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Spark - A Roadmap For The Vegan Professional
by Vegan Mainstream
Being a vegan business owner can be incredibly exciting, but also scary, overwhelming and lonely. Now there is a podcast you can turn to when you need inspiration! Spark, hosted by Stephanie Redcross West, will provide you with support to help you on your road to success.
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54. The Wax and Wane: Following the Cycles of Expansion and Contraction
Let’s cycle through some methods that will allow you to: - Sense when a period of expansion has reached its pinnacle and a recharge is needed - Reap the most rewards from planning stages - Find a rhythm that lets you and your team flow with the needs of each season and stage of development When…
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53. Creating Recurring Tasks to Make Business Life Easier
It’s not uncommon for business owners to feel like we're in a race against time—we're trying to get the maximum amount of things done in a day until the clock runs out. But I want you to start thinking of your business differently. Don’t always approach your day like you’re racing against time;...
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52. A Great Day Starts With An Intentional Morning
⚡Finding your rhythm during the day to feel more energized. 00:38 🤔 Reflect on what you've done in the past but don’t criticize yourself. 03:55 💫 Why re-adjusting your schedule and morning routine is important. 04:35 🌞 Creating an intentional morning routine around accomplishments. 07:11 ✨...
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51. Pushing Past Fear—How to Find Your Million Dollar Mindset
How do you push back the fear, the discomfort, and the challenges you may be facing in your business when it's time for you to make bigger decisions? And how can you prepare your mindset—what I like to call your “million-dollar mindset”? The reason behind a million-dollar mindset is that when you...
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50. Are You Getting Paid? Recognizing the Importance of Paying Yourself
It’s important to strike a balance and make sure that you are not only investing in your business, but that you're also investing in yourself. That means making sure that you're paying yourself, even if it's something teeny, tiny, even if it's just a little bit in the beginning. Make sure that…
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49. A Business Transformation: Leveling Up
✅ How to get the most out of what you’re spending your time on: tactical skills and critical mindset shifts. 0:39 ↗️ Why you should start thinking about leveling up your business. 02:05 🛣️ When you start leveling up, why delegating tasks and building ‘fast lanes’ for your team are crucial moves....
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Ep. 48: Break the cycle! Avoiding the rework loop
We all love to “get things done.” Who doesn’t love to check things off a to-do list? But even if you’re good at task execution it’s still easy to get caught sometimes in the loop of tweaking, editing, and perfecting. The problem with this is it can cause you to lose sight of when to move on from...
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Ep. 47: Building Your On-Camera Confidence
When you’re on video - whether in a meeting, or doing a live session of some kind - do you ever find yourself fidgeting or staring at yourself, evaluating your every move? If so, you might need to build your on-camera confidence. In our online world of video meetings it can be hard to get used to...
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Ep. 46: Making Mondays Magical
Do you get the Monday blues? If you do, you need to listen to this episode of Spark! Inside, Stephanie talks about how she transitioned her Monday blues into Monday magic! Make Mondays one of your favorite days of the week by designing them to be productive, inspirational and motivational. You’ll...
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Ep. 45: Creativity & Structure: How to foster both for your biz
I love the creativity that comes with running a business. And I love being able to harness that creativity within a structure that really helps me take advantage of my creative process. In today’s live session of Spark! I want to share a powerful lesson with you: how to translate a creative idea...
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Ep. 44: Being “Camera Ready” All The Time
Pre-pandemic being “camera ready” was never a daily requirement for me. I could jump out of bed, throw on some comfy clothes, grab some breakfast and dive into work without worrying about hair, makeup and all that jazz. However, these days I am often called to be on camera with just a moment's...
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Ep. 43: The Best Leaders Ask For Help (recognizing when and how to do it)
Titles like “founder”, “manager” or “leader” can carry a heavy weight. When you take these roles on, you may be seen as the person who should have all the answers. This false precedent can make you feel inadequate if you don't have all the answers. Today, I want to challenge that myth, and talk...
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Ep. 42: Re-imagining Success: Do you need to change your business perspective?
Do you feel successful in your vegan business? If your immediate response to this question is “no”, join me for today’s live session of Spark! We’re going to talk about perspective, and whether that feeling is attributable to a real problem with your business, or misplaced expectations....
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Ep. 41: Pain Vs. Discomfort
When pressure and stress pile up in our daily business lives, it’s easy to become hyper-sensitive, at which point every request can feel like a weight on your chest. But sometimes, when you’ve pushed yourself too far, everything can feel like pain/pressure and your sense of what’s doable can...
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Ep. 40: Building Your Business With A Signature Offer
One great strategy for building your business is to design and create an amazing signature offer. In case you’re unfamiliar with the term, a signature offer is THE product or service that you ultimately want to be known for in your business. This is something that can define the culture and style...
