Creative Shop Talk with Wendy Batten

By Wendy Batten, Creative Retail Mentor

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How do I attract more customers to my store? How do I get more sales? How do I book out my shop’s events and workshops? How do I do retail marketing and social media for my store? These are the questions that creative retail business owners ask Wendy Batten, creative retail coach and mentor. Wendy works with creative shop owners all over the world and with industry leaders. Her speciality is working with creative retailers to get control over their brick and mortars to avoid burnout and overwhelm while achieving more success and profits. In Creative Shop Talk, Wendy digs into the problems and solutions that “accidental shopkeepers” and hobbyists turned retail business owners face. Wendy dives deep in mindset and best practices for retailers with masterclass trainings, business strategies, expert guests and industry insiders, and more. Each episode is designed to help busy and passionate creative shop owners take action, work through their overwhelm and get focused on strategic business areas. Thinking about opening your own creative retail shop? Ready to stop playing shopkeeper and “winging” the business stuff? Looking for more foot traffic? Want to turn your brick and mortar into a viable business? Want predictable profits? Want to take the next step to run your store and not let it run you? Turn to Wendy Batten to take the proven steps to achieving your dream store, living your creative life and helping your amazing customers.

Episode Date
240. 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Now as You Design Your Year Ahead
Dec 16, 2024
239. Behind the Counter: Building the Business You Wish Existed with Jasmine McCue
Dec 09, 2024
238. Behind The Counter: Building Community Of Beautiful Spaces with Lisa Wrixon
Dec 02, 2024
237. Retailer Success Series: Cindy’s Journey to Building a Thriving Bead Store
Nov 25, 2024
236. How to Clear Inventory Fast and Boost Holiday Sales in Your Retail Store
Nov 18, 2024
235. How to Design Your Best Retail Year Ever
Nov 11, 2024
234. Simple Shifts to Boost Your Bottom Line This Holiday Season
Nov 04, 2024
233. Preparing Your Retail Business for Sale or Expansion: The Essential Checklist
Oct 28, 2024
232. Earning Your Customers’ Support and Sales
Oct 21, 2024
231. 3 Retail Marketing Levers to Push to Increase Your Holiday Sales
Oct 14, 2024
230. Takeaways from my Mastermind Retreat: Building Connections and Strong Businesses
Oct 07, 2024
229. Having a Monthly Playbook for Your Retail Shop
Sep 30, 2024
228. Protecting Your Retail Store: Simple & Effective Loss Prevention Tips
Sep 23, 2024
227. Improve Customer Loyalty and Become Referable with Katrina Scarlett
Sep 16, 2024
226. Does Your Shop’s Reality Match Your Vision?
Sep 09, 2024
225. Practicing Self-Care While Running a Retail Business
Sep 02, 2024
224. An Easy Fix to a Common Retail Marketing Mistake
Aug 26, 2024
223. Behind the Counter: Buying an Existing Business with Shop Owners Dan and Robin Haynes
Aug 19, 2024
222. 6 Things to Do This Month to Prepare Your Shop for the Holidays
Aug 12, 2024
221. How to Raise the Bar on Excellence in Retail with Guest Expert Jeffrey Shaw
Aug 05, 2024
220/149. Best of Retailer Success Series: How Two Friends Turned a Creative Hobby into a Successful Retail Business
Jul 29, 2024
219. Best of Retailer Success Series: Meet Inner Circle Member Jeanne Terrill
Jul 22, 2024
218. Best of Retailer Success Series: Community Marketing Strategies with Millie Blackwell
Jul 15, 2024
217. Best of Retailer Success Series: Simplifying Your Retail Business with Louise McManus
Jul 08, 2024
216. Create A Summer Of Ease for Your Retail Shop
Jul 01, 2024
215. Coffee Break Chat: Customer Service vs. Customer Experience
Jun 24, 2024
214. Coffee Break Chat: Be a Big Deal!
Jun 17, 2024
213. Five Areas Retailers Should Focus on in Q3
Jun 10, 2024
212. Pushing Through Business Blocks with Guest Expert Jane Bellante
Jun 03, 2024
211. Relationship Marketing for Retailers
May 27, 2024
210. What's Working for Social Media and Retail Business Growth with Brooke Riley
May 20, 2024
209. Retail Observations from a Seven-State Road Trip
May 13, 2024
208. Stack Your Team with Guest Expert Shelli Warren
May 06, 2024
207. Let’s Talk About Uniforms and Name Tags for Your Retail Shop
Apr 29, 2024
206. Behind the Scenes: New Retailer’s Inner Circle Support
Apr 22, 2024
205. Workshops and Classes: Added Income for Your Retail Shop
Apr 15, 2024
204. Behind the Counter: Meet Inner Circle Member Jeanne Terrill
Apr 08, 2024
203. Mystery Bags: A Simple Retail Marketing Promotion
Apr 01, 2024
202. Why Every Retail Store Should Consider Selling Souvenirs
