Living Left

Can your small business thrive even when referrals slow down? Discover the essential strategies that Ann-Marie Burton and Tanya Garcia from LeftTurn Strategy reveal for owner-operated businesses facing the challenges of a fluctuating economy. This episode focuses on implementing effective lead generation and nurturing systems, ensuring that your business isn't reliant solely on word-of-mouth....

Our CDAP Digital Advisor Team discusses the sudden news of the CDAP grant closure and cancellation for new applicants. But, if businesses were approved prior to February 20, 2024, the process remains the same and LeftTurn can still help complete CDAP plans. Sharing experiences from our CDAP work with over 30 companies, the LeftTurn team shares highlights and insights from our work in digital trans...

Listen in as Tanya and Ann-Marie delve into the importance of planning strategically as business partners. They share easily actionable tips for small business co-owners, while “working” beachside in Mexico. If you heard episode #1, they’re showing once again how flexible remote work actually works! We do agency - and strategic planning - differently - visit https://leftturnstrategy.com to see how...

 Is hybrid work dead? It just may be. Ann-Marie and Tanya reflect on the results of bringing the team back into the office for regular weekly meetings. They share why being flexible about remote work benefits companies and teams. Tanya gives a great example of why this works, as she records the podcast in scenic Ireland… enjoying the cozy ambiance of a peaty fireplace.  We do agency differently -...

A lot has happened over the last five years! It has been and continues to be a wild and rewarding ride full of growth and learning. Tanya and Ann-Marie share a quick recap on how the business has evolved, new avenues of opportunity (CDAP and LTS West!) and how LeftTurn celebrated its 5 year milestone by investing in itself with a gift that keeps on giving. We’re Changing the Path, visit https://le...

Working with our clients, we bring our best at LeftTurn through collaboration and innovation. We work as an extension of our client's teams and get to understand the business in-depth so we can bring an outsider's point of view and educated suggestions. Doing this requires constant learning and questioning why things are the way they are. To do this requires continuous left turns and sta...

A recent photoshoot with our LeftTurn Circle team inspired us as the LeftTurn founders, and it was a bit of a 'holy shit' moment. We had forgotten to give ourselves permission to celebrate, so we reflected on what we had learned and continue to learn in this episode. We look at what is working well at LeftTurn, our vision for the future, and where we want to evolve our team to be even mo...

In our series Brand Fans, we look at companies that are giving us inspiration in business, marketing and their approach to challenge the status quo of building a company. To start us off, Knix is an underwear and apparel company who create products free from judgement for real people. Understanding how to connect to your audience is one of the things Knix does exceptionally well. We discuss our lo...

For International Women's Day 2022, the theme is #BreaktheBias. Ann-Marie and Tanya explore the ways that taking a LeftTurn is in line with challenging the way things have always been in the workforce and how for LeftTurn Strategy remote working will always be the way forward. To find out more about us and how to apply to work with us, you can email us at info@leftturnstrategy.com. We do agen...

This episode discusses the great resignation and the knock off impact of a pandemic that left so many people asking how do I do things differently with work? Our clients are looking for flexible working arrangements and that option is possible for those delivering the work too. We look at the difference between remote models versus work from home and how working with the best people for the work y...

Companies need a flexible, collaborative marketing agency that becomes a true partner committed to their business goals. An external agency should support and challenge the internal team and help enhance their brand and business. LeftTurn's model has been developed deliberately with a nimble, client-centric approach that allows clients to enthusiastically justify any agency expense and look f...

Why we took our "left turn" into advertising agency ownership. A right choice is a left turn. Tanya & Ann-Marie explain their motivation behind LeftTurn Strategy and how they believe in changing the path in their industry and in life as female business leaders.  Make sure to hit the follow button to get notified about future Turning Left episodes. You can also follow us on LinkedIn,...