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Colin Gray is a podcaster, a writer and a PhD in digital education. He specialises in engaging through content, with podcasting at its core and how to publish prolific content without killing yourself. His company, The Podcast Host, helps anyone to grow an audience by combining podcasting, blogging and video to cultivate fanatical fans.
 
These days, Colin writes regularly on podcasting and content marketing, and he produces five podcasts along with his team at The Podcast Host. The topics include mountain biking, podcasting, subversive leadership and running a business. PodCraft is the flagship, a season-based show which tackles Podcasting topics head-on over a series of shows, looking to create a definitive guide each time.
Colin is also an experienced speaker, both in new media and in the academic world. Most recently he was a main-track speaker at New Media Europe and spoke at Podcast Movement in Texas, USA.
 
Colin’s Key Points
 

* Spend a year or two building your content first.
* You can’t build a business around content in 3 months, it takes at least a year.

 
Guest Links
 

* Website: https://www.ThePodcastHost.com
* Twitter: http://twitter.com/thepodcasthost
* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_podcast_host/
* Our coaching membership: https://www.ThePodcastHost.com/academy/
* Podcraft: https://www.ThePodcastHost.com/podcraft/
* The Numbers Game: https://www.ThePodcastHost.com/numbers/

 
Top Quotes
 

* I soon discovered that astrophysics is far less of looking into the cosmos with fascination and far more ridiculously hard equations and maths so, I quit that pretty quick.
* It was through web design that I got into podcasting.
* I discovered quickly that most successful freelancers have had a good employed career first.
* I ended up teaching web design in a school.
* Podcasting was new and it was a new tool to get your content out.
* I ended up teaching the lecturers how to podcast as a learning tool.
* My job was teaching people how to use new tech.
* Some people were aggressively against technology.
* The site started out as content and teaching.
* I ended up taking on a PHD in online education.
* This gave me the safety net to jump into The Podcast Host.
* The plan was to keep growing the affiliate but to start and do client work and online courses.
* The client work we were doing wasn’t very scalable.
* The client asked for more and more and if I was paying for a service, I’d want to get the most from it but it gets to a point when it’s starting to take the piss a little bit.
* It was probably a bit my fault as I didn’t manage it that well or set boundaries well enough.
* You really do need to set good T’s & C’s.
* You can be flexible but under moderation.
* It’s really hard to put boundaries in later.
* We did a bit of good cop, bad cop on the clients.
* If you have a team, delegating the decision making can help a little bit.
* We setup a much more robust project management system.
* I’m a bit of a tools geek, I’ll try anything.
* The big focus for me was to reach more people.
* I found it was difficult to sell courses even though we had great traffic.
* The solution was the bundle it all up into a membership.
* I wanted a reliable recurring income for the business.
* I completely underestimated the repositioning of the company.

Matt Miller spent the first 9 years of his career as an Air Force pilot, before entering the private sector to work in both the medical device and advertising industries.
 
While a top performer in the corporate world, his long-term desire was to be his own boss. A good friend one day mentioned the gumball machines he and his young daughters owned, and that conversation began a 10-year business quest that has brought Matt’s company, School Spirit Vending, to the cutting edge of both the vending and school fundraising industries.
Today, School Spirit Vending’s franchising program provides a proven and profitable business system for busy professionals and their families looking to develop secondary income streams with a limited time commitment.
 
Matt’s Key Points

* Keep your eyes wide open.
* Don’t be so proud that you won’t take an opportunity like delivering pizzas.

