My guest this week is Lisa Conway-Hughes, a financial adviser and author.

We chat about why she started the Miss Lolly blog and how this led to a book publishing deal with Penguin.

On the show this week, I talk Andy Couchman, co-founder of Protection Review.

We chat about, how the Protection Review Conference, Dinner and Awards has grown to become one of the premiere financial services events of the year, and the new "I Mark" which seeks to recognise true innovation.

In this episode I look back at what’s been happening in 2018.

And have a little think about the future of this podcast.

I've just finished my "Fighting Complexity in Marketing" speaking tour of Europe.

And one thing struck me as I visited Romania, Czech Republic and Macedonia.

Simplicity is a universal language. But it's a language many companies have yet to learn.

This week I chat to Shane Closser, and expert in strategy and digital technology in financial services.

Shane shares some home truths about how we use digital technology to engage with our customers and why we might need to go back to basics.

On the show this week, I chat to Gwen Merz, the founder of Fiery Millennials, a blog site dedicated to making sense of finances for young people.

We talk about how Gwen saved $200,000 whilst in her twenties and how she built her blog to help others achieve financial independence.

On the show this week, I talk to Simone Vincenzi.

We chat about playing the didgeridoo, putting together a business purpose strategy and using live events to grow your business.

Marketing is broken. Busted. Kaput.

Except when it’s done with integrity and a deep, almost obsessive, understanding of the customer.

That’s how I opened my recent speech at the Youprenuer Summit Conference in London. And that’s what I want to talk about today.

On the show this week I talk to Natalie Grassi from White Glove Workshops

We chat about how White Glove turned to digital marketing to relaunch their educational workshop business, helping financial advisers to get in front of more potential clients.

Research is one of the most important parts of a simple marketing strategy.

But if you haven’t got the deep pockets of a big corporate it’s not practical is it? This week we’re going to look at how to do simple research on a tight budget.