Bonfire Banter

Megan and Dene have the amazing Katie from Dotty and Dash as a guest on this weeks episode! Our third guest on the podcast reveals the origins of her business Dotty and Dash, which links to Megan but you have to listen to the episode to find out more.

Dene and Megan end the 4 part saga of talking about social media, with them trying to be hip & trendy by talking about Tik Tok & Snapchat when it comes to craft and business!

Dene and Megan continue to talk about social media (part 3 of 4) with Dene telling us what is essential for running more than 1 social media account, such as cross posting.

We continue the subject of social media! Dene shares the important principles you need to know about running more than one social media accounts, such as brand awareness and more. Part 2 of 4 episodes dedicated to social media management.

Dene and Megan talk about managing multiple social media accounts as previous talked about in Episode 16.

Megan and Dene talk about broadcasting online, which has got up in such huge popularity while we're in lockdown. We go into the huge variety of platforms you can choose from, no matter if it's through your PC, Tablet or Phone.

Dene and Megan talk about a recent article which involves who stockpiled medical resources for her Art. It's a topic that generated a lot of interesting responses which we gathered and shared from Twitter and Facebook.

We talk about why craft is a great way to keep your mental health up in our current situation, going into a variety of crafty activities, somehow getting into being creative with noodles.

In "Our Current Situation", Dene and Megan go into how businesses are coping with lock down. We talk about a businesses in different sectors, such as those who deal with food (e.g.: cafes/restaurants having to change how they serve customers by focusing on deliveries along with other options while we deal with our current situation. Northampton based Hops & Chops and The Smoke Pit are mentioned in this episode). Both Dene & Megan go into their challenges of running their small businesses and what changes they have had to make. This episodes does end with some singing.

In this episode we talk about tote bags, the benefits of using them and about inspiration from our Japan trip!