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In this episode of the Scalable Law Podcast,I'm pulling back the curtain on a major decision at Collective Family Law Group—the migration from LEAP to Clio as the firm's core practice management system. After 16 years with LEAP, the transition wasn't taken lightly. I'm sharing why the switch was made, what challenges were faced, and what improvements have already been seen with Clio. If you're a law firm owner in Australia considering a change in your legal practice management system, this behind-the-scenes insight will give you the real story—costs, roadblocks, and all. What You'll Learn in This Episode - Why LEAP no longer aligned with the firm's direction - The specific features of Clio that appealed to a growing family law firm - How Clio's integrations (Xero, Calendly, VXT, Outlook) create a seamless workflow - What went into planning and executing a smooth migration - The real costs of data migration (including unexpected fees from LEAP) - How Clio's flexibility and reporting tools support better decision-making - Tips for other firms considering a switch in practice management systems

In this episode, Sam is joined by Will Burry, the CRO of VXT, a communications platform for recruiters. Together, they discuss the challenges recruiters face with cold calling — and how to improve your efforts.If you've felt like cold outreach (whether via email or call) seems to be getting harder, you wouldn't be wrong. Will dives into some of the reasons for this trend — and emphasizes the importance of personalization and relevance in outreach, the value of practice and review, the significance of accurate data, the need for discovery before pitching, and the importance of meeting clients where they are."Cold calling is still an effective strategy," Will says, "but it's a shifting landscape and everyone has to be ready to adapt."This is a continuation of our bizdev series throughout the month of August, in which we're diving into everything you need to know about business development for recruiters in 2024. Stay tuned for more on this topic throughout the month!Chapters:00:00 - Podcast intro02:10 - Understanding why cold calling is tough for recruiters04:49 - How to personalize cold outreach for better results10:03 - The power of practice: Perfecting your cold call pitch13:25 - How to ensure you're reaching the right candidates17:03 - The critical role of discovery before pitching19:29 - Tailoring your strategy to meet clients where they are22:06 - The power of experimentation24:38 - Bonus: Should recruiters use voicemail?26:04 - Podcast wrap-upExplore all our episodes and catch the full video experience at loxo.co/podcastBecoming a Hiring Machine is brought to you by Loxo. To discover more about us, just visit loxo.co

The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT When I asked an industry friend, whose opinions I respect and trust quite a bit, what CMS software he'd looked at and been impressed by, he rattled off a few companies I was expecting to hear about, but also mentioned the platform developed and marketed by a smallish UK company called NowSignage. He'd seen a lot of different options, but these guys he said, had something that was very modern and nimble. I finally got my act together and scheduled a chat with founder Nick Johnson. Now's roots are in pushing social media messaging to big screens at live events - like concerts and big games. Requests started evolving, both in terms of what could be done with screens and how long they'd be used - which led in part to him concluding the future business was in permanent installations and revenue that was recurring and predictable, versus periodic. Now markets its product as being affordable and not focused on a particular market segment, like QSR, workplace or whatever. That generalist approach tends to worry me, because buyer decisions tend to get focused on price, as in who costs the least. But in my chat with Johnson, he explains that their market focus is on what he calls multi-screen management - networks with a lot of locations and a lot of screens. Most companies would also say they want that and do that, but as Johnson explains in our chat, that's easy to talk about, but much harder to do well. I also had to ask about the Frankenstein'd Rolls-Royce that was the eye candy for the NowSignage stand at ISE in Barcelona. Subscribe from wherever you pick up new podcasts. TRANSCRIPT Nick, thank you for joining me. I know NowSignage reasonably well. I suspect a lot of other people do as well, but could you maybe just give me a rundown on the background of the company, what it is you do, what's distinct, that sort of thing?  Nick Johnson: Yeah, sure. Cheers for having me on, Dave. And, yeah, nice to be here. Yeah, so NowSignage, for those who don't know who we are, is a UK-based business that has been around since 2013. A lot of people thought we launched a market and were in a big whirlwind storm about six years ago, but actually, the tech has been being developed since 2013 now, and then we really honed in on the permanent signage market around seven or eight years ago, really. In terms of signage, we position ourselves as a multi-screen management platform that allows our users to effectively and efficiently manage large networks of screens. So, we don't really focus on a specific vertical specialism. So, with IE, we're not a specific sector, like a corporate sector outright or anything like that. Our specialism is really around meeting the needs and demands of projects that have multiple screens, often in multiple locations or multiple sites, so those large-volume projects are our specialism.  