Podcast appearances and mentions of alex hughes

Steve Melton, Lauren Cosgrove and Nigel Richardson from NAPIT sit down with Alex Hughes and Ian Rippin from MCS to discuss the the new MCS scheme, what tradespeople can expect, and timelines for the roll out. This is one not to be missed.

Photo by Will Mecca Rick chats with the evil and noisey two-piece band Burnt Skull, from Austin TX. Anthony and Dustin have been making music together since 2001. They played and toured as the DIY synth pop duo Best Fwends for many years before turning completely to the dark side and forming Burnt Skull.  They talk about their newest record Daylight Mutilation, play some songs, share anecdotes about Alex Hughes from Hatred Surge, and generally have an okay time.Check out the Voice of Cassandre Mixtape episode we mention in the podcast, HERE.Tracklisting:Burnt Skull, “Poisoned Dove” Daylight Mutilation (Funky Noise)- - -Best Fwends, “Man Who Can” E.P.3. (Self released)Icky Boyfriends, “Cuckoo”, Cuckoo 7” (Blackjack)The Kee-Wees, “Bored of the Dance”, demo (Self released)- - -Pain Teens, “Lady Of Flame”, Born in Blood (Trance)Black Kali Ma, “Remain Awesome” You Ride The Pony (I'll Be the Bunny) (Alternative Tentacles)Nirvana, “Milk it” In Utero (Sub Pop)- - -Killing Joke, “Chop-Chop” Revelations (E.G.)Failure, “Fatal Flip” Obstinate (No Time)Masters of the HemiSphere, “The Dog Who Controls People's Lungs” I Am Not Freemdom (Kindercore)Portrayal of Guilt, “One Last Time in Heaven” Devil Music (Run For Cover)- - -Burnt Skull, “Daylight Mutilation” Daylight Mutilation (Funky Noise) Photo by Brett Bays

In this episode of the Inside Tack we deep dive into the Youth and Womens programme, Athena Pathway, ahead of the first ever PUIG Youth and Womens Americas Cup. Hear from Athena Pathway sailors Saskia Clarke and Alex Hughes on how they were recruited and the teams training progress ahead of racing in September!

In this HRchat episode we look at the evolving dynamics of workplace culture, the importance of empowering employees, and why more autonomy and trust from leaders can lead to higher levels of employee performance. Our guest this time is Al Kingsley, a well-known EdTech expert and business leader. Al has a big social following, has written 3 books around Ed Tech and Governance, leads the NetSupport Group, and is a MAT Chair.  He will also be a speaker at the Milton Keynes AI Summit in October. Questions for Al include:What are the main characteristics/qualities of an effective leader?Let's discuss your passion for raising awareness of alternative provision options. You are connected with Alex Hughes, Chair of Inspire 2 Ignite. How did you meet and what is it about Inspire 2 Ignite you like? NetSupport's solutions have secured over 300 industry awards and include IT Asset Management, Remote Control, Classroom Management & Orchestration, Notification, eSafety, Service desk and assessment software. Tell us more.You're Chair of the Business Board at the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, a supporter of the Peterborough AI Summit. Tell us about the Combined Authority.Feature Your Brand on the HRchat PodcastThe HRchat show has had 100,000s of downloads and is frequently listed as one of the most popular global podcasts for HR pros, Talent execs and leaders. It is ranked in the top ten in the world based on traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. The podcast is also ranked as the Best Canadian HR Podcast by FeedSpot and one of the top 10% most popular shows by Listen Score. Want to share the story of how your business is helping to shape the world of work? We offer sponsored episodes, audio adverts, email campaigns, and a host of other options. Check out packages here. Follow us on LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter Check out our in-person events

Alex Hughes Capell has written over twenty books and is a professional ghostwriter. Alex also partnered with executives, entrepreneurs, Silicon Valley gurus, and advanced practitioners in a variety of fields including medicine, science, research/UX, financial planning, and athletics.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/timmy-bauer/message

Alex Hughes, Head of Schemes at MCS joins Andy Cam and Todd Glister to explain all of the reform coming to the MCS accreditation this year. Alex explains how they came to the desicion to make these changes, gives a timeline on when aspects of the reform will be rolled out and how these changes will affect those that are part of the scheme

In today's Podcast, Steve sits down with MCS Scheme Manager, Alex Hughes, to discuss who they are, the benefit of having MCS certification and the scheme redevelopments following the recent changes.To find out more about becoming MCS accredited, visit: https://www.napit.org.uk/schemes/microgeneration-certification-scheme.aspx

Alex Hughes Capell has written over twenty books and is a professional ghostwriter. Alex also partnered with executives, entrepreneurs, Silicon Valley gurus, and advanced practitioners in a variety of fields including medicine, science, research/UX, financial planning, and athletics. Don't miss out on this captivating episode - click play and be transported into the enigmatic realm of ghostwriting!

Nuestra cronista trotamundos Amelia Cristina Tor conversó con el Ing. Agr. Alex Hughes y responsable de la división control de insumos del MGAP, Uruguay. Nos habla sobre los controles fitosanitarios en los productos aplicados en cultivos uruguayos.

What does homelessness look like in regional WA? Alex Hugh, Project Manager for Just Home Margaret River paints an uncomfortable picture. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Buckle up as we go heavy into Containers and Advanced Cloud with Dan Beeler and Alex Hughes from Compunet. On today's track titled Three ways to help your customers modernize with Kubernetes, we uncover that it isn't always about the technology, it's about the Application and the business problems we're solving for. You'll hear how Dan never quite made it into Alice in Chains, but he got closer than you might know and somehow ended up in Biz Dev and Engineering. There's lots to unpack here and you won't want to miss a minute of it! Josh Lupresto (00:00): Welcome to the podcast that is designed to fuel your success in selling technology solutions. I'm your host, Josh Lupresto, SVP of Sales engineering, at Telarus. And this is Next Level BizTech. Everybody. Welcome back. We are here to wrap up one of our fun cloud tracks. We're talking about Kubernetes, we're talking about helping customers. And to do that, we had to bring on some really smart partners. Today we got our good friends at Compunet joining us, like to welcome 'em on. Dan Beeler. Welcome on, sir. Hi. Dan Beeler (02:08): Thank you. And where are those smart partners? Are they gonna show up soon? Josh Lupresto (02:11): Hey, hey, I'm, I'm, I'm looking right at 'em, man. I won't say, I won't say which ones they are. Alex Hughes, welcome on as well, my friend. Alex Hughes (02:18): Thanks for having me, Josh Lupresto (02:20): Guys. I, I always like to kick this off with learning a little bit about people that I know, but maybe you got some cool stuff in your background that we don't know. And I think it's, it's fun to see how people come into this space. Some people stumble in and this, this world sucks us in others you know, they, they've set out and went to school and this was their destiny. So, Dan, I'm gonna, I'm gonna ask you first, tell me your story. Is it a straight and narrow path into tech? Is it windy? What is it? Dan Beeler (02:45): Oh, yeah. It's windy as I assume many people's are. But you know, I grew up in the Seattle, Washington area. Really thought I wanted to be a rockstar, like so many people around the area Did, you know, it's the, the kind of the, the you know, cradle of grunge, if you will. That did not happen. Come to find out I didn't have any musical talent. But my big claim to fame there is that I did go to school with Lane Staley of Alison Chains. He was just younger than me in high school. So that's, that's how far I made it in that that led to short career in construction. I really enjoyed construction, framing houses and, and other buildings. But what I realized real quickly with that was, is that winners were horrible . Dan Beeler (03:25): So that led me to try to find something that maybe a little bit more on the professional side. It led me into technology first in sales. Then from there finding that I kind of had a technical aptitude. So I started heading to kind of towards the pre-sales arena. And that ultimately led me into engineering kind of at the time when IP phone systems were starting to take off. And I really set my sights on Cisco, understanding Cisco IP telephony and, and the like, unified communications. When I came to Compunet, that was about 17 years ago when I came in as a route switch and voice engineer. And then from there moved into some some, some other things that we'll talk about, I'm sure here in a minute. Josh Lupresto (04:06): Love it. From Alison Chains to Cisco. All right, Alex top that man. What's your story? Alex Hughes (04:11): Oh, man, I don't have any claims of fame with any name dropping here. Mine my story's a little bit more direct into it. I, I kind of started in at a law firm actually thinking, Hey, maybe I'd be interested in going to law school. It was, you know, in school at the time, figured it was a good, good gig to kind of be at a help desk and kind of learn how a law firm works.

