Pod Pit: Recent Episodes
Gareth Robertson
Who is this for? Pod Pit is primarily aimed at aspiring young designers and creatives who are about to fly solo. And business people who enjoy learning about creativity, processes, entrepreneurship, challenge, sacrifice, success and juggling families with running a business. Who am I and why am I doing this? I'm Gareth Robertson and I am a graphic designer. I help savvy business leaders be seen, heard and remembered with powerful graphic design.I'm a visual communicator and I love a good story when it's discussed with passion. I believe that we learn, grow and succeed by communicating and digesting information through stories. This podcast is a new platform for my large and ever expanding network of contacts to tell their own special story; and for me and others to learn more about them. Pod Pit provides insight through stories, guidance through familiar narratives and connection through communication. All guests on the show are real people with real and incredible stories to tell and they've kindly agreed to share that story on Pod Pit.
After a hectic summer and autumn, season 2 drew to a close and the boys finally sat down to do a wrap up! This episode was recorded in July 2023 but only edited and released in November! This shows you just how busy we've all been - but season 3 is in pipeline and will be here very very soon, #WatchThisSpace
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gareth@podpit.online
dan@podpit.online
bertie@podpit.online
Anthony Rowell, Sustainability Lead and Client Success Director at Tradeprint joins us to talk about eco-friendly print and his role as the chair of the BPIF Environmental Forum. We chat about how print is fast becoming one of the most sustainable forms of marketing and how a long commute to work can be balanced out with sensible remote working.
And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be appreciated! We always ask for feedback and ideas on how we can improve, so please fire any suggestions to any of our emails:
gareth@podpit.online
dan@podpit.online
bertie@podpit.online
Men are under a lot of pressure. To be leaders. Partners. Fathers. It can be hard to live your own truth, to “open up”, get vulnerable, and choose to live a more meaningful life. The AND THEN WHAT? programme is the ideal space for you to do it – a space for growth.
Today, the boys sit down to talk to Yaron, a facilitator of safe spaces for men to open up, be honest and discover answers to their missing purpose in life. In this fascinating episode, things get very deep, very real and very honest as the team find talking to Yaron an enlightening experience. This is an episode not to be missed!
Yaron has kindly sent over some helpful links and a discount code for an upcoming retreat he is running, see below...
The Meetup CommunityFree monthly taster sessions. It says London but all the meetups are online so the location doesn't matter.
https://www.meetup.com/a-better-man-purpose-leadership-relationship/
Finding Your ValuesThis is an opportunity for podcast listeners (men only) who want to go through a simple process of finding their top values as well as getting clear about the top three values. As mentioned, the values work is the first step we do in the programmes because it's key to build our purpose with that clarity.
The first 5 men who contact me before May 7th to info@yaronengler.com will get to do this process and nail down their values free of charge.
The weekend in MayUse the discount code PODPIT and get £100 off the price for anyone who books by May 7th (as long as there are places left. Currently there are 6 places left).
https://www.yaronengler.com/the-man-you-want-to-be/
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gareth@podpit.online
dan@podpit.online
bertie@podpit.online
A special episode this week with a world renowned expert on Unicorns!
Business enquiries, collab or sponsorship opportunities, please contact gareth@podpit.online
And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be appreciated! We always ask for feedback and ideas on how we can improve, so please fire any suggestions to any of our emails:
gareth@podpit.online
dan@podpit.online
bertie@podpit.online
Kev Smith from WOD Weekends joins us to talk all things fitness and travel AND... sports travel. In this episode we discuss gym fails, cheese rolling, dream sports events, lost hostel bookings, shattered shins and much more!
Kev can be found at:
www.wodweekends.com
IG: @wodweekends
And his proudest moment can be viewed here...
And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be appreciated! We always ask for feedback and ideas on how we can improve, so please fire any suggestions to any of our emails:
gareth@podpit.online
dan@podpit.online
bertie@podpit.online
Jessica Davanzo from Square Peg Promotions in Staffordshire is a promotional gifts and branded merchandise specialist with a passion for eco-friendly products. In this episode she joins the Pod Pit team to play a game of... What's in the Box!
