On this episode Clare, Kate, Darren, Pete and *special guest and show sponsor* Kate Hollingsworth talk about stress.

Obviously, stress and it's effects are no laughing matter - and the group talk about the stressful moments they've had as business owners - whilst still looking for the lighter side of coping with stress.

They talk about:

 - is being a business owner a stressful thing? If so, does it ever end?

 - How do you cope with stress; face it head on and absorb it?

 - Why you should 'trust the process'

As always, there's plenty in here to make you smile, but also plenty of advice that you can take onto your own business journey.

If you're feeling stressed and its adversely affecting your business and personal life there are resources:

https://www.nhs.uk/every-mind-matters/mental-health-issues/stress/?WT.mc_id=Stress&gclid=CjwKCAjw-rOaBhA9EiwAUkLV4jbxjtzBBc7h4pS5PNw3s1aLzF4oHhyg7oRmpgJiZeISVHted6b6KRoCbAkQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds#support

 

Can you keep a secret? Four business owners with over 30 years collective experience under their belts share the capers and triumphs of running a small business and how they now avoid perilous customer chaos and pitfalls. #chitchat #business #fun   Follow the podcast on:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/FunnyTCalledB   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnythingcalledbusiness/   Facebook: www.facebook.com/funnythingcalledbusiness   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBKF9jagHxm4Jsx-pPy0miQ?view_as=subscriber   Clare Whalley can be found here: https://meta4coaching.co.uk   Darren Langley can be found here: https://www.darrenlangley.com   Kate Curry can be found here: https://www.currydesignstudio.co.uk   Pete Morgan can be found here: www.monkeypantsproductions.co.uk   Kate Hollingsworth can be found here: linkedin.com/in/kate-hollingsworth

In this episode Clare, Darren, Kate & Pete talk about the thin line that all business owners have to walk along - the work / life balance.

What are some of the challenges in trying to achieve it?

Can you ever really switch off from your business?

What's the best place to have a home office?

What's the ONE thing that all business owners should be doing to try and achieve a good work / life balance?

 

All of these questions - and so much more - will be answered right here. Plus, as always, there'll be some laughs along the way!

 

Can you keep a secret? Four business owners with over 30 years collective experience under their belts share the capers and triumphs of running a small business and how they now avoid perilous customer chaos and pitfalls. #chitchat #business #fun   Follow the podcast on:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/FunnyTCalledB   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnythingcalledbusiness/   Facebook: www.facebook.com/funnythingcalledbusiness   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBKF9jagHxm4Jsx-pPy0miQ?view_as=subscriber   Clare Whalley can be found here: https://meta4coaching.co.uk   Darren Langley can be found here: https://www.darrenlangley.com   Kate Curry can be found here: https://www.currydesignstudio.co.uk   Pete Morgan can be found here: www.monkeypantsproductions.co.uk

In this episode we look back at just how far we've come in 2022, with excerpts from the episodes on Tax, Visibility, Exhibiting, Presentations, Campaigns, Pet Hates and Launching.

If you've ever wondered if anyone is going through what you're going through as a business owners, listen in and know that you're not on your own!

This episode is sponsored by Kate Hollingsworth Photography:

https://katehollingsworth.co.uk

 

Can you keep a secret? Four business owners with over 30 years collective experience under their belts share the capers and triumphs of running a small business and how they now avoid perilous customer chaos and pitfalls. #chitchat #business #fun   Follow the podcast on:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/FunnyTCalledB   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnythingcalledbusiness/   Facebook: www.facebook.com/funnythingcalledbusiness   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBKF9jagHxm4Jsx-pPy0miQ?view_as=subscriber   Clare Whalley can be found here: https://meta4coaching.co.uk   Darren Langley can be found here: https://www.darrenlangley.com   Kate Curry can be found here: https://www.currydesignstudio.co.uk   Pete Morgan can be found here: www.monkeypantsproductions.co.uk

In this episode Clare, along with Darren, Kate, Pete and special guest Kate Hollingsworth, talk about visibility.

 

 - What does visibility mean when it comes to your business?

 - Is there a RIGHT and WRONG way to be visible?

 - What do the group see as the biggest challenge?

