Hark! Is that Herald Angels singing? No, it's Ellie and Rachel returning for a one-off Christmas special. We felt it was only right to wrap up our final year with a round up of 2024, and a look forward to 2025.

Merry Christmas!

@eleanor_mollie / @rachelemmawaring

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Well, here we are: we've come to the end of the road.

5 and a half years later, RE: The Podcast is shutting its proverbial doors. On this episode we discuss what's on the horizon for both of us - will we find new business wives? Will we start new podcasts? Are we abandoning the internet forever? And how can you keep in touch with us/we keep in touch with you in this next adventure? 

THANK YOU!

@eleanor_mollie / @rachelemmawaring

And a special thank you to Jake at Casts and Reels for his editing help and advice over the years!

ICYMI - RE: The Podcast is coming to an end. It's been an incredible 5.5 years...and we can't quite believe we made it this far! Here's Part 1 of the Final Episode, where we answer some listener questions, and look back on what the podcast has brought us.

Keep up to date with Rachel and Ellie here:

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Talking about causes you care about online can seem fraught with difficulty, but still super important - so how can you broach the subject? We talked to copywriter and strategist Peta O'Brien-Day on how to share the causes you care about without getting cancelled.

If you feel like you can never get off the endless treadmill of creating content, then you need Felly Day. Her Content Repurposing Strategy is all about making the most out of what you create, getting multiple posts out of one piece of content! Freeing up our time whilst still serving our followers loads of top-notch content? We'll take 5, please. 

After building up her watercolour illustration business as a side hustle, Imogen Partridge went fully self-employed in January this year. We catch up with her about transitioning from a full-time position to full self-employment: the mindset she found helpful, how social media played a positive role, and her helpful advice too.

From putting lil summin-summins in with an order to bigger gifts to welcome clients onto courses or programs, client gifts are a fun way to add some more delight for your customers. But how much should you be spending? What works as a client gift? How should you send them? We chat through it all, including our best and worst gift experiences too! 

If making your marketing shorter and more manageable sounds like your bag, you need to know about Hannah Isted. As the founder of Hi Communications and author of The Best 90 Days Ever, she's also the queen of 10 Minute Marketing. We chat to her about her transformational approach to marketing, where she breaks down your to-do list into small daily chunks to overcome the overwhelm and actually post, with a sneaky preview of her book too.

Grab The Best 90 Days Ever here (aff link)

It’s April, so you know what means: reflecting on our Q1 experiences as small business owners, and sharing our plans and goals for Q2. We discuss our challenges, including calendar management and falling back into old patterns, as well as the successes we achieved, like being more daring, gaining clarity, and refining their offerings. 

& a special thank you to our sponsors, The I Do Handmade Hub.

Created for small businesses specifically, the team behind it have collated hundreds of opportunities into one place: from markets and pop ups across the UK for in person selling, to shops looking for new brands to stock, to a live feed of journalists looking for PR products to feature in upcoming articles. Plus within the platform there are groups to meet like-minded businesses, grow your community, share problems and discuss ideas to help you grow your business. 

Want a real behind-the-scenes look at a successful recent launch in the small business world? Luckily for you, our Rachel is armed and ready with all the stats, highs, lows and lessons that she learnt from the launch of the latest round of Ignite Your Pinterest Strategy. Tell us how you really feel, Rach...