48 episodes

Hosted by Disobedient Business® Coach Pippa Parfait, and somewhat more Obedient Tech & Systems Strategist, Lucy Parfait, this podcast will help you find ways to escape the boring AF business BS, lead with integrity, fuck some business shit up and actually make money doing it. Join us as we dig into all the parts of running a service-based business, from Marketing and HR to Tech Support to Operations. We’ll take a look at what the conventional wisdom would like you to do (AKA usually some shady shit) and help you to find the disobedient ways to do it better (AKA with a sack ton of integrity and a big old middle finger up to the status quo). Looking for more? You can find us on Instagram at @disobedientbusinessco and at disobedientbusiness.com.

The Disobedient Business® Podcast The Disobedient Business Co.

    • Business
    • 5.0 • 6 Ratings

Hosted by Disobedient Business® Coach Pippa Parfait, and somewhat more Obedient Tech & Systems Strategist, Lucy Parfait, this podcast will help you find ways to escape the boring AF business BS, lead with integrity, fuck some business shit up and actually make money doing it. Join us as we dig into all the parts of running a service-based business, from Marketing and HR to Tech Support to Operations. We’ll take a look at what the conventional wisdom would like you to do (AKA usually some shady shit) and help you to find the disobedient ways to do it better (AKA with a sack ton of integrity and a big old middle finger up to the status quo). Looking for more? You can find us on Instagram at @disobedientbusinessco and at disobedientbusiness.com.

    WTF is it with this marketing obsession with niching? [Part 1]

    WTF is it with this marketing obsession with niching? [Part 1]

    In the first of our two episodes about niching  we welcome Liz Goodchild to the podcast for a fun conversation unpacking the major preoccupation service-based business owners seem to have about niching!

    Spoiler; if everyone's saying that we 'should' be doing something we're probably going to have some...opinions on the matter 😈

    Join us in the next episode where Lucy and Pippa dive into niching from a The Disobedient Business® Co. perspective and delve into the goodness from this episode with Liz.

    About Liz
    Liz Goodchild is a certified coach who helps people to shake up their lives and feel more bolder, excited, confident and content. She's also a writer, a huge fan of crisp butties and is currently training to be a psychotherapist. She's also quite fond of goats.

    Where to find Liz
    Instagram
    Facebook
    Online
    🚨 BIG NEWS YOU GLORIOUS HUMANS 🚨Disobedient Business® LIVE; the newbie palooza is coming June 2024! A 4-day virtual summit aimed at helping newbie business owners with wtf this online biz thing is and how tf it all works! Tickets available real soon, get on the VIP list and be the first to hear at disobedientbusinesslive.com
    Our group programmes The Disobedient Business® Minimind and The Disobedient Business® Mastermind are now enrolling - check them out.
    Visit our website at disobedientbusiness.com

    Come say hi at hello@disobedientbusiness.com
    Come and chat on Instagram at @disobedientbusinessco

    • 37 min
    WTF is it with this marketing obsession with niching? [Part 2]

    WTF is it with this marketing obsession with niching? [Part 2]

    Welcome to part two of our episodes about niching. In this episode Pippa and Lucy talk niching from a The Disobedient Business® Co. perspective following on from the great episode with Pippa and Liz Goodchild from last week. 

     In this ep we talk about; 
    Lucy's experience with niching Niching as a protective behaviour ADHD and nichingWhen niching might actually be helpful And if you haven't already, make sure you go back an episode and listen to Part 1 with the wonderful Liz Goodchild. 
    🚨 BIG NEWS YOU GLORIOUS HUMANS 🚨Disobedient Business® LIVE; the newbie palooza is coming June 2024! A 4-day virtual summit aimed at helping newbie business owners with wtf this online biz thing is and how tf it all works! Tickets available real soon, get on the VIP list and be the first to hear at disobedientbusinesslive.com
    Our group programmes The Disobedient Business® Minimind and The Disobedient Business® Mastermind are now enrolling - check them out.
    Visit our website at disobedientbusiness.com

    Come say hi at hello@disobedientbusiness.com
    Come and chat on Instagram at @disobedientbusinessco

    • 29 min
    Disobedient Podcast Guesting with Natalie Koussa

    Disobedient Podcast Guesting with Natalie Koussa

    If visibility has always felt performative, and "growing your audience" makes you want to take a shower... this episode is for you!

    Join Pippa and Natalie for this episode to discover how you can lead with integrity, grow your impact by speaking on podcasts.

    We dive into...
    🎙️ who podcast guesting is an amazing fit for, and what growing your business through podcast guesting can look like
    🎙️ how to create your unique speaker topics, your way
    🎙️ Natalie's 80/20 'rule' of pitching - it takes pitching from gross to generous, so it feels great for the host, and for you.

    About Natalie
    Natalie Koussa is a messaging coach and Podcast Guesting Strategist who helps industry changemakers create their fully expressed, fully booked business. She’s the creator of the Luminous Mastermind, and The Speakeasy - a group programme which supports entrepreneurs to grow their impact, and their income, by speaking on podcasts.

    Where to Find Natalie
    Online: nataliekoussa.com
    Instagram: @natalikoussa_
    🚨 BIG NEWS YOU GLORIOUS HUMANS 🚨Disobedient Business® LIVE; the newbie palooza is coming June 2024! A 4-day virtual summit aimed at helping newbie business owners with wtf this online biz thing is and how tf it all works! Tickets available real soon, get on the VIP list and be the first to hear at disobedientbusinesslive.com
    Our group programmes The Disobedient Business® Minimind and The Disobedient Business® Mastermind are now enrolling - check them out.
    Visit our website at disobedientbusiness.com

    Come say hi at hello@disobedientbusiness.com
    Come and chat on Instagram at @disobedientbusinessco

    • 40 min
    How to do affiliate marketing in your business without being a 💩 [Part 1]

    How to do affiliate marketing in your business without being a 💩 [Part 1]

    Wow wow wow, we are so excited to be bringing this episode with Alex Okell into the world!