Welcome back to the latest episode of Success is a System! Today Mike is joined by Alex Hughes, a social entrepreneur who works with young people at his company Inspire 2 Ignite to introduce them to the world of business and self employment. Alex and Mike will talk about how Alex went from a 14 year old father struggling to support his newly born child to owning multiple businesses around the Cambridgeshire area. Be sure not to miss this discussion full of stories and anecdotes on how to rise up from difficult situations and achieve your dreams of success! #podcast #adversity #businesstips #millionairemindset #success #entrepreneur Follow Mike on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikegreenemg/ Follow Mike on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@sias_business_mentoring Follow Mike on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikegreene_success_is_a_system/ Follow Mike on YouTube: Mike Greene - Success is a System - YouTube

June 8, 2023 ~ Full Show. Alex Hughes, Sales Director at Treetops Resort kicks off today's WJR Pure Michigan Golf Tour stop. Dr. Abdul El Sayed, Wayne County Health Human and Veterans Services Director gives us an update on the air quality. Nolan Finley, Editorial Page Editor for the Detroit News talks Rick Snyder's return to politics, Mike Pence's town hall and the newly passed distracted driving bill. JT Aude, Head PGA Professional of Gaylord Golf Club and Chairman of the Gaylord Golf Mecca joins the show. Senior News Analyst Marie Osborne recaps a State House subcommittee meeting to update the state's hate crime definition. Corey Crowell, Head PGA Professional and General Manager of Indian River Golf Club talks golf and Tim Wilkins, Managing Partner of the Capital Grille talks it's reopening.

June 8, 2023 ~ Alex Hughes, Sales Director at Treetops Resort, talks with Guy Gordon on the WJR Pure Michigan Golf Tour about the challenge courses in northern Michigan, and the signature Par 3 course.

Rutherford's bags are a success story of grassroots consumer goods expanding into the Japanese market. Capitalising on the value and trust Japanese consumers put on high quality British products.  Alex Hughes has been working with a Japanese distributer for over 10 years and has great insight into maintaining the working relationships and the investments required to successfully embed into the Japanese market. Find out more about Rutherford's: https://rutherfordsengland.com/ Find out more about the consumer goods market in Japan: https://exporttojapan.co.uk/sector/consumer-goods/

In our final hour, we were joined by Gary Lewandowki from the Tullymore Golf Resort. He told us about some of the specials that they're offering this weekend at the West Michigan Golf Show, when the course will be open, and more. We were then joined by Sonny Franks from the Meijer LPGA for Simply Give team. She told us about when the event is this year, what new and exciting things they'll have to offer, and more. We were then joined by Wendy Traschen from the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational team. She told us about changes to the Midland Country Club Course, what the GLBI will have to offer this year, and more. We wrapped up the show with Alex Hughes from The Treetops Resort in Gaylord. He joined us to tell us all about the "Par 3 Challenge" at the Golf Show this weekend, and what you have a shot at winning. He also talked about all of the proceeds from the Challenge going to "Folds of Honor."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, we're broadcasting live from the West Michigan Golf Show inside of DeVos Place in Downtown Grand Rapids. Throughout the show, we were joined by some great guests as we prepare for the start of the Golf season. We also talked about some of the great offers that the Golf Show has to offer this weekend. We kicked off the show with Matt Golden who is the CEO at Tullymore. He told us about some of the great deals that Tullymore/St. Ives has to offer for the upcoming season, talked about some of the other cool things at the Golf Show, and more. We were then joined by Mark Wilson who runs the Ferris State PGA Golf Management program. He told us about what FSU's Golf booth has to offer this weekend, discussed Tiger Woods playing in an upcoming PGA match, and much more. In our second hour, we were joined by Whit Watson from the Golf Channel to continue the Golf conversation. He and Huge talked about players to keep an eye on in both the PGA and LPGA Tours this year. They also talked about how much the game of Golf has grown since the pandemic, and much more. We were then joined by Nicalas Lapienski from the North Kent Golf Course in Rockford. He and Huge talked about the growth of NK over the past year, what they have to offer, and more. We wrapped up the hour with Carolyn Alt from the West Michigan Golf Show. She and Huge talked about some more of the cool things that the Golf Show has to offer this year, what's new, and more. In our final hour, we were joined by Gary Lewandowki from the Tullymore Golf Resort. He told us about some of the specials that they're offering this weekend at the West Michigan Golf Show, when the course will be open, and more. We were then joined by Sonny Franks from the Meijer LPGA for Simply Give team. She told us about when the event is this year, what new and exciting things they'll have to offer, and more. We were then joined by Wendy Traschen from the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational team. She told us about changes to the Midland Country Club Course, what the GLBI will have to offer this year, and more. We wrapped up the show with Alex Hughes from The Treetops Resort in Gaylord. He joined us to tell us all about the "Par 3 Challenge" at the Golf Show this weekend, and what you have a shot at winning. He also talked about all of the proceeds from the Challenge going to "Folds of Honor."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We were joined by Alex Hughes from The Treetops Resort in Gaylord. He joined us to tell us all about the "Par 3 Challenge" at the Golf Show this weekend, and what you have a shot at winning. He also talked about all of the proceeds from the Challenge going to "Folds of Honor."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Country artist Alex Hughes returns to the show to discuss her new single “Tee Time”!   “Tee Time” features infectious guitar hooks and incredible vocals, emphasizing the witty lyrics that tease a partner about spending a little too much time on the golf course and not enough time at home. The new single was produced by CCMA and JUNO Award-nominated production team Justin Kudding and Spencer Cheyne, and written by Alex alongside Canadian country artists and songwriters Aaron Pollock and Lydia Sutherland.   Born and raised in Calgary, AB, Alex spent her time during the pandemic developing as an artist and honing her craft, co-writing over 50 songs with writers from Calgary, Nashville, Chicago, and even the UK; and also began diving into the world of production.   Connect w/ Alex Hughes! — Website:   Listen to Tee Time:   FB:   IG:   Twitter:   Tik Tok:   YouTube:   -----   Support Colton Gee and Desert Tiger ----- Check out our webstore @ Follow the Desert Tiger Podcast @   Follow Colton Gee @   -----

In this episode of the RESILnZ™ Podcast, Coby speaks with Alex Hughes and Damien Watt about the 100Families project in Western Australia.

This week I was joined by serial entrepreneur Alex Hughes. We speak about Alex's take on ''Mental Fitness'', the challenges faced by being a community leader, and fatherhood at 14.

Featured: Calgary's Alex Hughes (Country/Country Pop/Singer-Songwriter)Guest: Alex HughesSong(s) featured: 'After 31' 

This episode was released on Blue Monday. Apparently the most depressing day of the year! Alex Hughes is determined to do something about that. In fact if you're listening to this on January 17th, once you've heard this episode head straight to @shifties on social media for his 24hr "Speak Up Liveathon" raising awareness for the importance of speaking up for mental health. Alex is an entrepreneur who along with his own highly successful businesses now mentors and inspires others to launch their own businesses, but his journey was anything but straightforward. Find out why he was written off by his school teachers at 14 and how, far from becoming the victim he was driven to find his purpose and prove those people wrong. We also discover who his hero is, we blow the myth that is 'coachspiracy' and what the 90 Day Rule is all about. To connect with Alex: https://shifties.co.uk https://shiftmomentum.co.uk

Welcome Friends to another Crazy Women Country Episode! https://linktr.ee/crazywomencountry In Today's episode, we will get to know the incredible Alex Hughes Join us as we discuss her newest releases, women who inspire her, and get to know her better with our random 20 questions! For more on Alex visit http://www.alexhughes.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/crazywomencountry/message

(SEASON 2 EP. 25) ALEX HUGHES What does it feel like AFTER 31? Meet Alex Hughes from Alberta Canada. I had the opportunity to hear Alex live at the Blue Jay Sessions in London for the CCMA weekend and let me tell you, I instantly became a fan. It was so nice to chat with Alex and get to know her! She is extremely talented and has many songs up her sleeve ready to release in the new year! One song in particular that I am in love with is “After 31.” Take a listen, I can promise you, you will too. We can all relate to this!! “After 31” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3ryv0a6Qcg SOCIALS: INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/alexhughesmusic/?hl=en WEB: http://www.alexhughes.com __ Intro Music by Jack Vandervelde - Georgia - https://thmatc.co/?l=82F1F26E Intro Created by https://www.instagram.com/bookitediting/ @bookitediting _______________ FOLLOW & KEEP UP with COUNTRY WITH CELINE: Insta: https://www.instagram.com/countrywithceline/ Web: https://countrywithceline.ca Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/country-with-celine/id1563285858 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ULNqzQp0Tw0Jv4g0Rtjxz --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/countrywithceline/message

Pop-Country singer songwriter Alex Hughes takes us behind her incredible new single "After 31"!   “After 31” is a true coming-of-age moment and the most honest and raw of Alex's releases to date.   Alex also chats about growing as a songwriter over the last 2 years, finding her own direction as an artist, returning to the live stage & playing the 2021 Calgary Stampede, Project Wild 2021, and much more!   Watch the video version here:     Connect w/ Alex Hughes! ----- Website:   FB:   IG:   Twitter:   Tik Tok:   YouTube:   -----   ----- Pick up Desert Tiger Merch @   Follow Colton Gee & Desert Tiger   Get a free Audiobook & 1 free month of Audible @   -----

We had on Alex Hughes who you may know from Hatred Surge, Holy Money, Insect Warfare, Knuckle Scraper, Iron Age, Machine Gun Romantics among others and we had a great time. We discuss the history of Hatred Surge, favorite road eats, and PV. Sponsors Syruphead.storenvy.com and Shirleyroadrecords.com use promo code KOPPOD10

