Small Business Sisters

Renee owns a local brick and mortar boutique in Liberty Hill, Texas. In this episode she discusses with Jenni & Christina what it was like leaving teaching to start a business from scratch, how she chooses clothing at markets, & how she views community over competition in a town full of boutiques. You can find Renee and her store, Pep & Punch, on instagram @pepandpunch. 

You've asked us to talk more about Consignment, and here it is! In this episode you'll hear Christina and Jenni talk about their experiences with consigning items both from the Maker perspective as well as the Storefront perspective. We discuss things like setting up an agreement, terms and conditions, pulling reports, doing payouts, keeping records, and how to find a store partnership for consignment.

In this episode, Jenni & Christina interview Nicole Rysdyke, a small business owner who has bought two business from their previous owners. In this episode, Nicole shares the pros and cons and growth from those experiences, she shares how she stays positive, and she explains how to keep a hobby as you run your small business. Follow Nicole on instagram @rys_n_shine. 

Why are amazing quality product photos important? And how do you get them bright and clean? It today's episode we talk you through a step by step guide to getting great product photos when you aren't able to hire a product photographer! Grab a pen & paper and write them down as we go! 

You've heard us namedrop Miranda Rodriguez from Marketing for the Uninhibited so many times on our podcast, and this week we got to be guests on her podcast! Miranda has personally helped both of our businesses over the years, and she has a wealth of wisdom and information on her website, podcast, and social media. In our interview we talk about business/life balance (spoiler alert: there is no perfect balance), pricing our items and knowing our worth. The episode drops Thursday 5/12/22, so go follow now!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marketing-for-the-uninhibited-podcast/id1378016264

You can find out more about Marketing for the Uninhibited at https://marketinguninhibited.com

Kick off mental health awareness month with Jenni & Christina. Join Jenni and Christina as they interview Tish with Austin Pop Up Retreats. They talk mental health and Tish and Christina discuss their journey and recovery through eating disorders and they chat all things body positivity and ways we may help the next generation when it comes to loving our bodies. 

If you are struggling with an eating disorder you can call the National Eating Disorder helpline at (800) 931-2237 or text (800) 931-2237 or chat with someone online at https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline. 

Join Jenni & Christina as we chat with Sam, a brand new small business owner. Sam recently dreamed up and jumped in to a brand new small business where she creates balloon set ups for parties! Sam is still working full-time corporately and on the podcast discusses how she is learning to work both of them and still invest into her kids. If you're just starting or wondering when to drop your full-time job, this is a great episode to dig into! 

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Join as Christina walks Jenni through a week of social media planning to help her connect with her target market. If you'd like to grab your own prompt journal that we discuss on this episode, you can grab it here: https://www.christina-hobbs.com/learnjournal. 

Jenni teaches Christina how she prices her items to make wholesale profitable using her pricing formula. 

In this episode, Jenni and Christina discuss random thoughts that came up for Christina that week regarding personal life and business life. Hear Christina's thoughts about becoming fully herself, how to regulate answering pricing questions, and how to shut off your brain in non-business hours.