From a grandmother's home remedy to commercial product with a successful crowdfunding campaign - Laura Sagen Some years ago, Laura learnt a great home remedy from her grandmother for making hair grow faster. Laura then experimented with the formula to make it even better and then just recently decided that it could make a great commercial … [Read more...] about From a grandmother’s home remedy to commercial product with a successful crowdfunding campaign – Laura Sagen [#34] The Ideas Lab Podcast

How to sell the ethical way with Alison Edgar If you want to make money, you need to know how to sell. But for a lot of us, our image of a salesperson is not a good one. I was pleased to be able to have Alison Edgar on the podcast so that we could talk over what ethical sales really looks like and how to sell to different personalities in a … [Read more...] about How to sell the ethical way with Alison Edgar [#33] The Ideas Lab Podcast

The Charm Offensive with Jon Buchan - Using radical candour & humour to win business If you've ever written a cold email to someone you don't know in the hope of winning a new project or new client, then this episode of The Ideas Lab Podcast is for you. Jon Buchan sent a killer cold email, almost by accident, some years ago. Since then … [Read more...] about The Charm Offensive with Jon Buchan – Using radical candour & humour to win business [#32] The Ideas Lab Podcast

How to persuade anyone to do (almost) anything - Lee Warren Lee Warren is a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator and he is author of the award-winning book: A Busy Person's Guide to Great Presenting. Lee has had a pretty unconventional career path as he started out as a professional magician, performing at one point for the royal … [Read more...] about How to persuade anyone to do (almost) anything – Lee Warren [#31] The Ideas Lab Podcast

3 Simple Things To Turn Your Mood Around Right Now - with John Williams This episode of the podcast is a little bit different. Every week I write something called the Ideas Lab Bulletin which goes out to thousands of subscribers and this week's bulletin was entitled '3 Simple Things to Turn Your Mood Around Right Now'. This issue of the … [Read more...] about 3 Simple Things To Turn Your Mood Around Right Now – with John Williams [#30] The Ideas Lab Podcast

Rachael Taplin - The 3 biggest mistakes when doing your own PR and how to do it right Rachael Taplin founded and ran her own magazine for 4 years, and in the process learnt a lot about the media and about PR. Now she runs Media Match Maker, which helps entrepreneurs to get their stories into the press and media. If you can crack the code of … [Read more...] about Rachael Taplin – The 3 biggest mistakes when doing your own PR and how to do it right [#29] The Ideas Lab Podcast

How to make £2,000, £10,000 or £20,000 quickly in your business with John Williams This episode is about how to make some cash quickly. Right now on some of my programmes I've invited people in to something called the 2k Challenge. I'm challenging those who haven't made any money from their new business yet, because they are still in the … [Read more...] about How to make £2,000, £10,000 or £20,000 quickly in your business with John Williams [#28] The Ideas Lab Podcast

3 steps to turn LinkedIn connections into cash (without being pushy) with Deenita Pattni If you work for yourself in any form, whether you are a freelancer, consultant or run your own business, LinkedIn is a treasure trove of prospective clients or customers for you. But, if you are anything like me, the chances are that you have a profile on … [Read more...] about 3 steps to turn LinkedIn connections into cash (without being pushy) with Deenita Pattni [#27] The Ideas Lab Podcast

How Susan Gregory quit her job and launched Slurps, the first hydration product for dogs Susan Gregory is founder of Slurps - the company that creates organic dog drinks to keep dogs happy, healthy and hydrated. Susan had a good job as head of food at Nestle, until she quit in 2015. She realised she didn't want another job, she wanted to do … [Read more...] about How Susan Gregory quit her job and launched Slurps, the first hydration product for dogs [#26] The Ideas Lab Podcast

3 keys to be able to live & work anywhere in the world - John Williams This episode has been recorded in a hammock at Coconat, a co-living and co-working space, just outside Berlin in Germany. For a large part of my business I can live and work anywhere I want to and I know that is something that a lot of other people would like to do so I … [Read more...] about 3 keys to be able to live & work anywhere in the world [#25] The Ideas Lab Podcast