Coffees & Handshakes is a project inspiring more catch-ups, coffees, and real connection. This podcast’s an extension of that—you’re basically pulling up a third seat at the table with Cam and I (Fin) and joining the chat. Episodes currently releasing on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays @ 7AM Great to have you here with us. Life’s better with friends. @coffeesandhandshakes
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Sip, Create, Repeat - A podcast providing marketing strategies you can consume over a cup of coffee.
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Sit back, fill up your cup and enjoy as we bring you monthly episodes where we interview makers of all walks of life. Some are fellow marketers, some make food, some make art. No matter what it is they make, there is a story to tell.
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Text the boys here The boys chat about something they believe very strongly in: tell the boys you love them. The origins of C&H comes up, and Fin talks about the superficial + deeper levels of it but emphasises that actually the superficial reasons should be enough to get behind - we hope no-one has to go through the hard stuff to have those realis…
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Text the boys here The little things go a long way. Coffee chat for this week is simple: learn your barista's name. Appreciate you all listening, and don't forget to leave us a review. Life's better with friends x ---- Socials: C&H: @coffeesandhandshakes Fin: @barneybarnett01 Cam: @captaincamb_By Fin Barnett
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Text the boys here No such thing as a dumb question, but there's definitely better questions. Today the boys chuck around some better questions to ask yourself and your mates, and both answer the favourite "what would you tell your 20yr old self?" Appreciate you all listening, and don't forget to leave us a review. Life's better with friends x ----…
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Text the boys here A pitch to catch up with your mates during the week more often. Cam shares a couple learnings from his elders. Fin also flexes he's been to Europe before. Appreciate you all listening, and don't forget to leave us a review. Life's better with friends x ---- Socials: C&H: @coffeesandhandshakes Fin: @barneybarnett01 Cam: @captainca…
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Text the boys here Impromptu yarn on slang and the infamous mōreka. Have a good one, and remember to reach out to a friend this week. 5 Reps in the bank! Appreciate you all listening, and don't forget to leave us a review. Life's better with friends x ---- Socials: C&H: @coffeesandhandshakes Fin: @barneybarnett01 Cam: @captaincamb_…
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Text the boys here Good to have you here. Today's coffee chat, bragging rights. Whether it’s fitness, work, or some random side quest, sometimes you’ve just gotta let your mates know. Or even just doing it for yourself. PS if anyone has a 203kg squat, please let us know x Appreciate you all listening, and don't forget to leave us a review. Life's b…
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Text the boys here Welcome. Good to have you here with us. In this first rep, we’re talking about the idea of doing 100 reps — showing up, getting better, and zooming out from that early fear of failing or not being good yet. We reckon it’s one of the best frameworks for growth. This rep, the lads (Fin Barnett & Cambell Te Paa) chat through the 100…
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Text the boys here Cheeeeeers. Good to have you here with us again. In this rep, the lads chat about a simple but elite social hack — keeping a notes app on your phone with everyone’s coffee order in it. Bit of a nice touch for making remembering those things a little easier. Thank us later. Fin also shares how Coffees & Handshakes got its name — f…
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Text the boys here How good, rep 3. Cheers to that. In this rep, the lads talk about the underrated move of always bringing extras — whether it’s spare gels on a long run like Cam's doing at the moment or just thinking ahead so others don’t have to. It’s not about expecting anything back — it’s about showing up, being generous, and making moments s…
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Text the boys here Coffees & Handshakes is a project inspiring more catch-ups, coffees, and real connections. This podcast's an extension of that - you're basically pulling up a third seat at coffee with me and Cam and joining the chat. Great to have you here with us. Appreciate you all listening, and don't forget to leave us a review. Life's bette…
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Black Friday 2024 is Coming - Get Your Marketing Engine Ready
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11:02Black Friday / Cyber Monday (BFCM in the biz) 2024 is coming up fast and we are here to help you get ready. In this episode Chris Schneider breaks down 3 primary actions you can put into place TODAY to get yourself set up for a successful BFCM for your online store. From growing lists to optimizing flows and bumping that sending cadence - we cover …
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Black Friday 2023 - The E-Commerce Playbook to Thriving this Year
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31:41In this episode we are going to give you 5 things that you can do TODAY to get ready for Black Friday 2023.
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The Social Media Marketing Kickstart - Helping Businesses Stay Consistent on Social
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32:16In this episode we break down choosing the right platforms, understanding your audience, and crafting your business persona. We also talk content calendar and how to stay consistent!
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Email marketing without data analytics is doomed to fail. If you’re not able to understand your metrics, you won’t know if your campaigns are effective or not. In this weeks podcast episode, the team defines the primary email marketing metrics you should consider when running an email campaign.
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Creating and Managing Giveaways that Grow Your Following
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28:10Wondering how to run an online giveaway? Well, then this episode of Sip.Create.Repeat is for you. In this episode, you’ll find tips and inspiration to help you plan, create, and manage successful giveaways that support your marketing goals and grow your following.
