Building Community, Online and Beyond, with Sophie Hansen

Things we talk about in this episode:

• How Sophie built her online business from a personal blog
• Life in rural Australia - farming, drought and lots of long drives!
• Writing her book, A Basket By the Door, and teaching herself photography
• The power of Instagram for rural producers and product based businesses - especially when you're geographically isolated
• Finding the beauty in the mundane
• Why there's space for everyone on the internet, and how to find yours
• Why you need to 'put your shoes by the door'
• The power of workshops for bringing people together
• Starting her new podcast series

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Poignant Presents from M.O.S.S, plus Syreeta and Rob's online store
• Sophie's instagram @locallovely
• Sophie's blog local is lovely
• Sophie's book A Basket by the Door
• Sophie's podcast/workshop/ecourse My Open Kitchen
• Tessa Kiros, Amiko Davies, Luisa Brimble, Beth Kirby
• Dispatch to a Friend podcast
• Hashtag Authentic Ep 74 with Annabelle Hickson (Dispatch from a Friend)
• My book on photography and Instagram, Hashtag Authentic
• My Instagram
• My Twitter
• My monthly Hashtag Newsletter for Instagram

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