Thrive in Global Markets

Bryan Clayton is CEO and co-founder of GreenPal an online marketplace that connects homeowners with local lawn care professionals. GreenPal has been called the “Uber for lawn care” by Entrepreneur magazine and has over 200,000 active users completing thousands of transactions per day. Before starting GreenPal Bryan Clayton founded Peachtree Inc. one of the largest landscaping companies in the stat...

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Swire Ho immigrated to Los Angeles in 1996. He is a proud Chinese American who speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. He trained as a sound engineer, working at recording studios and entertainment agencies before starting his own firm, Hellman Production, Inc, in 2003 in Los Angeles. Swire and his team successfully produced attractive, personalized DVD and CD cases...

Nathan Haines is the executive producer and managing director at element26, his role within the business is a strategic one, matching brands with some of the UK’s leading creative talent. His passion surrounds enabling brands to tell their story. Based on the Old Street roundabout in London, element26 is part of the Iron Box Group of companies. Element26’s core focus is on the production of high-q...

Andrew Smart is a versatile international business leader with P&L experience in Asia and the US at start-ups and global corporations across the media, internet, education, and financial services industries. He enjoys business strategy, new market entry, client engagement, product development, launching new businesses, and business transformation to achieve growth and profitability. Andrew co-foun...

Juan Camilo Garzon is the Founder of Kickbite and an entrepreneur with a passion for analytics. His purpose is to level the playing field for small and medium companies by providing them with tools to compete against big corporations.  His company Kickbite is an analytic platform that empowers small businesses to improve their return on investment by measuring the customer journey accurately and i...

Simon is described by his peers as one of the most influential persons within the Swedish marketing/advertising space. After working for Google and Philips Simon is now a Partner at Ingager, the largest independent Facebook Agency in Europe. Simon is a popular speaker on digital marketing and digitalization. Simon has been speaking for Tesla, NATO, and BMW to name a few. A year ago Simon published...

Thomas Peham is an experienced SaaS marketer, tech enthusiast, hobby runner, semi-pro photographer, and coffee lover. He works in SaaS marketing since 2014, and heads all the marketing efforts as VP Marketing at Storyblok, the first Headless CMS for developers and marketers. Storyblok raised 11 million USD since it was first founded in 2017 and extended over to 130 countries worldwide.  In this ep...

In the new episode of Conquer New Markets, Levent is joined by Jussi Tommola, an insurance expert with more than 15 years of dedication to this area in different countries. Jussi is currently the CEO of YellowMay, an insurance company that has customers in nearly every continent. In this episode, Jussi talks about his experiences in the insurance world, how YellowMay was destined to be global from...

In this bonus episode, Conquer New Markets host, author and entrepreneur Levent Yildizgoren is talking about some of the common difficulties every business faces along its international journey. Join Levent as he explains how awards overweight the difficulties you face along the way, the common traits of successful international companies and how to overcome some of the perceived difficulties of g...

In the new episode of Conquer New Markets, Levent is joined by Eric Jan C. van Putten, VP of marketing at DynamicWeb. With his 15+ years of experience in marketing, ranging from field marketing to marketing operations to leading marketing in international software vendor companies that have strong ties to ‘Experience Marketing & eCommerce’, Eric talks about the DynamicWeb and its expansion while u...

In the new episode of Conquer New Markets, Levent is joined by Richard Brooks, CEO of UK-based language service provider, K International. Richard talks about how he started off his career as well as his wide experience in localization and sales. KEY TAKEAWAYS Sales is something we all do on a day-to-day basis and it's up to us to free it from the negative connotation it has and understand that no...

In the new and insightful episode of Conquer New Markets, Levent is joined by James Church, COO and co-founder of the UK's leading pitch specialist, Robot Mascot. In this episode, James talks about how to become an 'investable entrepreneur' and what it actually means. Breaking the subject step by step, the author of the Amazon bestseller takes the audience on a journey to understand the mindset of...

