Luna Marketing Studio is a boutique marketing agency whose mission is to empower women entrepreneurs and brands by providing bespoke digital marketing solutions that elevate their unique narratives. Founder and CEO, Drew DeFir and their paid media and search expert, Claire Reed, will share more insights on the 2025 marketing landscape and also best practices and tips for building a successful marketing strategy using brand and growth marketing tactics.

This is the 2nd episode with comedian, Katherine Blanford. We last checked in with her in April 2021, so we are excited to hear an update of her amazing growth as a comic over the last few years. This is a good reminder that it takes time to get to your destination and to enjoy the journey along the way.

Katherine Blanford has brought her human Golden Retriever presence across the country and internationally, sharing confessions of her southern family secrets and whimsical accounts of her awkward adolescent years.

The Kentucky born comedian has multiple appearances on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, a panelist on After Midnight and Vice TV’s Super Maximum Retro Show, and was featured on Netflix Radio. Deadline featured her as one of 15 comedians ready to break out in 2025.

Her debut special, Catholic Cowgirl, released in December 2024 to pair with her Don’t Tell Comedy set that has amassed millions of views online and will soon be featured on Hulu.

Not bad for a girl whose parents are cousins.

Sarah Collins Lawler, is the designer and owner of Tela Mercantile, a one-size fits all kaftan line that brings leisure and luxury and is meant to make everyone look and feel beautiful. Since launching in 2021, Sarah has been designing with more and more unique textiles from all around the world and could now be in a store near you!

Michelle Jacobs is the designer and owner of the well-known swim and resortwear brand, Sister New York. Michelle set out to create swimwear for her sister and friends, with the mission to design swimwear that not only enhances but also celebrates the innate beauty of every woman. Since college she has worked in many fashion houses and showrooms and in 2017 began making swimsuits for her friends that has now evolved into Sister New York - a well known NY based vacationwear brand in 60 stores and resorts.

Holly Shae is the designer and owner of her signature clothing line, Holly Shae. After 18 years of teaching she decided to go back to her creative roots where she learned from her mother and grandmother. In 2020, she started with an accessories and jewelry brand but it quickly evolved into apparel where she created fresh, custom prints on quality dresses that led to her tagline, “Elevate with Ease”. Her dresses are based on size groupings and her intention in the beginning has been to create pieces that you can throw on and feel your best throughout the day. Each collection gets more and more beautiful as she collaborates with female watercolor artists based in GA and South Carolina. They are true works of art! She is now in over 200 stores and resorts and counting.

Taylor Simmons, is the designer and owner of Coco Shop, a resort wear clothing brand which was first established on the island of Antigua in 1949. Taylor relaunched the brand in 2019 carrying on the historical silhouettes and style and beautiful island prints that have been so beloved by the island’s residents for over 75 years. She has recreated the entire operation in New York while holding onto the precious ties to the beautiful Antigua. We discussed the importance of just starting, buying back time with outsourcing, trademark lessons learned, and how to build confidence along the way. Like any company it was a good reminder that it takes time to build your product to perfection and it is always worth the wait!

Based in Westbrook, Connecticut, Modatrova was founded by Caroline Barton in 2019 as an e-commerce destination for emerging designers. Caroline saw an opportunity to merge her love of fashion and travel to craft her own platform, creating a cohesive experience that gives shoppers that feeling of exploration from home. Today, Modatrova carries brands across clothing, jewelry, shoes, and accessories — dressing women for all of life's adventures.

Based in Columbus, Ga, Shuler Studio designs and crafts digital monograms for print and embroidery including fonts, monograms, & designs. It is owned and operated by mother daughter duo, Pam Shuler and Carolyn (Shuler) Bettin. Their shop opened in 2016 and their designs have been featured all over the world and they have also been featured in Traditional Home, Style Me Pretty, Martha Weddings, and Garden and Gun.