build a scroll-stopping, brand-aligned email signature (with animation) that speaks for you before you type a word.

Using Canva, Google Docs, and animation to design something sleek, memorable, and full of personality.

COMING SOON:

💥 A class you can finish in a lunch break

💥 Templates, mood pickers, layout ideas

💥 Included with your Skillshare membership (or grab a free trial)

Not a logo in the corner.

A full-blown identity boost every time you hit send.

👉 Want the link when it drops? Comment “Scribble” and I’ll send it your way.

11/07/2025

You know I don’t do half-arsed.

I’m officially moving house - digitally speaking.

The blog (and my website) is getting a brand-new Squarespace home, with better design, easier reading, and maybe even a glittery button or two.

That means blog publishing is on pause for now…

BUT the Magic’s still brewing behind the scenes. ✨

The stories? Still being written.

The sass? Still flowing.

The newness? Coming soon.

I’ve posted a new blog every single week this year - if you missed one (or seven), now's the perfect time to catch up: https://www.rfr.bz/f598754 (or hit the link in bio).

Are you someone who loves a good website glow-up? Tell me what you look for in a great blog or site - design, navigation, secret sass?

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