Growth Guided BD: Recent Episodes
Growth Guided BD
Welcome to the growth guided Podcast a place where you you get to hear stories of people who have taken the leap of faith to step into the next level growth.
I’m your host Fahmida Islam, I’m a multi passionate entrepreneur and self taught designer. I’ll be taking you on journey of learning new skill while listening to stories of the people who have done it already. It’s your chance to get inspired and motivated while learning step-by-step key strategies to level up your career goals.
What are we waiting for?Let’s get started!
Episode 9: Let’s make friendship with algorithms
(Sponsored by LaMode)
Founder of Growth Guided, Fahmida Islam, starts this episode by explaining why the previous intro was dropped as it no longer aligns with Growth Guided. Then she breaks down her plan of revitalizing the newsletter and changing the whole setup of podcasts so that listeners get the most out of it. She also informs the listeners that there will be a workbook with the newsletter so that they can implement the learnings of podcasts. Later she moves to announce an exciting addition to podcasts that is the sponsorships. After talking about the details of today’s sponsorship, Fahmida Islam dives into the topic of discussion, “Let’s make friendship with algorithms.” She breaks down everything about algorithms: why is it important to make friends with algorithms, how the algorithm works & how to make friends with algorithms. She also takes time to debunk what niche is and how to master the art of hashtags. She ends the episode with a brief summary of the topic followed by a gratitude note.
The show note of this episode is given here for your convenience:
00:01 A new start and reason for dropping off the previous intro
01:10 A good resource: the Growth Guided podcasts
02:40 Revitalizing the newsletter and the addition of workbooks
03:33 Reason behind changing the whole setup & love for podcasts
05:58 The philosophy behind Growth Guided
06:31 How the new system works
08:02 Why we brought these changes in our podcasts
09:53 Growth Guided Newsletter: a permanent way of communication
10:40 Exciting news about taking sponsorships
12:29 Today’s sponsor: LaMode
13:41 Story behind today’s topic: Let's make friendship with algorithms
17:12 Why is it important to become friends with the algorithm
18:18 How the algorithm works
19:03 Why the algorithm can become your friend
20:18 How to befriend the algorithms
21:29 Debunking the niche
23:22 Mastering the art of hashtags
26:17 A summary of today’s topic
27:29 How to get the most out of the workbook
28:39 Ending note of gratitude
Due to frequent requests from our followers, this podcast solely focuses on how to increase sales. In this episode, our founder Fahmida Islam starts the podcast by explaining why this topic is such a demanding one. She further adds her own experience from her entrepreneurial venture La Mode and how she deals with a slow season of sales. She then dives into the steps that have worked for her to get out of a slow season. To emphasize the steps, she repeats them multiple times throughout the podcast so that they would be imprinted in the listeners’ minds. In step three, she explains the “A/B test” in great detail and adds an example of how this test can be applied to the Facebook platform. Lastly, she ends the episode by reiterating why it is of tremendous importance to refine and fine-tune the content every now and then, preferably in every quarter of a business year.
The show note of this episode is given here for your convenience:
00:01 Welcome to The Growth Guided
00:33 Motivation behind this topic: How to increase sales
02:01 Speaking from experience
02:46 Why it is important to have good sales
03:33 The first step in recovering the sales with an example
04:24 The reasoning behind the first step
05:03 The second step: reconnecting with the audience
06:26 The third step: What is the A/B testing method?
06:57 How to use A/B tests and why it is important to do an A/B test
08:02 Step number four: to analyze the results of the A/B test
09:00 Step five: implementation of the best performing content
09:39 The need to refine and fine-tune content
10:17 The potential of A/B testing
11:04 The final piece of the puzzle
12:12 A brief summary and ending note
Growth Guided website: www.growthguidedbd.com
Growth guided Instagram: https://instagram.com/growthguidedbd
In episode 6, Fahmida Islam dives straight to the topic, “why do you nedd a website?” She starts this topic with the recent surge in social media use due to the pandemic and lockdowns, causing people to spend more time on social media. Then she emphasizes the need for a proper website for content creators and business owners, drawing evidence from her own experience back in 2015; also shedding light on this topic from the point of view of a product-based business, La Mode, and a service-based business, Growth Guided. She also highlights the difference between content creators of Bangladesh and content creators of other countries, pointing out how content creators from Bangladesh are going in opposite directions. In the later part of this podcast, she guides her listeners about all the ins and outs of building a website: where to start, what platform to choose, name and domain of the website, design of the website, payment gateways, and many more.