Now, I would imagine most software companies would say: we can fully support large enterprise level, big footprint projects across multiple locations and all that, so that doesn't immediately hit me as a distinction, but I'm guessing you're going to tell me that it's easier said than done?  Nick Johnson: Exactly. So normally, as you say, with CMSs, and we found it ourselves in the early days, we had an eye on those bigger projects, but in reality, as soon as it got above 50 screens, that becomes a challenge for a CMS. It's got a different thought process that needs to go into the CMS from an intuitive nature, but also, your platform needs to be built to kind of balance those enterprise features alongside the simplicity, flexibility, and scalability of the platform.  So yeah, there are some nuances that, for sure, where if you want to manage those large scale projects, you really need to nail the ability to make it as easy as possible for those end users to target specific screens with specific promotions or specific content and that's quite a powerful and hard to achieve thing within a CMS. It's all about bringing those features to enable that functionality.  So, if I'm an end user or even a reseller integrator looking at different options out there, what's my sniff test (or smell test) to determine who can genuinely support large-scale networks like that?  Is it data integration, you know, is it elasticity, at the server level? What are those things?  Nick Johnson: Yeah, both of those, obviously, come into consideration. The way we position our product is that we ultimately want it to be self managed by the user. So if it can't be easy to be managed by the user, then you've got a problem, and to make it easy to be managed by the user, you do need those features in the platform like very advanced targeted tags or roles and permissions for locking down areas of the platform. The targeted tags will allow people to target localized stores with localized messages based on the tagging functionality. I'd probably say the most important thing is just giving that flexibility throughout the platform. You can't say that all scheduling has to be done in the scheduling area. You need to be more flexible on that. So in the NowSignage CMS, we enable certain degrees of different types of scheduling to happen, whether it's in the content area, the actual playlist area, the scheduling area, and even at the screen's level, there are different types of tools that you can use to meet the requirements of the customer.  So, it's not always one size fits all. You have to go to that customer and say, look, we've got this feature set here that makes it easy to manage large networks. What's your specific requirement here? And we may turn around and go, great. You want to use our targeted tags and our override functionality, or we might say you want to use nested playlists and the ability to set assets to show and remove at set dates and times. So, it's giving that broader flexibility within the CMS to adapt to their needs.  I'm curious as well about the whole idea of affordability. It's one of the things that comes across on your site pretty quickly that you talk about it being cost effective and affordable. But it's also pretty sophisticated, like a lot of the platforms that say they're affordable, it's because, they do the basics.  Nick Johnson: Yeah, and I'm glad you used the word affordable there because I don't like the word cheap. So, for us, it's not a race to the bottom. We're not about being the cheapest. We're about being what you get out of our package, which is the most affordable. It's the most cost-effective. So you get the most amount of performance out of our platform for the cost and ratio. So yeah, it's all about affordability. So, with the platform, we don't charge for add-ons within the platform.  When you get access to NowSignage, you get access to all our features and functionality, and you even get access to them as we roll out new features and functionality; they become free for all end users to use. So that's why we appeal, as I said at the start there, we don't really have a sector specialism; we focus on the type of customer that we want to work with, and then often those customers we find because we operate, let's say with lots of supermarkets, a supermarket isn't just a retail requirement in the front of the store. A true requirement for a supermarket is actually they want to centralize that CMS and they have a retail requirement. They have a retail media network requirement. They have a digital out-of-home requirement. They have a back office requirement. They have a factory and manufacturing plant requirement. So all of these requirements are completely different, and the NowSignage platform allows those users to pull on different features and functionalities in the platform. So they may in their manufacturing plant use our Microsoft Power BI integration for showing dispatch information and fleet management, whereas in the retail media network, they might be using our proof of play functionality, which, as you've alluded to, is very much an enterprise feature and it normally very often doubles the cost of a license. We absorb all of those costs, from our servers and so on because we spread that across our whole customer base. So, yeah, it's absolutely the most affordable is how we position ourselves, not the cheapest in the race to the bottom.  