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Creative Shop Talk with Wendy Batten

Creative Shop Talk with Wendy Batten

著者： Wendy Batten Creative Retail Mentor
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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.Wendy Batten 2020 マネジメント マネジメント・リーダーシップ リーダーシップ 経済学
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  • 322. Energy Debt and Burnout: Running on Empty Isn't a Time Management Problem, with Dr. Sarah Vadeboncoeur

    322. Energy Debt and Burnout: Running on Empty Isn't a Time Management Problem, with Dr. Sarah Vadeboncoeur
    2026/10/12
    With host retail coach Wendy Batten https://wendybatten.com/podcast-intro/ Episode Overview Dr. Sarah Vadeboncoeur is a Canadian naturopathic doctor who supports high-achieving women who feel like they have hit a wall. Many of them have ignored their health for a long time and perhaps feel destabilized. Dr. Sarah and I use this episode to talk about burnout, brain fog, and the grief that comes when you can no longer perform the way you used to. This matters for shop owners because so many of us have been rewarded for carrying everything since we were children. Dr. Sarah explains that when our capacity to recover goes down but the demands stay the same, we start spending more energy than we take in. She compares it to opening a profit and loss statement and seeing expenses exceed income month after month. By the end of this conversation, you will understand the four categories of energy (body, brain, heart, and spirit). You will also have a simple way to check in with yourself and a way to line up your time, money, and energy with what you actually value. Our Key Topics Why so many high-achieving women feel grief when they can't perform at their old level, and why that grief is tied to identity What energy debt is, and how it resembles a business running at a loss How the four energy categories (body, brain, heart, and spirit) each drain differently Why water, sleep, and regular meal timing come first How to build your own energy prescriptions and ignore what others are doing Why choosing your number one thing, and defining your weekly work hours, changes where your energy goes Key Takeaways For Shop Owners Energy works like a profit and loss statement. If you spend more than you put back in day after day, you end up in debt, and you may not recover it overnight. Dr. Sarah points out that for many women, the ability to recover drops while the demands stay the same, so the gap keeps growing. Fatigue is not only physical. Dr. Sarah describes four categories: body, brain, heart, and spirit. You can be doing well in one and still feel terrible if another is drained, so it helps to know which one needs attention. Start with the basics, then listen to yourself. Dr. Sarah's bare bones are water, at least seven to eight hours of sleep, and regular meal timing. Beyond that, she encourages you to stop and ask what you need right now, because no one knows that better than you do. Check your battery before you spend it. A 30-second scan each morning shows where you are, and you can decide where your best energy goes. Without that plan, most of us give it all to working hours and leave the scraps for the people who matter most. Align your time, money, and energy with what you value. Pick your actual number one thing and make one small change that supports it. Dr. Sarah and I both see how hard it is for self-employed people to decide how many hours they want to work, and without that decision everything else fills in underneath. If you have been carrying a lot for a long time, I invite you to listen and notice which of the four energy categories could use a little attention this week. "The people that we claim to be the most important are usually getting the scraps of energy that we have left after we've overspent all day long." - Dr. Sarah Vadeboncoeur INSERT IMAGE HERE Resources Mentioned and Related Podcasts Join me in The Collective: a 12-month coaching experience for established business owners who want a well-run, profitable business that supports the life they want to live. Episode 185: Avoid Burnout with Dr. Ashley Margeson Episode 285: Avoiding Retail Burnout: Closing Loops and Leaning In to Your People Let's hang out in a private coaching session! Follow along and chat with me on Instagram and join my love list. About Dr. Sarah Vadeboncoeur Dr. Sarah Vadeboncoeur is a Naturopathic Doctor and Menopause Society Certified Practitioner with over 15 years of experience and 3,500 patients served. Named one of Canada's Top 35 Menopause Influencers, she is a sought after speaker and host of The Fatigue Fixer podcast. Follow along with Dr. Sarah: Instagram | Website About your host, Wendy Batten In case we haven't met…I'm Wendy Batten. I've been a small business owner, coach, and mentor for over 25 years. I help thoughtful, established entrepreneurs step into their role as CEO and build businesses that are profitable, meaningful, and supportive of the lives they want to live. My work blends real-world strategy with a life-first philosophy, shaped by lived experience, not theory. I've been there! Through honest conversations and practical insight, I invite you into bigger thinking about leadership, possibility, and how to build both business and life on purpose. For more support from Wendy Hang out and connect with Wendy on IG All of Wendy's current programs and services for shop owners can be found HERE. Never miss an episode! Subscribe to the Creative Shop Talk Podcast and get the tools, inspiration, and ...
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  • 321. Customizing Your Vision and Values as Your Business Grows