Jessica can be contacted via:
www.squarepegpromo.co.uk
www.earthystuff.co.uk
jessica@squarepegpromo.co.uk
jessica@earthystuff.co.uk
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"Additionally, if any of your listeners would like to receive some of the unique eco goodies we talked about on the show today, they can email in with the subject PODPIT and I will send special Square Peg branded goodie packs with some of my favourite sustainable gifts to the first 10 people who get in touch!"
Read more on adaptagenic coffee here > London Nootropics – As Seen On BBC Dragons' Den - Adaptogenic Coffee
And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be appreciated! We always ask for feedback and ideas on how we can improve, so please fire any suggestions to any of our emails:
gareth@podpit.online
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bertie@podpit.online
Guest Bio: Lawrence is the director of LB Copywriting and is just about to launch his new brand Social Scribe, which plans to offer a better social media experience for business owners who want to tell their story online and need a scribe they can rely on.
You can chat to Lawrence at lawrence@lbcopywriting.co.uk or on Linkedin here.
In this episode... With Bertie and Dan missing in action Gareth is fortunate to be joined by The Wordsmith - Lawrence Bath, us once more to discuss New Year's Resolutions and whether people are sticking to them or not!
Lawrence was intrigued by our earlier episode on NYR and wanted to dig a little deeper into how more people are using them in business and personal perspective. After asking a few colleagues and finding some stats about NYR, we got straight into it and lifted the lid on if they worked or not!
And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be appreciated! We always ask for feedback and ideas on how we can improve, so please fire any suggestions to any of our emails:
gareth@podpit.online
dan@podpit.online
bertie@podpit.online
What happens when Bertie says something before Gareth can switch off the recording? We inadvertently record him asking Joe to photograph him for an OnlyFans shoot later this year.
It's been recorded, it's in the public domain and therefore, it now has to happen.
You read it here first folks... Bertie is going onto OnlyFans!
HamsterFeetIncoming
And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be appreciated! We always ask for feedback and ideas on how we can improve, so please fire any suggestions to any of our emails:
gareth@podpit.online
dan@podpit.online
bertie@podpit.online
Joe Hayes is founder of Kindful Creative, a content creation studio based on the south coast. He joins the Pod Pit team in this episode to talk about content in the modern age. We talk about creating, consuming and distributing content across all forms of media both online and offline.
And for good measure we quiz Joe about his recent trip to Scotland to 'upskill' himself in the art of landscape photography and we decide on what our names would be if we were all Italian...
And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be appreciated! We always ask for feedback and ideas on how we can improve, so please fire any suggestions to any of our emails:
gareth@podpit.online
dan@podpit.online
bertie@podpit.online
Bradley Hatchett is founder of NetworkMyClub, a networking organisation based in Brighton with venues across the south. Gareth and Dan catch up with Bradley to talk about networking, stag dos and the best night out in the UK.
A great way to stay in touch with Bradley is to subscribe to his weekly email newsletter, The Networker. You can subscribe to this great bit of weekly knowledge by clicking the link here... SIGN UP
Bradley can be contacted via LinkedIn here. And you can visit the NetworkMyClub platform here.
And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be appreciated! We always ask for feedback and ideas on how we can improve, so please fire any suggestions to any of our emails:
gareth@podpit.online
dan@podpit.online
bertie@podpit.online
Gareth, Bertie and Dan meet up to discuss New Years Resolutions and plans for the podcast going into 2023. Unscripted, unprepared and totally off the cuff... what could possibly go wrong?
Instagram handles of the Dream Team:
- Gareth - @instagazm83 / @designpituk / @print_pit
- Bertie - @everyday_bertie / @smashcreativeuk
- Dan - @danielbuckley / @oceanviewmarketing
Why exhibitions are awesome!
- Having the right branding files available
- How nice visuals impact a stand
- Turnaround on a stand design/build
- Budgeting for an exhibition at scale
Three top tips for an excellent exhibition planning experience!
