Talking Growth with Barry Rodrigues

With all the hype surrounding artificial intelligence, it isn't a surprise that there are people thinking AI can and will be a replacement for their jobs. And whle some of that might be true, it isn't the entire story.

In this short episode, Barry Rodrigues, growth marketing consultant and founder of NexGen Digital goes throgh FIVE reasons he thinks AI will not completely replace marketers going forward.

Does this mean marketers can sit back and relax? On the contrary, because AI is changing the landscappe of marketing in partocular and business in general, it is even more important that marketers and everyone else upskill themselves if they want to stay ahead of the curve, be relevant and make the best of AI.

In today's world, starting a business is easy; growing a business is the hard part. Apart from having a great product and a great team, you also need to have a great set of tools and technologies to help you manage, optimize and scale your business. Join me as I take you through the 10 tools that we, at NexGen Digital, use to manage our business.

To sign up or know more about the tools we've covered in this episode, check out the links below:

1 - LinkedIn Sales Navigator

2 - LinkedIn Outreach tool: Waalaxy

3 - Instantly

4 - CRM - Hubspot | Salesforce | Sugar CRM | GoHighLevel | Clientjoy

5 - Website user session recordings: Hotjar | MixPanel

6 - Video recording/marketing Sendspark | Vidyard | Loom

7 - Document management & eSignature: PandaDocs

8 - Scheduling: Calendly | TidyCal

9 - Data enrichment & automated workflows: Clearbit | PhantomBuster | TexAu

10a - ChatGPT Chrome extension that helps you write better prompts: AIRPM

10b - ChatGPT Chrom extension that writes emails, fixes grammar, etc.: ChatGPT Writer

To know more about what we do and how we can help you check out our website HERE, email me at [email protected]

Starting a business is easy, growing the business is the tough part. I am sure there are a bunch of questions that aspiring and new entrepreneurs have when they get on the playing field.

In this episode, I break down the 5 things you need to do as an aspiring or new entrepreneur to ensure that you're on the right path - the path the growth and eventual success as a business owner or entrepreneur. Plus a bonus tip and that's in the beginning, not the end of the show! :)

Branding is less of an art and more of a science. While visuals are important to how people perceive your brand, it's even more important for your fans and customers to know, understand and trust you. That is where the science comes in. Enter our guest for this episode.

Join me as I welcome Mari Paseva, branding & marketing specialist and founder of MP Marketing Practice as she dissects the anatomy of a good brand and discusses the importance of having a brand goal irrespective of whether you're a startup or an established business.

She also shares her insights on some of the misconceptions of branding and how marketers should position their company's brand and marketing strategy to show how they contribute to the growth and longevity of the business.

You can connect with Mari on LinkedIn

To know more about what we do visit our website HERE

Whether you’re a freelancer, entrepreneur, digital nomad, or just looking for a change of pace, hybrid, and coworking can offer a great solution.

Tom Wordie, co-founder at AndCo shares his insights on how hybrid working has evolved over the last few years and how co-working in general, and AndCo, in particular, are seeing a huge shift in the way businesses are adapting to hybrid work environments to not only focuses on bottom-line profitability but promote a better working culture that drives collaboration and growth.

Connect with Tom on LinkedIn

If you're looking for a coworking space with a variety of locations to choose from in the UK, check out AndCo

For more on what we do at Nexgen Digital, check out our website HERE

Some people are born to be great leaders while others need coaching to become great. But leadership is not just about managing people. It is about motivating them, mentoring them, and giving them a platform to grow.

Connect with Fouad on LinkedIn

For more about what we do at NexGen Digital, check out our website HERE

In this episode, we are speaking with Andreas Voniatis, the founder of Artios and a data-driven SEO consulting company.

Andreas started with search engine optimization way back in 2003 and has never looked back.  Based in London, he works with clients from all over the world. He’s helped a variety of businesses across a range of industries from tech startups to global brands like Amazon rank higher and get found quicker.

Andreas believes that because Google is an algorithm, the best way to get it to work for you is to use data science to understand search intent and find quick wins. For example, he’s helped HR-Tech Boundless also achieve 600x more organic traffic per month in 4 months.

His mission is to help ambitious and committed startups, agencies and other consultants achieve high growth, using data driven SEO and reduce their reliance on paid ads.

Connect with Andreas on LinkedIn

This episode features Jon Thor Sigurleifsson, co-founder of Elevate, a business dedicated to teaching the skills needed to build your success, filtered through the lens of world-class sales training.

A self-proclaimed Corporate Punk & Creative Nerd, Jon Thor has had an interesting career spanning multiple industries and countries. Starting out on the creative side of things with music and theatre before venturing into the world of tech sales and marketing, Jon brings his own perspective to anything he does.

As a sales manager, trainer, and content marketer, Jon’s experience on stage and on either side of a camera help him bring creativity and theatricality that breaks the monotony of the corporate drivel we get fed way too often.

Jon Thor believes that present and future generations of business leaders have an opportunity to change perceptions and the world with their approach to ethical, human focused-business and this is the future that he is invested in.

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In this episode, Barry talks with a one-time colleague and long-time friend, and digital agency owner, Nasser Al-Daihani from Kuwait. Nasser is a scuba diver and gardener with plans of launching a gardening website in the State of Kuwait in the Middle East where millenials have turned their attention to finding new things to do to keep the stress away.

His day job is running Derwaza, a boutique digital marketing agency, and consultancy that works with clients of all sizes but specializes in the SMB sector with innovative customer acquisition strategies.

Nasser talks about what he learned working in the corporate world before he embarked on his journey as an entrepreneur and shares his insights on the gig economy and the advantages of being able to outsource jobs and projects to people living in all corners of the globe.

Network marketing has attracted a lot of attention lately, thanks to Covid-19 forcing businesses to shut down and putting some of us out of jobs.

It's an opportunity to make an income and in this episode, seasoned network marketer, Vikesh (Viks) Patel shares his insights and experience with network marketing.