Bad product-market fit is one of the biggest reasons businesses fail.

Before you spend months creating a product, launching a digital business, or opening an online shop, learn how to validate your ideas with real market research.

In this episode of the Hexotica podcast, I'll show you 5 practical ways to research what can sell to make money online, so you can build a creative business around REAL customer demand instead of guesswork.

You'll learn how to:

🪄 Interview potential customers to discover what they want, what problems they need solved, and what they're willing to pay for.

🪄 Research competitors, bestseller lists, customer reviews, and keyword search demand to discover products and ideas with evidence of existing demand.

🪄 Test whether people will actually buy your product BEFORE investing your time and money into creating it.

If you're a creative entrepreneur, digital product creator, handmade seller, or unconventional business owner, market research doesn't have to be boring! It's a practical skill that helps you make smarter business decisions, avoid costly mistakes, and discover opportunities to make money online.

And if you're a neurodivergent or ADHD entrepreneur with a million brilliant ideas, remember this: being brilliant at coming up with ideas isn't the same as building a business that SELLS.

Research FIRST, create second!

Ready to build a more profitable online business?

I'm Christine Rice, a digital marketing mentor with nearly 20 years of online business experience.

Through Hexotica, I teach creative and unconventional women and gender-diverse people how to build self-reliant businesses using practical marketing strategies that don't require sacrificing their creativity or identity.

Learn how SEO and keyword research can help you attract organic traffic, discover what your audience is searching for, and build a foundation for long-term online business growth.

🪄 Want to get mentored? Join The S.W.A.N. Academy and learn how to build your SEO-based marketing strategy: https://hexotica.online/the-swan-academy

🪄 Start today for FREE: Sign-up to my favorite SEO keyword research tool, Ubersuggest to get 3 free keyword searches daily: https://neilpateldigital.sjv.io/EE5Po9

🪄 Explore Hexotica: https://www.hexotica.com.au/

#WhatCanSellToMakeMoneyOnline #MarketResearch #OnlineBusiness

Because there are 20 solid, logical, researched-backed reasons WHY small businesses FAIL.

And I'm about to walk you through every single reason in this episode of the 'Hexotica' podcast, lovely guts!

You'll stop blaming yourself and start getting STRATEGIC to keep your business dream alive when you discover:

🪄 How to apply the Scientific Method to your business and marketing to uncover and fix major issues

🪄My first-hand experience working with clients who overcame one or more of these 20 issues - and why if they can do it, so can YOU

🪄Opportunities and advice to IMMEDIATELY help you both prevent or recover from any of these issues if you identify it as one that could put funding your dream life in critical danger!!

Listen to this episode if you're feeling fragile about your business and you need to zoom TF out FAST to get a professional perspective. It may be just the thing you need to hear to help keep your dream of entrepreneurship going strong! 🪄💸

How to Work With Christine to Grow Your Online Business:

🪄🦢🗺️Get The S.W.A.N. Marketing Audit & Treasure Map Service: https://hexotica.online/marketing-audit-service

🪄🦢Join The S.W.A.N. Academy for Organic Marketing Strategy mentoring: https://hexotica.online/the-swan-academy

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄🎁 Join The Inner Sanctum to get invited to our FREE online networking events, weekly podcast updates, and special offers: https://inner-sanctum.hexotica.link/

🪄🎁CB Insights pdf guide research cited in this episode: https://www.cbinsights.com/research/startup-failure-post-mortem/

🪄 📰Episode #3 - How To Get Started Crafting Additional Income Streams Online: (blog with podcast & YouTube embed) https://www.hexotica.com.au/build-a-creative-business/additional-income-streams/

🪄 📰Episode #34 - The Signature Business Systems That Turn Your Brand Into a Magical Money Magnet: (blog with podcast & YouTube embed) https://www.hexotica.com.au/build-a-creative-business/business-systems/

Like, are there SIGNS before what you're manifesting actually happens? My short answer: hell YES, there ARE signs! Amazing, magical, and metaphysical ones, too. 😉

You can 100% KNOW when you're on the right track, and when you are not. With outright EXPECTING the magic shiz, straight up! And this episode (no. 51) of the HEXOTICA podcast, I explain:

🪄Why your identity and mindset is the key to knowing if your manifesting skills on are track - or not

🪄What 'energetic alignment' to your higher, authentic self means and why BEING aligned is super important if you want your manifesting to work for you

🪄The subtle SIGNS and weird coincidences you can start looking out for to know when your manifesting is working for you - and why I believe these happen more often when we are aligned with the version of ourselves that already has what we desire!

Don't miss this episode if you would like evidence and encouragement that your manifesting is working for you. ✨

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄🎁 FREE 'Money Manifesting Witchcraft' 10-email themed newsletter: https://money-manifesting-witchcraft.hexotica.link/

🪄💜FREE GROUP - Join The Marketing For Creative & Unconventional Women & Gender Diverse Facebook Group to receive weekly invitations to the Inner Sanctum Circle online gatherings! https://www.facebook.com/groups/147251312546133

🪄📖 BOOK: 'The Big Leap' - https://amzn.asia/d/09zso6te

🪄📖 BOOK: 'The Vortex' - https://amzn.asia/d/00r7oKuZ

🪄📺 YouTube Episode 49 - 'How Long Does It Take to Manifest Something? And How Can You Speed It TF Up?' - https://youtu.be/ubj1uE50vpM?si=VT8KbYW4duXi4_x1

🪄📺 YouTube Episode 44 - 'The Mindset Habits of Highly Energetic People Who Protect Their Energy' The Mindset Habits of Highly Energetic People Who Protect Their Energy

https://youtu.be/WAISOMiJetQ

Most aspiring creatives struggle with the "starving artist" trap, but today’s guest, Lee Li of Leeli Design, reveals exactly how to become a jewelry designer who scales sustainably without losing the joy of creation.

In this episode of the Hexotica podcast, Lee pulls back the curtain on the costume jewelry industry, discussing how to move from handmade kitchen-table crafts to professional manufacturing for major global brands.✨

Lee shares the behind-the-scenes reality of working with major international brands and how one pivotal career change can define your future success, including:

🪄How she spotted a creative opportunity at a trade show that kick started her career and led her to working with a professional jewelry designer in Santiago, Chile!

🪄Her successful strategy exiting full-time work in the fashion accessories industry to start her own handmade accessories business that included freelancing and consulting,

🪄How she then took her handmade business to the next level with manufacturing and a lot of savvy networking!

PLUS! Lee's all-new third business, Get Sourcey, a brand new course packed with everything she's learned in her world-traveling, creative career!

Don't miss this episode if you want to learn how to take your handmade jewelry and accessories business to the next level!

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

Leeli Design on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Leelidesign/

Leeli Design on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Leelidesignmelbourne

Leeli Design: https://leelidesign.com/

Leeli & Co: https://leeliandco.com/

Get Sourcey: https://getsourcey.com/

Listen to this episode of the HEXOTICA podcast to learn why the key is to focus on FREQUENCY, not time!

I explain exactly why TIME is completely irrelevant when it comes to manifesting and why your focus should be 100% on FREQUENCY instead.

I also share:

🪄How I manifested 3 specific things I desired within 24 hours, 3 days, and 7 days

🪄 Why 30 days is the ideal time it takes to manifest something

🪄 How to raise your frequency to enter 'The Vortex' state where true manifesting magic happens!

So if you've ever wondered if there's a specific amount of time manifesting requires, and if it changes with the size of your desire, don't miss this episode of the podcast!

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄Sign up for the Money Manifesting Witchcraft newsletter: https://money-manifesting-witchcraft.hexotica.link/

🪄Podcast Episode #1 : What to do when you feel like a FAILURE: Why it's not what YOU did (or didn't do!) & how to GET OUT of feelings of shame FOR GOOD! (YouTube) https://youtu.be/CJCitQ9Fbg8?si=2dRoAQtDAiVVp33I

🪄Podcast Episode #10: Clearing Negative Energies & Manifestation Blocks Via Remote Energy Clearing With Angel Guide Sam Ritchie (YouTube) https://youtu.be/rvQ-7bnlCPc

🪄 Follow Hexotica on Threads: https://www.threads.com/@hexotica

It comes with a steep price and sacrifices you MUST be willing to pay...

So if you're considering whether it's worth going after, in this episode of the Hexotica podcast, I share some of my personal reflections to help you become aware of what you're in for, including:

🪄The joys and FREEDOM of working for yourself that I currently enjoy the most!

🪄 What working for yourself does NOT require (people often overthink this one!)

🪄What working for yourself DOES require - and how to start working on getting it NOW.

This is for you if you are a creative and unconventional person who is HUNGRY for the freedom that you believe you'll enjoy when you are self-employed.

