Contributors

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Bianca McKenzie

Bianca McKenzie helps entrepreneurs by taking the stress out of launching, generating targeted leads, making sales and growing businesses through Facebook & Instagram advertising.

https://www.biancamckenzie.com/

Guests

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Aims Watts

Aims Watts is a founder and mentor at indybindy.com.au. This is where you’ll find her fabric store that specialises in independent designer fabrics from Japan and the Indy Bindy Sewciety. Aims has created a community for sewists to gather and connect over a shared passion. She is dedicated to helping sewists dive deeper into their creativity, bring more joy to their days and see the ripple effects in the rest of their lives.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/11097357-how-to-grow-an-audience-of-ideal-customers-hosting-giveaways-with-aims-watts
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Amy Annetts

Amy Annetts, a marketing strategist in Melbourne, has been practising marketing for 25 years.  She creates marketing roadmaps for small businesses who need to know where they’re going. Amy blends her corporate and traditional marketing experience with the latest digital techniques. Using a full-scale marketing toolkit, Amy’s clients use campaigns that earn them more customers.  And she loves red dirt and travelling Australia, having done ‘the lap’ twice and many outback trips in between. But that’s another story.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/7755670-getting-under-the-hood-how-to-really-know-your-customers-and-why-it-s-the-best-thing-you-can-do-for-your-business
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Anna Dower

ANNA DOWER is graphic designer, entrepreneur and in-demand creative mentor that harnesses her 20 years of industry experience to enlighten, empower and elevate the businesses of graphic designers on a mission to make their mark(and have a sh*t load of fun doing it).Anna hustles hard but she’s also about balance. She believes in profit AND pleasure and is proud to work just four days a week (on Fridays she wears pink and does whatever the flip she wants).

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/6377332-building-a-strong-brand-and-the-power-of-niching-with-anna-dower
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Caroline Labour

Money Mindset Expert and CPA, Caroline Labour, shows people how to clear their money blocks, and live an abundant life. Over the past 20 years, Caroline has successfully managed multi-billion dollar corporate budgets and personally eliminated $100k of credit card debt in 9 months using her mindset and money management techniques. She now teaches her clients how to transform their money mindset and create a life they love and deserve.


https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/6449104-how-money-blocks-put-a-ceiling-on-our-business-success-with-caroline-labour
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Catharine Redden

Catharine and her brothers took over an existing business when they were 12, 10 and 7. What they didn’t realise at that time was that it was potentially illegal. Spoiler alert. No one went to jail. Catharine now runs a marketing business that helps small business owners handle their marketing. Every now and again she even has an idea that makes them money. The old-fashioned way (legally).

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/15732122-what-happens-when-you-decide-to-give-your-business-a-name-no-one-can-pronounce-with-catharine-redden
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Chris Davis

Chris has had over thirty years’ of experience building new businesses and initiatives, as well as refining existing approaches for impact and growth. He has a breadth of knowledge in the areas of governance, commercial solutions, and entrepreneurial advice, which he openly shares so he can help businesses and individuals make the most of their opportunities.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/12538603-starting-a-business-in-australia-what-you-need-to-know-with-chris-davis
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Deborah Wallace

Deborah is Online PR, the Public Relations agency specialising in digital/online space PR. PR for the digital space includes image capturing, content creation, ethics, and more. She has tertiary qualifications in photography, public relations, business and physical sciences, and she is local! Deb is passionate about businesses supporting businesses - the success of your business community reflects each other's support for one another.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/13248311-ethics-and-etiquette-for-social-media-with-deborah-wallace
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Dr Hazel MacTavish-West

Hazel is a strong believer in ‘together we are more’ and in 2019 Hazel had a vision to help start-up businessesstart, scale and grow. This vision led to Hazel founding Seedlab Tasmania, an incubator and acceleratorprogram to support start-up Tasmanian agri-businesses to start, scale and grow. 
Hazel’s contagious passion combined with the high economic and social impact delivered by the accelerator program drew interest from the Woolworths Group. In 2021, the Woolworths Group committed to $4M of funding to help small businesses and Founders become retail-ready and pitch to national retailers. Seedlab Australia was born.As co-Founder and CEO of Seedlab Australia, with her business and life partner Darren West, Hazel leads anExecutive team of trusted advisors, nurtures a connected community of over 400 Founders and has made dreams real for Australian entrepreneurs.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/12907072-transforming-the-australian-food-beverage-industry-with-dr-hazel-mactavish-west
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Dr Kate Cashman

Dr Kate Cashman is a speaker, award winning coach and educator helping entrepreneurs and find their voice, get visible and wildly grow their businesses and careers. As the creator of The Courageous Leader group program and online course The Courageous Speaker, Kate supports people to build courage and confidence to lead, live and share their voice in a way that is entirely their own.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/13974112-courage-before-confidence-how-to-find-trust-and-use-your-voice-in-business-with-dr-kate-cashman
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Eliska Lam-Chan Siy

Eliska is a Melbourne-based stylist and the creative director and founder of Ruffles & Bells, a wedding and event styling company with a penchant for modern and stylish events.


