Visibility, Influence and Impact

In today's episode, I am talking to Monica Garrett. Monica is the CEO and Founder of the Margaux Agency, a Los Angeles County-based social media marketing agency. A seasoned expert in design and digital marketing, Monica has developed a sleek and recognizable brand for the agency as well as for her clients. Her passion for her work, an eye for detail, the trust built with clients, and a deep understanding of marketing are the secrets to the success of her agency.
You can connect with Monica via her website: https://margauxagency.com/ and on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margauxagency/

On Smart Women in Business today I am chatting with Kate Strong.
Kate is a successful entrepreneur, World Champion in triathlon and Reiki Master, but she had to overcome a toxic relationship where her ex-fiance left her in debt, emotionally broken and feeling overwhelmed with the enormous task of turning their business around, as well as building her self-belief back.
Turning her focus from all the reason why her situation wasn’t fair, she focused on what she could control and started running… Fast forward 2 years, she’s number one in the world in triathlon, successfully sold her business for $1M and sharing her message on stages such as TEDx.
Yet, even today, Kate still talks about the shadows of success - for every mountain we climb, there is a darkness as large behind and our journey is to keep striving for the mountain peaks and respect the shadows that follow us.
You can find out more about Kate at her website: katestrong.co and connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/strongkate/

Mel Daniels provides tailored solutions to help you build and love your business again. Her love – Meld Business Services - delivers offsite content creation services including email marketing, blog writing and social media management.
Mel had a successful corporate career in banking before taking a career break to devote her time to raising her two children. Throughout her life, she has thrived on being able to help people through team management and volunteer roles.
This strong sense of empowering others to succeed has always been a large part of her DNA, but it wasn’t until recently that this transformed into a business. Whilst helping a friend in the legal industry get through a busy period, Mel was able to identify the need for small businesses to have access to a high quality, knowledgeable and flexible work partner. Someone who cares about their business as much as they do.
Combined with her ability to provide an organised and supportive service, Meld Business Services was born.
Here are the links to Mel's website and social channels: Website: https://www.meldbusinessservices.com.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meldbusiness/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meldbusiness/
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Midori is the Founder and CEO of MOX Life, a certified human behaviour specialist, and is a mindset success coach, best-selling author, and show host.
You may have heard me speak about mindset in the past because it is just so important in every aspect of being an entrepreneur and business owner. How we think and feel about our businesses, our money, our work and our clients influence our personal brand, our messaging and how we are perceived by our audience.
Working on your mindset is one of the crucial pieces of work you need to do to achieve success. In our chat Midori breaks it down for us and shares some golden nuggets as to how we can all improve our mindset and some simple tips to recognise and shift negative behavioural loops.
Here are the links to Midori's website and social channels: Website: https://themoxlife.com/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheMOXLife/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midoriverity/
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I recently spoke with Simone Hayward, the owner of Simone's Plant Based Kitchen.
Simone is a busy mum of 3 young children and runs a plant based and vegan catering company and cookery school in Taranaki, New Zealand.
Simone loves to inspire people to eat more plant based foods through her catering, meal delivery service, cooking classes and eBooks.
Here are the links to Simone's blog and social channels: Website: www.simonesplantbased.kitchen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simonesplantbased.kitchen/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/simonesplantbasedkitchen
Links to Simone's eBooks: Wintervention: https://simonesplantbased.kitchen/product/ebook-wintervention/ Whole Food Simply: https://simonesplantbased.kitchen/product/whole-food-simply-ebook/
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I recently spoke with Helen Flitcroft, a mindset coach specializing in subconscious reprogramming for gritty entrepreneurs with kids at home.
Helen is an expat Mum who moved from Australia to NZ, trying to bring up a very young family alone in a foreign country while transitioning from a business that was no longer a passion to creating a business that is my soul's purpose.
Here is the link to Helen's free mini course: https://stellarhumans.info/mumpreneur-playbook
Free Facebook Community: League Of Champions: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LOCsilver Website: http://www.stellarhumans.co.nz

