This is a pretty big deep dive into one of my favourite topics: podcasting in rural Australia.
Kirsten Diprose and I have the same vocation. We make podcasts from rural Australia, focused on stories from rural Australia.
The difference is that Kirsten was originally a city girl - who now lives on a sheep, cattle, cropping and even dairy farm with her husband and two boys - so she's not used to the nuances of rural life in the same way that I am.
It's this curiosity that's sparked a whole new business for Kirsten: the Rural Podcasting Co and also a PHD looking deep into rural journalism, podcasting and conversations in our communities.
To add - she's actually living her best life at the moment travelling around Australia in a caravan ...... and so naturally that's where we started our chat.
Company is produced in partnership with Rabobank Australia.
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Zoe Lamont cannot stop building brilliant businesses
Today's guest has always been a self confessed nerd - who had brains and the will to study but never really knew what she wanted to do.
Zoe Lamont's life has been full of twists and turns - there is absolutely no clear trajectory in this story.
But her life, her career has been FULL - and full of some huge mould breaking businesses and achievements.
Now Zoe lives with her husband and two children on a farm between Wagga Wagga and Junee.
Her main venture right now is Farm Door.
Which I actually had no idea about......the reason I've always wanted to speak with Zoe about her start up superannuation business, Verve Super, which was a superannuation company with a holistic approach full focused on women and female investments.
Company is a podcast produced in partnership with Rabobank Australia.
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Don't call it a bush business, call it a brilliant business with Emma Williams from Acre Agency
Sometimes I think we are all guilty of posting about our businesses to social media and hoping for the best.....
Today guest Emma Williams, saw an opportunity in that...
After years of working in communications. marketing and branding - she had a hunch that she could help ag businesses market themselves in a way that brought about proper growth.
She started Acre Agency just under two years ago and has worked with more than 50 clients and recently grown her team to five.
Emma describes herself as a generalist - she and her business know the basics of many things - and so when it comes to telling the story of a business - she thinks she's got her finger on the pulse as to what will work and why. There is no cookie cutting here.
And she know's her stuff; here she is.
Company is a Manson Podcasting production in partnership with Rabobank Australia.
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Em Armstrong vibing in from Outback NSW
This girl, woman, firecracker is Em Armstrong and let me tell you she's a REAL vibe.
She lives on a property between Carathool and Goolgowi and her business Saltbush Stretch is based in a gorgeous studio on the main street of Hay.
I've had the pleasure of working with Em over the last year to devise and develop her podcast Saltbush Babes. It brings all of the urban funky energy to a podcast that's funny focused on the stories of rural chicks who take part in her pilates classes both in person and online.
This is the story of small business in the bush. It's not easy for anyone- and sometimes there needs to be some unconventional thinking in order to make finances and cash flow work.
Company is produced in partnership with Rabobank Australia.
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Le Sac co-owner Sahra Dixon was always losing her garden tools
This podcast is all about highlighting and celebrating the brilliant women of rural and regional Australia and all the wonderful things they are achieving.
In more recent time we've chose to focus more closely on the in's and out's of some female run rural businesses and today is no exception.
Our guest Sahra Tohow Dixon owns garden workwear brand Le Sac with her mother-in-law Trish Dixon.
It's a new brand that's quickly gained a lot of attention and marketshare in the bush.
And I think this is due in part to the combined skills its owners.
Sahra's family originated from Somalia. Her father was possibly one of the first Somalian immigrants to Australia in the 1970's. As a child growing up in Queensland ,Sahra loved Netball and Fashion and didn't much like school - she ended up working in fashion, PR and marketing in various roles in London and Australia before she met her husband Hamish.
Now's she's a part time farmer, part time many other (creative) things ...... as you will learn here today.
You can find le sac @le_sac__ - https://www.instagram.com/le_sac__/
Or online at shoplesac.com
Company is a Manson Podcasting Production in partnership with Rabobank Australia.
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A podcast, produced in rural Australia, bringing together ambitious women from the bush, the city and all over the world. As a former ABC Rural journalist, Company host Skye Manson loves to shine the spotlight on rural people doing amazing things. Each series will include a hand picked mix of stories from well known and inspirational women in our cities, international friends and colleagues and of course - country women who're killing it in business.
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