159 Episodes

  1. 153. Recipe for Success: 4 Leadership Lessons We Can Learn from Erin French of The Lost Kitchen

    Published: 4/17/2023

  2. 152. Listener’s Question - What is a Pop-up Vendor and Why Consider It?

    Published: 4/10/2023

  3. 151. How to Have Difficult Conversations with Good Staff

    Published: 4/3/2023

  4. 150 Small Business Marketing (and Life) with Natalie Davison - Why Being True to Yourself Matters

    Published: 3/27/2023

  5. 149. Retailer Success Stories: How Two Friends Turned a Creative Hobby into a Successful Retail Business Partnership with Susan Mocker & Devon Cretella

    Published: 3/20/2023

  6. 148. Four Things Every Retailer Should Do Before Signing a Lease

    Published: 3/13/2023

  7. 147. How to Reframe Your Mindset on Competition

    Published: 3/6/2023

  8. 146. Why Industry Trade Shows are Valuable for You and Your Retail Business with Darrin Stern

    Published: 2/27/2023

  9. 145. How to Market Promotional Events in your Retail Shop

    Published: 2/20/2023

  10. 144. How to Create a Customer Journey Map

    Published: 2/13/2023

  11. 143. How to Plan and Host Successful Events and Promotions in Your Shop

    Published: 2/6/2023

  12. 142. How to Make Real Progress in Your Business with Guest Expert Richard Ralston

    Published: 1/30/2023

  13. 141. Are You Running the Store of Your Dreams?

    Published: 1/23/2023

  14. 140. 2023 Retail Trends

    Published: 1/16/2023

  15. 139. 6 Things To Focus On In 2023

    Published: 1/9/2023

  16. We’re taking a short break, but didn’t want to leave you without some helpful tips this week!

    Published: 1/2/2023

  17. We’re taking a short break, but didn’t want to leave you without some helpful tips this week!

    Published: 12/26/2022

  18. 138. Coffee Break Chats with Wendy: Wins, Insights, Lessons, and Struggles

    Published: 12/19/2022

  19. 137. *Coffee Break Chats with Wendy: The Line of Fine

    Published: 12/12/2022

  20. 136. Coffee Break Chats with Wendy: Annual Planning That Fills Your Life Buckets

    Published: 12/5/2022

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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.