
Biz Banter
Casual conversations about entrepreneurship, strategy & balance from three best friends turned business owners.
Episodes
34 episodes
34. Getting Inspired: The Media that Shapes Us
In today's episode, Allison & Allie sit down to chat about their biggest sources of inspiration in media. We take it all the way back to our childhood, through the golden age of teenage television and discuss the other favorites that inspir...
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1:00:44

33. *Works Well With Others*: Business Partnerships, Hiring Contract Workers & Creative Collaborations
Don't make the mistake of thinking entrepreneurship is a one-woman-show all of the time. Working with others is crucial to the growth of your business and has so many great benefits. In today's episode, we break down our experience in all sorts...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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46:26

32. Entrepreneurship on the Road: Real Talk about Working While Traveling
"Be your own boss!" "Travel the world while working full time remotely!" That all sounds great, but is working on the road all it's cracked up to be? In this episode, we spill all of the tea about being your own boss whi...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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54:26

31. Navigating Trends in Business
The trend cycle is moving faster than ever these days with the social media landscape, especially TikTok. Given their "come and go" nature, we chat about how to navigate the ever-changing trend landscape in business. In this episode...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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54:11

30. Mindset: The Undeniable Connection Between Our Outlook and Business Success
One thing that we've found as small business owners is that how we take care of and maintain our positive mindset on business, life and OURSELVES shapes the way we move in our businesses - for better and for worse.In this episode, we...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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49:48

29. Service Industry Hot Takes: Client Experience, Professionalism and Showing Up Authentically as a Small Business Owner
Allison is out this week traveling the world, so for this episode with just Allie and Alex, we are talking all things service-based businessesWe discuss: Why your client experience is so important, if not, THE most impor...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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49:50

28. Would You Rather...
On this week's episode, we play a friendly little game of the classic "Would You Rather", business addition. Uncovering our preferences, delusional dreams and biggest fears, one either/or scenario at a time.
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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45:06

27. Business Goals - Goal Setting Through Different Seasons, Revisiting Old Goals
We all know that goal-setting is an important part of being a successful entrepreneur, but in today's episode, we get honest about our relationship to goal-setting and revisit our goals from years past. - Bantering about gray hair (...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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50:22

26. Social Media Catch-Up: Content That's Resonating, Consistency, & Choosing the Right Strategy for your Sales Funnel
Join us for a social media catch up! Allie, Alex and Allison chat all things social media this week.- Alex celebrates an exciting social media win! - What's currently resonating in each other's spaces?- Our...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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54:24

25. Testing Assumptions About Each Other's Businesses
We're back with another blind react episode! This week we're sharing assumptions we have about each others' businesses. We had to dig deep because.. well.. we know everything about each other (or so we thought). Grab your coffee & get ready...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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38:28

24. Our Toxic Traits
Hey clients, maybe don't listen to this episode.. kidding!This week Alex, Allie, and Allison share their toxic traits as biz owners and they're CERTAIN you can relate to at least one of these. Grab your coffee and laugh with us!
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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43:40

23. Business Tasks We AVOID Like the Plague
What are the tasks in your business you don't want to touch with a 10 foot pole - or in the case of Alex, spend 90 days in jail to avoid? LOLHave fun listening to what we'd just rather not do when it comes to business and the ways ...
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42:29

22. 2025 INS & OUTS
We're late to the game, but we're BACK & sharing our top 2025 Ins & Outs with respect to business, social media, and more. This was such a fun, chatty, casual ep so grab a coffee & come hang with us!ps- don't bring up the Lio...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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35:42

21. VIRTUAL BIZ RETREAT 2024 - Week 3: Strategy pt. 2
Welcome to BIZ RETREAT 2024!!!Snag your FREE condensed Biz Retreat workbook here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUWRMn4VikYJAE7dVF0Ja3HocgmbFrOmO9O6t2uRPhHtZLxg/viewformPurchase your FULL Biz Retreat workbook here: h...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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48:06

20. VIRTUAL BIZ RETREAT 2024 - Week 2: Strategy pt. 1
Welcome to BIZ RETREAT 2024!!!Snag your FREE condensed Biz Retreat workbook here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUWRMn4VikYJAE7dVF0Ja3HocgmbFrOmO9O6t2uRPhHtZLxg/viewformPurchase your FULL Biz Retreat workbook here: h...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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56:28

19. VIRTUAL BIZ RETREAT 2024 - Week 1: Reflections on 2024
Welcome to BIZ RETREAT 2024!!!Snag your FREE condensed Biz Retreat workbook here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUWRMn4VikYJAE7dVF0Ja3HocgmbFrOmO9O6t2uRPhHtZLxg/viewformPurchase your FULL Biz Retreat workbook here: h...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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56:56

18. Newborn Life & Entrepreneurship - Allie is Back!
In this episode of the Biz Banter Podcast, Allie is back! While she's still on maternity leave, she's back on the pod discussing motherhood, balancing time with her baby and her business, and where she's at today.Also - Allison is stayi...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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57:13

17. Business Fails
In this episode of the Biz Banter Podcast, we discuss business fails! We share some fails we've experienced and ultimately what we were able to take away from every single one of them. We give some advice, some laughs, and some good ol' Oprah q...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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42:59

16. Real Talk: What its Like to Build a Business While Working a 9-5 Corporate Job
In this episode of the Biz Banter Podcast we're talking about building your small business WHILE working a 9-5 job. We discuss:How we started our businesses initiallyTime management & growing a biz while working 9-5
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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51:49

15. Small Business Struggles
In this episode of the Biz Banter Podcast we take your responses and our convos with other business owners and discuss some of the common struggles we go through/see as entrepreneurs. We cover:Work-life balanceMarke...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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47:06

14. Setting, Building, & Sustaining HABITS as a Biz Owner
Allison Speka is co-hosting again this week!In this episode we cover:The science behind habits - how they work & how you can hack them for productivitySome of our best habits that help us maintain productivity i...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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49:14

13. Navigating Social Media: Tips and Challenges for Small Businesses
In this episode of Biz Banter, we have Allison Speka guest hosting while Allie is on maternity leave & we're talking social media!We discuss 3 of our biggest social media tips that help keep us consistent, creative, and efficient...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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49:07

12. Surprise Topic
In this episode Alex brings a surprise topic to the pod and has Allie react. We had a lot of fun with this one! Let us know which stat surprised you the most!
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