Or if you're QUESTIONING why you already chose to work for yourself, and just need a reminder why it's worth it. 😉

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode (it was a LOT!):

🪄 Sign up to my FREE newsletter The Creative & Unconventional Entrepreneur for business IDEAS: https://entrepreneur.hexotica.link/

🪄 Sign up for my Self-Reliance Rituals Newsletter to learn how to self-coach yourself every day and get sh*t DONE: https://self-reliance-rituals.hexotica.link/

🪄My TOP recommended FREE all-in-one website & marketing software, Systeme: (This is an affiliate link which just means I get a small tip if you ever subscribe to their paid version!) https://systeme.io/?sa=sa02165083680a5d2515fdd98fc23ba3b37f905218

🪄Blog Post: How to Become a Social Media Manager & Digital Nomad ~ https://www.hexotica.com.au/build-a-creative-business/how-to-become-a-social-media-manager-digital-nomad/

🪄Blog Post: What I Discovered About Self-Discipline When I Went Freelance ~ https://www.hexotica.com.au/build-a-creative-business/what-i-discovered-about-self-discipline-when-i-went-freelance/

🪄Blog Post: Here Is The Fastest Way To Self-Employment That I Know ~ https://www.hexotica.com.au/build-a-creative-business/fastest-way-to-self-employment/

🪄Blog Post: How to Become a Pet-Sitting Digital Nomad and Live Rent-Free! ~ https://www.hexotica.com.au/digital-nomadism/how-to-become-a-pet-sitting-digital-nomad-and-live-rent-free/

It can help pay for your ads, grow your email list, generate passive income, and even reduce or eliminate the amount you spend on paid advertising.

In this episode of the Hexotica Podcast, I break down exactly how an ebook sales funnel works and why it's one of the smartest marketing strategies for creative entrepreneurs, digital product sellers, coaches, and small business owners.

If you've been thinking about running Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, or Google ads but you're terrified of wasting money, this episode will show you how an ebook sales funnel can dramatically reduce your risk while building an audience that you OWN!

In this episode, you'll learn:

🪄 One of the biggest noob mistakes that causes new business owners to lose money on paid ads, and how an ebook sales funnel helps solve it.

🪄 Why ebooks are one of the fastest and easiest digital products to create and sell to offset your advertising costs.

🪄 How an ebook sales funnel works from start to finish, including the pages, emails, and automation involved.

🪄 Practical tips for creating your own ebook sales funnel, including an easy-to-use, FREE software option to get started!

No matter what you sell, an ebook sales funnel can help you grow your audience, build your email list, and create a more profitable online business.

If you're ready to grow your audience and income while reducing the risk of losing money with paid ads, this is the episode for you! 🪄🌪️💫💸

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄The Creative & Unconventional Marketcian newsletter (for audit & strategy examples):

https://marketician.hexotica.link/

🪄The Creative & Unconventional ENTREPRENEUR newsletter (for new biz IDEAS):

https://entrepreneur.hexotica.link/

🪄 Systeme - an all-in-one marketing platform with a generous FREE plan that's perfect for new online business owners. (Affiliate link. If you purchase through this link, Christine receives a commission at no additional cost to you.)https://systeme.io/?sa=sa02165083680a5d2515fdd98fc23ba3b37f905218

🪄 Go High Level - the all-in-one CRM, automation and funnel platform Christine uses to run her business. (Affiliate link. If you purchase through this link, Christine receives a commission at no additional cost to you.)https://www.gohighlevel.com/?fp_ref=hex

#ebooksalesfunnel #ebookmarketing #emailmarketing #digitalproducts #salesfunnel #onlinebusiness #passiveincome #emaillist #paidads #smallbusinessmarketing

So in this episode of the Hexotica podcast, I share why learning that I'm a Manifesting Generator 3/5 finally explained why I get bored easily, love experimenting, and often achieve my biggest breakthroughs when I stop forcing things that aren't energetically aligned with my design profile.

You'll also learn what Human Design is, who created it, why I keep an open but curious mind about it, and what makes the Manifesting Generator 3/5 profile so unique.

If you're a creative entrepreneur who believes in personal growth, manifestation, and building a business that actually fits who you are, I think you're going to love this!

🪄 Discover what Human Design is and why the Manifesting Generator 3/5 profile resonated so deeply with me - and what I manifested within 24 hours because of it!

🪄 Learn why Manifesting Generators thrive through experimentation, variety, and following what lights them up instead of forcing traditional business strategies.

🪄 See the real changes I'm making to my marketing and business after embracing my Manifesting Generator 3/5 design.

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄Join my FREE Money Manifesting Witchcraft newsletter: https://money-manifesting-witchcraft.hexotica.link/

🪄WATCH ON YOUTUBE: Clearing Negative Energies & Manifestation Blocks Via Remote Energy Clearing With Angel Guide Sam Ritchie - https://youtu.be/rvQ-7bnlCPc

🪄WATCH ON YOUTUBE: Protection Spells to Hold Energetic Boundaries And Call Your Power Back With Emotional Support Witch Madame Creatrix - https://youtu.be/mrmUOAkVJ6I

A while back, I watched a free LIVE video by Melanie Ann Layer, the founder of the $100 million Alpha Femme brand...

It was quite mesmerizing, so I took down the transcript and started analyzing it over the course of several weeks. I noticed several fascinating cult marketing skills at work and I learned quite a LOT from it that every aspiring coach or mentor will find extremely useful for their coaching business growth.

So in this episode of the Hexotica podcast, I share my notes and take a deep dive to reveal:

🪄Melanie's masterful use of cult marketing skills to create the Alpha Femme world of loyal, highly engaged fans and clients

🪄The specific and nuanced structure and phrases she uses to attract, retain, and reward attention throughout the LIVE video

🪄Why cult marketing skills and branding are NOT inherently manipulative, scammy, or even uncommon!

Whether you LOVE or dislike the Alpha Femme brand, if you enjoy marketing and you're keen to sharpen your own brand messaging, you won't want to miss this cult marketing skills analysis.💫

Please note: HEXOTICA and Christine Rice Creative are in no way affiliated or associated with the Alpha Femme brand, and this is NOT a paid endorsement. This is a personal, factual observation of a free, public LIVE video that was published on Melanie Ann Layer's Facebook page. All of the opinions and observations expressed in this episode are 100% my own.🤘

Please ALSO Note: While I invite an open discussion of this analysis, ZERO hate or hateful MAL-bashing will be tolerated in my comments. Haters or offensive comments will be blocked. Go fester on Reddit with that. ☠️

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄💌Get a free copy of my analysis + join The Inner Sanctum newsletter here:

https://hexotica.online/cult-marketing-analysis

Because while we often talk about creating energy through sleep, a healthy diet, and adequate exercise, we don't often talk about how we create energy spiritually with how we view the world.

And we ALSO talk a lot about PROTECTING our energy from external things and people - but how do we protect our energy within ourselves?✨

So that's what this (potentially LIFE-changing!) episode explores, including;

🪄 The secret mindset habit that successful, highly energetic people understand that creates an enormous capacity for handling stress and hardship in their lives

🪄What highly energetic people prioritize over self-discipline (and how it helps them stay more motivated, too!)

🪄How learning how to CREATE energy throughout your day can help you end your day with as much energy as you had in the morning!⚡

If you'd love to live a life where you feel pulled instead of feeling pushed, this episode is for you!

Additional Things Mentioned in this Episode:

🪄Podcast Episode #33 (YouTube): Protection Spells to Hold Energetic Boundaries And Call Your Power Back With Emotional Support Witch Madame Creatrix - https://youtu.be/mrmUOAkVJ6I

🪄 The Self-Reliance Rituals self-transformation newsletter: https://self-reliance-rituals.hexotica.link/

Like you’re doing a LOT but not growing your audience, not making the money you want to be making, and not feeling like things are working out well for you?

If so, watch this before you make any big decisions or changes...

Because it could be that your inner drama goblin is getting the best of you and making your lack of results mean much more than it is!

Watch this episode of the 'Hexotica' podcast to learn:

🪄 Why feelings of being stuck in a rut, panic, and overwhelm in business cannot often be trusted - and what to focus on instead!

🪄 Questions to ask yourself to gain the clarity, insight, and momentum you need to keep going - or to shift direction entirely.

🪄 How to gain back the feeling of control and confidence you may need in this season of your business.

Feeling like your business is stagnating is a totally normal thing to expect, but knowing how to handle it (and tell that inner drama goblin to STFU!) is a SKILL that does not come naturally to any of us.

