In the current climate of business, social media and mental health, surrounding yourself with a supportive community of peers, mentors, friends and family has never been more important. And that’s why I am thrilled to have Pru Chapman, the founder The Owners Collective on the Your Creative Start Podcast today. 
With over 15 years experience in business strategy, psychology and leadership development, Pru is a top business coach and strategist how has worked with thousands of clients from early stage businesses and cool start-ups, to big business. She offers a refreshing and unique mix of science, psychology, mindfulness and business savvy to a new breed of business owners who are no longer interested in confirming to the status quo. 
So, on today’s episode Pru and I chat about how the community around you can make or break a business, the effects of isolation, gaining traction and social proof, fighting fear and feelings of inadequacy in business, how to find the best business coach for you and your business, the power of positive, confident thinking, what a business coach costs, what you can do if you cant afford a business coach right now, auditing your own community, getting conscience about who is in our community, and lots, lots more.

FIND PRU CHAPMAN
Owners Collective www.theownerscollective.com
Instagram www.instagram.com/ownerscollective

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Surrounding yourself with the right people with Pru Chapman from The Owners Collective

I can’t believe this is the 50th episode of the YCS Podcast! Firstly, I want to say a huge thank you for listening and supporting my podcast, and guests. As you know, it truly means the world to me. To celebrate 50 episodes, I am coming back next week with a surprise episode. So, make sure you stick around because I’ve got someone very special on the show. 

Now, back to this week’s YCS Podcast episode. I am so excited to introduce you to Claire Deane, from Deane and Co. For those of you who don’t know Claire – she is a marketing gun who is all for working smarter, not harder. And she is the founder of her own marketing business, Deane & Co, which is based in Brisbane Australia.

I’ve been lucky to cross paths with Claire on Instagram and in the last few months, I’ve attended two of her workshops. I am a huge fan of constantly learning and skilling up, and when I went to her workshop about growing eCommerce stores – I knew I had to get her on the podcast. I am really excited about this episode because we get stuck into the nitty gritty about selling products and services online. And I know this is going to be relevant to so many of you guys. Me too with the launch of my own business, Smør Store. 

On this week’s episode we chat about the importance of designing a website that actually sells including designing for mobile, which platform to use, and DIY templates and website designers. Claire reveals her must have eCommerce tools for business websites, and shares her tips for attracting, and most importantly, retaining customers. 

Claire also shares her tips and tricks for growing your email database, and we discuss in detail packaging trends, shipping strategies that attract and retain customers, and why every business needs trust cue’s. We also chat in detail about the check-out experience, measuring and reporting, and lots, lots more. 

And as an added bonus, Claire has generously shared her “10 Step Checklist” to help you launch your own business, which you can download and print for free from the YCS website. This checklist provides the perfect overview of exactly what you need to do to get your business up and running. With tips for choosing your platform, to how to get your customers to hand over their cash – this checklist will help you on your way to making your very own sale. Head over yourcreativestart.com to download it for free. You’ll find it in the Podcast section of our website, under Claire’s episode.
Now, back to the show. 

FIND CLAIRE DEANE
Deane & Co www.deaneand.co
Instagram www.instagram.com/deaneandco

FIND YOUR CREATIVE START
Your Creative Start www.yourcreativestart.com 
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Pinterest www.pinterest.com/yourcreativestart
Soundcloud www.soundcloud.com/yourcreativestart

Episode 50: Taking your eCommerce from start-up to success with Claire Deane from Deane & Co

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