Small Biz and Coffee
By Tiana Coats
Small Biz and CoffeeJul 28, 2021
My Business is Stagnant. What Do I Do?
Every now and again I go through stages where business starts to slow down. If you find yourself in this position; don't panic! I have some solutions to help you revive your business.
My candle business blog
https://tianacoats.com/
Winding Wick Candles
https://windingwickcandles.com/
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/c/TianaCoats
How I Grew a Candle Business
I am back and super excited to boot up Small Biz and Coffee again. In this episode, I want to talk about how I grew my candle business; and give you a realistic timeline of growth. I do not think of myself as an overnight success. It took a lot of work, planning, and a little risk-taking to get my business to where it is as now.
My candle business blog
https://tianacoats.com/
Winding Wick Candles
https://windingwickcandles.com/
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/c/TianaCoats
Opening a Brick and Mortar Store: Leases, Laws, Cost, Ect.
Opening day is getting closer and closer! I have been navigating my way through this new brick and mortar venture, and I wanted to give some insight on what I have learned so far.
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What I learned being self-employed for one year
A little over a year ago, I quit my part-time job to pursue my business full-time. I have learned a lot in the past year, and I wanted to share that with you all.
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How My Business Made 6 Figures Last Year
I am so excited to see that the business is growing, and I wanted to share how I got to this point.
My new website!
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Apply for the PPP business loan
https://www.kabbage.com/home-3/
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How NOT to Market Your Small Business
I know we have gotten so much advice on how to market our small businesses online. I wanted to point out some mistakes that I see some small business owners making when trying to build their audiences online.
Sponsor: Candlescience
Where you can find me:
Winding Wick Candles: https://windingwickcandles.com/
YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/tianacoats
Courageous Enough to Launch W/ Malaysia Harrell
Malaysia Harrell then went on to turn her passions as a provider to a healer by creating Blissful Life Consulting. At Blissful Life Consulting she specializes in helping women heal and shift into alignment to serve their life’s purpose. She helps women to move past their traumas to gain clarity with the use of group work, retreats, online courses, coaching, and workshops. For almost 20 years, she has provided mental health services specializing in mental health, substance abuse, and family violence. Malaysia has successfully provided individual treatment, marital therapy, group therapy, employee wellness, leadership, and team building training to over 28,000 individuals, couples, and leaders worldwide. Her vast behavioral health and wellness knowledge with her noted relatable approach; she is a highly sought-after speaker for community organizations, educational institutions and faith-based organizations.
Despite her childhood trauma she still held fond memories of the penny candy store from her hometown. She took those delightful candy fragrances and turned them into healing approaches. In 2019, Malaysia decided to share her holistic approaches with others in the form of aromatherapy. She founded Blissful Home Candy to spark joy in the lives of others while adding healing resources through fragrances. With the motto of “Love Your Inner Child”, the company currently offers soy wax candles, wax melts, room sprays and diffusers for your enjoyment towards healing. In April 2020, Blissful Home Candy launched Operation Blissful Acts in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The campaign is intended to provide joy in the lives of women of color who may be faced with adversity. Operation “Blissful Acts” has gifted women with Bliss Gift Boxes filled with candles, journals and many other wonderful goodies to aid in healing.
Malaysia studied for a PhD student at Saybrook University where she is pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Mind, Body, Medicine with a specialization in Integrated Mental Health. She is continuing to be dedicated to serving her community and providing mentorship to children, students and colleagues. In addition to her civilian services Malaysia is also a U.S. Veteran who is highly decorated in her service. When Malaysia is not serving her community or country, she enjoys spending quality time with her husband in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. She is also an aspiring author and diligently working on her writing manuscript for publishing. To connect with Blissful Home Candy you may visit: https://linktr.ee/blissfulhomecandy or follow her on social media as @blissfulhomecandy. To connect with Blissful Life Consulting, you may follow her on Instagram as @blissfullifeconsulting
Today's Sponsor https://www.candlescience.com/
Fixed Mindset Vs. Growth Mindset
I think mindset plays a huge role in business so let's talk about it!
Article from brainpickings.org:
https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/01/29/carol-dweck-mindset/
→Thank you to Candlescience.com for sponsoring today's episode. Check them out if you are looking for a great place to buy all of your candle making or soap making supplies.
My other links:
Winding Wick Candles official website: windingwickcandles.com
My YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/tianacoats
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/windingwickcandles/
Small Business Growing Pains
Being self-employed is a goal for a lot of entrepreneurs. I am so glad that I was able to pursue my dream a few months ago when I quit my part-time job. I'm starting to learn that the process of growing a business is seriously hard to do all on your own. In this episode, I talk about the struggles I've been having the past couple of months, and some new strategies I'm implementing to make my life a little easier.
Article: The 9 Growing Pains Entrepreneurs Need to Overcome
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/247173
How to Make and Manage Money in Your Small Business
I wanted to talk about a question that is on every new business owner's mind. Money! Now that my business is profitable, I want to share with you some tips that I learned along the way. Many people wonder how to make enough money to keep the business going or how to make their business profitable. I also share some tips for scaling and growing your business. This a value-packed episode. Enjoy!
My e-commerce site: windingwickcandles.com
YouTube: youtube.com/c/tianacoats
Finding Your Niche and Why it's Important
I get questions from people who are so excited to start their business, but they get stuck when it comes to picking out a niche. I admit it can be a journey. Once you lock down your niche, everything will start to come together.
How Analysis Paralysis Can Affect Your Business
Sometimes as small business owners we tend to overthink our next steps to the point where we never actually do the thing. This is called analysis paralysis. After working with many new business owners, I tend to see people get stressed and worn out over the little things. Take the leap and don't be afraid of failure. If something goes wrong, dust yourself off and try again!
From Frustrated to Self Employed. Here's How I Did It.
I recently quit my part-time job to work on my business full time. This is actually my first week totally self-employed! I wanted to share the real tea on how my little candle business slowly evolved over the past 5 years.