In episode 24 on #MerryBiz we chat with Jarrod Robinson. He's  developed award winning educational software, used by millions.Known throughout the online community as The PE Geek, he's created an invaluable resource for teachers seeking effective use of 21st century tools in physical education. He presents and runs workshops all over the world while running his blog, podcast and leading a private community.He does this, all while working only a handful of hours per day (sometimes per week!). Jarrod shares some absolute GOLD in this episode, we know you're all going to learn something new!  Take a listen and let us know what you think! #MERRYBIZ SHOW NOTES Some questions we ask... What is a sales funnel? What tools do you use to build your online sales funnel? (Note: his answer actually makes sense!).How do you get the product you want to sell in front of potential customers? What's a recurring community and what is recurring income? Did you always know you would be an entrepreneur? How do you work less but still maintain your income?"Be helpful first and then the opportunities for income will come later."Some moments of AHA! in this episode...Get your ideas from your audience. Understand what their problem is and solve it!Know more about your audience so you can help them more and so you can benefit more. Don't jump too soon to monetise your online content. It can take time.Not everything you do is equal, take note of where you should use your resources. Ask yourself, what can you do to impact more people? Don't use time as an excuse."Focus on the 20% of things you do that bring in the 80% of your results." 

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What's the deal with Snapchat anyway? Should you and your business be on it? The short answer... yes. If you're one of those people who have told us that "My audience just isn't on there." We also think you're wrong. Listen to episode 23 on #MerryBiz to hear why. It's a quick 20 minutes. Then make your decision.Why Your and Your Business Should Be on SnapchatONE: Build your brand.  TWO: Engage with your audience. Get direct feedback.  THREE: Engage with influencers. FOUR: It's fun. FIVE: It's better than other 'live' social media channels.      Take a listen to get all the good stuff about Snapchat!

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In episode 22 on the #MerryBiz podcast learn how to find and ROCK your personal style! Our guest's journey started in 2008 when she said goodbye to her 20 year journalism career. Starting out as a personal stylist she started a blog, which now received over 130 000 visits each and every month. She's created a booming business working with world renowned brands, she's a published author of the best selling book, Unlock Your Style and she's created a positive and insanely active community. With a mission to help busy women get out the door looking and feeling the best they can.Welcome to #MerryBiz Nikki Parkinson of Styling You! Take a listen! #MERRYBIZ SHOW NOTES Some questions we ask... When did your community become so positive and amazing... was it an overnight success?Why is personal style so important?What would be your number 1 tip for someone just starting out to style themselves?What was the first thing you made an income from on your blog?What have been some of your favourite brand collaborations?How do you decide which client/brand to say yes or no to, do you have a tick list?Blog to published... tell us the story!"Honour everybody for who they are and what their personality is."Some moments of AHA! in this episode...You don't have to just do what you know, you can think bigger. How being mindful of what you put on in the morning can change your life. Why de-cluttering your 'stuff' and closet will help you be more successful at life.  Why style is about YOU, not trends. The importance of being you and overcoming the thought of 'I'm not good enough.'"Like attracts like, you're not going to attract everyone... just the people you want to have a conversation with." 

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In episode 21 on #MerryBiz we talk ACTION. It's 55 minutes of epic inspiration. We KNOW it's what you need to take the leap to make your next step. We all have big ideas and big plans. The difference between the people who get to realise their dreams and the people who just keep planning is one little word: ACTION.The question we get asked so much about our business is: how do you do it all? How do you get so much done?  And the answer is simple. We take action. We take small step after small step, action after action and it turns into epic results.Either that or we quickly realise our plan was crap and move onto something else where we take small step after small step... action after... ok ok, you get it. We take action. Easier said than done, right? We all get caught up on what tools we're supposed to use, or the design of the logo, or will that product even sell? Ooo we don't know, maybe we should do another survey.All this is great but nothing beats taking action to validate an idea. Nothing beats putting something out into the big wide world, seeing if people want it, then working out next steps. Sounds scary. But it ain't.Today on #MerryBiz we get together with Dan Norris, the KING of taking action and getting sh!t done. We get into some good stuff that has seriously given us the kick up the butt we need to take action to help Merrymakers grow even more! Here's what we cover:how to create processes and why we need themoutsourcing: how to start and how to decide what to outsourcevirtual assistants: how much do they cost and what can they do? tools to help you automate your businessthe 7 day challenge that's going to give you the kick up the butt you're looking for!Oh, yes, about that 7 Day Start Up Challenge! If you have a business, a product or a service that you've been wanting to launch.Then right NOW is the time to take action! Join Dan Norris for his FREE 7 Day Start Up Challenge. You won't regret it! We're taking part, it's going to be a whole lot of fun... full of, you guessed it... ACTION! CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE CHALLENGE!Always merrymaking,Emma + Carlap.s if you LOVED this episode and it's helped you in any way, please SHARE it with your friends! Maybe it's the kick up the butt they need... just like we needed it! 