 - And which one of them wants to just 'Let It All Hang Out'

 

As always, there is a lot of value in this episode - but also plenty to laugh at too!

Remember - as a business owner, you're not alone!

 

Can you keep a secret? Four business owners with over 30 years collective experience under their belts share the capers and triumphs of running a small business and how they now avoid perilous customer chaos and pitfalls. #chitchat #business #fun   Follow the podcast on:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/FunnyTCalledB   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnythingcalledbusiness/   Facebook: www.facebook.com/funnythingcalledbusiness   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBKF9jagHxm4Jsx-pPy0miQ?view_as=subscriber   Clare Whalley can be found here: https://meta4coaching.co.uk   Darren Langley can be found here: https://www.darrenlangley.com   Kate Curry can be found here: https://www.currydesignstudio.co.uk   Pete Morgan can be found here: www.monkeypantsproductions.co.uk   Kate Hollingsworth can be found here: https://katehollingsworth.co.uk/branding/

In this episode Clare, Darren, Kate & Pete talk about the things that bother them about running a business; their Pet Hates.

Find out which social media platform is bothering Clare, who is calling Kate, how Pete deals with late night messages, which of the group has an email folder labelled 'Bin' and what has any of this got to do with jazz?

This is a good one!

This should appear at the end of every episode's show notes   Can you keep a secret? Four business owners with over 30 years collective experience under their belts share the capers and triumphs of running a small business and how they now avoid perilous customer chaos and pitfalls. #chitchat #business #fun   Follow the podcast on:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/FunnyTCalledB   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnythingcalledbusiness/   Facebook: www.facebook.com/funnythingcalledbusiness   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBKF9jagHxm4Jsx-pPy0miQ?view_as=subscriber   Clare Whalley can be found here: https://meta4coaching.co.uk   Darren Langley can be found here: https://www.darrenlangley.com   Kate Curry can be found here: https://www.currydesignstudio.co.uk   Pete Morgan can be found here: www.monkeypantsproductions.co.uk

On this episode Clare, Darren (he's back!), Kate & Pete talk about exhibtions.

 

What is the benefit of attending, or showing, at a business exhibtion? What should your aim be as a delegate? When is the best time to go to a business exhibition? Also, what does Fart Spray have to do with it all?

 

As always, there's plenty of stories, examples and memories to make you, as a business owner, realise that you're not on your own!

 

Also, there's a reference to something from the last episode, so here's a link to that too!

https://traffic.libsyn.com/afunnythingcalledbusiness/Presentations.mp3

 

 

Can you keep a secret? Four business owners with over 30 years collective experience under their belts share the capers and triumphs of running a small business and how they now avoid perilous customer chaos and pitfalls. #chitchat #business #fun

 

Follow the podcast on:

 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FunnyTCalledB

 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnythingcalledbusiness/

 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/funnythingcalledbusiness

 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBKF9jagHxm4Jsx-pPy0miQ?view_as=subscriber

 

Clare Whalley can be found here:

https://meta4coaching.co.uk

 

Darren Langley can be found here:

https://www.darrenlangley.com

 

Kate Curry can be found here:

https://www.currydesignstudio.co.uk

 

Pete Morgan can be found here:

www.monkeypantsproductions.co.uk

In this episode Clare, Kate and Pete (Darren was away, but with them in spirit) talk about presenting and presentations.

Things covered in this episode:

- How do you prepare for a presentation?;  -    

- What can you do, if anything, to deal with the nerves?

 - How do you create a great 60-second pitch for a networking meeting?

 - Does 'winging it' ever work?

- Also - what does Spider-man and Amsterdam have to do with it all?

 

This episode is sponsored by Grant McKnight, who can be found here:

 

LinkedIn:

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grantmcknight/

 

Twitter: @GrantMcKnightUK

 

FB: https://www.facebook.com/GrantMcknight.UK

 

Insta: @grantmcknightaccountants

 

 

Can you keep a secret? Four business owners with over 30 years collective experience under their belts share the capers and triumphs of running a small business and how they now avoid perilous customer chaos and pitfalls. #chitchat #business #fun

 

Follow the podcast on:

 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FunnyTCalledB

 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnythingcalledbusiness/

 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/funnythingcalledbusiness

 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBKF9jagHxm4Jsx-pPy0miQ?view_as=subscriber

 

Clare Whalley can be found here:

https://meta4coaching.co.uk

 

Darren Langley can be found here:

https://www.darrenlangley.com

 

Kate Curry can be found here:

https://www.currydesignstudio.co.uk

 

Pete Morgan can be found here:

www.monkeypantsproductions.co.uk

On this episode Clare, Darren, Kate and Pete look at Launching - whether it's a product, service or your business as a whole.

