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Cara Szellemes

Content Marketing Specialist at VentureCrowd

Brisbane, Australia

I’m the Amazon No. 1 bestselling author of Your Brilliant Un-Career: Women, Entrepreneurship and Making the Leap and an award-winning thought leadership coach, contract content strategist and copywriter.

My sweet spot is working with STEM professionals, entrepreneurs, creatives and changemakers-- on how to tap into and generate content that matters and grow engaged communities so they can establish themselves as the go-to experts in their fields.

Over the past 10 years, I’ve focused on working with businesses and organisations on strategic content marketing and community-development projects across tourism, finance, tech, engineering, academia, non-profits and government.

I’ve worked with Queensland Science, Workup Queensland, The Woodford Folk Festival, Food Connect Foundation, Content Snare, MissingSchool, Synergy8, the National Archives of Australia (with a content agency), GHD (the engineering company not the hair appliance), and I'm currently primarily working with blockchain companies, Civic Ledger and PAC (Unido).

I’ve contributed to major digital sites like Waterworld Magazine, Social Media Examiner, Problogger, Content Marketing Institute, and Smart Company.

I believe in using my superpowers for good, so after a really difficult few months, in June last year, I started an initiative to empower 1 million people to beat anxiety and depression through the power of radical self-care. It's called 180Selfcare. It started with a personal quest to practice 180 days of radical self-care and considering what's happened for me in the past few months (ie. my partner's tragic death), it's been a lifesaver (literally). Follow @180selfcare on Instagram for updates and inspiration and join me in sharing the magic of radical self-care.

Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Brisbane, Queensland
Speaking Topics: self-care, mental health, wellbeing, Ketogenic lifestyle, weightloss mindset, self-development, innovation, blockchain, web3, startup validation, star

Cara Szellemes Points
Academic 0
Author 76
Influencer 53
Speaker 0
Entrepreneur 0
Total 129

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Company Information

Company Type: Individual
Minimum Project Size: Undisclosed
Average Hourly Rate: Undisclosed
Number of Employees: Undisclosed
Company Founded Date: Undisclosed
Media Experience: 30 years
Last Media Interview: 03/02/2022

Areas of Expertise

Agile
Blockchain
Business Strategy
Climate Change
Cryptocurrency
Culture
Customer Experience
Customer Loyalty
Design Thinking
Digital Disruption
Digital Transformation
Diversity and Inclusion 37
Emerging Technology
Entrepreneurship
FinTech
Future of Work 31.28
Health and Wellness
Innovation
IoT
Leadership
Lean Startup
Management
Marketing 32.46
Mental Health
Metaverse
Open Innovation
Public Relations
Renewable Energy
Smart Cities
Social
Startups 31.22
Sustainability

Industry Experience

Consumer Products
Engineering & Construction
Federal & Public Sector
Healthcare
Higher Education & Research
Media
Other
Professional Services
Utilities

Publications

16 Article/Blogs
How DeFi could solve SME cashflow headaches
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January 11, 2022
Cashflow-hungry small and medium businesses, particularly crypto-native companies, are starting to look beyond banks for their small…Continue reading on Unido Blog »

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Tags: Future of Work, Marketing, Startups

Announcement: Third-party Beta Testing Unido EP Right Now!
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December 10, 2021
It’s not just Santa’s elves working quietly away over the holiday season, the team at Unido is busy preparing the best present of all for…Continue reading on Unido Blog »

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Tags: Future of Work, Marketing, Startups

How I flipped my life 180 with Clubhouse and 180 Days of radical self-care
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December 08, 2021
Everyone has that empty cup moment at some point in their life. For me, it was in May this year.Continue reading on Medium »

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75 days of radical self-care
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June 17, 2021
The words jumped out at me and I felt my heart race. “What is the truest, most beautiful version of my life I could imagine?”Continue reading on Medium »

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How Larry King, a hitchhiker in Byron Bay and the miracle of birth shaped my 28-year career as a…
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April 11, 2021
I can’t believe I’ve been in the communications and marketing space for 28 years! Yesterday I was flipping through my early portfolio of…Continue reading on Medium »

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Why thought leadership starts with a conversation
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March 30, 2021
There’s no question that being able to tell stories about your brand is important if you want to engage audiences.Continue reading on Human Content »

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There is an “I” in team
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March 17, 2021
We’ve all heard the saying “there’s no ‘I’ in ‘team’.” But is supporting employees in their individual pursuits really anti-team?Continue reading on Medium »

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11 ways to get into your creative zone during Covid-19
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October 26, 2020
If every day is starting to feel a bit like groundhog day or you have this experience of being locked in a high tower like Rapunzel, you…Continue reading on Human Content »

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What’s stopping you from hitting “publish”?
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October 25, 2020
What’s holding you back from hitting “publish?”Continue reading on Human Content »

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The power of connection
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October 23, 2020
I was sitting in a hotel restaurant, working on my laptop to fill in time before heading to the airport (obviously not in 2020 :-)). The…Continue reading on Human Content »

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How I Used Content Marketing to Sell My Property
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October 22, 2020
Is content marketing a good solution for property sales?Continue reading on Human Content »

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Wins and fuckups: My last 10 years in business —  Cara Szellemes
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December 12, 2019
It’s been 10 years since I first started my own business. I remember walking into the business name registry (back then we had to apply in…Continue reading on Medium »

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Why I’m changing my name
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April 23, 2019
It’s pretty normal to change your name when you get a divorce. However, what do you do when your name is also your personal brand, your…Continue reading on Medium »

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Lesson learned from pitching Hell
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March 02, 2019
Lessons learned from pitching HellPeople fear public speaking more than they do death.I stood at the front, feeling the weight of every eye in the room. I could feel the heat rising in my face and my pounding heart in my head. “Make it stop!”Shaky and trembling I gave my pitch. I kept going e

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Gratitude: How to Celebrate What You Have Instead of What You Lack
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February 03, 2019
Have you ever noticed that Western holidays bring into focus what you lack?Have you ever noticed that Western holidays bring into focus what you lack?I mean, Valentine’s day is awesome if you have a partner who is into outward demonstrations of love, but for many, it’s just a reminder that the

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Why we should be encouraging our teens to be more activist
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November 30, 2018
Yesterday’s nationwide protests against government inaction on climate change struck a nerve for many, gained extensive media coverage and provoked the Government to play schoolyard bully in response.It was breathtaking to read the Government’s response to the thousands of teens and kids that pr

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Tags: Future of Work, Marketing, Startups

1 Book
Your Brilliant Un-Career: Women, Entrepreneurship and Making the Leap
Just One Thing Press
December 02, 2014

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Tags: Diversity and Inclusion, Future of Work, Marketing

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