    Alex and Pippa talk about affiliate marketing, a lil' bit about why you might want to have an affiliate scheme in your biz but mostly all about doing some affiliate marketing to incorporate another revenue stream to you biz and doing so without being a knob and compromising your integrity.

    Don't forget to tune in for part 2 next week where Pippa and Lucy will get deeper into in about their relationship with affiliate marketing.

    About Alex Okell
    Alex Okell is a non-diet nutrition blogger and fad-free business strategist helping booked-out business owners make 1:1 optional with affiliate marketing & expansive product suites.

    Check out Alex's offers for getting started with affiliate marketing 👇
    Aligned Affiliates Masterclass *affiliate link
    The Anatomy of a High Converting Affiliate Blog Post *affiliate link

    Where to find Alex
    Website
    Instagram

    Other links mentioned
    The Contract Shop for policy templates *affiliate link
    🚨 BIG NEWS YOU GLORIOUS HUMANS 🚨Disobedient Business® LIVE; the newbie palooza is coming June 2024! A 4-day virtual summit aimed at helping newbie business owners with wtf this online biz thing is and how tf it all works! Tickets available real soon, get on the VIP list and be the first to hear at disobedientbusinesslive.com
    Our group programmes The Disobedient Business® Minimind and The Disobedient Business® Mastermind are now enrolling - check them out.
    Visit our website at disobedientbusiness.com

    Come say hi at hello@disobedientbusiness.com
    Come and chat on Instagram at @disobedientbusinessco

    • 41 min
    How to do affiliate marketing in your business without being a 💩 [Part 2]

    How to do affiliate marketing in your business without being a 💩 [Part 2]

    Bet you didn't wake up this morning thinking "I need to hear Lucy attempt to sing Chicago the musical on a podcast" but alas, that's what we're giving you!

    This animated episode is brought to you by Pippa and Lucy talking about their thoughts on all things affiliate marketing, capitalism, restaurant-running and tech.

    There's ✨opinions✨, singing, laughing and knowledge abound on this auditory adventure so buckle in, keep your appendages inside the vehicle and enjoy the journey.

    Oh, and the film Lucy was thinking of was Man on Fire. 

    LINKS - there are so many!
    This episode follows on from the previous episode with guest Alex Okell - listen first for context.
    Get started with affiliate marketing with these fab resources from Alex Okell;
    Aligned Affiliates Masterclass *affiliate link
    The Anatomy of a High Converting Affiliate Blog Post *affiliate link
    Looking for checkout/ cart software? Check out Thrivecart to build sales pages and more. *affiliate link with Disobedient Dosh to spend on DBCo goodies
    Need transcription software? Looking for an easy audio editing platform? Want to make some cool audiograms or put a video project together? Lucy loves Descript for all these things and more! *affiliate link (check out the video trailer Lucy made using Descript here.)
    Simple and pretty email marketing platform? Flodesk has got you covered with an easy email designer and simple automations and workflows. *affiliate link
    Now have Chicago in your head? Sorry, our bad. Listen to When You're Good to Mama here. 
    🚨 BIG NEWS YOU GLORIOUS HUMANS 🚨Disobedient Business® LIVE; the newbie palooza is coming June 2024! A 4-day virtual summit aimed at helping newbie business owners with wtf this online biz thing is and how tf it all works! Tickets available real soon, get on the VIP list and be the first to hear at disobedientbusinesslive.com
    Our group programmes The Disobedient Business® Minimind and The Disobedient Business® Mastermind are now enrolling - check them out.
    Visit our website at disobedientbusiness.com

    Come say hi at hello@disobedientbusiness.com
    Come and chat on Instagram at @disobedientbusinessco

    • 35 min
    Building an "audience" vs. "building a community" and why it matters [Part 1]

    Building an "audience" vs. "building a community" and why it matters [Part 1]

    In this episode we welcome the wonderful Siobhan Fisher to the pod to talk with Pippa about your audience and your community, the pros and cons of each and how to go about building them! 

    Siobhan is a marketing magician and brings her wealth of knowledge from years working with the 'big dogs' in the corporate world to support the 'little fish' in the small business pond. 

    Don't forget to join us next week where Pippa and Lucy dive deeper into this meaty topic. 
    🚨 BIG NEWS YOU GLORIOUS HUMANS 🚨Disobedient Business® LIVE; the newbie palooza is coming June 2024! A 4-day virtual summit aimed at helping newbie business owners with wtf this online biz thing is and how tf it all works! Tickets available real soon, get on the VIP list and be the first to hear at disobedientbusinesslive.com
    Our group programmes The Disobedient Business® Minimind and The Disobedient Business® Mastermind are now enrolling - check them out.
    Visit our website at disobedientbusiness.com

    Come say hi at hello@disobedientbusiness.com
    Come and chat on Instagram at @disobedientbusinessco

    • 44 min

Customer Reviews

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6 Ratings

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F*#% yeeeehhhhhhh

This is the podcast I’ve been waiting for!! Cannot wait for the first proper episode after that delightfully different and disobedient trailer!
Haven’t listened to any podcasts for bloody ages but this one I will make time for! 🤩✊💜

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