Helen Dowling

The Exceptional Business Podcast

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The Exceptional Business Podcast is for business owners who are tired of gimmicks, quick wins, and being told to “just post more content.” Hosted by Helen Dowling, Managing Director of Exceptional Thinking ( http://www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk ), this podcast dives into the real mechanics of growing a profitable, sustainable business — from generating high-quality leads and running better sales conversations, to leadership decisions, mindset shifts, and the lessons you only learn by actually doing the work. Each episode is practical, honest, and grounded in real experience. No hype. No buzzwo...

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Helen Dowling

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Business

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Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Super quick way to get case studies 11.07.2025

Case studies are always great to build, but sometimes they are quite hard to come by. On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking shows you a super quick method to gather new case studies that are genuine and not stressful to get. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk To book an appointment to talk about lead generation, go to  www.exceptionalthi...

Do you have a call to action 04.07.2025

Do you have a call to action on everything that you send out? On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking shows you why call to actions are so important and encourages you to put a call for action on everything that you send out. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk To book an appointment to talk about lead generation, go to  www.exceptionalthin...

Why running and running a business are so alike 27.06.2025

I've been running now for a couple of years and there are a lot of similarities between running and running a business. On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking explores the similarities between the two and how you can use some of the tools she's learnt about running in your business. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk To book an appointment to...

How to increase your prices 20.06.2025

How do you set your prices? How do you increase them? On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking lets you know why pricing is ultimately all about mindset and gives you a challenge to double your prices. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk To book an appointment to talk about lead generation, go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk/contact Hosted...

Switch up your mindset to stop you running your business day to day 13.06.2025

How do you get out of the day to day running of your business? Is it even possible? On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking tells you why it definitely is possible and walks you through how she managed to go from working six or seven days a week to just two. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk To book an appointment to talk about lead generation...

Thinking about creating videos? 06.06.2025

Have you been thinking about creating videos, podcasts or webinars? It can be a bit daunting and you might need some help to do this. On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking walk you through how to create videos, from the mindset piece right the way through to equipment you'll need and topics of interest. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk To b...

Going to the mindset gym 30.05.2025

Does your mindset hold you back? Well, for many of us, it absolutely does - so, can going to the mindset gym help? On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking introduces you to the mindset gym and gives you five tips that can help you take your mindset to the next level. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk To book an appointment to talk about lead g...

Marketing Tools I recommend 23.05.2025

There are three really good packages that we use in our business. On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking walk you through these and shows you how they may be able to help your business. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk To book an appointment to talk about lead generation, go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk/contact Hosted on Acast. See...

Lessons from holidays 16.05.2025

How many times have you been on holiday? Several, I hope. Well there are some great business lessons from holidays. On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking let's you know some of the lessons she's learnt from holidays and how you might be able to apply these to your business too. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk To book an appointment to talk...

An interesting new marketing technique 09.05.2025

I always scout the internet to find new marketing techniques - most of the time it's the same old, same old, but occasionally there is something of interest. On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking tells you about an interesting marketing technique that she has come across and how you could potentially apply this to your business. To find out more go to  www.exce...

How we get 20 meetings a week 02.05.2025

Is it possible to get 20 lead gen meetings a week in the diary? On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking shows you that it is absolutely possible and breaks down the 5 methods we use to do just that. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk To book an appointment to talk about lead generation, go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk/contact Hosted o...

How we get business from sales meeting 25.04.2025

This month, I thought I'd show you some of the things we do at Exceptional Thinking to get business. This week, it's the turn of sales meetings. On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking  covers how to get business through sales meetings including some tweaks you can make to your sales process to make sure prospects convert into clients. To find out more go to&nbsp...

How I get business through LinkedIn 18.04.2025

This month, I thought I'd show you some of the things we do at Exceptional Thinking to get business. This week, it's the turn of LinkedIn. On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking  covers how to get business through LinkedIn, including connecting with the right people, what to say on your follow-up message and how to use your 1st level connections. To find out mor...

What I do on emails to get business 11.04.2025

This month, I thought I'd show you some of the things we do at Exceptional Thinking to get business. This week, it's the turn of email marketing On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking  covers how to get business through email marketing, setting up emails, creating content and how to turn readers into clients. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking....

What I do on social media to get business 04.04.2025

This month, I thought I'd show you some of the things we do at Exceptional Thinking to get business. This week, it's the turn of social media. On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking  covers how to get business through social media, including setting up content, coming up with ideas and actually getting conversations with people. To find out more go to  www....

Behind the Scenes: Weekly Meetings and Reports 28.03.2025

So, we're continuing our Behind the Scenes look at how we work. Today, we are talking about what happens on a weekly basis. On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking  covers weekly meetings and reports and how they work together to iron out issues and build relationships with our clients. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk To book an appoint...

Behind the Scenes: How we quality check the appointments 21.03.2025

So, we're continuing our Behind the Scenes look at how we work. Today, we are talking about how we quality check the appointments On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking  talks about how we quality check the appointments and confirm the appointments to make sure they actually happen. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk To book an appointmen...

Behind the Scenes How our telemarketers get appointments for cliets 14.03.2025

So, we're continuing our Behind the Scenes look at how we work. And today it's the turn of the telemarketers. So how do we get those great appointments for our clients? On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking  shows you behind the scenes of exactly how our telemarketers work, how they get appointments and how we use their skills to build relationships with key pr...

Behind the Scenes: How we use LinkedIn to get a good campaign off and running 07.03.2025

LinkedIn is our main database that we use to build data for clients. But just how do we do that? How do we start getting prospects coming through this method? On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking  shows you behind the scenes of exactly how we use LinkedIn to get a campaign up and running quickly and start getting some prospects for our clients. To find out mor...

Behind the Scenes: Kick-Off Meetings and Onboarding Clients 27.02.2025

We all like to know what's happening behind the scenes of a company, don't we? On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking  spills all and shows you exactly what happens on kick-off meetings for new clients and how we onboard them successfully. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk To book an appointment to talk about lead generation, go to ...

Daily, weekly, monthly marketing tasks 21.02.2025

Do you know what your daily, weekly and monthly marketing tasks are? On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking  walks you through what we do on a daily, weekly and monthly basis and shows you how you could apply this to your business too. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk To book an appointment to talk about lead generation, go to  www...

Should you start a podcast? 14.02.2025

Should you start a podcast? On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking  goes through whether you should start a podcast or not and if so, what are the pros and cons. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk To book an appointment to talk about lead generation, go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk/contact Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

The power of follow-ups 07.02.2025

When I first started the business, the area I was weakest in was follow-ups. On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking  shows you how she improved her following-up and seven tips to help you with this. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk To book an appointment to talk about lead generation, go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk/contact Ho...

Do you use your 1st level LinkedIn connections? 31.01.2025

If you've been using LinkedIn for any length of time, you will have 1st level connections (people you're already connected to) that you haven't necessarily spoken to. On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking  shows you what to do with these 1st level connections and how to get some great meetings from them. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.u...

How I organise my to-do list 24.01.2025

Do you struggle to organise your to-do list? On this week's episode, Helen Dowling from  Exceptional Thinking  gives you her best tips to organise your to-do list and things that might make it easier to get your tasks done. To find out more go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk To book an appointment to talk about lead generation, go to  www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk/contact Hos...

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