Smart Women In Business

Today I am talking to Bianca McKenzie, Facebook Ads Specialist. Bianca helps entrepreneurs by taking the stress out of launching, generating targeted leads, making sales and growing businesses through Facebook advertising.Bianca's website: https://www.biancamckenzie.com/

In this solo episode I talk about how people are sick of inauthentic marketing approaches - your dream clients are out there, waiting for you to show up and change their lives. They just need to get to know you first...

Today I am talking to Karen Hollenbach. Karen is an Independent LinkedIn Specialist Trainer and the Founding Director of Think Bespoke. With over 10 years LinkedIn training and LinkedIn profile writing experience in Australia, Karen was rated as Asia Pacific’s Top 10 LinkedIn Experts in 2019.Karen works with smart women who want to get better clients on LinkedIn. She offers a LinkedIn Marketing Mentoring program, virtual consults and on demand training for game changers and subject matter experts wishing to improve their LinkedIn presence.Karen's website: http://thinkbespoke.com.au/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenhollenbach/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkbespoke/

Today I am talking to Ilana Kosakiewicz, one of Australia’s leading kinesiologists, energy coaches, and yoga and meditation teachers. Ilana is a wholefood lover and entrepreneur with a past life spent working in the corporate world as a CPA accountant.Ilana’s own health journey with chronic fatigue and auto-immune disease taught her that slowing down, finding moments of stillness, living in the now and listening to your body’s inner wisdom and intuition are not just important – they are essential.Originally from Gippsland, Australia, Ilana is passionate about teaching women to live in alignment with their innate cyclical energy, menstrual cycle and the moon. She helps women shift their energy and take back their inner power and self-care rights by making themselves the number one priority.You can find out more about Ilana at her website: ilanak.com.au

Recently I had a powerful conversation with Fi Mims, a professional photographer for over 15 years, Fi is passionate about working with thought-leaders, entrepreneurs and business owners to create images that amplify their personal brand and inspire others to work with them. Fi's relaxed personality allows her to bring out the best in everyone she photographs, resulting in images that are authentic and beautiful. Through her membership community ‘Shine’, Fi also works with driven women in business, helping them to show up consistently, build their brand, and grow.You can find out more about Fi at her website: https://www.fimimsphotography.com.au/​

Today I am talking with Irial O'Farrell, author of two books including Values - Not Just for the Office Wall Plaque: How Personal and Company Values Intersect and SMART Objective Setting for Managers.Irial is fascinated with what drives business performance and what blocks it. A seasoned Executive Coach and Trainer, she also takes a broader look at the organisation, what it's designed to deliver and how it impacts on performance. Irial is the first, and currently, only CMI accredited Master in Change Management in Ireland.You can find Irial's books on Amazon and learn more about Irial at her website: https://www.evolutionconsulting.ie/

In this week's episode I am speaking with Marcie Hanhart.Marcie is a business strategist with a nearly 30 year career in both the corporate world and as a small business owner. In other words, she has seen it all!Marcie looks to empower other business owners to achieve greater profitability all while being able to afford themselves more time to pursue those things they are passionate about. Marcie creates sustainable changes by understanding numbers, solving operational and team issues, and improving leadership skills, as well as addressing a business owner's mindset to help them to uncover blind spots that keep them from achieving their true potential.You can find out more about Marcie here: marciehanhart.com

Devonée is a Founder & CEO, Business Strategist and Consultant. Devonée’s passion is setting small businesses up for success. She is deeply involved with the growth process, and takes pride in her fine-tuned ability to catapult a brand towards their goals. She is also the founder of ProSavvy, a strategic performance agency that provides businesses with tailored structures to bring out the absolute best in their brands.You can find out more about Devonée here: https://www.prosavvyas.com/

Dr Claudia Consolati is a coach for visionary women entrepreneurs who want to grow wildly successful businesses doing what they love.Claudia believes that finding your voice and BOLDLY sharing it with others is the #1 key to growing a business that makes you tons of money and changes lives.

This week I am chatting with Danielle Price, Founder of the She Will Shine community.With over 10 years' small business experience, Danielle Price has created an Australia-wide network of female small business owners.In 2014 she founded She Will Shine, a community to support and connect women in small business.An expert networker and elevator of female business owners, Danielle facilitates connection and support between like-minded women in working towards a common goal of creating a successful business around personal responsibilities and life.Danielle’s passion is sharing and giving a voice to the real stories of Australian women in small business.You can find out more about Danielle at the She Will Shine website: https://shewillshine.com.au/

This week I am chatting with Michelle Broadbent, business manager and strategist. Throughout her career Michelle has been a trusted advisor to entrepreneurs across an array of industries including media, fashion, design, travel, recruitment, coaching, sales and training. Michelle transforms businesses and the lives of their owners with smart, strategic and practical solutions to achieve the next stage of business growth.You can find out more about Michelle at her website: https://www.michellebroadbent.com.au/

This week I am chatting with Emma McMillan, SEO copywriter and copy coach. Emma is an SEO copywriter and copy coach helping established businesses, teams and agencies reduce overwhelm, develop clarity around their messaging and show up consistently.Emma helps her clients develop great quality content to connect confidently with their audience. She especially loves working with established businesses who are growing, scaling or changing direction and need to align their messaging.Emma specialises in:SEO website copywriting that humans – and Google – both love.Content marketing for audience connection and brand authority.Small business copywriting from blog writing to award submissions and more.1:1 copy coaching - the tools, tips and confidence to DIY.You can find out more about Emma at her website: https://www.emmamcmillancopy.com/

Natalie DeBon-Govic is an Online Business Manager who helps coaches and small business owners grow their business so they can spend more time doing what they love.Natalie works with:Leadership Coaches and consultantsBusiness coaches and consultantsSmall businessBusiness Start Ups

This week I'm speaking with Amie Stanley, founder of E29 Marketing, an independent, award-winning advertising agency, in 2017 after co-owning and managing several women-owned agencies. Her 27-year career has been defined by building brands and breaking through the barriers for women in business.

Earlier this year I spoke with with Maya Gaddie, business coach and mentor for full-time coaches who are ready to create the ultimate client experience for their clients.Maya has helped over 300 coaches create purposeful and profitable signature programs online.Nowadays, she works with her clients to easily and successfully fine-tune their on-boarding and off-boarding processes so that they are no longer the bottleneck in their business. Maya has been featured on Being Boss, Profit First and in Marie Forleo's B-school.You can find out more about Maya on her website: https://mayagaddie.com/

Earlier this year I had a powerful conversation with Kate Maree O'Brien: fierce leadership coach, and founder of SHE, Australasia's largest women's empowerment event. We talked about her incredible journey, overcoming addiction and an eating disorder to come to where she is now.Here's the recording that Kate shares: https://katemareeobrien.com/training/

Bri Seeley is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, thought leader, innovator and business visionary. Over her 14-year Entrepreneur journey, Bri has trained close to 5000 people around the world and helped countless Entrepreneurs bring to life their tailor-made business strategy, set-up their systems, grow teams, increase their revenue, land incredible publicity and create massive impact in the world.You can find out more about Bri, and find the course she mentions here: https://briseeley.com/Subscribe to my channel to receive notifications when each new video goes live. Show notes here: https://www.janemckaycommunications.com.au/a-conversation-with-bri-seeley/

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'