Talking Points: Importance of networking Communication Managing teams How to ask questions Understanding the approaches Daily habits Accountability Quotable Quotes: "I think both of them are essential for people coming out of bootcamps or colleges" [networking and communication] - AH "It's a huge advantage to have a conversation with somebody like that, in an informal setting before you head down the formal path of applying" - DG "Networking isn't about just getting a job, it's about making connections, it's about making meaningful relationships with people" - AH "If I wasn't a tech lead, if I was just an individual contributor, getting contacts, understanding the roles of my team-mates and communicating with my manager would be a primary focus for me" - AH "Focus on the process, on giving people contacts to the process and also being in a constant level of upwards optimization or efficiency" - AH "If you were in a 1 on 1 with me and there's an issue that you wanted to talk about, you have to think about what is the issue, what have I done to try to solve it, who I've talked to, what does the issue do, how does it affect the environment that we're in and is there time limit to this?" - AH "They are never going to get stronger if you keep lifting the weights for them" - DG "The ideal [question] is one that promotes confidence in your understanding about the issue" - AH "State the issue in a comprehensive way and list the things that you've tried in order to figure it out" - AH "Any question that you have is [a good opportunity] to show that you understand what the question actually is" - AH "To see somebody come in with 'everything is good' is not a good sign" - AH "Lead by example" - AH "I like to see developers create a plan for the day and that plan includes all of the different tasks that they are going to do" - AH "Owning your mistakes and learning from them is key" - AH "You just can't get better without making mistakes" - DG "Ask questions until you don't have to ask questions anymore" - AH "Skill does not come from ego, it comes from the work that you put in" - AH Notes: The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forevergoodreads.com/book/show/29342515-the-coaching-habitTime Boxingen.wikipedia.org/wiki/TimeboxingPomodoro methoden.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_TechniqueJs.lacontribute.js.la/speakJunior to Senior Communitycommunity.juniortosenior.io

The first episode of Season 3 kicks off with the amazing Alex Hughes. Ben + Ben chat with Alex about her new music, experiences in LA and Nashville and play an exciting new game section of the new season. Alex also performed two original songs "The Story You Tell Yourself" and "This Year At A Glance" Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyBnF6Styq9uG7Ou5qGSIng?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yycbasementsessions/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yycbasementsessions Website: https://www.yycbasementsessions.com/ Follow Alex: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexhughesmusic/ Website: http://alexhughes.com/ Follow Bens: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benmontymusic/ https://www.instagram.com/benpricemagic/ #alexhughes #podcast #yycbasementsessions #season3 #canadianpodcast #videopodcast #musicpodcast

Welcome to the Get Shift Done Podcast with Alex Hughes, Entrepreneur and Founder of Shifties. In this series, we are going to bring to you real-life stories of Business Owners in our community as they openly share their ups & downs in business. This episode, we welcome Ian M from Floored By Ian Ltd. and Dee Doosh from Mrs D's Dougnuts, these two have been amazing contributor's to Shifties and can never give enough to others around them, likely why they are so successful as that reciprocation does its thing! Grab a coffee and maybe a tissue or two for Dee's part especially, I thank both of them for being so honest, positive and authentic as always. It’s never been easier to connect, learn and grow as Entrepreneurs, right now it has never been so important. Where there is uncertainty, there is also the opportunity, which makes 2020 & beyond a very interesting journey for small businesses & start-ups. If you want to join a community of business owners on that journey together just head over to www.shifties.co.uk and get involved! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shiftmomentum/message

Welcome to the Get Shift Done Podcast with Alex Hughes, Entrepreneur and Founder of Shifties. In this series, we are going to bring to you real-life stories of Business Owners in our community as they openly share their ups & downs in business. This episode, we welcome Markie Reeds (https://www.linkedin.com/in/markie-reeds-digitalreeds/) and Michael Russell (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-russell0488/) Both of which have contributed tremendously to the growth of the community and others in it, Markie with her tremendous knowledge and energy when it comes to digital marketing, social media in particular. Michael and I go way back, a fellow serial Entrepreneur and we reflect on the madness that journey has been as well as telling his story. It’s never been easier to connect, learn and grow as Entrepreneurs, right now it has never been so important. Where there is uncertainty, there is also the opportunity, which makes 2020 & beyond a very interesting journey for small businesses & start-ups. If you want to join a community of business owners on that journey together just head over to www.shifties.co.uk and get involved! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shiftmomentum/message

Welcome to the Get Shift Done Podcast with Alex Hughes, Entrepreneur and Founder of Shifties. In this series, we are going to bring to you real-life stories of Business Owners in our community as they openly share their ups & downs in business. This episode, we welcome Som Parkash from Som's Salon https://www.instagram.com/style_g/ and David Duker from The Tally Ho Project https://tallyhoproject.com/. They both represent everything we need in Entrepreneurs for the 2020s, resilience, unity and community... Listen to how Som's business journey forced him into the hospital with stress in 2019 and how he has bounced back now with so much energy to drive change into his life. Then we move onto Dave who is on a mission to spread a message of learning from the past and inspiring the present, how the business was founded and a journey of self-discovery helped him find his way to now. It’s never been easier to connect, learn and grow as Entrepreneurs, right now it has never been so important. Where there is uncertainty, there is also the opportunity, which makes 2020 & beyond a very interesting journey for small businesses & start-ups. If you want to join a community of business owners on that journey together just head over to www.shifties.co.uk and get involved! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shiftmomentum/message

What's popular in interior design constantly changes. In this special-edition Today's Homeowner Podcast, we're talking with Alex Hughes, Cabinets To Go's marketing director, to learn about 2020 kitchen trends.

Welcome to the Get Shift Done Podcast with Alex Hughes, Entrepreneur and Founder of Shifties. In this series, we are going to bring to you real-life stories of Business Owners in our community as they openly share their ups & downs in business. In this episode, we welcome THE Victor Sacks from https://vsassociates.co.uk/ and THE English Tony Robbins that is, Justin Leigh from https://focus4growth.co.uk/. I can tell you that both these people have been instrumental in the growth of Shifties, first to absolutely everything and especially when it comes to contributing to the growth and opportunities of others. Do connect with both of them, they will 100% add value to your network in what they represent. It’s never been easier to connect, learn and grow as Entrepreneurs, right now it has never been so important. Where there is uncertainty, there is also the opportunity, which makes 2020 & beyond a very interesting journey for small businesses & start-ups. If you want to join a community of business owners on that journey together just head over to www.shifties.co.uk and get involved! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shiftmomentum/message