So don't miss this episode to learn how to get your business ship sailing again, and defeat the drama goblin in your head! 🗡️

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄 WATCH: Episode #1 on YouTube - What To Do When You Feel Like A Failure: A 10-Step Self-Transformation Strategy https://youtu.be/CJCitQ9Fbg8?si=2dRoAQtDAiVVp33I

🪄 GET MY HELP: The S.W.A.N. Marketing Audit& Treasure Map -https://hexotica.online/marketing-audit-service

#businessgrowth #marketingaudit #creativebusinessowner

Because there's a BIG difference between a profitable handmade brand that looks premium and a craft hobbyist brand that looks amateurish.

That difference is that one is a savvy, money-making Marketician who knows how to get traffic and turn it into sales, while the other is a starving artist.

So in this episode of the Hexotica podcast, I share with you:

🪄The best site to sell your handmade products online, including a FREE option

🪄 How to know what will sell best (and how to beat your competition!)

🪄The absolute MOST essential thing you need to make your online marketing WORK!

Don't miss this episode if you'd like to sell more of your handmade products online, get your weekends back from having to do craft markets, and save yourself a LOT of time, money, and frustration! 💫

✨Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:✨

🪄Gain clarity & confidence with your online marketing with my custom SWAN Marketing Audit & Treasure Map: https://hexotica.online/marketing-audit-service

🪄Start a FREE e-commerce website with Systeme (affiliate link) - https://systeme.io/?sa=sa02165083680a5d2515fdd98fc23ba3b37f905218

🪄Start your own shop on Shopify (affiliate link) - https://shopify.pxf.io/aOaX3Q

🪄Blog Post on SEO: The Etsy SEO Tool That Separates Etsy Witches Who Make a Killing From Those Who Get Buried https://www.hexotica.com.au/learn-digital-marketing/etsy-seo-tool/

🪄Learn what's selling best on Etsy with the Everbee analytics tool - https://everbee.io/

🪄Check out Liquid Death - https://liquiddeath.com/

So naturally, I had to ask myself:

AM I THE ASSHOLE? 💩😂

As a late-diagnosed ADHD goth-witch entrepreneur who has been successfully self-employed for over 9 years, I believe the exact OPPOSITE might be true.

So in this episode of the Hexotica Podcast, I’m talking about why self-employment can actually be an AMAZING fit for ADHD people who can't keep a job, struggle in traditional workplaces, or feel like total failures because they can’t force themselves into boring 9-to-5 jobs that drain the soul.

I share why I believe:

🪄 ADHD people who can't keep a job are NOT failures. Many jobs simply aren’t designed for novelty-seeking, highly creative brains!

🪄 Why passion, hyperfocus, and self-awareness can become powerful entrepreneurial advantages (when channelled correctly!)

🪄 You do not need to feel “fully capable” before starting a business. You only need enough self-trust to begin!

If you are an ADHD creative who dreams of freedom, flexibility, self-employment, or finally creating a life that actually FITS your brain… then you don't want to miss this episode! ✨

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄Join ‘The Inner Sanctum’ weekly newsletter to receive new podcast episodes + learn more about the S.W.A.N. Transformation Marketing Strategy mentoring programs with Christine https://inner-sanctum.hexotica.link/

🪄 Podcast Episode #40 (on YouTube): Creating Art Income Streams on YouTube With Becky Tregear https://youtu.be/wwxDmzgYsRw?si=BogLN6hlgWrgloP3

🪄 Blog Post: ‘My 'Exotic Life' Manifesto And How it Helps Me Outgrow Impostor Syndrome’ https://www.hexotica.com.au/self-transformation/life-manifesto/

Meet Becky Tregear, a Melbourne-based artist who has grown her YouTube account to over 15.9k subscribers without a complicated business plan (or even a website!)

In this episode of the hexotica podcast, Becky shares with us:

🪄 What helped her get started - and why we agreed, getting started is the BIGGEST hurdle!

🪄How she defied the usual route of gaining YouTube monetization eligibility through subscriber count - and how she did it through view count instead!

🪄Her personal struggles through undiagnosed ADHD and perimenopause, and why it's SO important to get support if you are going through either of these yourself.

If you've ever wanted to learn how to fund your creative lifestyle through your art, don't miss this incredibly inspiring interview with Becky!

Follow Becky Tregear Art on:

🪄 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BeckyTregear

🪄Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckytregear/

🪄Threads: https://www.threads.com/@beckytregear

🪄Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beckytregear/

I know because I have used them for years, successfully manifesting jobs, self-employment, and opportunities.

But what most people don't get about affirmations when it comes to manifesting money is that it's NOT all metaphysical witchcraft (though that IS a part of it!)...

A lot of the magic in using affirmations for money comes from understanding how they work to reprogram our thinking at a subconscious level.

So, in this episode of the HEXOTICA podcast, I take you on a deep dive to share:

🪄HOW affirmations for money work to help you change your beliefs around money - making it possible to earn more of it!

🪄 Easy-to-remember affirmation 'formulas' you can use right away to craft money affirmations that work for you (without making you feel like a new age flake!)

🪄Resources to learn more about manifesting money to make it a powerful daily RITUAL!

Whether you're new to manifesting or have been practising it for years, this episode will help strengthen your ability to manifest more money and success into your life - and business!

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄 Get my personal list of money affirmations by subscribing to Hexotica's FREE Money Manifesting Witchcraft newsletter: https://money-manifesting-witchcraft.hexotica.link/

🪄Blog Post: Everything Happens For a Reason If You Have The GUTS To Make It So

🪄Book: The Source by Dr. Tara Swart: https://amzn.asia/d/03DraEnU

Real clarity comes from recognizing the hidden gap between the business success you visualize in your head and the actions your marketing, habits, and decisions are demonstrating every day.

In this episode, I break down the 10 clarity gaps blocking you from manifesting business success, so you can finally align your strategy, energy, and execution without overwhelm, confusion, or second-guessing yourself.

If you’ve ever felt like you know what you want but your business isn’t reflecting it yet… this conversation may give you the breakthroughs you need! ✨

Inside this podcast episode, you’ll discover:

🪄 The most common clarity gaps that secretly BLOCK manifesting business success (even when you’re super motivated and capable!)

🪄 Why mindset work and marketing strategy alone won’t work without energetic alignment

🪄 The 10 powerful questions you can ask yourself today to accelerate manifesting business success immediately

You’ll learn how to spot misalignment between what you say you want, what you’re actually prioritising, and the actions that truly create growth, abundance, and momentum!

Because manifesting business success isn’t (entirely) metaphysical witchcraft. It’s about bringing your actions into alignment with the future you already claim to want!

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄🦢Work with me! Book your S.W.A.N. Marketing Audit & Treasure Map - https://hexotica.online/marketing-audit-service

It's time to stop waiting for synchronicities and miracles and start laying down the red carpet for more money to manifest NOW!

In this episode, I explain what manifesting portals are, how making MORE of them in your business can help you manifest money FASTER!

I share:

🪄The near-overnight shift in my business when I STOPPED overcomplicating how I manifest money (and what I STOPPED doing that was blocking it!)

🪄 The LIE that you need to build an online audience FIRST in order to make sales

🪄 Key buyer psychology marketing tactics to refine AFTER you start making money FIRST with simpler, direct pathways for payments and sales through BASIC AF manifesting portals!

Whether you believe in the old school manifesting style or in the new school style (or BOTH, like me!), this episode will make you want to start crafting your money manifesting portals right away!

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄 The SWAN Marketing Audit & Treasure Map - https://christinericecreative.com/marketing-audit

🪄 The Money Manifesting Witchcraft newsletter - https://money-manifesting-witchcraft.hexotica.link/

Want to NOT feel like an icky little capitalist piglet because you're trying to SELL STUFF when people are out there protesting for basic fn human rights?

If so, this episode is for you!

I'm sharing 5 of my BIGGEST life revelations for creating abundance in business, even when you have a massively distracted, neurospicy squirrel-brain like mine, AND the news is a dumpster fire.

I’ll show you how to:

🪄Prod your ADHD brain into taking action despite whatever is happening on the news or in your personal life, good or bad

🪄How to actively build abundance in business while promoting your brand without feeling weirded out that you're trying to sell things and make a living when the world is on FIRE. 🔥

🪄The secret to keep going & keep manifesting financial abundance that's NOT just dululu-is-the-solulu advice to selfishly fixate on your own life and ignore reality.

So if you're someone who cares a LOT and likes to stay informed, but you're also trying to sell online and earn a good living, these 5 personal insights I'm sharing will help you build both a thriving, abundant business and a better world.

Even if you are neurodivergent 💜

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄🎤🎧 Episode #27 - The Brand Messaging Strategy I Use to Transform Political Rage Into Resonant Content - Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kB19Q5BOJsc?si=Fe_b5ZDx0nGHZhES

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🪄💌☠️ https://inner-sanctum.hexotica.link/

But knowing how to use those advantages is the difference between a goth business that remains a beautiful hobby, and one that can become a profitable AF source of income that can support your spooky lifestyle. ☠️

In this episode of the HEXOTICA podcast, I share my unfiltered take on the 7 built-in strengths goth entrepreneurs already have that all come from my personal experience.

