No Pain No Business

How do you go about making yourself and your business more visible? In this episode, I speak to freelance visibility coach, the "lovely" Zara-Dee Hannay.  Zara helps freelancers get paid to do what they love. She's an expert in getting you seen and giving you the confidence to get the work you can truly be proud of. She also happens to be a trained actor! In this episode we talk abo...

How far would you go to get people to pay attention to your business? In this week's episode, podcaster, marketer & founder of Rokman, Terry Rosoman talks about the incredible challenge he completed that not only raised £10k for Movember, but gave him one of the most insane world records around (*spoiler alert* it's a touch cheeky!). A combination of mental and physical strength and...

How do you build your (*buzzword alert*) personal brand? In this episode I speak to the person I've titled "Queen of popupability", the brilliant Mel Barfield . Mel is an award-winning copywriter, speaker & facilitator, Linkedin aficionado & founder of the excellent Indie Business Club podcast. She also recently became a managing partner in the copywriting agency ' Copy...

Sometimes the best thing you can learn in business is knowing when to stop. In this episode, I speak to my good friend of a couple of decades - Jimmi Nicholls. Jimmi is now MD of media production company CADE Media but before that, he sold his company Attacus Cycling which nearly pushed him to the edge. His company's podcast, 'The Wild Ones' , has almost 400k subscribers & featu...

You've got to be comfortable with taking risks to run a successful business. In this episode, I speak with the founder of my favourite magazine ( Freelancer Magazine ) Sophie Cross about all the fun and games of creating a magazine. Sophie is a marketer, event organiser, course creator and speaker as well as creating and running the magazine. She's built an awesome freelance community an...

Why on earth are you running a business...? With all the stress & pain it can bring, we've all asked ourselves exactly that question. In this episode, I speak to Linkedin expert & marketing guru, Gus Bhandal about how you make sure you know your why to get the best out of your business. Gus is a very witty speaker who oozes experience & chocolate orange in equal measure! In this e...

In this episode I'm joined by principal of Ingram Wealth , Rob Ingram. We talk about getting through personal pain while you're running your business & how many times you might've thought about quitting (probably to stack shelves in [insert local supermarket here]!). We discuss: - what wealth really means (spoiler alert - it's NOT about money!) - why young people should car...

In episode 2, I speak to the truly fascinating mindset & visibility coach, Laura Hayter. After working as a coach in physical health, Laura pivoted to help entrepreneurs & business owners learn how to get out of their own way to operate at their full potential. Laura articulates what she does & why it's relevant to business owners so well in this episode. There's tonnes of va...

Welcome to this introductory episode of No Pain No Business. I'm your host - Chris Lubas & I'll be explaining what he podcast is all about & why you should be excited about what's coming over the next few weeks. If you're an entrepreneur, freelancer or SME owner that's just starting our or stuck in a bit of a rut, this is the podcast for you. Each week, guests will...