Owners Collective

Krista Jane Smith {aka Kj} has the superpower of intuition and is known worldwide for her ability to blast the subconscious blocks that hold people back from their true potential.  In this episode, we tapped into the collective experience of fear, what drives it and how to harness it to create long-term results. We talked through the illusion of uncertainty, the chemical reactions that happen within your brain and body when your fear response is triggered and the tools you need to both regulate and investigate the deeply rooted seed of fear.

This is a powerful episode as we move through COVID times, but also for everyday life. So if you’ve hit your glass ceiling OR you’re feeling stuck, in a shit storm, or that there’s something holding you back - this episode is essential listening for you.

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Community is a term that's thrown around a lot however people are usually unsure of what it actually means, and yet creating a crew of loyal and fierce supporters is one of the best things you can do for your business. 

You can think of community as a shift away from 'traditional marketing' and towards a human-centred approach to building brand love, and in this episode, we’re diving into HOW you facilitate that feeling for people in finding their place within your brand. 

In this episode, I’m joined by our very own OC Community Connector and Conversation starter, Nicky Felton. Since walking in the *virtual* door, Nicky has been responsible for building and supporting our OC members and broader community by connecting them with one another, helpful resources, and forever being the biggest cheerleader. 

Nicky has been responsible for both in-person and online community building, building highly engaged groups of 10k early-stage entrepreneurs.  She does it with humour, connection and above all a deep dedication to building authentic real-time relationships than span well beyond business.

She’s also the co-Founder of Play Creative and epic Video Production & Communications company that she runs with her partner Dan.  They’re two talented folk, and reside on a farm in the middle of NZ’s North Island with their adorable pooch Archie. 

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Ever wanted to launch a digital product or online course, but become completely overwhelmed by WHAT exactly to launch? I mean there’s ecourses, ebooks, membership sites, online courses, tech platforms, and so many other digital products BUT they’re not all created equal.

Personally, I’ve tried a bunch of these, and hands down I have found that launching a signature course to be the most powerful for my impact, business model, lifestyle and revenue.

To dive deeper into this I interviewed Stevie Dillon of @steviesayssocial to step us through How to stop swapping time for money and launch a signature online course (*and why it beats any other type digital product*).

Stevie knows the online world inside and out. As the Founder of Stevie Says Social she helps women leverage the internet to build online businesses. She’s also the host of the Stevie Says Social Podcast, which has been downloaded 300,000 times, and she’s been featured in the likes of Social Media Examiner, Business Chicks, League of Extraordinary Women, Smart Company and on Channel 7.

In this episode we covered: Why a signature course beats an ecourse, membership or any other type of digital product, why you need to niche now, and both of our experiences in going too broad and bringing it back to basics.

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FLOW. That magical place where you effortlessly exist in time and space, completely absorbed in your favourite creative pursuit.  But when you’re out of it, it looks like writer's block, creative stagnation, flat *like pancake flat kind* energy.  It’s a slump that doesn’t feel good OR pay the bills. 

The truth is that when you’re running your own gig you’ll continually be in and out of flow. The more we become conscious about the want we spend our time in business and in life, we want to get smart about being in flow more often than not.

FLOW feels good AND it’s good for business. In this episode, I’ll be throwing down on my favourite ways to dial in your flow ASAP.

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I’m super passionate about using business as a force for good. In a time where our governments are slow to act, business has the agility and the resources to action change - fast.

In today’s episode we into what ‘good business’ really means and how we can amplify this message to grow our impact. So we have a very special guest - Natalie Dean-Waymark, the Founder of Compass Studio.

Compass Studio is a Marketing and PR agency based in Sydney who work with purpose-led brands to develop bespoke marketing strategies, compelling content and purposeful PR campaigns. Basically they speed the message of good business far and wide. They’re a certified BCorp and their clients include Patagonia, Thankyou Group, Allpress Espresso, Seabin Project and many more.

They’ve just released an ebook ‘The Business of Good Business: How to market for impact and connect with consciously minded audiences’ so Nat was the perfect person to throw down on amplifying the message of good business. 

In this episode we chat through what makes a business ‘good’ as well as the social, economic, environmental drivers behind the huge upswell in positive impact businesses right now. We then look at The 3 top ways to communicate your ‘good business’ message through impactful marketing and PR campaigns.

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Straight up - business coaching is a powerful experience. Get the right coach and they’ll help you skyrocket your confidence, clarify your offering, make you a truck-load more money, and put you on the fast track for world domination.

But before you hit ‘buy now’, there’s one thing you need to understand…For the most part, coaching is an unregulated industry.  This means that every Tom, Dick, and half-sister Harriet can call themselves a business coach and make a quick buck.  So you need the razor sharp eye of a hawk to see the good from the bad, and the ugly.

I’ve both been a coach, and been coached for the best past of the last decade, and hugely enjoyed both experiences.  Throughout the journey I’ve learnt a thing or two about the importance of choosing THE RIGHT business coach, given the small fortune of time, money and energy that you’ll invest into the relationship.

Tune in to find out the essential steps to finding the Business Coach that’s RIGHT for you. 

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Want to know the most powerful tool to transform your business? Abundance Mindset. Although we live in a wildly abundant world just about every entrepreneur *every person* I know has a scarcity mindset. It's deeply rooted in our belief system, both as individuals and as a society.

If you want to see more abundance in your business and life you HAVE to start here. Because with a limited mindset, what kind of results are you going to get?  Limited results.

The good news?

There's a simple process for shifting your mindset from scarcity to wildly abundant, and we're walking through it in this episode.  From identifying your current belief system to how to transform it, and an experiment I’d like you to try. Along the way I’ll also be sharing my own story from growing up in a house without running water (yep) to the abundant life I experience today from doing this work. 

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Want to know the secret to scaling your business and keeping your sanity?  A powerful CRM.

CRM stands for "customer relationship management" system, and it helps you nurture your relationships with every single human you interact within your business.

How does this help you grow?

With a CRM set up in the background, you can have more than one conversation at once. So instead of nurturing one potential client at once, you can be nurturing 1000 potential clients at once. No extra work required.

Skip it, and you’re absolutely putting a limit on your growth.

Get it right and it is a game-changer for your business.

But not all CRM’s are made equal…..

So to get the latest low-down on the best CRM’s, I interviewed Kiah Worling, a digital thought-leader and productivity adviser whose mission is to better the lives of others through the smart use of technology.

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Did you know that there’s a whopping $80+ Billion available in grant funding to Australian businesses & charities each year? Yep, you heard right.

Securing grant funding can enable you to power areas of your business that you don’t have cash readily available for including marketing, coaching, leadership development and so much more.

In this episode, I interview Janine Owen, founder of Grant’d to step us through How to Secure Grant Funding. With a background in marketing, PR and events, Janine wanted to increase her impact in a positive way.  She launched Grantd and now helps connect small and medium businesses with much-needed funding to help them startups and scaleup. 

In this episode we covered:

• The changing landscape of social enterprise and using business as a force for good
• The four key types of funders making grants available in Australia 
• How and why you need to begin with strategy to boost your chances of securing funding both short and long term
• The importance of understanding your funding ‘sweet spot’
• The 3-step process essential to your funding application

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