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Please meet Clare Sheng from The Fitting Room on Edward, Brisbane’s finest clothing alterations studio. Clare grew up around clothes but took a professional detour to pharmacy before joining her mother’s clothing alterations service in 2011.  Over the last decade, Clare and her mum have grown the studio into the largest independent alterations tailor in Read more

Linkedin strategies part 2 with our dear friend Anne Miles is back! Make sure to also check out part 1 if you haven’t already.  In this episode, you’ll discover… What type of content works well on Linkedin. How often and when to post content on Linkedin to get the biggest return on investment. The best Read more

Linkedin is such a powerhouse tool for business owners. In this episode, we’ve invited Anne Miles, one of the best Linkedin strategists to share her knowledge with you. We are so excited to have her. In this episode, you’ll discover… How to optimise your Linkedin profile with 4 practical tips.  How to find the best Read more

If you would like to improve sales and get higher returns for your efforts in marketing and sales conversations, then this episode will be super valuable. This episode will assist you to gain greater clarity when it comes to your customer journey and how to make sure it’s clear on all touchpoints.  In this episode Read more

How do the most successful business owners make some of their biggest and most courageous decisions? They tap into their intuition. In fact, intuition is one of our most powerful tools. And the good news is that we all have it. In this episode, you’ll discover… Why intuition can be your most powerful ally. What Read more

As business owners and marketers, one of the biggest challenges to constantly overcome is procrastination. We are usually the most valuable resource in our own businesses, so we need to make sure we complete the highest impacts tasks. We need to put ourselves to good use to ensure the most valuable resource (us) is not Read more

At different levels of business success, we will all face different challenges. In this episode, Christo discusses the different levels of success he sees business owners go through as they grow a successful business.  You will discover the following levels of business success and why the challenging times are your greatest gift:  Level 1) Optimism Read more

There is a lot to think about when it comes to deciding how much you want to charge for your products or services. For business owners, it can be tricky to find a healthy medium between being competitive and making sure you’re generating profit.  In this episode, Christo shares 11 important strategies to assist you Read more

Please meet Cheryl Fafeita, the founder of Beau Gordon Hair, a stylish hair salon. Cheryl shares how she moved to a new country and in less than 3 years built her salon from zero connections and customers to a thriving business. In this episode, you’ll discover… How to do grassroot marketing to gain initial traction. Read more

Having worked with so many business owners over the years, we’ve recognised that there’s a lot of fear when it comes to raising prices for product and service offerings. If you’re uncertain about raising your prices and feel like you should be charging more than you currently are, then this episode will be gold for Read more

Please meet Denise & Trevor Neville the founders of Tranzition Group, a recruitment and career consultancy for the biotech and healthcare sector. In this episode, you‘ll discover… How to automate a part of your marketing. The importance of specific wording when it comes to your lead funnels.   What‘s working in social media land right Read more

There have been a lot of changes over the past year and one of them is that people have started working from home more. As business owners, you also have access to a much larger pool of talent if they are able to work remotely. But how do you build an amazing remote team?   Read more

There are insights, which you can learn from Google to assist you with knowing exactly what to use in your marketing material. In this episode, Christo shares why this is important and how to find this information.   You‘ll discover… Why you need to know this simple and powerful strategy. Where to look in Google Read more

Many business owners are looking at social media as the magic pill to growing their businesses, only to be disappointed. Social media may not be the magic pill, however, it is a very powerful tool if used correctly. Unfortunately, there‘s a lot of conflicting and confusing information out there. In this episode, our co-founder Franziska Read more

Without a doubt, the past year has been a very trying time for many of us. A time of uncertainties, stress, unpredictability… it was also a time that reminded us of the importance of working on our ‘mental fitness‘.   In this episode our co-founder Franziska Iseli and Jason Partington, the founder of Meditation for Read more