Small Business Elevation

Show Notes In today’s episode you will hear Leon interview Brad Burton in a raw and passionate conversation. Who with no money and no qualifications, has become the Amazon business author with the most 5 star reviews. Brad created 4Networking from nothing into a unique joined-up business network running over 5000 events across the UK each year, and he’s now a business coach and the UK’s number one professional keynote and motivational speaker! If you know of his reputation or have heard him speak, you’ll know he packs a whole load of sense and practical wisdom that he’s willing to share with you now.   Also in the show Discover How Brad went from being broke, in debt to the tune of £25k to building the largest joined up networking organisation and how you can too. Understand the reason why your building you’re business and don’t fall into the trap chasing bright shiny objects like flashy cars. (Concentrate on the why) How to use negative energy of critics to propel you to success. Listen to Brads take on why

Show Notes In this episode you will hear from Dee Blick a number 1 best-selling author (4 years in a row) with much notoriety, Chartered Marketer and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. She will share her knowledge of 31 years marketing experience gained from working initially with blue chip organisations and in the last 17 years with small and medium sized businesses. Dee has extensive experience in new product development and marketing strategy, with a track record of planning and delivering exceptional campaigns on a shoestring budget. Her books include, The 15 Essential Marketing Masterclasses For Your Small Business, The Ultimate Small Business Marketing Book and most recently “The Ultimate Guide to Writing & Marketing a Best Selling Book”   Also in the show Why you need to avoid marketing black holes and knee jerk tactics that cripple a small business Hear Dee explain her 4 part smart marketing plan (it’s so simple you can’t fail to succeed unless you don’t take action of course) Discove

Show Notes Doberman Dan is a 20-year serial entrepreneur and direct response copywriter. He has worked in a variety of niches but his specialty has been the health, fitness and bodybuilding markets.Dan has started and built 3 of his own supplement businesses and sold two of them, enjoying two different bouts of mini-retirement. He has recently been hired by a $600 million/year company to help them start a brand new supplement division. He has been publishing The Doberman Dan Letter since 2011 and has many of the most successful direct marketers in the world as subscribers. Dan has written hundreds of successful ads, direct mail packages, websites, e-mail marketing campaigns, feature articles, and newsletters.   Also in the show His ads and articles have appeared in… Entrepreneur Investors Business Daily Penthouse MuscleMag International Flex Muscle & Fitness IronMan Muscular Development The National Enquirer Weekly World News and many others You will hear some mind boggling anecdotes of his 2 years work

Show Notes In this week’s show you will gain entrepreneurial insights from, Joel Blake an award-winning and passionate Entrepreneur, Business Speaker and CSR Consultant with over 15 years of experience in developing small business owners, and in advising companies on their Corporate Social Responsibility strategies. Joel is the Founder of leading social impact consultancy www.cultiv8solutions.com and Co-Founder of Biz Britain Finance Ltd, who have helped to launch over 400 new businesses across the UK over the past two years and CEO of The Hot500, the Midlands leading peer mentoring group network for aspiring youth entrepreneurs. Joel is also the Regional Ambassador for the national Start-Up Britain enterprise campaign and also has a passion for public speaking, with experience of motivating over 4000 people in an arena to delivering inspirational personal development sessions.   Also in the show Hear the lesson learned from Joel’s humble upbringing living in a deprived ward of Birmingham from a single paren

Show Notes In today’s episode Leon fly’s solo and interview’s Juanita Jay Johnson A diva in the area of Digital Content creation, Marketing and advertising. The silver tongue eloquence and inquisitive questions from Leon puts Juanita at ease to share her interesting story from teen mother of 3 children to accomplished Award winning digital marketer and copywriter. Juanita now has a professional working relationship with Google whilst helping a legion of small business owners gain more credibility and business with her unique skill set.   Also in the show Hear the unusual set  of events that led JJ to be  flown to Google’s European HQ In Dublin and how she became a Trainer For Google. Discover why Google were so impressed with her vision to impact a continent with her brand of content marketing they asked her do a key note speech to over 500 members of staff. Listen to the cautionary tale of Juanita biggest business failure why she folded her first company JH Foundations and what she did next. Learn Juanita’s

