Business Simple Podcast

Reviewing a massive 2025 with my 2 business partners, Sam and Graeme, from Agentary. 00:00 Introduction & First 3-Person Podcast 00:41 How the Sam & Graham Merge Started 01:28 Bootstrapping the First Office & Early Growth 02:27 Hiring a Team & Escaping 100-Hour Work Weeks 03:44 Creative Growth, Editing Innovation & Team Talent 05:05 AI in Property Video & Visual Effects 06:...

Lewis is a career electrician that grew within a number of amazing businesses, working with some exceptional business owners. He is now the president of the Canterbury Car Club and played a key role in bringing the Supercars to Ruapuna Raceway. A passionate, humble person, this podcast has something for everyone!

01:00 – Intro & Early Sales Journey 02:30 – Transition to Digital Marketing 03:45 – Founding Digital Simple 04:20 – Scaling with Property Marketing 05:35 – Lessons from Growth & Churn 06:10 – Transparency & Approach to Marketing 07:15 – Marketing as Sales (1-to-Many) 08:24 – Importance of Brand + Sales Together 09:08 – Marketing Theory & Customer Psychology 13:05 – Crafting Compell...

What is working in the world of marketing in 2025? I think it's a pretty big change up from years prior, hear my thoughts in this episode

Zane is everything I am beginning to love about politics: a fresh perspective, accountability-focused, and transparent. Hear here what he sees as the future for Taupo, and the opportunities the district has, as well as his story and what has guided him to stepping into the council.

0:00 – Intro & return to the podcast 0:37 – Why the podcast paused 1:13 – Announcing the return & future plans 1:41 – Reflecting on 2025 so far 2:12 – Growth, listenership & tough decision to pause 2:57 – Balancing business responsibilities 3:24 – Challenges of rapid team growth 4:19 – Personal challenges (new parenthood) 4:40 – High client churn & delivery issues 6:01 – Sales chal...

Dan Vann was an epic person to interview - someone who first practised what he teaches, and really loves what he does. From professional cricketer, to sports coach, and now high performance coach, there's something in this episode for everyone.

Kirsten Ellis has an incredible story, faced with some challenges that really put yours into perspective. Her optimism, passion and open mindedness to running her business blew me away, and everyone will learn something from her story.

Aidan is incredibly passionate, intelligent and well spoken. He has a unique, efficiency driven approach to businessIn this episode we covered everything from his time as a mechanical engineer, his first business, impacting New Zealand tax law and his current company, Workride.

Ashleigh's energy is infectious, she was an amazing guest to interview. After doing 10 years employed as a property manager the time came for her to step out on her own, hear her learnings, challenges and what's working as she begins building her business.

Are you thinking about hiring a business coach? This ones for you.

What did we learn putting up 464 posts in 90 days? Find out here!

have an ad campaign you love but it's not producing results? This ones for you.

Polished vs. unpolished content, what is best?

What would I do differently if I started again? It's been on my mind a bit recently - so the request for this episode was timely.

This episode is amazing, I remember Nick starting his business and to see where it has grown to now is incredible. Enjoy

Tristin is an absolute legend with an exceptional offering at Smokey T's here in Christchurch, with the best smoked meats around and huge demand. What an epic story

Had a bit of fun with this one, something different to our normal episodes.

Thinking of starting a podcast? Watch this!

Ric is a legend and has a fresh take on accounting that is fun to hear - enjoy!

Is lowering the cost per lead always the answer? Here's my thoughts

Google ads verse Meta ads, which is better? Find out my thoughts and why.

If you know what retargeting ads are, you're probably trying them. So why might they not be working?

Are you considering video marketing? Listen to this quick epsiode to find out why now is the time to act.

Personalised emails can be a valuable tool for your marketing, are you using them?