 

There's some great advice about the best way to go about a launch - and the big no-no that so many people make with their launch!

 

Plus - what has ET, injections and breaking wind got to do with Launching?

 

Can you keep a secret? Four business owners with over 30 years collective experience under their belts share the capers and triumphs of running a small business and how they now avoid perilous customer chaos and pitfalls. #chitchat #business #fun

 

Follow the podcast on:

 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FunnyTCalledB

 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnythingcalledbusiness/

 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/funnythingcalledbusiness

 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBKF9jagHxm4Jsx-pPy0miQ?view_as=subscriber

 

Clare Whalley can be found here:

https://meta4coaching.co.uk

 

Darren Langley can be found here:

https://www.darrenlangley.com

 

Kate Curry can be found here:

https://www.currydesignstudio.co.uk

 

Pete Morgan can be found here:

www.monkeypantsproductions.co.uk

 

If you want to see someone play ET - The Video Game, here you go!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPnmewxetNA

 

In this episode Clare, along with Darren, Kate & Pete, talk about campaigns; what's worked, what hasn't - and what you'd rather forget!

So - what have vacuum cleaners got to do with it all, which one of the group starts to buffer mid-answer, and who delivered 1,000 leaflets with their name spelled incorrectly!

Also - Darren mentions a previous episode, all about Google Ads. You can find that episode here:

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/afunnythingcalledbusiness/Google_Ads.mp3

 

This episode is sponsored by Grant McKnight, who can be found here:

 

LinkedIn:

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grantmcknight/

 

Twitter: @GrantMcKnightUK

 

FB: https://www.facebook.com/GrantMcknight.UK

 

Insta: @grantmcknightaccountants

 

 

Can you keep a secret? Four business owners with over 30 years collective experience under their belts share the capers and triumphs of running a small business and how they now avoid perilous customer chaos and pitfalls. #chitchat #business #fun

 

Follow the podcast on:

 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FunnyTCalledB

 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnythingcalledbusiness/

 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/funnythingcalledbusiness

 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBKF9jagHxm4Jsx-pPy0miQ?view_as=subscriber

 

Clare Whalley can be found here:

https://meta4coaching.co.uk

 

Darren Langley can be found here:

https://www.darrenlangley.com

 

Kate Curry can be found here:

https://www.currydesignstudio.co.uk

 

Pete Morgan can be found here:

www.monkeypantsproductions.co.uk

In this episode, listen to Clare, Darren, Kate & Pete talk about tax - and the challenges, silver linings and funny stories around Tax.

Find out why Pete's Star Wars DVD's matter so much, who tried to claim a speedboat on their tax returns - and what do dogs think about taxation?

As always, there are some great tips and advice for you and your business - delivered with a smile!

Tripcatcher - https://www.tripcatcherapp.com/

This episode is sponsored by Grant McKnight, who can be found here:

 

LinkedIn:

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grantmcknight/

 

Twitter: @GrantMcKnightUK

 

FB: https://www.facebook.com/GrantMcknight.UK

 

Insta: @grantmcknightaccountants

 

 

Can you keep a secret? Four business owners with over 30 years collective experience under their belts share the capers and triumphs of running a small business and how they now avoid perilous customer chaos and pitfalls. #chitchat #business #fun

 

Follow the podcast on:

 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FunnyTCalledB

 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnythingcalledbusiness/

 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/funnythingcalledbusiness

 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBKF9jagHxm4Jsx-pPy0miQ?view_as=subscriber

 

Clare Whalley can be found here:

https://meta4coaching.co.uk

 

Darren Langley can be found here:

https://www.darrenlangley.com

 

Kate Curry can be found here:

https://www.currydesignstudio.co.uk

 

Pete Morgan can be found here:

www.monkeypantsproductions.co.uk