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Ep. 39: Stumbling Your Way To Success
tumbling and falling down are a natural part of being in business, but it’s the ability to get back up that determines your journey to success! As business owners we don't often talk about the resilience and mental strength it takes to stumble around in the dark - and consistently get back up…
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Ep. 38: A Fresh Start: 3 key principles to guide you through the web design process
Launching a new website is a major undertaking that can make business owners want to run in the other direction, but sometimes you just have to face the inevitable. At Vegan Mainstream we continue to refine our approach to service the vegan business community. Several months back we started to...
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Ep. 34: Saying "No" More For Greater Impact
There is a lot of added pressure when you run a passion-based business. When it feels like change isn’t happening fast enough you may react by trying to do it all -- working late, weekend meetings and spending less time with family and friends. But what if you said “NO” more? Would it make you…
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Ep. 37: Finding Your Beat: How To Learn From Others While Protecting Your Unique Self
The world may influence you but it should not define you. Too often business owners feel like they have to copy another’s style, approach or business model to be successful. But all this does is create an industry of services and businesses that are indistinguishable from one another. And that...
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Ep. 36: Responding To Doubts: How To Find Courage When You Need It Most
As you move through the ups and downs of your business, I want to remind you to never lose faith in yourself. The reality of being in business is that there will be times when you don’t have the answers, but you have to make a decision anyway. This can be scary and stressful, but it may be easier...
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Ep. 35: Stop Patching Your Problems: Fix Them!
I’m truly motivated to find actual solutions for business problems, and to encourage others to do the same. There’s a zen moment when you realize that the work you completed in a given week or month has created a breakthrough solution for your business. On the other hand, when you feel…
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Ep. 33: The Patience Marketing Requires: Persistence & Percolating
When you come up with a good idea or new project, do you find it hard to give it the time it needs to marinate? In this episode of Spark! join Stephanie as she talks about the very real struggles -- and the very real advantages -- of having the patience to allow a good idea to percolate. You’ll...
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Ep.32: Digging yourself out of a business rut
As a small business owner many pitfalls await you. There are countless ruts along the road to success that can threaten to drag you down and impede your progress. But if you’re aware and have some strategies in place to deal with them BEFORE they happen, it’s more likely that you will stumble,...
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Ep. 31: Setting boundaries to stop you sliding down the slippery slope
Have you ever felt the pressure that success can bring? I’ve been extremely fortunate in experiencing a significant growth-spurt in my business over the past month. But it’s funny how a little bit (or a lot!) of pressure can encourage the reappearance of bad habits and decisions. I’ve been…
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Ep. 30: Building a team to last
For any business leader, the team should be the wind that buoys you up. Your team can help you soar, inspire and challenge you to dream bigger dreams, or they can provide the space and time for you to rest when you need to. A great team can help fill the gaps, bringing expertise and accelerating...
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Ep. 29: Setting The Tone: Is your office space working for you?
More people than ever are working from home offices these days, but those of us who run our own businesses are accustomed to managing things from a home office. Still, that doesn’t necessarily mean that your space is serving you. If you find yourself struggling to get things done join Stephanie…
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Ep. 28: Cutting through the noise
We live in a noisy world. Being distracted seems to be a way of life these days -- there are so many things that want our attention! It’s easy to place blame for this constant state of distraction on the mini-computers that live in our pockets, the addictive nature of social media, or even...
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Ep. 27: Leverage Your Best!
In our content-hungry world it is imperative for small business owners and managers to have a content marketing strategy that takes full advantage of leverage. Too often small businesses struggle to keep up with marketing demands because they aren’t in a position to develop new content from…
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Ep. 26: The Magic Trigger: Turning Visitors Into Clients & Customers
Are you using your website dynamically to engage with your customers and clients in a targeted way? Have you set up triggers and touch points based on your customers’/clients’ interactions with your site, helping them to get the answers and information they need -- aka more business for you? When...
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Ep. 25: Keeping That Spark Alive (Networking Knowhow)
When you think about networking, what comes to mind? Perhaps, “Who do I need to meet?” and “How can this person benefit me?” are questions that arise, and of course those are important questions. But in this episode of Spark! Stephanie talks about a different approach -- one that involves taking...
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Ep. 24: Getting Personal: How Technology Helps A Business Grow
One of my favorite things is spending time with my customers. However, I don't always have enough time for individual conversations and meetings. One of my tricks for getting around this dilemma is using tech to help me provide personalized support and advice. For example, I create personal…
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Ep. 23: Claim Your Time Back: Eliminate Manual Re-Work With Tech
Time is such an incredibly precious commodity for any entrepreneur. Do you ever feel like you're an aspiring inventor trying to discover the formula to unlock additional hours in the day? I know I’ve been there! But we all know that’s a lost cause, so instead of constantly trying to find time,...
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Ep. 22: Participating in a Virtual World When Tech is a Challenge
The impact technology can make on a business’s growth trajectory is impressive. And yet many people feel intimidated at the idea of adding a new tool or process in their business. Novel technology can feel overwhelming -- like “one more thing” to learn in your business. But as we continue to move...
