Own It! For Entrepreneurs. Talking Digital Marketing, Small Business, Being Digital Nomads And Success Thinking

Nicola Cairncross and Judith Morgan debate the ongoing challenge to come up with a new topic for the podcast each week and reveal their three or four solutions including the Loose Women idea which they pilot on the hoof today. Show Notes: https://ownitthepodcast.com/169 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

Inspired by Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy, specifically the red Tesla roadster he included onboard instead of a lump of concrete! Mr Musk said "Fun crazy things are important too" - do you agree? If yes, how can you get more of that into your own business? Does fun compromise your professionalism? Show Notes: https://ownitthepodcast.com/168 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

Nicola Cairncross brings the topic of business reflections and revelations to today's show after she and Judith Morgan had an emergency conflab first thing on Monday morning. Show Notes: https://ownitthepodcast.com/167 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

How do you make progress, move forward and get things done in your business? To Do List? Accountability check-ins with your coach? Focus buddy? Today Nicola Cairncross and Judith Morgan describe what works for them and for their clients, specifically creating supportive environments. Show Notes: https://ownitthepodcast.com/166 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

How do you make progress, move forward and get things done in your business? To Do List? Accountability check-ins with your coach? Focus buddy? Today Nicola Cairncross and Judith Morgan describe what works for them and for their clients, specifically creating supportive environments. Show Notes: https://ownitthepodcast.com/165 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

Today, the main focus of the show is on successful membership sites, specifically what combinations of software and systems do Nicola Cairncross and Judith Morgan use and what would they recommend to someone starting their own in 2018. Show Notes: https://ownitthepodcast.com/164 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

Nicola Cairncross and Judith Morgan re-start their podcasting after a few weeks' break over Christmas and their Focus of the day is 2018 goals, plans and intentions. Show Notes: https://ownitthepodcast.com/163 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

The Focus of episode 162 is a year-end review of their respective 2017 by Nicola and Judith, warts and all. In the show, Judith tells Nicola about the wrangle she's had with CreateSpace about ownership of her own ISBN number, and Nicola's had no internet for four days which has enabled her to do some deep work on her own sci-fi novel. Show Notes: https://ownitthepodcast.com/162 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

Judith Morgan tells the listeners all about self-publishing a Book with Amazon, something which Nicola Cairncross has done many times before. Judith wasn't sure this was the right platform for her but, in the end, it proved the best place to do print on demand. Show Notes: https://ownitthepodcast.com/161 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

Bespoke -v- Compromise. How much are you prepared to bend to your clients with bespoke offerings, or do you oblige them to do all the bending? If a compromise is involved, how does that suit you and your business? Show Notes: http://ownitthepodcast.com/160 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

Client Comms 21C. What do you do if your clients want to communicate with you on social media but you prefer email? What are your options? Show Notes: http://ownitthepodcast.com/159 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

Today's Focus of the Week is about doing improving work, doing the hard stuff. Why would you persevere with a book you are not enjoying? Why would you study something which is difficult and delivered in a format you do not enjoy? Show Notes: http://ownitthepodcast.com/158 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

After last week's show where the future of the podcast was looking uncertain, today Nicola Cairncross and Judith Morgan discuss their plan for marketing this show and increasing listener numbers a.k.a. downloads, their preferred new metric. Show Notes: http://ownitthepodcast.com/157 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

The theme of this week's radio show turns out to be the future of this podcast itself, of our own show, Own It!. After 156 episodes should we kill it or keep it? Show Notes: http://ownitthepodcast.com/156 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

What's the best route to getting your biz set up online fast? With everything moving so fast in the online world, and with so much to do when you are self-employed, what would Nicola Cairncross and Judith Morgan recommend to those in overwhelm or at the beginning of their business marketing journey? Show Notes: http://ownitthepodcast.com/155 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

Philip owns a cleaning franchise and is somewhat disenchanted with the marketing results he's achieved so far, for various reasons. What can Nicola Cairncross and Judith Morgan advise to help him spend his online marketing budget more effectively? And what other thoughts do they have which might help him grow his business using marketing? Show Notes: http://ownitthepodcast.com/154 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

Today's Client Challenge of the Week is that there is no challenge. So Nicola Cairncross and Judith Morgan discuss what do you do when you are blank and stuck for content ideas. Where do you look for inspiration? Show Notes: http://ownitthepodcast.com/153 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

This week's podcast focuses on how we make decisions, with our head or heart.  How useful are intuition and gut instinct, and what role do thoughts and/or feelings play in the life of a business owner, solopreneur or human being? Show Notes: https://ownitthepodcast.com/152 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

This week's show is about how to receive and handle unsolicited feedback, especially when it feels like unwarranted criticism. To what extent are you happy to "hang your arse out in public" as Chris Barrow taught both Nicola Cairncross and Judith Morgan? Does feedback make you feel tetchy? How do you manage your emotions when people offer advice which even you can accept may be in your best interests (when they are not doing it themselves!)? Is feedback your breakfast of champions? Show Notes: https://ownitthepodcast.com/151 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH

Today in their 150th show, broadcast on Nicola's 56th birthday, the topic of Client Challenge of the Week returns to what to do when you don't get paid by your clients. Nicola and Judith discuss how it can make you feel and what to do about it, including ditching those bad feelings of dread and lack. Show Notes: http://ownitthepodcast.com/150 Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/55nJLH