Frankie Lee joins us in the Habitz Podcast studio to talk you through some good ways to protect your brand online with content removal and reputation management. There’s always going to be content online that can damage sales, revenue, and your reputation, so why do so few people have a removal plan in place to protect themselves? Frankie has been helping entrepreneurs and business owners for 5 years protect their brands. From trademarking your brand name across socials, protecting your IP, and managing content that shouldn’t be in the public domain, there are loads of easy ways to protect yourself online.

Fifi Mason joins us in the Habitz Podcast studio where she talks through how to grow your personal brand as an introvert. Introverts face different obstacles when it comes to putting themselves out there online to grow and build their brands – but unfortunately, if you don’t do it yourself, nobody will do it for you. So Fifi gives personal brand and visibility coaching to introverted business owners. Developing a personal brand is hard anyway, let alone with the difficulties you face as an introverted personality type. But with a few of these good and bad habitz, you’ll be on track to find what works to build your brand soon enough.

Eddie Whittingham joins us in the Habitz Podcast studio to talk through how to start and sell a successful business. Eddie built his business with no investment, just by focusing on the important things and avoiding the rest. If you focus on chasing revenue over profit or seek out constant investment to make your business look the part before it is the part, you’re going to end up losing valuable money and risk everything. Rather than taking advice from fake online gurus and business coaches who haven’t got experience, have a listen to this and connect with Eddie on his social media.

Andrew MacAskill joins us in the Habitz Podcast studio and is talking through how to be successful with your job search. We’re all at some point going to be looking for a new job. Need to prepare for an interview. Apply for a job. All of those things can be pretty scary, and pretty disheartening when it feels like you’re having no success. Job searching doesn’t need to be a chore. Andrew talks through how you can get seen on your job hunt and stand out when you apply. He’s worked in recruitment for years and helped numerous people into work, so he knows a few good tips for securing a job offer.

Libby James joins us in the Habitz Podcast studio to talk through how to make card payments work better for your business. Merchant services is a complicated world that most business owners don’t understand. So when it comes to payment processing and choosing your payment facilities, things get overlooked. If you take card payments, you might be falling into the categories Libby talks about in her bad habits, from not following the latest trends to ignoring PCI compliance. Lots of people have issues with card payment companies, especially when looking to streamline facilities, so knowing how to overcome problems is going to set you up for a winner. And who doesn’t like to win?

Lianne Sykes joins us in the Habitz Podcast studio to talk you through getting featured in the press. PR and Marketing are two pretty saturated industries, but that doesn’t mean you can’t navigate them yourself. If you’re looking to create a brand identity, have organic lead generation through social media platforms and get yourself in the press, Lianne has some simple tips how. Creating content is hard but creating content other people want to feature, share and link to is harder. So clearly defining your goals and deciding your social and PR strategies will help you in the long run, plus the three good habitz Lianne recommends you follow – have a listen.

Stuart Clark joins us in the Habitz Podcast studio talking through the importance of management accounts. Most business owners don’t understand their numbers but it’s so important they do. Understanding everything that goes on in your accounts should be priority, from the tax you pay, your key figures (gross profit, discounting etc) and what it is you pay as a business. You need to know the ins and outs of your key financial numbers. Only looking at your profit and tax figures won’t get you anywhere, so Stuart is here to explain a few easy ways to understand your management accounts from an accountant and business advisor view.

Mark Tilbury joins us in the Habitz Podcast studio to talk about how to go viral on TikTok. Mark started his TikTok less than a year ago and has grown his following to over six million in that time, becoming one of the UKs top 100 TikTok creators. Social media is a powerful tool in business if used right, and TikTok definitely shouldn’t be a social platform you disregard for its reputation of viral dances and strange lip syncs. If used right, you can grow a huge following and build a brand from scratch... sometimes in days. It’s shown a new level to virality that hasn’t been achieved on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook before, so if you want to learn how to grow a TikTok following, have a listen to Marks tips.

Louise Harman joins us in the Habitz Podcast studio to talk through how to get the most from a Virtual Assistant. A lot of business owners are too busy to do the tasks not in their remit. Outsourcing to a VA has endless benefits. They often come from a diverse working background and have a large network pool at hand to offer help and support to all industries. Whether you outsource your admin, your calendar, your calls, online client meetings or any other task you find less productive, having a virtual assistant to over see these things for you alleviates the stress and means you can focus on running your business. Louise knows all the best tips for getting the most out of a VA.

Markie Reeds joins us in the Habitz Podcast studio talking through digital marketing and social media strategy tips. Social media doesn’t need to be difficult; you just need to know your audience. Engaging with people on social media is all about building a relationship with your customers and

getting their buy in, so you need to be human and you need to be relatable. Whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram or TikTok – people buy in to people. So, you need to reflect this in your social media content plan. Markie has spent the years in everything from bidding, marketing and building brands so you can trust her simple tips for an easy social strategy.