Tea Time with Cassia Marina

In this week's episode I share some real tea on how I can't help you. If you're curious to learn and wondering "Cassia what do you mean you can't help me?" Well click play and find out what I am dishing up for tea tuh-day! Come with an open mind because we are doing some mindset shifts to help empower to make a decision to go from stuck to unstuck in your business because...well click play to find...

☕️In this live recording of Tea Time The Podcast with Cassia Marina we explore what systems REALLY are and why you need to get your business life in order. Stephanie mentions a couple tools and how to organize your business. Which then helps to reduce confusion, overwhelm and improve your customer's overall brand experience to ultimately build brand loyalty, advocacy and repeat business. 👉🏽 Get...

Week before last week, I started to feel as though I was constantly going without end and proper relaxation. With kids constant prattling in my head since March 13th paired with the demands are running a business and serving clients every need. I needed to get away.  I craved silence so much and the nightly alone time seemed sorely insufficient. I knew it was time to go back to my roots. I ne...

On this week's episode of Tea Time | The Podcast with Cassia Marina, I am joined by the lovely and fellow sassy girl boss Jhalisa John. I invited her finally onto my podcast for the first time to talk all about selling on social media, content creation and how to really do content creation and social media the right way. No for real, a lot of what you find on the internet about content creation an...

Q&A Segment: Can I build one website to host multiples businesses/ interests? A few weeks ago Samantha @samantha.r.carter asked "I wanted to know a tasteful way to incorporate multiples businesses on one website..." So here I am to answer an excellent question, because I am sure many persons have been in this dilemma. They just haven't launched a website for any of their interests because they...

In this episode I sit down with Akilah Phillip of Let's Talk Intellectual Property to discuss a few things in relation to the importance of trademarking especially in the online space where digital assets seem somewhat intangible. With intangible items the lines seem so blurred with regards to ownership. We see it everyday in copycats in so many spaces and areas especially online, especially digit...

It’s no secret that COVID has forced us to pivot and get outside of our comfort zone. In this podcast episode, I explore how I had to pivot and what this means for you. Learn about adapting to online business even if you don’t have a lot of money to spend! Work smarter not harder, build credibility in the online space and strategically streamline your business through online systems. Resources: Le...

What It's Really Like Working from Home with Kids In this episode I share how I cope with mompreneurship and balancing working from home with while being a mom to two kids.    Working from home with kids can be quite the challenge but it's far better that the other options available which is to work a job and having the hectic lifestyle of of the logistics of balancing your job which isn...

Brew your tea or make your cup of coffee. Just come with something to sip on because in this episode I share the tea on this ONE thing when it comes to online business. It is a major part of why people are failing with setting up their home base for their business. This huge mistake causes business owners to go shouting to the world about their horror stories and being a business owner who gets a...

In this episode I share and address what you should do as an in-person/ physical business to during and after the Covid-19 lockdown. And I also urge you that these are things you should not only consider as crisis management but also as a means to make your business more innovative and have competitive edge in your industry as well as diversify your income. While I am sharing and offering ide...

In this episode I share what really went down in my entrepreneurship journey in 2019. I really had no intention of giving this any attention and addressing this publicly but it's been a while since I had candid conversation via my podcast and that was the very reason why I started it. To continue to bring the real honest tea and bring the continuity of the original Tea Time Tuesday that was origin...

As of April 2020, something happened with PayPal Trinidad where some people, most people it seems, are no longer able to withdraw their PayPal funds to their VISA card, regardless if its VISA DEBIT or VISA CREDIT. This is extremely distressing I can imagine. Unless you have a USA bank account you have no avenue to withdraw the funds you rightly earned, which is puzzling to me. In this video I shar...

In this episode I share with you one of my favorite places to purchase prescription glasses at super affordable prices online. No need to break the bank because you wear glasses, it's so affordable you don't need to stress that you don't have insurance to cover the expense. Resources: Referral Link: http://bit.ly/2EC3ljv Coupon Code: Cassia0331360 for 50% off How to measure your PD Distance: https...

In this video I share my experience of using one of the many upcoming services we have in Trinidad and Tobago. There has been an upsurge in courier and errand businesses from the Small Business community, and this past week I had the pleasure of trying out of these companies.  Take a look at the entire process from website booking and having my items picked up and delivered to the customer. C...

In this podcast I share with you my 4 ways on how to deal with clients who don't show up for consultation calls, difficult clients and difficult customers and even clients from hell as many freelancers and every creative entrepreneur can relate too, even if you haven't dealt with one yet. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on which ever platform you listen on. The podcast can be subscribed to on...

So many of you wanted to me to know all of my business on the how I was able to repair my credit and what it took. I want to include a disclaimer, while I am fully confident that what worked for me is definitely an avenue for you. I don't want you to take my advice ALONE go and talk to your banker, develop a relationship with them if you don't have one already and be diligent with your financial f...

Overview So you may or may not have noticed I had not published a new episode of the podcast in a hot minute. So in this weeks episode of Tea Time The Podcast I share where the podcast episodes went, why they went away and if they're coming back and how I will be approaching my content moving forward. In This Episode You’ll Learn: - Why it's okay to take a break from content creation - How to know...

Welcome back to another episode of Tea Time | The Podcast, with Cassia Marina. And in today’s episode I have a special guest, her name is Alex Beadon. Alex has truly been impactful to me and my business and I am happy to have her on the show today. A little bit about Alex: Alex Beadon is an Instagram Stories expert and Online Business Strategist who helps small business owners and marketers learn...

In this episode I explore my angle to the concept of "I will not be outworked". I explore how you can go hard, develop mental toughness, and still achieve your goals without running yourself into the ground. As we get into the thick of the holiday season, the time when business gets busy, our personal lives gets busy, and life is all round overwhelming because we also want to hit any last minute g...

Let's be real we ALL want more money in our bank accounts, whether we're in business or not we all want to see more income in our lives. The good news is that as a business owner making more money it totally do-able. Especially during the holiday season. Nothing makes people more free with parting with their money like the holiday season and holiday sales and getting more value for your buck. So e...

I am only human, and like everyone else I have failures too. In this episode I talk about: - how I failed my business by losing focus on my own vision - how I failed to get things done and how I am getting back on track - my mess and how I'm dealing with it this time as opposed to how I usually am Catch up with my blog here: www.brandingqueen.me/blogposts Interested in working with me?  Check...

In this episode I share my own struggles with mindset and the strategies that I have personally used to keep my mindset on point. I share with you how I stay stay motivated, how I deal with, overwhelm and depression and when I just feel in a funk and how I now minimize how often I feel this way. In this episode you will learn: my morning ritual that helps me have a productive and positive day what...

In this episode I bring on a special guest, friend and my business bestie April Brown. She’s a business consultant, co-founds a web design and SEO agency, she’s a speaker, a funnels advocate, and the host of Geek on Fleek, a podcast designed to help people make consistent income online.  In this episode you will learn: - how to get a ROI (returns on investment) from your website - have your w...

Overview In this episode I did my first LIVE podcast. What is a Live Podcast. A Live Podcast is where I go live on Instagram (or it can be any other platform) to do a live recording of the podcast. So while I am live I am also recording the episode on my Macbook Pro in Quicktime. Yes, that’s all I use to do my podcast, pretty simple and uncomplicated. This is what has made me fall in love with Pod...

We're now at Episode #14, ahhhh the podcast is really in it's teenage years haha  So with growth comes a little bit of change and in this episode I get really vulnerable. It's on the aspect of pivoting. As you all know insanity is doing the same things over and over and expecting different results.  In this episode: - you will learn about becoming laser-focused on who you want to ATTRACT...