In the new episode of the ‘Conquer New Markets’ podcast, Levent is joined by Mike Korba, the Chief Commercial Officer and Co-founder of User.com and marketing automation expert. Join Levent and Mike as they discuss how the use of CRMs have changed over the past years, how important marketing is for any company’s business strategy, what MACH and CDP are and how it can help your marketing strategy i...

PR can put your product or service in front of a huge number of consumers. In this episode of Conquer New Markets, Levent is joined by Sarah Kauter, the CEO of award-winning PR and marketing agency, VerriBerri. Join the conversation as Sarah discusses the importance of PR and branding, why it’s essential to build trust with your consumers and why building a respectful brand message can help you gr...

The bigger the network, the stronger the network effects. Join an insightful episode of Conquer New Markets as Levent is joined by Saasha Celestial-One, the chief operating officer and co-founder of OLIO. Together they discuss international growth, creating supply and demand in new markets and why it’s important to start a mission-driven business.  KEY TAKEAWAYS To launch into new markets you have...

Listen in to an action-packed episode of Conquer New Markets as Levent is joined by international sales and marketing consultant Kathryn Read. Together, they dive into international growth and the tools and tactics needed to expand into emerging markets. KEY TAKEAWAYS Going global for international growth is rewarding for most companies and when you look at the statistics from the US commercial se...

Without motivation, nothing gets done. Levent is joined by business coach, mentor and founder The Reluctant Leader training academy, Mark Terrell. Discover the power behind relationship motivators, how to motivation division affects your vision and why learning how to be a leader and a motivator and not just a business owner is key to success. KEY TAKEAWAYS Motivation is a key to success because i...

Abi is the acting managing director of TTC wetranslate Ltd and has been working with the company for over 20 years. In this episode, Abi and Levent discuss how much a translation project should cost you. In this episode you will learn Abi and Levent's insights on; How much is too much for a translation, What factors affect the cost of a translation project, and; Whether or not expensive equals qua...

Having the right values aligned with your business will help you attract more valuable customers. Levent is joined by author, business coach, and founder of Realign Global, Chet Morjaria. Together they discuss your human values, how to craft your business mission around them and why it’s essential to communicate them with your customers.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Businesses don’t have values, people do. The...

Digital innovator, influential leader, published author and digital marketing manager for T-systems, Björn Radde joins the show to discuss the future of digital, how brands will connect with their consumers, why it’s essential for digital sellers to join social media to solve the needs of their clients and the difference in marketing, selling and communicating across different cultures and countri...

In the new episode of Conquer New Markets with Levent Yildizgoren, the Managing Director of TTC wetranslate Ltd discusses the criteria to choose and work with a translation company. Join Levent as he shares: The advantages of working with a translation company, The scenarios when a company is in need of the services of a language partner, All the platforms where you can find translation profession...

LinkedIn is an extension of your own personal brand. Sales coach and author of  ‘Get noticed: generated leads from LinkedIn’, Chris Wilson joins the show to discuss modern sales tactics, how to cultivate leads and create sales and why having your own persona, speaking with authority and engaging with your audience is key to a successful sale. KEY TAKEAWAYS To generate sales leads on LinkedIn you m...

Abi is the acting managing director of TTC wetranslate Ltd and has been working with the company for over 20 years. In this second episode, Abi and Levent discuss the best practices to give information to a client and how important it is to supplement them with their needs. In this episode you will learn Abi and Levent's insights on the importance of; Asking questions when it comes to localisation...

Join Levent and founder and principal consultant of Brindis, Fred Copestake as they discuss modern sales tactics and what it takes to be successful in sales in this episode of The Conquer New Markets podcast. Learn the six elements of selling, how to adapt your sales process to other cultures, why salespeople need to master collaborative selling and how you can use the partnership mindset to incre...

Abi Hatter is the acting managing director of TTC wetranslate Ltd and has been working with the company for over 20 years. In this episode, Abi and Levent discuss what a language service provider can offer to businesses that would like to go global with their products and services and; what types of services and solutions a language partner can provide.  Join Levent and Abi to find out more about...