    321. Customizing Your Vision and Values as Your Business Grows
    2026/10/05
    With host retail coach Wendy Batten https://wendybatten.com/podcast-intro/ Episode Overview As our businesses grow, our roles change. The things that worked in an earlier stage may not be what we need in the next one. In this episode, I'm talking about what it means to stay true to your own vision, values, taste, and way of doing business as your shop evolves. I share a story from the days when I taught paint workshops and how a room full of people could start with the same supplies, the same guidance, and the same goal, yet create completely different projects. That's a lot like running a business. We need the foundational pieces, but we also get to decide what our business looks like and how we build it. As a business grows, especially when a team becomes part of the picture, our vision needs to grow too. I walk through the areas I believe are important to get clear on, including motivation, intent, leadership, customers, team, standards, culture, and values, and how those pieces can help guide the decisions we make. Our Key Topics Why staying true to your own vision matters as your business changes and grows How having clear vision and mission can help you avoid copying what other businesses are doing What needs to expand in your vision as your business grows beyond just you Why motivation, intent, customers, leadership, team, standards, and culture are important parts of a three-to-five-year vision How your values can become a decision filter for your strategy, marketing, customer experience, and the inventory you choose to sell Key Takeaways For Shop Owners You get to build your business your way. Having the right foundational pieces doesn't mean there is only one way to use them. Just like the people in my workshop created completely different signs from the same materials, our businesses can reflect our own taste, vision, and uniqueness. Your vision has to grow with your business. As your role changes and your team grows, your vision needs to become something other people can understand and get behind. It can no longer live only in your head or exist only as your personal vision. Get clear on what you actually need from the business. I talk about the difference between motivation and intent. Motivation is what drives you, while intent gets into the results and resources you need, including time, money, energy, and the impact you want to have. Your business vision needs to include more than the founder. As you grow, you need to think about who you are serving, what your team looks like, your standards, and the culture you are creating. The business and brand become bigger than just your own thing. Your values can help you make decisions. When your vision, mission, and values are clear, they can become filters for decisions around your strategy, marketing, customer experience, inventory, and the way you serve your clients. INSERT IMAGE HERE Resources Mentioned and Related Podcasts Join me in The Collective: a 12-month coaching experience for established business owners who want a well-run, profitable business that supports the life they want to live. Episode 215: Customer Service vs. Customer Experience Episode 173: Find the Right Customer for Your Shop Let's hang out in a private coaching session! Follow along and chat with me on Instagram and join my love list. About your host, Wendy Batten In case we haven't met…I'm Wendy Batten. I've been a small business owner, coach, and mentor for over 25 years. I help thoughtful, established entrepreneurs step into their role as CEO and build businesses that are profitable, meaningful, and supportive of the lives they want to live. My work blends real-world strategy with a life-first philosophy, shaped by lived experience, not theory. I've been there! Through honest conversations and practical insight, I invite you into bigger thinking about leadership, possibility, and how to build both business and life on purpose. For more support from Wendy Hang out and connect with Wendy on IG All of Wendy's current programs and services for shop owners can be found HERE. Never miss an episode! Subscribe to the Creative Shop Talk Podcast and get the tools, inspiration, and strategies you need to thrive as an independent retailer.Click here to subscribe to iTunes! Loved the episode? Leave a quick review on iTunes- your reviews help other retailers find my podcast, and they're also fun for me to go in and read. Just click here to review, select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" and let me know what your favorite part of the podcast is. So grateful for you! Thank you!
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    21 分
  • 320. Curating Your Business: When Your Ambition Evolves