Ellen Stokes
01425 837 005
info@beexhibitions.co.uk
www.beexhibitions.co.uk
We chat to Dan from OceanView Marketing in Bournemouth about how creativity influences marketing and vice versa. We discover how Dan escapes to allow himself the time to think creatively and his new found love for trawler fishing!
Connect with Dan here:
www.oceanviewmarketing.co.uk
In the second interview of the season, we talk to Lawrence Bath. Lawrence is a copywriter based near Southampton and he helps brave businesses be less boring with their words. We dig into how important it is for businesses to find their tone of voice, get their narrative right and build their brand with carefully constructed words.
Lawrence can be found here: https://www.lbcopywriting.co.uk/
In episode 2 of season 2, we talk to Joe Hayes - a photographer, videographer and content creator based in Poole. We chat about Joe's fledgling business and new baby girl - two things that arrived in his life at exactly the same time!
Check out Joe's work here: https://kindfulcreative.co.uk/
Pod Pit is back! And this time it is not me, it's we... Say hello to our new co-host Bertie Coy!
Dan Scarborough
Rifu
Rifu is a networking site that has reinvented referrals. This is word of mouth 2.0…
www.rifu.com
dan@rifu.com
01202 923 222
Learn more about Rifu here: https://youtu.be/3xnedyWKeA0
Tune in as Gareth talks to collaborator and friend, John Cooper.
John took the huge step of changing careers in his forties and moved out of manufacturing into photography. Listen to the fascinating story for his motives and drivers for making such a big change at this stage in his life.
John Cooper
Cooper Cooper Media
John Cooper Pet Photography
https://coopercoopermedia.co.uk/
https://johncooperpetphotography.co.uk/
0121 405 1014 / 0121 296 9042
Yaron Engler is a coach. He coaches men to be better in life. Be it business or personal, men can find themselves under pressure to provide, do more, be more and very often receive little to no praise for their efforts.
Men frequently suffer in silence because they’re hard wired that way. They don’t (or can’t) talk about they pressures, battles, worries and challenges.
Because that would be weak.
Wouldn’t it?
Yaron is here to reset this. He’s here to coach men through the challenges of life so they understand themselves and their pressures better. So they can react accordingly and do more, be more and enjoy the victory of achieving.
Website: www.yaronengler.com
Roya Sayadi is an entrepreneur with international business interests!
Iranian, and grew up in Sweden while building a successful restaurant business with her family. She then went on to live in various countries in Europe and now lives in Barcelona where she is busy establishing Sayadi Law, an Intellectual Property law specialist firm that serves clients globally.
Roya speaks five languages and has an incredible story to tell of a career that has spanned numerous roles, industries and countries.
www.sayadilaw.com
roya@sayadilaw.com
IG: @sayadilaw
Tune is as Anthony Rowell joins host Gareth Robertson to talk all things print!
Anthony is a key management player at Scottish print business, Trade Print. He heads up the API and Reseller departments and counts Gareth as one of his customers! Anthony discusses his career in print from his roots in the North East, into the Midlands during his University days and then commuting to Scotland and remote working.
https://www.tradeprint.co.uk/
Shane Wareing is a long time business contact of mine and we share a lot of interests, ethics and drivers for what we both do in our businesses. Shane had to adapt and change things quickly in his business when the Covid pandemic hit, and he also had to adjust his personal life as well when he became a parent during the lockdown.
Tune in here and find out more about Shane and his business, Omniwise:
https://omniwise.co.uk/
0345 22 22 444
Lucy and I met at a networking event and had a 121 when we found we lived in the same place.
The marketing and creative sphere of industry is a wide one and often different disciplines cross over with blurred lines between one ending and the next starting.
Today we discuss where PR sits within the marketing mix and how it influences brand identity and reputation by filtering information out at the right time, to the right people.
Lucy also shares some top tips for getting the most out of your PR with some top tips that have a direct effect on marketing as a whole.
