Pod Pit

Tune is as Anthony Rowell joins host Gareth Robertson to talk all things print!

Anthony is a key management player at Scottish print business, Trade Print. He heads up the API and Reseller departments and counts Gareth as one of his customers! Anthony discusses his career in print from his roots in the North East, into the Midlands during his University days and then commuting to Scotland and remote working.

https://www.tradeprint.co.uk/

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Shane Wareing is a long time business contact of mine and we share a lot of interests, ethics and drivers for what we both do in our businesses. Shane had to adapt and change things quickly in his business when the Covid pandemic hit, and he also had to adjust his personal life as well when he became a parent during the lockdown.

Tune in here and find out more about Shane and his business, Omniwise:

https://omniwise.co.uk/
0345 22 22 444

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Lucy and I met at a networking event and had a 121 when we found we lived in the same place.

The marketing and creative sphere of industry is a wide one and often different disciplines cross over with blurred lines between one ending and the next starting.

Today we discuss where PR sits within the marketing mix and how it influences brand identity and reputation by filtering information out at the right time, to the right people.

Lucy also shares some top tips for getting the most out of your PR with some top tips that have a direct effect on marketing as a whole.

Connect with Lucy here:

IG: @lucecannonpr
www.lucecannonpr.co.uk
07974 238 386

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Jaime Craven is an entrepreneur owning several businesses with her husband Jack. Over the years, Jaime has leveraged social media to great effect for one of the businesses in particular. Here she discusses that success and shares her thoughts and views on how we use social media, trolling and how to build a brand using social media.

Connect with Jaime here:

www.jcacademy.co.uk
www.facebook.com/nevarcproperties
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MellowUK

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From insecure teenager to competing on stage as a bodybuilder. 

From Saturday shifts at Holland and Barrett to nightclub promoter, to close security, private investigator, to personal trainer to recruitment and finally taking his first steps into entrepreneurship as a fitness industry niche gym brand...

Cameron McCurdy has packed a lot into his 26 years, and shows absolutely no signs of slowing down any time soon...

IG: @quick.grip
IG: @cameronjmccurdy
Web: www.quickgrip.co.uk

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Hannah and I have known each other for about 4 years having networked together in a BNI Chapter in the Midlands. Our businesses are similar and we have very closely aligned ideas about how design and marketing work together.

Marketing Consultancy
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www.golddust.marketing

Direct Mail (Moonpig for Business)
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www.golddust.direct

Topic of the day… Direct mail

What is direct mail?
Who is direct mail for?
Why is it great?

What return can you get?
Top boo boos for direct mail! How not to do it!
Top tips for great direct mail

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Yes it's a business podcast - yes we are talking rugby BUT … it’s my podcast and I want to talk about the Lions!

Word of warning - there is no language filter on this episode - whatever is spoken, is spoken! The law of kangaroo court will be upheld and what goes on the poddy, stays on the poddy!

The Lions tour happens once every 4 years - it’s a big deal in rugby terms. I wanted to select a fans favourite alternate Lions squad in advance of Warren Gatland’s big announcement on May 6th! So to help with this mammoth task, I asked all of my rugby savvy chums - all of them were busy so I ended up with Matt Gair and John Cooper…

Matt is an old school friend and gym training partner who is a rugby nut. John is a business colleague and collaborator, we’ve become good friends through our shared love of rugby. Both of these gents’ contact details are below…

Matt Gair
IG - @mattgair87

John Cooper
IG - @johncooper_ccm
www.coopercoopermedia.co.uk

Tony and I met via a mutual friend who interviewed us both for his podcast in separate episodes. We both enjoyed listening to our respective episodes so much that we connected on Facebook and have followed each other’s journey through lockdown since then.

Contact info for Tony:

• www.anthonyjohn-salons.co.uk
• [email protected]
• IG: @anthony_john_walmsley
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/AnthonyJohnSalons/

It is fair to say that our journey's in, out and back in to lockdown during the pandemic, have been quite different but we both share some strong values, methods and outlook for our businesses. We decided to do an interview for Pod Pit that discussed some of these values and one in particular that we’ve both had to demonstrate in recent times… Resilience.

Tony is going through this period right now and I’ve had some tough times where my resilience was stretched to breaking point so what better time to dig deep on this than right now?!

In this episode, we talk openly and honestly about what character traits we can look to develop in order to build resilience. This is an episode with lots to takeaway:

• Controlling the controllables
• Looking for positive reactions to negative situations
• Seeking a solution to a problem
• Surrounding yourself with people you trust and understand you
• Killing the inner control freak in us all
• Finding your superpower
• Looking for ways to help other people in your unique way
• Finding your own solutions
• Understanding how your mind really works

This is a rollercoaster of information from a guy who has lived his worst nightmare in the last 12 months, but has ultimately come out of it with a more robust and profitable business.

This is not to be missed.

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I know Daniella through a coaching programme she supported me through in 2019. And today, we are going to talk about business, growth and planning for the future.

Contact info:

• [email protected] 
• www.shesthebossinternational.com
• IG @shesthebossuk

Our discussion today: Growing a Business - Paving way for Growth

• ORGANISATION
  • How you guide clients to get organised
  • Technology and how it can help you
• KNOWING YOUR NUMBERS
  • What are key metrics and why they’re important
  • Using cloud accounting software 
• TARGETS
  • Setting goals and measuring them
  • Long term goals and short term goals

Daniella shares her top tips to pave way for growth post-Covid

Richard Lloyd is a business consultant who specialises in exit strategy and helping business owners get the most out of their business when they decide to exit it. I’ve known him for around 8 years at the time of recording and we’ve built a great understanding of each other’s businesses and a lot of respect for one another. 

Connect with Richard here:  www.linkedin.com/in/richardclloyd

WHAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT:

• Brand v Reputation
• Importance of brand to a business
• Value of brand on exiting a business

Richard’s summary