THE SHITTY IDEA TIME PODCAST
One of the biggest lessons I learned early in my marketing career is that self-censorship kills creativity. Marketing requires taking chances, putting yourself out there, and experimenting. Shitty Idea Time® is a celebration of those bold business experiments.
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If selling is awkward, look at your brand values. Part 3 of 4 with Tess
In this LIVE solo episode I talk about how getting clear on your core values makes selling feel way less awkward! If you've struggled feeling natural and confident while selling, this one is for you!
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Top takeaways:
1️⃣ Selling is so much more than a sales call script or the copy on your product page.
Customer experience, marketing mistakes, & worms with Samantha Irwin
Samantha Irwin’s deep desire is to help business owners kill it when it comes to creating a fabulous customer experience. Way more than just “customer service”. It includes staff training and creating culture. Not only is it super fun stuff, it’s the most efficient, cost effective, and rewarding way to build a business!
In this episode we talk about customer experience vs. customer service, and the #1 marketing mistake companies make. We then go on a rant about telling women to "smile more" and build a tech company for your listening pleasure.
Systems, common biz mistakes, and matchmaking with Diane Lam
Diane is the founder and CEO of Diane Lam Co. Diane is a Queenmaker and business systems and ops expert. She builds self-sustaining empires for ambitious 6-figure online service providers.
In this episode we talk about systems creation, the pitfalls of bootstrapping and making bold choices. Then we have an experiment on air for your listening pleasure.
"You've built a life of purpose selling insurance?" with Rashida Gaye
Rashida Gaye is a Penn State Graduate with a degree in Hotel, Restaurant, & Institutional Management. She is originally from Philadelphia, PA but has lived in different cities along the east coast and moved to the great state of Washington 6 years ago with her family from Atlanta. She has been happily married for 15 years to Pa Gaye and has two children. Her son Essa is 10 and her daughter Amina is 7.
She has over 12 years of customer service and sales experience where she has sold over $2 million dollars in products. She just purchased an insurance agency in April and has also been a mindset, financial and business coach for the last 5 years. She loves helping her insurance clients protect their assets and achieve financial security. In her coaching business, she has also helped women all over the world sell over $4 million dollars in new business. Her interests include traveling, coaching, helping her clients as well as empowering women to achieve their life, business and financial goals.
In this episode we talk about creating a fulfilling life you love, gratitude and moving through limiting beliefs!
50 marketing ideas that are free or cheap, a solo episode with Tess Ball
In this episode I offer 50 free or cheap marketing ideas. These ideas were first written for a blog post that you can find right here.
Before jumping into any marketing idea, I like to ask the following questions:
At what scale am I trying to attract customers/clients? (locally, regionally, nationally or globally)
What is the value of my product or service?
What is my yearly marketing budget?
How do I enjoy interacting with people?