Connect with Lucy here:
IG: @lucecannonpr
www.lucecannonpr.co.uk
07974 238 386
Jaime Craven is an entrepreneur owning several businesses with her husband Jack. Over the years, Jaime has leveraged social media to great effect for one of the businesses in particular. Here she discusses that success and shares her thoughts and views on how we use social media, trolling and how to build a brand using social media.
Connect with Jaime here:
www.jcacademy.co.uk
www.facebook.com/nevarcproperties
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MellowUK
From insecure teenager to competing on stage as a bodybuilder.
From Saturday shifts at Holland and Barrett to nightclub promoter, to close security, private investigator, to personal trainer to recruitment and finally taking his first steps into entrepreneurship as a fitness industry niche gym brand...
Cameron McCurdy has packed a lot into his 26 years, and shows absolutely no signs of slowing down any time soon...
IG: @quick.grip
IG: @cameronjmccurdy
Web: www.quickgrip.co.uk
Hannah and I have known each other for about 4 years having networked together in a BNI Chapter in the Midlands. Our businesses are similar and we have very closely aligned ideas about how design and marketing work together.
Marketing Consultancy
hannah@golddust.marketing
www.golddust.marketing
Direct Mail (Moonpig for Business)
mail@golddust.direct
www.golddust.direct
Topic of the day… Direct mail
What is direct mail?
Who is direct mail for?
Why is it great?
What return can you get?
Top boo boos for direct mail! How not to do it!
Top tips for great direct mail
Yes it's a business podcast - yes we are talking rugby BUT … it’s my podcast and I want to talk about the Lions!
Word of warning - there is no language filter on this episode - whatever is spoken, is spoken! The law of kangaroo court will be upheld and what goes on the poddy, stays on the poddy!
The Lions tour happens once every 4 years - it’s a big deal in rugby terms. I wanted to select a fans favourite alternate Lions squad in advance of Warren Gatland’s big announcement on May 6th! So to help with this mammoth task, I asked all of my rugby savvy chums - all of them were busy so I ended up with Matt Gair and John Cooper…
Matt is an old school friend and gym training partner who is a rugby nut. John is a business colleague and collaborator, we’ve become good friends through our shared love of rugby. Both of these gents’ contact details are below…
Matt Gair
IG - @mattgair87
John Cooper
IG - @johncooper_ccm
www.coopercoopermedia.co.uk
Tony and I met via a mutual friend who interviewed us both for his podcast in separate episodes. We both enjoyed listening to our respective episodes so much that we connected on Facebook and have followed each other’s journey through lockdown since then.
Contact info for Tony:
- www.anthonyjohn-salons.co.uk
- enquiries@anthonyjohn-salons.co.uk
- IG: @anthony_john_walmsley
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/AnthonyJohnSalons/
It is fair to say that our journey's in, out and back in to lockdown during the pandemic, have been quite different but we both share some strong values, methods and outlook for our businesses. We decided to do an interview for Pod Pit that discussed some of these values and one in particular that we’ve both had to demonstrate in recent times… Resilience.
Tony is going through this period right now and I’ve had some tough times where my resilience was stretched to breaking point so what better time to dig deep on this than right now?!
In this episode, we talk openly and honestly about what character traits we can look to develop in order to build resilience. This is an episode with lots to takeaway:
- Controlling the controllables
- Looking for positive reactions to negative situations
- Seeking a solution to a problem
- Surrounding yourself with people you trust and understand you
- Killing the inner control freak in us all
- Finding your superpower
- Looking for ways to help other people in your unique way
- Finding your own solutions
- Understanding how your mind really works
This is a rollercoaster of information from a guy who has lived his worst nightmare in the last 12 months, but has ultimately come out of it with a more robust and profitable business.
This is not to be missed.
Do not forget to leave a 5* review!
I know Daniella through a coaching programme she supported me through in 2019. And today, we are going to talk about business, growth and planning for the future.