 
Free e-book

* Live Your Dreams: Top 10 Reasons Why You Need To Start A Vending Busines

 
Guest Links
 

* Twitter
* Facebook
* Website
* LinkedIn

 
Top Quotes
 

* I went into the military to learn.
* Even though I never really had any aspirations to be a pilot, I went to pilot school.
* I was asked to be an instructor.
* I never knew where or when I was going.
* It was quite an exciting lifestyle for a time, it became difficult when we started to have kids.
* I was really close to washing out of pilot school in the first couple of months.
* I had no aviation background, I not a mechanical kind of guy.
* God blessed me with great hand-eye coordination, so I went from near the bottom of my class to near the top.
* I spent about a year and a half selling hospital diagnostic equipment
* The problem I had was that I had a route, I’d speak to the same people and get the same reasons why they didn’t need the diagnostic tools I was selling and I got pretty bored.
* The reason I got to where I did in direct mail so quickly is because I created win-win situations for my clients.
* I got my clients to where they wanted to be quickly so they came to me in the future rather than me going to them.
* I spent time creating wildly profitable campaigns for my clients rather than wining and dining them.
* In my first full year in advertising, I ended up being #1 in the country.
* I did that well, my boss increased my quote by 93%, the office average increase was 5-10%.
* A lost some of my big clients due to them consolidating which ended up cutting my income in half.
* I knew there was no way to work myself out of this hole anytime soon.
* So out of necessity, I started doing things on the side, initially collecting aluminium cans with my son and trading them in.
* There is a 1000% markup on gum balls, so I found a way to use those machines to help me create more money.
* Within around a year and a half, I had 125 locations around Houston, Texas.
* When you’re in a hole and worried about being able to provide for your family, you’re willing to do whatever you’ve got to do.
* I didn’t know anything about vending but by getting into “Action mode”, I figured this thing out.
* I went to check my very first machine because I had to know if people actually used them. When I opened it, quarters spilt out all over the floor. That’s when I knew I’d found my answer.
* Over time, I was making thousands of dollars which only required a few hours of my time a month.
* I like change,

Byron Morrison is the Author of the book ‘Become a Better You’ and founder of Tailored Lifestyles Coaching.

 
His work is all about helping people make maintainable changes to the way they eat, think, move and live, as they become healthier, happier, slimmer versions of themselves. You can book a free ‘start your weight loss journey’ breakthrough session with him at www.tailoredlifestyles.co.uk, where together you will look at everything from your goals to the challenges you want to make, and get a tailored plan to help you get from where you are, to where you want to be’.
 
Byron’s Key Points

* Start with small gradual steps and keep pushing, it’ll be far less daunting.
* Strip it right back and don’t overcomplicate it.

 
Guest Links

* Website – www.tailoredlifestyles.co.uk
* Facebook – www.facebook.com/tailoredlifestyles
* Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/byronmorrisontl

 
Top Quotes

* I came out of University and didn’t know what I wanted to do.
* I tried to convince myself that if I stick with this marketing career that it’d make me happier.
* That actually happened but half way through the interview I realised it wasn’t my job I hated, it was my entire career.
* I went home and decided I wanted to start my own company, write a book and help people with their life.
* My Dad had bowel cancer and spent 25 days in ICU and that gave me a wake-up call as to what my future could be.
* I started making maintainable changes, I then realised that this was my passion.
* We kind of go through life thinking we’re invincible.
* Up to 20% of deaths per year are down to diet and poor lifestyle choices.
* We always leave it until it’s too late.
* We could have a heart attack and drop dead.
* In a few years on a national level, I want to try and change the way people think about and approach food.
* I don’t think the perception of healthy eating help, people take it too far.
* I got so fed up of all of these fad diets, so I decided to write a book.
* We need people to have a maintainable change.
* I sat down and mapped out my entire plan.
* I suckered up and stayed in the job I was in so I could learn.
* If you get to the point were you actually want a change and do whatever it takes.
* I spent 6 moths researching before I started writing and then the writing took about a year.
* I woke up every morning at 4-5 and started writing, went to work and did 9-5 and then came home and wrote until 10 in the evening.
* I only take on clients I can truly help and am passionate about.
* So often people say they want to change but never do anything about it.
* We all need to do more planning.
* What helped me was thinking how I wanted to help people and figuring out what exact steps I need to take.
* I needed to divide my time and figure out whats going to have the most positive impact.
* However long you think something is going to take, double it.
* A lot of people moan about technology but at the same time, we’re more connected than ever.
* If I won the lottery tomorrow and had an endless amount of money, I’d still wake up and do exactly what I’m doing.
* For me, it wasn’t about money, it’s about positive impact.

Key Timestamps
 

* [0:49] – Out of University with no path
* [2:03] – I rethought my entire life
* [4:19] – We can no longer afford to be ignorant
* [9:20] – Better education
* [12:48] – Why I wanted to write a bookbr...

