Jenn Donovan: Speaker, Author, Marketer and Social Media Expert

Small Business Made Simple Podcast

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Small Business Made Simple Podcast - for small business owners who want to reach their goals, need accountability and bite size marketing and social media tips and tricks. Hear from Small Business owners just like you or our host Jenn Donovan, who has been in the trenches of small business and is now here to help you achieve those goals. You've GOT THIS!

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Jenn Donovan: Speaker, Author, Marketer and Social Media Expert

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Business

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Sep 25, 2025

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Episodes

EPISODE 23 – THE POWER OF A GREAT HEADLINE! 05.06.2019

  Why hello and welcome.  Welcome to Episode 23 of the Small Business Made Simple Podcast. Thanks for tuning in today, I know you have loads of options to listen to – so I really appreciate you lending your ears to me today!  Sending podcast love for that! How do you go about writing your headlines or captions at the moment?  Is it something you labour over or is it a super quick exercise for you?...

EPISODE 22 – 5 WAYS TO LOVE YOUR CLIENTS WELL 29.05.2019

Hey there, Jenn here - welcome.  Welcome to Episode 22 of the Small Business Made Simple Podcast. Today's marketplace is so noisy and crowded and it's so hard to stand out.  I should know – I'm in social media and marketing – there's probably one of us for every street corner in Australia! So, standing out comes down to 3 elements – know, like and trust.  Trust being a massive one! It can be hard...

EPISODE 21 – 7 WAYS TO MARKET YOUR BUSINESS ON A SHOESTRING 23.05.2019

Why hello and welcome.  Welcome to Episode 21 of the Small Business Made Simple Podcast. I was recently hanging out in one of my favourite groups on Facebook and someone put a post-up asking what people would like to know when it comes to running a small business. The number one answer was "how to market my business on a shoestring budget" or words to those effect. I love the fact that people unde...

EPISODE 20 – 16 TIPS FOR USING LINKEDIN IN YOUR MARKETING MIX 15.05.2019

  Why hello and welcome.  Welcome to Episode 20 of the Small Business Made Simple Podcast. How are you today?  I hope you are going well, achieving this week's goals and having a laugh as you go along.  Today I'm touching on a subject I haven't spoken about on the Podcast and yet find myself using everyday and quite successfully too, I might add!  That's LinkedIn. Are you on it?  Do you even know...

EPISODE 19 - DO YOU THINK LIKE A MARKETER? 08.05.2019

  Why hello and welcome.  Welcome to Episode 19 of the Small Business Made Simple Podcast. One of the worst things with having an episodic show like this Podcast is that I know it's week 19 of 2019 – WEEK 19!  It's flying Brain! So last week, we spoke about what marketing is – if you missed that – head back to Episode 18 and have a listen. So, this week I thought we might see if you think like a m...

EPISODE 18 – WHAT IS MARKETING? 01.05.2019

  Why hello and welcome.  Welcome to Episode 18 of the Small Business Made Simple Podcast. If you follow me on social media at all you might have noticed a post I put up a few weeks ago, in my group Like Minded Business Owners – and several other groups asking what people thought the difference between Marketing and Advertising was. I can tell you  there are some VERY passionate people out there w...

EPISODE 17 – 5 REASONS WHY YOU NEED TO CREATE A FACEBOOK GROUP 24.04.2019

Why hello and welcome.  Welcome to Episode 17 of the Small Business Made Simple Podcast. Today we're talking about Facebook groups. How many Facebook Groups are you in right now? I bet most of you wouldn't know the exact number and couldn't list off every single one. I know I couldn't.  You know what else I'd bet money on? That there are a few groups that you'd be able to think of immediately. Tho...

EPISODE 16 – HOW TO CREATE A SOCIAL MEDIA CALENDAR 17.04.2019

  Why hello and welcome.  Welcome to Episode 16 of the Small Business Made Simple Podcast. Have you joined my Facebook Group I'm building called Like Minded Business Owners – I'd love you to join – just search Like Minded Business Owners on Facebook!  I know we all belong to lots of groups on Facebook so I've been pondering what I can do that's different – so, again, I am making the commitment to...

EPISODE 15 – 7 SURE-FIRE WAYS TO ACCELERATE THE GROWTH OF YOUR BUSINESS 10.04.2019

Why hello and welcome.  Welcome to Episode 15 of the Small Business Made Simple Podcast. Have you joined my Facebook Group I'm building called Like Minded Business Owners – I'd love you to join – just search Like Minded Business Owners on Facebook!  I know we all belong to lots of groups on Facebook so I've been pondering what I can do that's different – so, again, I am making the commitment to go...

