Not that we have an overinflated sense of self-worth, but with a month off looming ahead of us, this last episode is the equivalent of the Pyramid Stage's Sunday Headliner at Worthy Farm. Luckily, our brilliant guest today is more than worthy: Olivia Knight, founder of Patchwork, came to talk to us (virtually) about the concept of new business showers. Why don't we celebrate business milestones like we celebrate life milestones? Well, with Patchwork and a lil help from your pals, we absolutely can. And should. And will!

Check out Patchwork here.

In this episode, we thought we'd bring you behind the scenes of our branding and content creation shoot, which we're having done right now in real time! It's been something we've been dreaming of doing for a while, and today's the day - so we wanted to explain the inspiration, the logistics, and the planning that's gone into it...

Today we chat to self belief business coach Anna Dunleavy about limiting beliefs. It's a word we've heard bandied about on the 'gram so much recently - but what are they? And how do we cultivate self belief as business owners in the face of them?

YOU ASKED AND WE LISTENED! And selfishly thought about what we know *we* need, and boy the answer is Ella Nobre-Watts of Whimsicella. As a copywriter and social media expert, she noticed a gaping hole in the hashtag strategy of innovative, creative, forward-thinking businesses. So, she created a diverse hashtag database of over 2,000 (!!!). We chatted to her about general best practices with hashtags, what she looks for in a good'un, and how the idea of the database came about.

You can get the database here and follow Ella here.

Today's episode is for those of you who, like Ellie, are nosey about people's past jobs. We rattle through the positions we had before we got to today's point on our career journeys, and discuss what we can see that we learnt from each experience, with the beauty of time, space, and that ol' chestnut of hindsight. Though it may not have felt like it at the time, each job taught us a different lesson or skill that we've carried through to our work today - some more than others!

We had a HOOT chatting to Jess and Nat, the dynamic duo & ultimate dream team behind the award-winning Mac & Moore. At the start of this year they started a Clubhouse series called Creative Thieves, based on a Jim Jarmusch quote about authenticity, originality, and where we get inspiration from, and we loved that idea so much we wanted to chat about it. We may also have got exceptionally giddy at talking to TWO whole people on the Zoom room...

You can see their website here, follow them on instagram here and twitter here.

Over the years our relationships with our social media accounts have evolved - where once we were obsessed with likes, we're now slightly less attached to those vanity metrics, and prefer to focus on engagement because it's where the real community lies. Today we're talking through some different ways to maximise your presence on these apps and increase your engagement on social media - but we promise, no hacking the algorithm chat!

On the podcast before we've talked about how best to manage our time, but today we zoom out even further - on how to decide what to focus our precious hours on in the first place. Being a business owner is having to wear 25000 hats all at once, so which are the most important?! We chat through what we do to make sense of it all.

Hey friends! Did you miss us? We missed you FOR SURE.

For the first episode back after our mini self-imposed break, we thought we'd check in with what you've missed (spoiler alert: nothing much, we're still in a pandemic) and some of the deeper mindset shifts we've dealt with in the past few weeks. Rachel analyses what her (very!) successful launch taught her to take forward, and Ellie muses on the foundational mindset work that's always at play when you're a business owner.

I know we say this all the time but hoooo boy do we have a treat for you today. Today, we're joined by the wonderful Dominique from Dmarz Designs, a designer who specialises in strategy-driven branding, website design and handlettering for smaller businesses. Basically, Dominique is an expert in an area we have absolutely no idea about, but we desperately want to know more about - and she definitely delivered. We chatted about what a brand is, what it does for you, how it differs from your branding, some easy mistakes to fix, quick tips to improve your brand identity, and how to know when to outsource. We covered loads of ground in a fun and relaxed way, and hope you love it!

Check Dominique out at dmarzdesigns.com and @dmarzdesigns