Show Notes Inside today’s show you will hear from “The” Ronnie Bincer “the Hangout helper”, Coach, master Trainer and Google+ hangouts Beta tester – after recently returning from the social media marketing world summit where he was a featured speaker on all things Google hangouts. Through Ronnie’s free and paid training materials, he actively empowers entrepreneurs to harness technology and apply it to their own industries. Following his lead, thousands of people worldwide are mastering the use and power of social media, video, broadcast communications, and discoverability online. Hangouts will help you build trust and establish authority faster than almost any other method.   Also in the show Discover the right way to Harness the power of Google + and hangouts to gain influence in the business space you serve… (without being in constant sales mode) Ronnie will explains the various types of Hangouts, how they have evolved and how to use them to improve your personal and business visibility online Ronnie shar

Show Notes In this episode we speak with Geddy Van Elburg from Holland, who is owner of Ion Moon (founded in 2008), she has been working in the Internet Marketing Industry for around 16 years after a career as a textile artist. Primarily Geddy worked as a search engine specialist (SEO) at an agency called Exxtra. Followed by usability and search engine advertising (SEA), but always with a link towards web analytics. Geddy studied web analytics at the UBC and became a certified web analyst in 2010. She was a guest lecturer at University Saxion. (Minor Internet Marketing). In her work she combines persona’s and human behavior with online behavior to enhance conversion rates. As Geddy still does a lot of SEO consultancy, whilst also playing a role as a web analyst. Mostly it depends on the client and whether they have an SEO consultant on board. Her clients use both analytics and Adwords and this is why we have her as our guest today – so we can find out more about this topic.   Also in the show Hear how Geddy

Show Notes In this episode we speak with Becky Walsh, who has been turning the world of self-development on its head for years with her down-to-earth and uniquely funny style. Becky’s teaching effortlessly blends her unique humour, with ground breaking “smack-on-the-forehead” insights that put YOU in control of your own life and business. Becky is a Hay House author of the book ‘You DO Know – Learning to act on intuition instantly’ as well as five more published books and e-books. Becky is a sought after speaker and has appeared at the world renowned seminar ‘I can do it’. Becky isn’t shy of the media having hosted her on show on LBC 97.3 radio in London, Hay House Radio and is a pundit for BBC Bristol. Her own TV show ‘Becky’s Life Hacks’ is airing on Made in Bristol channel. Becky also writes for Huffington Post and Psychologies Magazine. Becky is a leading expert in self-belief which she teaches around the world.   Also in the show Hear How Becky sold her house in the UK and moved to San Francisco in the

Show Notes In this week’s high energy episode we interview Jack Daly an expert in corporate culture who inspires audiences to take action in customer loyalty and personal motivation. Jack shares his 30+ years of field proven experience from a starting base with CPA firm Arthur Andersen to the CEO level of several national companies. Jack is a proven CEO/Entrepreneur, having built six companies into national firms, two of which he subsequently sold to the Wall Street firms of Solomon Brothers and First Boston.   Also in the show Here are just a few wisdom bombs that jack will dispense in to your psyche; Hear how iron man jack started his first entrepreneurial endeavour at age 12 and was raking in a healthy 70% profit margin recruiting a  team of 5 people. Discover how at aged 13, he had interviewed over 200 successful entrepreneurs to extract the real secrets for lasting success (He has boiled it down to 4 simple steps). Why building the right company culture is the best weapon for success if you’re in a high

