Small Business, Big Network

Lee Randall-Pybus is co-owner and director of Your Partnerships Ltd. Your Partnerships is a business networking platform that has grown from just two UK counties, to being a global networking organisation. After spending 25 years as an entertainer Lee is a true people’s person and works hard to make sure that connections are made between businesses and also helps those businesses re...

Trevor Wood has been working in IT for over 40 years. He's been a web developer for 25 years and in the last few years he's been working in cybersecurity as a white hat hacker and cybersecurity researcher He ran his own networking events and exhibitions for around 10 years, and he has written several blog articles that include hints and tips on successful networking. In this episode we chat about...

Drew Ellis is a serial entrepreneur and experienced business development executive. He's been invited to Buckingham Palace and Parliament in the UK to advise on matters of business and enterprise, and has been written about in the Sunday Times, Financial Times, and numerous other publications. In 1982 he designed the world-famous “Choose Life" range of slogan T-Shirts for Katharine Hamnett. He fou...

Cristina is the owner of CVG Solutions,  which is a growing GDPR consulting business that offers GDPR advice, guidance and training.  She helps up-skill business owners in Data Protection to strengthen their reputation and win new customers.   Having started her business in late 2019, the pandemic could have wiped Cristina's business out, but by making use of online n...

Creative freelancers (photographers, designers, actors, singers, voice over artists) often have a fear of networking, and feel that they don't belong in a business networking meeting. I'm holding a free webinar to dispel that myth, and to explore why creative people should be networking. Tues 16th March 2021, 7pm (UK). If you can't make it live a replay will be sent to everyone who signed up. Sign...

Anton Oliver is a business coach and founder of the Marketing Mastery programme, which teaches small business owners the marketing strategies that are used by multinational companies. He talks about why you should visit lots of different networking meetings, and why you need to be consistent with your networking if you want results. Referrals will come if you first help others. Anton also talks ab...

Nicky Thomas is a business connector, referral marketing expert and founder of The Growth Community. She loves nothing more than to see people connect and build a new relationships and/or open up new opportunities for each other. By March 2021 the community will have over 100 members with big UK expansion plans in the pipeline. In this interview Nicky admits that she had low expectations of networ...

As well as running a successful telemarking company, Felicity Francis is also the founder of Talk Networking. Talk Networking started in the real world and has now moved into the virtual space, with four different styles of networking event offered. In this episode Felicity talks about how different styles of business networking suit different people, why you should take the initiative and follow...

Paul is a voice over artist, radio presenter and massive lover of business networking. In fact, it was within a networking group that his business model radically changed. People had recognised that his 60 second presentations were always well received and started seeking his advice on how they could improve their own presentations, and he was happy to help. Then, in a one-to-one meeting with a bu...

In this episode I chat to author, publisher and founder of International Online Networking Day, Ladey Adey Ladey has always loved meeting people and learning more about their businesses – and as her networking prowess has grown she has learnt how to benefit both their businesses and her own.    She says , “My life wouldn’t be so rich without business networking.  I use business...

Networking takes place in two main ways - online and offline (or in-person), but within those categories are lots of sub-genres of networking meetings. Some meetings are very formal with a set format, others are a complete free for all, and most are somewhere in between. Different styles of networking suit different people. Have a listen and see what most appeals to you.

Now you know what networking is (and what it isn't), the next question to ask is 'why should you do it?' We've established that networking isn't about selling (though we do want people to buy from us ultimately), so what are you going to get out of going to networking meetings? Some of the things I've got out of going to networking events are: great suppliers information about other meetings to tr...

In this very short trailer episode you'll find out a little about your host, that's me, Liz Drury, and get taste of what's to come on the Small Business Big Network podcast. If you're a small business owner you'll know that unless people know about you and what you do - you're not going to get any work. You'll also know that marketing can be expensive, and you probably haven't got lots of cash to...

We all network all the time without even thinking about it, but networking for your business needs be more intentional. As well as understanding what networking is, it's just as important to understand what networking isn't. It's all about making connections - and it most definitely isn't about making sales. There are two main types of networking - in person and online, and there are lots of sub-g...