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In episode 20 on #MerryBiz we chat with the best selling author of The Primal Blueprint and publisher of the world's BEST health blogs Mark's Daily Apple.  As a former top endurance athlete riddled with ailments that defied treatment from conventional wisdom, he made it his mission to heal his body and help millions of others do the same. Today, he successfully runs a leading education and supplement company, publishing house, and food line, which offer world class nutrition, fitness, and lifestyle resources to people who benefit from his ancestral health model to living awesome. If you haven't guessed already... welcome to #MerryBiz the one and only... Mark Sisson! Queue "YAAAAAY!" Take a listen! By the way... we talk A LOT about mayonnaise. LOL! Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE on iTunes or Stitcher and if you LOVE the episode, give us a 5 star rating and write us a merry-filled review!  PLUS learn to Set and Smash Your Goals with our FREE Goal Setting Guide!"If it were easy... everyone would be doing it."#MERRYBIZ SHOW NOTES Some questions we ask... When you first started, did you always have a big vision?You have so many ideas, how do you know which one to pursue next?What's your philosophy to eating and life?Who was your biggest influence growing up?How do you keep on top of everything you do?What's your number 1 piece of advice for new business owners/start ups?"All the things I create, I've wished they existed... I decided to find a way to make them and provide them to other people."Some moments of AHA! in this episode...The importance of naming your business and products and what that can do for your overall brand. Why you should ONLY eat delicious food. The power of virtual staff in growing your business.Why you need to incorporate play into your life.How naivety can be your biggest business strength. "The opportunities are endless."Links to the extra stuff we talked about...Mark's Daily Apple website PrimalBlueprint.com Our Friday Success Story"The goal is to extract as much pleasure, enjoyment and satisfaction out of every moment possible."You'll probably love...How to Set and Smash Your Goals with The Merrymaker Sisters How to build an engaged tribe with Jadah SellnerHow to Use Your Intuition to Turn Your Passion into an Online Empire with Brigit Esselmont of Biddy TarotBatching and Scheduling will Change Your LifeFrom Burnout to Virtual CEO and Online Biz Superstar with Chris DuckerHow to Dominate Instagram and Build an Epic Sales Funnel with Nathan Chan"Go for it... if it doesn't work out, there's always something else."Music...We want to give a HUGE shout out to the amazing guys of Drawing North for providing the podcast music of #MerryBiz. Yes, they are kinda epic. You gotta check them out! This is our favourite song! What was your biggest AHA!?We wanna hear all about it! Share your moments of AHA! or the action your gonna take after listening to this #MerryBiz episode!"You have to create your own life, based on your passions."

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In episode 19 on #MerryBiz we take you through the exact steps we take to set and SMASH our business goals. We use real life examples and we set some goals LIVE on the show. Download your FREE guide: How to Set and Smash Your Goals and listen to this brand new episode right... NOW!"Everyone has the potential to do something amazing. All it takes is small step after small step. Action after action." We started setting goals for our business in mid 2015. Before that we were all about going with the flow and knowing that the universe had our backs.Which is 100% true! We honestly believe that when you're following your bliss (or passion or purpose), good stuff comes your way.But we have some pretty big visions for our business and as much as the universe is there, we also have to be there for ourselves.As Pablo Picasso said "Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success." Makes sense, right?As soon as we started to set goals, everything already flowing started to flow even better.Everything gained momentum.Instead of having our vision in our heads and hoping we remember what we need to do to achieve it... we write our BIG VISION on paper, on our white board and in trello. We know exactly what we need to tick off, by when, to get to where we wanna be.We're now on top of our revenue (holey moley!) and we have monthly goals for social media and website growth (this shows us that all that dicking around on Instagram is worth it... or not!).So yes, it's official like a referee's whistle, goals rock our merry socks.Goals have brought even more excitement to our business journey. They've brought more money to our business. They've allowed us to spread our merry message to more people all over the world. They've taken away the stress and unknown of running a business.Whether you've just started a business, you've had your biz for a while, or even if it's just a distant dream. NOW is the time to get goal setting and goal smashing.We are proof in your chia pudding that it will help you build your business in epic ways. Be sure to download your FREE goals guide HERE!Always merrymaking,Emma + Carlap.s you've got this!