Subscribe: Let us do the hard work and send the podcast to you: https://bit.ly/2NZjODA  Review: Share the love and leave a 5* review from your phone: http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1375904962  (from anywhere else hit the ‘Write a Review’ button in the Apple Podcasts app or iTunes) Guest: Lenka Koppova Topic: Marketing and Social Media Events Discussion Points • What does it take in 2020 to coordinate an event? • What is different from previous years? • What is the best thing about organisation them? • And what's the hardest thing about online events? • What are your social media tips for 2021? Enjoy the Episode - Happy Marketing! Website Thingy: www.marketingstudylab.co.uk  The Professional Bit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petersumpton/  Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/marketingstudylab/  Tweet Tweet: https://twitter.com/cousinp81  Transcript (this transcript isn’t 100% accurate but provides a decent representation of the conversation – soz for any confusion) Peter Sumpton And we're live. We're back live and I've got a guest this week or two weeks it just me. So it's great that I have got a guest again this week and what a privilege to have lenker cup of are with me today on marketing study lab live, first of all, Lenka thank you so much Samuel, do this. And joining me, of course, happy to be here. Thank you for having me. Excellent. So as the ticker at the bottom says, we're going to be talking about marketing, and social media, but social media events as well. And we'll come on to that in a little bit after you have just explained to the audience a little bit more about yourself about the wonderful world of Lincoln. Lenka Koppova Okay, so Hello, everyone. I'm Lanka, and I'm a social media consultant. And aside from running my own business, doing social media strategies, and content and trainings, I'm also the founder of Cambridge social media, which is an organisation it's a community for small business owners and freelancers where we all help each other. And we support our community with anything social media marketing related. And from there, we started with monthly meetups, which obviously, this year, is not as easy to run in person meetups. So we've turned our monthly meetups into weekly Facebook, live training sessions and zoom workshops. And I'm also the organiser of embrittled. Media Day, which again, this year going virtual. So it's a conference in November, and I'm super happy that Peter is running a session for us as well. Peter Sumpton Yes, so am I thank you so much for the opportunity to do that, really looking forward to that as well. And you'll see that over social in the coming weeks, but really super excited for that and to be part of it and to get to know a bit of your community as well, which will be really, really cool. Okay, so like I said, At the start, all we're going to do today is have a bit of a chat around social media events. So first and foremost, if people got any questions, post them in the comments, and we'll get around to them, or just say hello, or a shout out or whatever you want to do. That's fine with me. But so first Lanka, 2020 has been a bit different over the years, from from, you know, for the past 2030 years, it's been slightly different to what we used to. How have you had to Well, first of all, how did you make the decision to go ahead with your events? And secondly, what changed? You know, first, let's do one question at a time. How did you make that decision to do this? Lenka Koppova It was very interesting this year, because I run to in person events in the past two years. And it's kind of started as my side project with it just blows my idea after running a couple of meetups to be like, How hard could it be to run all day conference for about 200 people? How did you imagine? years in a row people loved it. But it was very stressful. So I was at the end of last year finished this event in November and it was kind of pondering what to do next. And I found a part partners, I found, you know, one of my business colleagues, Alex Hughes from shift T's who we've known each other for a while, and we had a couple of conversations about what I want, where he's heading, where I'm heading to be like, well actually sounds like a perfect partnerships. So then we nail down the plan, we were had a very ambitious plan for the third annual Cambridge Social Media Day, we plan to change venues go bigger and better. And we made an announcement first week of March that we're doing it, it will be bigger and better. And a week later, like what just happened? So we were back to the drawing board to be like, so what do we do? Do we postpone the oven and make do nothing? Or do we hope that it will be okay in November? Because you know, in March, it looks like it might be discovered. And everything will be okay in November? Or do we go to Safeway, we still want to do something for the audience. We still want to keep the momentum of year or the events doing we still want to celebrate. So let's do it online. And let's figure out a way to bring the best conference the best event the best virtual experience for people or communities online. Peter Sumpton Mm hmm. Excellent. So yeah, a bit of a no brainer, but still something that you really have to consider because I'm guessing the way you would lead up to that and will not necessarily lead up to it but structure it is usually different. So what are the differences that you're seeing? Because you're right in the middle of this now the differences you're seeing from trying to organise something that's that's face to face that's offline to something that is less classes virtual, I don't really like that phrase. Well, that's classes virtual. Lenka Koppova It's interesting because the feedback that we've got from the past events and the things that really matter to me during organising these events was the people vibe, the friendliness didn't come up, you're really the energy of other people, which is the hardest thing to do online. So when we thought about is, obviously I wanted to have great speakers, I wanted to have great content I wanted to make sure they were providing is relevant. It's timely, it's helpful. It's designed for our audience. But the biggest challenge was thinking about how we do we translate our values of really to community feel and positive friendly vibe online. And I consulted with a couple of facilitators, people who are like workshop hosts, and who had to turn their whole business virtual this year, to break down event to make sure did we pay attention to people's energy that we don't just overwhelm them with videos, and just staring at a screen, some time a wall or some exercises away. And it also we have a tool that supports what we do to support this feeling of online interactions. And it allows us us as much as we can to represent the real life feeling and look and atmosphere of in person event. And I think we found a solution, I think we find a pretty cool tool. And we plan the layout of the event, vertical layout to replanning virtual out for our virtual conference room and conference building. And we've planned a lineup and agenda of those two days with the mind of people's energy. And they're not only for them to learn some factual things, but to have as many opportunities as possible to interact, network meet, and build partnership, build connections, find people like them, because I always remember people coming year after year, to me from those conferences to be like this person that I've met, I sit next to, you know, we started working together, we started accountability group to get to where we started this, and I want this to translate on my event as much as we can. Peter Sumpton Yeah, I mean, it's, it's a big ask in some ways, but from a positive point of view, people have had at least half a year to get used to communicating more on on tools such as stream yard, or zoom, or teams, or you named 610 20 100 of them. At this moment in time, you know, we always got chairs and those back in during life would be slightly different right now I expect. And so with with the actual event, then I'm just interested to know, I mean, I do know, but it'd be good for people that are watching or listening to know that. So it's, it's a social media event. So the folks on social media fantastic. But that isn't just the topics that you're going to be covering. So why, first of all, if you could explain just a couple of the topics that are, you know, exciting for you, as the creator of the event. But secondly, why you covering topics that might not be specifically geared towards social media. Lenka Koppova So even though it is a Cambridge Social Media Day, and the main theme is social media marketing, I always tell my community, I always tell my clients that social media can't stay alone, not only marketing tactics can stand alone, you can't do just video marketing. You can't do just email marketing, you can't do just the SEO. It's all not only all digital tools, but all marketing tools and tactics and techniques, they need to be complemented to each other, they need to be put into a planning strategy. So that's where we do focus on social media, a lot of our content will be platform specific or social media content specific. But we then have other topics that are relevant this year is kind of overall theme is focused on customer experience, and delivering great customer feeling, customer journey, customer experience being online, which is what we most of us can do, but also thinking about how can you improve the current or foreign experience and the future of flight experience. And then we have couple sessions are looking at marketing automation and looking at building lists. Because no matter how much I left social media, I still know that built using social media purely it's building a house on a rented land algorithm can change, someone can hack your account, this can go wrong and out of nowhere where you're with nothing. So we do put a lot of emphasis on having your own website, having your own CRM, having your own mailing list and using social media to drive these other kind of communities that you have a bigger feel of ownership and if something happens, you have something that is actually own and you can then still connect with your community and customers and prospects. Peter Sumpton I'm so I'm so glad you said that. So I've got the way I explained that is. And this comes down to the old Olden upin, and the merge if you like. And, you know, everybody likes a bit of merge as long as you're not paying for it. And so I always explain it, in terms of that isn't really going to move somebody to purchase very much. But it's just 1% of what you should be doing. And if you have 99, or the 1%, that's a huge shift. So a pen alone with your logo on isn't going to shift people that much, but it's more brand awareness. And in the grand scheme of things, if you're doing other elements, including merchandise, that's a bigger proposition than just the one channel or the one piece of merchandise, which is exactly what your say, saying in terms of just having social media alone is precarious, because that changes. So you know, you have to really think of your strategy, which is, which is really cool. So this year is about customer experience, then. So let's just shift it towards social for this moment in time. And what kind of thing should we be looking at on social to generate a better customer experience them. Lenka Koppova So first things first, it's about being aware where on social media you're active, where you have accounts, if they have been used, if they not been used, then why you have them and just do a little bit of an audit to actually be aware where your customers might come across you. And if they come across you There is everything working if they learned and your Facebook page and send you a message will use it and he will be able to respond if not put processes in place to either close on account or make sure that it's very clear to people that you know, this is not your active platform to go and delete direct messages here and there email recall you never will be my first advice is just making sure that you look at all the potential windows and doors where people can kind of run away and mess on. So it's just about for me with social media, it is about not selling all the time. Even though Yes, we use social media marketing to promote the customer experience is all about them. It's about providing them with value, building relationships, connecting with them, helping them serving them, finding the pain that your customers and prospects have, and how you can use social media and content and social media to help them and providing value without actually being just buy from me selling or no one has signed up to LinkedIn or Facebook or especially places like Instagram, to be bombarded by ads and be sold to we're coming to social media to connect to get updates and get news to be entertained, to be hired. We're not coming there to see advertising. So it will see advertising, then it needs to serve us it needs to help us with whatever it is that we need to need to be interesting. It needs to be engaging. And it needs to be helpful. Peter Sumpton Yeah, absolutely. And it was interesting for me when you see maybe something that is on the surface dry and a bit dull and boring. And people think that, well, there's nothing we can say that is of interest, you know, we do whatever it might be. And I'm not I'm not picking on any industry here. But for example, we do insurance. So what the hell can we say? It's just it's boring, everybody has to have it. But you know, they don't really want it, we're just asking for their money. So they, whatever it might be, but even even that you look at, you know, compare the near car and go compare and all that kind of stuff. And it's most that's got nothing to do with insurance. So similar thing on social for small, medium, or large companies that it's not just about what you do, it's, it's about that brand and that culture and and pushing something to people that they will resonate with your audience like, like you were saying they're absolutely superb. Do you think that when people start to use different social platforms, there's that worry that they chase that new shiny thing? And are you a fan of just focusing on one platform at a time? Or would you say have a healthy mix? Or what's your what's your take on that? Lenka Koppova Yeah, I'm definitely suggesting people to be aware of trying to be everywhere and spreading themselves too thinly, especially audience in the community and working with where it's people who tend to do their own marketing. They don't have a big marketing team. They don't have too much time to do very really limited resources. So my suggestion always is pick one or two. Priority platforms, platforms where you know, did your target customers are, but also the platforms that you would enjoy. You know, using, there's no point of picking a platform that someone suggested because of demographic research, it's being said that it's more like most likely to have your target customers there. But you are just dreading and hating the user interface the way it works. We're on board ahead, you love being on Instagram, and you love doing stories and you love talking to people. And even though maybe Instagram is not the number one platform that you would expect your customers to be, still can work perfectly. And you still have these days, all the platforms have pretty balanced, you know, demographics, you know, all sorts of people on all sorts of bathrooms, I don't think it's like, very demanding to say like, only Instagram will work for your own Twitter will refer. But I would say pick one platform or two that you enjoy, and that you really can see yourself spending time on creating content for and in engaging with people on Peter Sumpton is probably something that you can resonate with. And that's that's FOMO. What would you say to somebody that that is, and again, is probably reiterating what you said, but what would you say to somebody that is say, focus on Instagram, and they're getting engagement there, and I was worried I'm missing out on Facebook, or I'm worried I'm missing out on LinkedIn, you know, what would you What do you advise them, like test the water or stay stay true to what you know, Lenka Koppova I would always say if you want to experiment, you can dedicate like 10% of your time to experiment and keep an eye on other platforms. I'm not saying that you should not be on all channels, you can have profiles and keep them kind of maintain on all the channels and really on deep dive on one platform. But I would say yeah, try to really appreciate the platform that you're using. Because especially like now, but it's been a trend in social media, social media networks are changing so fast. Even I can't keep up with all the new tools, new updates, new features, new days on all the channels. And this is my business, I can't imagine how you know, anyone who has a business whose focus is fotografie, flowers, consultants, anything else and doing marketing and social media marketing is just 10 20% of their time and how they can stay on top of all the new Instagram stories, reels, guides, HGTV live all the stickers, all the algorithm changes all the things and really be able to use and leverage the platform properly. Like today, I discovered in LinkedIn has a newsletter feature. Never heard of it before. All this is pretty cool. But again, LinkedIn is not my number one platform. That's why I don't know these things. But if I was, I would hope that I know about it. And I've considered it for my strategy. Peter Sumpton Doing I mean, LinkedIn is probably my main platform, and that I love it. But it can be as frustrating as hell because like exactly what you said they release things. And they only release it to a certain amount of people. And then that gets around the world. And it's like, why the hell Haven't we got this and it's only select month people and all that kind of stuff, which is hugely frustrating. But I don't get that feel from all the platforms that they really do that. You know, I feel that they're much more we've tested it and pretty much everyone can have it or am I missing something there? Is that the case on all of them? Lenka Koppova There's still box I think other platforms do it less today, once they decide to launch something they tested in couple countries and India launches globally. But like for example, I have five client Instagram accounts. On three of them. I have a new app layout on the rest of them. I have rails on my personal like create a business account I don't have rails feels the same with Facebook. Like I didn't have a new Facebook layout. It's never been switched to me I don't have the option to switch I'm like you don't like me Why? Why me? Why my personal account why my business like a why all my clients do have it and I can use it for them, but I cannot use it for myself. So I think LinkedIn is a worst. Twitter is also really bad in announcing new features. There tend to hide lots of the features to be like we've released something, but only if you know then you will know what otherwise you will not know like media studio is one of the best hidden features of Twitter and pretty much no one knows that it exists. It's