Her Handmade Hustle Unplugged: A Podcast Helping Independent Businesses Get Seen, Remembered and Chosen.

In this episode, Joanne dives into the complex world of female friendships in business. As women entrepreneurs in creative fields, we often feel the pressure to support every fellow female business owner, but the reality is that not everyone will be our perfect match. She explores the myth of universal solidarity and discusses the importance of authentic connections over forced friendships.

Learn how to navigate disagreements professionally, build a genuine support network, and find your true tribe without compromising your authenticity.

Tune in for insights, personal stories, and practical tips on fostering meaningful business relationships.

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If you'd like to come on the podcast to talk about your business journey as a female entrepreneur, we would love to hear from you! Please use the contact form to get in touch HERE

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In this lively and insightful episode, Joanne tackles a challenge that many creative entrepreneur mums face: surviving the school holidays while keeping your business afloat. She takes a no nonsense approach to juggling work when you have the kids off school. She dismisses the idealistic strategies out there on social media trying to tell us what we can do to perfectly juggle kids and work during the summer holidays, believing they create more stress and set us up for failure. Instead, she uses her experience as a self employed mother to give realistic tips and feasible strategies to help you muddle through the 6 weeks school holidays.
Joanne also features a segment with tips from other entrepreneur mums who are in the trenches with you. Whether you're a seasoned pro or navigating your first summer as a business-owning mum, this episode is packed with valuable insights and a dose of humour to help you survive.
Listen now and discover how to make the most of the school holidays without sacrificing your business or your sanity!
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In this episode of the Her Handmade Hustle Unplugged podcast, Joanne dives into one of the biggest challenges facing female entrepreneurs in the creative industry: staying original. As a creative entrepreneur, your unique voice and ideas are your most valuable assets, but what happens when copycats try to steal your thunder?

Join Joanne as she explores practical strategies to protect your work from copycats and maintain your originality. Learn how to identify when your work is being copied, the steps to take, and proactive measures to safeguard your creativity. She'll also share tips and exercises to help you continually develop and nurture your unique creative voice, ensuring you stay ahead of the curve without losing your identity.

Whether you're just starting out or looking to reinforce your brand, this episode is packed with valuable insights and actionable advice for any female entrepreneur. Tune in and empower yourself to thrive as a truly original creative entrepreneur.

Highlights:

• Recognizing and dealing with copycats in the creative industry

• Legal and ethical responses to idea theft

• Practical tips for maintaining and nurturing your originality

• Exercises to stay inspired and unique

Link to new WhatsApp Support Service - a fast, friendly and affordable business support service for creative women:

https://herhandmadehustle.co.uk/whatsapp-support-service

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In this episode, Joanne talks about the importance of taking a break from your business when your self employed. She stresses the importance of reframing our mindset so we feel less guilty about taking a step back and instead seeing breaks as an investment in our business, with a better work output and a refreshed mind.

Joanne discusses the concept of us having a 'social battery', an energy source that gets depleted and needs fully recharging from time to time in order for us to operate at our best in our business. She identifies the most common signs that your social battery needs recharging and ways you can make sure you do this before you burnout. She also discusses the benefits to your business when you actually take that break, including renewed creativity, drive, focus and motivation.

Joanne dispels the fears that a lot of self employed people have about losing their business if they take time away from it and provides her tips on the things you can do to prepare for a 'business break' so you can enjoy it guilt free.

This episode is full of tips and advice to help women in business manage the stress of being self employed and learn how taking a break can actually make you MORE money in the long run.

Don't forget! Joanne's groundbreaking new WhatsApp support service is launching soon! It's a fast, friendly and affordable business support service for women with small creative businesses where they can contact her by text message for advice on anything they are stuck on. Register to be notified as soon as it goes live at the below link:

https://herhandmadehustle.co.uk/whatsapp-support-service

Visit the website for more information on 1:1 small business support and advice:
www.herhandmadehustle.co.uk

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In this empowering episode of Her Handmade Hustle: Unplugged, Joanne delves into the often overlooked, but profoundly important, impact of small creative businesses. As creatives, it’s easy to undervalue our work, especially when it’s not highly paid or seen as life-saving. However, the gifts we create and the experiences we provide hold immense value, touching lives in ways that go beyond the monetary.

Join Joanne as she explores the intrinsic value of creative work, sharing heartfelt stories from her own experience, and those of her customers, who have been deeply moved by handmade and custom items. She tackles the common challenges of self-doubt and societal undervaluation, offering practical tips to build confidence and recognize your worth.

Joanne also talks of the art of storytelling as a way to sell your products and gives you actionable steps to appreciate and celebrate the importance of your own creative business.

Whether you’re a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting out, this episode is a reminder that every creation counts. Tune in and discover the true significance of your work, beyond the price tag.

Joanne talks about her NEW WhatsApp Support Service - a fast, friendly and affordable business support service for women with small creative businesses where they can contact her by text message for advice on anything they are stuck on. Link below to find out more!

https://herhandmadehustle.co.uk/whatsapp-support-service

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In this episode, Joanne discusses the importance of stepping outside of your comfort zone in order to truly make your small business grow. She talks about doing something you've never done before can lead to significant breakthroughs in business and gives real life examples of how this has happened from her own experience and for other successful female entrepreneurs aswell.

