159 Episodes

  1. 253. Mastering Social Selling: How Retailers Can Boost Sales and Build Loyal Customers

    Published: 3/24/2025

  2. 252. Creating a Culture of Hospitality in Your Retail Business with Guest Expert Stephanie Miller Vincent

    Published: 3/17/2025

  3. 251. Stop Hiding and Be Known: Part 3 of the Retailer’s Visibility Series

    Published: 3/10/2025

  4. 250. Stop Hiding and Be Known: Part 2 of the Retailer’s Visibility Series

    Published: 3/3/2025

  5. 249. Stop Hiding and Be Known: Part 1 of the Retailer’s Visibility Series

    Published: 2/24/2025

  6. 248. 5 Minute Retail Marketing Tips: Where Do You Spend Your Time?

    Published: 2/17/2025

  7. 247. 5 Minute Retail Marketing Tips: Making Marketing Manageable

    Published: 2/10/2025

  8. 246. 5 Minute Retail Marketing Tips: Relationships are Rocket Fuel

    Published: 2/3/2025

  9. 245. Best of Series: Retail Marketing from Gen Z to Boomers

    Published: 1/27/2025

  10. 244. Behind the Counter: From E-Commerce to Brick and Mortar with Chris Waddy

    Published: 1/20/2025

  11. 243. Behind the Counter: Creating Customer Joy in Retail with Kim Williams of The Polka Dot Press

    Published: 1/13/2025

  12. 242. 6 Areas to Focus on in Your Retail Business in 2025

    Published: 1/6/2025

  13. 241. Year-End Reflections: Mindset, Marketing, and Lessons for Success in 2025

    Published: 12/30/2024

  14. 240. 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Now as You Design Your Year Ahead

    Published: 12/16/2024

  15. 239. Behind the Counter: Building the Business You Wish Existed with Jasmine McCue

    Published: 12/9/2024

  16. 238. Behind The Counter: Building Community Of Beautiful Spaces with Lisa Wrixon

    Published: 12/2/2024

  17. 237. Retailer Success Series: Cindy’s Journey to Building a Thriving Bead Store

    Published: 11/25/2024

  18. 236. How to Clear Inventory Fast and Boost Holiday Sales in Your Retail Store

    Published: 11/18/2024

  19. 235. How to Design Your Best Retail Year Ever

    Published: 11/11/2024

  20. 234. Simple Shifts to Boost Your Bottom Line This Holiday Season

    Published: 11/4/2024

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How do I attract more customers to my store? How do I get more sales? How do I book out my shop’s events and workshops? How do I do retail marketing and social media for my store? These are the questions that creative retail business owners ask Wendy Batten, creative retail coach and mentor. Wendy works with creative shop owners all over the world and with industry leaders. Her speciality is working with creative retailers to get control over their brick and mortars to avoid burnout and overwhelm while achieving more success and profits. In Creative Shop Talk, Wendy digs into the problems and solutions that “accidental shopkeepers” and hobbyists turned retail business owners face. Wendy dives deep in mindset and best practices for retailers with masterclass trainings, business strategies, expert guests and industry insiders, and more. Each episode is designed to help busy and passionate creative shop owners take action, work through their overwhelm and get focused on strategic business areas. Thinking about opening your own creative retail shop? Ready to stop playing shopkeeper and “winging” the business stuff? Looking for more foot traffic? Want to turn your brick and mortar into a viable business? Want predictable profits? Want to take the next step to run your store and not let it run you? Turn to Wendy Batten to take the proven steps to achieving your dream store, living your creative life and helping your amazing customers.