Business Anchors

If you want a good old laugh at our expense, listen to this clip. Making mistakes like this have taught us invaluable lessons which have helped us improve and grow. They’re still cringey to remember though. If you want to hear more of the mistakes we’ve made along the way & what we’ve learnt from them, go & listen to ‘Episode 003 – Our Biggest Business Failures’. 

I want to let you in on a secret…we don’t just produce this podcast for fun (although we love doing it), it’s actually helped us generate hundreds of thousands of pounds of new business for our Marketing Agency. In this podcast episode, we open the bonnet & share our podcasting secrets, what we’ve learnt along the way & actionable steps you can take to start a podcast that generates a wort...

If you’re intrigued by ethics & want to listen to an interesting debate about whether or not billionaires can be ethical, listen to this. Dan & Lloyd have opposing opinions on this topic & it gets a bit heated. If you’re interested in ethics & how your moral compass guides decisions in business, go & listen to ‘Episode 013 – Ethical Dilemas’. 

Imagine if you could start healthy habits that ensure you sleep an extra 2 hours per night, improve your productivity, give you more energy & focus, save money, reduce stress & make you happier. Well…you can! In this episode we share how we’ve started healthy habits that have helped us achieve all of the above. Sound too good to be true? It honestly isn’t & in this episode we reveal al...

One of the most common questions we get asked is, ‘How did you start working with household name brands like FIFA, Wahl Nestle etc?’ A big part of it comes down to our ‘Milking The Top 10% Strategy’ and in this Knowlton Nugget we explain exactly what it is. If you like what you hear, go & listen to ‘Episode 041 – How To Grow A Business From 1 to 10 People (Our Story)’. 

Over the last 7 years, we’ve tested shit loads of tools. Some good, some terrible & some that have been game-changing for our business. We’ve hand-picked the tools that have been game-changing & have shared them in this episode. From time-saving presentation-creation software for non-designers, to FREE sales & customer relationship management software that is guaranteed to help you gen...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard everyone & anyone in business/marketing spouting off that you should ‘build a personal brand’. At first glance, it sounds pretty wanky…’Ooh look at me & my PERSONAL BRAND’. But when you get into the nuts & bolts of understanding what a personal brand is & how it can help you convince other people to do what you want them...

Want to learn the Knowlton-Blueprint for producing entertaining videos that have generated millions of views, £Millions of tracked revenue & millions of laughs? This is the episode for you. This is oozing with practical best-practice examples & data showing the results this approach can achieve. Prepare to learn, laugh & have a bloody good time listening to this episode.

This belly-laugh-inducing story of some advice Lloyd received at a networking event is one of our all-time favourite clips from the podcast. You literally can’t make this stuff up. If you like what you hear & want to hear more of the worst business advice we’ve ever received, check out ‘Episode 006 - The WORST Business Advice’.

Want to stay up to speed with the latest social media trends & predictions in 2022 from 70+ Marketing leaders? In this episode we dive into Talkwalker & Hubspot’s Social Media Trends 2022 Global Report & share our own predictions. From the Metaverse, to TikTok taking over the world, to social media decentralization this episode has everything you need.

Have you ever been speaking to a friend about a certain product & then you get served an Ad for that product? Want to discover why this actually happens? Give this Knowlton nugget a listen to find out.  If you want to learn more about how social media manipulates your mind, go & listen to ‘Episode 016 – How Social Media Manipulates Your Mind’. 

If you’re one of those people who starts the year off knowing you should set some kind of direction/goals, but never gets round to doing it, this is for you. In this episode, Dan & Lloyd discuss their vastly different goal-setting approaches, as well as what their goals are for 2022. They also share actionable advice to ensure you achieve success this year. This is a must-listen episode (not j...

