🎮 By using games to teach skills and methods in your training sessions you can transform the effectiveness of your workshops and make your training/consulting business stand out from the crowd. My guest this week is Mark Young, Owner of Rational Games, Inc. 🎲 Rational Games is a Training and consulting company that offers innovative approaches to teaching negotiation, leadership, and other topics through the power of play, inspiring a more cooperative and enjoyable learning experience. The...

If you've ever wondered about how to use quiz funnel marketing in your business then this episode is for you!💥 Quiz funnels can be a fun way to gain more insight into your customer's wants and needs, attract warm leads and increase your sales🔥 My guest this week is Leigh Simons, Customer Success Manager from ScoreApp. 🥅 ScoreApp helps you to generate higher quality, higher converting leads by making quiz funnel marketing easy and providing insightful data to help you increase your sales. ...

Thought leadership isn't just about sharing your opinions; it's a strategic blend of expertise, credibility, and the ability to inspire and influence others. ❓ So what does it take to become a successful and highly regarded thought leader in today's fast-paced world of information and ideas? My guest this week is Scott Jeffery Miller, a seasoned thought leader, highly sought-after speaker, Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and co-founder of talent agency Grey and Miller.  💥 Join us...

Josh Miller has over 350K followers on LinkedIn. He worked his way up to VP in an advertising company. But a chance meeting made him realise his destiny was executive coaching. Josh works with executive leaders of existing and emerging Fortune 500 companies. He has since developed the 6th most popular course on LinkedIn Learning in 2022.  He has also been a TEDx Speaker and contributed to quality publications like Forbes. Josh feels that his success can be attributed to the quality of his...

What does the British Army have to do with how to develop programs for your consulting business? 👉 My guest this week is Mike Jones, Founder & Director of LBI Consulting Mike is a seasoned leader, organisational psychologist, and systems thinker. He is adept at navigating the intricacies and unpredictability of contemporary organisations by developing foresight, strategy, and alignment. 🪖 Interestingly, Mike's leadership journey is rooted in his extensive service in the British Army,...

🧠 How does an expert facilitator benefit from developing a crisis management background? 👉 This is something my guest, Thomas Lahnthaler, Owner and Master Facilitator at Thomas Lahnthaler AS has built a business around. Thomas is also an Author, TEDx-Speaker, Founding Member of The Octopus Movement and Advisory Board Member at Never Done Before. As an experienced facilitator with a global perspective, Thomas' main skill is creating solutions and learning spaces that focus on people and...

Today we're going to unravel a topic that's close to home for many in the consulting and learning & development sectors. Yes, we're talking about the kinds of challenging clients who cost you in more ways than one. Not just financially. You have worked with some great people. Maybe you have some fantastic clients who pay on time, contribute great ideas, and are easy to work with you. But maybe you have some clients you wish you didn't have. Clients who criticise your work. Clients who...

Once you understand cognitive learning it can revolutionise how you deliver your training. This is something my guest, Janell Blunt, Associate Professor at Anderson University knows all about. Dr. Janell R. Blunt is a cognitive scientist with over 10 years of experience conducting research on how people learn. Her work has been published in top academic journals, including Science, and has been featured in the New York Times ❗️ 🚀 Her workshops and keynote addresses focus on how to boost...

Have you heard of Butter? Not the kind you spread on bread...this Butter is a fantastic facilitation tool that enhances your virtual training and makes your training fun, engaging, and memorable. 💥 Want to know more how you can make your training stand out of the crowd and really engage with your clients?  💥 My guest this week is Cheska Teresa, Chief Growth Officer at Butter.   💡 In this episode Cheska shares the functionality or Butter's software and how it can be used to facilitate...

🌟 Looking for some serious learning insights into how to craft impactful coaching programs and forge strong corporate partnerships?   Then you'll want to join me for an enlightening episode with Alessandra Wall, founder of Noteworthy.   Discover how Alessandra's strategic vision shapes the future of Noteworthy and how personal passion drives the business forward!   Tune in and you'll learn the following, plus much more: What to gap is between what the market needs and what it thinks...

Ever wondered how to make sure you're catering for all learning types so ALL attendees get the best out of your training courses? My guest this week is Samantha Calamari, Senior Learning Experience Designer, Inclusion at Microsoft. In this episode Samantha shares her experience in and thoughts on the benefits of inclusive learning design. Tune in and you'll learn the following, plus much more:   Why you need to include your learners at the beginning of the design process The reason you...

Do you offer guarantees to your clients? Imagine boosting trust, credibility, and standing out from your competitors - just by offering a guarantee. Offering guarantees is one way of giving your clients the feeling that you’re willing to stand over results. In this week's episode, we're diving headfirst into the world of guarantees and why they're a must-have in your business arsenal.   Get ready to take notes, because we'll cover the following and MORE: 🔎 How guarantees build trust and...

