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Guy Bartlett Twitter - https://twitter.com/guybartlett?lang=en

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Preston

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and

high-performance Coach. He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

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4 Steps To Tap Into Your Own Creative Intelligence - with Vineet Bhartia Dec 10, 2020

Show notes

Everything we require in order to succeed is already within us, and yet we often look externally for our sources of success. In this week's show, Gavin talks to Vineet Bhartia, founder of the Natural Business Group

about the ways in which we can tap into our own innate creative intelligence, and by doing so improve and energise our own path through business.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

We all seek validation, but many seek it externally. The most important and valuable validation comes from within.
The first step is always to create our own unique vision - the business landscape upon which we are able to plant our ideas and watch them grow.
We must embrace our own individuality and nurture the uniqueness within ourselves. By doing this we create a sense of identity and what we believe in, as well as establish our goals and values.
We create a bridge between where we are now and our vision for the future, by tapping into our creative intelligence.

BEST MOMENTS

'Focus creates reality - what you focus on creates a reality'

'An acorn has within it, everything it needs to fulfil its true potential'

'Where is the power...?'

'Life is too short to do what you don't really feel called to do'

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ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Preston

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

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Sid Bharath, Serial Founder and CEO of Broca On How AI Can Constantly Improve Performance Of Your Ad Copy Dec 07, 2020

Show notes

Partnerships can drastically help when it comes to scaling revenue, and today's guest, Broca founder Sid Bharath, is here to talk about how partnerships create wealth, and how his incredible AI tool can help to write ad copy that grows and iterates over time in order to stay relevant and drive your sales towards unheard-of levels of success.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Risks are necessary in business, even if they result in failure. Lessons are learned with far more clarity when they are taught to us through error.
Far too many companies treat marketing as a one shot deal, putting out ad copy and hoping it lands. But by iterating upon that content, allowing it to react, it can grow and shape itself around trends, netting a far wider audience.
More people are spending time at home, and less on commuting. This has drastically altered the advertising marketplace for everyone, and requires a far more sophisticated form of trying to present advertising to people.
Broca is not so much a copywriting replacement as it is an augmentation. it is designed to enhance and perfect, rather than replace, meaning that users have far more control, and also are able to free up valuable time for other tasks.

BEST MOMENTS

'When it comes to marketing, I like to take a scientific approach'

'Step one, you place a lot of bets. Step two, you track which bets are working, and double down on those'

'I'm a massive advocate of partnerships, I think they're so powerful'

'Be very specific about the niche or audience that you're going after'

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Sid Bharath Twitter - https://twitter.com/siddharth87?lang=en

Sid Bharath - https://www.siddharthbharath.com

Broca - https://www.usebroca.com

Sid Bharath LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidbharath/?originalSubdomain=ca

ABOUT THE HOST
Gavin Preston

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and high-performance Coach. He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years. Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

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Parker Stevenson, Co-Founder Of Evolved Finance, On How He Helped Online Course Creators To Turn 2020 Into Their Biggest Year Dec 03, 2020

Show notes

This time, Gavin talks to Parker Stevenson about how he came to found Evolved Finance, in order to help online creators to better keep their books. The idea has helped some of the largest names in the world of course creation and online education to make 2020 the biggest year yet, despite forecasts saying otherwise.

Listen in and find out how he achieved this!

KEY TAKEAWAYS

2020 saw a remarkable uptick in online teaching due to the fact that many people were at home, and could take advantage of the time in order to develop. Businesses, too, felt that time could be well spent in developing their people's skills.
Entrepreneurs who are thinking globally, and not focussing so much upon home markets, are suddenly reaping rich rewards. We should always aim to think bigger now that we have the tools to reach wider audiences.
All the marketing in the world can't fix a problem if it's at the core of the business. We need to develop our own understanding of the why
Many clients focus on the hunt for cash and customers. When they find success, the question becomes "What do I do with this?". Careful planning and expert advice at this stage are essential.

BEST MOMENTS

'People were at home, They had more time. They were paying attention a lot more'

'If your business isn't profitable then you've got an expensive hobby'

'Book-keeping has become so commoditised'

'That's the game most of want to continue focussing on'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

https://evolvedfinance.com/about/

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parker@evolvedfinance.com

ABOUT THE HOST
Gavin Preston

Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

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Hey Presto! Go For Growth or Hold Steady in Order to Look After Burnt Out Employees? Nov 26, 2020

Show notes

The prospect of 2021 throws up an interesting question: should we push for growth, or should we moderate our expectations? In this special edition of 'Hey Presto', Gavin answers this very timely question.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Business is like nature. We are either growing, or we are decaying and shrinking. Growth is the optimal state for any business at all times. Now is the time for growth and to take advantage of opportunity.
In the wake of COVID restrictions, and as we move into a post-vaccine future, businesses will have many opportunities to leap out ahead in terms of growth, scale, innovation and success. We must make sure we're in that group.
Human beings are not designed to cope well with a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world. We need to bear in mind that many are feeling burnout and disorientation after this most disruptive of years.
One way in which we can help people to deal with this new world, is to provide hope and true leadership. When someone is at the bottom, they need direction. We need to paint a compelling picture.

