In this episode, we talk about mental toughness in business, leadership and life. Our special guest is Anthony Taylor from Three Fifty Nine who helps managers in companies of all shapes and sizes develop the mental fitness to lead effectively.

In the podcast, Anthony gives some great tips on developing mental toughness, including some questions to ask yourself if you feel you need to take control of your emotions...

• What's going on with me right now?
• What can I control, what can't I control?
• What are they thinking, feeling and wanting?
• What's the outcome I'm looking for?

If you have ever wondered what mental toughness is or how it can help in business, leadership and life in general, then this episode is for you.

Links:

Three Fifty Nine Website:
https://threefifty9.com/

Anthony's LinkedIn Profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonytaylor-mentalfitness/

Anthony's Podcast:
https://threefifty9.com/podcast-episodes/

Books:

Tips from the Top:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08W1RR47X/

Mental Toughness Metaphors:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B088TVKR7X

Join us as small business marketing expert and founder of Red Box Web Design talks to Social Media Guru Elliot Ghali from Be More Social.

In this episode we cover:

• What small businesses should focus their limited resources on
• The best tools to help with social media
• Social media tips for small businesses

Links:

Be More Social: https://bemoresocial.co.uk/
Free social media review: https://bemoresocial.co.uk/book-review
Be More Social webinars and events: https://bemoresocial.co.uk/events

If you would like Rob to do a FREE review of your website to help identify the improvements that can be made to get better results, visit https://redboxweb.co.uk/review/

Other Links mentioned in the show:

https://www.hootsuite.com/
https://sproutsocial.com/
https://linktr.ee/
https://www.canva.com/
https://unsplash.com/

Does networking actually work for a small business?

In this episode of Small Business Magic, we chat with Tony Altham, BNI Regional Director for Staffordshire.

Tony explains what networking is and how you can make it work for your small business.

BNI Staffordshire: https://bnistaffordshire.co.uk/en-GB/index

Red Box Web Design: https://redboxweb.co.uk/

As a small business, you might feel like a small fish in a big pond when trying to rank within Google. But what a lot of small business owners don’t realise is that there is more opportunity than ever before for local businesses to stand out and make a name for themselves.

In this episode we answer the question, how do I get my small business website to rank higher in the search engines?

Visit our blog for the written version of the answer: 
https://redboxweb.co.uk/marketing/how-do-i-get-my-small-business-website-to-rank-higher-in-the-search-engines/

Get your free website review here:
https://redboxweb.co.uk/free-website-review/

In this episode, we chat with professional copywriter Jamie Summerfield to help answer the question, what pages and content should I have on my website?

For a detailed answer to this, take a look at our blog post that answers the same question:

https://redboxweb.co.uk/web-design/what-pages-and-content-should-i-have-on-my-website/

If you would like a FREE website review as mentioned in the show, head over to https://redboxweb.co.uk/free-website-review/

How much should a small business website cost?

This is the question that we get asked the most on our website chat at redboxweb.co.uk. Without more information, it's a bit like asking 'how much does a house costs'. 

There are a lot of factors that go into creating a website and these all affect the final cost of the website. You've then got different payment models, such as the traditional pay a one-off fee and then a hosting or maintenance cost. Or, the pay monthly approach which is become ever more popular.

In this episode of Small Business Magic, I chat with Clare Taggart about the cost of websites. Clare works in business development at Red Box and spends most of her time talking to customers about their requirements and then quoting for a website solution to meet those requirements.

Welcome to the Small Business Magic Podcast. Starting, running and growing a small business is really hard work. It can be tough, lonely and thankless. But, it can also be immensely rewarding, exciting and even magical! And that is what the Small Business Magic Podcast is all about.  What can you do in your business  right now, to bring more of those magical moments as you grow your business.

We'll be covering topics that are essential to small business success such as marketing, sales, systems and processes, outsourcing, hiring, leadership, motivation and loads of more topics,  presented in each episode by an expert in one of these fields.

In the first episode, I will be talking about the difference between  SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and PPC (Pay Per Click) - AKA Google Ads.

The main difference between SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and PPC (Pay Per Click) is that SEO allows you to appear in the search engine results for free, whereas PPC is where you pay to appear in them. As the name suggests, with PPC you pay each time someone clicks on your advert.

With most searches in Google, the first four websites listed will be PPC Ads and have the word ‘Ad’ next to them, and the next 10 will be the free organic results.

For the long version of the answer listen to this episode of the Small Business Magic Podcast.