The Business Lockdown Podcast

From Miss Hull to Miss Great Britain, Saffron Hart is no difference to amazing personal development. She has been the focus of international eyes, including an incident in which she was denied a top five place in a very prestigious Malaysian beauty Pageant with Miss Tourism World.  

A true innovator, Saffron is not limited by her exceptional talent in the beauty world. She was a long time salon owner, and after the hairdressing chapter has closed now helps people with fitness goals with her business Herbalife Nutrition -  we discuss how this has developed during lockdown; replacing the physical store with the virtual one has meant that Saffron has been able to help more people. 

We discuss the changes that Saffron has undertaken, both in, before and out of lockdown. We also discuss success in lockdown as a series of changes and developments, allowing us to reflect on the biggest changes we’ve undertaken in lockdown and how they’ve affected our lives.

View Saffron’s platforms below: 

https://linktr.ee/SAFFRONROSEHART

Herbalife Nutrition - 

https://saffronhartbodycoach.goherbalife.com/Catalog/Home/Index/en-GB/

Insta - 

www.instagram.com/saffronrosehart 

Facebook - 

Saffron Rose Hart 

This Is Me - Miss Great Britain Coaching -

[email protected]

Insta - 

www.instagram.com/thisisme_missgb

Welcome to episode 57 of The Business Lockdown. 

Today’s episode is one of pain and hardship juxtaposed with happiness and transformation as we are joined by Louise Shepherd, professional makeup artist who found further talent in talking to her clients – this began her journey into the role of the life coach.

Louise unfortunately struggled with addiction and looking back on this internal conflict can pinpoint the very moment she decided to stop drinking. Transformation was undertaken once again, and now Louise looks to the future as a happy, inspirational and incredibly positive force for personal development. 

If you would like to join Louise’s campaign for happiness, join “The Happy Project” group here and see how Louise can help you achieve a positive and happy life: www.facebook.com/groups/586735921879756/

If you’re affected by any of the issues raised in today’s episode, you can contact the Samaritans on 116 123. 

View Louise’s platforms below:  

The Happy Project by Louise Shepherd 

Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/happyprojectlouiseshepherd/

Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/586735921879756/

Instagram: @Louise_shepherd_happy_project

Welcome to Episode 56 of The Business Lockdown.

We are today joined by Jackson White, a brilliant martial arts coach and podcaster. We discuss a number of topics involving Jackson’s varied life in the military, as a martial artist and now a podcaster. Jackson has a multitude of life lessons from his experience as a 16-year-old going straight into the military, following his father’s footsteps to become a Taekwondo great and his transition from the military world to the corporate world.

Jackson’s story is one of many different avenues and changes and is inspiring to all as we experience the many different changes we are experiencing in these different times. 

View Jackson’s platforms below: 

Train Taekwondo Schools

www.traintaekwondo.co.uk

Facebook - www.facebook.com/ttsouth/

TMMA 

www.TMMA.media

www.tmma.live

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TMMA.LIVE.BE.HERE.NOW

Jackson White 

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackson-white-45a4b340/

The Motivated Martial Artists 

https://themotivatedmartialartists.com/

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6TUr3tlCuew3AeEEgYfwu5

Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-motivated-martial-artists/id1473027682

Google Podcasts  -https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS80NTAzMzcucnNz

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiI_1HgYOR6GIZDAnP25DPg

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TMMA.MEDIA/

Welcome to the full episode 55 of The Business Lockdown.

Phil Benson tells an incredible story of success in the face of adversity; of adapting to great change and of retreating to the core to come back stronger than ever. These three aspects of success are related to different parts of Phil’s life. 

First, we have the emotional experience of becoming a parent in Lockdown. Then we discover the spark of inspiration that led to a business being created and franchised. Finally, we discuss how Phil adapted to changing business and brand and becoming a solo entrepreneur after facing great change. 

Phil Benson’s journey is something we can all take inspiration from, regardless of the specific struggle we face. 

He has overcome so much that we as a collective of internal and social change can learn from his incredible story and become stronger together. 

 View Phil’s platforms below: 

www.thestoreon.co.uk

Twitter - @thestoreon

Instagram- The Store On Pier Street

Facebook- The Store On Pier Street

www.xingeducation.co.uk

Twitter- @xingsmoothies   

Instagram- Xing Smoothies

Facebook- Xing Education

www.thedrinksflight.com

www.thecocktailpeople.co.uk

Phil Benson 

Linkedin: philbenson64

Welcome to episode 54 of The Business Lockdown.

We are once again joined by our great friend and perhaps an even greater entrepreneur, Paul Gibson. Paul was featured on episode 2 and now extends the value of his first episode. 

