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Using podcasts to grow your network Sep 21, 2026

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Larissa Banting APR is one of only a handful of professionals to be Accredited by the Canadian Public Relations Society. Over the past 30 years, she’s worked with clients such as SaaS success SudShare, The City of St. Albert, Bombay Sapphire Gin, Alberta Ballet, CBC Television, and CTV Network. She was a columnist for See Magazine and Vue Magazine, authored the best-seller Costa Rica -The Bradt Guide, and has freelanced for En Route (Air Canada Magazine), Destination Weddings and Honeymoons Magazine, and Huffington Post. Larissa is the owner of El Bee PR, a boutique public relations firm.

Today her specialism is helping her clients get onto podcasts. She's found that it's a really excellent way for them to grow their networks.

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Email: hello@larissabanting.com

Phone: 786-360-7105

Website: larissabanting.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larissa_banting/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@larissabantingpr

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larissabantingbiz

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larissabanting/

Asset Finance and Networking Sep 14, 2026

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Larissa Riba is the founder of Thirteen Financial Services, an asset management company which has helped clients finance large business purchases from vehicles to sunbeds!

She also runs a networking group for people working in or adjacent to the construction industry (one of her key sectors), and on top of that she's a trustee for the local RSPCA!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/larrisa-riba/

https://www.thirteenFS.co.uk

Research the local networking culture! Sep 09, 2026

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Cintia Arnhoffer is the Co-owner and General Manager of a Dubai real estate company. Originally from Hungary, she moved to Denmark at the age of 21, where she spent 13 years building her career in an international environment. In 2021, she relocated to Dubai on her own, without contacts or an existing network, to build a new life and business from scratch.

Today, she helps international clients invest in Dubai real estate, establish businesses in the UAE, obtain residency visas, and create tax-efficient business structures. Her mission is to make investing and doing business in Dubai simple, transparent, and accessible for clients around the world.

website: arnhoffer.com

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@cintiaarnhoffer

Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/cintia-arnhoffer-a1a629212/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cintia.arnhoffer

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cintia.dubai.realestate/

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cintiaarnhoffer?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

Consistency is the key to networking Aug 31, 2026

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With over 20 years in business development, sales, marketing, and events, Heather Offord has worked across everything from hospitality to consultancy — but what lights her up most is seeing people go from stuck and overwhelmed to confident and visible, with a clear plan that actually works for them.

At Clarity Consultants, Heather created The Growth Roadmap — a framework that helps business owners step back, understand their business, and build a strategy that feels achievable and scaleable. Whether it’s marketing, sales, analysis, personal branding or simply making sense of their diary, Heather works with them to create clarity and structure so they can move forward.

Website: Home | Clarity Consultants | Business Growth | Glasgow, UK

LinkedIn: Heather Offord | LinkedIn

Instagram: Instagram

The Growth Compass: The Growth Compass: How to build a growth plan that fits you and your business : Offord, Heather: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Networking with the Baltimore Ravens! Aug 24, 2026

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Chad Bauer is President & Owner of SR&B Advertising, a performance-driven growth marketing agency based in Baltimore, USA - over 60 years in business. Chad acquired the agency from his father and has transformed it from a traditional advertising shop into a modern, data-driven operation.

Every client SR&B has today came through a referral - no paid ads, no outside sales team, no self-promotion. That 100% referral-based growth model, paired with a 94% annual client retention rate, is the direct result of how Chad and his team approach relationships: build trust first, deliver results consistently, and let the work speak for itself. In a world where technology has made it easy to hide behind screens, Chad believes the businesses that still pick up the phone, sit across the table, and invest in genuine human connection have a real competitive advantage. He's also active in his local business community, currently in his third year serving as Assistant Vice President of Sponsorship for AMA Baltimore and is part of the Baltimore Ravens Small Business Partnership - a relationship he pursued specifically for the networking opportunity it created with two dozen fellow local businesses.

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SR&B website - https://www.srbadv.com/

Chad’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadgbauer/

Have you been 'pitch slapped?!' Aug 17, 2026

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Tash Rebuck, the Founder of The Good Sales Company is on a mission to help people fall in love with Sales. Sales has become a bit of a dirty word, but it is integral to every business. Tash provides Coaching, Training and Retainer support to help businesses find the sales style that fits their values.

