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Jen interviews Natasha Wells, founder of brand consultancy Brand Angel in Auckland, New Zealand. They discuss the importance of branding for all businesses and balancing personal and business brands. Natasha shares her journey in design and how she recognised the need to help businesses connect branding and goals. Jean and Natasha also discuss strategic partnerships and how collaborating with complementary skills can boost business growth.
Episode Highlights:
Branding is crucial for connecting with customers and differentiating your businessMap your customer journey to understand their needs and lead the narrative Invite customer feedback to build trust and move them to advocacyConsider strategic partnerships to fill gaps in supporting your customersCollaborate with experts to boost your skills and business growth
About Natasha Wells
With a background in Graphic Design and Communication and infinity with empowering others, my journey into branding was inevitable. With over two decades building brands for clients globally, I bring creativity and expertise to my work as a Brand Angel for growth-focused service businesses. My role is to help build capability and align the brand with business goals, values, and purpose. I draw on my experience as an Agency Director to bridge the gap between marketing and sales functions to ensure businesses in competitive markets establish a strong brand position and powerful connections.
✨ Find out more about Natasha here: www.thebrandangel.com
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Jen sits down with Nicola Taylor, a serial entrepreneur making waves in New Zealand with her fintech companies Taxi + Tax Traders. In this episode, Nicola shares invaluable insights on founding businesses with an equity mission and prioritising culture from the start.
Through her story, Nicola offers a blueprint for prioritising culture from day one. With empathy, tools, and permission-giving, entrepreneurs can build workplaces where diverse humans thrive - and in turn, where innovation and success naturally follow.
Her mission of expanding equity shows how values-aligned scaling can make a profound impact.
About Nicola Taylor
After an award-winning career in law, I co-founded Tax Traders in 2012 and Taxi in 2022. Taxi brings tax-powered working capital to all Kiwi businesses, whilst Tax Traders creates smart tools for accountants to streamline their work and see more clients benefit from the tax pooling framework. At the heart of our work is the belief that the benefits of the tax system should be available to all taxpayers and that truly great businesses are driven by purpose and have people at their heart. We are a certified B Corp, a current Inspiring Places to Work finalist and placed in the Deloitte Fast 50.
✨ Find out more about Nicola here: www.gotaxi.co.nz and www.taxtraders.co.nz
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Jen interviews Cath Vincent, a business consultant from New Zealand who helps small businesses stop leaking profit. Cath shares her tips for analysing your cash flow, delegating tasks, and creating a business that supports your desired lifestyle.
Episode Highlights
Analyse your cash flow, expenses, and profit leaks using tools like Xero to gain visibility.Delegate tasks that you dislike or are not essential to your role to free up time and energy.Create an annual plan that accounts for seasonal variations in your business and personal cash flow.Say no to opportunities that do not fully align with your essential criteria to avoid taking on too much.Focus on delivering your highest value offerings exceptionally well rather than spreading yourself thin.
About Cath Vincent
Cath is an Associate at the Prime Strategies Group helping small businesses to stop leaking profit. An award-winning keynote speaker, she speaks on performance, productivity, behavioural change & leadership.
She renovated a distressed warehouse and former methamphetamine lab in the heart of Auckland City into a motivational hub called Studio 38, where she lives and works with her husband, daughter, and wire-haired fox terrier.
Studio 38 is a 50-seat venue and recording studio which hosts workshops, charity events and her broadcast TV show as well as her a women’s speaking group She Says So.
✨ Find out more about Cath here: cathvincent.com
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Jen discusses how small business owners can find collaborations that will help take their business to the next level. She covers how to set goals for collaborations, find complementary partners, set clear expectations, measure success and more.
Episode Highlights:
- Set clear goals for what you want to achieve from a collaboration
- Look for partners with complementary businesses and audiences
- Consider partners of similar or slightly larger/smaller size
- Set clear expectations for roles and deliverables up front
- Measure success through sales, email list growth, and other metrics
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Jen discusses the top 10 reasons why a business may not be growing as quickly as the owner would like based on member feedback. She shares insights on evaluating business models, managing cash flow, prioritizing leadership, maintaining quality and innovation, hiring the right team, setting up systems, and more. Jen also reflects on personal biases that can hold business owners back from growth.
Episode Highlights:
- Review your business model and product/market fit to support scaling goals
- Strengthen cash flow management and financial literacy
- Develop strong leadership to support your vision as the business grows
- Maintain or exceed quality standards as the business scales up operations
- Carve out time for innovation and creative thinking to avoid stagnation
- Implement strategic talent acquisition and effective onboarding processes
- Establish standard operating procedures and systems to streamline operations
- Remain open to feedback from customers, employees and your network
- Invest in ongoing learning and professional development
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Jen sits down with digital business expert Tina Tower to discuss strategies for building a sustainable online business while maintaining a work-life balance. Tina shares lessons from her experience scaling multiple companies and offers tips for overcoming fears of showing up online, identifying a niche market, and growing a membership community.
Episode Highlights:
- Overcome public speaking anxiety through regular practice and exposure
- Start with online courses before transitioning to a membership program
- Experiment and don't be afraid to fail when testing marketing strategies
- Define your niche and stick to it for better targeting and results
- Balance scaling your business with maintaining personal connections
- Build systems to support growth while still taking extended time off
- Hire team members in different time zones for round-the-clock support
About Tina Tower
Starting her business at age 20, Tina Tower us a seasoned entrepreneur who has built and sold 4 companies.
She's a best selling Author of Million Dollar Micro Business & One Life - How To Have The Life of Your Dreams and changes women's lives through her program, Her Empire Builder - the world's best online education for female course creators.
✨ Download Tina's Free Live Launch Checklist here: https://www.herempirebuilder.com/checklist
✨ Click here to join Her Empire Builder: https://www.tinatower.com/a/2147508215/DodavAdL
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