Mar 25, 2024
201. Cell Phone Usage - What’s Your Store Policy?
Mar 18, 2024
200. Part 3 of the Retailer’s Visibility Series
Mar 11, 2024
199. Stop Hiding and Be Known: Part 2 of the Retailer’s Visibility Series
Mar 04, 2024
198. Stop Hiding and Be Known: Part 1 of the Retailer’s Visibility Series
Feb 26, 2024
197. A Monthly Debrief: A Simple Activity All Retail Shop Owners Should Be Doing
Feb 19, 2024
196. New Revenue Streams Ideas For Your Retail Business
Feb 12, 2024
195. What Numbers Successful Retail Shop Owners are Measuring
Feb 05, 2024
194. Feeling Stuck? 20 Prompts to Help You Flip Your Mindset
Jan 29, 2024
193. Retailers: First Impressions Count!
Jan 22, 2024
192. Ask Wendy Anything: What Drives Me Crazy in Retail Shops?
Jan 15, 2024
191. Retail Growth Through Small Steps
Jan 08, 2024
190. 5 Areas to Focus on in Your Retail Business in 2024
Jan 01, 2024
189. 3 Quick Things Retailers Can Do This Week, in Your PJs
Dec 25, 2023
188. 10 Tools to Help Your Retail Business in 2024
Dec 18, 2023
187. Make 2024 Your Best Year Ever in Your Retail Shop
Dec 11, 2023
186. Choose Joy: Reframe Your Mindset to End Your Retail Year Happy
Dec 04, 2023
185. Avoid Retail Burnout with Guest Expert Dr. Ashley Margeson
Nov 27, 2023
184. Holiday Retail Sales Tips From Seasoned Shop Owners
Nov 20, 2023
183. Fine Tuning Your Retail Business Operations with Business Strategist Gwen Bortner
Nov 13, 2023
182. Fresh Ways to Wow & Delight Your Customers This Holiday Season
Nov 06, 2023
181. 3 Areas to Focus on in Q4 in Your Retail Shop
Oct 30, 2023
180. Our Retailer’s Mastermind Book Club Book Roundup with Guest Millie Blackwell
Oct 23, 2023
179. Retailer Success Series: Jess Gebauer, using unique marketing and sales strategies
Oct 16, 2023
178. 3 Top Success Mindset Musts for Retailer Owners
Oct 09, 2023
177. Local SEO Simplified with Matt Diamante from HeyTony
Oct 02, 2023
176. Retail Marketing for Gen Z to Boomers
Sep 25, 2023
175. How to Audit Your Brand Assets
Sep 18, 2023
174. 5 Ways to Network in Your Own Community
Sep 11, 2023
173. Find The Right Customer For Your Shop
Sep 04, 2023
172. Solve Any Problem and Get Better Results By Doing This
Aug 28, 2023
171. Colorful, Cute, and Creative Ways to Grow Your Business with Madeline Muñoz-Bustamante from Colorful Cute
Aug 21, 2023
170. Get Your Shop Holiday-Ready Now!
Aug 14, 2023
169. 5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Profit Margins (and Why You Should!)
Aug 07, 2023
168 Merchandising to Sell: Intuitive Merchandising
Jul 31, 2023
167 Protecting Your Passion in Business with Deanne Fitzpatrick
Jul 24, 2023
166. Simple Sales Strategy Series: Return Customer Rate
Jul 17, 2023
165. Simple Sales Strategy Series: Increasing Your Average Order Value
Jul 10, 2023
164. Simple Sales Strategy Series: Foot Traffic and Conversion
Jul 03, 2023
163. Simple Sales Strategy Series: Where to Start
Jun 26, 2023
162. What to focus on in Q3
Jun 19, 2023
161. Lessons and Takeaways from my Recent Level Up Mastermind Retreat
Jun 12, 2023
160. Simplifying Social Media with Guest Expert Leanne Pressly
Jun 05, 2023
159 Remix. Best of Series: Prepare to Sell, Franchise, or Expand: Four Areas That Need to be Under Contr
May 29, 2023
158. Re-air Best of Series: Becoming a Destination Shop
May 22, 2023
157. Best of series - Growth Mindset with Jeff Lee
May 15, 2023
156. Proven Ways To Improve Your Shop’s Merchandising
May 08, 2023
155. Setting Boundaries and Prioritizing Rest: The Key to Sustainable Retail Growth
May 01, 2023
154. Retail Success Series: Christie Carter-Tokairin 10 Years In
Apr 24, 2023
153. Recipe for Success: 4 Leadership Lessons We Can Learn from Erin French of The Lost Kitchen
Apr 17, 2023
152. Listener’s Question - What is a Pop-up Vendor and Why Consider It?
Apr 10, 2023
151. How to Have Difficult Conversations with Good Staff
Apr 03, 2023
150 Small Business Marketing (and Life) with Natalie Davison - Why Being True to Yourself Matters
Mar 27, 2023
149. Retailer Success Stories: How Two Friends Turned a Creative Hobby into a Successful Retail Business Partnership with Susan Mocker & Devon Cretella
Mar 20, 2023
148. Four Things Every Retailer Should Do Before Signing a Lease
Mar 13, 2023
147. How to Reframe Your Mindset on Competition
Mar 06, 2023
146. Why Industry Trade Shows are Valuable for You and Your Retail Business with Darrin Stern
Feb 27, 2023
145. How to Market Promotional Events in your Retail Shop
Feb 20, 2023
144. How to Create a Customer Journey Map
Feb 13, 2023
143. How to Plan and Host Successful Events and Promotions in Your Shop
Feb 06, 2023
142. How to Make Real Progress in Your Business with Guest Expert Richard Ralston
Jan 30, 2023
141. Are You Running the Store of Your Dreams?
Jan 23, 2023