A lot has changed in just 17 short weeks, mostly our lockdown situation – Paul was featured around a few days before lockdown; we today chat to Paul at a time where normality is beginning to shine through the clouds of isolation.

We discuss how lockdown has been for Paul, having furloughed two members of staff and working from his office instead of at home. Lockdown has meant Paul found time to focus, hone in and learn; this leads to a discussion about skills, passion versus academia and the future of work in automation. 

Business in lockdown has meant a fluctuation in emotions; we have had fear of loss, hope of success and now, we can only look back at our experience, resilience and togetherness in order to inspire a great future. 

Paul has kindly offered that should you require any support or advice you can reach him at: [email protected].

View Paul’s platforms below: 

Paul Gibson

LinkedIn -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-gibson-53a54625

Email - [email protected].

YouTube - Joiuss TM - https://www.youtube.com/user/fanframes

Joiuss

www.joiuss.com

Facebook: @Joiuss - facebook.com/Joiuss/

Instagram: @official_Joiuss - instagram.com/official_joiuss/

Youtube: Joiuss TM - https://www.youtube.com/user/fanframes

FanFrames

https://www.fanframes.co.uk/

Facebook: @Fanframes.co.uk - https://www.facebook.com/Fanframes.co.uk/

Instagram: @fanframes - instagram.com/fanframes/

TurtleSavers

https://www.turtlesavers.uk/

Facebook: @tsdrinkingstraws - facebook.com/tsdrinkingstraws

Instagram: @turtlesavers - instagram.com/turtlesavers/

Reading123

https://www.reading123.co.uk/

Monocle Madness 

https://www.monoclemadness.co.uk/

Facebook: @monoclemadness - facebook.com/monoclemadness/

Instagram: @monclemadnesss - instagram.com/monoclemadnesss/

Welcome to Episode 53 of The Business Lockdown. 

We are once again joined by the phenomenal life coach John Borland, whose advice on vulnerability, the importance of failure and his experience running his own podcast will provide value to you regardless of your business experience. John’s humility and authenticity means that regardless of your success (or failure), his perspective will provide knowledge and entertainment.

We discuss the blessing that failure and vulnerability can be; having the ability to fail forward means you can overcome any adversity. 

John’s first podcast was called “None of us know what we’re doing!”. Now, with an audience that has almost tripled in size in the last 3 weeks, John Borland’s podcasting journey is also a good demonstration on the fact that vulnerability can actually play into success massively. 

View John’s platforms below: 

Spacious Coaching: 

www.spaciouscoaching.co.uk

Facebook - @spaciouscoaching

The John Borland Podcast:

Facebook – The John Borland Podcast Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/697171474453421/

Insta - @thejohnborlandpodcast

Podcast Platforms:

Anchor - https://bit.ly/TheJohnBorlandPodcastAnchor 

Apple Podcast -  https://bit.ly/TheJohnBorlandPodcastApplePodcast 

Soundcloud - https://bit.ly/TheJohnBorlandPodcastSoundcloud 

Google Podcast - https://bit.ly/TheJohnBorlandPodcastGooglePodcast 

Read John’s book: Coaching In The Great Unknown

https://bit.ly/CoachingInTheGreatUnknownByJohnBorland

Welcome to Episode 52 of The Business Lockdown. We are today joined by competition winner James Carmichael of Lasercroft, a flooring application company specialising in hygienic, protective and high-quality flooring. 

It is no secret that lockdown has been tough on all of us – if you’ve been furloughed or attacking every day from home, the strain COVID has put on our social lives is unparalleled and has been experienced by everyone, regardless of their working capacity.  This has been felt by James, who had the fortune of working from home and discusses the changes in life during this unprecedented time.

we share some marketing golden nuggets with James, including some great pointers on visual presence and techniques. The key to a personal connection with your audience is a degree of humanity within your presence – the ability to be vulnerable in front of the camera can connect you to your audience in ways that sterility could not. 

We experience James’ expertise in the flooring industry and ask how his knowledge can aid his clients even further – by pointing out issues and holding your expertise to a high standard, you provide more value to your clients than assuming they are of the same knowledge as you. Remember - you are the expert! 

View James’ platforms below: 

Lasercroft’s website: www.lasercroft.com

Facebook – Lasercroft Flooring facebook.com/Lasercroft-Flooring-487480967977221/

Twitter - @Lasercroft_LTD twitter.com/Lasercroft_Ltd

LinkedIn -  Lasercroft Flooring  linkedin.com/company/lasercroft-ltd/

Welcome to Episode 51 of the Business Lockdown.