Yeah, I've often said that if you're going to be a generalist, that can be a little deadly because you are just competing on price by and large, but what you're saying is, we go across a number of vertical sectors, but we're not really a generalist because our specialty is large, multi-screen networks. Nick Johnson: Yeah, and what you will get with those networks as well, because of the types of brands and customers that you're working with for those projects, it's not really about just selling features and competing on cost for those large networks. Now, obviously, they will be price-driven because often they go out to tender, so you do need the ability to really come down on your price, which we have that capability to do so we can be very competitive on price, but equally, what the brands wanna see is they really want to build a partnership with that CMS to get confidence from you that you are advising them on how to structure their account to maximize the usage of your platform, to meet their goals and of what they require from the network. So if you can communicate and instill that confidence, I think that's really where you find the winning edge to things.  You also, as a company, say that your hardware is agnostic. I have seen all kinds of companies go down that path, and many of them then almost surrender and come up with their own dedicated player devices.  I don't think it's because they're making extra hardware margin; it's just that they grow wary of trying to support all these different types of hardware, and the much easier path is to just have their own, which they can control because they know the build and everything else. So, how do you manage being agnostic across so many different platforms? Nick Johnson: Yeah, so it's all about getting the feature parity across all those different operating systems. There are so many out there. You've got the standard kind of Android, Windows, Linux, all of those. But then you've got the more proprietary ones with the system on chip, where a lot of them are really using an Android base there but you've got Samsung with Tizen, LG with WebOS, BrightSign with their setup there. So, yeah, we've got one centralized code base, and so I probably can't share too much about that and give our full game away, but yeah, we've got one centralized code base set, which delivers feature parity across all those builds. So when we make a change within the platform, we don't need to make it for seven different builds or ten different builds. We don't have to support lots of builds of the platform, meaning lots of developers. We have one centralized build, and that is built in a way that is then compatible with all operating systems out there. So you may have seen that on our stand at ISE. At ISE, we had three or four BrightSign displays. We had a large video wall that was powered by a Windows player. We had a Sony system on-chip display and a Samsung system on-chip display, and on one setup there via the show Wi-Fi, which is very flaky at times, we managed to achieve perfect screen synchronization across different hardware again, which is quite unusual.  Not only are we offering parity across the hardware, but actually with features like Screen Sync, we can bring all of that together and actually offer the synchronization to take into account those different processing powers and speeds and so on. Does that mean if you inherit a network and you're then going to expand on it and it has multiple different operating systems on different devices and so on, you can manage them all off of your application without having something in the middle, like Signage OS or whatever? Nick Johnson: Absolutely, and I think that's what's so important with the types of customers that we're onboarding is that they will have a network that's out there that's got legacy hardware and screens in there, and they're not in a position where they want a huge outlay of cost to go and transform all that hardware over brand new hardware. So because we can sit on a system on a chip, we can sit on the media players, we also work closely with those partners, as you've mentioned, the Signage OS, if there was a requirement there, then we could sit alongside that. But generally, because we have that feature parity and the hardware-agnostic approach, there's no requirement for that additional layer that needs to be added, so it can reduce all the costs and also mean that the network can be rolled out at relative ease and speed as well.  Some of the other software applications out there that say they are hardware agnostic, they're able to do that because it's a somewhat truncated application. It's a web player or something. So yes, you can get content, all the different operating systems or whatever, but it's not a pure player. It can't do everything that a native player could do.  Nick Johnson: Yeah. So, ours is a full application in the way that it's powered. So we are a Chrome OS partner, and we can run through a browser mode or any sort of environment like that where it needs to be embedded into a web page or as a browser player, but yeah, the way our code base packages or fit packages, or everything is its own native application. A few companies have started talking, well, they've been talking about a few things, but one of them is this idea of headless CMS and the idea that, if I have a tool set that I'm already using within a larger company, that's pushing out to web, mobile, intranet, extranet, whatever it may be, they want to use that tool set to also do digital signage as opposed to logging into a separate application. Can you do that sort of thing?  