It's Episode 2 of the ONLE Networking Show and we're so pleased to have Gary "Gaz" Morgan joining us. We cover a lot of ground, here are the show notes:  

For the first-ever ONLE Show, Kelly and James West explain the story of how and why they founded ONLE, as well as revealing details of new group launches which will prove how far online networking can take our members.

James is joined by Rayna Baker of Trayna UK - a business training expert who credits Zoom with saving her business. As well as learning how to fully embrace the potential of online to transform your business, you'll also learn about how to build deeper relationships without meeting people in person and the question of whether your preference for in-person meetings still makes pure business sense.

In the latest ONLE Podcast, we showcase the bold, brave and brilliant brand designer, Daniel Moore of Iron Dragon Design. Learn about Daniel’s journey from video game design to brand building, why chainmail and swords are an important part of his life and why your brand needs to be so definitive that you'll happily turn work away.

We're the network for people who like people and the ONLE Podcast showcases the extraordinary people of ONLE. This month, our guest is Lee Hill of Insightful UX. With an extensive career in marketing running teams for the likes of Ageas UK, Gallagher and WeClick, Lee launched Insightful UX alongside his co-directors in 2016, with the aim of helping businesses improve their conversion rates by focusing on user experience and the myriad factors which define why customer choose to buy. In this podcast, Lee explains that our approach to websites is often wrong, why website conversion should be given as much attention (if not more) than marketing and SEO and how he solved the worked/life balance equation. 

ONLE is the network for people who like people and our showcases the extraordinary people of ONLE. This month, James' guests are Alan and Emily Braithwaite, the dynamic husband and wife team behind digital visibility specialists, Yellow Tuxedo. They bring expansive business experience, pragmatism and an all-important sense of fun to a marketing world that often gets lost in talk of algorithms and the race for likes. We find out their business story, their working dynamic, and how they juggle a phenomenal amount of client work and social media activity while giving ample time to their young family.

A website was previously our primary and in some cases only digital shopfront. Now social media allows us to share content with customers and prospects, it facilitates two-way communication and even lets us sell. Does this mean that websites have had their day? Geoff Roy of Leapfrog Internet Marketing joins James West to explain the value of a website today, the advantages it has over social media and how to make sure your website is working hard for your business.

Is it possible to run a business that makes money and makes the world a better place? Whereas once these goals were seen as mutually exclusive, a new generation of businesses are proving that it is possible. In fact, changing consumer attitudes and preferences mean that not only are purpose-led businesses winning, they are creating a differentiation that competitors working on traditional principles cannot possibly compete with. We’re joined on the latest ONLE Podcast by Katie Newman of Rewilders to discuss why purpose-led businesses are making money AND making things better.

How much of business is about creativity and how much is about "getting stuff done"? We're joined by Jodie Newman of the Business Allotment to chat about the importance of creativity in areas that we don't think about (creative processes anyone?), the best conditions to uncover the best ideas and why ideas are crucial to giving businesses differentiation. 

Social media is a powerful tool to network, sell and raise brand awareness. Yet the questionable ethics, saturation of content and demands on time mean that many business owners are questioning whether social media is indeed really useful - or simply something that we should do. We're joined by Tracey Howes of Blue Mind Social to discuss wrestling back control of social media and whether indeed we should be questioning our business investment.