    320. Curating Your Business: When Your Ambition Evolves
    2026/09/28
    With host retail coach Wendy Batten https://wendybatten.com/podcast-intro/ Want to work with me to plan out your week so it's built with intention? Something that works easily for you and your business? I'm hosting a workshop on September 29th to help you do just that! Join me for Your CEO Time: From Spinning to Soaring. It's only $47 and will change the way you look at your time - I promise. Episode Overview It's story time. In this episode, I'm sharing something personal about how my business ambitions have changed and evolved over the years. Ten years ago, I realized that even though my husband's and my businesses were successful and our lives were busy, I was ready for a big change. I had to step back and dig deep on these questions: What do I want to do, be, have, and experience in my life? From there, we began designing our life first and reverse engineering our businesses around it. It was hard. But we did it. We started living differently. We stayed open to possibilities. We sold some of our businesses. We moved to our crooked cottage by the sea. I started my coaching business and my Inner Circle. And yet, here we are, an entire decade later, I'm asking those same questions again. I'm curating again and I'm feeling extremely ambitious and excited for what the next 10 years will look like in my business. So let's talk about it: what it means to stay curious, to listen to what is changing, and to continue refining both business and life as our priorities evolve. I also share what I'm building next, including the Collective, a new space that brings life and business planning together for entrepreneurs who want to build sustainable businesses around the lives they actually want. Let's do this. Our Key Topics Why I realized that a successful, busy business and a full life weren't necessarily the same thing How a moment of clarity changed the way my husband and I thought about our ambitions, our business, and our life. What it means to design your life first and then reverse engineer the business around it. Why staying curious and listening to yourself and your clients matters as your business evolves. How I'm bringing life and business coaching together in the next phase of my work with The Collective - you'll want to hear about this! Key Takeaways For Shop Owners Your definition of ambition can change. Ten years ago, my ambition looked very different from what it looks like today. I've learned that it's worth revisiting what I actually want instead of continuing toward goals simply because they were once important to me. Start with the life you want, then build the business around it. Rather than automatically allowing the business to dictate how life looks, I've found value in asking what I want for my life first and then figuring out what needs to be true for the business to support that vision. Curiosity creates room for change. I talk about continuing to listen, including listening to clients, pushing boundaries, and not being afraid to change. Staying fresh in business can mean being willing to reconsider how you're doing things. Fear can be part of making a meaningful change. I've had ideas and decisions that I knew I wanted to act on but delayed because I was afraid. I'm learning again that moving into something new can require working through that fear rather than waiting for it to disappear. Your business can be built around your needs and values. I'm thinking differently about business support now, with more attention on the wellbeing of the entrepreneur alongside the business itself. For me, that means creating something sustainable and customized rather than simply adding more information, strategies, or things to do. "We don't have any more time to mess around." - Wendy Batten INSERT IMAGE HERE Resources Mentioned and Related Podcasts Want to work with me to plan out your week so it's built with intention that works for you and your business? I'm hosting a workshop on September 29th to help you do just that! Join me for Your CEO Time: From Spinning to Soaring. LAST CHANCE! Need some help getting familiar with your numbers? Grab my Profit Planning Masterclass now for $47! LAST CHANCE! Be the retailer who walks into Q4 with a plan, not panic. Grab the Holiday Success Bootcamp now for $97 before it is gone at the end of September! Episode 319: The One Thing Retailers Need to Know Before October Let's hang out in a private coaching session! Follow along and chat with me on Instagram and join my love list. About your host, Wendy Batten In case we haven't met…I'm Wendy Batten. I've been a small business owner, coach, and mentor for over 25 years. I help thoughtful, established entrepreneurs step into their role as CEO and build businesses that are profitable, meaningful, and supportive of the lives they want to live. My work blends real-world strategy with a life-first philosophy, shaped by lived experience, not theory. I've been there! Through honest conversations and practical insight, I...
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