Contact info:
- daniella@shesthebossinternational.com
- www.shesthebossinternational.com
- IG @shesthebossuk
Our discussion today: Growing a Business - Paving way for Growth
- ORGANISATION
- How you guide clients to get organised
- Technology and how it can help you
- KNOWING YOUR NUMBERS
- What are key metrics and why they’re important
- Using cloud accounting software
- TARGETS
- Setting goals and measuring them
- Long term goals and short term goals
Daniella shares her top tips to pave way for growth post-Covid
Richard Lloyd is a business consultant who specialises in exit strategy and helping business owners get the most out of their business when they decide to exit it. I’ve known him for around 8 years at the time of recording and we’ve built a great understanding of each other’s businesses and a lot of respect for one another.
Connect with Richard here: www.linkedin.com/in/richardclloyd
WHAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT:
- Brand v Reputation
- Importance of brand to a business
- Value of brand on exiting a business
Richard’s summary
Lisa Millward and I have known each other through work for several years. First encounters were with Mercia Financial Planning where she worked under the umbrella of that company and then later as she and her husband set up Millward Wealth Management. I assisted with the identity design and brand development for her new company and since then we have continued to stay in touch and I’ve noticed so many parallels in our family lives - we’re a similar age with children at similar ages and our daughters are both called Emily!
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Lisa introduces herself, talks about her career and her new business Millward Wealth Management
- Contact Lisa via her website: www.millwardwealth.com
- We talk about running a family business and juggling family life
- The challenges presented by lockdown
- Working at home and homeschooling three children of different ages
- How to share jobs and roles
- How she has coped!
Lisa's top tips for...
- Breaking into the finance industry and setting up your own practice
- Working for yourself with children at home
- Lisa reveals what advice she would give herself two years ago if she was able to travel back in time!
I've taken the Zoom recordings of Pod Pit onto YouTube for anyone who prefers to watch as well as listen! Check out the Design Pit channel where episodes 1 to 9 are up and all future episodes will be uploaded to in the future.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiQPAI9R0IN9MjyuK7YtqRg/videos
Also, this is a call for listeners to feedback and request specific content topics, themes or questions for guests. I'm all ears and open to requests that will make the podcast better for everyone listening in!
Please email your comments, requests and feedback to me at gareth@designpit.co.uk and I will endeavour to respond to each and every one!
Aaron Whiffin is the owner of Webbed Feet UK, a web development agency in Salisbury. We’ve known each other since mid-2020 when we met at a networking event called The Boardroom Network. Aaron and I share similar views and opinions on the creative industry as a whole and I wanted to get him on to talk in more detail about Speculative or Picth work.
Contact Aaron at Webbed Feet here:
hello@webbedfeet.uk
Read the article that sparked this chat here:
https://www.webbedfeet.uk/news/why-we-dont-do-speculative-design-work
Why are we talking about spec work?
- THAT Linkedin post that I published…
- The 50/50 response to THAT post
- Aaron’s attitude to spec work
Digging deeper…
- Attitudes to purchasing services is much more aggressively focused on price
- People have access to buy cheap on Fiverr for example
- No room to negotiate because people aren’t patient enough to listen to why
- Pace of life getting faster?
- Is this a millennial thing - people want to take maximum out with minimum input?
David Whitehouse is a web specialist based in Staffordshire. He runs digital marketing agency Inlife, from their Burntwood base in the heart of the midlands. We’ve known each other for a number of years as we started our businesses around the same time in 2011/2012. Since then David and I have collaborated on numerous projects to design and develop websites for businesses all over the UK and across into Europe. Our friendship has seen us tackle a Three Peaks challenge and several exercise challenge videos on our fitness channels, Wilderfit and Lift Pit.
David can be contacted for web enquiries and free website audits at:
Email: david@inlife
Website: www.inlife.co.uk
In this episode of Pod Pit, we discuss the world wide web…
- The evolution of the internet in our lifetime
- How David feels the web has been good and bad for us
- What he feels will be the next big thing for web based tech
- What he thinks our children will inherit in terms of the world wide web
Wendy Hill is a nutritionist based in the Midlands. I’ve known her for a number of years and she was a client in her previous business, a construction company called GBP. Since exiting that business, she’s gone on to work as a nutritionist and helps people to get to grips with food and “Ditch the Diet” forever! Wendy is an experience podcaster and hosts a great show called “Are You REALLY going to Eat That?” which is available on Apple Podcasts and via her website (below)
Website: https://hillstart.me.uk/
Email: wendy@hillstart.me.uk
Podcast: https://hillstart.me.uk/podcast/
In this episode of Pod Pit, we talk at length about eating for productivity whilst adapting to new working habits and how our relationship with food has changed during lockdown
Wendy shares her top tips for eating for productivity and also her wisdom for starting to change our habits early to eat better as we start to exit lockdown.
