Home Podcasts The Business Fondle
The Business Fondle

The Business Fondle

Professional Babe 177 Episodes Nov 4, 2026

Welcome to The Business Fondle, a bold business podcast for entrepreneurs and business owners, hosted by Peta Serras, also known as the Professional Babe. The show takes a relaxed, conversational approach to getting your business going, encouraging listeners to pour a drink and get comfortable while diving into practical business advice. With a cheeky, unapologetic style, it aims to make business topics more accessible and enjoyable for independent operators.

Episodes

187. LONG FORM CONTENT IS BACK — AND HERE'S WHO SHOULD BE NERVOUS
187. LONG FORM CONTENT IS BACK — AND HERE'S WHO SHOULD BE NERVOUS Nov 4, 2026 2405 Long-form content is making a comeback, and I think some of you should be a little fuqing nervous.We've spent years being told how to go viral, create content in 15 minutes, make six figures from a shitty Reel and do the absolute bare minimum for maximum financial reward. And somewhere along the way, I think we've forgotten the rather important part of being really fucking good at what w
186. WHY WAITING FOR PROOF IS KEEPING YOU STUCK
186. WHY WAITING FOR PROOF IS KEEPING YOU STUCK Oct 27, 2026 1397 Doing all the work and still not seeing results? Your success might be compounding behind the scenes. Here’s how to stop waiting and go get it.If you’re feeling stuck in business, watching everyone else run rings around you while your effort doesn’t seem to match your outcomes, this one’s for you.Key Topics Covered:Why stressing about getting older is really stress about time passing without growt
185. HOW TO KNOW IF YOUR BUSINESS IS GROWING (EVEN IF REVENUE ISN'T)
185. HOW TO KNOW IF YOUR BUSINESS IS GROWING (EVEN IF REVENUE ISN'T) Oct 20, 2026 3063 Working your ass off but the revenue isn't moving? You might not be stuck, you might be in a business recomposition.In fitness, a body recomp means losing fat and gaining muscle while the scale barely moves. Business works the same way and here's a 7-point business audit for scoring the parts of your business that are quietly getting stronger, plus the ones that need a defibrillator.Key
184. GUESS WHAT, BITCH? I'M WRITING MY BOOK
184. GUESS WHAT, BITCH? I'M WRITING MY BOOK Oct 15, 2026 1574 GUESS WHAT, BITCH? I'M WRITING MY BOOK!!!!! This feels long overdue and something I have desired for a long time. I was getting overwhelmed by the process, not realising I have already written my book in my entire body of work out there. Maybe you have too?Key Topics Covered:Why your first draft may already exist in content you've publishedWhat a 2022 email taught Peta about work with re
183. EVERY ENTREPRENEUR YOU LOVE HAS A CREATIVE PROCESS (EXCEPT YOU)
183. EVERY ENTREPRENEUR YOU LOVE HAS A CREATIVE PROCESS (EXCEPT YOU) Oct 6, 2026 1909 No ideas, no direction, and buying other people's certainty? You don't have a content problem. You have a creative process problem.Entrepreneurship is one of the most creative things you can do, but most of us treat content as "I haven't posted, what can I sell?" In this episode of The Business Fondle, I take you through my own creative process, the one behind my podcast,
182. GET RICH, GET HOT, GET EVERYTHING (END OF YEAR GAMEPLAN)
182. GET RICH, GET HOT, GET EVERYTHING (END OF YEAR GAMEPLAN) Sep 29, 2026 1947 You don't need a new year or a Monday — YOU are the fresh start. And here's how to make the last 100 days of the years count.This episode is your end-of-year business plan: decide the future you want, raise your standards and do the boring daily action that gets you there. I covers visual anchors and vision boards, why annoyance tells you which standards need levelling up, and why buildi
181. GET OVER IT, BITCH: REMINDERS ON CLIENTS, PRICING, AND YOUR IMPACT
181. GET OVER IT, BITCH: REMINDERS ON CLIENTS, PRICING, AND YOUR IMPACT Sep 22, 2026 1578 What if the thing that annoys you most about your clients is actually the exact thing they're paying you for?In this episode, I breaks down three reminders every service provider needs: how to recognise when you've outgrown your current client base, why your next price increase is less about deliverables and more about identity, and why you'll only ever see 2% of the real impact you
180. THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE WITH CHLOE FORD
180. THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE WITH CHLOE FORD Sep 15, 2026 4261 Why are you taking life advice from the friend who's never had to live in your body?I sits down with health, fitness and business strategist Chloe Ford for an unfiltered chat about raising your standards, why "enabling friends" keep you stuck, and the difference between reading about personal development and actually doing it. They get into discipline versus hustle culture, why B-pl
179. GIVE YOURSELF EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER WANTED
179. GIVE YOURSELF EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER WANTED Sep 8, 2026 1763 You don't become a new person the day the money hits your account — you become more of who you already were, one purchase and one decision at a time.In this episode I unpack why entrepreneurship really is the ultimate personal development tool — because it gives you the funds, time and safety to finally become the person you were always meant to be. I trace it back to my teenage self reading
178. SELF-BELIEF IS THE REAL GROWTH STRATEGY (I CRIED RECORDING THIS)
178. SELF-BELIEF IS THE REAL GROWTH STRATEGY (I CRIED RECORDING THIS) Sep 1, 2026 1992 In this deeply personal birthday episode, I get real about the last five years of Professional Babe — the same hotel room where I shot my original branding photos, the financial milestones, and the mindset work that got me here and why self-belief is the real constant behind every result I've had.Key Topics Covered:Why self-belief is the real growth strategyThe money mindset shift behind payi
177. GREAT WORK NEEDS CLIENTS GOOD ENOUGH TO SHOW IT OFF (CONTROVERSIAL AND I'M GOING THERE)
177. GREAT WORK NEEDS CLIENTS GOOD ENOUGH TO SHOW IT OFF (CONTROVERSIAL AND I'M GOING THERE) Aug 25, 2026 1982 You can be the best in the room and still look average — if the people you're working with won't rise to meet you.This episode is about the client calibre problem nobody wants to name. If you're an expert who feels flat, uninspired, or like you're dragging people across the line, the issue probably isn't your skill — it's that your work can't be expressed in its
176. HOW TO SELL EXPENSIVE THINGS
176. HOW TO SELL EXPENSIVE THINGS Aug 17, 2026 2212 The strategy and the mindset behind selling premium offers — and why being called expensive should be a compliment.Most people lead with their cheapest offer and wonder why high-ticket sales feel impossible. This episode breaks down exactly how to build, position and sell expensive offers — from restructuring your offer suite and making your premium service the hero product, to the mindset work th

Recommended