Growing up Eliska was a sole believer of inspiring people through design. Inspired to start her own business and create events that will spark a lifetime of good memories, her journey into weddings started from spending countless hours absorbing every wedding blog (while working a full time 8-5 IT corporate job) and discovering how every celebration was so different, yet told their own love story in unique ways. Eliska's styling has been bringing beauty to all kinds of life's celebrations. Be it weddings, corporate events, or parties, each event is lovingly crafted with the utmost attention to detail together with her incredible team. 


https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/6646150-building-a-thriving-creative-business-with-eliska-lam-chan-siy
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Gemma Carr

Photography found Gemma early on, way back in high school. She has been fortunate enough to make it her career ever since. Alongside being a photographer she has also been an elite level athlete and more recently, a mum of 2. She lives in Melbourne where she enjoys a great mix of diverse work projects and soaking up our beautiful city & surrounds. She loves photographing businesses who are doing good for the planet and its people. She wants to highlight product and services businesses that are sustainable in resources and within the business structure itself.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/12436376-photography-for-good-with-gemma-carr
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Jacqui Naunton

Jacqui Naunton is a graphic designer turned online design coach for small business owners. Jacqui is the CEO of White Deer Graphic Design where she has helped hundreds of passionate business owners grow their businesses by giving them the skills and confidence they need to create their own incredible visual brand and graphics. Jacqui has helped her clients sell out workshops, gain followers and book out their businesses through the power of design.

Jacqui is the host of Seriously in Business, the podcast for all things branding, design, marketing and business strategy. She also serves hundreds of thousands on viewers on her YouTube channel with branding advice and Canva tutorials, and leads a team in her virtual design studio to create brands, graphics and templates for passionate business owners. Jacqui is a mum, cheesecake lover and Canva enthusiast.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/14636935-good-design-is-the-key-to-your-business-success-with-jacqui-naunton
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Jay Crisp Crow

In her old life, Jay juggled a family, a disability, and a communications job that sucked the juice from her bones. Then she had firm words with herself, found her voice, and took her own gig on the road. Through Crisp Copy, Jay writes blow-your-hair-back premium copy for brands, big and small, and teaches women in business how to write copy that sells through coaching, consulting, courses and the So Crisp Podcast.


Some days she runs a business just as a middle-finger to everyone who said she couldn’t make a living writing or tells her she charges too much. Don’t judge. Motivation is different for everyone. 


https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/5797327-conversion-copy-how-it-s-the-most-human-to-human-writing-you-can-do-with-jay-crisp-crow
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Jenn Donovan

Jenn Donovan is a marketing thought leader, change maker, coach and mentor for small businesses, international keynote speaker, best selling author and podcaster of the Small Business Made Simple podcast (plus 2 more podcasts). Founder of Social Media and Marketing Australia, as well as founder of the extremely successful community Facebook group - Buy From a Bush Business (with over 367,000 members) and the Co-Founder of Spend With Us - Australia's answer to Amazon but only for rural and regional small businesses. Jenn takes her clients from Invisible to Invincible using strategic marketing principles and is also a community leader, and a community believer and is on a mission to ensure the lost art of Human to Human marketing and community are seeded firmly in everyone’s marketing strategy. Jenn lives on a farm in the Riverina of NSW, with husband Mr Farmer and their 3 children. She also has 10 chooks, 2 peacocks, 4 guinea fowl, 1 dog and 1 cat and several pet lambs!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/13079265-make-marketing-a-priority-and-survive-with-jenn-donovan
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Jody Milward

Former Private Investigator  and 2 x 7 figure biz owner. Jody brings her Private Investigator background into the world of Facebook Ads to uncover the clues to creating profitable ads. Jody stumbled in the Facebook ads game in 2014 and within 2 years helped a client to generate $1m in their first 9 months of selling an online program. Jody has been training and mentoring Facebook Ad Managers for a number of years  and most recently in her Inner Circle Membership and Elite Ad Manager Certification to provide this niche with skilled and ethical Ad Managers. Specializing in the Coaching and Digital course niche, Jody trains and equips women to make 6 figures per year as a Facebook Ad Manager

