Category: Reflections

This past Saturday, the #Strella team - and their families - gathered at Rachel's house for the annual holiday party! We enjoyed food and drinks, a fun white elephant gift exchange, and some relaxed time together. Below are a few photos! To see more, check out our Team #Strella Pinterest board!

By Rachel This past year has been a little busy. Among them starting a mastermind group, and working through client turnover, it’s sometimes difficult to establish a rhythm, let alone set aside time to reflect on where I am and where I want to go, rebranding the business, launching my new product,. I admit to […]

by Rachel Last week, I held a webinar called, “Social Media ROI for Small Business” as a way to help build my list and begin generating interest in my product. I participated in several co-hosted webinars when promoting Social Media Manager Profits (SMMP), but Michele took the lead on marketing so I was unaware of […]

By Amanda Three and a half months, two days, four hours and nine hundred and sixty minutes! That is the length of time I patiently waited to go to the Inspired Women's conference in Pittsburgh, how long the conference lasted, the length of the drive to Pittsburgh and the inspirational minutes I spent learning and […]

By Rachel While our nation celebrates its independence, I’m having a “career freedom” celebration of my own.  Around this time two years ago, I took a leap of faith to be my own boss and start my business.  It was the one of the best decisions I’ve ever made and I’ve enjoyed sharing my experiences […]

The following is a guest blog from my husband, Pete Strella. It’s been two years since Rachel began her social media company. As I reflect upon this anniversary, I’m experiencing the same time warp I often feel when looking back on life’s significant milestones. In some ways, it feels like Rachel just started her business […]

By Amanda  Three weeks ago my kitten, EJ, was injured by my beagle, Bayle. Bayle snapped at EJ catching her around her neck and front left paw area. He did not mean to hurt her; he was only protecting his food.She immediately collapsed to the ground and couldn’t walk. She just rolled around on the […]

by Amanda My boyfriend and I just returned home from our annual rafting trip in West Virginia. It used to be a small group of 10 people and over the years, has grown to include 80. All of us were joking around saying in a couple more years we will be making an entire week […]

I published a post on Facebook that referenced a horrible car accident I was involved in. One of my friends said she didn’t know this about me and encouraged me to share the story. So, here it is. On March 16, 2000, I was celebrating my first college Spring break.  We were on our way […]