like the best way for you to sharing videos and any kind of media on Twitter. Peter Sumpton Okay, I've never heard of that. Lenka Koppova Exactly. There's still not enough video content on which is one of the reasons Muito is still under utilised and there's a lot more opportunities for people to do more video content. But because Twitter has certain restrictions, and then you can't have this and that out of nowhere, people don't use it. But if you notice, there is a media studio where you can upload Oreo media, your videos, you can actually add a description and a clickable call to action to videos, you can shoot over there within Twitter, out of nowhere Mind blown, you get so much more with this platform. But as he said, No one knows this. Peter Sumpton That's, that's crazy. I've just I've just noticed I'm fairly new to stream yard. But if I click that, it's a bit better. We've got we've got more room. And I must admit, I'm obviously not at home. I'm in an office. And I've just realised it almost looks like I've just put this big, bright light all the way behind me. It's just a white wall over it just looks a bit startling. So I need to learn from that. Really. Sorry. Anyway, just a couple of shoutouts. Really so Phil's joined us. He just says hello. And then this thing. It's streaming, I got salty, but I think you need to GDPR stuff with stream yard. And that was it was that that was Tony. That sound that Hello. So hello. Hello. Anyone that's watching just out of interest. What's your what platform Do you enjoy using them the most. Lenka Koppova I enjoy Instagram the most I enjoy stories. I enjoy Rios, I really enjoyed it. It's very personal. It's very in the moment. It's really kind of real and authentic. And it's still you can still do great business there. But it feels very friendly. I do like LinkedIn. And they're like this year, LinkedIn has been fantastic in the amount of really quality engagement and support. It's been happening on LinkedIn. But I prefer like I do my own social media kind of interruptions mainly on mobile. And I just find Instagram is the most mobile friendly, and the most fun. Peter Sumpton Okay, but let's see, I don't use Instagram at all. I just don't I don't know, I think it's just that one too many for me. And just I've never really got around to utilising it in any way shape or form. But there you go. It's just your preferences. And there Lenka Koppova it is. And you know, I love it. Because part of it part of my lifestyle and my business brand. It is all about travel. And it is all about a lifestyle. And I love travelling, I love eating out. I love taking photos of these things. And you know, just the perfect and second place. And that's how I built my brand. People know that not only I do social media, but people know me for me, they know me for my hiking, or my dog. They know me for my you know, latte art and all the food I go to. And it's a thing that people will remember, as well as the date I do social media, so it's more likely for them to remember me really build the connection with me. And if they ever need me, they know they can find me. Peter Sumpton Yeah, and because I'm not on Instagram, I just got a glimpse of that. So So I've seen some of your photos. And yeah, you go to some amazing places, and it's really cool. Maybe not that many. Lenka Koppova I managed. I managed a little bit this year, and I managed to move where I am right now. Back home and the countryside in my family. So I managed to Peter Sumpton I'm just getting some feedback. It's like that's, I think that's my end. That's weird. Lenka Koppova Like, I hear people talking to someone else. Peter Sumpton I don't know, there's no one in this office. That's a bit freaky. Anyway, it seems Lenka Koppova like there's no one in this house right now. So it's got to be coming from me. Peter Sumpton That's a bit scary. Yeah, there's literally nobody in this office. Anyway, okay. Let's move on. Let's just blame that on Instagram. And then this, this is a really, really big question for me. Okay. So and I hear this a lot and I've got my own answer to this, but you deal with a lot, lot more smaller businesses than I do. People must one of the questions you must get asked a lot is I just don't have the time to do it. So what I say to people that that say I haven't got the time. Lenka Koppova Um, I would say to people who don't have the time, you know, consider what it can do for you consider what benefits why would you use it, it's not using social media for the sake of using social media. If you want to use social media just to be on social media, then it's not ill advice. But social media should be a reason for using it or should be a reason to repurpose, you should be using strategically. So it's always an excuse, I don't have time to go to gym, I don't have time to eat healthy, I don't have properties. Like if I know the goal, if I know why am I doing it not just because everyone telling me and I see on Instagram, you should be going to gym. But if I want to feel better, I want to be healthier, if I want to be more capable, then I will exercise I will eat. And the same goes for social media. If you want social media marketing to work for you, if you see it as a helpful beneficial tool that can help your business to grow can help you to get the lifestyle that you want, that can give you this time and space and freedom and revenue that you want. And you will make it a priority to put a plan in place, pick a metaphor, and invest the time into it. And I would say to social media, especially at the beginning feels like a big time commitment and a big investment. And it definitely is something that you will have to do forever and ever. But at the same time, if you build it in this time, then over time eight will be much easier to keep it ticking over if you keep it activated, to keep deletes coming through there. So it will become your second nature, you will figure out the processes. And actually, if you put an investment in then it will really help you. It has the potential to help you to have the business and the life that you want. Hmm, Peter Sumpton yeah, I agree. And I might take work, particularly when I'm teaching. And people all have busy lives. And you know that they're working, they're studying, they want some sort of social life. And so I've got no time. And the first thing I say to them, is because sometimes you need that commitment. Particularly if you're going to add something extra to your life, either Something has to move and shift, or you need to find that time somewhere. So I always say, Okay, so what did you do last weekend? And usually the answer is either Netflix or chilled out or did something. And I'm just like, Well, there you go. Just take just and I'm not advocating working over weekends, everyone's got a different preference. Or it's almost like, okay, we'll take half an hour out of your evening or half an hour out of a Saturday and Sunday. You've clawed back. What that's that's like three to four hours a week, just for half an hour each evening, or in the morning, get an extra half hour. And it doesn't have to be that all because like you said, socials, huge, it's daunting, how do I cover everything, just start small, just just don't cover everything, just start small, there's always ways to find time. Lenka Koppova Yeah, I would say if it really is such a big thing, and you don't have really don't have the opportunity to put the time aside to really build a strong plan and strategy. And you really want to do something, the best thing you can do on social media, it's be present. So even if it's that you don't have the time to really create content and put all the effort in to do videos, do training, do blog posts, do this because yes, it can be time consuming. Even if all you can do is spend five minutes with your coffee in the morning or after your lunch break. Instead of watching Tic Tock and YouTube videos, spend the time go to whichever platform and look what other people have posted. Find the people who are your ideal customers, follow them, connect with them comment on their stuff here, just dm them and start building the relationship seed as you're building friendships like the same way to check in on your family. And you would check it in your friends. build this habit of checking in on your social media community. And even this just very passively without pushing content out there. But kind of proactively reaching out to people connecting with them. Even if you just comment on their stuff. We share their content, you know, give them a thumbs up and give them a lift up. That's an amazing time investment that will pay off for your business. Peter Sumpton Yeah, I completely agree. It's, I always try to explain it to people as you need to see these platforms. If you're a business owner or you're in business or you want to use it from that respect. You need to see them very differently to what you have been seeing them because they're not like you said it's not you're not going on there to aid say socialised. You're not going on there to use it for what it was built for. You're going on there to engage in a very, very different way. And you need to it's a complete different mind shift for some people. And as soon as you see that mind shift As soon as you see that difference, the platform's become very different places. Like I've met some amazing people, you know, I mean, you purely through LinkedIn, and probably through through somebody else, LinkedIn. And it's just it's that craziness. And and if I was on there just for watching videos or consuming the content, I've simply, I wouldn't be speaking to you right now. And that's that's that will be a sad world. Lenka Koppova Exactly. It's really unlock so much opportunities business wise, like, obviously most of my business comes from social comes from being on social media, but it is less about the content that I put out there even though yes, I do put books and I have ebooks and no, I do video training. But it then comes to me just showing up to when people post something when I see the day do something that they cried, and I'm just like commenting and sharing and liking. They remember that they remember how that made them feel that someone gave and comes up with someone supported them. And if they then need your help, they're more likely to come to you. So is really helpful if you just build relationships and help others genuinely. Peter Sumpton And like you said, Just you don't even have to push yourself just just get involved, just common. And that that is that is just taken, tap away. And that's what that's all it is just start with that. And it might not be for you. That's the thing, and but you just learn as you go along. But I think that was the thing for me with Instagram, I probably didn't use it to the best of my ability, but it just didn't work for me in the way that I I work. Lenka Koppova And that's absolutely fine. Again, you just do you and you'd be where you want to be. But I think that every platform these days gives you all the accessibility options. So I know that some people are not the ones who which type. And other people are not the ones who do video, and other people are not the ones who would like to talk. So you have two options. You can type, you can record audio, you can record videos, you can communicate with people in the way that feels the most natural to you. Peter Sumpton And I suppose one thing to note there, and I'm just talking from a LinkedIn basis, it's, it's doing those different things that make you stand out, you might feel a little uncomfortable, and I'm not advocating, I personally feel if you're in that little uncomfortable zone. That's when you start to grow and develop. But for some people, they're just not there. And that's absolutely fine. But it's things like messaging. And I don't do it enough. But like yesterday, I was I was messaging somebody. And they instead of trying to type out a long winded message back, they did an audio and it stands out like a sore thumb. And if you did a video when everyone else is doing audio, it just stands out like a sore thumb. And that's on a personal level. You know, so there's so many opportunities. And just one quick question. I'm just conscious of time. But I thought I'd put this up because James is pretty much what we've been talking about just there. So talk to people is a great strategy to grow your business. And social allows us to talk to people at scale. And he loves the chat, which is absolutely super, but it's only great because rank is on with me today, which is fantastic in itself. So just on that point that James says, talking to people at scale, I suppose you can do both, can't you? You know, I've just been talking about peak speaking to people on on VM. And that's a one to one basis. But I noticed you just posted something. It was weird. Because before we got on this chart, I was looking at LinkedIn and lose a video view and then you popped up on the screen and I'm like, okay, like doubling, amazing day. But yeah, it's like you're speaking to speak people at scale on video. And that's a huge benefit. Lenka Koppova Well, I think that's where the benefit and the beauty of social media lies because social media allows you to reach out to anyone and everyone it is an open democratic platform where there is no gatekeeper, you can send a message out there and millions of people can see it the same time. It allows every single individual to be able to interact with you. There is no one you know, it's not like you, you can't interact with TV, you can shout at it. But it's probably the only thing you will do. Like something if you like something you can interact with it. And if you keep majority of your conversations on the public domain where someone tweets you someone messages us on the comments in a conversation going to a certain point publicly, Yes, exactly. It is public, everyone else can see it. No, you are investing in a conversation one on one potentially under comments on LinkedIn under someone's post that you you know, you reply to a reply but I can have a conversation. it for you. It might be I'm having a conversation with one person, but there might be hundreds of other people who will read the conversation. And who will align who might comment or might not comment will might follow you because of the who might like to because of that. And then yes, it's just then taking it to the next level of no picking from the scale the people who will resonate with you, and then taking those relationships to the next level by going to the DMS or one personalised chat. Peter Sumpton And that's why it's so important to be important to be yourself, isn't it? You know, because you want to resonate with people that you want to work with eventually. And if you're you, and people see you for you, and they are still willing, well, in my case, they're still willing to chat to me, then that that means that they can put up with me in my ramblings on on marketing, important strategy and everything else's, I'm really conscious of things I want to cover and then on to social media. And then this year, first thing is, people get hung up on on the likes, the comments and all that kind of stuff. How do you stop people from worrying if they're putting out content, and there's not that much engagement on the face of it from what they've seen stat wise. Lenka Koppova So there are statistics and numbers that are meaningful, and there are stats that are meaningless, like watching the numbers of followers doesn't really matter, like on Twitter, and Instagram, on other platforms, if you use the right hashtags, if your content is interesting and valuable, then it will be spread widely, and it can go way beyond your number of followers. So it's important to understand the meaningful metrics, the metrics that really show you the indication of the quality and the interest in your content in your business in your offering, which could be, you know, comments could be shares, it could be DMS, obviously, it is web traffic, it is email science, it is video views, repeat views. But I would say, especially at the early stages, it takes a long while it is very interesting to see that social media works kind of exponential in a way that there is a long lead up to them quite quick growth and take off too, sometimes, you know, 12, to 18 months of day to day activity of surgery, podcasters can see the new example of podcast after podcast that the first nine months just nothing happened. And then out of nowhere, it goes like this, it goes fast. But without putting the work in, in the first stage, it wouldn't, you wouldn't get there it is there is something about your resilience and consistency and persevere. And understanding that even though social media will give you results immediately, you can measure anything and everything from three second views to you know, likes here and there. It's important to know that the meaningful metrics and the meaningful results, take time and be patient. Peter Sumpton And yeah, it's a marathon, not a sprint, at the end of the day. So just moving back to your event. Just I suppose two quick questions. Really, before we wrap up? what's what's the worst thing about organising an event online? Lenka Koppova I think the worst thing is kind of not knowing if the technology will work. Because in person, you know, yes, there are some tech aspects that you need to pay attention to, like a microphone and stuff like that. But also then you you actually have real people in real life in you in in the room with you to help you this way, where, you know, we are all in our rooms, we're all in different parts of the world if something goes wrong before our team before myself that for one of the attendees, how will I be able to help them and fix it? I was always the fixed and running around, told him for blanks doing this and isn't knowing that everything is under control. And who is the person? Where do I go? And right now I feel like very early on, if something goes wrong, yes, I know the person but I can't do anything. And if some something's not working on someone's laptop, how will I help them to fix it? Because I don't know. Peter Sumpton Yeah, I mean that that that would be a main worry, because that's the whole event, isn't it? So So On the flip side, what's the best thing about organising this event or any event that you've done? Lenka Koppova I think organising online events really allows you not to be bounded by location because we've always been involved in the Cambridge event. We had people from UK coming, but there was always commuting as always to drive and park. And this way we can welcome audiences from all around the world. And we had people coming to our workshops and Facebook events, people from not only Europe, we managed to get people from all around the world coming to Cambridge Social Media Group, to connect with others, and work with others and learn windows, which is the most wonderful feeling. Because I love connecting people, I love being connected to different people from different places, learn about how social media works there, what it can learn from them. So I think this is the best thing that we can take everyone globally. Transcribed by https://otter.ai  Main Intro Music Featured on this Podcast: Intro 1N15 Setuniman http://www.setuniman.com/  Creative Commons License