Show Notes In this episode Rob & Leon bring raw unadulterated Power in the form of our guest Camilita Nuttall. Described by many as a ‘Force of Nature,” Camilita Nuttall is a straight talking International Motivational Key Note Speaker, Executive Business Coach and an Award Winning Performance Sales Business Trainer, on Taking Action to Succeed. She is also an entrepreneur, Property Investor, Author and also runs a Coffee Business with over 7,000 distributors globally.   Also in the show How the 80’s TV Series “Dallas” filled with money and jewellery drove her to want those riches and become, White, Indian, actually whatever it took to make money. At 13, Camilita was determined to finish public school knowing that her parents could not afford to buy her study books. So she spent 2 months with her mother in rubbish dumps collecting glass bottles to sell to be able to buy her those books. Camilita took to helping local charities under a voluntary role to help her community and through a chance meeting and h

Show Notes This week’s podcast Features AJ Mihrzad who is the founder of Life Fuel Fitness, a health and wellness   company that provides virtual personal training and supplement products based in Great Neck NY. AJ’s personal journey is one of turning his insecurities of being overweight, chronically depressed and having a low self-image on its head to becoming a person who lives life in the moment in a purpose driven way.   Also in the show If you have ever experienced any of the insecurities in AJ’s STORY YOU will discover a brand new way to break those self-limiting beliefs for ever. Here’s some concepts you discover in this podcast Hear How A J overcame Drug addiction and weight problems by making  one simple vow   (Adding  this one thing into your daily routine can CHANGE YOUR life for the better) The No1 thing everyone should do to avoid being unhappy when you hit your goals so you don’t backslide into the path of self-destruction .. Discover how giving Free advice to members of the gym he was atte

Show Notes In this episode Leon & Rob discuss the outline of a good Internet Marketing Strategy to consistently generate leads and make sales for your company. Learn the old wine in new skins theory of marketing, to change the way your new clients view your business offering.   Also in the show The simple marketing concept the 1980 hit TV show “The A TEAM” can help teach you when it comes presenting solutions so you get  hired (even if you’re a little bit more expensive ). How to build a marketing funnel with the right touch points of engagement that leads to easier sales. Discover the 5 types of people who influence the buying process of your product or service and how to appeal to their unique needs so they will do business with you. How to price products and services the right way using the “5 Ways power pricing Formula”. Once you understand this formula it will make your business insanely more profitable. Leon shares his secret “power of three” factors for targeting the most profitable clients to surp

Show Notes In this episode you will hear Leon Interview “The World Renowned” Bob Burg, a master coach, trainer and author on the topic of sales communication and networking. Bob has written and co-authored a number of books including “Endless Referrals”, “The Go giver”  “Adversaries into Allies” some of which have become New York Times best sellers.   Also in the show Discover, The Five Laws of Stratospheric Success.  Principles you find in Bob’s Go Giver Book. Hear Bob’s story of how he stumbled upon two classical books that changed the course of his career within in a few short months from reading and applying the principles he learned. Bob Breaks down the root origin of the word “Selling” to explain the true meaning of salesmanship (This is so profound and will help those who hate selling) Bob shares the importance of creating a process of predictability to scale and grow your business to the level you want. Hear the contrarian thoughts of Bob on why you can’t make a sale but what you should do instead (is

Show Notes Samantha Collett is a successful property investor with a large investment portfolio spanning the UK. She started in 2004 with £15,000 and within three years had amassed a multi-million pound portfolio. Samantha is the author of How to Buy Property at Auction (Constable & Robinson, March 2014) and Property Investment: The Essential Rules (Constable & Robinson, July: 2014). She regularly shares her property auction tips in her column for the Evening Standard Homes & Property, the Estates Gazette and her multi-award winning blog What Sam Saw Today, which has also been featured in The Telegraph Top 10 property blogs. Samantha founded and later sold Gorgeous Homes, a property lettings business, and is an award winner of the prestigious NLA Women in Property. Samantha’s bubbly personality, passion for property and straight-talking approach has won her legions of fans.   Also in the show Why Sam believes having soft interpersonal skills plus mind can help bridge any skill gaps you may have to