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/13562243-preparing-the-next-generation-of-paid-ads-managers-with-jody-milward
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Kate Toon

Kate Toon is a writing entrepreneur, as well as a popular coach, speaker, author and podcaster. She’s also a mad good hula hooper.Her digital education businesses The Recipe for SEO Success and The Clever Copywriting School have helped more than 8000 small business owners grapple the Google beast and write better content.Kate runs Australia’s only dedicated annual copywriting conference COPYCON.She presents at events around the world and runs several hugely successful Facebook groups.Author of the popular business self-help book Confessions of a Misfit Entrepreneur: How to succeed in business despite yourself, Kate lives on the Central Coast of Sydney, where she loves wandering on the beach with her son and her CFO (Chief Furry Office-dog) Pomplemousse.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/7507417-joining-the-clubhouse-conversation-to-grow-your-business
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Kerry Zarb

Director of Zinc Business Solutions and Founder of BizNation, Kerry Zarb grew up on a farm in the Western District of Victoria, and now lives much closer to Melbourne. Working in & with businesses for the past 20+ years, Kerry lives and breathes small business. Launching a passion project Podcast and Facebook group in 2020, felt like the best use of her downtime brought on by COVID-19.
And a little interesting fact about Kerry is that she tries to shuffle dance on the treadmill to TikTok's, like a lot!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/7287049-does-diy-marketing-work-for-small-business-owners
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Leonie Dawson

Leonie Dawson is an internationally best-selling author of the 2023 My Brilliant Year workbooks (formerly known as the Goal Getter workbooks) which have been used by over 500,000 people worldwide.
A multi-passionate entrepreneur, Leonie has generated over $13 million in revenue while only working 10 hours a week. Leonie has been recognised for her business acumen by winning Ausmumpreneur’s People’s Choice Business Coach, Global Brand & Businesses Making A Difference Awards.
Leonie has spent the last 10 years living in some of the most beautiful places around Australia. She currently lives with her two daughters and husband on the Sunshine Coast.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/12295397-marketing-your-business-without-social-media-and-what-s-changed-with-leonie-dawson
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Lorraine Hamilton

Lorraine Hamilton is a Scottish gal based in New Zealand, mother of teenage daughters, author of 3 books including her latest entitled, “Dye Your Hair Purple Sooner”, former radio-frequency engineer and lover of tea, cake and Firefly.She started coaching in 2006 and loved it from that moment.  She now has a multi-six figure coaching business which is entirely location independent and she loves that she gets to make a living from making a difference.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/8382069-living-your-technicolour-life-with-lorraine-hamilton
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Lyndal Harris

Lyndal is the founder of Podcast VA, and manages a team that makes podcasting easier.  She works with a number of Australian and International podcasters with audiences of hundreds of thousands of people. She reduces the stress and overwhelm that comes with project managing all of the different elements of your podcast by offering a variety of support services.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/8208831-launching-a-podcast-to-amplify-your-business-with-lyndal-harris
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Mel Daniels

Mel Daniels is a content strategist who empowers women to grow their business with purposeful content that connects, nurtures and converts.
When she’s not talking about content and client journeys, you’ll find Mel cheering on her clients from the sidelines. Her other favourite hangouts are the kitchen and gym. Luckily her love of dead-lifting counteracts the amount of baking she consumes. Kind of.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/9372582-3-ways-to-reduce-the-overwhelm-of-content-creation-with-mel-daniels
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Mel Driver

Lovingly nicknamed “The Queen of e-Com” by her clients, Mel is a Shopify expert and the founder of a 43-time award-winning skincare brand. With over a decade of e-commerce experience, she helps business owners avoid costly mistakes when building their websites. Mel specialises in creating high-converting Shopify stores that stand out in the crowded e-commerce landscape.

https://nsom.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/15846729-avoiding-costly-diy-website-mistakes-with-mel-driver
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Rachel Kurzyp

Rachel is a marketing coach, copywriter, international speaker, and teacher. She has taught over 3,000 people how to use their business and creative passions to be seen and heard. Everything Rachel does is focused on supporting business owners to launch a profitable signature program and create content with confidence so they can embrace their multi-passionate lifestyle. 


https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/5221651-launching-a-profitable-signature-service-with-rachel-kurzyp
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Rose Guthrie