With over a decade of B2B sales experience, Tash has worked with hundreds of companies looking to improve their sales in a positive way that fits their values. Tash is the host of the Sales podcast The S Word, and a speaker at the British Library, Somerset House, London School of Economics, Imperial College London and UCL, delivering training and advice on how to increase revenue in the right way.

www.thegoodsalescompany.com

The Salon Owners Club Aug 10, 2026

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Sasha Core went from £25k in debt to building a multi 6 to 7 figure salon business, which she now hasn't worked in for over four years.

With 21 years in the beauty industry and 14 years as a salon owner, Sasha knows exactly what it feels like to be the hostage of your own business - doing everything, being everything, and often wondering why you started in the first place.

But she figured it out. She went from operator to CEO, built a team that runs without her, and paid herself well doing it. Then she built The Salon Owners Club and her Disrupt & Dominate™ framework so other salon owners could do the same - without having to learn it the hard way like she did.

Today, Sasha is a Specialist Salon Business Consultant who works with ambitious salon owners ready to stop trading time for money and start building something that actually gives back. She helps them generate more revenue, more profit, and more time - whilst working less in the process.

She is direct. She is results driven. And she only says yes to the clients she knows she can activate into extraordinary outcomes.

Instagram: Https://instagram.com/thesalonownersclub

Building a network in tech, with Tobi from Tide! Aug 03, 2026

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Tobi Aromire is a Sales Executive and Partnerships Manager with Tide in the UK.

Tide is much more than a business bank - in fact you can pretty much run your business from Tide without needing any separate accounting software or payroll platform, and it even has a savings account built in!

If you want to try Tide for your own business, use my referral code LIZDRURYF2F and when you deposit £100 you'll get an extra £50 added to your balance!

Use this link to open a business account:

https://www.tide.co/partners-50cashback/?ref=LIZDRURYF2F

And this link if you are registering a company:

https://www.tide.co/partners-50cashback-cofo/?ref=LIZDRURYF2F

Tobi is also the founder of the International Young People in Tech community - a network of 11,000+ people worldwide.

https://www.youngpeopleintech.com

Growing a Business in Canada Jul 27, 2026

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Who knew the girl who used a whole roll of film taking pictures of headstones (age 7) and wrote a terrible poem about memories (age 9) would become a writer and photographer?

Let that be your inspiration. If Sarah could do it, then really, ANYONE CAN.

Sarah has always been creative, but it took a 20-year paramedic career to work out what she really hated doing and a move halfway across the world to finally do the thing she really wanted to do. She’s nothing if a little slow to figure things out ;-) She previously ran a successful wedding and portrait photography business for almost 8 years alongside her ambulance service life. And Sarah Wayte Creative has been her full-time obsession since 2019.

English-born with proudly Maltese heritage (and now a Canadian passport to add to the collection), she’s an introvert with a fiery, passionate heart (and a tendency to wave her arms around while speaking).

She’s a cat-Mum to two, childfree by choice, and wife to a guy who goes with all her madcap ideas. And she’s all about helping you to express your real, honest self through your words and photos.

https://sarahwayte.com

Personal writing (Deeper than Words substack account): https://sarahwayte.substack.com/

Podcast, The Loud Words for Quiet Rebels podcast: https://sarahwayte.substack.com/s/loud-words-for-quiet-rebels

Free Home Page Copy Review: https://sarahwayte.com/home-page-copy-review-freebie/

This is a personalised 10 minute review of your home page copy where Sarah will highlight any glaring issues, point out what works well and where you might make some improvements to make your home page really work for your business. It’s best for service providers and creatives. :-)

Grow your network with Google Reviews Jul 20, 2026

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When times are good you NEED new clients. If the economy is bad you REALLY NEED new clients.

The problem is how do you get found in all the noise that is today's internet.

On top of that, who can you trust and how much should it cost?

John de Jong of Alley Kat Signs and Marketing has over 800 Google Reviews for his family business and will share the playbook he uses at iGetYOUfound.com to help your business grow.

Websites: AlleyKatSigns.com

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