Mistakes That Made Me Eman Ismail

Laura Jane Barnes is an entrepreneur, creator, musician, and social media savant who also happens to be a TikTok & IG viral sensation. (You’ve probably heard one of her songs!)

In this interview, Laura shares her biggest business mistake: the inability to separate her personal identity from her business.

I talk about my own personal loss and Laura recounts her journey from viral music creation on social media to redefining her business approach after a critical injury.

Together, we examine how tying your identity too closely to business successes can often be disastrous. 

Laura’s website: https://www.laurajanebarnes.com/Laura on Instagram: @heyitslaurajaneLaura on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heyitslaurajane/“It Costs That Much” on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4nu49nwy5BZ2OVGQlWVLea?si=16b40becd4064778“We Don’t Owe You Affordability” on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4PmbzVBboRLPKzSAxn0RGG?si=3ed4fcdd30234e34
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It’s (almost) my 32nd birthday! And to celebrate, I’m sharing 32 of my favourite (business and personal) things.

Tune in to hear me share my favourite business hires, podcasts, software/tools, mentors, TV shows and more as I celebrate another trip around the sun 🎉

Thanks for listening!

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We talk a lot about mistakes on this podcast. This time, I want to talk about how to do something right.

Instead of our usual interview, I delve into the art and science of effective email marketing following recent deliverability updates from major email providers like Google and Yahoo.

I share to ensure your emails continue to reach your subscribers' inboxes, and I give you the scoop on list cleaning, making unsubscribing easy, maximising subscriber engagement, nurturing subscribers, and sending targeted, relevant emails.

I did this presentation as a webinar for The Marketing Meetup, a community of 50,000 marketers last month. Hope you love it! :)

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Mai-kee Tsang – a Sustainable Visibility Mentor and Podcast Guesting Strategist – shares her biggest business mistake: pedestaling the leaders she’s learnt from.



In this interview, she talks about the dangers of idolising coaches, the importance of setting personal boundaries, and the negative effects of high-pressure coaching tactics.



Mai-kee also shares her personal transition from people-pleaser to trauma-conscious leadership coach, and how we can create healthy relationships and boundaries with the people we look to for guidance.



Thank you to our sponsor: (Mai-kee’s) Inside the Invite Private Podcast



Grab Inside the Invite and find out how you can proactively position yourself to be the go-to-expert who’s invited onto podcasts & beyond: https://maikeetsang.com/insidetheinvite




Find Mai-kee online at: https://maikeetsang.com/
The Quiet Rebels Podcast: https://maikeetsang.com/podcast
Follow Mai-kee on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maikeetsang

Find the transcript of this episode on my website, emancopyco.com/podcast



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Gloria Chou is a small business PR coach whose scarcity money mindset (which was rooted in fear and generational trauma) made her a bad leader to her team.



We chat about her early challenges, some of the bad decisions she made, and how her "insatiable hunger" for more money impacted her health and marriage.



Gloria shares how investing in her team, focusing on personal growth, and fostering a positive remote work environment have revolutionised her approach to business.


Follow Gloria on Instagram @gloriachoupr
Find her online at gloriachoupr.com
And check out her amazing podcast, Small Business PR

Find the transcript of this episode on my site, emancopyco.com/podcast



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When I started my business in 2018, I was charging £15 an hour. Maybe even less. In just a few years, I've gone from cheap service provider to premium service provider.



In this episode, I walk you through the five strategies that enabled me to charge more and become a highly-paid service provider (so you can become one too!)



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