Including:

🪄Why goth branding makes finding your dream customer or client SO much easier (or have them find you!)

🪄Marketing tips for goths around SEO, making magnetic content to attract dark, like-minded souls, and authority-building

🪄How to ensure your goth business makes money all-year long and is never dependent upon seasons, social media, or alternative markets.

Listen to this episode if you're ready to go from amateur goth business owner to a money-making, financially independent Marketician!

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄 FREE download: The S.W.A.N. Transformation Marketing Strategy Guidebook https://swan.hexotica.link/

🪄YouTube: Episode #33 - Stop Allowing the Wrong Energy Into Your Business: How to Attract YOUR Tribe - https://youtu.be/hwLEOYO7o4I

🪄 Blog Post: 'The GOTH 3 Stages of Life' https://www.hexotica.com.au/alternative-lifestyles/the-3-goth-stages-of-life/

🪄 Blog Post: '4 Steps to Find Your Tribe Online, Feel Less Lonely, and Live Much Longer' https://www.hexotica.com.au/alternative-lifestyles/4-steps-to-find-your-tribe-online-feel-less-lonely-and-live-much-longer/

In this episode of the Hexotica podcast, I break down the 5 essential business systems every online business owner needs to create consistent income, reduce overwhelm, and build a profitable online business that actually runs smoothly.

Inside this episode, you’ll learn:

🪄How strong business systems can make things FASTER, EASIER, and LESS STRESSFUL for you!

🪄Tools, software, and hot tips to help you design business systems that work for YOUR life and brain (especially if you're neurodivergent!)

🪄 My personal experiences in designing each business system within the 3 different business models over the past 18 years I've run online businesses

Don't miss this episode if you prefer to work SMARTER, not HARDER! This episode will show you how business systems turn chaos into consistent money. 🔥

Additional Things Mentioned:

🪄The S.W.A.N. Treasure Map Audit & Consult https://christinericecreative.com/marketing-audit

🪄Episode #6 Time Management Strategies To Stop Letting Time Raw-Dog Your LIFE! https://youtu.be/PONvglSrzug

🪄 Episode #16 - Email Marketing VS Newsletter: Simple Explanation for Creatives Who Don’t Do Boring Biz Jargon - https://youtu.be/_2HOcRWzobA?si=3UIlPF7PLeB2aGci

🪄 Dubsado (affiliate link) https://www.dubsado.com/?c=crc

🪄Go High Level (This is my affiliate link, and if you use it to purchase the software, I will receive a commission.) https://www.gohighlevel.com/?fp_ref=hexotica27

🪄Storrito (affiliate link) https://app.storrito.com/#/?referral=17592203556603

🪄 Pomodoro Tomato Timer https://www.toptal.com/project-managers/tomato-timer

🪄 Emojipedia https://emojipedia.org/

In this episode, I’ll show you how to attract your tribe, find your ideal clients, repel the misfits, and build an audience that actually converts into DREAM clients 🥰

You'll learn:

🪄The missing “stinker filtration” system that’s attracting wrong-fit people into your funnels

🪄The 3 essential traffic foundations you need to attract a highly targeted audience

🪄The secret to creating content that speaks directly to your ideal clients at the exact right moment

Plus, I’ve included 3 quick, actionable takeaways you can use immediately to attract your tribe and dream clients faster 😉

This episode is perfect for online business owners who want to attract their tribe, grow a targeted audience, and convert followers into paying clients! 🎧💫

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄The S.W.A.N. Audit & Treasure Map: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZGM4RSSX3SYQ4

🪄The Creative & Unconventional Marketician newsletter: https://marketician.hexotica.link/

In this episode, I share my number one recommendation for getting business visibility at NO COST if you're sick of the social media grind!

I show you exactly what you can use to build an organic, evergreen marketing system that's perfect for solopreneurs (especially neurospicy ones!)

Like music for your ears, you'll learn:

🪄3 ways specific ways that marketing with social media may be negatively impacting your business

🪄An alternative that I recommend using instead that is FAR BETTER at helping you get the RIGHT clients and customers than social media EVER will be (and why)

🪄Why I believe THIS method of marketing is the best one to use if you're just starting an online business OVER paid ads or collaborations (And why it's EASIER and way more FUN than most people think!)

If you're DONE spending all your time on social media without much to show for it, this is the marketing skill you need to be learning instead that will give you FAR more of an advantage for a much longer time period. 💫

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄Episode #21: The Etsy SEO Tool That Separates Etsy Witches Who Make a Killing From Those Who Get Buried https://www.hexotica.com.au/learn-digital-marketing/etsy-seo-tool/

🪄Ubersuggest Keyword Research Tool (this is an affiliate link & I'll get a small tip if you use it to subscribe, yo) https://neilpateldigital.sjv.io/EE5Po9

🪄The S.W.A.N. Audit & Treasure Map: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZGM4RSSX3SYQ4

🪄The Creative & Unconventional Marketician newsletter: https://marketician.hexotica.link/

In this episode, I explore what creative abundance means and how two different approaches can help you get - so long as they both BALANCED.

I share:

🪄My personal experience feeling true creative abundance for the first time - and how it changed MY LIFE!

🪄What makes creative abundance possible for some people, while others struggle to experience it

🪄The FASTEST track to creating financial abundance in your life!

This episode is for you if you've struggled to take your BIG DREAM seriously enough to MAKE IT WORK! 🤘

Additional Things Mentioned in This Episode:

🪄The S.W.A.N. Treasure Map & custom marketing audit: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZGM4RSSX3SYQ4

🪄 The Self-Reliance Rituals self-transformation newsletter:

https://self-reliance-rituals.hexotica.link/

That spiritual visitation and the Dark Night of the Soul that she entered soon after changed her life forever.

From her early years of grief and confusion, she discovered her spiritual gift and life's mission.

Eventually, she created the thriving business and spiritual persona she has today as Madame Creatrix, Emotional Support Witch.🪄🔮

In this episode of the Hexotica podcast, I'm thrilled to introduce you to this amazing spiritual badass and share her incredible story and business journey with you!

It's packed with jaw-dropping stories as well as a focus on protection spells, including:

🪄How to create energetic boundaries & ground yourself when doomscrolling or being affected by the recent horrific news headlines, such as the Epstein Files release

🪄 Spells to make yourself invisible in protests or when traveling away from home

🪄 The specific herbs, crystals, and scripts you can use to set a protection spell intention, including a script that you can set to memory today to call your energy BACK! 💫

If the news or current political events in the world are draining your energy, this episode was meant for your ears!

Madame Creatrix is the Emotional Support Witch for your soul 🖤

Where To Find Madame Creatrix Online:

🪄Website: https://madamecreatrix.com/

🪄 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MadameCreatrix

🪄Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madamecreatrix

🪄TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@madamecreatrix

🪄Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MadameCreatrix

🪄 BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/madamecreatrix.bsky.social

In this episode, I’m breaking down 5 ways to make passive income online that actually pay you back without eating up all your time trying to keep them selling. 🪄 💸

I've created income from all 5 and can swear up and down these are the real deal - the ones you do not want to miss out on if you're doing ANYTHING online every day!

Including:

🪄The MUST-MAKE passive stream that's super easy for even the noobiest of biz noobs

🪄 How you can make money from Instagram photos of everyday things that you use at home, from your smoothie blender to the pillow you sleep on (while that money -money-money's rolling in!)😉

🪄Two slightly more advanced ways when you want to put automation + digital sales minions to work for you - around the clock! 🪄⏰

Listen to find out which ones you may have never heard about that could add thousands to your bank account this year - while you sleep!

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄Facebook Group: Marketing ForCreative & Unconventional Women & Gender Diverse - https://www.facebook.com/groups/147251312546133

🪄Marketing Software: Go High Level all-in-one-marketing platform - This is MY affiliate link - I will get a commission if you sign up, yo! But so will YOU if you become an affiliate too. 😉

https://www.gohighlevel.com/?fp_ref=hexotica27

🪄Book: The Dream 100 by Dana Derricks - https://amzn.asia/d/0f6mG2eA

🪄Newsletter: Self-Reliance Rituals -https://self-reliance-rituals.hexotica.link/

🪄 Skillshare: https://skl.sh/2Kw1AG2

🪄 Creative Market (affiliate link) https://creativemarket.com/?u=Hexotica

Whether you run a freelance biz or not, this episode is PACKED with helpful strategies and hot tips to keep you in the game longer than your competition, even if you're just getting started or you've been at it for years like I have. 🔥

We're taking on AI with creative vengeance and covering:

🪄 What's happening to the creative freelance work industry and how the value of work is changing FAST AF - and why you need to stay on top of it to survive!