Welcome to the Get Shift Done Podcast with Alex Hughes, Entrepreneur and Founder of Shifties. In this series, we are going to bring to you real-life stories of Business Owners in our community as they openly share their ups & downs in business. In this episode, we welcome two amazing humans, Aina Gomez Piza from Family Memento and Tom Fordham from Tom Fordham Video, both have an amazing story to tell and share that with us today. I have worked with many Entrepreneurs but both of them are right up there as people I look forward to collaborating with more in the future, creative, ambitious and positive forces! http://www.familymemento.co.uk/ http://www.tomfordham.co.uk/ It’s never been easier to connect, learn and grow as Entrepreneurs, right now it has never been so important. Where there is uncertainty, there is also the opportunity, which makes 2020 & beyond a very interesting journey for small businesses & start-ups. If you want to join a community of business owners on that journey together just head over to www.shifties.co.uk and get involved! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shiftmomentum/message

Welcome to the Get Shift Done Podcast with Alex Hughes, Entrepreneur and Founder of Shifties. In this series, we are going to bring to you real-life stories of Business Owners in our community as they openly share their ups & downs in business. In this episode, we welcome Bohemia St Neots founders Ash Skipp and James Larman, https://www.bohemiastneots.com/. They have a fascinating story and one that we can take many lessons from when it comes to scaling a business in the hospitality industry, they show that when you develop a great product & service, paired with a passion for excellence they have created something special in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. It’s never been easier to connect, learn and grow as Entrepreneurs, right now it has never been so important. Where there is uncertainty, there is also the opportunity, which makes 2020 & beyond a very interesting journey for small businesses & start-ups. If you want to join a community of business owners on that journey together just head over to www.shifties.co.uk and get involved! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shiftmomentum/message

Welcome to the Get Shift Done Podcast with Alex Hughes, Entrepreneur and Founder of Shifties. In this series, we are going to bring to you real-life stories of Business Owners in our community as they openly share their ups & downs in business. In this episode, we welcome Danielle Bridge, www.daniellebridge.co.uk who's purpose is to help people accept their innermost selves and work through life's barriers with confidence. Also welcome Paul Pankhurst, https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-pankhurst-36b49116/ an Entrepreneur with so much experience to share when it comes to marketing & sales. It’s never been easier to connect, learn and grow as Entrepreneurs, it has never been so important. Where there is uncertainty, there is also the opportunity, which makes 2020 & beyond a very interesting journey for small businesses & start-ups. If you want to join a community of business owners on that journey together just head over to www.shifties.co.uk and get involved! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shiftmomentum/message

Alex Hughes hasn't had a conventional upbringing. He was almost kicked out of home, became a father at 14, and left school. Since then he has grown as a person and has spent the last 4 years building a portfolio of businesses in varied industries that continues to scale, with a brilliant team of Directors in each business driving them forward, and with over 50 employees across the businesses too. In this episode, Alex shares his lessons of growth and answers your questions about growth, such as How to grow, When to grow, Risks of growth, How to prepare for growth, When not to grow, and so much more. It's a fascinating and lesson-packed episode and you can connect with Alex at https://shifties.co.uk/.

