Jane Hamill | Podcast

Things are about to get BUSY and it won't be the most wonderful time of the year if you're not ready for action. Don't let the Holiday season sneak up on you! It's time to get your shizzle together to be sure you get all the sales you can. None of these tips are hard or expensive and you can get started NOW. Enjoy! Jane Show Notes and Links:  janehamill.com/HolidayPodcast  

Who do you get your information from? Who do you listen to for business advice? On today's episode I'm on a mission to help you decide who to let IN to your brain, and what voices to keep out.  This is Salty Jane. I'm on a bit of a rant because this is important. Don't EVER EVER EVER EVER do this!! EVAH.  I hope you listen to this episode and take it seriously.  xoxo - Jane https://fashionbrainaca...

It's a tricky balance to think about ditching your day job as you build the business of your dreams. When is the right time? How much money should you save? What if you're terrified? My guest today walks us through how to make the transition when you have one foot in your full-time day job (the one that's paying the bills) and the other knee deep in entrepreneurship. Girl's got rent, ya know...but...

"How can I improve my email open rates for my online boutique? I feel like I'm doing everything I should but not getting results." Are your email open rates low? My client wants his email open rates to improve and I'm assuming he cares about it so much because he feels it will lead to more sales (he and his partner own an online clothing & jewelry boutique hosted on Shopify). Why are my email open...

I'm so excited to share this episode with you today!! In today's show,  I interview Claire Wolfson, the co-owner of Bean Goods, a dachshund-centric online store devoted to "radical people who love their wiener dogs", Claire's an entrepreneur whose business is breaking through. In fact, it's exploding. Claire has DOUBLED her sales and in this episode, she's going to tell you EXACTLY what she's doin...

I should really call this episode... "My Big Dumb Newbie Mistake and How I Lost $25,000 Selling to a Big Box Store" . No, it's not a joke. My biggest mistake in business was when I screwed up an order with a major department store and it cost me waaaaaay too much money. And confidence. And shame.  It's never fun when you screw up, and I've made a gazillion business mistakes during my gazillion yea...

Today you'll hear about my client Claire Wolfson's best sales day this year. Boom. Claire is the co-owner of Bean Goods, an online store for people who own and love dachshunds. This week on Wednesday, I got a message form Claire at 8:56 am that sales from her Shopify store were already over 4K. This episode about is Claire's story. Show Notes:  https://janehamill.com/whatspossible/    

We interrupt this podcast for an announcement.  I have a book for you. Actually, I'm writing you a book. Like writing you a letter, but a book instead. Or a book-let. A booklet kinda thing. A Book for You. I'm Writing You a Book. There, I said it again. I know the grammar is off but I don't care. And BTW if you really, really care about those things you should prolly just skip my book anyway. Prol...

Today's episode answers this question from one our coaching members and Shopify store owner.  "Jane, we do pretty well with sales when we launch a new product for about 2 weeks or so and then things die off. I feel like my team and I are always hustling to release NEW NEW New!! It's exhausting and I feel like a hamster on a wheel?" Launching new products all the time is so exhausting for product-b...

"I have a great product and a nice online store but I don't have enough customers. What am I doing wrong?" This is probably the top question I get every single week from coaching members and students in my courses. You're working hard, you're getting some traffic to your site, but it's not enough (or not consistent enough) to make you really happy with your results. And usually, you think the answ...

"Sometimes people are really, truly insane. But you're in retail so you stay nice no matter what. Retail Lesson number one -- the magic is in being nice." There's what you think it will be like to own a retail store and then there's the every day reality . I owned a women's boutique for 14 years and let me tell ya, it's not for wusses. It's more fun than you ever imagined and it's waaaaayyyyyy har...

We're diving back into our discussion with Zoe Hong on the 5 Ugly Truths about the Fashion Industry . If you missed the first episode, you can listen as a podcast or watch the video interview at this link:  http://janehamill.com/zoehong/   In this episode, Zoe touches on the last 2 Truths.  4. It's About Who You Know 5. If You are Not Implementing Sustainability You are Already Behind . These last...