The show note of this episode is given here for your convenience:
00:01 Welcome to The Growth Guided
00:34 The pandemic and the surge of social media use
01:38 The need for a proper website
02:53 My story: what made me sure about the importance of a proper social media
06:17 Shedding light from the point of view of Growth Guided
07:17 Content creators & current trend in Bangladesh
09:30 “Social media is an outlet to promote your work, not your address”
10:12 Where to start: Shopify and Squarespace
12:04 Name and domain of the website
12:56 Design of the website & Payment gateways
15:03 A quick brief on Growth Guided
Growth Guided website: www.growthguidedbd.com
Growth guided Instagram: https://instagram.com/growthguidedbd
In this episode, Fahmida Islam welcomes her listeners after a brief break and dives straight into why the break was needed. Before talking about the new direction of Growth Guided, she talks about her observation of current business trends in Bangladesh where everyone is repeating other successful businesses. She points out how embracing your uniqueness is way more important than repeating others by highlighting Growth Guided unique values. She also shares a personal experience regarding a workshop where she realized validations can easily be bought with money. Later she discusses her future vision for Growth Guided as an institute and moves to uncovering currently available services on Growth Guided. On this note, she also shares her mentee experiences and how these experiences light up her soul. With a brief summary on mini-courses would be a good investment and with a positive ending note, she concludes this episode.
The show note of this episode is given here for your convenience:
00:01 Welcome to The Growth Guided
00:33 The reason behind the break
01:54 Current trend in Bangladesh: the repetition of other businesses
03:03 A new direction for Growth Guided
03:55 How Growth Guided is unique in its own way
06:58 Why you should embrace your unique voice
08:02 Future vision for Growth Guided
09:02 Sharing a personal story: validations can be bought with money
11:18 Currently available services of Growth Guided: mini-courses and one-on-one mentorship
16:42 My mentee experiences; uncovering their uniqueness
22:10 Why the mini-course would be a good investment
23:11 Brief summary of current services
24:40 Ending note
Growth Guided website: www.growthguidedbd.com
Growth guided Instagram: https://instagram.com/growthguidedbd
In episode 4, Fahmida Islam starts the episode by welcoming her listeners after a long break. Then she moves on to unveiling the topic of the podcast which is personal branding, a topic she is very passionate about and she shares her dream of building Growth Guided around this topic. She also believes personal branding can be an empowerment tool in this era and demonstrates examples of three different professions on how they can use personal branding in their daily life. Furthermore, she talks about how the idea of personal branding initially started and how this idea is evolving with time. She also sheds light on the topic and categories of influencers, a topic very closely related to personal branding. She shares her experiences with different categories of influencers and adds valuable advice on how these influencers can showcase their authentic voices on social media. She finally wraps up the episode with some exciting news on step-by-step guidelines on personal branding.
The show note of this episode is given here for your convenience:
00:01 Welcome to The Growth Guided
00:32 Personal Branding: An Empowerment Tool and A Passion
03:15 Changing Pattern of The Podcast
04:00 What Is Personal Branding to Me?
04:58 How Has the Idea of Personal Branding Evolved Over Time?
06:40 Who Can Build A Personal Brand?
08:10 Influence and Influencers
09:41 Nano Influencers and Why Do I Prefer to Work with Nano Influencers?
12:34 Micro Influencers
17:21 Mega Influencers
20:49 A Message to The Influencers
21:58 How Can You Build Your Personal Brand?
23:03 The Lawyer
25:07 The Housewife
26:59 The Entrepreneur
28:41 Exciting News About Personal Branding Guideline
Growth Guided website: www.growthguidedbd.com
Growth guided Instagram: https://instagram.com/growthguidedbd
Fahmida Islam starts episode 5 by welcoming the listeners after quite a long break and dives straight to the point, "how to restart your passion project," and went on letting everyone know why Growth Guided is her passion project. In this episode, Fahmida Islam gets very candid, honest and raw, and proceeds to a heart-to-heart conversation with the listeners. She shares her recent realizations regarding coaching calls which became a steep learning curve for her. She further continues to how that learning point compelled her to make a tough decision. In between this candid conversation, she shares three key points of restarting any passion project, namely three Ws: look into your' why,' then what are the things that you've learned, and finally, where these lessons are taking you. Finally, she sums up the episode with a very heartfelt request.
The show note of this episode is given here for your convenience:
00:01 Welcome to The Growth Guided
00:32 A Heart To Heart Conversation
02:07 Restarting A Passion Project
02:59 Look Into Your ‘Why’
04:40 A Rather Steep Learning Curve
06:54 The gap between the audience and myself
10:13 Taking A Difficult Decision
11:57 Re-evaluating and Restarting
13:19 The Three Ws
14:02 Figuring Out The Next Steps
15:17 A Heartfelt request
Fahmida Islam starts episode 3 by welcoming the listeners and expressing her gratitude to every single listener for joining this podcast. Then she moves on to unveiling the topic of the podcast which is Habits. She shares her personal skin and hair care habits and what motivated her to do this regularly. Later on, she reveals her plan regarding habits for next month and it’s all about evening routine. She shares her plan of reconnecting with Holy Quran, exercising regularly, reading books and listening to podcasts, revamping her watch list in details. Then she moves on the most exciting segment of the podcast which is Sleep Meditation. After discussing that, she talks about the four laws of Atomic Habits by James Clear and how she is implementing those four laws in her habits. Beside the habit talk, she also discusses some exciting upcoming plans for Growth Guided which includes Weekly Newsletter with a freebie and Podcast Theme with a Bonus Episode. After that she explores the possibility of opening a YouTube channel. Finally, she concluded the episode with coaching calls details.
