For the past year or so, I have been trying to grow my personal brand. Branding usually refers to your colours and logo, but personal branding is about marketing yourself as a brand outside of your business brand. I'm really excited to talk about this today because I've researched and learned a lot from it, so I'm here to share my learnings with you along with some practical steps to apply to yourself and your brand.

In this episode I cover:

• What personal branding is
• How it differs from business branding
• My experience so far with building my personal brand
• Some ways that you can align both your personal and business brand

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I believe that emotional intelligence is a vital aspect of leadership and is often overlooked in entrepreneurship. It’s more than just a buzzword, it is a skill that can make or break your business. We want to make sure that our emotional intelligence is in check and that we are doing everything we can to be a better leader and business owner. I have experiences, both personally and professionally, that have taught me to be more emotionally intelligent, and they have gotten me to where I am today.

In this episode I cover:

• What emotional intelligence actually is
• Actionable steps that you can take to change your reactions to situations
• How your emotions can negatively affect you, both personally and in business
• My own experiences with learning to be emotionally intelligent

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Today I am talking about the power of using project management tools in your business. I have used them in my businesses for quite some time, but I wanted to really dive deeper into how they can help you become more productive and reduce overwhelm. This episode is heavily focused on my experiences with Asana, but these tips can be applied to any tool that you choose to use! 

In this episode I cover:

• Why I believe that using a project management tool is so important
• Reasons that it is so much more than a glorified to-do list
• How it can help your organisation, whether you are solo or have a team
• Ways that I utilise Asana in my business

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This week’s episode is all about my secret sauce for success in business, which is how to take 100% responsibility for your life. Some of these things might be hard to hear but I am here to be your accountability buddy and hold you accountable to your own standard. I am here for some tough love but also to share my own experiences and how taking accountability has helped me in both my life and business.

In this episode I cover:

• Why no one else can save you
• What it truly means to take responsibility
• How to tell the difference between what is your responsibility and what isn’t
• Some ideas to help you approach responsibility in a different way

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This week, we're talking all about the saying “Success leaves clues”. The first time I heard this was from Tony Robbins who is one of my favourite personal development speakers. It really resonated with me, particularly when it comes to business and to growing your business. The concept is about looking to successful entrepreneurs who have gone before you, to see what they have done and then look at the clues they have left as to how they achieved that success. I am really excited to bring you guys this episode!

In this episode I cover:

• The importance of observing success
• Why your ideas don’t need to be completely brand new
• How to look to other entrepreneurs for inspiration rather than comparison
• Action steps that you can take from finding clues of success

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I am really excited to be back with another personal development episode! Today we are chatting all things habits for entrepreneurs, strongly inspired from one of my favourite books, Atomic Habits by James Clear. I dive into some of my favourite takeaways from the book and provide some insight on some of my own habits and how they help me in my business.

In this episode I cover:

• Why habits matter for entrepreneurs
• Some ways to create new habits to help you succeed
• The importance of identity
• How our beliefs and self-perception can help or hinder us in achieving our goals

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Today is the fourth part of our marketing series and we are talking about how you can collaborate with influencers or other businesses to expand your reach and your audience to gain more customers. I believe that collaboration is the way of the future and it is becoming much bigger in marketing now than ever before, just look at the success of all of the recent Barbie collaborations!

In this episode I cover:

• Some creative ways that you can work with other businesses
• How to orchestrate a successful giveaway
• Ways to use influencer marketing to your advantage
• What user-generated content is and how you can utilise it for your marketing

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Today we are tackling the importance of leveraging social media to grow your business. We’re going to unravel some of the mysteries surrounding social media marketing and assure you that you don’t need to be an expert to be successful. I want to help reduce the overwhelm and help you come up with a plan to make social media less stressful and more fun.

In this episode I cover:

• How to choose the right platforms for your ideal customer
• Some tested strategies that have worked for me to increase my followers and sales
• The method I use to plan my social media content
• Ways to identify topics that will engage your audience

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Today’s episode is the second instalment in my Marketing Series and is all about unleashing the power of building an email list. Email marketing is such a key tool to help build long-term, sustainable relationships with your customers. Building an email list has proven to be an absolute game-changer for my businesses and I’m going to share all of my learnings and experiences with you.

In this episode I cover:

• Why you need to implement email marketing into your business right now
• The incredible return on investment you can experience with this marketing channel
• Some ways that you can connect with your customers through your emails
• My top two favourite email marketing platforms

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Welcome to Part 1 of The Success Club’s Marketing Series! In this series, I’m going to take you on the journey through the stages of marketing your business. Today we are starting with how to identify your ideal customer along with how to speak to them and attract them into your world. We are starting here because everything else you do in marketing leads back to your target audience.

In this episode I cover:

• Why it’s so important to understand your ideal customer
• How you can market to them
• The importance of a really good strategy to attract them to work with you
• Some reasons why I am really loving ChatGPT right now

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