My special guest is a fashion industry insider and breath of fresh air on the interwebs.  I came across on of Zoe's videos on Facebook and immediately loved her. Zoe's YouTube channel has over 185,000 subscribers and in her videos she makes NO apologies and just tells it like it is. Zoe doesn't mince words and today's episode is no different - 5 ugly truths about working in the fashion industry. ...

People land on your site but they don't buy. Why not? In today's episode, I'm giving you 9 more tips to increase your e-commerce conversion rate. My goal in life is to help you make money so you can support your family, pay your bills, pay yourself, go on vacation, and enjoy life. Let's turn thos lookers into buyer. Show notes and links:  http://janehamill.com/ conversions2 /    

Do you want a website that looks great to your eyes? Or do you want a website that MAKES YOU MONEY? I think I know the answer. In today's episode, I'm going to teach you the 6 main things your site needs to do to increase your conversion rate. I want to help you to support your family, to pay your bills, pay yourself, go on vacation, and enjoy your life. Let's do it! Show notes and links:  janeham...

What would it be like to do something totally different? One day you're designing a clothing line and the next you decide you want to be a writer. Boom - business pivot. A lot of us THINK about making a switch like that but my guest today is actually DOING it. Adeline Olmer has owned a fashion business for quite a while, she's owned a retail store, worked as an artist. Her work is lovely. Her clot...

My mission is for you to build a following for your brand and to let people get to know you, like you and trust you. When that happens, there's always a percentage of these people who will want to buy from you. It will be a natural progression and not something you'll need to worry about. You won't have to always be saying, where's my next sale coming from? What am I going to do? How will I get en...

There's setting up your show booth to "look good" and then there's setting it up for maximum SALES. I certainly didn't know the difference when I first started doing shows. This episode will tell you exactly what to do with your booth for a craft fair, art show, market, festival, wholesale trade show - any selling event. My guest today is Amy Meadows and she's an absolute expert at visual merchand...

Having a content marketing strategy that consistently ATTRACTS people to your website is a life-changing thing. AS a creative entrepreneur, knowing you have a PLAN in place, and an actual calendar you can follow - it's nothing short of magical! Magical, I say. Today, I'm going to share my process for getting started with a kick-ass badass BOSS holy moses it works content calendar. And most importa...

Let me ask you something. That seems simple... How happy are you with your business right now? Are you pleased with how things are going? The way you run it? How much you work? How much money you make? What would make you REALLY happy with your business? Yesterday I had a full day of brainstorming and planning with my friend/colleague/coach. It was amazing. Throughout the day, I could sense she fe...

When I first started making videos for my business, it was awful. I said the same things about doing video that many of you probably say: - I don't want to be on camera - it's not about ME, it's about the product - what would I even say in a video? - who would possibly want to hear from me? - I've gained a little weight so I'll wait until I lose it to start making videos - I need to get a new came...

No matter where you are in your entrepreneurial journey, you probably wish your business was different in certain ways.  There are 2 things that frustrate my clients and I hear versions of them each and every week.  Entrepreneur #1) "I really, really want to be making more money -- more money in my pocket, more sales, more profit." #1 wants more sales, or at least more profitable sales. Entreprene...

"Soooooo...MailChimp and Shopify are breaking up. What should I do?"  That's the questions one of our members asked me the other day.  This episode explains what's going on between MailChimp and Shopify, what it really means to you, the small business owner, and your options for moving forward.  janehamill.com/wtfmailchimp

What do you do if you're feeling overwhelmed by your business?  This morning I woke up feeling great. But then, for whatever reason, I immediately started getting in a bad mood. Just thinking of all the work that had to be done, the taxes, the  emails, the content, the podcasts, the client follow up. Oy. Can't I just crawl back in bed?  Everything was stupid. I hated everything. Drivers on the roa...

  Today's episode will help you understand why more people aren't buying from you and what you can do about it. Yesterday, a client told me something that disturbed me. She didn't say anything wrong , but she told me about a key learning point that she JUST learned. A real aha moment. She's actually happy about it because it explains to her why more people aren't buying from her site and she's mak...