I'm super excited about this one because it is an interview with my first boss, Peter Howard. Over the years, Pete and I have become great friends and I have so much respect for him as a designer and a businessman. While working with Pete, I learnt so much about the graphic design industry and had my eyes opened to lots of the unseen, untaught soft skills of the business world.
In this episode, we talk in detail about the way the graphic design industry has evolved into what it is today.
This is a great listen for any creatives out there and also businesspeople who will no doubt find takeaways from the chat about an industry that touches so many other areas of business...
Check out Pete's website here: www.phddesign.co.uk and if anyone would like to get in touch with him, peter@phddesign.co.uk
An incredible story about a self-employed English copywriter married to a Canadian, living in Berlin while expecting a baby and planning to move back to Toronto... or Derby. Ross' story is unique and as he's lived it he has had to show positivity in his mindset, decisiveness under pressure, resilience in the face of adversity and bravery when faced with life changing options to choose between.
The English Copywriter is Ross Lowe, a native English copywriter and content specialist with almost 15 years of experience in marketing and media. Ross has created content for big-name brands and corporations around the world, including FedEx, the BBC, UEFA, the Football Association, Saab, Boots and Design Pit ;0)
Among his working network, Ross has paired with professional translators to ensure that anyone and everyone in the world can benefit from native English copy that really delivers.
- I’ve known Ross since 2012 when we met at a trade show. We’ve collaborated on projects and we’ve worked for each other over the years in design and copywriting.
- Ross’ contact details: www.theenglish-copywriter.com / findme@rosslowe.co.uk
- Ross discusses his journey from working for the BBC in London to moving home to Derby and setting up his business that has ultimately led him on a journey across the globe from the UK to Canada to Berlin
- We delve into how it feels to be working in a foreign country during a pandemic
- Ross opens up about the imminent arrival of his first child
- Ross gives his top three tips for anyone who is faced with a decision whether to travel for work
I’m joined by Lee Gill from Flow Office Interiors. Lee is one of Birmingham’s best known networkers and a talented interior designer. He will be discussing the workplace before Covid, now and in a post-Covid world. We touch on the impact of workspaces on mental health, productivity and happiness in the workforce.
Lee and I have known each other for a number of years now, we met at a networking organisation in the midlands around 6 or 7 years ago. I’ve seen Lee’s business really take off in recent times as he drives it forward with business partner Spencer Turner.
Lee Gill - lee@flowoffice.co.uk | 01922 453 488 | www.flowoffice.co.uk
- Workplace design for the modern world
- Style, comfort, productivity how they all link together
- The workplace in a post-covid world
- How you feel the workplace will change
- Impact on our mental and physical health
- Home office
- Top three tips for home office spaces
- Top three safety tips for the post-covid office space
Listen in for the key takeaways from the podcast!
Paul Felton is an incredibly successful graphic designer with over 50 international design awards to his name. His career takes in agency jobs in London and Birmingham and then establishing a small agency of his own with offices in Birmingham and London. Paul and I open up about life in design, motivators for doing what we do, challenges, goals and adjusting to parenthood as a self employed business owner. In a powerful and insightful episode, we cover many areas of creativity, business and family.
See Paul’s company website here: http://commoncuriosity.co.uk/
Overview of our relationship
Paul and I went to university together and became good friends during our time at Staffordshire University in Stoke on Trent. We’ve kept in touch all these years and followed each other’s careers in the design industry since we started out in 2005.
Intro Paul and his business
A whistle stop tour of Paul’s career from finishing uni and moving to London for his first role.
