The Next 100 Days Podcast

Are you getting the most out of your LinkedIn profile? Hannah Martin returns to The Next 100 Days Podcast to tell us how to maximise the potential of LinkedIn for both yourself and your business. Hannah Martin We welcome back the multi-talented Hannah Martin from the Talented Ladies Club. Last time, Hannah taught us all how to write copy. On this podcast, Hannah discusses her new LinkedIn course....

Jonathan Slobom becomes the first returning guest in this episode of The Next 100 Days Podcast. He returns to talk about his new product, CAMPR. Jonathan detailed his INSPIRE marketing strategy framework in his first podcast. That was episode 61 and this is 81. Any Tottenham Hotspur fan will recognise those numbers! Jonathan Slobom reveals the CAMPR methodology on The Next 100 Days Podcast INSPIRE...

Are you in control of your business finances? Do you understand the changes that are taking place with cloud accounting? Solutions like Xero are game changers that can bring automation to your book keeping. Many of us don't understand whats possible, or how to go about making the change. Kevin Appleby is launching a new service to help with this: Divided by five. Finances are always difficult to m...

Do you want to save lighting costs? David Emslie shows us how easy it is when you apply the latest technology business lighting solutions. But, even with a proposition that is a "no brainer" for the client David still finds marketing the solution one of his biggest challenges. David talks us through both his solution to save lighting costs and his answer to the marketing challenge. David Emslie pr...

Does your business need external finance. We chat to investment fund manager Iain Nairn about the different sources of funding. In particular look at the business models that are suited to attracting venture capital investment and what you need to do to secure those funds. About Iain Nairn Iain Nairn hails from Chester-le-Street in the North East of England. He works as an investment manager for N...

In this week's podcast Thomas McGrath, CEO of Cognition, chats to Graham and Kevin about how big data can unlock operational trapped value in your business Who is Thomas McGrath? He is Chief Executive at Cognition, a company specialising in the industrial Internet of things and big data strategy solutions. The aim is to reduce costs to improve efficiency and minimise wastage. Thomas resides in Dub...

Launched a year ago, Andrew McGinley has seen rapid growth, traction, engagement with the NHS for his care matching service, Caresourcer. In this week's podcast Andrew talks to us about the challenges of running a venture capital funded fast growth tech startup What is Caresourcer? It is the first comparison and matching service for care seekers. Andrew used his experience as a care at home provid...

The next 100 days podcast is 75 episodes young. We've learned a lot in 75 episodes, but there are some episodes that stand out more than others. In this weeks episode we look back on our 5 top lessons learned from the next 100 days favourite guests and replay extracts from those 5 stand out episodes. The show features previous guests Rosemary Smith; Hayley Chiba; Mark Taylor; Dave Dee and Steve Sh...

Meryl Johnston runs Bean Ninjas, a bookkeeping service primarily for online businesses. She’s based in Australia. In this episode of The Next 100 Days Podcast she advises us about cloud accounting and how you can move to the cloud and sort your book keeping problems easily in the next 100 days. Meryl's background Meryl had a traditional path – university and worked at a mid-tier firm where she bec...

Is your business model based around great customer service? If so, do you measure how good your service is, and whether it is improving? If not, then Net Promoter Score might be the tool that makes all the difference to your business. We chat with Dominic Monkhouse, who has used net promoter score to transform service delivery in a number of different organisations. Net Promoter Score Dominic live...

Is cash flow one of your biggest issues? Do you have sleepless nights worrying whether you have enough funds to pay suppliers? To make payroll? This weeks podcast guest has a powerful tool  that will help you. Colin Hewitt founded Float, the cash flow forecasting app. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland but was originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Why was Float created? Colin Hewitt was caught u...

In this week's edition of The Next 100 Days Podcast we have a big name form the USA. Brian Kurtz chats to us about direct marketing and his book The Advertising Solution. Brian Kurtz loves direct marketing. For 36 years, he worked with Boardroom Inc selling millions of newsletter subscriptions and books. He became expert in direct mail and lists. He oversaw 1.3 billion pieces of direct mail over a...

Facebook Advertising for Small Business This week's guest, Phil Duggan chats to us about Facebook Advertising, and in particular how small businesses can use Facebook cost effectively to spread their message. Phil Duggan founded Noiseworks just over 4 years. His background saw him setting up MySpace profiles and later Facebook profiles. He set up his own business after years of research and improv...

