Open & Awkward: Shop Talk with Katie & Amanda
The Pilot – Let’s Make a Podcast!
What’s this podcast about?
It’s about owning a retail store and and taking up space and marketing and also whatever we want!
We’re calling this our “pilot episode” because we interrupt and talk over each other incessantly and we didn’t have real microphones. So, you get what you get.
Highlights:
- Amanda’s shop ghost
- Why Katie doesn’t look at her personal newsletter metrics
- How aggravating it is when people come into the shop and use the bathroom and don’t buy anything and what to do with it
- Vibes
- Katie’s Social media strategy (it’s a little loose)
- Parasocial relationships and “Amanda’s Customer of the Month” trophy
- Being old enough to embrace the weird and be yourself and why that’s important
- Amanda’s Bette Midler story
- Rocks
Links:
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/
Pictures:
Amanda & Tyler:
Katie’s Bookshelves:
Baby Head Planter:
Katie’s Tulip Picture:
Katie’s Sketch of Amanda’s Store:
The Open & Awkward Podcast is a production of The Garden of Words, LLC. Copyright 2024 Amanda Thomsen and Katie Elzer-Peters. All rights reserved.