🪄 The 2 classic marketing mistakes freelance service providers make that will no longer fly in the competitive AI-driven era we are fast entering

🪄How to reposition your creative freelance work for today’s market so you can stand out from both AI and your competition and make it easy for your DREAM clients to find - and hire YOU!

Listen to this episode to learn how to build, market, and future-proof your creative freelance work in a fast-changing, AI-driven market!🪄💸

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄 Join the INNER SANCTUM, Hexotica's Primary Newsletter For Actionable Tips & Advice & New Weekly podcast episodes: https://inner-sanctum.hexotica.link/

🪄🦢The SWAN Treasure Map custom marketing audit (direct payment link w/details) https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZGM4RSSX3SYQ4

🪄🦢 The SWAN MENTORING PROGRAMS: Apply for more details at: https://forms.gle/iTGmwFBn2SAWcVqK8

🪄🦢 HEXOTICA ONLINE: https://hexotica.online/

🪄 Chantal Heide ('Body Count Doesn't Matter' BADASS) YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ChantalheideCanadasDatingCoach

How do you navigate the anger, help empower people who are suffering, and make a meaningful impact with your content - WITHOUT turning off your audience by going totally off-brand?

In this episode, I'm showing you how to manage the balance between marketing your brand and sharing your political concerns. 💫

In it, I share some of the exact same strategies I used to manage multiple brands over 9 years working as a freelance social media manager, including:

🪄 Why an aligned brand messaging strategy can help you spot opportunities to not only address current political events with your brand, but do so in a way that positions YOU as a thought leader - without alienating your audience!

🪄 The difference between forgettable 'performative' political content that adds to the noise online, and memorable content that empowers people to take ACTION

🪄5 Questions to ask yourself before you post political content to ensure what you're about to put out is on-brand and will STRENGTHEN your messaging, not weaken it!

You do NOT have to stay silent about what is happening or risk your business being seen as 'not giving AF' - you can - and should - speak up if your political concerns are important enough to you.

Listen to find out how!

🪄📺WATCH This Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kB19Q5BOJsc

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄🦢 The SWAN Treasure Map custom marketing audit (direct payment link) https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZGM4RSSX3SYQ4

🪄🦢 The SWAN MENTORING PROGRAMS: Apply for more details at: https://forms.gle/iTGmwFBn2SAWcVqK8

🪄📺Episode #25: (Watch on YouTube) - I am an American Living in Australia. Here's why I DO NOT Recommend Moving Here https://youtu.be/4UlfcouBf9c?si=Wv-nYtikjyqLWC5Y

🪄📖 Book: 'Cashvertising' by Drew Eric Whitman: (Bookshop.org) https://bookshop.org/p/books/cashvertising-how-to-use-more-than-100-secrets-of-ad-agency-psychology-to-make-big-money-selling-anything-to-anyone-drew-eric-whitman/b2ccd3c5d41508ff?ean=9781601630322&next=t

🪄✍️Blog Post: The 1% Secret To becoming A Content Creator https://www.hexotica.com.au/learn-digital-marketing/becoming-a-content-creator/

🪄✍️Hexotica's blog for resources on how to start a location-independent, self-reliant AF online business: https://www.hexotica.com.au/

If you've been grinding away at your dream, but you call in a little metaphysical help now and then, this episode of the Hexotica podcast explores the as-yet unknown aspects of The Law of Attraction that you may be missing.

I go beyond the basics of manifesting to discuss advanced, nuanced ways that we show up in our businesses when we are seeking new clients and customers, including:

🪄Some of the many reasons why our manifesting efforts get blocked

🪄A manifesting 'formula' that includes 'proximity', an often overlooked magnetic power

🪄The importance of using all of our physical senses in energetic alignment

Whether at in-person networking events or online, this episode will help you go from the entrepreneur who is always grinding away for every new client and customer to the entrepreneur who attracts them magnetically with ease and flow! 💫💸

Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄The SWAN Treasure Map custom audit and consult:

https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZGM4RSSX3SYQ4

🪄 Join Hexotica's 'Money Manifesting Rituals' seasonal newsletter: https://money-manifesting-witchcraft.hexotica.link/

🪄Hexotica's blog for more that I've written about building a business, marketing, and manifesting: https://www.hexotica.com.au/

🪄Episode #1 (YouTube) Clearing Negative Energies & Manifestation Blocks Via Remote Energy Clearing With Angel Guide Sam Ritchie: https://youtu.be/rvQ-7bnlCPc

And I have a better solution for Americans who are keen to escape the current chaos of the U.S.

Including what to do for work!

So if you're an American eyeing this great country as a political refuge, but you have no idea how to make it happen or what you'd do for work, this is for you, fellow Yankee Doodle Dandy. 🤠

I'm going to share with you what I love - and hate - about Australia after living in Melbourne, Victoria, for the last 26 years.

And why you should reconsider moving here UNLESS you are willing to do one thing you may consider un-fn-thinkable.💥

In this episode, I share:

🪄How I was able to move to Australia and the 4 different ways that you can, too!

🪄What I LOVE about this country - not just generically, but through an American POV

🪄My top recommendation for what to do for work if you want to come not only to Australia - but ANYWHERE in the world!

So if you're super keen to GTFO of the US right now, don't miss this episode to find out how - and FAST! 💫

Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄 The SWAN Treasure Map custom marketing audit:

https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZGM4RSSX3SYQ4

🪄Hexotica's blog for resources on how to start a location-independent, self-reliant AF online business: https://www.hexotica.com.au/

🪄 American Expat TAX Specialist One Team Legal and Tax: www.youtube.com/@irsmedic

🪄 The SWAN AGENCY - become a freelance service provider with Christine. Apply here:

https://forms.gle/EavR6VDnRrYTGFGc8

🪄 Join the HEXOTICA AF Travel 10-email limited newsletter sequence for digital nomad IDEAS: https://travel.hexotica.link/

🪄 Follow Christine's TRAVEL Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/hexoticas_travel_diary/

Listen to this episode of the Hexotica podcast to find out what that is and why it is SO fn POWERFUL in helping you make MASSIVE changes for the better in your life.

In this episode, I share:

🪄 The big mistake many people make when trying to stick to their goals

🪄How to get into energetic alignment with your goals and habits to help make them feel natural and effortless!

🪄 A FUN self-transformation exercise I call my ''3-selves'' timeline method to help you work through this ONE thing right away - have a pen and paper ready for this one!

This ONE thing is truly the secret to bada$$ery IMHO! 🔥

Let me know what YOU think! Tag @Hexotica and share what you resolve after listening so I can find and support YOU this New Year.

Let's kick 2026's ass and make tons of money so we can collectively smash the patriarchy, what do you say? 😉

Happy New Year! 🎉

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄 Join 'The Inner Sanctum' newsletter for weekly podcast updates and alternative lifestyle education, inspiration, and Hexotica's V.I.P. offers and programs! https://inner-sanctum.hexotica.link/

🪄Book: 'Atomic Habits' by James Clear: https://amzn.asia/d/aW345QR

🪄 📺 WATCH the podcast on YouTube and comment 'HEX YEA!' so that I can find and follow YOU! 💜

Until the day their 2023 private-equity buy-out resulted in the inevitable enshitification of the site, which culminated with a new, ridiculous booking fee in late 2025.

So in this episode of Hexotica's podcast, I share an unhinged rant against TrustedHousitters, but also private equity, hyper-capitalism, the cost of living crisis (especially here in Australia), and the hunt for alternatives to Trustedhousesitters.

I cover:

🪄Why my rage is not just about the introduction of a booking fee but about something much more profound that has to do with the human need for safety - and freedom!

🪄The difference between luxury sites like Airbnb and what I call 'relief' sites based on bartering and goodwill

🪄A list of alternatives to TrustedHousesitters and the surprising advantage I've discovered with one of them!

Listen or watch this episode if you want to take back control from predatory business practices by understanding how and why they so quickly devolve after they are snapped up by private equity!

Leave a ''HEX, YEA!'' In the comments of the YouTube version, let me know who you are so I can find and support YOU online! https://youtu.be/hz4gFo_6P5M?si=Yq0UM8LzFHhPdhlA

For citations and resources mentioned in this video, check out the blog version here https://www.hexotica.com.au/digital-nomadism/alternatives-to-trustedhousesitters/

If you've been doing EVERYTHING you can think of and that Etsy experts have told you to do - but you're STILL not seeing consistent sales - then a 'marketing flywheel' may be the missing system that you need.