Nick Johnson: So are you referring to embedding us into different environments so that we could be played within an intranet environment?  Probably more so that the development, the scheduling, a lot of what you would do for a digital sign network, you could do within another application, and the digital signage platform is kind of the plumbing, the infrastructure that moves things around. It's kind of the way that Samsung with VXT now is positioning itself as you can write your application on top of our platform.  Nick Johnson: Yeah. So, normally, we operate with a fully open API. So we really want to be the source and the conduit for everything coming into it. So we won't go out there and build some specialist functionality that other platforms already build a lot better than us, like a Microsoft Power BI integration; we wouldn't try and build something like that or a Quividi integration that we've got if we want to do audience measurement with camera systems and so on, we have an API there. So we can pull all of those great features and functionality together and then be the source to output that.  Similar to QSR environments, things like with the API, we sit in harmony with their product systems. So, if they want to do dynamic pricing, we will just be another outlay to them. They will look at the output to all the other different avenues for that pricing, and we will just be a different source that they're inputting into. Then, we'll showcase that dynamic pricing data on the screen. So yeah, we've got an open API, and we're kind of pulling all that data resource into NowSignage. I would imagine the data side of things is super important, the ability to support all that?  Nick Johnson: Yeah, from two angles, really. In terms of the data capacity on our side, we've just gone through a full year's process of improving and upgrading our infrastructure. So, the infrastructure of a CMS is super important. It is arguably what sets a lot of CMSs apart. You've found in recent years that there are certain CMSs that have risen to the top and that they're probably the ones that have invested in their infrastructure, their scalability as a brand, and their security. So, likewise, we've done the same.  Our infrastructure is invaluable to the platform. If we have downtime or anything that's going to impact our size of customers, which isn't acceptable, but also the data that we can then pull together and aggregate to then analyze and give back to the customers inside the platform is obviously crucial as well, and that's probably going to be a big focus for us this year. We already have features like proof of play in the platform that can report on when, where, and how many times an advert is played on the screen, and all of that is live data that comes through. So customers don't need to wait for that data, and we obviously have lots of information about the status of the screens and the uptime status and the ability to kind of set them to go on and off and push our app updates and all of that kind of good stuff. But I think that will be a big push this year to analyze and help our customers understand that data more and more, knowing exactly where their screens are and what's happening with them.  Your company is young enough in relative terms that I suspect you're not saddled with some of the problems that, or challenges that, really well established companies may have in terms of they have a software application that's, they've been building off of for 15-30 years, in some cases, versus what you've got. If you started in 2013 and you kind of emerged a few years after that, you've got a platform that's using modern web tools and everything else, and you're a lot more malleable, I suspect.  Nick Johnson: Exactly, and a lot of the team that I've brought together as well, we're all from completely different sectors, but before that, created and delivered and brought to market a very successful SaaS business there in a completely different sector. So, as I built this business, I brought on a lot of the expertise from the old CTO, and my investor and my business partner are from that background as well. So right at our core, we understand how SaaS businesses and tech need to work. So we're not from a hardware background. We're not interested in the hardware. We're interested in it. How can this software be the most efficient and scalable piece of software and also the most innovative piece of software?  So you're right, probably the timing of it and in the sense that digital signage had kind of become to get a bit more established around that point and knew its place, so we don't have all the legacy burden of the hardware and having to build on and revamp our infrastructure with.  We've managed to build a very clean UI from day one, but also from the experience and background of myself, but also the people that I've built around the team, where we're really focused on SaaS and technology and innovation, that's what we live and breathe every day, really. And the company kind of grew out of, or at least was inspired by, I believe, it was pushing social media to screens at live events. Is that correct?  