The Collective Co. Podcast
by Rachael Meyers
The small business podcast dishing the tools, strategies and stories built for business growth.Listen in on inspiring success stories from fearless women who have shattered glass ceilings and paved their own way to the top. Listen in as we unwrap the journey, dissect strategies and learn from both wins and challenges. This podcast isn't just about dreams; it's about learning actionable steps. With each episode, we're aiming to equip you with the knowledge and confidence you need to achieve your business goals.Connect with us by visiting us online www.theccsouthshore.com or finding us on social @theccsouthshoreYour host, Rachael Meyers, is founder of The Collective Co. workspace. Centered around women, focused on building community, connection, learning and growth! Rachael is a small business coach, branding expert, and Mom living seaside with a love for lifting women up and helping them make waves!
Episodes
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Breaking Down the Essentials of Sales Funnels for your Business
Episode Summary: In this episode of The Collective Co. Podcast, host Rachael Meyers breaks down the essentials of sales funnels for your business. Learn how to guide your customers through their journey with your business, from initial awareness to making a purchase, and beyond. Rachael shares...
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Growth vs. Scaling, Mastering Client Acquisition and Retention and Unlocking the Power of Business Refinement
HIGHLIGHTS: In this episode, Rachael speaks with Nikki Nash as she dives into the crucial differences between growth and scaling, and why understanding both is essential for any entrepreneur. We'll explore effective strategies for acquiring new clients and retaining them long-term, ensuring your...
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Life Updates, Simplifying Your Business, Coaching and Leveraging Collaborations
HIGHLIGHTS: On today's episode Rachael shares current life updates, where her focus has been and what she's excited to be working on. She talks through simplifying your business, ditching the overwhelm and her newfound love for coaching. She also dives into prepping for the upcoming Fall and...
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The Small Business Hustle and How to Combat Feeling Like You Can't Keep Up
We've been hearing a lot lately from our small business owner community about how hard it all feels. In today's episode we're diving into the truths of entrepreneurship and how we all feel like we can't keep up! Rachael talks about why we're feeling this way and what to do about it. She touches…
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episode 95: talking all about life stages and navigating seasons of change with anne-marie thompson of courage coaching
Anne-Marie is the Founder of Courage Coaching. Courage Coaching is a holistic, therapeutic coaching approach and transformative experience to guide women through life transitions. On today's podcast episode Anne-Marie and Rachael talk all about navigating seasons of change that so many of us face...
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4 Strategies You Can Put in Place Right Now When Creating Content
Talking all about four strategies that you can put in place right now when creating content in order to help drive profit. If you're a small business owner you are creating a lot of content. Whether that be social media posts, a newsletter, blog post, podcast episode, the list goes on, you're...
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Episode 93: Accidentally Starting a Business - The Launch of New England Photog
Talking with Rachael and Kate, co-founders of New Enlgand Photog all about how two entrepreneurs got together and accidentally started a new business. Diving into the launch of New England Photog, what presets are and how they were developed to solve specific problems and help small business...
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#92: Talking Customer Clarity and the Wealth of Knowing Your Audience
In today's episode we're talking about the importance of truly knowing and defining your target audience. Hear all about why you need to do this first, how knowing your audience helps to drive business growth and what to do if you need better customer clarity for your business.
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#91: Kicking Off Season 4, A Behind the Scenes of What's to Come
In today's episode we're kicking off the fourth season of The Collective Co. Podcast. From the entrepreneurial mindset to money, brand, building business relationships, marketing, content creation and more, there's much to discuss. Tune in for a sneak peak and behind the scenes look at what's to...
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#90: Talking All About Guilt, Why We Feel It & How to Overcome It
In today's episode, host Rachael Meyers is talking all about guilt. From mom guilt to business guilt and more, she shares her experiences as a working professional, as a full-time mother, as a part-time freelancer and as an entrepreneur. She talks about having guilt show up in all of these roles...