Radim Malinic is a creative director and designer living and working in South West London. He runs Brand Nu, a multidisciplinary award winning studio.

 

Before finding his calling in the creative industry, Czech-born Malinic was an ice hockey player, a bassist in death metal bands, an indie DJ, music journalist and student of Economics and Business management. At the break of the new millennium, Malinic moved to the UK to explore the expansive music scene, only to find even a greater interest in art and graphic design. Since then his eclectic interests have seen him working with some of the biggest brands, companies and bands in the world. Clients include Harry Potter, London Film Museum, SyCo, Sprite, WWF and USAID amongst many others.

Aside from his studio work, Radim designs products for his brand ‘November Universe’, releases music and tours globally with his talk designed to inspire and support self-development in the creative industry.

In March 2016, Malinic released his latest publication, Book of Ideas. The #1 Amazon bestseller has helped novices and professionals across the world to find a new way of approaching their creative work.

 

Radim’s Key Points

 



* Don’t let things become stagnant.

* You don’t arrive at your final destination on day two or ten, it’s a constant.



 

Guest Links

 



* Website – www.brandnu.co.uk

* Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/brand__nu/

* Website – http://bookofideas.co.uk

* Book of Ideas – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Ideas-journal-creative-direction/dp/0993540007



 

Top Quotes

 



* I wanted to fly to the moon on my fourth birthday

* I one day just decided I’d be an ice hockey player

* I wanted to play but I couldn’t skate.

* I enjoyed music quite a lot so I decided to join a band.

* After one of the gigs, I had a handful of CD’s and I asked the DJ if I could play some music.

* People started dancing and the DJ asked if I’d like to come next Saturday.

* I’d never stepped in a DJ booth I just didn’t like the music he was playing.

* I realised I didn’t subscribe to one movement.

* It was all these musical influences that made me who I am today because I never shied away from exploring.

* In the summer I did everything from a drivers maid for coke cola to working a building site.

* I’m quite glad I didn’t know what I wanted to do because I enjoyed exploring.

* I didn’t have pushy parents who said: “whatever you want to do, do it.”

* You can achieve your dream very quickly.

* You don’t have to go far on the internet to find all these inspirational quotes.

* When you make your dream happen, you have to have another dream.

* If you keep being intriguing about everything, your dream changes and keeps going.

* It’s when you’re not fixed on one thing and don’t follow philosophy it’s much more fun.

* What get’s us interested isn’ what’s the best, it’s what’s surprising.

* I wanted to see the world.

* I’d worked a little with Coral Draw whilst in the band.

* Too much of one thing is never going to last for too long.

* In design, I was lucky because I started from the very bottom of the pile.

* I was ready to learn everything.

* I got a gig with a jazz venue and created posters for £50 a pop.

* When I decided to go freelance, I had absolutely no idea about it.

* I had a couple of clients, I was sure I’d survive and…. I failed.

* I had no philosophy of where I wanted to go.

After graduating from electronics school in 1982, at age 17, Claude landed a computer technician job at Urgences Santé (which today would probably be called the 911 central). It was a so-called secure job with above average wages and all of the benefits one might expect from a public service job. But Claude saw bigger. He wanted more than just being part of the social mould that had people driving to work and back like robots, constantly complaining about everything and expecting nothing more out of life than a comfortable retirement fund.
 
In 1993, with a wife and child plus another one on the way, he decided to make a move. After almost 12 years of watching ambitious people become nothing but shadows of themselves, Claude was determined enough to take on a new challenge. Following his father’s footsteps, he went back to school for a while and became a financial advisor, writing income tax reports and selling mutual funds and insurance.
This went on for another 7 years but it was very difficult to keep up with the financial world without passion for it. Claude’s heart was in show business, more precisely, the technical aspect of show business. In 2001, he turned the financial business over to his partner and went on to follow another path. This time, it would be much more difficult to get enough income out of it to support a family but Claude had the sacred fire burning inside of him. Passion can make you find a way where there is no apparent solution.
Today at 52, he is a renowned lighting director and designer, head of the lighting department at a Montreal-based sound and lighting company.  He is also an author and motivational speaker, telling people that dreams are attainable and healthy living like any other human behaviour is a learnable skill.
 