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Messaging - Why Being Authentic & Relatable Matters
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27:58In this episode of Sip.Create.Repeat. Julia and and Alicia bring us up to speed with the weekly marketing news and then the team discusses the importance of authenticity and relatability in messaging. We also chat about some of our favorite brands, messages, and ads and why we loved them so much!
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Welcome to another podcast episode of Sip.Create.Repeat. Alicia and Julia start off this episode bringing us up to date with the latest marketing news. Chris and Pat dive into overlooked updates & optimizations for your website that you probably aren’t doing often enough.
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5 Things to Do BEFORE Running Facebook Ads
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12:15In this episode, Alicia and Julia start us off by diving into the latest in marketing news. The team then lays out 5 things you MUST do to your website before running Facebook Ads and WHY you should do them.
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The Trick to Landing Big Clients with Big Budgets
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20:09Alicia and Julia kick off this episode by sharing recent marketing news. Chris and Pat then talk about what a "big" client is and give us tips and tricks on how to land those leads.
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In this episode, Chris sits down with Phil Kiel, Handshake's Digital Ads Manager. Phil shares his knowledge on ad spending and answers a variety of questions including how to scale up your monthly ad budget, leverage different platforms, and how e-commerce stores can best support their ad buyer to maximize their budget.…
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In this episode, we get caught up on the marketing world as of June 8, 2021. Chris and Pat talk about why your offers and discounts may be hurting your business and how to understand when you should be running an offer. The team then talks about companies they purchase from based on different sales and discounts!…
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How Hiring Can Actually Save Money and Grow Your Business
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27:28In this episode, we get caught on things happening in the marketing world as of June 3, 2021. Chris and Pat talk is it time to hire to help grow your business and how to go about doing so. We also get Alicia and Julia's thoughts about what potential new hires might be looking for from you!
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In this episode, we welcome our newest hire, Julia! We throw her right in the deep end and have her share some of her knowledge about how to use data to help drive more engagement on social media.
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Burger King Tweeted What!? Responding to their Viral Tweet
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25:33The Handshake team breaks down whether or not the Burger King tweet from International Women's Day was good or bad for their overall effort here. Some will argue that all PR is good PR, but is it? Give this a listen and let us know on Instagram @heyitshandshake
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So excited to talk about the new changes to the agency!
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Mental Breaks for Small Business Owners - Our Last Episode of 2020
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9:23Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and your family! So the question is, are you one of those small business owners that are always working? Have you ever really taken a break? Especially in 2020 when so many small businesses got put into a tailspin and had to work 3X as hard to earn the revenue they needed to stay afloat. By planning out soc…
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Scheduling Content - Getting 2021 Kicked Off Right
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6:58As a small business owner, social media can seem like a daunting task, but we promise that if you knock it out in chunks you will actually free up time in other places. We have all been there, the "oh crap" feeling when you haven't posted to your social media accounts in a while and you know you should be. With just about 2 weeks left in 2020, why …
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2020 Year In Review - What 🥵 A 🥵 Year 🥵 - And Our 2021 Predictions
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16:56Listen, there isn't one person on this planet that won't agree that 2020 was one for the ages. Especially for those of us in the United States. Pandemic, economic woes, Presidential election that seemed to have gone on for 50 years, etc. But, was it all bad? What did we as a society, as a people learn from 2020? What will 2021 look like for the sma…
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Producing Quality Video Content - The Beginner's Guide
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4:36Creating video content for your small business can seem like a daunting task that might take a ton of money to pull off. We are here to debunk that myth and help you start producing video using a few basic pieces of equipment.
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Black Friday is Here! Should Small Businesses Be Excited? Our Prediction!
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6:27Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and we are thankful you are giving this podcast episode a listen. 2020 has been especially hard on small businesses and historically Black Friday/Cyber Monday hasn't been a massive weekend for us small business owners. We believe this year will be different. There is a big effort to help support small businesses recover fro…
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Last Minute Black Friday / Cyber Monday Tactics for Businesses to Take Advantage Of!
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6:00BFCM 2020 is one week away! This year more than ever, people are going to do their BFCM shopping online, so in this episode Chris & Pat break down a few things that businesses can do to get ready. And yes, you can still get these things done with just one week to go!
