Podcasts Episodes

This week, The Localist is diving into the world of choosing a brick and mortar retail space for your small business. Carrie is joined by Lyndsy Yim and Jackie Hollingsworth, both experienced brokers in the Birmingham area and the southeast. Jackie, Lyndsy, and Carrie start off with the things you need to have prepared before engaging a broker, including a business plan and financials. They talk about how the pandemic has affected their industry, the importance of having a support system, and why they both love what they do.

This week on The Localist, Amanda Blake, artist, art teacher, freelancer, and co-founder of the BHM Artist Collective, joins Carrie to talk about life after owning a small business. Amanda shares how what she learned over the course of owning a business stuck with her after selling the business. Amanda then shares about the BHM Artist Collective: She dives into what inspired the collective, the projects they’ve worked on, and the logistics of pulling off large murals with dozens of contributing artists.

This week on The Localist, Carrie is tackling the tough topic of reinvention. Every business owner is familiar with the excitement of starting a new adventure, but what do you do when the adventure shifts and you have to rework the idea? Carrie describes her struggles with realizing aspects of a project are no longer working, detailing the steps she took, resources she consulted, and gives practical tips that are relatively easy (and mostly free).

This week on The Localist, Carrie is diving into her experience hosting Instagram giveaways. Carrie details the handful of giveaways she’s done with her new Instagram account, @ThinkLocalist, including the reasons why she chose to do giveaways, the pros and cons of giveaways, and the factors to consider before doing your own giveaway. Carrie breaks down details that might get overlooked and gives a few resources to make the process smoother. She wraps up with the good and bad of giveaways, what she would do differently, and a few key takeaways. 

This week, The Localist is diving into the mental health aspects of living through a pandemic as a business owner with Vivian Smith Carter, LMFT. Vivian works with Alabama Apart Together, a completely free resource that provides community pandemic support. Vivian gives tips on how to cope with stress, and discusses the importance of connection and how we can reach out to people even in different stages of life. They wrap up with what to expect when you call Alabama Apart Together and the broad range of resources they provide.