The Small Business Big Marketing Show | Insanely Effective Marketing Ideas

Kate Morris was selling make-up at the Clarins counter in a large department store. It was there she identified a rather large gap in the market. She filled that gap with a business called Adore Beauty - laying the foundation for Australia’s largest online retailer of beauty products.   We cover a lot of ground as Kate explains: How she’s built this empire Why she sold part of it to Australia’s biggest supermarket brand, then bought it back again Why opening a bricks and mortar store was the wrong move Why ensuring the Adore Beauty brand doesn’t shine to bright   Here’s what caught my attention from chatting with Kate Morris of Adore Beauty: What do we want to be in the lives of our customers? This is a great question to ask as you plan your marketing strategy. Have the courage to fail. I hear this time and time again from successful business owners. The failures are where the lessons live. Just fail quickly and move on! Having a full time blogger on staff. Great writers don’t come cheaply, so this i