If you’re looking for practical steps you can take to build confidence presenting to camera or being in any kind of video, this is for you. Dan & Lloyd started making videos 7 years ago, absolutely shitting their pants with no confidence at all. Hundreds of videos, millions of views & lots of practice later, they’ve learnt a thing or two about how to build confidence on camera & reveal...

Looking for practical ways you can stand out from your competitors? Want to learn an innovative place you can get the best inspiration from? Want to know why Lloyd is brown-nosing Accountants in this clip? All will be revealed through another giggly, fun-to-listen-to (obvs) Knowlton nugget. If you like what you hear, go & listen to ‘Episode 060 – How The F Do You Stand Out From Your Competitor...

Wondering how you can discover your own ‘secret sauce’ that helps you stand out from your competitors? In this clip, we discuss the backbone of our own secret sauce & how we think this could change in the future. If you like what you hear, go & listen to ‘Episode 043 – How We Produce World-Dominating Marketing Campaigns For Global Brands’. 

If you’ve ever thought about starting your own business, this is a must-listen. For those who are scared off by this being a ‘step-by-step guide’ don’t be! Although this is super practical, it’s still full of the classic Knowlton bants & stories, like when Lloyd was a terrible employee who was impossible to manage.

In this nugget, we talk frankly about how to get a job that you enjoy going to. We spend so much time working, why would you want to work somewhere you didn’t love? Prepare yourself for practical steps from two people who used to hate their job, but now love it. Plus, we share an amazing short book about ‘change’ that you’ve gotta read. 

Over the years, we’ve tried & tested a whole range of Marketing strategies. Some have cost shit loads of money & achieved nothing. Some have helped us win some of the biggest brands in the world as clients & injected £hundreds of thousands into our business. To make your life easy, we share the 5 strategies that have worked best, how they work & actionable steps you can take to imp...

This is the first in a new series of Business Anchors content we’re going to be releasing every week called ‘Knowlton Nuggets’. These are short, bitesize nuggets, sharing the ‘best bits’ from previous episodes. In this nugget, we share our no BS approach to building a strong company culture. If you like what you hear, go & listen to ‘Episode 042 – Company Culture: Why slides, ping pong tables...

If you’re looking for practical Marketing outreach strategies that have proven to generate leads & sales, listen to this episode. We’ve recently been testing a new outreach approach which involves sending video messages via social media platforms, to people who have shown a level of interest in what we do. From 15 videos, we generated 8 sales calls, which converted into 2 clients. In this podc...

If you’re looking for practical steps you can take to be happier (which are backed by science), this is for you. Imagine if happiness was a choice…This is honestly THE most value-adding episode we have ever produced. The insights in this podcast were learnt from an incredible guy called Mo Gawdat, former chief business officer of Google X, sprinkled with our own take on them of course. Prepare you...

If you run or work for a business (pretty much everyone), you won’t want to miss this episode. We’ve recently started to implement elements of The Entrepreneurs Operating System into our business & it’s been an absolute game changer. Performance has increased, we’ve saved time & money, what more could you want!? Listen in to learn what the system is & action steps you can take to imple...

If you’re in the world of training OR you’ve ever considered signing up to training, this is a must-listen. There’s something pretty shady going on in the world of training & we’re here to uncover it. This is a slightly different style episode than normal, but it had to be said. Prepare to be offended & hear some home truths if you’re in the world of training. 

If you’re looking for practical Marketing tactics you can implement to drive sales today, this episode is for you. We share insights we’ve learnt from generating £1.2M trackable ecommerce revenue for a client, converting a lucrative TV Ad project for our Agency, as well as delivering Marketing campaigns for the likes of Wahl, Buy Whole Foods Online & more. In this episode you’ll learn the #1 m...

If your Marketing isn’t generating the results you want and you’d like some practical steps you can take to get a better return on investment from your Marketing this is for you! This is honestly one of the most value-adding podcast episodes we’ve ever recorded. Everything shared in this episode is based on what we’ve learnt from running successful Marketing campaigns for some of the biggest brand...