Show Notes Elevation Nation In this show we get inside the mind of Mr LinkedIn Mark Williams one of the foremost UK authorities on LinkedIn from the perspective of wining high quality business. Mark shares his story of how he started his professional career in sales recruitment (very cut throat) as a brash cocky 21 year old, thinking he was the man after landing the role and going through the process of 5 interviews only to find he was in a “hire and fire” target driven conveyor belt company, after 12 months he was the longest serving member of the team – talk about no job security!   Also in the show Here’s a sample of insightful lessons you can take away when you download this episode. Learn the secrets to Mr LinkedIn landing several multi-million pound clients and $1 billion dollar company that has retained his services for the last 36 months, it’s so jaw dropping simple you might think he’s telling porkies. Why it pays to have some bravado balanced with humility to scale, survive and thrive in competitive

Show Notes Elevation Nation In This show you get to hear Rob and Leon interviewing Kate McQuillan, who runs a highly  successful pet-setting business in Ireland with husband Mike. In less than 5 years the pet sitters Ireland brand has exploded rapidly turning over 6 figures primarily by having a strong content Marketing strategy.   Also in the show Hear how Kate stumbled upon a Genius content Marketer and blindly followed his strategy to rapidly scale from local to nationally recognised business. Learn How Kate grew her website traffic by 400% in 18 months using a wildly successful offline marketing tactic. Discover the drop dead simple secrets Kate and her husband used to create 450 blog posts, which laser targeted qualified traffic to website. Get an A-Z outline of how Kate generated tens of thousands of pounds (£/$) of free publicity that catapulted her brand to national prominence, which meant being featured in 15 newspapers, 7 radio shows and 1 TV appearance . Kate discusses the hidden benefits of automa

Show notes. Rob & Leon review their first 10 podcast episodes. And what to expect in episodes 12-20

Show Notes In this show we interview comedian comedy promoter and former Teletubbies star John Simmit on what it’s like to be a performance artist and through John’s story we discover the many parallels between the life of a performing artist and entrepreneur.   Also in the show John explains how he developed his passion for performing art to flee from the status quo and stereotypes of young black men as he was growing up. How Alternate comics Like Ben Elton and the Saturday Night SHOW inspired him to forge a career as an international Comedy Promoter. The 3 Big lessons marketing he learnt from promoting his first major comedy event in Alexander theatre in the early 90 with zero database financial resources and no social media… John explains how he became the go to Guy helping theatre directors with their marketing of alternative events and he spills the beans on the best strategy  for approaching venues to  get  them for free to put  on an event. You learn how to handle rejection disappointment and the best 

Show Notes In this episode Robert Dene talks to Author, Business coach and Radio personality Mark Sephton, about his recently published book “The Inside Job”, which examines entrepreneur’s belief systems, thinking and self-talk. Whilst unravelling the true definition of success.   Also in the show Mark describes the 8 key fundamentals to his “GPS system” that can help anyone to reveal blind spot deficiency and turn them into assets. Learn why words are so important and the best way to eliminate dialogues that are blocking your business prosperity. Mark shares his secret hack for retaining 30% information when attending conferences and seminars (it’s so simple you might kick yourself…). The business lessons he learnt in the low pay labour intense hospitality industry and how you can hop skip and jump right over them. Find out why Mark flew half way around the world to see if he had found true love xxx Hear the big light bulb moment that catapulted Mark’s career when he attended a high-end success seminar (whic

Show Notes In this information packed show we interview our first female business women, Sally Lawson. CEO of the highly successful “Concentric Lettings Franchise Group”. A Business woman since 1990, an international property investor – buying her first property on her 18th birthday, and an investor in many other companies besides. Sally can be found regularly speaking on stages across the UK talking about her passion… property and business.   Also in the show How her next door neighbour (a local prostitute) coincidentally made up Sally’s mind to enter the property industry without uttering a single word. How growing up in a foster care environment galvanised her “can do” spirit and has helped her overcome business and personal challenges including; 3 marriages and being divorced twice, losing half of her businesses. Learn why for 8 hours a day, for 18 months she set time to master a skill that catapulted her new venture, Concentric Lettings Group, which resulted in her peers begging Sally to share her secret