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In this insightful episode, I’m joined by Ash McDonald, a therapist-turned-business strategist who specializes in cultivating psychologically safe and meaningful group environments.

If you’re struggling with low engagement, superficial interactions, or burnout from managing group spaces, this episode provides actionable insights to transform your client communities.

In today’s episode, I’m exploring what it really takes to create a customer-first business (even if you’re a solo operator without a huge team, elaborate marketing budgets, or an expensive tech stack.

I break down what a customer-first mindset actually means, why it’s about consistent, small shifts rather than big, overwhelming overhauls, and how you can start making simple changes today to create remarkable experiences for your audience and customers.

If you’ve ever wondered how to surprise and delight your customers without expensive tools or complicated tech, this one’s for you. We dive into creative, simple, and human-centred strategies that make your audience feel seen, valued, and excited to keep engaging with your business.

I’ll share my favourite out-of-the-box customer experience ideas, why small, intentional touches matter, and how you can start cultivating loyalty without leaning on big budgets or heavy automation.

Can real-life, unpolished experiences beat slick online strategies in 2025? In this episode, I chat with business strategist Holly Haynes about how she’s stripped back the polish, welcomed clients into her home (literally), and built an in-demand retreat experience that drives loyalty, transformation, and word-of-mouth growth.

If your customers had to choose between speed, clarity, or delight, what do you think they’d pick? In this special insights-packed episode, I answer that very question based not on gut instinct, but on hard data from my 2025 State of the Customer Survey.

I reveal 3 powerful (and surprising!) truths about how business owners view their own customer experience, and how that stacks up against what customers actually value. From the automation gap and personalization pitfalls, to the truth about acquisition vs retention across business models, this episode is your data-backed wake-up call to do CX differently.

If you’ve ever been blindsided by a cancelled retainer, course dropout, or membership churn, this one’s for you. Join me as I walk through simple but powerful ways to identify early warning signs, set up automations, and take timely action before a client ghosts you or clicks “cancel.”

Whether you’re a service provider, course creator, or membership site owner, these customer retention strategies can help you step away from gut feelings and toward data-driven action.

In the final episode of the Four Seasons of the Customer Journey mini-series, we explore the most overlooked and most powerful phase of the customer journey: Winter, the season of loyalty and long-term retention.

In part three of the Four Seasons of the Customer Journey mini-series, we dive into Autumn: the season of decision. 

That’s when your dream customer is asking themselves: “Can I trust this person with my money, and will this actually work for me?”

In this second episode of the Four Seasons of the Customer Journey mini-series, we dive into Summer, the season of engagement.

From subscribing to your emails to bingeing your podcast or attending your webinars, this is when your dream clients are actively paying attention, and deciding whether you’re worth the next step.

In this episode, we kick off a 4-week mini series exploring the four seasons of the customer journey. First up is Spring:  that powerful moment when a potential customer becomes aware of a problem or desire and starts looking for a solution.