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 106: Reimagining What's Already There, Staying Intentionally Small and Looking at Your Numbers, An Interview with Elise Heslop of Plyroom
In this small business interview episode with Fiona, she talks to Elise Heslop, founder of Plyroom, about staying intentionally small as a business and how reimagining what’s already there helped her manage her business for 8 years (and counting).
Episode 105: Are You Right For Your Potential Customers?: How The Evaluation Stage Improves Your Sales and Brand Loyalty
In this quick tip episode, Fiona talks about the evaluation stage of the buyer cycle and how it helps small business owners improve their sales and increase brand loyalty.
Episode 104: How To Cultivate A Supportive Community Around You As A Small Business Owner
In this coaching episode with Fiona, she gives us a reminder about the importance of cultivating crews and she also talks about the benefits of joining group coaching programs.
Episode 103: Why You Need To Always Put Your Best Effort In Everything You Do As A Small Business Owner (and Taking A Minute to Stop)
In today’s quick tip episode, Fiona shares a lesson she learned about ghost outfits and why it’s important as a small business owner to put one’s best effort always, even if it means taking a minute to stop before making decisions.
Episode 102: How To Establish A Product-Based Business with Loved Ones and Working with International Suppliers - An Interview with Becca Stern and Jess Stern, Co-Founders of Mustard
In this episode, Fiona talks to sisters and co-founders of Mustard, Becca and Jess Stern, about how they established a product-based business that employs international suppliers.
Episode 101: How Small Owners Can Check Their Engagement Rate on Instagram and Be Strategic With It
In this quick tip episode with Fiona, she shares a tool she uses to check how her Instagram is doing in terms of engagement and how she can use this to gauge what strategy works for her and which ones do not.
Episode 100: Ten Important Lessons Small Business Owners Can Learn From Producing A 100 Different Podcast Episodes for My Daily Business Coach
Fiona talks about the 10 things she learned after producing a hundred different podcast episodes. From embracing imperfections on the production to having fun in marketing, Fiona shares the top lessons she’s learned so far from making this podcast what it is now.
Episode 99: How To Manage Your Time By Limiting The Number of Hours You Use Social Media Apps Such As Instagram
In this quick tactic tool, Fiona shares how she only spends 30 minutes on Instagram so that she can have more time to focus on her family and her business.
Episode 98: How To Start and Grow One of The Most Successful Podcasts in Australia, An Interview with Sophie Walker, Founder of Australian Birth Stories
Fiona talks to the founder of one of the most successful podcasts in Australia - Sophie Walker from Australian Birth Stories. In this special (post-Mother’s Day) interview, get to know how Sophie started her podcast focused on women sharing firsthand their stories of childbirth in Australia and overseas.
Episode 97: What Are The Challenges In Your Business Where Things are Overly Complicated and How Can You Fix Them?
Fiona talks about encouraging everyone to stop and think about the mini little wars we create in our business. Are you making things way too complicated than they ought to be?
Episode 96: 5 Things To Think About Before Having Another Child or Raising A Child While Running A Business
In this episode, Fiona talks about the 5 things every small business owner needs to consider when having another child (or raising a child) while running a business.
Episode 95: Why Small Business Owners Need To Join The Conversation About Family and Domestic Violence - for themselves, for staff and for the larger community
In this special quick tip episode, Fiona focuses on discussing why every small business needs to include plans on making their environment safe from family and domestic violence (FDV). She also shares her tips on implementing assistance programs to the victims of FDV.
Episode 94: Championing Diversity, Building Resilience and Knowing Your Own Worth as a Small Business Owner - An Interview with Chelsea Bonner of Bella Management
In this interview episode, Fiona talks to Chelsea Bonner of Bella Management about starting a modelling agency that advocates for diversity across different platforms.
Episode 93: What Can You Template in Your Small Business and Why It Can Help with Your Branding and Managing Time Better
In this quick tip episode, Fiona talks about how creating templates helps you be more efficient and effective and gives suggestions on what you can template from your systems and processes.
Episode 92: A Small Business Owner’s Guide to Hiring and Working with A Virtual Assistant - The Important Factors To Consider
Fiona talks about the essentials in hiring and working with a virtual assistant - the why, what, where, who and when - and how. Listen now to learn more about Fiona’s experience working with her team of VAs and her recommendations on where to find one for your business.
Episode 91: Why Making Room For Art Can Be Good For You and Your Small Business
Fiona shares how her trip to the National Gallery of Victoria inspired her to explore art in different ways - whether it involves going to a museum, reading a book or looking at somebody’s art. Listen now as she encourages everyone to make room for art in one’s life.
Episode 90: On Accepting Help and Always Evolving As An Individual and A Business: An Interview with Jolinda Johnson, Wellness Mentor + Priestess
Fiona talks to wellness mentor and priestess, Jolinda Johnson, about evolving her business and stepping outside of what she has been doing into something new.
Episode 89: 5 Reasons Why Having a Podcast is One of the Best Marketing Channels For Any Small Business in 2021
In this quick tip episode, Fiona shares the 5 reasons why you should consider starting your own and how it can become one of the best marketing channels for small business owners like you.
Episode 88: Five Questions To Consider When Outsourcing For Your Small Business
In this coaching episode with Fiona, she shares her experience outsourcing to help her with the other deliverables needed in her business. She also shares the five questions you need to ask yourself before hiring someone.
Episode 87: Project Management Systems: Why Small Business Owners Need To Have One for Their Team (and Recommendations)
Fiona shares the importance of choosing a project management software that works for your business and your team and how this simple tool can help improve your team’s productivity.