EPISODE 14 – HOW TO GET FREE PR FOR YOUR BUSINESS 03.04.2019

  EPISODE 14 – HOW TO GET FREE PR FOR YOUR BUSINESS Why hello and welcome.  Welcome to Episode 14 of the Small Business Made Simple Podcast. Now my business philosophy is that business is simple but it's definitely NOT EASY – and there's a massive distinction which I know I don't need to tell any of you about! And a lot of it is about consistency and commitment.  For those of you who follow me on...

EPISODE 13 – THE RULE OF THE 3 E'S OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTING 27.03.2019

  EPISODE 13 – THE RULE OF THE 3 E'S OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTING Why hello and welcome.  Welcome to Episode 13 of the Small Business Made Simple Podcast. So, it's episode 13 and that a little important.  You see I started this podcast in the 1st week of January – so that means it's week 13 of 2019 which also means, hold onto your seats, we are a quarter of the way through 2019.  Yep a quarter of the w...

EPISODE 12 – 3 REASONS WHY YOU'RE NOT CONVERTING MORE SALES 20.03.2019

EPISODE 12 – 3 REASONS WHY YOU'RE NOT CONVERTING MORE SALES Hey hey welcome!  Welcome to episode 12 of the Small Business Made Simple Podcast.  Thank you for joining me again for this episode. I talk a lot about marketing and social media so this week I'd thought I'd go next level and talk sales. Everyone talks sales and marketing but in fact it should be marketing and sales.  Without good marketi...

EPISODE 11 – RUNNING A COMPETITION ON SOCIAL MEDIA (& BEYOND). 13.03.2019

Show  Notes EPISODE 11 – RUNNING A COMPETITION ON SOCIAL MEDIA (& BEYOND). Hey hey welcome! Welcome to episode legs 11 of the Small Business Made Simple Podcast. Thank you for joining me again for this episode. This week's topic is a bit timely in that I am having discussions with clients and prospects almost daily at the moment on this topic! Facebook Competitions! At the time of recording this,...

EPISODE 10 – 14 TIPS TO GET YOUR EMAILS OPENED AND READ! 06.03.2019

Small Business is tough and going it alone is tougher!  If you want to go fast, gone alone.  If you want to go far, go together …. As a small business owner myself, I know that you take tips from people you trust and that can help you along the journey. So, on episode 10, I am continuing my conversation about list building and offer you 14 tips and trick on not only how to get your emails opened b...

EPISODE 9 – List Building - Why you REALLY need to be doing it! 27.02.2019

Small Business is tough and going it alone is tougher!  If you want to go fast, gone alone.  If you want to go far, go together …. As a small business owner myself, I know that you take tips from people you trust and that can help you along the journey. So, on episode 9, I am going to TOTALLY convince you that you need to be making list building a priority in your business.  Join me and I will not...

EPISODE 8 – 3 MARKETING DON'T AND THE REASONS WHY 20.02.2019

Small Business is tough and going it alone is tougher!  If you want to go fast, gone alone.  If you want to go far, go together …. As a small business owner myself, I know that you take tips from people you trust and that can help you along the journey. So, on episode 7, I am talking about some of the marketing mistakes I see over and over again in the hope that I can help you be a better marketer...

Episode 7 - Instagram Stories - the good, the bad & the sensational! 13.02.2019

Small Business is tough and going it alone is tougher!  If you want to go fast, gone alone.  If you want to go far, go together …. As a small business owner myself, I know that you take tips from people you trust and that can help you along the journey. So, on episode 7, I am talking about all some Instagram Stories basics. If you haven't got into them yet – you simply just have to start and on th...

EPISODE 6 - BRANDING AND POSITIONING WITH JEMIMAH ASHLEIGH 06.02.2019
Episode 5 - 5 Tips to Simplify Your Business 30.01.2019

Small Business is tough and going it alone is tougher!   As a small business owner myself, I know that you take tips from people you trust and that can help you along the journey. So today I'm sharing with you 5 tips to help simply your business and giving you permission to start saying NO! 5 tips to help stop the overwhelm, stop the stress and help you focus on what's important - the year ahead a...

EPISODE 4 – KNOWING AND OWNING YOUR EXPERTISE 23.01.2019
EPISODE 3 - 4 CHANGES TO THE WAY WE USE INSTAGRAM IN 2019 16.01.2019
EPISODE 2 – The two fundamentals of marketing missed in your marketing plan 09.01.2019
EPISODE 1 – My top 5 suggestions on how to get some small, impactful changes into your business for 2019 28.12.2018

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