After four people told me about the billboards that Viv Conway’s business Girls Get Off use to market their business, I knew I had to have her on the podcast. Girls Get Off is a beautifully branded and designed female …
I once swore I’d never run a free challenge. And here I am, with two completed and done at the time this podcast goes live. I blame my amazing client Sheryl Takayama, who is part of The Content Masterweb. As …
What happens when you can’t use Facebook ads to grow your business? For an increasing number of businesses this has been the reality with random bans, or hacked accounts. It's a huge amount of stress and time to get it …
I don’t think I’ll ever be tired of hearing busines growth stories about how something began in with a few boxes of stock in a bedroom and now runs out of a huge warehouse. Which is perfect because this is …
Marketers used to ignore anyone over forty. And many big agencies still do. And for this Generation Xer who already has a slight chip on her shoulder about being the generation no body talks about… that feels like a big …
Perzen Patel is on a mission. Sure she’s the co-founder of a curry paste company, and loves nothing more than hearing that “ding” on the Shopify website (seriously… who doesn’t! That little ding is dopamine in a sound!), but ...
How do you make decisions in your business? Do you tap into your intuition, listening for how you believe you should move, and being guided by that to make the big decisions in your business, and the rest of your …
There’s many things I love about our topic today, and today’s guest. Bayley Hughes started Brain Play because she could see that there was a gap between what teachers felt confident teaching, when it came to STEM related topi...
There’s something about a beautiful coat. Finding the perfect coat for you can transform your outfit into something stunning. In 2019 Claire launched Velma and Beverley, a bespoke coat and jacket company becoming known for it...
When Thunderpants started almost 27 years ago, selling comfortable underwear first in Nelson, then nationally and later internationally, it was like most other clothing companies. There was a woman’s range, and then later a m...
I’m getting older (aren’t we all!) and often get super frustrated when trying to find clothing, and skin care that is targeted to me, but uses younger faces and bodies. I want to see things using my type of skin. …
This is not my normal type of podcast! I wanted to share with you some of my new book Be a Spider, Build a Web: Sticky Content Marketing for Small Businesses. And I don’t think I’ve ever listened to a …
What do you do if you’ve had a few too many “no’s” recently and you need to find an extra ten thousand dollars? Well for Cat and her husband, the answer was simple. Start a business. Cat and her husband …
What do you do when a pandemic blocks your opportunity to go on the OE you’ve been planning and saving for for years? Well for Charlotte Greer, it was the perfect opportunity to start a business. After saving, while studying …
Five years ago, Cherie Metcalfe started a business selling salts, laid out on a duvet cover at a local market. Her goal was simply to contribute to the family income, without having to return to the late night life of …