Make It Happen with Iyia Liu
Join entrepreneur Iyia Liu delve into all things business, money, marketing and life. If you are wanting to up-skill your business knowledge or just needing some motivation on your life and career journey you are in the right place. Whatever it is that you want out of life, let’s Make It Happen for you.
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Found Your Manufacturer? Here’s What Happens Next | Guest: TK Wang - Epic Sourcing (Part 2)
<p>Finding the right manufacturer is one thing. Making sure they actually deliver the product you agreed on is another.</p> <p>In Part 2 of our manufacturing series, we sit down with TK Wang, founder of Epic Sourcing, to walk through what happens after you’ve found your supplier - from briefing the factory and developing samples to production, quality checks and shipping your finished product to New Zealand.</p> <p>We get into how to give your manufacturer a clear product brief, manage sample revisions, approve a golden sample and make sure the final production run matches what you si...
How to Build a Business to $20K/Month: My 5-Step System
<p >At 22, I went from a minimum wage to Making $300,247 in a single month from my first business.</p> <p >I had no business experience, no connections, and no big bank of savings behind me. Just $6,000 in my account and absolutely no idea what I was doing.</p> <p >In this episode, I'm breaking down the five phases I've used to start and scale every business I've built - from finding an opportunity people will actually pay for, to launching, landing your first sales and eventually building towards consistent $20K months.</p> <p >I'm getting into why your idea doesn't...
How to Run Paid Ads That Actually Convert | Guest: Roi Wilkey - Burst Digital
<p>Spent money on ads and got nothing back? Here’s what you’re getting wrong.</p> <p>In this episode of Make It Happen, we sit down with Roi Wilkey from Burst Digital, who has helped generate more than $150 million in revenue for businesses, to break down what actually makes Meta ads convert.</p> <p>We get into how much you should spend on Facebook and Instagram ads, why you should stop boosting posts, how to test your creative and why the ads that look least like ads often perform best.</p> <p> We also cover retargeting, customer psychology, email...
5 Business Models Thriving In 2026 (Digital Products, E-Commerce, Coaching & More)
<p>Think all the good business ideas are already taken? They’re not - you just need to choose the right business model for where you’re starting from.</p> <p>In this episode, Producer Holli and I break down five business models I think have some of the biggest opportunities in 2026: digital products, service-based subscriptions, events and communities, consulting and coaching, and e-commerce.</p> <p>We get into how to turn knowledge you already have into something you can sell, why subscriptions can be so powerful for service businesses and how niching down can make you the obvious choice in c...
How to Find a Manufacturer You Can Actually Trust | Guest: TK Wang - Epic Sourcing
<p>Finding a manufacturer in China is easy. Finding one you can actually trust is the hard part.</p> <p>In this episode of Make It Happen, we sit down with TK Wang, founder of Epic Sourcing, who has spent more than a decade helping businesses source and manufacture products in China.</p> <p>We get into how to tell whether you’re dealing with a genuine manufacturer or a middleman, the red flags to look for on Alibaba and why TK recommends getting suppliers on a video call before you place an order.</p> <p>TK also walks us th...
Kim Crossman: How Motherhood Led Her to Reinvent Her Career & Start a Business
<p>Kim Crossman has spent more than 20 years building a career in entertainment... but becoming a mum has changed everything.</p> <p>In this episode of Make It Happen, we sit down with Kim to talk about what happens when the career you’ve spent decades building suddenly isn’t the only thing defining your future.</p> <p>We talk about the uncertainty of an industry where your next job is never guaranteed, learning to back yourself through change, and how becoming a mum to Coco led Kim to rethink what she wanted her next chapter to look like.</p> <p>Ki...
9 Habits That Build Real Wealth (Not Just Make You Look Rich)
<p>Most people think building wealth is about earning more. But what you do with your money matters just as much as how much you make.</p> <p>In this episode I’m sharing my 9 money habits that have shaped how I’ve built my wealth and how I think about money altogether.</p> <p>I’ve learned that looking wealthy and being wealthy are two very different things. From refusing to spend $20 on a drink while owning a $300,000 G-Wagon, to realising that chasing more money was costing me friendships - these are the lessons I wish I’d learned sooner.<...
How One Post Made $3.3M (Questions I've Never Answered)
<p>I’ve built and sold multi-million-dollar businesses. But no one’s ever asked me these questions.</p> <p>In this episode, Podcast Producer Holli steps out from behind the scenes to turn the mic on me - asking me the unfiltered questions no one’s ever asked.</p> <p>From paying $300,000 for Kylie Jenner to promote my shapewear brand, to selling the business for $3.3 million, navigating the public fallout of Celebration Box, breaking into supermarket shelves with Brewe, and now helping more than 4,000 entrepreneurs across New Zealand and Australia through Make It Happen - this is the side of busine...
I lost 40kg and Kept It Off — The Psychology Behind Lasting Change | Guest: Brittany McNabb
<p>You are intelligent. You know what to do… so why can’t you make yourself do it?</p> <p>In this episode I explore why weight loss and business burnout have far less to do with motivation than most people believe.</p> <p>I sat down with Brittany McNabb from Mind, Body, Britt - who lost over 40kg, built a successful personal training business and now helps thousands of women transform not only their bodies but the way they think. With a background in psychotherapy, she explains why willpower isn't the problem - and what actually is.</p> <p>We u...
Instagram Just Killed Likes: Here's What Actually Matters Now
<p>If your Instagram content isn’t performing like it used to, your strategy might need to change.</p> <p>In this episode, I’m breaking down the Instagram metrics I’m paying attention to right now and what they can tell you about why some content gets pushed while other posts disappear.</p> <p>I get into six factors that can influence your reach, why the first second of your content matters so much and the mistakes that could be causing people to scroll before you’ve even had a chance to get your message across.</p> <p>I also sha...