BEST MOMENTS

'As human beings we are inherently built to grow, to learn, to develop'

'You need to be making the bold moves now'

'We've also got an epidemic of burnout'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Preston

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

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Mike Maynard on Marketing Numbers, Content and Growth through Acquisition Nov 23, 2020

Show notes

Gavin is joined by PR and marketing specialist, Mike Maynard, the Managing Director/CEO of the Napier agency, and host of the Marketing B2B Technology Podcast.

Mike discusses the ways in which the needle has shifted dramatically for marketing in the wake of lockdown, and how this has allowed for sales specialists to focus in narrowly upon tighter demographics.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Since lockdown, marketing has become far more of a front-end component in sales, enabling a greater ability to target specific niche customers.
It's far more valuable to focus on a smaller number of incoming customers, than it is to attempt to appeal to “vanity metrics”. Site traffic means little is each enquiry cannot be effectively transitioned.
We must never underestimate the value of the customer journey – the route by which a potential client goes from knowing nothing about you, to becoming a customer.
It is not enough to simply know how to market to a company. We must also recognise the need to market to a specific person within that organisation – the buyer, so to speak – everyone involved in decision making will have different needs.

BEST MOMENTS

‘I believe in solving problems rather than overcoming challenges'

‘The first thing I see is people just trying to make all the numbers move up'

‘If you can get a higher conversion rate, you're going to get a better return'

It's way too easy to get hung up on the tool'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Napier - www.napierb2b.com

Mike Maynard LinkedIn – www.linkedin.com/in/mikemaynard

Marketing B2B Technology Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/marketing-b2b-technology/id1485417724

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Preston

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

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Hey Presto! Don't Let People Put You In A Corner Nov 19, 2020

Show notes

Are you associating with the people who nourish your development?

That's the question at the heart of this week's 'Hey Presto', where Gavin discusses the impact of external negativity upon our internal self-belief, and why it might be time to move on if you're not being appreciated.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

When others project their negativity upon us, it can have the effect of forcing upon us a mask or different version of the person we know we are.
If you find yourself being under appreciated, or backed into a corner by those who do not appreciate your gifts, then find another place to be.
By altering our perspective on our current career, and reframing our position of influence in that role, we can internally adjust our mindset and chance the way we show up.

BEST MOMENTS

'If you're around people who don't believe in you, you can start to question yourself'

'Don't allow people to put you in a corner'

'Who do you see yourself as?'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Preston

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

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Steve Rodgers On Creating More Productivity, Profit and Purpose In Your Business Nov 16, 2020

Show notes

Gavin talks to Steve Rodgers, bestselling author of ‘Lead To Gold', and the creator of Alchemy Advisors, a coaching and consulting firm. Steve is also a former Warren Buffett CEO, highly sought-after keynote speaker and entrepreneur.

Steve discusses the best and most actionable ways in which you can get increase your productivity, ramp up your profits and build a greater sense of purpose in your business.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

We all have days where everything seems to work in harmony. This is the state of flow. Being in flow is being aware that our mind plays a huge part in determining our outlook and mindset, and that it allows us to be more open to this state.
We should seek to encourage a daily practice around the four B's:

Body - eating well and exercise
Being - soul, connection and inner self through meditation or prayer
Bonds - your relationships with family, friends, or acquaintances
Business - working on the business and in the business

Many prioritise business over everything else, but if your body, being and bonds are not in harmony, then it'll be difficult keep any kind of flow in your business life for any length of time.
Our clients deserve to get the best from us. We cannot possibly give of our best if we are not treating ourselves as the most important client of all.

BEST MOMENTS

‘I'm here to encourage people to do more searching and defining in business and in life'

‘Ego is when you are Edging Good Out'

‘We are co-creators with the universe'

‘Anything you can track and measure, you can improve upon'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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ABOUT THE GUEST

Steve Rodgers, Author of Amazon #1 Best-selling book “Lead to Gold,” soon to launch book “The IGI Principles,” and creator of Alchemy Advisors coaching and consulting firm, is a former Warren Buffett CEO who experienced a radical spiritual transformation that has evolved into a new mission as a purpose-driven consultant and entrepreneur coach, in-demand international keynote speaker, and bestselling author.

www.steverodgers.net

steve@steverodgerstoday.com

Twitter - https://twitter.com/srodgerstoday

Facebook - https://facebook.com/thealchemyadvisors

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Preston

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

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Are You Preparing Your Business For Your Endgame? Nov 12, 2020

Show notes

Are you keeping your business on course for your ultimate objective? Are you on track for the exit you've planned, the sale you hope to achieve, or for the management team to take over so that you can free up your time?

In this week's Hey Presto, Gavin gives you some ideas and pointers about the things you should be focussing upon if you want to stay on course towards your endgame.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

The general areas of error that many businesses suffer from in terms of their ultimate objectives, are failing to do enough to consider succession, and those who may have held on to their business for too long.
Creating an effective management team provides you with new options upon your exit. A management buyout by the team you've built is a robust exit solution. It also provides a third-party buyer with the faith that the company can continue successfully.
Lifestyle businesses are there to provide their owners with a lifestyle. But in the event of sale, you must reasonably be able to provide at least three years of proof of growth.

BEST MOMENTS

‘What an investor is looking for is a tick in a certain number of boxes'

‘If you've got a cross in these, then it devalues your business'

‘You need to be building balance sheets and building profitability'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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ABOUT THE HOST
Gavin Preston

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