My favourite podcast episode to record this year was episode 227, titled “How to calculate your ROI on learning to grow your business”. At the time, I was inspired to record it based on some experiences with my clients and with my kids, but in truth it’s also because I realised something about myself:

If I’m not learning something new, I get bored quickly and start to feel as though I’m not progressing. I feel pretty certain that, when we don’t learn new things, we do end up going backwards: because the world around us is constantly changing, so we need to change how we operate just to keep pace, let alone move forwards!

This year, I’ve invested in learning from two different coaches for myself, I also invested in education and upskilling for my team.

And, of course, I read lots of books.

So, given this is my post-Christmas podcast episode, my final episode for this year and the one where I usually share my holiday reading inspo list with you, I thought I’d share the key learnings I took from my top 5 business-related books that I read this year.

Episode’s Show Notes: https://www.catherinelangman.com/episode-256/

Links mentioned in this episode:

If you’d like help to achieve your goals in 2024 I invite you to have a chat to find out how we can make that happen together.

Podcast 227: How To Calculate Your ROI On Learning To Grow Your Business

https://www.catherinelangman.com/episode-227/

Ecommerce Mastery Program:

https://productpreneurmarketing.com/ecommerce-success-business-mentor/

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For my last pre-Christmas podcast episode, I thought I’d share a few insights with you about what’s worked well for me this year, some things I’ve tried that have not worked so well, what I’m focusing on doing better and what I want to take with me into 2025.

I love doing this exercise at the end of the year, especially before heading into my big annual planning session, and I always like to do this before Christmas so that I can actually relax and enjoy my holiday without the constant thoughts about business looping around in my brain!

I reckon this year has been a really tough year for probably everyone in business. With a dampened economy as well as an accelerating pace of technological change both compounding to create a whole lot of new challenges and hurdles, it’s been a year of constant pivots and needing to try new things in order to survive and thrive. And I’ll let you know up front, not everything I tried this year worked out, so if you’re in the same boat I want you to know this is normal for all entrepreneurs!

On the personal side this year has been pretty full on for me as well, which is no doubt also a common experience for all of you. So in addition to sharing my takeaways about business with you, I’ll also share some things I’ve done to help maintain my energy levels and motivation throughout the year.

Episode’s Show Notes: https://www.catherinelangman.com/episode-255/

Links mentioned in this episode:

If you’d like help to achieve your goals in 2024 I invite you to have a chat to find out how we can make that happen together.

www.catherinelangman.com/playbook

www.productpreneurmarketing.com/lets-talk

Other Ways To Enjoy This Episode:

Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/scale-my-ecommerce-store/id1496911739

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3NLRaZh2ReX0Iy7met8HK6

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scalemyecomstore

Today – as I’m recording this episode – we have precisely 15 days left till Christmas. And obviously less than that for any orders that need to be delivered before then.

Which means that the holiday countdown is officially on! And despite the fact that we’re all feeling exhausted post-Black Friday madness, we gotta dig deep and keep going for a few more days. Now’s the time to make sure your brand is ready to spread some festive cheer and capture those last-minute shoppers.

My two sons who are competitive swimmers have also just started what they call “hell week” – double training sessions a day plus gym – and it’s hard and intense, but the rewards in terms of improved performance make it all worthwhile!

So today, let’s keep it super practical again. One of the quickest needle-movers in an eCommerce business is always your paid traffic. So I’m going to share with you 10 things that are working literally right now in terms of Meta and Google ads, and hopefully this will help you to maximise your traffic and sales results over the next week and a half…

Episode’s Show Notes: https://www.catherinelangman.com/episode-254/

Links mentioned in this episode:
If you’d like help to achieve your goals in 2024 I invite you to have a chat to find out how we can make that happen together.

https://productpreneurmarketing.com/lets-talk-2
https://productpreneurmarketing.com/lets-talk-2

Other Ways To Enjoy This Episode:

Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/scale-my-ecommerce-store/id1496911739

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3NLRaZh2ReX0Iy7met8HK6

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@scalemyecomstore