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In episode 18 on #MerryBiz we chat with professional Tarot reader and teacher, intuitive coach and spiritual entrepreneur. She's the founder of Biddy Tarot, a thriving business that inspires over 3 million people each year to transform their lives with the Tarot.She's passionate about business and thrives on helping people build their own business empires that are aligned with their soul purpose.We are so excited to Welcome Brigit Esselmont to the #MerryBiz podcast! Woo! And YES we get a Tarot reading LIVE on the show! It's so cool!Take a listen and let us know what you think!Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE on iTunes or Stitcher and if you LOVE the episode, give us a 5 star rating and write us a merry-filled review! PLUS learn to Set and Smash Your Goals with our FREE Goal Setting Guide!#MERRYBIZ SHOW NOTES Some questions we ask... How did you transition from your corporate job to full time online entrepreneur?Do you make any big decisions using Tarot cards?Can anyone read Tarot and how do you start?What are your business revenue streams? I.e how do you make money?What tools do you use to make your business more streamlined?What's the CRAZIEST Tarot reading you've ever done?"Trust the process... go with the flow."Some moments of AHA! in this episode...Why you should always listen to your intuition when it comes to business decisions.How challenges or 'things going wrong' can be the best things that ever happen to you.Why passion and business go hand in hand.The importance of looking everywhere for inspiration. How Tarot cards can easily be integrated into your life and help you feel on path toward your soul purpose. Why sharing content can be the best thing you do for your business."I'm ready to listen. I'm ready to tune into my inner voice."Links to the extra stuff we talked about...Biddy Tarot website5 simple steps to read tarot with confidence4 Hour Work Week book"When we truly listen to what we're feeling, we re-align ourselves with our soul purpose."You'll probably love...How to build an engaged tribe with Jadah SellnerBatching and Scheduling will Change Your LifeFrom Burnout to Virtual CEO and Online Biz Superstar with Chris DuckerSide Hustle to Full Time MerryBizHow to Dominate Instagram and Build an Epic Sales Funnel with Nathan ChanMusic...We want to give a HUGE shout out to the amazing guys of Drawing North for providing the podcast music of #MerryBiz. Yes, they are kinda epic. You gotta check them out! This is our favourite song! What was your biggest AHA!?We wanna hear all about it! Share your moments of AHA! or the action your gonna take after listening to this #MerryBiz episode!"Inspiration is all around."

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We're currently in the Philippines for the Tropical Think Tank event.Holey MOLEY. Sh1t has gone down. We have been inspired. We have new ideas. We made it to Cebu in the Phillipines! Coconut mango smoothie goodness to start off #TTT16 with #epicviews!A photo posted by THE MERRYMAKER SISTERS® (@themerrymakersisters) on Mar 11, 2016 at 10:32pm PSTListen to us ramble (very excitedly) about our learnings and ideas so far!Always merrymaking,Emma + Carla Sending some love to @petershankman. We heard him talk at #TTT16 and he is epic. One of the best story tellers and generous entrepreneurs we've ever had the pleasure to hang with!

