The Humble Entrepreneur Podcast

Its official the uk is now in a recession! And many businesses are tightening their belts and battening down the hatches to deal with it. But contraction is not the best way to deal with getting through a recession! Lets be honest the economy contracting is what caused the recession in the first place. If you can expand your way through a recession and take advantage of the climate. Your business...

“Turnover is vanity profit is sanity and cash is king!” ~ We have all heard that old chestnut, but does not mean it is not true! When it comes to running a successful business, the most important aspect of financial management is cash flow. Whilst it may look impressive to have vast levels of revenue from sales, your primary focus should be on ensuring a regular inflow of cash. Don’t forget – even...

Consistency in your business is far more important than you can think. Being consistent allows your business to establish awareness, build trust and deliver your services efficiently and profitably. Without it, your business is more likely to fail. Your business is a machine that runs on systems and processes.  How well your business runs depends on how consistent you are in all departments o...

“comparison is the thief of joy” ~ Theodore Roosevelt You might not admit this but we are all guilty of doing it at times, for all of the many great things I have achieved in business, I still at times find myself doing the self same thing! We see one thing in a person that shows us how we would like to be, in success or in worth and make an instant assessment of comparison. To be honest it very n...

93 percent of small and medium sized business owners recognise that mentorship can help them succeed. The FSB also reports that 70 percent of entrepreneurs who receive mentoring survive in business for five years or more, which is about twice the rate of their un-mentored counterparts. And I can only say I agree with this, having seen both sides of the coin. Being a business mentor myself and also...

Customer loyalty programs are great for not only driving customer loyalty they also help you to make more sales! The right program for your business can really help to drive and boost your customer sales. At the end of the day everyone knows it easier to sell to someone that already a customer! Loyalty programs have proven themselves as one of the most effective tactics for increasing revenue and...

We all want and need to boost our customer engagement on social media to help build and grow our businesses. Customer engagement and conversions go hand-in-hand, but building a loyal customer base doesn't happen overnight.  there's no doubt that customer engagement is essential for moving prospects through your buying cycle or sales funnel. In order to acquire, convert, retain customers – and...

Lets all be honest the fast and quicker you can build your profile, the quicker it means you have access to leads and contacts for your business. Ultimately this should hopefully lead to more customers provided you can engage with them. And this does not only work for business people, but for the employed also. Every marketer involved with social media knows it takes a lot more than a few funny me...

20% of businesses fail in their first year and around 60% will go bust within their first three years. That’s a massive amount of broken dreams and a massive amount of blood sweat and tears! If you’re considering starting a new business, it’s crucial to understand the reasons why most businesses fail. This knowledge will help you to avoid the common mistakes that result in the majority of business...

Social media companies are doing a great job of creating fear of missing out, and many entrepreneurs and business owners feel like the majority of their marketing efforts should be played out on these platforms. But its simply not the case! Its only part of what your marketing efforts should be. About the host: Robert Terry is “The Humble Entrepreneur.” He is an Entrepreneur, high level business m...

Everyone needs to promote their business to get new leads and sales! Lets be honest if people don’t know you are there they cannot buy from you, after all no one buys from the invisible man! From Facebook advertising and google pay per click, through to traditional methods of advertising your business, they can all burn through cash, and quickly. Marketing famously works 50% of the time and not fo...

When people think about business plans they think of some massive leather bound document only pulled out when you see the bank manager looking for funding. But in truth there as many other reasons you should have a business plan, even if it’s a basic one. A business plan is a written document that describes your business. It covers objectives, strategies, sales, marketing and financial forecasts....

So many people over the years have asked me how difficult it is to start your own podcast, or even how much does it cost to setup and host. And the simple answer to that is as little as you want and as easy as you like! Don’t get me wrong I know there are companies and people out there that will charge you literally tens of thousands of £££’s to do it for you. But seriously you don’t need to do it...

Marketing is literally the life blood of your business, its what generates leads and interest in your business, and gets the tills ringing! Like I always say marketing is the shop front to your business, its what gets the customers through the door to let the sale happen. Do you know what your customers want? Do you think your customers trust your products? When was the last time you saw a custome...

Small business owners are always managing someone expectations! From employees to wife and partners and down to customer. And in many cases we are all just juggling and trying to do our best. But for our business to become truly successful we really need to be experts at managing our clients expectations, from the service we deliver to the timescales we can do it in. And there is a age old scary s...

The truth about many of our failed goals is that we haven’t achieved them because we didn’t know how to set and accomplish goals effectively, rather than having not had enough willpower, determination, or fortitude. There are strings of mistakes standing in our way of accomplished goals. In this episode the Humble Entrepreneur discusses the 7 most common things that stop us business people or entr...

In this episode the Humber Entrepreneur discuss six key mistake that many people fall fail of in business. Trust me many of have learnt these the hard way! Business is such a minefield of what you should know and what others know, and many things don’t apply to your business or industry, but these six mistakes are pretty much across the board in all business and industry section. So grab a coffee...

You know that healthy habits make sense, but did you ever stop to think why you practice them? Research shows that the impact of good health on your quality of life is far-reaching, regardless of your age, sex, or physical ability. But this is not just true for your body, but also for your mind and mental well being! Habits are an important part of life. They help us get through the day, be produc...

Trust me on this and I have found it true, but your social media post are doing much better than you think they are. They might not be going as viral as say Gary Vaynerchuk or Cristiano Ronaldo, but trust me when you look back over time they get far more reach than you think. And they also reach the right people that are your idea customer or audience. Lets be honest we all want to get that one ki...

So this is the second part to a podcast episode on over thinking, the first one being spotting the key signs. So this episode we discuss what to do about it when you have spotted the key signs of over thinking, and what to actually do about it. When you’re replaying events in your mind over and over, or worrying about things you can’t control, acknowledge that this isn’t productive. Thinking is on...

Go one admit it! Your are as guilty of the next person for over thinking things. In fact its almost part of human nature. In this two part podcast episode we discuss some of the key signs that we are in fact guilty of over thinking things in life and business. Overthinking is something we all do at some point. Everyone worries at least once about school grades, financial matters, or relationship t...

Sounds simple right?  But it is not, we are all guilty of thinking we have given people the full story. But often when you drill down into it we have failed to truly communicate what we wanted or mean. This is massively true for management within the uk. I discuss in this episode just that fact that the first thing we should do when someone does not do what you ask of them or fails to get it...

This is a 2 part podcast episode or mini series! Part 2 We all want to get more customer and leads, and in this episode the Humble Entrepreneur discusses 7 ways that you can use to quickly and effectively grow your list of email contacts. In episode 137 why discussed why you should still be growing your list, and this time we re discussing how to grow it. I have some bad news — your email marketin...

This is a 2 part podcast episode or mini series! Part 1 The Humble Entrepreneur discusses why email lists for your business and marketing are still to this day the most relevant method of marketing your business. And gives you 7 reasons why you need a email list for success! For some people, email might seem too old school for modern life. With so many other forms of messaging available at our fin...

Doing everything perfectly may seem a recipe for success. While it’s true perfectionists can be rewarded for their flawless performances and may even think their desire to never make a mistake is what makes them more efficient at their job, the obsession for perfect may indeed stand in the way of success. And yes there are occasions where you want perfect, ie a brain surgeon or airplane pilot. But...