Jenn Donovan: Speaker, Author, Marketer and Social Media Expert
373 episodes listed below
PRESS PLAY
Small Business Made Simple Podcast - for small business owners who want to reach their goals, need accountability and bite size marketing and social media tips and tricks. Hear from Small Business owners just like you or our host Jenn Donovan, who has been in the trenches of small business and is now here to help you achieve those goals. You've GOT THIS!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Jen Donovan turns small-business marketing questions into practical choices about visibility, pricing, social media and growth.
Jen Donovan keeps small-business advice close to the decisions owners face at work: how to price with confidence, turn visibility into commercial value, use LinkedIn with more personality, and make social media activity serve a clear purpose.
A $15 chocolate bar enters the pricing conversation; your own price tag may start looking timid.
Press play if you want
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A practical reset for small business owners weighing what social media gives back.
Episode 359 treats social media less like a popularity contest and more like a question of return. Jen Donovan talks with Jade Warne about making money on social media and about turning time online into something that actually moves a business forward.
A clear case for charging well and backing it with the whole business.
Jen Donovan and Andrew Griffith make a clear, practical case for premium pricing: a business can charge more when brand, story, quality, and service all support the number.
A practical LinkedIn reset centered on consistency, personality, and a little more courage.
LinkedIn Marketing Strategies for Small Business with Kate Merriweather keeps its advice plain: show up often, post more, and be a little bolder than the average feed.
Practical small business advice with useful habits and a friendly, no-nonsense tone.
Jen Donovan keeps the episode anchored in practical small business growth, and Troy comes across as someone offering workable ideas instead of polished slogans.
AI works best here when it supports the human voice instead of flattening it.
Jen Donovan centers a practical small-business question: how to use AI without draining the brand voice that makes a business feel recognizable. The episode stays with human nuance, storytelling, and personality, which gives it clear everyday value.
Awards are treated as a marketing move, not just a trophy.
This bonus episode is a loose, conversational chat about visibility, awards, and why small business owners should not dismiss recognition as vanity.
A practical launch runway that starts with awareness and ends with education and wait-list signups.
Jen Donovan lays out a practical launch runway for a new product, business, podcast, or book. The advice starts six to eight weeks before launch with awareness work: teaser posts, behind-the-scenes material, problem-focused messaging, polls, questions, and casual mentions in…
A clear reminder to keep an elevator pitch short, natural, and matched to the room.
Episode 360 of Small Business Made Simple keeps its focus on a familiar problem: what to say when someone asks what you do. Jen Donovan treats the elevator pitch as something that should change with the room, whether the listener might buy from you or work with you, and she…
Real talk for veterinary practice leaders.
Sales systems for serious electrical contractors.
Jen pops in with a bonus chat.
Jen Donovan opens with a warm introduction to Kate Merriweather and frames the conversation around LinkedIn for small business.
Jen Donovan opens episode 367 with a candid apology and a promise to get the show back to normal.
Jen Donovan opens a bonus episode built around a recent LinkedIn Live with Andrew Griffith.
Caleb Maxwell, who runs a strategic video production company in Bendigo, Victoria, tells host Jen Donovan that clients "don't want a video," they want the outcome it delivers.
Amy Christopherson of Grounded HR tells host Jen Donovan that a quarter of the Australian workforce is not thriving at work, and that failing to invest in staff means "throwing away profits." She advises first-time employers to start with a proper employment contract written by an Australian lawyer, because paying someone creates an agreement even without a written one.
Jen Donovan interviews Natasha Collins, founder of Amity Resources, about outsourcing the "jobs that you don't love" to virtual assistants, with offshore staff in the Philippines.
Tracy Sheen, author of AI and You: Business Reimagined, argues that "business as usual is dead" and that AI adoption starts with mindset and ethics rather than tools.
Emma Lovell defines 'bleisure' as combining business, travel and self-care, and calls retreats 'the ultimate representation of pleasure'.
Host Jen Donovan provides a practical guide to crafting an effective elevator pitch for small business owners, emphasizing brevity, audience adaptation, and using examples from major companies like Google and Uber.
Jen Donovan opens with her usual warm welcome and frames the show around making business simple, or at least simpler, while keeping the spotlight on marketing and social media.
Jen Donovan welcomes Jade Warne for a bonus conversation tied to the Social Media and Marketing Conference.
Host Jen Donovan shares her number one piece of advice for launching any new product, service, or business: involve your community in the process long before the launch date.
Jen Donovan interviews Michelle Pascoe, who has run a hospitality training business in New South Wales since 1994, about six generations of customers and four generations of employees.
Jen Donovan explains that on 10 July Instagram and Google began making public posts, reels and carousels from professional accounts eligible for Google search results.