Rebel Entrepreneur

Does search engine optimization still work? Is hoping to go viral a real strategy? Aren’t paid adverts only for big businesses? You know how much Alan hates spending money on building businesses, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t learn about paid advertising, its strengths and weaknesses, and make a more informed decision. In this episode Ryan Stubblefield, a paid advertising expert, takes you th...

You are just about to launch your product, your service, your business, but have you got the price right? Is the page perfect? Are you ready? Every entrepreneur goes through the period of self-doubt before launch. Expect it, embrace it, and overcome it! Join Jaymie and Alan as they explore confidence, launching, and promotion!

You’ve started your business but how do you get customers? Do you need to spend money on adverts? Facebook marketing? In this episode Simon and Alan share their 10 favourite, free ways to market your business and find new customers. Get a pen and paper, make a list, and start testing them now!

The landing Page. You have got your product, you are ready to go, but before you go promoting it everywhere on social media you need a landing page. Where is all that traffic going to arrive, what will they see and what are they going to buy. Listen along as Alan and Jaymie review the Kickstarter landing page, the levels, and the pricing of the Mandi9 Comic Book

What do you think when I say the words, “Niche marketing” to you? Every entrepreneur we need fights the idea of niche marketing; of finding a clearly defined market. The fear of missing out on sales, “What do you mean I need to niche? Can’t I just sell to ANYONE?” In this episode KC and Alan work with Jeremy who is launching a new business to uncover his target market and get direction on his mark...

When you launch a project there is so much to do that it can be overwhelming. How do you know where to start? How do you choose what to focus on? How do you make sure you make progress towards your goals every single day? Alan and Digital Artist Jaymie explore productivity and getting things done.

You’ve launched your business and now you need more customers! You’ve been going a few years and you need more customers. No matter what stage of business you are in marketing is the perennial problem that needs tackling. In this episode KC and Alan work to break down the mysterious world of marketing to make it practical and applicable to your business now.

One of the biggest challenges you will face on the entrepreneurial journey is doubt, imposter syndrome, and lack of confidence. These things come up from our past and try and “protect” us from getting rejected by stopping us from ever trying! We have to deal with the doubt and negative spirals to help us make progress. Join us as Jaymie and Alan work through doubt!

When you run your own business there is SO much to do. You need to do the sales, the marketing, and the product development & delivery. In this episode Chris Bello from the Entrepreneur Motivation Podcast shares the bitter lessons he has learned in entrepreneurship from starting his own venture with debt.

Where does the time go? When you take on a mini-experiment to test your business ideas the word “mini” doesn’t do justice to the scale of the project! You need to think through the idea, create the marketing, work out pricing, market and sell whilst doing a full time job! In this episode Alan and Jaymie explore where the time vanishes too and how to make more progress whilst avoiding perfectionism...

Where do you start? You want to launch a business but where do you start? In this episode Kai Angelet of Can You Handle It Tours shares his story of starting an international tour business from nothing. I met Kai doing one of his tours in Berlin, Germany and after hearing his story had to share it with you. This is grass roots entrepreneurship at it’s best!

You have decided that you want to make something happen. You have decided which idea to go for but now you are feeling overwhelmed! There is so much to do, can you do it all? You start to doubt yourself and your idea! This is part of the entrepreneurial journey. You are not alone! We all go through it.

When you start a small business what roles do you take on? Co-founder, head of sales, marketing, finances, HR, and all this whilst still looking after the family, doing home schooling in lock down and maybe a full time job? How do you stay on top of all this? In this episode Alan meets David Allen the author of Getting Things Done, and has a small fan boy melt down as they discuss making progress...

The paradox of choice is a huge problem for creative entrepreneurs. How many ideas for businesses do you have? Where do you start? How do you make progress? Simon, Katie, and Alan work with Digital Artist, Jaymie Dylan, to work out where to start with her project.

How do you spend your days? What percentage of your time do you think is spent in productive activity? In this episode Robert Peake from Next Action Associates coaches Simon, co-founder of Rebel Business School, on the tools of stress free productivity.

Where do you start with your business ideas? Digital Artist, Jaymie, is so creative and overwhelmed with ideas we don’t know where to start. In this episode Katie Coombes and Alan work with Jaymie to identify the starting point and how to get going.

Does multi-tasking exist? Can you get more done by doing it? In this episode Dave Crenshaw, author of The Myth of Multitasking, explores the biggest challenges facing new entrepreneurs, how to overcome them, deal with the overwhelm, and make more progress with your business.

You are thinking of going full time on your side-hustle? What do you need in place? This episode Alan works with Christina to prepare to leave her employment and go full time on her business. This is where the magic really starts to begin building! We talk smoothing income, things that could go wrong, and being your own supervisor.

Is it time or energy that is the limiting factor in your life? So many people tell me it is time that stops them, but then they return home after work exhausted and slump on the couch and watch Netflix because they just don’t have the energy to do anything. How good is your energy? In this episode I talk to Tanessa Shears about increasing your energy and feeling better throughout the day. What els...

What’s it like quitting your job to go full time on your side hustle? How does it feel? In this episode we get to talk to Christina as she has just quit her job to go full time on her own business, Fresh Print Media, and to work to build her dream life.

How do you know if the mini-experiment worked? You have sold some things, you have some hope but is it enough to keep going? Following on from Episode 24 in Season 1, we talk to Keith Hunt again about his restaurant mini-experiment and whether or not he’ll be doing it again! This episode will help you work out if you want to continue your side hustle.

How comfortable are you cold calling people? Sending out cold email? How much of your time do you spend selling, marketing, and growing your business? Sales is the underlying activity that will build your business and it is something that you need to get comfortable with if you are growing a small business.

It doesn’t always go right! In fact sometimes it just doesn’t work. Alan interviews Michael Redford who ran a mini-experiment starting a business which failed. We pick through the failure (is there such a thing?) to find the lessons for you and for Michael that you can apply to your next business or experiment.

If you don’t sell you don’t have a customer. If you don’t have a customer you don’t earn money, have a business, or get to do the thing you love. Sales, marketing, and generating business is at the heart of creating the company you want. In this episode we explore authentic sales, daily habits, and marketing.

After discovering the power of mini-experiments Alan was unlocked to test his business ideas, launch quickly, and innovate on the fly. Simon and Alan show how this incredibly powerful tool can be applied to your business, your life, and all your dreams.