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The Marketing of Gaming - The Power of Twitch
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15:35In 2020 there were a lot of bored people out there. People picked up instruments, bought kayaks, painted, made bread, etc. But one of the biggest things that happened was the resurgence of gaming. There is no better platform for gamers than Twitch. Here's a few stats: 15,000,000 daily active users 73% of users are 16-34 65% of those users are male …
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Podcasting 101 & What You Need To Get Started
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5:52Most people think they need some sort of full-blown recording studio to start a podcast. Sure, those things can help make the recording quality better, but you need to focus on getting started first. We have had our podcast for about 2 years on and off. This year (2020 of all the years) we doubled down on consistency. We record our podcast episodes…
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It's Q4 and it's time to get busy recovering lost revenue opportunities. Did you know the average e-commerce conversion rate is only 1-2%? So, this begs the question, why aren't you making efforts to recover the other 98-99% of your traffic? We want to help you with a breakdown of 2 different flows that you can set up TODAY to start recovering reve…
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Campaigns vs Flows - Breaking Down Your Email Marketing Options
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2:46Black Friday / Cyber Monday weekend is approaching in just over a month and there is still time to get some automation working for your business! Email marketing can often times be an overwhelming task if you've never dipped your toe in, we are here to help breakdown two terms that you will see a lot in the email marketing world. One of the questio…
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A PSA on Posting Frequency for Social Media
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10:10In this episode we break down posting frequency. We've all been there, you post 5 times in a day and get nothing, post once in a day and get results. Or vice versa, or maybe you post once a month and are disappointed in the results. Looking to understand what the best frequency is? We get to the bottom of this in this episode.…
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Influencer Marketing - How to Find Influencers & Create Partnerships
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12:01Influencer marketing campaigns can do one of two things for your business – 1) grow it's following and increase sales or 2) turn people away. In this episode we chat with our Senior Marketing Specialist, Alicia Hansen, about influencer marketing and how you can create long-standing partnerships for your business. Fun fact! Alicia is actually a Clev…
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Social Proof - What it Means and Why it Matters to Your Business
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4:42What is social proof? You may have heard this term thrown around a bunch if you've ever talked with a marketer or advertiser. Most people think it has something to do with social media, that thought would be incorrect. Social proof is actually a term that was coined in the 1980s! Basically social proof is a Millennial and we, a Millennial-led compa…
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Six Tips for a Successful Instagram Giveaway
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7:02Interested in sharing your products and services with more people -- all while growing a following and giving back to your existing followers? It may be a great time to host an Instagram giveaway.
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Social Media Deep Dive - Why TikTok Isn't Going Anywhere
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5:04TikTok has over 100 million users in the United States. Instagram has 107 million users. The adoption rate to TikTok is through the roof. Can TikTok's audience actually work for your brand? Give this episode a listen to find out. Don't worry, it's only 5 minutes long :)
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Successfully Scaling Facebook Ads - From $6K to $60K
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5:40One of the most difficult tasks for any e-commerce brand to take on is scaling their ad spend and their revenue. Just ask anybody that’s tried to manage their own ads for their online store, this is an art form. If you scale too quickly, you run the risk of not seeing ROI. If you do it too slow, you miss out on revenue opportunities.…
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3 Hacks to Better Social Media - Instagram Edition
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2:50Having an omnichannel marketing presence is the key to long-term success in digital marketing. As part of our 'Hacks' series of podcast episodes our team tackles Instagram and the 3 things every business should be doing on Instagram.
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3 Ways to Increase Your Online Store Conversion Rate
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4:27Running an online store is a never ending battle of trying to increase sales, decrease costs and find ROI positive ways of promoting your business to new audiences. Here at Duo we specialize in helping e-commerce stores scale with brilliant digital ad strategies and email marketing strategies. In this episode we break down 3 ways you can increase y…
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As a marketing agency, we see many small businesses, entrepreneurs and startups try to create and get their Facebook page up and running. To help with that, the Duo team wanted to share our three hacks to better a Facebook presence.
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There are so many things you can say about each and every online store. Each is unique, offering different products and services, and each with different designs, vibes and motifs. That said, there are plenty of similarities including all of them working towards the same end result - having customers complete transactions. So if you have an online …
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Ep. 06 - Duo in Quarantine -- Ways That YOU Can Make The Best Of This
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27:25In this episode, Duo partners Chris Schneider and Pat Routa connect remotely to chat about ways you can thrive during such uncertain times. Our agency was started in 2012 with the idea that we never needed an office. While we do have a small, central office location (easier to have a hub sometimes) we don't force any of our team members to use it. …
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Ep. 05 - Email Marketing in 2020 -- Is it Dead? Special Guest - Cody May of StudioPTBO
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20:03In this episode we sit down with Cody May, video and marketing director of StudioPTBO to discuss the state of email marketing in 2020 and how you can leverage the platform. Even though email was invented in the 1960s, it didn’t really take off from a personal-use perspective until the early 1990s. According to an article on study.com, email was ref…
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Ep. 04 - w/ special guest, Brandan Baki, Owner of Parallel Vision Post
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45:51In this episode of the Sip, Create, Repeat podcast we sit down with Brandan Baki to discuss the freelance life and why so many freelancers need to change the way they think about their business. If you're a freelancer or know a freelancer, be sure to share this episode with them. It's a longer episode but we believe it's packed full of goodies. So …
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Ep. 03 - w/ special guest, Alicia Hansen, Director of Marketing at L'Nique Specialty Linen.
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38:54On this episode we sat down with fellow marketer and friend Alicia Hansen. Alicia is the Director of Marketing at L'Nique Specialty Linen, a lifestyle blogger, Yoga teacher and so much more. She stopped by the Duo office to talk about social media scheduling tools, content ideas, how to come up with easy content and a bunch of other great ideas. So…
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In this episode, Chris and Pat highlight ways that Facebook can be used not only as just a B2C platform but also as a B2B platform.
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