Last year with spoke with Stevie Dillon from Stevie Says Social about all things marketing, building a business, scaling, leveraging, launching courses and social (of course!).
A former lawyer turned social media marketer, Stevie's mission is to inspire passionate business owners so they lift their social game and build a profitable business they love.
--- About Stevie: Once upon a not-so-awesome time (aka 2007), I worked 9-5 as a trainee lawyer. Thing is, I was more hooked on MySpace than I was with preparing court documents.
The next 10 years were spent working with some of the biggest brands in Australia (think Red Bull, the Queensland Reds and one of Queensland’s biggest real estate brands), fine-tuning a niche in social media marketing.
Over and over, I experienced the power of good socials and a strong content marketing strategy in completely transforming the businesses I worked with.
But on the other hand? I saw small businesses spending their time on the wrong things. Obsessing over the tools and followers. Ignoring the S word [STRATEGY, guys]. And struggling to stand out.
It became my mission to change that.
And so, Stevie Says Social was born.
You can find out more about Stevie at her website: https://steviesayssocial.com/ ---
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Linda and I talk about the ickiness around marketing, the evolution of small business and a lack of Friday night drinks.
--- About Linda: I love what I do. I know everyone says that but in my case it is true. PR and Marketing is a career that found me because it was what I was meant to do.
As the founder of Business Business Business, Media Connections and Director at Thoughtspot PR, each day I get to connect with business owners and help them share their story.
They say an entrepreneur is a person who solves a problem and that’s been the driving force behind Business Business Business, Media Connections and ThoughtSpot PR. Each has a focus on connecting business to the tools and resources they require to make their mark. I’ve always enjoyed working with people, networking and uncovering unique opportunities to stand out in the business world.
In 2014 this led me to found Business Business Business, an online resource and networking site which employs my passion and strengths uniting business with opportunity, and the right resources at the right time.
Initially a Facebook group, it is now a seminal business website where over 20,000 members share their experience and seek information to guide their business journey. And it was born from my own experience in the small business realm.
In 2012 I launched ThoughtSpot PR, offering business owners and entrepreneurs a personalised PR solution that utilised different thinking. It was founded on a commitment to finding individual public relations methods and branding to suit their needs.
The success I’ve enjoyed in this field has seen me labelled the “go to” girl. It also led to the creation of Media Connections www.mediaconections.com.au, where the media can easily connect with the stories businesses have to tell.
I’m one of those people who wakes in the night with bright ideas and who ponders issues until they’re resolved.
In all three of my business ideas, connections and telling stories are key!
To work with Linda on your business branding and marketing, you can contact her via her website lindareedenever.com.au, or become part of the growing Business Business Business community https://www.facebook.com/groups/BusinessBusinessBusiness/. ---
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A strategic marketing plan is an essential part of growing your business and a reference point to consistently market your business each day, week, month, quarter and year.
A strong marketing strategy is the foundation of marketing success: if you don’t have a strategy you won’t be able to measure your success. Marketing without strategy is like throwing mud at a wall and seeing what sticks: there’s no plan, there’s no measurement, it’s completely ad hoc and random and (in the vast majority of cases) ineffective.
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Tania Goranitis is a Mindful Home Coach, Professional Organiser, Interior Stylist & Mum of 2 who specialises in working with women to enlist their home as an antidote to stress and a tool for self-care.
She is passionate about reducing waste, making money go further & creating beautiful spaces for the important things in life.
You can learn more about Tania at her website: http://www.interiorphilosophy.com.au/
Join Tania's Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=381853388671937
These are 3 things that set Tania on the new direction she speaks about: The Minimalists’ Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgBpyNsS-jU The Story of Stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM&vl=en The Kon Mari Book: https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-marie-kondo/prod9780091955106.html?source=pla&gclid=CjwKCAjwwo7cBRBwEiwAMEoXPN72uXQbiBWB2GWaagzlBPETj31JzRSjfF9g3LJqm0ZI2rmyOha8nBoCcF8QAvD_BwE
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