Hi Reader,
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Happy Easter! If you're in North America or the UK, I hope you're having a relaxing long weekend!
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Not only is it a four day weekend here, but my husband is also celebrating his birthday so he's been getting the opportunity to do whatever he likes - without me voicing an opinion.
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Fun fact: My husband is a total nerd and loves anything related to Star Wars/Trek, or lore related to swords. If it was up to him, our son would be named Conan. Lucky it wasn't his birthday when we named him. 😆
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So what do you get someone who is nerd-aligned? I got him a few things, but some of the notables: a Star Wars Lego Mandalorian helmet, a Star Wars X Wing tie fighter shirt - plus, I created some A.I. photos of me dressed in a chainmail bikini in the style of Red Sonja for him. 🤣 (It's hilarious, but they actually turned out surprisingly good!)

NEW: EXCLUSIVE OFFER
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In other news, I've decided to open up my coaching sessions once again. I haven't offered this service since 2021 and I'm excited to start these up once again. I'll be offering these Creative Spark Half Day Sessions on Voxer. I'll also be offering a more intensive one hour option soon. If you aren't familiar with my background, I'm an award-winning TV producer and have worked for channels such as Discovery, HGTV, the CBC and have also written for various newspapers and magazines such as the Toronto Star and Elle Canada.
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If you've been wanting to launch a podcast and need tips on how to interview, questions to ask - or if you really want to get in the hot seat and start being interviewed, I'll teach you my best tips on how to deliver a killer performance from whatever side of the microphone you prefer.
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I can also help you clean up any copy you're working on, give feedback on videos you've created (or are planning) and offer advice on any upcoming projects you've been wanting to pursue. And if you need to whip up some images using A.I., I can help you create those as well.
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Since I haven't gotten the official sales page up for this yet - just a quick sale page - I'm offering this service for a to only my newsletter subscribers - at an extremely discounted rate. In exchange for this incredible rate, I'd appreciate it if you could provide me feedback and/or a testimonial. So grab this quickly if you want it as I won't be offering it at this rate for long.
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Right now, I'm offering these half day sessions starting between noon and 2 pm EST. However, depending on where you are in the world (and your schedule) if this time doesn't work for you, just send me a message and we can find one that does!
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Because I've only cobbled together a quick page to grab this, I'm offering this service at a huge discount. Just $125 for newsletter subscribers. I'm still playing with pricing but it will be somewhere between $197 and $250 when it goes live on my website (with an intro discount for the general public), but you’re getting the very best rate because you’re one of my peeps. 💖
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Check out this extremely limited time launch offer here. The price will rise when I put together the full sales page - but feel free to write if you have any questions about these sessions. If you need another time window, a Paypal option, or prefer a focused 1:1, one hour call (ie: on Zoom), just hit reply.

⌛ ENDS AT MIDNIGHT: NO MORE $0 WEEKS

If you've been wanting to step up your game when it comes to your online business, Angela Wills is running a massive promo today only and bundled some of her favourite courses together at a huge discount - but it's only available until midnight tonight!
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This is for anyone that's stared at a blank computer screen wondering what to sell, how to sell it, or how to actually make money doing it.
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​Enter The Course Creator Power Pack​ - aka the "The "No More $0 Weeks" Bundle" helps course creators go from idea to income faster—covering mindset, marketing, and tech all in one place.
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​→ Course Freedom Formula – her step-by-step system to create and launch a digital course
→ ThriveCart Kickstart – her shortcut to getting your course up for sale in no time

This is for aspiring or stuck course creators who want a clear, doable path to build and sell courses with confidence
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Together, these are normally $375.
Today you can grab the bundle for just $195.

If you're interested in the full system you can add Email for a Living as a checkout bump for just $75 (reg. $200). That’s your course, your cart, and your emails – done.

These courses will "live" in your customer account - no time limit! Use them as needed, when needed.
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Remember, this sale is only on for ONE DAY ONLY and expires tonight (April 20th at 11:59pm EST tonight.)
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(I know a lot of people are busy with Easter festivities this weekend, so I'm going to ask Angela if she can extend her sale one more day - so check back in case she says yes!)

✨ BONUS - If you sign up for Angela's bundle, I'll gift you a one-time coupon for $100 in Lara Loot to use in my store. If you purchase Email for a Living, you'll receive another $35. New additions (including trainings and courses - are coming soon. (And yes! You can use it towards coaching as well.) You can also save your bonuses as they don't expire. (Please note: Because Angela offers a 14 day money refund, please wait to collect your bonus until after this period.)

