Engaging Marketeer

On today’s episode of The Engaging Marketeer, Darren speaks to Lee Tunney-Ware, a business performance coach with a unique past and approach to the corporate world.  Having left school before the age of 10, Lee has since carved out a successful career path using the skills he learned from his upbringing on a remote Irish farm. As well as being a father to 11 children, his passion for helping busin...

On this week’s episode of The Engaging Marketeer, Darren gives the lowdown on his enormous collection of Lego, and why having interests outside of business makes you just that – interesting! Business owners in particular can sometimes be afraid of letting their personalities shine through, in case their hobbies aren’t seen as “acceptable” in the corporate world. But would you really want to work w...

On today's episode of The Engaging Marketeer, Darren speaks to Emma Sidney about her business, Sparkle Society.  An expert on all things lead magnets and email marketing, Emma gives her advice on how best to persuade prospects to offer their details in exchange for freebies, with the aim being to convert audiences into paying customers.  Emma also discusses the importance of nurturing your email l...

On today’s episode of The Engaging Marketeer, Darren is p*issed off … again. He has a bone to pick with conning web designers and their promises of SEO (search engine optimisation), and he isn’t afraid to tell you about it. Tune in to learn more about what SEO ACTUALLY is, and whether you, too, might have been mis-sold a website based on false pretenses.   About your host: Darren has worked within...

On today’s episode of The Engaging Marketeer, Darren is joined by Katie Stabler, whose passion for customer experience has led her to become the founder of the successful company, CULTIVATE.  Using a combination of psychology and good business practices, Katie uses her expertise to help companies better understand their market, and put steps into place to keep retention high. Having founded her br...

On today’s (100th!) episode of The Engaging Marketeer, Darren discusses how he’s managed to top the traffic light system of BNI, earning the maximum number of points you can gain as a member of BNI (Business Networking International).  Darren isn’t one to brag, of course – but it’s kind of a big deal.  Tune in to listen how you, too, can become a 100-point member of BNI, and gain referrals through...

On this week’s episode of The Engaging Marketeer, Darren is joined by Hayley Field, a wellness coach with a keen focus on nutrition and mental health.  Hayley swapped her role in the corporate world for a career as a Health Strategist, where she has found huge success in helping her clients lead a healthier lifestyle.  With her alter ego “Food Ninja”, Hayley coaches people of all calibre, yet has...

On today’s episode of The Engaging Marketeer, Darren speaks to Vincent Hovorka, an entrepreneur with an inspiring story.  The pair met at a Professional Speaking Association (PSA) event, where Darren first learnt about Vincent’s success in the property industry. Having moved to the UK at the age of 19 and having to quickly learn the language, Vincent went through many trials and errors in business...

On today’s episode of The Engaging Marketeer, Darren talks to Neil Simpson and James Crawley, the powerhouses behind the KiN Awesome brand.  Neil, a man of many talents, has enjoyed careers in seemingly every aspect of the creative industry. A published author, award-winning filmmaker and once-professional dancer, Neil has since retired from performing, and now brings his decades of experience to...

On today’s episode of The Engaging Marketeer, Darren speaks to David Kelly, who is an expert when it comes to sales and the world of BNI (Business Network International). Here, Dave discusses how he has managed to bring visitors in the thousands along to meetings, and gives his top tips and tricks for closing a sale. As well as being a sales training expert, David is the co-founder of successful b...

In this week’s episode of The Engaging Marketeer, Darren speaks to Laura Burnett of IT Moon, a self-confessed Tech Geek and Harry Potter nerd. Able to master any software in a matter of minutes, Laura discusses all things landing pages and email marketing. The Hermione Granger of the funnel method and director of IT Moon, Laura has made her place in the Top 100 Female Entrepreneurs to Watch by the...

On today’s episode of The Engaging Marketeer, Darren talks to Helen Tudor, who is a LinkedIn coach and platform expert. Helen Tudor is a successful LinkedIn coach who has sold over £2.5m worth of workshops, Mastermind classes, business coaching and other products online. Here, Helen gives honest advice on how to run a successful business without having to spend hours DMing people. Instead, she tea...

