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 154: From Idea to Product, How Adam Jelic Turned MiGoals Into Australia's Leading, Empowering, Stationery Brand
In this interview episode, Fiona talks to Adam Jelic of MiGoals about how he went from having this idea to getting this stuff made. They also discuss how to start and develop a business when perhaps not everyone around him believes in what he was doing or thinks it was going to work, and the importance of finding balance in earning money and sticking with one’s values.
Episode 153: How Much Do You Believe in Your Own Products and Services?
Fiona shares the importance of believing in your own products and services. Listen now as she shares her mindset tip and inspires you to be “Gone With The Wind fabulous”!
Episode 152: 10 Books To Inspire You After A Tough Year
In this coaching episode, Fiona shares 10 books that helped her throughout her business journey (and that she recommended to others as well). Listen now to learn which ones you’ve already read and which ones you want to order next.
Episode 151: Why You Need To Set Boundaries for Your Small Business
Fiona recommends a book by Dr. Rebecca Ray called Setting Boundaries: Care for Yourself and Stop Being Controlled by Others, and how to use the boundary triangle.
Episode 160: Creating Beautiful and Rich Spaces in the Design Space and Carving Your Own Path, with Lauren Li of Sisällä Interior Design
In this coaching episode, Fiona has a chat with Lauren Li, founder of the Interior Design Studio Sisällä. They talk about how she's built so many things in the design space, how you set yourself apart and showing up and putting yourself out there.
Episode 150: Building A Sustainable Modern Brand in A Traditional Industry and Finding the Right Team, with Tartan Blanket Co. CEO and co-founder Emma MacDonald
Fiona has a chat with Emma Macdonald, founder of Tartan Blanket Co., about bringing a modern approach to the traditional Scottish tartan blankets, how to create a great culture, how to do things differently, and how to look after the planet when you're creating a product-based business.
Episode 149: The Introduction Formula: Finding The Confidence To Describe What You Do
Fiona recalls the time when she was just starting her business and how she had a hard time describing what she does for a living. Through the Introduction Formula, she shares a simple phrase small business owners can use to find confidence in describing what they do.
Episode 148: Your Brand Values and Why They Are Essential For Running A Good Business
Fiona talks about brand values and why it’s important to identify your top three. She shares what her top values are and what she does to make sure they align with her business - internally and externally.
Episode 147: Use Instagram? Listen to this.
In this quick tip episode, Fiona discusses a recent challenge she had on Instagram and a tactic she is now using - regularly - to prevent losing anything from the social media platform. If you use instagram in your business, or even for personal reasons, this is a must-listen episode.
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.