Season 1
Episodes
What I Wish I Knew About Small Business – Ep. 3: our Business Is Not Your Retirement Plan with Julie Slapp (A Media Magnet Special Series)
There are 2.2 million self-employed Australians. Nearly half of small business owners aren't contributing to their own super. And most of them are telling themselves the same thing: my business is my retirement...
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What I Wish I Knew About Small Business – Ep. 2: Beloved, Busy...and Closing: Inside the Two Franks Story (A Media Magnet Special Series)
They beat out 14 other applicants for the lease. They opened with 5,000 local social media followers already waiting for them. They had a line out the door on winter mornings. Their biggest day was 444 coffees in a...
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What I Wish I Knew About Small Business – Ep. 1: What I Wish I Knew About Banks and Money With John Arnott (A Media Magnet Special Series)
When Liz Nable opened her first bricks-and-mortar business back in 2012, she borrowed money from her bank against her home. She signed the paperwork. And then she waited for the advice, the guidance, the products, the...
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68: Taking a Seat at the Table: Inside Parliament House with Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson
This is not a political episode. It is a small business episode, and there is a difference.
In this episode of Media Magnet, I sit down with Tim Wilson MP - Shadow Treasurer, Shadow Minister for Small Business, and...
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67: What the Health Editor Wants: Pitching Stories to News Corp with Ashleigh Gleeson
Guest: Ashleigh Gleeson, National Health Editor, News Corp Australia
Host: Liz Nable
Ashleigh Gleeson oversees health content across the Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph, Courier Mail, and Adelaide Advertiser. With 14+...
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66: PuraU Founder Acacia Clarke bet $500K a major retail pharmacy deal. They ghosted her. Then the internet stepped in.
Guest: Acacia Clarke, Co-Founder of PureYou
Host: Liz Nable
Acacia Clarke shares her raw journey from registered nurse battling decade-long acne to co-founding PureYou, a multi-million-dollar brand that's helped...
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65: Sisters Doing It for Themselves: How Global Sisters Is Creating a Rising Tide for Women in Business (with Mandy Richards)
Episode 65: “You Don’t Have to Wait to Be Chosen” with Mandy Richards, Founder of Global SistersGuest: Mandy Richards, Founder & CEO of Global SistersHost: Liz Nable
Social entrepreneur and founder of Global...
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64: Inside Small Business Editor: “I Want to Hear From Founders” with Tim Ladhams
Episode 64: Inside Small Business Editor: “I Want to Hear From Founders” with Tim LadhamsGuest: Tim Ladhams, Editor of Inside Small BusinessHost: Liz Nable
Editor of Inside Small Business, Tim Ladhams, lifts the...
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63: Meta Shut Down 95% of Her Business Overnight: The cautionary tale every business owner needs to hear.
Episode 63: When Meta Shut Down 95% of My Business Overnight – Nancy McDonald
Guest: Nancy McDonald, Founder of La Casa Homewares
Host: Liz Nable
Nancy McDonald shares her shocking story of losing access to her...
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The Summer Series - Episode 8: How GEO Supercharges Media Coverage (With Ellie Sumner)
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Today’s episode dives into a topic that’s brand new for many small business owners — but is about to become impossible to ignore: GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation) and how it’s changing the way...
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The Summer Series - Episode 7: Pitching for Investment: The Story-First Method with Sarah-Jane Kurtini
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If you’ve ever struggled to explain what you do without over-explaining, underselling yourself, or slipping into jargon, this episode will completely change how you think about pitching.
In this...
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62: Stop Waiting for PR - Build Trust & Authority with LinkedIn News (with former News Editor Natalie MacDonald)
Today’s episode is for every small business owner who’s been quietly building behind the scenes - posting sporadically on LinkedIn, wondering if anyone is actually paying attention - and questioning whether the...
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