A podcast that genuinely helps you start & scale your creative small business
This twice-weekly podcast aims to help small business owners with everything they need to start, grow and scale sustainably their own creative small business. Below you can listen to every episode of the My Daily Business podcast.
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Episode 55: Small Business Tips - One way to reduce inbox overwhelm while still being able to up-skill and learn from others
In this short quick tip episode, Fiona talks about setting a time each week to learn something new to upskill.
Episode 54: On Building A Sustainable Business with Local Manufacturers and Working With Your Life Partner – Coco Flip’s Kate Stokes’ Journey on running a business that lasts
In this interview, Fiona talks to Kate Stokes, owner of Coco Flip - a Melbourne-based furniture and lasting design brand. Kate shares what the challenges are when running a product-based business and running a business with her life partner while raising a small child, particularly during 2020.
Episode 53: Small Business Tips - How to fill your life (and social feeds) with positive, uplifting information
In this quick (personal) tip episode, Fiona shares how 2020 has been for her and why following accounts sharing good news helped her deal with everything that went on this year.
Episode 52: Five quick tips for finding the right podcasts to become a guest on, to help build your brand and get your small business out there
In today’s coaching episode, Fiona shares her experience in starting the My Daily Business Coach podcast and talks about how to find the podcast to be a guest on and how it can be beneficial to your business.
Episode 51: Small Business Tips - Five reasons you should consider a podcast for your business in 2021 and beyond
If you’re a small business owner who’s contemplating whether you should also have your own podcast or not, then this episode is for you! In this very quick tip episode, Fiona answers the question, “Should you start a podcast?” Find out her five reasons why you should consider potentially starting one in 2021.
Episode 50: On Utilising Yoga for business, bucking trends and working through grief while Running A Small Shoe Business - An Interview with Kerryn Moscicski of Radical Yes
Fiona talks to Kerryn Moscicski of Radical Yes about starting her own business, together with her partner, Leo, that offers flat shoe liberation and in their own words, they “make flat shoes for modern women who like to move and be moved.
Episode 49: No Need To Be Awkward About It: How To Properly Ask For Testimonials and Reviews for Your Small Business
Fiona shares 4 things you want to get right in order to get your testimonials and make them work for your business.
Episode 48: 5 Questions You Need To Ask Yourself If You Get Stuck in The Compare and Despair Territory
Fiona shares the five questions she highly suggests you ask yourself to alleviate the negative feelings that can come up when we are faced with comparison.
Episode 47 Small Business Tips - On Making A Plan: How To Improve Your Focus Using A Mini Memo Board
Welcome to another quick tip episode where Fiona shares how using a mini memo board helps with time management and to help her stay focused on the key tasks she has for the day.
Episode 46: Creating Stories through Contemporary Indian Creative Culture : How Indian Goods Company provides ethical pieces that quash stereotypes
In this interview episode, Fiona has a chat with Vatsala Murthy from Indian Goods Company. They talk about the challenges she has had to overcome building a business in an industry - retail - that she wasn’t hugely experienced in while sharing stories about contemporary Indian culture and art through their products.
Episode 45: Small Business Tips - A great FREE online tool for helping you master digital marketing for your business
Find out why Fiona suggests you check out Google Digital Garage - an online platform that teaches everyone lessons about SEO, digital marketing, content and anything else small business owners may find useful.
Episode 44: Investing in Yourself As A Small Business Owner: Do You Have a Training Budget?
In this coaching episode with Fiona, she wants to remind us how important it is that we always invest in ourselves - by attending training sessions, enrolling in courses and constantly reading helpful materials.
Episode 43: Asking For Feedback: Identifying Your Strengths and Weaknesses as a Small Business Owner
Fiona shares how asking your colleagues what you’re good at and which area in your business do you need to improve on will help you be better at what you do.
Episode 42: On Starting a Business in New York, Switching Careers in Your 30s and Going Back Home to NZ to Establish A New Career - an Interview with Paul Darragh of BEMODERN
In this special interview, Paul and Fiona discuss how Paul started his career, moving from New Zealand to Australia and eventually travelling to New York and work for a decade before deciding to establish a new career as a painter and artist.
Episode 41: Small Business Tips - How to humanise your business and build connection and community on Instagram and other social media
It’s time to make an instant connection in your DMs! In this quick tip episode, Fiona shares with us a very simple tip she uses on platforms like Instagram to make the connection with her audience more genuine and help strengthen relationships using voice messages.
Episode 40: How to take time off in your business. Eight Practical Steps To Actually Make It Happen
Need to take time off? Listen to this coaching episode to learn the key 8 steps you need to follow to take time off from your business with confidence!
Episode 39: A free online tool to help combat content blocks and brainstorm content ideas
Learn how you can use AnswerThePublic for your content planning so that you have something valuable to talk about on your next social media post, blog or campaign!
Episode 38: How To Start A Business Inspired By Your Heritage with Dinzi Amobi of ULO Australia
Fiona invites Dinzi Amobi of ULO Australia as this week’s guest and they talk about switching careers from being a lawyer to running a small business that sells homewares, children and women’s clothing with prints inspired by her African heritage.
Episode 37: Business Lessons From My Late, Great Father
In this very special tip episode, Fiona honors her late father by reminiscing and sharing what her favorite lessons from him were that she still applies to her business today.
Episode 36: Systems and Processes: The Seven Steps Every Small Business Owner Needs To Do To Set Them Up
In this coaching episode, Fiona guides us through her steps in ensuring that a business’ systems or processes are set up properly.