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Ep. 21: Giving Back To Your Business
As business owners many of us make the mistake of pulling everything we can out of our businesses, especially when the business is our sole source of income. But in order for a business to thrive over the long term we must resist that urge! Join Stephanie in today’s live session to talk about why...
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Ep. 20: Buy Vegan--Why Your Buying Habits Matter
If you’ve been part of the vegan movement for any length of time, you will have noticed the incredible growth in interest in vegan products and services -- and as a result, the number of vegan businesses that have popped up in and around the mainstream. Still, it’s not always easy to stick to...
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Ep. 19: Squeezing Every Bit Of Juice Out Of Your Marketing
Shiny new marketing tools and ideas are always alluring, but what results are you getting from the efforts you are already making? In this episode of Spark! Stephanie will discuss some quick, easy actions you can take to improve your results, without revamping your whole marketing strategy. This...
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Ep. 18: Celebrating Personal Wins
The current business landscape is requiring a level of resilience that is pushing many of us out of our comfort zones. To combat that, many business owners have been focused on training and self-improvement. I’ve been blown away by the growth I’ve seen in my students and the individuals I coach....
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Ep.17: A Win In Social Media Might Mean You Must Change
I absolutely love the ability to talk directly with people via messages in social media. It has been one of the best channels for growth and collaboration for my business, and it has helped me ground myself during these challenging times. However, I have to admit that when the pandemic started I...
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Ep.11: Memorize Less, Document More
Is trying to remember giving you brain fatigue? When you’re running a business it can feel like there is a lot to memorize and remember -- which buttons to push on that Zoom call, your meetings for the week, or notes from a recent call with a client or customer. But unless you’re strategic about...
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Ep.16: Wow, I Wasn’t Creating Enough Content
If you're struggling with your social mediaI want to challenge you today to think about what could be the missing ingredient. Social media requires content for growth. Yes, it’s great to share content from your community. However, if you're not sharing your own original content and information…
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Ep.15: Going Live! Building your skills in the open
Going live on social media is one of the best marketing strategies for vegan business owners today. While many of you would probably agree with that statement, if I asked you to go live tomorrow you might experience a sudden headache! I know it's a lot of pressure to go live, and sometimes the…
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Ep.14: Coming Out Of My Shell On Social Media
I find that some of the most successful people on social media are those who truly open themselves up to the world and let people know who they are and what they stand for. I don't mean people who grandstand and make controversial statements for the sake of garnering attention. I'm talking about...
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Ep.13: Building A Road Back To Profit
The shockwaves of 2020 are still being freshly experienced as we all continue to heal and adjust to our new work-life reality. For most of this year we’ve been in reactionary mode, navigating the transition to digital services, dealing with restrictions on retail and figuring out general...
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Ep.12: Renovating Your Vegan Business
While I’m a big fan of finding that “next amazing offer or product”, and sweeping changes are sometimes a good way to do that, I want to send a cautionary note your way. In circumstances like these it can be easy to gravitate toward an all-in strategy that requires everything from you, and I’d…
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Ep.10: Is It Time To Look At Your Numbers?
Be honest. How long has it been since you looked at your business numbers? By this I mean things like validating your budget, reviewing your email marketing reports, monitoring your social media stats or looking at your website traffic data. If you can’t remember, or if you had to spend a few...
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Ep.9: Are Your Messy Habits Hurting Your Business?
Chronic disorganization can be detrimental to long-term business success, and often when people GET organized they are shocked at just how much time and space their former messy habits were taking up. Can’t find that password? Don’t know where you saved that file? Find yourself doing unnecessary...
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Ep.8: Can I Market My Business While The World Is In Pain?
We are living through challenging times. I find myself managing an undercurrent of sadness most days. Between the pandemic, the injustice and the political fighting it’s easy to become consumed by it all. You might be feeling it too. Are you less energized and excited about your business? Or are...
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Ep.7: What To Do When No One Is Listening
The online world can feel like a crowded space. As you look back at all the work -- blogs, emails, social media posts -- you have put “out there,” you might be wondering if anyone is listening. When you are building a community around your business, it takes time, a level of expertise and good...
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Ep.5: The Benefits Of Journaling Your Vegan Business Experiences
This month I’ve been journaling my vegan business experiences. With everything that’s been happening I have been finding myself triggered more than usual by roller-coaster emotions, stress and worry. Video journaling has become a way for me to reflect, release and review my mental state as I...
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Ep.4: Standing Out In The Crowded Online World
With everyone flocking to Zoom and live streaming and rushing to create online versions of their products or services, it can feel like the online marketing and digital business world is getting crowded quickly. Yes, there are more people using the internet to build their brand and business,...
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Being a vegan business owner can be incredibly exciting, but also scary, overwhelming and lonely. Now there is a podcast you can turn to when you need inspiration! Spark, hosted by Stephanie Redcross West, will provide you with support to help you on your road to success.
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