When Agate joined Best Business Playbook, she was like so many creative entrepreneurs, working hard but feeling stuck and worried about inconsistent revenue.

She doubted whether she could create a business that gave her both financial stability and the freedom to do what she loved.

That all changed when she joined Best Business Playbook

Simple Sales Strategy (it's sales, not rocket science).

Here's your how-to guide to reset or refine your sales strategy, attract dream clients and generate the revenue you deserve (without feeling ick or cringe).

Because business is easy and sales are fun!

As CEO of her own design studio, Valerie is a powerhouse of creativity, with a knack for taking bold ideas and turning them into meaningful, empathetic designs with lasting impact.

After serendipitously meeting V at an event it was love at first business chat.

After one coffee, lots of laughs and a passion for creating real, lasting impact on the businesses we work with, we made it official.

Joined by podcast host and creative powerhouse Catie Dawson (Super Creative Podcast), we’ll unpack the biggest mistakes people make when pitching to a podcast, the secret to getting noticed (hint: it’s not a 500-word email) and why authenticity matters more than a perfectly polished pitch.

Ready to perfect your pitch?

Tired of throwing money at Meta just to get crickets? Get the insights and pro tips from Shay from Idyllic at our Meta ads Masterc.ass

Last Friday, I was invited to take part in Design Assembly’s annual 'Women In Design Day’ alongside powerhouse women in the design industry.

I sat in a room full of creative women, spanning generations from their 20's to their 60's.

For me, the highlight was keynote speaker, Cat Van der Werff, Executive Creative Director at Canva. It wasn't just her words but her brutal honestly and vulnerability she shared that moved some of us to tears.

She started with a simple but profound idea…

Within 12 months of launching my business, I was working with 70+ creatives, consultants and ambitious entrepreneurs helping to transform their business with more clarity & direction than ever before.

Here's what I learned and what advice I have for ambitious entrepreneurs who are ready for success in 2025.

The Creative Kind Episode #28 with Rosie Holt

In this episode I chat to the lovely Rosie Coaches about approaching business as a creative. Rosie is a business coach who delivers masterclasses, community and speaking events and one to one coaching to business owners and creative entrepreneurs. We chat about how to make informed choices in your creative practice, avoid burnout, and approach long-term growth in a sustainable way. Rosie emphasizes that success doesn’t come from working at 100% every day, but from showing up consistently—whether you’re putting in 10 minutes or a full day’s work. We also explore the importance of planning for the future, setting achievable goals, and finding joy in small wins.

Co-hosted by design genius Valerie of Kaaio Studio to help you get out of your Branding & Design funk.

At this FREE Masterclass, Valerie will share the do’s and don’ts you need to consider before doing a re-brand, the questions you need to ask yourself and your designer and the ONE THING she wishes brand would stop doing that makes them look cheap.

👋🏼 Welcome to Mindset Monday.

💌 The series for business owners in need of an uplifting and inspiring corner of the internet full of practical, actionable ways to help keep your mindset and focus afloat during these challenging times.

💌 Each volume will be a combination of inspiration and actionable steps to help you grow your business, your finances and your mindset.

Meet Jade.

The French florist who creates romantic, obsession worthy florals.

Like many creatives, Jade is talented, passionate and driven but when it came to refining her marketing strategy and creating a streamlined business, she was feeling stuck and unsure how to attract her ideal customer with confidence.

👋🏼 Welcome to Mindset Monday.

💌 This brand new series is for business owners in need of an uplifting and inspiring corner of the internet full of practical, actionable ways to help keep your mindset and focus afloat during these challenging times.

💌 Each volume will be a combination of inspiration and actionable steps to help you grow your business, your finances and your mindset.

Episode #35 with Rosie Holt

Hosted by Nicole Johnston, we yarned about living intentionally and creating a life (and business) by design, not my default.

👋🏼 Welcome to Mindset Monday.

💌 This brand new series is for business owners in need of an uplifting and inspiring corner of the internet full of practical, actionable ways to help keep your mindset and focus afloat during these challenging times.

💌 Each volume will be a combination of inspiration and actionable steps to help you grow your business, your finances and your mindset.

Here are the 5 things you can do today if you’re unsure what you really need to do when starting a business.

A weekly opportunity for you to ask a business coach all of the weird and wonderful questions you’ve been to scared to ask.

Here’s how it works.

1. Every Monday I will drop a WWRD question box in my Instagram stories.

2. You drop your challenge/problem/struggle in the box.

3. On Tuesday I will share the problems with my solutions with my community.

👋🏼 Welcome to the very first Mindset Monday.

💌 This brand new series is for business owners in need of an uplifting and inspiring corner of the internet full of practical, actionable ways to help keep your mindset and focus afloat during these challenging times.

💌 Each volume will be a combination of inspiration and actionable steps to help you grow your business, your finances and your mindset.

As business owners, overwhelm is part of the deal right?

Rarely a day goes by when we don't feel overwhelmed by all of the tasks we need to do.

It's no wonder we feel this way. We’re wearing all the hats, spinning all the plates and keeping all the balls in the air (why so many circus analogies in business??)

While this is true, we DO have lots of tasks to complete, but we’re often creating tedious to-do lists without first addressing what the end goal is.

Meet Fleur.

A creative soul with a heart of gold, Fleur started her beautiful stitched artworks from the very same cottage she calls home in the beautiful Moutere Valley.

Now collaborating with some big names and with a best selling book under her belt, it's fair to say Fleur is a big deal.

Raimana was struggling to get leads and convert the ones he had into paying clients. Feeling unmotivated and stuck due to a lack of sales, he was contemplating whether he needed to get another job to supplement his income.

After just two weeks Raimana had clients booking and revenue coming in the door again.