Claude’s Key Points

* Myself and the way I perceived life and myself.
* Changing your mindset of how you’re perceived.
* Everything is learnable

 
Guest Links

* Website –  www.claudeviens.com
* Blog –  www.mostpowerfuldevice.com
* Article – http://intellimix.com/avl-announces-appointment-of-claude-viens-as-lighting-specialist/

 
Top Quotes

* When I graduated school as an electronics technician.
* I had a government job so I had all the security and the above average wages.
* The only problem was that it was very fulfilling.
* I felt that there was more to life than going to work and back.
* My mother gave me a book called The Game of Life and How to Play It which got my thinking.
* I did become a financial advisor but my heart was not there and I got pretty bored.
* My best friend asked if I wanted to produce a show and I thought I don’t have time for this but my heart was screaming “yes, yes, yes!”.  Three weeks later we were on the road.
* My friend actually started a dance studio and I was helping produce the shows.
* I was always interested in the technical aspect of it all and I didn’t realise you could make a living that way, I found out my accident.
* I slowly moved away from the financial world to eventually hand it all over to my partner.
* What triggered all of this was my mother dying.
* I realised this is life and this is what can happen to you.
* Life is too short to lose your time doing something you don’t enjoy doing.
* I pretty much locked myself in the studio and toured with the bands for 5 years until I ran out of money.
* I went to the rental company where I got the lighting and sound stuff and they hired my at $9 an hour fixing cables.
* After 2 weeks they realised who I was and what I could do and then the...

Adam is the co-founder and CTO of Zazu, a logistics supported trading platform connecting farmers to markets. Previously, he used to work in the financial services industry with a background in big data, analytics, and software engineering. Adam has a deep interest in solving problems using simple technology.
 
Adam’s Key Points

* Any opportunity that presents itself to you, should be handled with open arms.
* No matter the situation you’re in, do some research and get the backing of people you’re closest to.
* If you are thinking of moving from one industry to another, try doing something in your spare time and learn something.

Guest Links

* Website – http://www.zazuafrica.com
* Twitter – https://twitter.com/adamfarah
* Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-farah-271ba713/

 
Top Quotes

* When I got sacked, I realised that there is more to life than a standard job.
* Things were alright but I got bored again and that’s the true financial servers game started.
* Things had to change because I knew I wasn’t quite happy.
* I was kind of living in a world of not having financial certainty.
* My girlfriend now wife broke down whilst heavy pregnant.
* I saw some problems in the breakdown industry that I thought I could do something to help.
* I spent every evening doing research and ideas of what I wanted to build.
* I think I want to quit my job.
* I got the blessing from my wife and went for it.
* I don’t think I’d have had the balls to follow through with it without my support network.
* In the startup scene and I knew I wasn’t going to get any revenue for a good 12 months, I thought let’s do some serious budgeting.
* Quick tip, if you have quite your job and have 12 months of runway, don’t have a child and get married in another country because that will absolutely ruin your budget.
* I love building, it so happens that software is my preferred method of building things.
* I didn’t want to manage people who didn’t really want to be there.
* Any opportunity or any event can help you.
* I thoroughly and wholeheartedly believe that you shouldn’t regret anything.
* I had exactly 12 months to try and build this startup.
* I only learnt later on that I actually did it completely wrong but this is only something that I could have learnt by being in the start-up world.
* People have this idea that start-ups are in America because that’s where it’s all happening and that’s just not true.
* Through conversations and meetings, we got accepted onto Londons first program.
* We live in Barnsley and London is 180 miles away and it just wasn’t commutable.
* The program managers are there to push you to progress.
* Some people just ripped your product to pieces.
* 50% of the mentors really didn’t think Cavalry would work and 50% were the polar opposite.
* The reason 50% of people didn’t like it was because they thought in 20 years who’s going to own a car but they were city people not rural.
* A pivot normally is you stick around the same sort of company but change your product
* We decided to park Cavalry and do something completely different.
* I was down about it all, it was like having a funeral for Cavalry.
* I’d properly burned through all my savings.
* I started to think what is all this for.
* One of the mentors said, “Go out and get really drunk and think of it as a wake for this and give it a send-off and then come back and leave it there.”
* In a few days, we managed to get double the amount of people using Pip than we had using Cavalry in a year.