What were the first 18 months like for you when you started your business? How did you know which area to specialise in? Which courses did you decide to create?   How did you decide to market yourself? Via which channels and who was your ideal buyer? These are some of the many questions you might ask yourself when you become a self-employed consultant, trainer, coach.   And this week’s guest Martin John spent years in procurement before deciding to become a freelance trainer and figure...

We have all heard claims that ‘email is dead’ or that social media marketing is the only way to go. It’s just not true. Email marketing still is an extremely useful way to get your message directly to your prospective buyers or clients. If you’re a consultant or a business owner, selling training and coaching, you really want to use something like email to get people interested in what you have to offer In this weeks episode, I’m going to give you 10 tips to help you get more sales from...

My top three marketing assets are my book, my podcast and my keynotes, which always get me some kind of lead on stage. The next three would be my LinkedIn profile, my videos and my newsletter. Anything which raises the profile of your brand and contribute to that brand awareness and profitability is a marketing asset. So which marketing assets do you have right now? Which marketing assets do you need to create and how will you measure their effectiveness? In this weeks episode I’m going...

👉 Today, I’m helping you plan the rest of your training business year for 2023.  💥 We’re at the half-way point of 2023, so it’s a great time to think of where you are with your business goals. Now is a great time in the summer months to revisit your plans so you hit your targets for 2023! 🌞   ✒️ Maybe you’re thinking of writing a book or creating a new course? ✒️  Maybe you want to create content for new articles or start a newsletter? ✒️  Maybe you want to book some keynotes so you can...

What are the 7 profit pitfalls that are real killers for your consultancy business?   Today, we'll explore key talking points like over-reliance on a single client, neglecting recurring expenses, mispricing services, inefficient client acquisition, scope creep without compensation, inefficient financial management, and the avalanche of taxes.   Listen to the full episode to gain valuable insight into the profit pitfalls that could be impacting the success of your consulting or training...

What is the World Café method? And how could you use the World Café process with your clients? Have you ever felt that traditional workshops sometimes lack the dynamic, free flowing exchange of ideas, and that they limit the capacity to think creatively and collaboratively? With the World Café methodology, you can encourage free flowing ideas and improve client relationships. These informal conversational sessions help your audience to cross pollinate ideas and build on each other's...

What's a workbook and why would you want to create one?   Many course creators know that people want a step-by-sep process to put learning into effect.   A course workbook is an opportunity to provide your clients with a branded asset that reminds them of the value that you provide.   There are of course cost and time considerations involved. It's worth doing none that doing it poorly. I've seen excellent workbooks and I still refer to them.   So today, I'm going to give you pros and...

James Schramko is the business coach to many coaching business owners. People who have built their own courses and 8-figure online businesses trust James to help build their expert brand. But building your own consultancy or expert brand is not about finding ways to spend more time in your business. It’s quite the opposite. James helps people primarily to make time away from their businessso they can maximise quality of life. James says that ’it’s all about figuring out your 64: 4.” “80%...

🤔 How can you use ARR or MMR with a membership model to help monetize your business? ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) or MMR (Monthly Recurring Revenue) is basically a recurring revenue stream where someone is paying for access to a product or service you provide. 😃 ⭐️ My guest this week, Robbie Kellman Baxter, is the Founder, Peninsula Strategies and author of 'The Forever Transaction'. Today Robbie and I will be talking about the value of a subscription or membership model to create a...

When building your coaching workshops how can you ensure they are going to really engage the audience? 🤨 How do you know if your audience are going to be WOWED or sit there in stony silence with stifled yawns? My guest this week, Rachel Davis, is the Founder and a Workshop Creator + Facilitator at Your True Tribes. Rachel is a workshop experience designer and facilitator with over 18 years' experience across design thinking, brand and creative strategy, workshop creation, and...

When you want to get your priority one value tasks done, what barriers do you face? 🤨 Time, procrastination, lack of organisation and overwhelm are just a few things that might be holding you back. So how can you prioritise effectively and get the things that need doing, done?  📝 Grab a pen and paper, because this week I'm going to give you a few simple tips and tricks so you can get your highest priority one value tasks done.   👇 Get ready to learn the following, and more: 🤔 Ways you...

What is the value for relationship building using Transactional Analysis? 🤨 And when it comes to Transactional Analysis in business, what do we actually mean? 🤔 My guest this week, Clive Vanderwagen, is the Director of ReadyPeople . He is also a well-regarded speaker, team dynamics facilitator, trainer, and coach. ReadyPeople works with people to be better in their interactions with other people (especially in businesses), to challenge mindsets, and to set intentions in people's careers...

Lead generation is vitally important to ensure that you have a consistent stream of high-paying clients who like what you do and are willing to pay you to help them!This week we’re going to give you seven key things to generate leads for your business.Maybe you know these things or are already doing these things. Here they are: Specialize in a specific niche Develop a strong online presence Offer free workshops or webinars Network at industry events and conferences Leverage existing client...