Conversion Optimisation expert Talia Wolf Chats to Graham Arrowsmith and Kevin Appleby on The Next 100 Days Podcast. Introducing Talia Wolf Talia Wolf is a world child. She was born in England, worked for an Australian company and works with American companies and spoke to us from her home in Israel. Talia started her career working in a social media company. She did Facebook pages, campaigns on F...

Kevin and Graham discuss the way you can enhance your CRM database with more complete information. We talk to Duncan Gledhill about his tool Contact Enhance. Duncan Gledhill co-founded a company called Emailmovers in 2003, which went onto become one of the UK’s leading email marketing agencies. In 2015, Duncan ran a survey with 11,000 customers that he had worked with. He asked them what their big...

In this episode Kevin and Graham chat about the changes coming up in the UK tax system that are going to make a big difference to the way UK businesses will file their taxes in the future. Making Tax Digital is the programme that Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are rolling out that will make the UK tax system the most technologically advanced tax regime in the world. Making Tax Digital is...

We talk to Adam Hudson about selling on Amazon. Adam Hudson has built a 7 figure business manufacturing products in china then using FBA to sell and distribute in USA and Europe Adam is a serial entrepreneur who has built several multi-million dollar companies in both Australia and the United States. He has been featured in; Sky Business News, the Brian Tracy show, Eventual Millionaire, USA Today,...

Carl Benfield chats to Kevin Appleby and Graham Arrowsmith about renewable energy. About Carl Benfield Carl is Managing Director of Prescient Power, a business he set up in 2009 as a renewable energy company. He is also the presenter on business podcast Twentisphere. Carl is a military man who served in the Royal Engineers for 16 years. Twentisphere was created from Carl’s own business experience...

The Transformational Consumer Tara-Nicholle Nelson hails from Oakland near San Francisco. She is founder and CEO of Transformational Consumer Insights. She has written a new business book called The Transformational Consumer. Tara has a Masters Degree in Psychologist and a phd from the University of California. Tara has been both lawyer and marketing director. She is the archetypal Transformationa...

Kevin is leading a 4 day training event later this year. Budgeting and cost control for managers. In this episode Kevin and Graham talk to you about the importance of getting this aspect of your business right. They tell you why traditional budgeting really isn't fit for purpose any more. Budgeting and Cost Control for Managers is running in London from 13 - 16 June 2017 and you can find more info...

Steve Shoulder is in the process of launching his book, 90 Days to Profits. For the last 20+ years he has been doing business transformation and turnaround in manufacturing, including automotive with BMW, paper conversion in FMCG and cabling. He wants to share his knowledge and techniques he uses, and the new book 90 Days to Profits, available from 25 April 2017 captures the lessons from all his y...

Jonathan Slobom explains INSPIRE TM a methodology you can follow to produce a marketing strategy. Jonathan has spent his entire career in marketing. He worked for agencies looking after blue chip companies. He was immersed in marketing strategy. Done well, it has massive value. In turbulent times, with such a lot of change, we must make our great ideas to work very quickly. A strategy is a plan. I...

Mark Taylor is the founder and Managing Director of eSales Hub and he is the 60th guest on The Next 100 Days Podcast. Mark talks to Kevin Appleby and Graham Arrowsmith about getting your business to rank highly in local search on google and then using inbound telephone calls to generate conversions. Listen to the show and find out all about local search, geo-targeting and how you can take action y...

True Gravity, The Practice of Creating Stellar Business. BD Dalton's Background BD Dalton II talks about his book True Gravity, The Practice of Creating Stellar Business. Bart, he prefers BD, hails from Tacoma, Washington State and nowadays lives in Birmingham, UK. There he runs Taurus Wealth and provides financial services advice to affluent individuals in the West Midlands area. He and his son l...

Jonathan Ratcliff shares his sales strategy insights on The Next 100 Days Podcast. Jonathan Ratcliff, an expert in sales strategy, left corporate over 12 years ago, to set up JMR Sales & Consultancy Ltd. He helps a variety of clients with short to mid-term contracts by solving a wide range of their business challenges. His primary skill is Sales Management. His sales perspective has been enhanced...