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#89: Making Giving to Charity Simple, Impactful, and More Equitable
In this episode we are talking with Mike Filbey, the founder of Pepper which makes giving to charity simple, impactful, and equitable by providing just one option: give $10/month. 100% of contributions to Pepper are split across four terrific charities. Mike shares his background as the…
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#88: Helping Creatives, Consultants & Coaches Find Rapid Business Growth without the Grind
Natasha Ho is a woman on a mission to help creatives, consultants and coaches rapidly grow their businesses to multiple-six and seven figures without grinding longer, working harder or doing all of the things. She helps entrepreneurs tap into playfulness in how they position, package and market…
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#87: Empowering Small Business Owners Through Technology
In today's episode we are talking with William MacFee, an IT expert who answers the prayers of frustrated business owners who feel burdened by technology instead of empowered by it. Will was a licensed Reactor Operator at NC State for the school's reactor before he worked for the United States...
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#86: From Celebrity Clientele to Launching Her Own Makeup Line
In this episode we are talking with Christina Flach, a world renowned makeup artist with experience working with celebrity clientele, magazines, and big name brands. Christina has been featured in Vogue, People, Time, and Elle, as well as campaigns for Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Nordstrom, Saks Fifth...
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#85: Helping Women Find the Joy and Fun in Fitness
In this episode we are talking with Carly Fauth, fitness instructor, and creator of the FitFunYOU 66 Day Fitness Mentorship Program. Carly's goal is to help women develop a solid base and an understanding of how to create and maintain a fitness schedule for themselves. Her hope is that all of her...
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#84: Edgeless Swimwear that is Making Waves in the Industry
In this episode we are talking with Heyley Segar, the founder of Onewith: a women's swimwear startup that disrupted the swimwear market, so that women don't feel like they need to change themselves. Dig-free, elastic-free, and edgeless, Onewith consistently goes viral with their problem-solving...
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#83: Talking Self Assurance and Mental Health
In this episode we are talking with Courtney Culnane, a therapist, business owner and podcaster who helps make peoples' lives better by building self-assurance. After over a decade in private practice, she was inspired to help people on a larger scale, so she opened up a boutique counseling…
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#82: Behind the Scenes with The Boss Project
In this episode we are talking with Abagail Pumphrey and Emylee Williams, the founders of the Boss Project and hosts of the chart-topping podcast, The Strategy Hour. They're also internet-famous for their program, Trello for Business. The team at Boss Project is truly revitalizing the service…
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#81: Talking Commercial Realty for Entrepreneurs
In this episode we are talking with Dave Ellis, the founder of Ellis Realty Advisors. Prior to launching his own business, Dave was the top producing broker for Jack Conway for four consecutive years and has completed over $250,000,000 worth of lease and sale transactions. Ellis Realty Advisors...
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#80: How Her Coworking Space Inspired the Next Venture
In this episode we are talking with Jill Kaufenberg, a serial entrepreneur and the founder of Lift Bridge Cowork and Chopper Mill. She founded Lift Bridge in 2019 after renovating the 1885 building to its original design. Jill found inspiration for her second business, Chopper Mill, from the...
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#79: Johnny Five is Alive: Chat GPT and AI Technology
IN THIS EPISODE, HOST AND FOUNDER OF THE COLLECTIVE CO., RACHAEL MEYERS AND CC COMMUNITY MANAGER, KENDRA, DIVE INTO THE WORLD OF AI TECHNOLOGY AND SPECIFICALLY, CHAT GPT. GPT, or Generative Pretrained Transformer, is a deep learning-based language model developed by OpenAI. Designed to understand...
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#78: Productivity Challenge Part Five, On and Off and the Wheel of Life
Honing in on your productivity is vital to setting yourself up for success and balancing all of your responsibilities, needs and roles. Enter our 2023 productivity challenge. This challenge is uniquely designed to help you feel more organized, intentional and productive while gaining back some of...
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#77: Productivity Challenge Part Four, The Three S's
Honing in on your productivity is vital to setting yourself up for success and balancing all of your responsibilities, needs and roles. Enter our 2023 productivity challenge. This challenge is uniquely designed to help you feel more organized, intentional and productive while gaining back some of...
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#76: Productivity Challenge Part Three, Task Batching
Honing in on your productivity is vital to setting yourself up for success and balancing all of your responsibilities, needs and roles. Enter our 2023 productivity challenge. This challenge is uniquely designed to help you feel more organized, intentional and productive while gaining back some of...
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#75: Productivity Challenge Part Two, Your Top Three
Honing in on your productivity is vital to setting yourself up for success and balancing all of your responsibilities, needs and roles. Enter our 2023 productivity challenge. This challenge is uniquely designed to help you feel more organized, intentional and productive while gaining back some of...