WHY?
Why Why is a word that is used a lot in the Common Curiosity studios…
Challenges in business
This is a Covid free zone! Paul discusses the challenges of running a small agency in two major cities.
Adjustment into parenting
How becoming a parent just before lockdown has changed Paul as a person, what he’s enjoyed about being a dad and how he’s adjusted his days to look after his little boy.
Goals for the future
What Paul is working to achieve with his business as he looks ahead
Top three tips for students leaving uni over the next few years
Listen in to find out!
I’m joined by Vicky Damerell, a data expert who has forged a career in many areas of digital marketing. Vicky helps to break down data and why it is so important to businesses of all shapes and sizes.
Vicky is my sister in law and has worked in sales and more recently in digital marketing across a variety of areas. She is now working for Market Location in data.
WEBSITE: https://www.marketlocation.co.uk/
Vicky introduces herself, the company she represents and gives an introduction to data:
- What data is as a general business concept
- The power of demographics
- Recognising the opportunity
- Different types of data
- Brief top and tail of GDPR*
- Controlling and using data effectively
- Three top tips on obtaining quality data and using it effectively
- Listen in to find out!
*Please note, Vicky would like to make clear that she is not a GDPR expert and all views discussed are her own interpretation of the GDPR laws. GDPR laws and rules are notoriously ‘cloudy’ and open to interpretation for every instance where they may become relevant. Please source and consult a compliance expert if you are unsure about any GDPR queries surrounding your business.
Episode 1 of Pod Pit is an introduction to the podcast to cover what it is all about, what type of content to expect and what the guest list is looking like. I’m Gareth, the host and I’m joined by Wendy Hill who is a friend, client and networking colleague. The reason I asked Wendy to interview me in this episode is because it was Wendy who introduced me to podcasting back in 2019. She interviewed me for her own podcast and I thought it would make sense to bring her on to Pod Pit to help launch it.
Please check out Wendy's website and podcast using the links below...
- WEBSITE: https://hillstart.me.uk/
- PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/are-you-really-going-to-eat-that/id1480678239
Please check out my website and socials using the links below...
- WEBSITE: www.designpit.co.uk
- IG: @designpituk
Wendy interviews Gareth on:
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Why do a podcast?
- I love stories. I enjoy talking to people with incredible stories and learning from them. Simple as that really! Most people have something amazing to say even if they don’t know it and I liked the idea of asking regular people to talk about things they’re passionate about and discover that actually - “yeah I do have something interesting to say”! I also truly believe that we learn and grow from hearing stories. We’re programmed to respond to visuals better than any form of medium but I feel that Podcasting is an amazing way to share stories with a wider audience.
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Who is this for?
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Naturally, there is a creative theme running through my plans for Pod Pit - and that is because I’m a creative and i’m comfortable talking and leading discussion in this sphere but there are crossovers into general business chat and family life as well. A lot of my peers in business listen to podcasts and three things many SME operators have in common is the challenges business throws up, the need to think creatively to make your business work and the joy and juggling of family life. So I will kind of tick off those three areas in various episodes. I think this will be useful for young creatives who are about to fly solo and for business leaders who are looking to hear incredible stories from people just like them.
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What type of content can we expect to see?
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As I touched on there will be a lot of creative content and topic. I’ve got episodes lined up covering graphic design, interior design, web development, marketing, and personal branding. I’ve got a vast array of general business content planned - growth, strategy, IT, data, money in business and some cool stuff like getting fit for work, how to set up a business in a pandemic and working away from home in different countries. I have a lot of family based content to - kids, parenting, supporting vulnerable parents during Covid and how challenging homeschooling kids is when running a business.
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What does the guest list look like?
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STACKED! I’ve pulled strings to get some really amazing people on. Internationally renowned designers, copywriters, web developers, authors, fit-pros, I’ve got a couple of elite athletes - former Olympian and a current British boxing champion. Tons of really really amazing business people who are operating on a high level within their industry. It should be a very very insightful podcast once we get some traction and I’m super excited to kick it all off!