Joanne talks about the psychological and professional benefits of taking on a new challenge and how it can lead to improved brain function and performance.

She also stresses the importance of establishing a solid support system when you're self employed to encourage growth in your business. She discusses the benefits of having a mentor and thr positive effects of having someone there to be accountable to, offer encouragement and a different perspective.

In this episode, Joanne gives practical advice on what you can do to make sure you are always pushing your business forward, as well as offering advice on the steps to establishing your own solid support system.

This episode is a motivational one for all women with small businesses who may be feeling unsure about leaving their comfort zones to try new things and grow.

Joanne talks about her NEW WhatsApp Support Service - a fast, friendly and affordable business support service for women with small creative businesses where they can contact her by text message for advice on anything they are stuck on. Click HERE to find out more!

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In this episode, Joanne introduces the topic of SEO for small businesses, discussing the importance of using the right keywords throughout your online content in order to be found on search engines. She talks about how we need to be focusing our efforts on reaching the people who are actively searching what it is we are selling, rather than those just scrolling social media who are not in the buying phase.

Joanne stresses the importance of intentional behaviours of consumers and why it's crucial to dedicate time to our SEO so we are easily matched to people's search queries. She explains how to find keywords relevant to your product or service by putting yourself in the shoes of your target customer and using ready made tools like the Google search bar and Google Keyword Planner to find what people are currently searching.

In this episode, Joanne gives practical exercises you can do to explore the keywords you need to be using, as well as sharing her own successful experience of getting her website from being non existent on Google to appearing on Page 1 in just 4 weeks.

This episode is simple introduction to SEO for small creative businesses, tailored to beginners who may be feeling intimidated or overwhelmed by this topic.

Joanne talks about her NEW Keyword session for creative female entrepreneurs, where she will help you find the BEST keywords for your business to help you get found on search engines in a 45 minute, 1:1 video call.

To find out more or purchase a 1:1 session with Joanne to boost your business, visit the link below:

https://herhandmadehustle.co.uk/ols/products/1-to-1-keyword-research-session---seo-help-for-small-businesses

Don't forget! Joanne's groundbreaking new WhatsApp support service is launching soon! It's a fast, friendly and affordable business support service for women with small creative businesses where they can contact her by text message for advice on anything they are stuck on. Register to be notified as soon as it goes live at the below link:

https://herhandmadehustle.co.uk/whatsapp-support-service

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In this episode, we meet Emma Gregory - female entrepreneur, mother of 3 and co-founder of travel recruitment company Urbanberry. And my sister.
Emma shares her story of how she started her business in the travel recruitment industry and her reasons for going it alone and becoming self employed. She talks about how she manages to run a business as a busy mum of 3 young children, as well as how she approaches working from home when you've no room for an office.
Emma also touches on the challenges she's faced as a female business owner in an industry where these positions are typically dominated by men.
Emma has always been the logical, rational sister and the one who has helped me countless times with honest and sound advice. This episode is packed full of her signature practical advice about starting a business, which most women, regardless of their particular niche, will relate to and appreciate.
You can check out Emma's very own podcast for her company Urbanberry here

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In this special personal episode, Joanne talks openly and honestly about how we manage to run a business when things in life don't go to plan. She talks about the responsibility of owning a business and not being able to switch off when life - and all it's events (good and bad) are happening around you.

She draws on her own experience of keeping a business going through her mum's terminal illness and dealing with grief, the birth of her daughter and learning to be a new mum - without her own - and, now, sustaining two businesses in the face of a major life saving operation.

This episode is as raw and real as it gets and hopes to reassure anyone trying to run a small business, whilst going through personal challenges, that they are not alone.
Joanne's online course 'The Creative SheCEO: How to Launch a Creative Business' is a must have resource for all women wanting to start their own creative business and learn how to get it off the ground. Check it out here

https://herhandmadehustle.co.uk/ols/products/the-creative-sheceo-how-to-launch-a-creative-business---an-online-course-for-female-entrepreneurs

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In this episode, Joanne talks about the importance of being your most authentic self when you run a small business. She looks at why we need to ensure we are always communicating our true self to our audience so we can build trusting relationships with people who feel they can resonate with us.

Joanne discusses how we can still evolve and change by embracing new trends and business ideas but stresses the importance of staying true to your brand and personality and not trying to fit in with something that's simply not you.

She sets a useful exercise to help you come up with some authentic social media content thar truly reflects who you are and what your business stands for.

This episode is full of tips and advice to help women with small businesses grow their following and customer base by using the most powerful tool available to them - themselves.

Joanne also talks of her groundbreaking new WhatsApp support service - a fast, friendly and affordable business support service for women with small creative businesses where they can contact her by text message for advice on anything they are stuck on. The service will be going live on 28th June 2024, you can register to be notified as soon as it goes live at the below link:

https://herhandmadehustle.co.uk/register-interest-for-creative-business-assistant-service

Visit the website for more information on 1:1 small business support and advice:

www.herhandmadehustle.co.uk

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit herhandmadehustle.substack.com