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