Whether it’s delivering a sales funnel to a client that results in an 80% opt-in rate or helping a new business collect 800 leads for an upcoming course release, Rose uses deliberate digital strategies and real data to create campaigns that generate more leads and more sales for her clients. She has a commitment to helping small businesses maximize the benefits of online marketing whilst building businesses and lives of their dreams.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/8470094-amplify-your-online-advertising-with-pinterest-ads-with-rose-guthrie
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Sam Winch

Sam Winch helps busy business owners turn their content into courses. With over 10 years experience building courses she knows how to make the process as painless as possible. Building courses and content to suit diverse environments and audiences is the jam in her sandwich. When she’s not busy creating courses, or making terrible sandwich puns about her name, she’s got her hands full wrangling 4 kids.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/6834133-turning-content-into-courses-with-sam-winch
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Samantha Baldock

Sam is an Enneagram coach for coaches and service-based business owners. She is a qualified life coach, accredited Enneagram practitioner for Individuals and has been trained in Enneagram for teams. 
Her mission is to support women to get to know their enneagram profile so they can unlock a greater understanding of themselves AND their business so they can embrace their strengths and show up as their most authentic self and attract clients with ease.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/10651025-what-is-the-enneagram-and-how-can-support-you-in-business-with-samantha-baldock
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Sandra Muller

Sandra is an online content strategist, SEO copywriter and writing coach. She specialises in creating smart, strategic, evidence-based content that helps a brand to capture and serve their people well. She also trains people to improve their writing skills and build their capacity to create smarter, more strategic content. 


https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/5221666-smart-content-with-sandra-muller
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Stacey Walker

Stacey is a passionate sales coach, combining over 15 years of experience with a commitment to integrity and authenticity. As a leader, coach, and founder of Lycan Swipe Media, she inspires businesses to thrive through innovative, value-based selling with her own sales technique called Connection-Based Selling. With multiple diplomas and certifications, Stacey is dedicated to helping others amplify their income and impact with ethical and effective strategies.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/15622362-how-a-sales-ecosystem-can-help-your-business-grow-with-stacey-walker
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Susan Dean

Susan Dean was always destined to help others flourish. Beginning her career as a youth officer, Susan then moved on to become a qualified business and life coach in 2003 – an early adopter of the industry. Making a difference has always been her passion. Susan has always listened to peoples’ stories, using her tremendous empathy to empower others toward success. This has become her signature trait. In 2014, Susan’s expertise in hearing and delivering heartfelt stories extended to publishing. Since then, Susan has produced and published hundreds of stories of inspiration, ranging from business success, to personal triumph and charity development. Susan loves to wake up every morning and work in her purpose built publishing house, bringing stories to life alongside her two adult daughters who form an integral part of her business. A dedicated Australian publisher, Susan lives her dream every day and now teaches others how they can do the same.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/13677475-share-your-story-write-your-book-with-susan-dean
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Swapna Thomas

Swapna Thomas is a marketing coach on a mission to help coaches & change makers to use marketing for good. She is an MBA in Marketing, a life coach and a hypnotist. She is a feminist and believes that nothing bad happens when soul led women make lots of money. She loves family, her cat, minimalist home decor and knowing everything about our brain.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/10730049-how-to-sell-to-the-empowered-ready-to-buy-client-in-your-content-with-swapna-thomas
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Tanessa Shears

TANESSA SHEARS is a Kinesiologist, Certified Sleep Science Coach, health consultant and host of the Becoming Limitless Podcast. She helps entrepreneurs scale their business by optimizing their health, focus & productivity with science and biohacking. Tanessa works closely with business owners to implement effective sleep, nutrition, movement and out of the box stress management strategies so they can eliminate brain fog and wake up feeling well rested, energized and focussed. She optimizes the performance capacity of your body & brain using a combination of wearable technology & coaching so you can produce more impactful work output and scale your business faster.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/10568805-get-more-done-in-half-the-time-by-eliminating-brain-fog-with-biohacking-with-tanessa-shears
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Yael Keon

Yael Keon is an email marketing consultant with over 15 years experience working in international corporations from high level strategy right down to day to day marketing admin.


With a unique ability to see the big picture and map out practical steps to achieve results, Yael now helps small business owners to navigate their way through the world of email marketing, helping them find the right strategies and methods for their unique business. This is done through her Email Experience membership and one on one consulting projects.


https://www.buzzsprout.com/1245509/episodes/6119326-email-marketing-demystified-with-yael-keon