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 146: Finding Your Own Original Creative Voice and Creating Meaning Relationships with Kitiya Palaskas, Craft-Based Designer
Fiona talks to Kitiya Palaskas, a creative craft-based designer who has worked with huge brands in the past 11 years. In their conversation, Kitiya talks about finding one’s own original creative voice, building meaningful relationships, how she started her business, and how she worked with big brands.
Episode 145: What's your strategy?
In this quick tip episode, Fiona discusses the difference between a strategy and a tactic? Listen now to differentiate the two and how you can prepare your vision, your goals, your strategy, and your business tactics.
Episode 144: The Importance of Embracing Yourself Better During The Tough Days, with Jerico Mandybur, Coach, Author, and Tarot Reader
In this interview, Jerico talks about her diverse and interesting career, starting by writing online and then being headhunted by Sophia Amoruse, why she does tarot reading, and what she's discovered about herself recently that have helped her embrace herself more today.
Episode 143: Why QUITting can be OK
In this quick tip episode, Fiona talks about a framework she thinks can be helpful to those who are planning to quit something - whether it's their business, work, or a project they are working on. Listen now to learn what QUIT is.
Episode 142: Diversity and Inclusion: An Insightful discussion with Winitha Bonney OAM, Thought Leader, Author, and Founder of #ColourFULL
In this interview episode, Fiona has a chat with Winitha Bonney, Australia's first and foremost thought leader in the advancement of people of color and in building anti-fragile cultures of inclusion and allyship. Learn more about Winitha's advocacy and work, her book - #ColourFULL: How Women of Colour can become powerful leaders that transform the world, and her thoughts on timing and creating a for-profit business.
Episode 141: A Simple Tactic That Can Help You Cut Through When Pitching
In this quick tip episode, Fiona shares her advice on how to pitch yourself and your business to other brands and persuade them to collaborate with you. Listen now as she talks about two simple and quick steps to make it happen.
Episode 140: How To Work Through Grief as A Small Business Owner
In this coaching episode, Fiona shares her experience in dealing with the death of her parents and the steps she went through to move forward with her business through the use of the Buyer’s Cycle analogy.
Episode 139: What Can You Do Today to Help Yourself Tomorrow as A Small Business Owner?
In this quick tip episode, Fiona shares a tea analogy she has for activities you can do or habits you can develop today to help your future self as a small business owner. What are the things in your life, that if you just did a small consistent step towards them, you would be better in the long run?
Episode 138: On Managing PR and Starting a Software Business as A Female Founder, An Interview with Gaby Howard of Flaunter
In this small business owner interview, Fiona has a chat with Gaby Howard, the founder of the software company - Flaunter. Gaby also shares her experience starting a tech company as a woman today, how Flaunter started, the importance of doing research and why having a good support crew makes a big difference.
Episode 137: What will you do DIFFERENTLY in this last quarter of 2021?
Fiona gives a short summary of what the four principles of marketing are. From specialization to concentration, find out what they are and find out how you can learn more about marketing for your small business.
Episode 136: Humanising Your Brand: Five Suggestions To Guide You on What and What Not To Share with Your Audience
Fiona talks about a question that she is often asked whoever her audience is - how can you humanise your brand without sharing too much about your life. Listen now as she gives her five suggestions to guide you on what and what not to share about your life and your business.
Episode 135: Four Principles of Marketing for Small Business Owners
Fiona gives a short summary of what the four principles of marketing are. From specialization to concentration, find out what they are and find out how you can learn more about marketing for your small business.
Episode 134: Running Multiple Businesses With A Solutions-Focused Mindset with Sally Branson Dalwood of The Suite Set
In this interview episode, Fiona talks to Sally Branson Dalwood of The Suite Set about her solutions mindset in dealing with all the challenges she handles in managing different business.
Episode 133: Five Health App Recommendations to Help Small Business Owners Who Feel Stressed Out Right Now
Fiona shares her top 5 health app recommendations that helped her feel better despite the long work-from-home setup. Listen now to find out.
Episode 132: 5 Tips for Disconnecting From Work When You Work From Home (Hello Lockdown)
Since the pandemic started, most people took home work and it’s hard to avoid always checking updates and notifications when the work area is just a few steps away. Listen now as Fiona shares her tips to disconnect from work when you’ve started working from home in this coaching episode.
Episode 131: Listening Double Speed on Videos/Audiobooks/Podcasts to Help You Save More Time
In this quick tip episode, Fiona shares a bit of advice from an old friend who wanted to listen to more audiobooks given the limited time.
Episode 130: Celebrating A Year of Passion, Purpose Profit: How to Sidestep The Hustle and Build A Business You Love
This is a very special episode where Fiona celebrates a year since her book, Passion, Purpose Profit, How to Sidestep The Hustle and Build A Business You Love, was published.
Episode 129: Take The Time To Reach Out To People and Say Thank You
For this quick tip episode, Fiona shares how a simple yet heartfelt Thank You message from a follower made her day and encourages everyone to be kind to others and be grateful for what they do.
Episode 128: Five Ways to Make Sure Social Media is Not Stopping You from Being Social IRL
Have you ever felt too overwhelmed with what you see in social media? It’s normal and in this coaching episode, Fiona shares her experience and the five things that you should really consider if you're finding that social media is kind of taking over your life.
Episode 127: 4 Things That You Might Consider Before You Press Purchase on (Yet) Another Online Course
For this quick tip episode, Fiona talks about online courses and the important things you need to consider when making a purchase. And no, it doesn’t include your budget. Listen now to find out what they are.