In this episode, I break down exactly what a 'marketing flywheel' is and how it can help you get the momentum you need to turn a sales trickle into a sales FLOW.

In this episode, I cover:

🪄What NOT to assume when your Etsy sales aren't happening and why having a 'Marketican's mindset' is important to your long-term success on Etsy!

🪄What a 'marketing flywheel' is exactly (and why it's NOT the same as a marketing sales funnel!)

🪄The three different essential stages of a marketing flywheel (with examples of each that you can immediately start using to increase your Etsy shop sales and traffic!)

Listen to this episode if you're ready to create some memorable, remarkable changes to how you do business on Etsy that can help turn it from a hobby business into one that can provide you with a life-changing, reliable source of income!

Get the FREE S.W.A.N. Transformation Marketing Strategy Guidebook, a printable 'map' to help chart your way - in fun SWASHBUCKLING PIRATE style! 🪄🦢+ ☠️

👉 https://swan.hexotica.link/

Listings get buried, algorithms punish guesswork, and some sellers can waste months working their hineys off with nothing to show for it!

Without the right up-to-date SEO strategy, even the best products can vanish into the digital nethersphere.

So in this episode of Hexotica's podcast, I share what's working with Etsy SEO, including:

🪄The brutal truth about Etsy stats (and what It takes to get sales!)

🪄3 Things savvy sellers are NOT doing that could be hurting your store's discoverability

🪄The number one Etsy SEO tool I recommend for driving traffic to your witchy shop (and why it's NOT eRank!)

Listen to this episode if you're ready to start RANKING in search results and get your Etsy sales poppin! 🎉

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

JOIN Hexotica's Inner Sanctum newsletter to get the FREE Ubersuggest training + the weekly podcast episodes delivered to your inbox! 🪄🦢

https://inner-sanctum.hexotica.link/

I’m sharing the surprisingly enjoyable, stress-free, and legit way to make money while traveling near and far.

A method so overlooked that most people don’t even realise they’re sleeping on free accommodation, easy income, AND built-in cuddles (!).

If you’re craving a financial win, a change of scenery, or just a way to escape your own house for a week… this might become your new favourite holiday ritual! (It certainly is for me)

In this episode of Hexotica's podcast, you’ll learn:

🪄Two different ways to petsit, including one option people never consider.

🪄Three tips that will help make you an in-demand sitter

🪄 Why the holiday season is the BEST possible time to petsit, - and how the demand spike can get you paid or give you a free getaway.

Listen to this episode if you feel stuck for holiday cash OR you're beating yourself up for not booking that weekend getaway you promised yourself before all the accommodation in town got snapped up! 💫

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄Trusted Housesitters: Here's an affiliate link you can use to get 25% off if you want to join this international petsitting site:

🪄 PETCLOUD: Get $10 OFF Pet Sitting with PetCloud using the code CHRISTINE7806 https://www.petcloud.com.au/referral/CHRISTINE7806

They are the EXACT SAME DAILY rituals that I've used over the years to go from HOT MESS to super self-disciplined BOSS BIATCH! 🤘

I’ll show you how to:

🪄Practical, sort-your-shiz-out advice and tips that'll help you build a solid foundation for building your dream life and business, no matter how much of a neurodivergent, overly-distracted squirrel brain you have! 🐿️

🪄Gamify TF out of your habits to more easily build self-trust, which will help motivate you - even on the days when your brain wants to do anything but work!

🪄Why you should work WITH your brain and body to make the most of each day (and why that includes a surprising amount of MID-AFTERNOON NAPS!)

If you’ve ever dreamed of creating your dream life and business and becoming a more self-disciplined, HIGHLY productive person, then this episode of the HEXOTICA podcast is for you! 🪄🦢

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄💌💫JOIN Hexotica's 'Self-Reliance Rituals' newsletter to get RITUALISTIC about transforming your life PLUS grab the 'Exotic Life Manifesto Worksheet' FREE DOWNLOAD in the first email 🎁 https://self-reliance-rituals.hexotica.link/

🪄Make weird yet ambitious friends with fellow Marketicians in Hexotica's Facebook Community: Marketing For Creative & Unconventional Women & Gender Diverse https://www.facebook.com/groups/147251312546133

🪄 Book: 'Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less' by Greg McKeown https://www.amazon.com.au/Essentialism-Disciplined-Pursuit-Greg-McKeown/dp/0804137382

🪄 Book: 'The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results: The Surprisingly Simple Truth about Extraordinary Results' by Gary Keller https://www.amazon.com.au/ONE-Thing-Surprisingly-Extraordinary-Results/dp/1885167776

🪄 PETSITTING (UNPAID): Here's an affiliate link you can use to get 25% off if you want to join Trusted Housesitters: https://www.trustedhousesitters.com/refer/RAF149893/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=refer-a-friend&utm_campaign=raf-review

🪄 PETSITTING (PAID): For all of my friends with pets, here's a link for $10 OFF Pet Sitting with PetCloud: https://www.petcloud.com.au/referral/CHRISTINE7806

So in this episode, I share what I've found out about BADASS WOMEN, including:

🪄 The two different types of confidence and why we need BOTH for true badassery

🪄 5 traits most badass women have in common and why they matter

🪄 Examples of confident, badass ways of being and thinking (like how the helll they get to where they can do just about anything and everything!)

Listen (or WATCH!) this episode if you feel stuck, but you're BURNING to evolve into the next, BADA$$ version of yourself! 🤘

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄💋 NEWSLETTER: Badass Women DGAF https://badass-women.hexotica.link/

🪄💋 BLOG POST - Badass Women And Confidence: What Have They Got That You Don't?

https://www.hexotica.com.au/alternative-lifestyles/badass-women-and-confidence-what-have-they-got-that-you-dont/

🪄💋 BLOG POST - Badass Women Don't Believe In Religion

https://www.hexotica.com.au/alternative-lifestyles/badass-women-dont-believe-in-religion/

🪄☠️Join The Marketing For Creative & Unconventional Women & Gender Diverse Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/147251312546133

No matter how old you are now, let me show you how you could ENTIRELY transform your life to become free to roam the world while you get paid.

In this episode of the HEXOTICA podcast, I share:

🪄How a break-up, a job loss, and turning 40 was the kick in the ass I needed to make my next BADASS EVOLUTION (a year I crossed off multiple life dreams!)

🪄What I did and what I did NOT do to make my location independence possible as QUICKLY as possible (I could not AFFORD to not go FAST AF!)

🪄 What I would have done differently if I could have and how I can help you not make the same mistakes!

If you're dreaming of seeing as many countries as you can before the billionaires destroy everything, this episode is for you!✨

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄🦢 MENTORING PROGRAM: Apply for details about the S.W.A.N. AGENCY 12-week mentoring program to work 1-1 with me to become a freelance service provider: https://forms.gle/EavR6VDnRrYTGFGc8

🪄✈️NEWSLETTER: Hexotic AF Travel - Digital Nomad Work Ideas & Tips: https://travel.hexotica.link/

🪄 PETSITTING (UNPAID): Here's an affiliate link you can use to get 25% off if you want to join Trusted Housesitters: https://www.trustedhousesitters.com/refer/RAF149893/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=refer-a-friend&utm_campaign=raf-review

🪄 PETSITTING (PAID): For all of my friends with pets, here's a link for $10 OFF Pet Sitting with PetCloud: https://www.petcloud.com.au/referral/CHRISTINE7806

🪄BLOG POST - EPISODE #1: What To Do When You Feel Like A Failure: A 10-Step Self-Transformation Strategy https://www.hexotica.com.au/self-transformation/what-to-do-when-you-feel-like-a-failure/

Not only will I explain the BIG difference between email marketing VS newsletters, I also share:

🪄Why you need BOTH types of email in your online biz and a breakdown of how much MONEY you could make even with a teeny-tiny list!

🪄 Hot tips for writing your broadcast emails and what to focus on when you do them (it's NOT as hard or boring as most people assume!)

🪄My best recommendations for software that can do BOTH email marketing automations + newsletters

Listen to this episode if you're ready to make 'money-while-you-sleep' MONEY! 🪄💸

Because money-making MARKETIANS know that EMAIL is where the magic happens. ✨

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄WATCH the podcast on Hexotica's YouTube channel to catch the visual illustrations here: https://www.youtube.com/@hexotica

🪄 JOIN Hexotica's primary newsletter to receive links to the weekly blog/podcast/YouTube episodes, The Inner Sanctum, in your inbox! https://inner-sanctum.hexotica.link/

🪄 Get notified of the upcoming Inbox Alchemy: Send Magic, Not Spam Mini-Class by joining The Inner Sanctum: https://inner-sanctum.hexotica.link/

🪄🌪️ Build your email list on Go High Level! (This is an affiliate link and I get a commission for your purchase if made through this link) https://www.gohighlevel.com/?fp_ref=hexotica27

In this episode, you'll learn:

🪄 The 3 tried-and-true manifestation rituals that have always worked for me - but that were slow AF

🪄 How a shocking Angel Card reading helped me clear a massive manifestation block this year

🪄 The extraordinary FAST results I manifested THE DAY AFTER practicing the 4 manifestation rituals I share with you here - and why one was above all the great amplifier!

