Driven by her purpose, Brita believes that every woman has a fierce power to fulfill her dreams. (I can't agree more!) She coaches women to help them transform their lives by awakening and acting on, the power they have within. Brita is an advocate and promoter of women’s power, women’s rights and equality and the author of Fears to Fierce - a woman's guide to stepping into her power.
Read MoreOne of the best approaches to creating social impact is not necessarily to create a brand new social enterprise, but to buy and existing business and turn it in to a social enterprise. Why? Because an existing business is already established, it has a client or customer base, it has established revenue streams, a well known brand and identity. It's already operating. So all the challenges of starting a new business or eradicated or at least significantly reduced. Yes there's obviously changes required in implementing a clear social purpose or embedding new ways of operating but it could be easier and cheaper.
Read MoreThere is so much focus on marketing and selling online these days, we often forget there are tried and tested methods that have existed for much longer, such as telesales, or selling by phoning cold and warm leads, as well as existing customers. We dig deep in what the opportunities are for social entrepreneurs and conscious eco-brands to use "telesales" in their business.
Read MoreIs what your doing now in your business helping you to achieve the income you require to run a sustainable social enterprise? I know sometimes we can get stuck trying the same approaches and unsure of what other options there are. In this episode I share 7 different ways you could consider generating income in your social enterprise. You don't have to do them all, my purpose here is simply to provide ideas and inspiration for you to consider.
I find there's a lot of confusion about what a social enterprise is, and isn't, and what you "have" to do as one.
So in this episode I tackling the myths and mis-understandings of what it means to be a social enterprise.
In this weeks podcast Maiko Schaffrath shares the mistakes to avoid when starting you social enterprise, from the lessons he's learnt talking to hundreds of impact-entrepreneurs over the past 3 years, as well as his own experience of setting up a social impact business. He also shares about the importance of testing your idea and how to go about doing this.
Read MoreHow to create offers and messaging that attracts your dream clients using your story and the parts of you that make you unique. Sarah is a Writer and Mindset Coach who supports creative entrepreneurs to make more money doing their passion work whilst living a life of creative freedom.
Read MoreAs social entrepreneurs pursuing a social and/or environmental mission our values matter. Which is often why I find my clients struggle with the idea of selling or generating income from selling. It's not that selling is bad but their perception of what selling is. in this episode I share my approach for creating your own aligned sales strategy, so you can excited about sales again.
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