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The amazing Trish Lynch - https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishsinclair/ - asked me all about networking - what it means, how to do it, and why it is so vital right now. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/networkingretreat/message

This week I talked to Kitty & Steven Lai about how lockdown has affected their business, how they cope with both working from home, and how personal branding and systems can make a huge difference to any business. Kitty Lai's website - https://www.mebrandglobal.com/ Steven Lai's website - https://www.superdevelopments.com/ Kitty on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kittylaibrandingdesignerconsultant/ Steven on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/superstevenlai/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/networkingretreat/message

We all know that video and audio is super important to our social media and content in 2021. Tim Beanland knows how to make sure it stands out and how to make great videos and podcasts - even on a budget. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/networkingretreat/message

Chris Jay is a disability and accessibility awareness trainer and advocate. You can find him on LinkedIn at - https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherthomasjay And his website at - https://www.bascule.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/networkingretreat/message

Sally Green is an Oxford based marketing expert and takes big business marketing ideas to small and medium businesses. Find Sally on LinkedIn at - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sallydgreen And the Marketing Meanders podcast at - https://anchor.fm/marketingmeanders --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/networkingretreat/message

A few weeks ago I was at The Strathclyde Business Show talking networking, how to network in the virtual world and how to use LinkedIn and other tools to not only grow your network, but make sales too. Here’s the full 25 minute keynote, hope you enjoy. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/networkingretreat/message

Today I’ve been talking with Ali Wiltshire, a management accountant who owns Fiscal Business Services. You can connect with Ali at: Website - http://www.fiscalservices.co.uk/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliwiltshire --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/networkingretreat/message

As well as being the lead singer and instantly recognisable as The Doctor from Doctor and The Medics, Clive Jackson also runs the business end of things for the group. In March 2020, for a band that was looking forward to their busiest touring year ever, things changed for Clive with the cancellation of all his gigs. In this 40 minute interview we talk about how that affected him, and what he’s done to bounce back. Find Clive online at https://www.facebook.com/rev.dr.clive And catch up with Doctor and The Medics at https://doctorandthemedics.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/networkingretreat/message

On March 13th 2020 Paul’s venue, Fat Lil’s in Witney hosted my 50th birthday party. The following week they made the decision to close, in anticipation of the government’s lockdown announcement. Paul has a brilliant outlook on how he looked at the opportunities and the raw materials he had, rather than being tied to what he had been able to do before lockdown. Find Paul on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-spink-159763b And Fat Lil’s, his venue in Witney, Oxfordshire, at https://www.facebook.com/272304009519135/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/networkingretreat/message

After three years of spectacular growth in his hairdressing salon, Verve & Virtue in Witney, Oxfordshire, Adam was forced to shut down and has been closed for almost a year now. Adam tells us how he has used lockdown to hone his marketing skills and avoid burnout, whilst helping other local businesses to market themselves. You can connect with Adam at https://www.facebook.com/adamburgess123 And find his project, Share Witney at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1265184760504706 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/networkingretreat/message

Next up I hear from Brad Burton, the UK’s #1 Motivational Business Speaker and founder of 4Networking. Brad was running 5000 face to face networking events a year, and then lockdown almost brought the whole network down. Brad talks about the mindset he had to adopt to reinvent the network, and his business. Catch up with Brad on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheBradBurton/ And you can find Network Central and network with likeminded businesses across the world at https://www.networkcentral.biz/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/networkingretreat/message

In this episode I talk to Neil Sayer of Istead Business Presentations. Neil tells us how he had to completely reinvent his business following lockdown, and the lessons he learnt as a result. Connect with Neil at https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilsayer Or visit Istead at https://www.istead.co.uk/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/networkingretreat/message