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#74: Productivity Challenge Part One
Honing in on your productivity is vital to setting yourself up for success and balancing all of your responsibilities, needs and roles. Enter our 2023 productivity challenge. This challenge is uniquely designed to help you feel more organized, intentional and productive while gaining back some of...
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#73: Creating Your Most Peacefully Productive Life with Jess Massey of Hustle Sanely
Today we are talking with Jess Massey-the host of The Hustle Sanely Podcast, a planner creator, and the founder of the community-centered productivity brand Hustle Sanely®. She uses The 5 Keys to Hustling Sanely™ to teach busy women how to relieve overwhelm and prioritize their mental health &...
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#72: Turning a Hobby into a Business with Impact with Samantha Hoff of Pottery with a Purpose
In this episode we are speaking with Samantha Hoff, foundering of Pottery with a Purpose. She shares how a lifelong struggle with generalized anxiety and an early career spent in the fast-paced, gender-biased tech industry led her to seek mental and physical balance - as well as a source of joy,...
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#71: Finding Joy in Helping People Improve Their Self Confidence with Angela Gates of Botox Boutique
In this episode we are speaking with Angela Gates of Botox Boutique. She is a Nurse Practitioner, specializing in Aesthetics. Her business provides the safest, most-effective, FDA-approved facial injectable services, such as botox, dermal fillers and kybella. Angela's passion for aesthetics…
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#70: Sharing Stories of Triumph Over Trauma + Joy from Struggle with Marci and Bridget of Living Crue
Today we are speaking with Marci and Bridget of Living Crue magazine. Living Crue means living raw. They believe when a woman shares her personal story of triumph over trauma, joy from struggle, and self-identity through life experiences, she becomes part of another woman's village--a village…
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#69: Top Tools, Equipment, Tips + Tricks to Get Started Podcasting with Rachael Meyers of The Collective Co.
In this episode, your host and Founder of The Collective Co., Rachael Meyers, dives into everything you want to know about creating your very own podcast. From top tools, equipment, tips + tricks to get started and more! Rachael started The Collective Co. Podcast almost three years ago and she...
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#68: Discovering and Filling a Gap in the Market with Tara Pate of Daysie
Today we are talking to Tara Pate, the founder of Daysie, the first line of certified organic simple syrups designed for coffee and occasions. The idea for Daysie was born in the early days of the pandemic when Tara was working from home and longed for her daily latte from her favorite local…
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#67: Balancing Career, Family and Business with Ammy Lowney of Juicygreens
In this episode we are speaking with Ammy Lowney-the owner of Juicygreens, which is a wellness cafe and juice bar with 3 locations in Boston. She came to the U.S. from Colombia, worked as a Boston Public School teacher and continues to work as a teacher today while running Juicygreens with her...
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#66: Diving into the World of Franchising with Lindsay Rando of Bobbles and Lace
Today we are talking with Lindsay Rando of Bobbles and Lace and today we are diving into the world of franchising! We'll hear all about Lindsay's journey in fashion, starting on the counter of her grandmother's consignment shop and working her way to 8 locations and counting. Lindsay shares about...
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#65: Untold Brewing, The CC & MacKids on Collaboration + Community
I am super excited about our episode today because we are diving into an incredible collaboration that we are working on with Untold Brewing! In today's episode I am speaking with Mike Dyer of Untold Brewing and Christina Skeldon of MacKids South Shore. We're talking all about the importance of...
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Episode 64: Pivoting Careers and Navigating the Phases of Life with Christa O'Leary of Home in Harmony Designs
Our conversation today is with Christa O'Leary of Home in Harmony Designs. We are talking all about pivoting careers and transitioning to something new, navigating the natural phases of life, what balancing career and business looks like through that and talking about the book writing process!...
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Episode 63: From Her Home Kitchen to Over 250 Retail Locations with Amanda Gillman of AMG Snacks
Today we are speaking with Amanda Gillman, founder of AMG Snacks. In today's episode we discuss how Amanda left her 9-5 and began producing healthy snack options out of her studio apartment kitchen and how she worked to bring them to market in over 250 retail locations in the Northeast before...
