I just had a coffee with a mastermind friend of mine (hey Renee 👋) who recently moved to Barcelona.

She's in the thick of furnishing her apartment and learning the metro and getting connected to all the expat groups here...

And meanwhile, I'm prepping for yet another summer off.

Pre-Barcelona Elise *NEVER* took months off at a time.

It was only until I had my first baby in 2023 that I was forced to... and now I can't stop.

That's also life here in Europe. No one works all summer long. It's too hot, everything shuts down, and you need some time by the beach to decompress (it's mandatory).

Now with 2 little kids, I know I'll never work a full summer again.

So I'm prepping our plans (so far: 3 weeks in Portugal and then northern Spain), while I'm prepping my biz.

You're probably gonna take some time off too... so let me show you how I'm prepping my biz now to take 6 weeks off.

Your Euro Summer ⛱️ Starter Pack

#1: Review every single DM automation you have.

Every freebie I send traffic to, every sales page – each one gets its own DM flow.

So when someone comments the keyword while I'm cleaning sand off my kid's face, the automation sends the link, follows up, and (sometimes) makes the sale.

Right now, I'm going through and making sure there's one for every offer and freebie.

(I use ManyChat. Use the code ELISEDARMA for 2 months free of the Pro plan.)

#2: Keep your social stupidly simple.

Choose your style of feed posts that you like the most – whether that's yapping on camera, carousel posts, or b-roll with text.

(the style doesn't really matter as much as you removing the friction to posting 💡)

Then, nail this Story style and post just 1 Story a day (this is a teaching I pulled right from One & Done) 👇

That's it – just 1 type of feed post, 1 type of Story, and 1 DM automation for your main funnels.

Batch and schedule your content, and then head to the beach.

#3: Batch your long-form YouTube content now.

I love YouTube for its evergreen engine, and for its creator program that pays really well for views...

So this week and next, I'm batch-filming 10 videos over 2 days so that my editor can roll them out each week while I'm off.

Don't know how to get started with ideating and scripting?

Chat with Ruby, my YouTube assistant, who comes inside my course YouTube Vault (totally revamped).

👆 That's the starter pack. And you don't need all three running perfectly to take a week off. Pick whichever one feels most doable and start there.

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One more thing, since a few of you asked after my summer sale. The bestseller by far was Ads Vault.

I'll be honest, I wouldn't set up ads right before you leave for a vacay unless someone's watching them for you.

But the ads that have worked best for me don't really look like ads, and that's what's inside my vault.

If you want to see what's worked, or hand it off to someone to run while you're away, reply "ADS" and I'll send you the link.

~ Elise

P.S. Side note: how lucky are we that we took a chance to make a business that can run somewhat on its own while we head to the beach (!!).

So cool.