So if you're running low on cash and patience, and especially if you're an online content creator or solopreneur, this episode is for you.✨

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄 Join the 'Money Manifesting Rituals' seasonal newsletter: https://money-manifesting-witchcraft.hexotica.link/

🪄Episode #1 (YouTube) What To Do When You Feel Like A Failure: A 10-Step Self-Transformation Strategy; https://youtu.be/CJCitQ9Fbg8?si=hYxjUmHpe-TAhK_j

🪄Episode #1 (YouTube) Clearing Negative Energies & Manifestation Blocks Via Remote Energy Clearing With Angel Guide Sam Ritchie: https://youtu.be/rvQ-7bnlCPc

🪄Episode #14 (YouTube) Channel Your Online Rage, Witch! Learn How to Transmute Energy into Manifestation Power: https://youtu.be/KewAGySOxco?si=RFKaWa6DQpRjRdOp

Learn how to channel your rage instead of reacting, how to transmute your energy into influence, and how to turn calm confidence into the ultimate manifestation power!💫

In this episode, you'll learn:

🪄 What 'transmute energy' means and why knowing how to do it can transform your entire LIFE!

🪄 How not protecting your energy when you go online can impact your physical and mental health and reduce your ability to manifest money and success

🪄 A simple but powerful 5-step practice to transmute negative energy into positive energy online

If you'd like to show up online with troll-proof calm and create a magnetic, unforgettable, POSITIVE impact with your business while AMPLIFYING your ability to manifest, this episode will show you how! ✨

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄🔮Join the 'Money Manifesting Witchcraft' 10-email seasonal newsletter: https://money-manifesting-witchcraft.hexotica.link/

Learn how to create demand for your offers in this episode of hexotica's podcast, including:

🪄Why EVERY piece of content you create CAN (and should!) be a part of your overall sales process

🪄 The difference between copywriting and sales messaging and why you need both

🪄 A sales message example (and surprise!)

If you want to start growing an audience of BUYERS, not just followers, don't miss this episode!💫

Additional Things Mentioned In this Episode:

• Go High Level (This is my affiliate link, and if you use it to purchase the software, I will receive a commission) https://www.gohighlevel.com/?fp_ref=vemnu
• ManyChat https://manychat.com/
• Dubsado (affiliate link) https://www.dubsado.com/?c=crc
• Hexotica's Facebook Community: Marketing For Creative & Unconventional Women & Gender Diverse https://www.facebook.com/groups/147251312546133
• FREE DOWNLOAD: The SWAN Transformation Marketing Strategy Guidebook https://swan.hexotica.link/thank-you
• Join The SWAN Academy - Get mentored by Christine! https://tr.ee/snXirJ7uVG

And if it DOES work, why the hell isn't everyone who believes in it not MILLIONAIRES living in mansions already??

RIGHT??

In the episode of Hexotica's podcast, I break it down for you in 5 expletive-filled lessons. ⚡

Not only will you gain a clear idea about what the Law of Attraction is and is not, you'll understand what the SECRET SAUCE is to making magic happen, which is the part I only recently figured out myself.

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

Money Manifesting Witchcraft seasonal, 10-email newsletter 🪄🔮

https://money-manifesting-witchcraft.hexotica.link/

Listen to this episode if you grew up in the suburbs and only enjoyed going to Bible school because of the craft projects. 🤘

Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄🦢 The SWAN Transformation Marketing Strategy Guidebook: my FREE printable guide to start and grow your online business + get into 'The Inner Sanctum,' Hexotica's primary newsletter. 👇

https://swan.hexotica.link/

And if you just happen to have the bad luck of moving into a home haunted by this spiritual energy, it could be quietly sabotaging your ability to manifest money, sell your home, or simply feel at ease! 🤯

Don’t miss this fascinating interview with Sam Ritchie, Angel Guide, unique oracle card reader, and space clearing specialist.

Hear how she grew up thinking that sensing spirits was totally normal, and later started clearing negative energies from homes and businesses as a service.

You’ll discover:

🪄 Why living in fear and anger could be blocking the flow of money, peace, and calm in your home or business

🪄 How Sam’s clearings have helped clients sleep better, lose weight, sell homes, remove persistent bad smells, and even soothe anxious, strangely disturbed pets

🪄 The specific daily protection rituals Sam uses to keep negative spirits at bay, and how you can use simple practices to shield yourself.

And most importantly, we talk about the power of listening to your inner intuitive guidance, living and acting in service of the greatest good of all, and staying hopeful even when the outer world feels chaotic.

Book Sam's services at: https://www.samangelguide.com

Follow her on social media: https://linktr.ee/samangelguide

Buy her book, 'Echoes Within Walls' https://local-legend.co.uk/echoes-within-walls/

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

Sam's Spiritual Protection Meditation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Vl0RFIzvXAw?si=uuN9uFgTedW2LoAD

In this episode of Hexotica's podcast, I cover the essential organic traffic strategy that I MOST recommend for new online business owners to learn as soon as they launch their witchy websites and BEFORE they start either social media or content marketing.

You'll learn:

🪄What an organic traffic strategy is and how it has evolved since the arrival of AI

🪄How an Instagram update in July 2025 has completely transformed the 'shelf life' of content posted there

🪄 The battle for the digital ''throne'' that a close friend of mine fought to build his 6-figure business without ever running paid ads or doing much on social media!

Listen to this episode if you want to get ahead of your competition and help your audience find YOU online! 🤘

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄 🔮 Digital Search Alchemy Mini-Course: Keywords 101 Mini-Course:

https://hexotica.online/seo-keyword-research-mini-course

🪄🦢 Apply for my SWAN Academy 4-week 1-on-1 mentoring program:

https://hexotica.online/the-swan-academy

Most software subscription costs keep going up and up as your business grows.

But if you want those costs to go DOWN each month, then listen up, cygnet, this episode is for you.

I'm going to share with you how to build a money-making website like a Marketician.🪄💸

You'll learn:

• 🪄How to choose the RIGHT kind of software to build a money-making website
• 🪄My top 6 software recommendations and experiences using different ones
• 🪄The 2 essential things you need to turn your website into a virtual CASH DISPENSER!

Listen to this episode if you are SERIOUS about building an online empire that will generate revenue for you for years to come.

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

BLOG POST: 🔗 5 Steps in Digital Marketing Explained Without Technobabble - https://www.hexotica.com.au/learn-digital-marketing/steps-in-digital-marketing/

SEO Keywords 101 Mini-Course:

https://hexotica.online/seo-keyword-research-mini-course

🪄Level Up Your Day: The Time-Hack Toolkit Mini-Course:

https://hexotica.online/time-hack-toolkit-mini-course

🪄🎁 Download my FREE printable SWAN Transformation Marketing Strategy Guidebook to learn all the things you need to do to start and grow your online business in step-by-step, chronological order (with PIRATES!) 🪄🦢+ ☠️

https://swan.hexotica.link/

🪄💌 When you download the guidebook, you'll also be added to 'The Inner Sanctum', Hexotica’s weekly newsletter, and your front-row seat to every new podcast episode.

https://swan.hexotica.link/

🪄🦢 Enroll in a SWAN Mentoring program on HEXOTICA.online: https://hexotica.online/

🪄🌪️ Build your witchy business on Go High Level! (This is an affiliate link and I get a commission for your purchase if made through this link) https://www.gohighlevel.com/?fp_ref=hexotica27

You'll learn:

• 🪄How to choose a marketing niche that is in alignment with YOU
• 🪄The risks of choosing a niche that is TOO NARROW - and how to tell if it is
• 🪄The risks of choosing a niche that is TOO WIDE - and how to tell
• 🪄A quick 10-step pathway to working out what niche might suit your creative interests best!