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#62: Leaving her nine to five to start a brick and mortar fitness studio
Today we are speaking with Kerrie Genes. Kerrie is the founder and CEO of KFit Body, a premier women's fitness and wellness studio. We are talking all about how she left the field of physical therapy and entered into the wellness sector with a brick and mortar focusing on fitness and life…
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#61: Scale, Funding and Pain Points with Nadya Rousseau
Today we are speaking with Nadya Rousseau of Alter New Media. Nadya worked as a professional actor, freelance journalist, and multimedia producer before pivoting to digital marketing and business development. In today's conversation we are talking all about how she has scaled her purpose-forward...
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CC Founder with Our Favorite Business Tools
The CC Founder and CEO, Rachael Meyers, dives into all of the tools she invests in for The Collective Co. — the ones she actually pays for and uses on the daily!
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Whitney English
Boot-strapping two businesses to seven figures, the realities of launching in Target and Anthropologie and her newest book launch, A More Beautiful Life.
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Jill Palese of Call to Action Clothing
In today's episode we are speaking all about sustainability, slow fashion and creating new solutions for women with Jill Palese of Call to Action Clothing, Boston-based luxury swimwear and clothing brand.
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Christina Skeldon of South Shore Macaroni Kid
Behind the scenes with Christina, Publisher of South Shore Macaroni Kid diving into career, motherhood, connecting women, her favorite local spots and how she works to highlight south shore events, activities and small businesses.
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Robbin Mangano of Wave Collective
TUNE IN: APPLE PODCASTS | SPOTIFY | STITCHER | AUDIBLE Robbin Mangano is the founder of Wave Collective, a full-service public relations, social media, creative, and influencer marketing agency, headquartered in Boston, MA. She works with a variety of local & national brands, such as Primark…
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Lily of Salterie One
TUNE IN: APPLE PODCASTS | SPOTIFY | STITCHER | AUDIBLE In today's episode we are speaking to Lily leedom, owner of Salterie One sea salts harvested fresh from Duxbury Bay. Salterie One began an idea conceived out of a desire to bring to life a meaningful business that inspires and delights in...
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Kate Ross of Kate's Simple Eats
TUNE IN: APPLE PODCASTS | SPOTIFY | STITCHER | AUDIBLE In today's episode we're speaking to Kate Ross, owner of Kate's Simple Eats in Marion, MA. She started Kate's almost 8 years ago having never worked in a restaurant but wanting to fill a need in her small town for people to have a place to…
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Laurel McConville of Nectar and Green
TUNE IN: APPLE PODCASTS | SPOTIFY | STITCHER | AUDIBLE Today I am back with Courtney of Clandestine Kitchen for another episode from our Women in Food series and we are speaking with Laurel McConville of Nectar and Green. Laurel was born the same year her mother opened a tiny flower shop in...
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Annemarie Stenfors Women in Food Series
TUNE IN: APPLE PODCASTS | SPOTIFY | STITCHER | AUDIBLE Annemarie grew up in an Irish-Italian family where food would bring everyone together and food and cooking have always been a big passion of hers. She graduated from the Culinary Institute of America with an associates degree in culinary arts...
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Melissa Returns for Updates and Camp Collective!
TUNE IN: APPLE PODCASTS | SPOTIFY | STITCHER | AUDIBLE We are back with a previous guest of ours, melissa peralta. we first spoke to melissa two years ago and we're diving back in to see how things have shifted and to see how she's grown both personally and professionally. We also talk camp...
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Tina Haupert of Carrots N' Cake
TUNE IN: APPLE PODCASTS | SPOTIFY | STITCHER | AUDIBLE We are back today with another episode from our Women in Food series and with co-host Courtney Doyle of Clandestine Kitchen. Today we are speaking with Tina Haupert who is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P), certified...
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The small business podcast dishing the tools, strategies and stories built for business growth.Listen in on inspiring success stories from fearless women who have shattered glass ceilings and paved their own way to the top. Listen in as we unwrap the journey, dissect strategies and learn from both wins and challenges. This podcast isn't just about dreams; it's about learning actionable steps. With each episode, we're aiming to equip you with the knowledge and confidence you need to achieve your business goals.Connect with us by visiting us online www.theccsouthshore.com or finding us on social @theccsouthshoreYour host, Rachael Meyers, is founder of The Collective Co. workspace. Centered around women, focused on building community, connection, learning and growth! Rachael is a small business coach, branding expert, and Mom living seaside with a love for lifting women up and helping them make waves!
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