We can look to emotions to predict the future; Phil ponds believes in the use of human connectivity and emotions to analyse and predict trends and prefers this method much more than looking at statistics and data.  His business, Scarlet Opus is one of futurism, predicting the rise and falls of trends and consumerism. 

Whilst we discuss data versus emotion, we find out exactly how and why Phil is able to analyse the future in the way that he does. We also discuss the pandemic wonder if we can even begin to predict aspects of it because we are too busy dealing with the pandemic itself. 

Phil talks passionately about the great ability of togetherness – he sees the collective power that has been demonstrated in lockdown as an important tool that needs to stay post lockdown – we can rise up as a collective now to maintain greatness together after lockdown. 

View Phil’s platforms below: 

Scarlet Opus 

www.scarletopus.com

Facebook: @ScarletOpus

Insta - @scarlet_opus instagram.com/scarlet_opus/

Twitter -@scarletopus twitter.com/scarletopus

We are excited to welcome you to episode 50 of the business lockdown!

From dreading leaving his bed to speaking in Las Vegas, Dean Booty’s business journey is a phenomenal story of highs and lows. The vulnerability of a business adventure into the restaurant industry that didn’t work out allowed Dean to grow and learn, an ability that he recognises to this day having run a hugely successful podcast that reached over 60,000 people and allowed him to ‘stand on the shoulders of giants’ and learn even more. Dean ran his own betting shop and is now a motivation speaker, podcaster and an aspiration to all who feel stuck in their lives. 

Dean is considered an expert in many things, and with over half a million podcast downloads we can see why. We discuss the amazing outlook that dean has on life and ask how and why this came about. From seeing fancy cars cruise past and thinking ‘There’s more to life than this’ to hosting iTunes’ top-rated betting podcast, dean’s story is nothing short of inspirational to those going through a tough time in lockdown. 

Dean tells us that we never stop learning, and whilst you may be the expert in your subject, there’s always room to be a novice in another. We have as of this episode provided 50 unique lessons and have learnt so much from each other; we must take inspiration from Dean’s dedication to knowledge to dedicate ourselves to constantly learning, sharing and developing ourselves along with our global community. We have certainly learned an invaluable amount from the past 50 episodes, and if you have learnt just one thing from the many hours of learning we have provided, we have succeeded in our mission of providing a creative, resourceful space. 

View Dean’s platforms below: 

Facebook: 

Dean Booty -  facebook.com/Dean-Booty-103078134692827/

StoreMoreHull - @StorMoreHull 

Twitter: 

@Deano3622

Podcasts (Apple Music): 

Motivated Entrepreneurs - podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/motivated-entrepreneurs/id1498151906

Hacking Self Storage - podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hacking-self-storage/id1481445995

Dean’s Recommendations: 

Book – Start from Zero  by Dane Maxwell, Available at:  Start-Zero-Business-Experience-Freedom-ebook/dp/B0848TL8L5

Podcast: Rock your Brand with Scott Volker, Available at: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rock-your-brand-podcast/id963294070

Welcome to Episode 49 of The Business Lockdown. 

YouTube is a social giant. We are today joined by the amazing Molly Thompson of Beauty Spectrum, who has achieved some incredible feats on YouTube: She has amassed a subscriber count of over 126 thousand, and a view count of over a mind-blowing 24,355,000 views! Her most popular video has over a staggering 590 thousand views and it is evident that for anyone looking to tackle YouTube that Molly’s journey and experience is worth listening to. 

We discuss the complexities of YouTube’s algorithms, a seemingly mysterious force behind a week’s worth of work either being demonetised or extremely amplified: for Molly, this contrast could be either or every single time she uploads a video. 

Molly tells us how she went from “messing about” on YouTube as an early teenager to slowly growing an audience of a thousand: instantly driven for more, she aimed for the next goal of 2 thousand. Now, at over 126 thousand she tells us she doesn’t follow the numbers as closely and is more dedicated to her core following. 

YouTube may have been your go to entertainment system for lockdown, and as you will find out, a lot more work goes into the content we consume than you think; patience is the key when it comes to growth on YouTube, and as we slowly ease away from lockdown we must keep this in mind and apply it to our own safety. With patience, we will return to normality stronger together. 

View Molly’s platforms below: 

YouTube: Beauty Spectrum - www.youtube.com/channel/UCeeIqJdljsFxtEoQtwANFQw

Instagram: @Beauty_Spectrum - instagram.com/beauty_spectrum/

Twitter: @Beauty_Spectrum - twitter.com/beauty_spectrum

Website/ Blog: beautyspectrum.org

Tik Tok: @Beauty.spectrum - tiktok.com/@beauty.spectrum