And juiciest of all, how to STAND OUT in a saturated niche! 🔥

I promise you that you're going to LOVE what you hear about niches if you're a creative person who has been wracking her brain over what niche to choose. 💥

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄🦢 Enroll in a SWAN Mentoring program on HEXOTICA.online: https://hexotica.online/

🪄🎁 Download my FREE printable SWAN Transformation Marketing Strategy Guidebook to learn all the things you need to do to start and grow your online business in step-by-step, chronological order (with PIRATES!) 🪄🦢+ ☠️

https://swan.hexotica.link/

Book: 🪄📖 'Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable' by Seth Godin

Book: 🪄📖 'The Signs: The New Science of How to Trust Your Instincts' by Tara Swart

Alternative & Gothic Online Clothing Shop in Australia - Berserk - https://www.beserk.com.au/

I share 3 ADHD-friendly time management strategies that will help you wrestle back control (without boring productivity hacks that make you allergic to following a schedule!) I cover:

• Why most people don't have a time shortage problem; they've got a time MANAGEMENT and value alignment problem.
• How to flip the script from “finding time” to CREATING time so that you actually prioritize your own needs and desires (including your BIG DREAM!).
• Why building self-trust is the most important aspect of being self-disciplined and being productive.
• How a gamified, time-blocked schedule can protect and expand your daily sense of FREEDOM while making self-discipline FUN! If you dream of becoming a more self-disciplined person, this episode will help you get started!✨

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄 SEO Keyword Research Mini-Course:

https://hexotica.online/seo-keyword-research-mini-course

🪄Level Up Your Day: The Time-Hack Toolkit Mini-Course:

https://hexotica.online/time-hack-toolkit-mini-course

🪄🎁 Download my FREE printable SWAN Transformation Marketing Strategy Guidebook to learn all the things you need to do to start and grow your online business in step-by-step, chronological order (with PIRATES!) 🪄🦢+ ☠️

https://swan.hexotica.link/

🪄🦢 Enroll in a SWAN Mentoring program on HEXOTICA.online:

https://hexotica.online/

A single moment that helps you learn how to go after the life you want...

And start taking up space!

In this episode, I share 3 deeply personal experiences that permanently changed the direction of my thinking and my habits in an instant.

And helped me stop playing small.

Three moments of clarity that I experienced at three different times in my life that helped me massively shift my confidence forward for good!

These experiences include:

1. The moment I realized that my WORST personality trait wasn't permanent - that it was a CHOICE
2. When I learned how to switch my focus from feeling like a victim to becoming a leader
3. That my concept of self-discipline and feeling free was actually LIMITING my freedom!

Listen to this episode if you're ready to stop playing small, start taking up space, and gain the confidence you need to live the alternative lifestyle of your dreams! 🪄💫

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

Book: 'Atomic Habits' by James Clear: https://www.amazon.com.au/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299

JOIN Hexotica's 'Badass Women Don't Give AF' 10-email limited themed newsletter: 🪄☠️

https://badass-women.hexotica.link/

In this episode, I reveal a few rarely talked about things that I know from 16 years of experience that'll save you days, if not MONTHS of your time.🪄⏰

In this episode, you'll learn:

🪄What you DON’T need to waste time or money on to get started

🪄What to invest in early on that’ll spare your future self a lot of headaches

🪄The essential foundations, systems, and workflows of business you'll need to build, including how to work with data and people.

Ready to stop playing business dress-up and actually start making money your own deliciously weird way?

Download my FREE SWAN Transformation Marketing Strategy Guidebook — your no-fluff, step-by-step roadmap to creating and growing an online business in chronological order. 👇

https://swan.hexotica.link/

Discover how to ''craft'' the RIGHT business for your SELF-RELIANT AF alternative lifestyle without burning out or wasting time!

In this episode, you'll learn:

🪄 Why most creatives waste time chasing income ideas that don’t fit their lives

🪄 How to avoid the “shiny object syndrome” and start with the right biz + marketing models for you

🪄 What to look for when you hire a business coach or mentor to help you gain clarity on the right business + marketing model to suit your current and future lifestyle.

If you're dreaming of a more self-reliant AF lifestyle, this episode is your starting point.✨

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄🦢 Enroll in a SWAN Mentoring program on HEXOTICA.online: https://hexotica.online/

(Contact me directly for the SWAN Executive, Agency, & Vault)

🪄🎁 Download my FREE printable SWAN Transformation Marketing Strategy Guidebook to learn all the things you need to do to start and grow your online business in step-by-step, chronological order (with PIRATES!)

🪄🦢+ ☠️ https://swan.hexotica.link/

🪄💌 When you download the guidebook, you'll also be added to 'The Inner Sanctum', Hexotica’s weekly newsletter, and your front-row seat to every new podcast episode. https://swan.hexotica.link/

🪄 💫 Book a Clarity Kickstart Session with Christine: https://hexotica.online/contact

Discover how lack of clarity—NOT having too much to do—is the real root of feelings of overwhelm.

Listen to this episode to learn how an identity-based strategy and focused marketing systems can help you reclaim your time, energy, and sanity. 🪄💫

I also share one requirement to being able to act on clarity, and three practical ways of clearing overwhelm on a day-to-day basis.

You'll be able to use these strategies in both your life and in your creative business.

🎁 Download my FREE printable SWAN Transformation Marketing Strategy Guidebook to learn all the things you need to do to start and grow your online business in step-by-step, chronological order (with PIRATES!) 🪄🦢+ ☠️

https://swan.hexotica.link/

When you download the guidebook, you'll also be added to The Inner Sanctum, Hexotica’s weekly newsletter, and your front-row seat to every new podcast episode. 🪄💌💫

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

Blog Post: '365 Day Social Media Content Calendar Templates'

https://www.hexotica.com.au/learn-digital-marketing/365-day-social-media-content-calendar-templates/

Book: Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire by Dan Martell https://www.amazon.com.au/Buy-Back-Your-Time-Unstuck-ebook/dp/B09Y55GLXJ

Book: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown https://www.amazon.com.au/Essentialism-Disciplined-Pursuit-Greg-McKeown/dp/0804137382

Book: The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results: The Surprisingly Simple Truth about Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller

https://www.amazon.com.au/ONE-Thing-Surprisingly-Extraordinary-Results/dp/1885167776

Poem Reading: All The Way - a Charles Bukowski Poem

https://youtu.be/k6_QUhUPrF4?si=k8izWd5Iciaey4_x

In this episode of the Hexotica Podcast, you'll learn what to do when you feel like a failure, why your brain keeps replaying past mistakes, and how to rebuild your confidence one practical step at a time.

I'm sharing the 10 mindset shifts and practical strategies that helped me move from feeling completely stuck to intentionally creating a life of freedom and purpose. As an unconventional, neurodivergent Gen X creative, I know how easy it is to believe you're falling behind—but you don't have to stay there.

In this episode you'll discover:

🪄 How to clear the mental fog that's destroying your clarity

🪄 Why status anxiety keeps you feeling like a failure

🪄 How to stop procrastinating and rebuild self-belief

🪄 Simple actions you can take today to regain momentum

🪄 How to start creating a life of time, location, and financial freedom on your own terms

If you're wondering what to do when you feel like a failure, this episode will help you interrupt the shame spiral, challenge the stories holding you back, and start moving forward with confidence!

Ready to ditch the shame spiral and step into your Hexotic life of time, location, and financial freedom?

🎁 Download my FREE printable SWAN Transformation Marketing Strategy Guidebook to learn all the things you need to do to start and grow your online business in step-by-step, chronological order (with PIRATES!) 🪄🦢+ ☠️

https://swan.hexotica.link/

When you download the guidebook, you'll also be added to 'The Inner Sanctum', Hexotica’s weekly newsletter, and your front-row seat to every new podcast episode. 🪄💌💫

Additional Things Mentioned In This Episode:

🪄 Brené Brown's epic TED Talk on The Power of Vulnerability about how we deal with shame and self-forgiveness: https://youtu.be/iCvmsMzlF7o?si=DPjr5m-ZZ_coT3u0

🪄 Blog Post: My ‘Exotic Life’ Manifesto And How it Helps Me Outgrow Impostor Syndrome: https://www.hexotica.com.au/self-transformation/life-manifesto/

Hosted by Christine Rice, Hexotica’s founder, digital biz mentor, and unapologetic laksa addict, this show is part business strategy, part mindset alchemy, and part “wtf-am-I-doing-with-my-life” pep talk.🎉

In this welcome + intro episode, Christine shares:

• Why this podcast is basically a love letter to every unconventional creative who’s ever felt “too much” or “not enough.”🪄💌
• Why she created Hexotica, who it’s really for (hint: probably you), and how to stop playing small when your dreams are massive.

And how she hopes Hexotica can help you:

• Turn ugly-duckling fears and impostor syndrome into unapologetic bada$ery
• Launch a digital business without a meltdown
• Craft passive income streams that don’t make you want to scream
• Build a location-free lifestyle so you can work from a tent/van/haunted castle
• Market your weird magic with absolute confidence (and a little swearing!) 🖤

New episodes drop weekly.

Subscribe to The Inner Sanctum newsletter to get new episodes directly in your inbox and learn how to craft a self-reliant AF HEXOTIC alternative lifestyle👇

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