In this episode of Engaging Marketeer, Darren speaks to Robbie Dutton of RDS Fitness WCFC, who helps to spread positivity through the fitness projects he offers. He takes a compassionate approach to sport, and his work is the epitome of healthy body, healthy mind. In this episode, Robbie talks about the dark times he encountered earlier in life, and how he used fitness as a tool to pull him away f...

On today’s episode of the Engaging Marketeer, Darren discusses something that he recently posted to social media and received great reaction on. It is a story of how, in school, Darren was told he wasn’t good enough by one of his teachers and how that almost impacted his decisions at a young age, which could've completely change the career path he took. Fortunately, Darren ignored his teacher's ad...

On today's Engaging Marketeer, Darren is speaking with Ariel Hubbard, who is over in Washington state, in the U.S. Ariel has over 30 years of experience in holistic health. She works with Therapeutic Massage, Energywork, and a variety of other modalities in her healing practice. She is also a podcast host and is the author of two books. Key talking points include: - Using common sense to target yo...

On this episode of the Engaging Marketeer, Darren is joined by Marcus Svedin who is a YouTube ads expert.  Key talking points include: - The differences between running YouTube ads and Facebook ads - How to target YouTube ads - What kind of budgets you need - How you can make your YouTube ads successful And much more! About Marcus Marcus is someone who accidentally stumbled across YouTube ads and...

On today's episode of the Engaging Marketeer, Darren is speaking with Lorraine Marshall who works in digital marketing and property but a lot of this conversation is about relationships. Lorraine talks about a relationship that started to go sour in 2017 and didn't really end until very recently. Key talking points include: - How Lorraine discovered that her partner was having an affair - Living w...

On this week's episode of the Engaging Marketeer, Darren talks about presentation and public speaking. With this being something that he has a vast experience in, Darren provides some key tips that you can use to make your presentations more engaging and successful. About your host: Darren has worked within digital marketing since the last century, and was the first in-house web designer for video...

On today's Engaging Marketeer podcast, we have Caroline Carey. Caroline helps people work out the real reason they were put on this earth because everybody's soul has a purpose, everybody is here for a reason but most people don't know the reason why. Darren talks to Caroline how she does that, what kind of people seek her help and what is the process to finding out why are you here. Key talking p...

On this week’s episode of the Engaging Marketeer, Darren talks about his hatred for the LinkedIn police. If you use LinkedIn, you’ll no doubt have seen these people, and Darren’s here to tell you how to deal with them. Prepare for an angry rant!   About your host: Darren has worked within digital marketing since the last century, and was the first in-house web designer for video games retailer GAM...

On this episode of the Engaging Marketeer, we have David Roberts who is the MD of Nu-Heat as well as being the host of the People With Purpose podcast. David bought into Nu-Heat many years ago and took it from, helped to drastically increase the company's turnover and then sold the business on. Key talking points: - Reasons behind attending a progressive speakers course - The benefits of attending...

Bit of a strange one on today's Engaging Marketeer because I am interviewing the person who coached me on doing a TEDx talk, it's like I'm interviewing my teacher. So when I did my TEDx University of Chester talk, Cat Williams was the coach for all of the TEDx speakers because she was also a TEDx speaker herself and is a speaking coach and professional speaker.   This podcast covers: - Cath's life...

On this week's Engaging Marketeer I am speaking with Vipoola Devani about consciousness and self-awareness, which I will confess is not really my thing because I am a complete luddite when it comes to emotional awareness and emotional intelligence. But I'm going to learn something on this and I am going to change the way I get up in the morning and the way I affect my mood thanks to speaking with...

On this week’s Engaging Marketeer, I am speaking with Nigel Davies from Pin Creative. Nigel has got two very exciting things about him, firstly he is a brand guru and was actually responsible for the rebrand of a company, you might have heard of, called Ford, secondly, he died. He was clinically dead for 29 minutes in something they call “downtime.” Main talking points include: The story of Nigel'...

On this week's episode of The Engaging Marketeer I am speaking with Gareth Williams, the rhymeologist. That's right rhymeologist.  Gareth gives a breakdown on what rhymeology is and how he uses it to benefit his clients and approach marketing from a unique point of view. Main topics include: What is a Rhymeologist? How Gareth discovered rhymeology How Gareth and his clients benefit from rhymeology...