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In episode 16 on #MerryBiz we chat with an AMAZING guest who is a huge inspiration!She's an advocate for dreamers, a community-building strategist, and the co-author and co-founder of Simple Green Smoothies.In 15 months, our guest grew the Simple Green Smoothies' community from 0 to 200,000 email subscribers, reaching more than 10 million page views, 270,000 Instagram followers, and 160,000 Facebook fans and those numbers are significantly larger now. She's helped over 1 million fans commit to drinking plant-based smoothies with their 30-Day Green Smoothie Challenges.We're so excited to have Jadah Sellner on the MerryBiz Podcast! Take a listen and prepare for epic inspiration! Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE on iTunes or Stitcher and if you LOVE the episode, give us a 5 star rating and write us a merry-filled review!  #MERRYBIZ SHOW NOTES Some questions we ask... What's your favourite part about your business?What are your top tips for building an amazing community?Do you believe combining passion and business is important?Who was your biggest influence growing up?How do you balance work life balance?Can you tell us the story of your book publishing deal?"When people are seen, acknowledged and celebrated... they want to stick around."Some moments of AHA! in this episode...Why you need to show value through your social media channels before you invite them 'home'.How to fail your way forward.The way to find your passion is to look for the things that light you up. Learn about work/life integration.The importance of your first 9 Instagram photos."Make your opt-in better than someone's paid for product." 

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In episode 15 on #MerryBiz we share exactly what we do to get MORE shit done in less time. Cheers to productivity! Take a listen... and for preparation for next episode... be sure to download your goal setting guide HERE!This time last year we would've said that we were the busiest we've ever been.Yep, 12 hour days filled with multi-tasking and running around like headless merrymakers. We had little structure and we worked on a 'do what we feel like' basis. Sounds appealing but...This kind of mindset and work ethic lead to lots of to-dos either forgotten or being done at the very last minute. Hello unnecessary stress! Errr yuck. And stress is not good for us.  Running a business or blog or working a high paced job does NOT have to be this way. It doesn't need to be stressful and doesn't have to cause burnout. You do not need to be the busiest person on the planet. Fast forward to now and we're ticking off a hell of a lot more goals MINUS the 12 hour days, minus the stress PLUS a whole bunch of fun. Say what? True story. Less working hours. MORE productivity.  This year our key focus was focus. Ha! No, truly, we wanted to focus on focussing.We used to work like this:  Oh! Let's work on Project A for a day... but Project B sounds fun, let's do that for an hour... oh shiny, pretty things, look at Project C! You know what? We should REALLY work on Project Z, that's the most important. Can you see how our multi-tasking 'skills' actually stopped our progress? 4 weeks would pass and we hadn't accomplished anything.We just had all of these quarter finished projects. According to WPCurve "Multi-tasking damages your brain and makes you dumber." Ahh. Yep, no more of that. Halfway through this year we turned our working style upside down on top of its head. NOW we get A LOT of shit done and we want you to get your shit done too. Ready?How to get MORE Shit Done. Shit = awesome stuff you do for your business or life that gets you closer to your goals. BATCH YOUR SHIT.Put similar tasks together and do them all at once, rather than jumping from one thing to the next. You'll get in a rhythm and save SO. MUCH. TIME. One example: we batch our blog posts. One day we'll write, another day we'll cook and photograph and another day we'll input everything and schedule it to go live! Boom. Another example is batch your errands. If you need to go to the post office, the bank, do the groceries... then batch your errands in one outing!  Batching changed our lives and it can change yours too. The best thing is that you can batch EVERYTHING. We even batched Nashville once (but that wasn't very productive... or maybe it was).  SCHEDULE YOUR SHIT. Batched, tick. Now you gotta schedule your batched tasks. Marie Forleo (one of our fave biz mentors) preaches "If it's not scheduled, it's not real." In other words it ain't gonna happen if it's not in your calendar! Every Sunday afternoon (in our calendar) we have the task 'ORGANISE WEEK'. Basically we both sit down, work out our tasks for the week, batch them together then add them to our calendar. Here's what our calendar looks like: Try and stick to your calendar BUT be open to change and flexibility. Don't beat yourself up if something takes you longer than first thought. We're also flexible in moving entire tasks around based on our inspiration that day. GET RID OF YOUR SHIT.Dan Norris told us that "Deciding to work on something new when your project isn't working is not the same as giving up. It's just common sense." Get rid of the shit that isn't working so you can make room for the shit that will. Do a stocktake on all your tasks. Take note of the things you enjoy, the things you hate, the things that are necessary and unnecessary to run your business/blog. It's fun to do this with post it notes or a giant white board. When we did this we realised that we were spending WAAAAAY too much time trawling through Instagram and Facebook (like 3 hours a day), and with what end goal in mind? Um... nothing. Once you've got your post its/white board done it will be easy to delete the shit!...

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