Creative Shop Talk with Wendy Batten

Updated: 21 Jul 2025 • 195 episodes
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How do I attract more customers to my store? How do I get more sales? How do I book out my shop’s events and workshops? How do I do retail marketing and social media for my store? These are the questions that creative retail business owners ask Wendy Batten, creative retail coach and mentor. Wendy works with creative shop owners all over the world and with industry leaders. Her speciality is working with creative retailers to get control over their brick and mortars to avoid burnout and overwhelm while achieving more success and profits. In Creative Shop Talk, Wendy digs into the problems and solutions that “accidental shopkeepers” and hobbyists turned retail business owners face. Wendy dives deep in mindset and best practices for retailers with masterclass trainings, business strategies, expert guests and industry insiders, and more. Each episode is designed to help busy and passionate creative shop owners take action, work through their overwhelm and get focused on strategic business areas. Thinking about opening your own creative retail shop? Ready to stop playing shopkeeper and “winging” the business stuff? Looking for more foot traffic? Want to turn your brick and mortar into a viable business? Want predictable profits? Want to take the next step to run your store and not let it run you? Turn to Wendy Batten to take the proven steps to achieving your dream store, living your creative life and helping your amazing customers.

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  With host retail coach Wendy Batten   https://wendybatten.com/podcast-intro/   In This Episode: Feeling stuck in perfectionism or weighed down by self-doubt? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to stay there! In this quick yet powerful coffee chat, I’m sharing real conversations I’ve had with shop owners navigating m

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   With host retail coach Wendy Batten   https://wendybatten.com/podcast-intro/   In This Episode: Is Your Google Business Profile Costing You Customers? Your Google Business profile is one of the easiest and most powerful tools to drive retail growth. In this Coffee Break episode of the Creative Shop Talk Podcast, I’m

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 With host retail coach Wendy Batten   https://wendybatten.com/podcast-intro/   In This Episode: It’s not luck. It’s not magic. Running a successful retail shop takes purpose, planning, and showing up as your best self. In this inspiring episode, I’m sharing a powerful reminder from one of my favorite authors, Jon Acuf

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 With host retail coach Wendy Batten   https://wendybatten.com/podcast-intro/   In This Episode: I want you to ask yourself this question: “Why wouldn’t I be checking in mid-year with my retail business? Is there something I am avoiding? Am I making excuses like I’m ‘too busy’?” (Your words, not mine!)  As a retail coa

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With host retail coach Wendy Batten   https://wendybatten.com/podcast-intro/   In This Episode: Running a retail business isn’t just about WHAT you sell—it’s about WHO you bringing together in your retail store.  In this heartwarming and wisdom-filled episode, Cadence Kidwell of Fuzzy Goat (a yarn store in Thomasville,

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 With host retail coach Wendy Batten   https://wendybatten.com/podcast-intro/   In This Episode: Let’s make this summer your most joyful and productive yet, without the burnout. In this episode, I’m sharing how to embrace a "Summer of Ease" while still keeping your retail business humming along behind the scenes. Wheth

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