Jacinta Barbagallo is a qualified Nutritionist that specialises in skin and women’s health. Having built a thriving online clinic called Orenda Women’s Health, she shares her experience growing from solopreneur to having a team. Along with supporting clients, Jacinta also educates skin therapists about the intricacies of skin health from the inside out.

In this episode, Jacinta shares:

• Her transition from working as a Sales Manager at a supplement company to going full time in her own business.
• Practicing out of her brother’s gym doing nutrition consultations.
• Working at a skin clinic and finding her passion for skin health.
• Running her practice while working 4 days at her job.
• Letting things go along the way.
• Transitioning from work to full time in her own business.
• Staying in your own lane and not focusing on other people’s journey.
• Adopting the mindset of it having no choice but to be successful.
• Asking herself ‘what would the future version of my clinic need?’.
• All about building a referral system with skin clinics and other modalities.
• Why you don’t have to have everything perfect before you start.
• The importance of building rapport with your clients.
• Educating patients and helping them understand why things are happening for them.
• Using the right language to improve client retention rates.
• The benefit of talking your client through the process and how your approach will help them.
• Going from having no social media or website to having an online presence.
• Creating her course ‘Advanced Acne Training’ for skin therapists, which led to passive income and also building her referral network.
• Speaking to a marketing consultant about how you can optimise different funnels in your business.
• Setting up your brand, your content pillars and offerings.
• Reaching a larger audience through social media.
• Introducing discovery calls.
• Hiring a patient advocate and clinic manager and how this has helped grow her business.
• Our collaboration on ‘Healthy Skin From Within: The Acne Edition’, a 6-week educational program with a 6 week meal plan.
• Going from a solopreneur to growing a team.
• Recognising where your strengths and weaknesses are and working in accordance with those.
• Her recommendation for growing your own online clinic.
• Why having a niche is important.
• Working on your personal things to ensure they don’t get in the way of your business.
• And so much more!

Learn more about Jacinta via her website https://orendawomenshealth.com.au/ and follow her instagram @orendawomenshealth.

Jacinta also has her own podcast, Periods, Poos and Pimples. Head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify to listen.

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