In this episode of Straight Up Small Business, I’m sharing with you 5 things that I’ll be doing in my business before 31 December. Making sure the team and I take time off to rest and recuperate, I’ll be getting organised and contacting clients and stakeholders to let them know our plans and ask them what support they need from us.

Today’s topic is cyber security, which is pretty topical at the moment given the widely reported attacks on large corporations in the last few months. When we hear about these in the news, it’s easy to think ‘shame on you’ to the large organisation for not protecting their client’s data properly. But what we don’t realise how easy it would be for a cyber attack to happen in our own business, and the enormity and implications of such an attack.

In this interview Taylor explains what a funnel is, the funnels every business owner should have, why funnels are so powerful for business and why we sometimes resist creating them.

Taylor also shares her learnings from the last four years in her own business, where she has moved from a hustle-and-grind mentality to one of freedom and flow. We discuss why female entrepreneurs find selling so hard, and how Taylor mixes the woo with the work, with incredible results. Taylor also shares some exciting personal news as well!

There are some common mistakes I see on a regular basis when it comes to bookkeeping for eCommerce businesses that use Shopify to sell their products. These mistakes are made by business owners and bookkeepers alike because, no matter how much knowledge or experience you might have, there is no instruction manual on how to do your Shopify bookkeeping in Xero.

Today I chat with the incredible tech entrepreneur Kiah Worling. I ask Kiah all the questions that I know will benefit other business owners including what the biggest time-wasting manual mistakes made in business are. Kiah also shares the top things that every entrepreneur should consider automating in their business, including payments, scheduling and content and marketing.

Today we are joined by Rachel Green, an SEO website copywriter who serves brands that are big on purpose. Rachel shares how she ended up in such a specific niche and the ways niching is a powerful way to stand out. Rachel does business her own way - in a manner that is purpose-driven, sustainable and brings her joy.

On the podcast today I interview Elana Robertson. Elana is an award-winning performance and developmental coach and the founder and Director of foundher, dedicated to reformatting habits and behaviours that lead to sustainable success. In our conversation, Elana does some myth-busting for us around productivity and performance. We discuss how sustainable pace is the new high performance and the distinction and power of distinguishing between being and doing. Elana shares three things you can do today to move into being overdoing.

In this episode I give you some examples of what imperfect action looks like in my life and how taking action and doing the thing is the only way you’ll learn what needs to be done next. I’m proud of my scrappy action and I truly credit it with taking me to new and big places in my business and life.

Fran Dargaville is a functional nutritionist with a Masters degree in Human Nutrition. Fran’s zone of genius is gut health. In this episode we run through the symptoms that might indicate your gut is out of balance, the main factors that impact gut health and why entrepreneurs are often the worst offenders when it comes to health.

In this episode I’m talking to the amazing Riz McDonald from Foundd Legal, is on the show to share all of her expertise and experience. Our conversation explores the legal steps that every business needs to take in the start-up phase, business structures, necessary legal documents, legal templates, employee contracts, copyright protection, trademarks and hiring a team.

This week I'm bringing you word-nerd, marketing expert and digital product mentor, Carinda Gosling. In this episode, Carinda is here to explore how to build a digital product empire. Digital products set you up for a snowball effect in your business down the road where your clients will be searching for more ways to work with you.

My guest today is Diana Todd. Diana is a registered tax agent and the owner of Balance Tax Accountants. In this episode, we’re talking about everything to do with small business tax to help you get ready for the 30th of June. Diana is sharing all of the things that you can do to show up for your taxes, get prepared and breeze through your tax return.

I have a very special guest joining me today as I discuss building a sustainable business with my coach and friend, Kristy Robinson.
Kristy has helped me through so many business challenges over the last year and a half and I’m excited to share her insights and expertise with you today.

Susan is a User Experience copywriting expert who’s spent the last 10 years writing razor-sharp web copy for everyone from bookkeepers to Booking.com. In this episode, Susan breaks down what UX copywriting is and why good copywriting is key when it comes to sales.