​ENDS TOMORROW: ONE DAY LEFT FOR A LIFETIME DEAL​
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If you haven't heard the news, Thrivecart is officially doing away with their lifetime subscription model and moving to a monthly recurring pricing structure beginning on Tuesday, April 22nd, with plans starting at $95 per month.
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If you've been considering Thrivecart and have been on the fence, you only have about 24 hours left to take advantage of paying a one-time fee. After that, it will be gone forever!
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I love lifetime deals and not having to fork out every month for recurring fees. Even small, monthly memberships can add up - and having lifetime access to Thrivecart has been one of the smartest investments I've made.
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If you're grabbing Thrivecart, if you want to create courses, make sure you upgrade and get Learn+ while you can so you don't have to pay recurring fees in the future.

✨ BONUS - If you purchase Thrivecart using my link, I'll gift you $200 in Lara Loot. If you upgrade to Thrivecart Pro, I'll give you $300 to use in my store. New additions (including trainings and courses) coming soon (and YES! you can use it towards coaching sessions as well!) You can also save your bonuses as they don't expire.

ENDS TONIGHT: GORGEOUS JUNK JOURNALS​
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Following the success of her other Prompt Generator products, Jan Small has created a brand new set of generators for those who love junk journals.

Junk journals are a hot trend on Etsy and beyond — and it’s no wonder. Crafters can’t get enough of these beautifully layered, vintage-inspired creations. They're also perfect for scrapbook and notebook covers, planners, and journals. Plus, there's serious demand for printable elements made specifically for junk journals.

Jan's Junk Journal Prompt Generator makes it easy to create stunning AI prompts for covers, papers, and more — ideal for selling as digital products.

🔹 Cover Prompt Generator – Instantly create prompts for gorgeous, junk-style cover art

🔹 Paper Prompt Generator – Included free, this second tool helps you design digital papers junk journal fans will love

Both work with your favorite AI art tools, and if you use Midjourney, it even helps with those tricky parameters that are easy to forget.

Just choose your subject and any extra details from the dropdowns — leave the rest blank if you like — and you’ll get a ready-to-go prompt in seconds.

➡️ Fully editable Google Sheet (works on any device with a free Google account)

➡️ Pre-populated dropdown options + room to add your own ideas

➡️ Step-by-step instructions included (in the sheet and a handy guidebook)

➡️ Use the images commercially — even in templates, PLR, or MRR products (but note that the generator tool and its data are for personal use only)

Launch Price: Just $9 until Sunday, April 20th (PST) with code JUNKJOURNAL. Price goes up to $27 after that!

✨ BONUS: Get 50% of your purchase back in Lara Loot which you can spend in my shop.

NEW: PET PARTY FUN!
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​Katherine's is back with her newest kit in her Limitless Design Kits Monthly Membership
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Get ready to throw the purrfect party with our Pet Party Kit! This kit is a delightful collection of playful elements, designed to celebrate the furry, scaly, and feathered friends who make our lives extra special.💚
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With all the latest concerns over copyright, usage rights, and outsourcing art from questionable sources, a few members have asked if she makes the graphics in her kits. The answer is YES, she personally illustrates/draws/paints the graphics.
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All of her personal hand-drawn or painted illustrations and high-resolution elements can be used to create PLR, digital products, physical products, and TEMPLATES (to name a few) which is MUCH MORE than any typical commercial use license.

Along with the individual elements, she's also included a few different types of graphics to help you create scenes.
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These design kits are only available for one month inside the membership so you have until the 14th to pick these up. Katherine will then be offering them for sale at the current regular price of $97.
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You'll automatically receive $482 worth of bonuses that come with MRR rights, meaning you can turn these kits around and not only sell them commercially, but as PLR without restrictions!
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MRR or master resell rights means you can sell these items commercially to others who can also sell them commercially. Normally, with PLR, you can sell them to others for personal use only.
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This means you can use these products to create your very own PLR. It's also perfect if you've been wanting to get into a bundle but don't have a creative bone in your body and aren't sure what you would be able to offer with PLR rights - now you'll be able to thanks to Katherine's gorgeous resources.
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Best of all, you can use these elements without fear of infringing on someone's license, which is much more generous than a standard commercial use license, and use them for to create PLR digital products, physical products, and templates (to name a few) - and yes, even stickers!