Alex Hughes is my best friend and housemate. Last year his mother died and, shortly after, his brother, who lived with us, killed himself. Alex is now as determined, funny and kind as he was before that happened. Most of all, he is happy. In this blog I summarise a conversation I had with him for my podcast 'Am I happy yet?' to explain how that could be possible. Alex's brother was a kind soul and fantastic writer. He had an absent mindedness which reminded me a lot of myself. We talked about his dream to visit India one day. Seeing how Alex dealt with his death, so soon after his mother passed away, is the most inspirational thing I have ever witnessed. I sincerely hope someone reading this can improve their understanding of how to 'survive death' and be happy again in the way that Alex has for me.

Welcome to the Get Shift Done Podcast with Alex Hughes, Entrepreneur and Founder of Shift Momentum. It’s never been so easy to connect, learn and grow as Entrepreneurs, now, as we enter an era starting with a global economic reset, it has never been so important. But where there is uncertainty, there is also the opportunity, which makes 2020 & beyond a very interesting journey for small businesses & start-ups. In this episode, We are joined by Chris Thatcher, Founder of Neoman, an organisation on a mission and movement created to support men in helping themselves and each other to heal their pain, grow as individuals and thrive in every role they play from husband and father to business and community leader. Please do check out the Shifties Community on Facebook if this inspired you to get involved as we connect, learn and grow together. www.shifties.co.uk --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shiftmomentum/message

Welcome to the Get Shift Done Podcast with Alex Hughes, Entrepreneur and Founder of Shift Momentum. It’s never been so easy to connect, learn and grow as Entrepreneurs, now, as we enter an era starting with a global economic reset, it has never been so important. But where there is uncertainty, there is also the opportunity, which makes 2020 & beyond a very interesting journey for small businesses & start-ups. In this episode, We are joined by David Duker, CEO/Founder of The Tally Ho Project, a social enterprise and it's their mission to learn from the past and empower the present to rise to life's challenges and to help create a better world. Duty, Unity, Courage & Resilience are the core values of this organisation and they are inspired by "The Greatest Generation" we get to hear about the amazing work they are doing, the power of stories and we discuss what the impact of Coronavirus is likely having on the next generation. Fascinating conversation, I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Please do check out the Shifties Community on Facebook if this inspired you to get involved as we connect, learn and grow together. Don't forget to hit Follow! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shiftmomentum/message

Welcome to the Get Shift Done Podcast with Alex Hughes, Entrepreneur and Founder of Shift Momentum. It’s never been so easy to connect, learn and grow as Entrepreneurs, now, as we enter an era starting with a global economic reset, it has never been so important. But where there is uncertainty, there is also the opportunity, which makes 2020 & beyond a very interesting journey for small businesses & start-ups. In this episode, We are joined by Danielle Bridge, CEO/Founder of ABC Life Support, a social enterprise delivering physical and mental health training for all. I can not understate how much of a powerhouse Leader/Entrepreneur/Singer/Change-maker she is and in this episode, we are going to discover what a social enterprise looks like and how it could well be the future of Entrepreneurship moving forward. Naturally, this is a deep subject and if you yourself are suffering in isolation right now, please do not hesitate to reach out to either of us and we can signpost you to some of the amazing people we have in this network that is Shifties and CPSL Mind. In the first series, we hope to bring some clarity, thought and inspiration to small business owners as we move through it together and share as much of what the 100's of small business owners we have in the Shifties Community are doing to survive and thrive through the spread of Coronavirus. We hope you enjoy it, please do check out the Shifties Community on Facebook if this inspired you to get involved as we connect, learn and grow together. Don't forget to hit Follow! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shiftmomentum/message

Welcome to the Get Shift Done Podcast with Alex Hughes, Entrepreneur and Founder of Shift Momentum. It’s never been so easy to connect, learn and grow as Entrepreneurs, now, as we enter an era starting with a global economic reset, it has never been so important. But where there is uncertainty, there is also the opportunity, which makes 2020 & beyond a very interesting journey for small businesses & start-ups. In this episode, we are back in Shifties for the live Q&A with Cam Paul and Alex where the discussion is yes focussed on the financial support being offered out right now, but also a huge element of the episode is focussed on the opportunities in this to rediscover Entrepreneurship for yourself and start to open your eyes to look for a way to move through this. In the first series, we hope to bring some clarity, thought and inspiration to small business owners as we move through it together and share as much of what the 100's of small business owners we have in the Shifties Community are doing to survive and thrive through the spread of Coronavirus. We hope you enjoy it, please do check out the Shifties Community on Facebook if this inspired you to get involved as we connect, learn and grow together. Don't forget to hit Follow! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shiftmomentum/message

Welcome to the Get Shift Done Podcast with Alex Hughes, Entrepreneur and Founder of Shift Momentum. It’s never been so easy to connect, learn and grow as Entrepreneurs, now, as we enter an era starting with a global economic reset, it has never been so important. But where there is uncertainty, there is also the opportunity, which makes 2020 & beyond a very interesting journey for small businesses & start-ups. In the first series, we hope to bring some clarity, thought and inspiration to small business owners as we move through it together and share as much of what the 100's of small business owners we have in the Shifties Community are doing to survive and thrive through the spread of Coronavirus. In this episode, in particular, we are joined by Cam Paul from Spinifex Accounting Ltd. to discuss the current financial situation, where Entrepreneurship can help us navigate life right now and really get into what this means to small businesses right now! We hope you enjoy it, please do check out the Shifties Community on Facebook if this inspired you to get involved as we connect, learn and grow together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shiftmomentum/message

Derbyshire bowler Tony Palladino joins Blake Fallows to talk about life as a cricketer and the game in general, this week they're joined by Derbyshire all rounder Alex Hughes.

China Street was one of the many RSS-feed-owner's bands that formed and functioned for a few years in Houston, TX circa 2002-2005. Nick Lombard played drums. They played their first show at Mary Jane's on Washington St. under the name "Charlotte's Web" when founding member Alex Hughes was still in the band. The first demo is elusive and likely lost. This album, "The Last House on China Street" was recorded after Hughes left the band. The RSS-feed-owner and Nick Lombard recorded it in the bedroom of Lombard's childhood home, and the RSS-feed-owner mixed it at Houston Community College, checking the mixes in the stereo-room of the Circuit City across the freeway in between classes. The band played a few shows booked by Hands Up Houston, mostly opening for the underrated D.C. superpower, APES. Later, Justin Blandford joined the band and they made some more elusive, lost recordings at HCC and this iteration of the band also once opened for The Gossip with The Red and the Blue at Aztecas on Richmond Ave.  you can download the album here: https://chinastreet.bandcamp.com/releases // ringoftyranny@gmail.com //   This podcast is almost certainly not space-alien free at this point, and it is becoming more Alan Johns-free by the day. 

When you're operating your business under the belief that the right answers lie outside of you, there's a lot of wasted time and energy, and it's nearly impossible to find your center. That makes things feel chaotic and confusing for your customers, too, and it's hard to get traction. Alex Hughes is a Life Coach committed to helping busy mothers carve out headspace and optimize their creative soul nourishing energy, so they can live their life purpose and be the change agents the world needs. Specifically, she helps mothers unravel internalized patriarchal belief systems and bring feminism home by teaching them how to come into healthy, self-honoring relationship with their time, energy, and emotions, and to create conscious equitable partnerships at home. But when she joined the Origin Incubator a year ago, she was lacking the clarity and center that she needed to take her business and clients to the next level. Listen in to this episode to hear how she made the critical shift that allowed her to go from fuzzy to focused and get some serious traction in her business, including having made enough to cover her expenses for the remainder of the year by August.

Today’s guest is Alex Hughes, Co-founder of CNTRL Office    We talk about:  Alex’s background and Coworking story Their expansion from Portland into LA, Dallas and Sacramento Their ideal customer/who they serve How their locations are staffed and what functions are centralized Their real estate model  Lessons learned and what they’re most proud of Show notes here.