The show note of this episode is given here for your convenience:
00:01 Welcome to the growth guided
00:34 Welcoming to the third episode and gratitude note
01:57 Let’s talk about habits!
02:23 All about my skin and hair care journey
04:10 Plans for next month: it’s all about evening routine
05:01 Connecting again with Holy Quran
05: 42 Let’s break a sweat with exercises!
06:03 Let’s give books and podcast one more try
07:15 Revamping my watch list
07:49 Sleep meditation (Hint: it’s the best part)
08:44 Let’s get habitual: Atomic Habits
09: 38 Make it obvious
10: 30 Make it attractive
12:45 Make it easy
14:04 Make it satisfying
14:33 Exciting update on the newsletter
15:39 Habitica: Gamify your life
16:48 A brief summary
17:27 Weekly podcast theme and all about bonus episode
18:50 Pushing myself: DO IT anyway
20:13 Possibility of a YouTube channel?
22:09 Coaching calls details
24:33 Goodbye for now
Blogpost: www.growthguidedbd.com/blog-podcast/episode-3-habit-building-methods-im-following
Growth Guided website: www.growthguidedbd.com
Growth guided instagram: https://instagram.com/growthguidedbd
In the second episode, Fahmida Islam starts off by sharing some more details on the work environment of Growth Guided. After that, she jumps to the part on guiding the listeners on how to work on personal branding. While doing so, she discusses about branding on different social media platforms and shares her thoughts on these platforms. Later on, she takes a turn from personal branding to business branding, where she again talks about the usability of different social media platforms specially LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram, in terms of marketing a business and interacting with the existing and potential stakeholders. After discussing that, she concluded with the belief that these shared experiences of hers are going to be of value to the listeners, if these are being implemented properly.
The show note of this episode is given here for your convenience:
00:00 Welcoming to the second episode
00:23 Work environment at Growth Guided and a bit about my dyslexia
03: 42 Unveiling the topic of discussion for today’s episode
06:08 Personal Branding
- 07:43 Choosing a comfortable platform
- 08:49 Facebook: The living room
- 10:10 Instagram: The playground
- 12:55 LinkedIn: The boardroom
- 14:16 Another TV
- 14:34 Ideal platform for video sharing
15: 21 Social media platforms for businesses
- 15:30 Facebook
- 16:29 Instagram
- 17:41 LinkedIn
18:40 Ending note
Blogpost: www.growthguidedbd.com/blogs-podcasts/episode-2-social-media-tips-for-post-covid-era
Growth Guided website: www.growthguidedbd.com
Growth guided instagram: https://instagram.com/growthguidedbd
In the very first episode of Growth Guided podcast, Fahmida helps to create a better picture about the venture on the listeners’ minds. She starts off by, simply, being open about the shortcomings the listeners might be facing during the journey. Shortcomings such as the language barrier. After that, she introduces herself, shares the origin story of her passion for podcasts and fangirls a little about her favorite podcast, Goal Digger. And with that, she adds the reason behind her coming up with a podcast of her own: the drive to facilitate other entrepreneurs (current and potential) in running or starting their businesses smoothly with different types of resources. Through Growth Guided, Fahmida dreams to help the entrepreneurs in facing the adversaries she had to face and is still dealing with in her entrepreneurship journey so far. The episode gives the listeners a tour to the core of the Growth Guided platform. It not only mentions the future plans for the venture, but also familiarizes the listeners with these plans by sharing important details. Fahmida, also, introduces her team in this pilot episode and ends on a hopeful note to move towards building a better community.
The show note of the episode is as follows:
00:35 Launching the pilot episode of Growth Guided
00:50 Breaking the ice by mentioning the probable shortcomings of the podcast
03: 26 Host introducing herself
04:09 Disclosing the origin story of Growth Guided
07:17 How the initial idea of Growth Guided was eventually given a shape
08:36 What is Growth Guided
09:32 Growth Guided Podcast and Blog
12:08 Platform or forum to have a discussion on the podcast
12:58 Call for future sponsorships
13:57 Social media presence of Growth Guided
15:52 Growth Guided Coaching Calls
17:14 Reintroducing “Media Kit Building” course and mentioning other services of Growth Guided
17: 28 Unveiling “Growth Vault”
20:12 Mission of Growth Guided
21:10 Some more information about Growth Guided Podcasts
22:13 Growth Guided Newsletter announcement
23:10 Introducing the people working behind the scene
26:25 How the listeners can share their opinion on each episode
26: 58 Ending Note
Blogpost: www.growthguidedbd.com/blog-podcast/episode-1-get-to-know-about-growth-guided
Growth Guided website: www.growthguidedbd.com
Growth guided instagram: https://instagram.com/growthguidedbd
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