Check out everything you get on the sales page. This kit will be available at the discounted price of $27 until May 14th.

✨BONUS - If you purchase Katherine's kit, I'll give you give you 50% of your purchase back in Lara Loot which you can use on my shop page with no expiry.

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​WOWZA!!! THIS UNICORN IS BACK!

If you're always on the lookout for hidden business gems that also save you money, make sure you check out a magical messaging app called AnyChat that's currently on AppSumo. It's like an LTD version of Chatr and it's receiving RAVE reviews from the snobbiest of tech geeks. It's a great price for a one-time fee with no additional licenses.
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And if you're someone who regrets not picking up some of those magic tech AppSumo gems when they were still available - think unicorns like Heartbeat, Butter or Castmagic - well, I never thought I'd see the day but one of them is back for a limited time!
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​Castmagic is one of those deals that came around which I bought with the maximum amount of licenses. This is a super useful tool that makes organizing, transcribing and repurposing existing content a snap.
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​There is a catch: The price has gone up BUT 1 year or 3 years of access is still wildly affordable. Plus, if this is something you were eyeing in the past, do a quick comparison of the cost of similar tools and see if the lifetime option works better for you.

If you have a podcast, a YouTube channel, and/or create courses, Castmagic can save you up to 20 hours a week turning your long form audio and video content into transcripts for blog post ideas, social media, summaries - this does it all. Think of it as if Descript and ChatGPT were to have a baby!

All you do is take an audio or video file, upload it to their platform and it takes your file and immediately creates in seconds flat:

- A full transcript, including a breakdown of different speakers

- Optional titles for your audio file

- Keywords
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- An introduction

- A time stamped summarized overview

- Questions and Answers

- Key topics and bullets

- Clip finder: Quotes, hooks, and timestamps.
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- Social media suggestions - This includes LinkedIn Posts, Tweet threads, Reel scripts - and even a newsletter!
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It also has a writing tool that will generate blog posts based on your audio content. How cool is that?

Here are some other things that you can ask Castmagic to do:

• Write 10 episode title suggestions about {insert topic}."
• "Write a 600 word blog post about {insert topic}."
• "List the key themes discussed in this episode, 7 words max for each theme."
• "Summarize this episode in Spanish, 10 words max."

And like all AppSumo products, it comes with a full 60 day refund policy so if it's not everything it's cracked up to me, your wallet is safe.

​CREATE SALES PAGES FOR FREE ​
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If you haven't had a chance to check out my brand new course, Pages Palooza, I had a few setbacks with my health holding up adding the final pieces so this course is still on pre-sale for a little while longer at the lowest price it will ever be offered.
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In my first two years of launching my business, I'm guessing that I participated in over 40 bundles. The idea for this course came about after wanting people to be able to check out some of my other products after signing up for a freebie rather than the sterile "thank you" message. This wasn't possible unless you were to create it on your website, or use expensive software like LeadPages, Kajabi etc.
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After much experimentation, I found a completely unique way to do this inside Kit (formerly ConvertKit) with a free account which I haven't seen done anywhere else.

I've also expanded on my initial concept which was about tripwires and will be including how to create sales pages for free as well as how to create more stylized sales pages or tripwires via a template which you'll be able to customize.
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I'm also including some customizable templates in Canva which you can pop onto your pages to make instant tripwires.
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In fact, the sales page for Pages Palooza was created using a template that I'll be teaching you how to customize. If you go to the checkout page, it will redirect to a shopping cart in Thrivecart, but in the course, I'm adding a bonus lesson where I'll show you how to use a free shopping cart so there's absolutely no cost if you want to start participating in bundles and events and making sales right away.
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if you're interested in becoming an affiliate, click here and I'll drop you an email when my affiliate program is ready. (Please note: clicking this link won't take you anywhere. It just notes your interest with an internal tag so I can write you when my affiliate program goes live.)
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Make sure you grab the course while it's in pre-launch as this will be the lowest price it will ever be offered. I've seen some fugly templates out there which cost hundreds of dollars so this is a fantastic deal to learn how to create templates you can customize in minutes. 💝

Happy Tales!

Lara xo

My name is Lara and I'm the owner of Tales From the Rouge - inspired by a magical enclave in the Rouge Valley in the east end of Toronto, Canada. I'm a writer/television producer and a wife and mom who loves photography, nature, and my ever-expanding collection of antique typewriters. I'm inspired by nature on a daily basis and draw inspiration from my surroundings which trickles down to my creations.

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