Something Sweet, LLC is a virtual and pop up bakery, located in Nashville, TN.Girl, UnKnown Inc. is a women's and girl's development & empowerment organization given to motivate, uplift & enlighten women of all orientations, religions, colors, & socioeconomic backgrounds through social and educational engagements, workshops & retreats.Growing all businesses at the same time to be socially impactful part of proceeds from SSLLC go to GU, and in plans for a Retreat Center at RSF.  Why I started my businesses. (Launching new Something Sweet website)   Something Sweet, LLC will be at African Street Festival for the Third Year in a row.  DECOM on Wednesdays at noon at Centennial Park-our de-stress and mindfulness power hour in the park!   International Women's Day 2020 at The Parthenon!Learn more:  www.somethingsweetllc.com 

I’m joined today by Alex Hughes. Alex is the owner Auxilium Administration Services, providing a range of admin services to support businesses remotely or on premise. What’s unique about Alex is how she draws from her experience in corporate banking, to provide a friendly outsourced admin service that lets business owners review processes, procedures, projects and tasks - helping them get back on track with their admin. And be sure to listen to the end, where Alex shares some interesting insights into what a good administration function should look like in a small business.  So whether you are interested in knowing more about how you could outsource your firm’s admin function or want to know more about what it takes to run a successful independent business - then I hope you enjoy this episode of the Inside Kingston™ podcast.   ~ LINKS & RESOURCES ~ Auxilium Admin - Website Alex Hughes - LinkedIn    ~ YOUR HOST ~  Hi, I'm Amyr Rocha-Lima. I’m a partner at Holland Hahn & Wills, a financial planning and wealth management firm based here in Kingston. As an active member of our business community, I want to help other businesses get their story out there and see them succeed and flourish.   ~ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD ~ If you know someone who should be a guest on our show, and has a great story worth sharing, please feel free to get in touch. I would also love it if you would give us a review and a 5-star rating. We work hard to bring on some great guests, and getting a review from you is one way to help the podcast rate well, so others can find and enjoy the show.

Words can't even express how excited I am for today's episode! I would like to introduce you to Canadian Pop Country Artist, Alex Hughes. Her latest release, “Strong As You”, is a sultry love song that describes the incomparable buzz of being with the one you love. Fresh off a showstopping performance at the Calgary Stampede Coca-Cola stage, Alex will be storming radio stations and your favorite streaming platforms this fall! Alex has performed all across North America and recently spent time writing in Los Angeles and Nashville. She has had the honor of opening for artists like Kenny G, George Canyon, Paul Brandt and Brett Kissel at various events and festivals. With genre and boundary-pushing releases in the works for 2019, Alex is gearing up to share her many years of development and hard work with her fans in a more intimate way than ever. Today, we are chatting about her biggest accomplishments, what she has learned along the way as an entrepreneur, her vocal advice for those of us who are speakers, coaches, podcasters or just use our voice in our business every day. You will DEFINITELY want to listen to this entire episode as Alex also gives us an incredible acapella sneak peek of the song she JUST dropped this week on spotify and itunes!  Grab a cup of tea, your favourite notebook and let's GLOW! SEND ME A MESSAGE ON INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/theglowgetterpodcast  I would love to hear what you think of today's episode!

Welcome to Hooked, the show that grabs startup life by the horns and attempts to tackle what makes it tick. As always, we're led by our two wonderful hosts; Josh Perkins, a freelance marketing expert + Alex Hughes, a Software Engineer based in Bristol and creator of BedroomBands. We're a short, 20 minute weekly podcast dedicated to startups, growth, and building products people love. What we love about Hooked though is that our different backgrounds allow us to see the same things from different angles. What's a terrible UI decision for Alex is a great viral marketing move for Josh - and together we can start to piece together why businesses do what they do. And more importantly, how you can do it too. We’re honoured (British spelling here folks!) to have you join us on this adventure. Now sit back - subscribe to Hooked - and prepare to start living startups. You can follow Alex on Twitter or Instagram @alexjackhughes You can follow Josh on Twitter or Instagram @perkymarketing --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hooked/message

Actor, writer, and director Alex Hughes joins us for our first guest episode (!!) to talk about his bipolar II diagnosis, how hypomania and mania differ, what it was like spending a night in the psych ward, finding healthy coping mechanisms, how the way you act in therapy mirrors how you act in life, and his hesitation around going on medication. Also, Rena talks to Alex and Kim about their friendship and creative partnership, how dealing with mental illness helped their friendship evolve, and how they went from a toxic and codependent relationship to one in which they both support each other's mental health (spoiler alert: a LOT of communication). Follow Alex: @ahughes1313 alexarjunahughes.com Follow Us: www.wheresmymindpod.com Where's My Mind Facebook IG: @wheresmymindpod Twitter: @wheresmymindpod Follow Rena and Kim: Rena: @rbarch www.renabarch.com Kim: @kimberlyrolfs www.kimberlyrolfs.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wheresmymindpod/message

Jackie Mitchell talks to Karen McKeogh of the Business Growth Studio which provides practical guidance for sustainable growth - www.businessgrowthstudio.com, Paul Webster organises Surrey Business Expo on 12th June in Guildford - www.surreybusinessexpo.com, Alex Hughes of Auxilium Administration Services provides a range of services to support businesses remotely or in their office - www.auxiliumadmin.co.uk and George Peterkin from Mind Your Health provides professional courses in mental health first aid - www.mindyourhealthltd.com

Join portfolio manager's Nathan Bell and Alex Hughes as they discuss A2 Milk, the big banks, the private health insurers, Flight Centre, Audinate, Swift Media and Elektro Optical Systems. 00:45 – Macquarie's impact on ACC's view of TPG/Vodafone merger 03:34 – Swift Media's falling share price 06:37 – Flight Centre's recent downgrade 10:04 – Stockopedia analysis of 245 downgrades of small UK stocks 12:24 – Elektro Optical Systems 15:47 – Private health insurers under ALP policy 20:05 – Audinate's revenue potential 22:25 – Bank funding costs 27:00 –  Placebos – A2 Milk and Blackmores

This week, portfolio managers Nathan Bell and Alex Hughes discuss Webjet, MSL Solutions, RPM Global, Elmo, Class, Thorn Group, Eleanor Investment, Redflex, and Brickwall Property Trust.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to ship salt?  What about new innovations that increase profitability in this sector of bulk freight?  Today Jared speaks with Alex Hughes of BlackStrap, Inc. about this very topic.

Join portfolio managers Nathan Bell and Alex Hughes, as they discuss Seek, Pushpay, Reliance Worldwide, Redbubble, Oliver's, Australian Vintage, and 360 Capital.

Join portfolio managers Nathan Bell and Alex Hughes, as they unpack results from stalwarts Wesfarmers, Coles and Woolworths, Sydney Airport, Flight Centre, Cleanaway, Crown Resorts and Star Entertainment, and future leaders Reliance Worldwide, Lovisa, Breville, Nanosonics, Audinate, Hansen Technologies and Blackmores.  

Join portfolio managers Nathan Bell and Alex Hughes as they discuss recent updates from portfolio holdings: Xero; Commonwealth Bank; Clydesdale Bank; ResMed; Reliance Worldwide; Dicker Data; and Frontier Digital Ventures. 

This week, InvestSMART's Nathan Bell and Alex Hughes talk about the rise of Afterpay, Moelis Australia, UK stock ideas, preparing for a recession and how to stay rational when under pressure.

Join InvestSMART portfolio managers Nathan Bell and Alex Hughes, as they explain why Wesfarmers and Coles isn't the typical spin off opportunity; why Thorn Group is not a high quality business but could be a great opportunity; why there's reason to be bullish on US housing; and why a bid for portfolio holding Trade Me might not be good news.

Bozeman resident Alex Hughes confesses that he wants to "fight evil", and he's found a novel way to do it. In this episode you'll learn about the events that led a young entrepreneur to explore the vast potential of algae.If your interest in algae is piqued, check out allaboutalgae.comSend Alex an email. noblestrains@gmail.comReach out to the podcast: edpodcast@bozeman.net

On this episode, Bob and I are joined by Alex Hughes, owner of Tactique -- a new line of women's concealed-carry clothing. Alex's new line is impressive and much better than off-body carry. Bob and I then talk about warning signs that you may have chosen the wrong instructor, as well as a concealed-carry class we'd like to see. 

This week on Player Attack, we're solving mysteries and learning about casting. Just a few years ago, Alex Hughes knew nothing about eSports casting - and now, he's one of the most sought-after Smite commentators in the world! We caught up with HughZ while he was in Adelaide recently and found out not only how he got started casting, but also why he thinks Hi-Rez has made a game just for him. For something completely different, Jessica has returned from a sightseeing mission to the mysterious location that is Rusty Lake. This surreal setting is home to nine games in the Cube Escape series, plus two standalone premium offerings, Rusty Lake: Roots and Rusty Lake Hotel. A little bit point-and-click, a little bit Twin Peaks, you'll find out why this is our new favourite holiday destination. ...plus, of course, we have all the latest in gaming news - this is Player Attack! http://www.playerattack.com

Alex Hughes talks about makes up classic science fiction from the 18th and 19th centuries. We get geeky with Shirley Temples and discuss how we come to love what we love in SF as well as the boundaries of genre. ** Corrections: 1. Alex mentions Gregory Benford's Timescape the particles which are actually called Tachyon (/ˈtæki.ɒn/ -- Tay-Key-On). 2. Dark Matter is edited by Sheree Thomas who also edited Octavia Butler's Brood.

Alex Hughes examines the issues of suffering and injustice with relation to God