Open & Awkward: Shop Talk with Katie & Amanda
Episode 4 – Bog Life
Hoist the Sails (to boost your sales!)
What’s this podcast about?
When you plant magic beans, what do you reap? (That got super existential super fast. Well, what do you expect when Amanda is taking business advice from alien mediums? Today Katie and Amanda discuss ways they fill their sails (as in boat sails) to fill their sales (as in money). Katie is the queen of taking workshops, while Amanda is the queen of hosting workshops. Yes, that’s related to “sale-ing.” More in the highlights. AND! Pictures are back in the show notes, so click over to take a look at all the giraffe comics.
Highlights:
- The lost episode
- Carnivorous plants
- How Amanda learned about the tooth fairy
- Intergenerational staffing
- GREETINGS!
- We need more flair
- Books are experiences and so are we
- Workshops
- Fake magazine covers
- Loyalty programs – they’re not what you think!
Links:
TickTok – Bashar
Amanda’s Green Profit magazine article – The Parasocial Paradox
Store: Island Passage Lumina Station, Wilmington, NC
Book: Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury
Garden: Carnivorous plants!
Pictures:
The Stuff at the End
Amanda’s Work Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shop.aster.gardens
Katie’s Work Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegardenofwordsagency
Katie’s Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katie_gardenofwords
Amanda’s Website: https://kissmyaster.com/
Katie’s Website: https://thegardenofwords.com/
The Open & Awkward Podcast is a production of The Garden of Words, LLC. Copyright 2024 Amanda Thomsen and Katie Elzer-Peters. All rights reserved.