Nick Johnson: Yeah, let's be honest. It was probably me just having a bit of fun in my mid-twenties at that point. So, yeah, the way it all started was I was working for a company that was a web agency at that point, developing websites. And so my part in that business was that we developed a piece of technology that was embedding social feeds into those websites. So, at the time, just before 2013, I separated that as a separate company and thought, wouldn't it be great if we could get some social content onto screens at events.  This was kind of around the time that the Twitter walls were emerging. So it was right at the early stage of that. So our first ever event was actually at the Olympic stadium, and we were powering the big screens where people were taking Instagram pictures and popping them onto big screens and I couldn't really believe what I'd got into at that point. So, I just enjoyed the ride for a few years. We got shipped around all over the world, doing large events and as we did more of those events, I suppose the platform evolved, which is why the platform is so intuitive and focused just around the software because we kind of started off with that base and then we were doing events where people then wanted to advertise onto the screen. So we had to bring in some advertising capability to show images and videos, and then before we knew it, we started doing some more permanent setups where we needed to bring in that better structure and management and, then, as I say, probably around, I can't remember the exact date now, but it must've been around seven or eight years ago. Just overnight, it was 90 percent of our revenue at the time, I just decided we needed to focus on permanent signage. That was the model that was going to work. That's the sustainable model and the growth model that we wanted. So we kind of just made the ballsy move at that point that we were ditching all of that income, and we focused permanently on permanent digital signage and because we have the background of the platform already, as I say, people were looking at us going, who are these guys who have come to market and we've just kind of won four AV awards in a row. But, actually, it's because the software was there, and we actually just needed to understand what the channel was and what the industry was and that's what we focused on, and we don't sell directly at all. We only sell directly through our resell reseller channel, whether it's a balance of integrators or distributors, and that's how we now go to market.  It's funny, I was talking about that with somebody else yesterday about the channel and the opportunities and challenges of doing that and how difficult it can be to sell direct if you also have channel partners. You're kind of saying that you've got to choose door number one or door number two. You can't go through both.  Nick Johnson: Yeah, and I think it's a fine balance, and I'd say certainly in where we come from, it's always through the channel, but I have seen some variances globally that some people say that the channel in Europe, and then in the US that they're selling direct because they get a big contract and the brand wants to work direct. We've actually just secured a very large project in the US, which is great news for us, but the relationship of that is that we engaged directly and we built trust with the end user and we demonstrated our platform, but now it's come through to a commercial point. We are absolutely funneling that through the channel because that's how you build that trust and that relationship with the channel. So that's now being commercially funnel funneled through one of our channel partners, and then off the back of that. For us, there's no way that we can; we would never do a direct deal because that kind of breaks our whole model of how we're going to market and how we're building trust with our resellers that they're ultimately our partner and our direct customer.  And are you white-labeled and totally behind the curtain, or would the end user know that this is NowSignage as managed by Brand X? Nick Johnson: In almost all circumstances, they will know it's NowSignage. What we don't do is we don't do white labels for our resellers. We want them to proudly shout about it being NowSignage. So everybody at the sales point knows that they are purchasing NowSignage. In some instances, once it then goes through the end user, they go, great, we're now using NowSignage, but actually, we want our staff to log into an environment that feels familiar and friendly to them; at that point, we can white label for the end user, but at no point is it hidden and that it's NowSignage. It's NowSignage all the way and then when the end users dive in, we can white label to an end user requirement.  Yeah, I've always wondered about white labeling. I understand the task and everything, but if you do that as a reseller, there's then an expectation you really know your way around the software, and I suspect that there are a lot of uncomfortable phone calls and meetings.  Nick Johnson: Yeah, and also, I think you get that frustration as well. We've found fortunately that we've managed to secure some of those resellers who have traditionally sold a white-labeled CMS, and the frustrations that they've actually ended up happening is that they get a demand from an end user to say, we need this feature, and we need it right now. Now, it's not their code base. They don't own the IP. They don't own the code. They've got no developers. So, at that point, they have to go back to the CMS and say, can you build this? But I think from a CMS's point of view, that kind of, like, well, you're a white-label solution so you now just need to join the queue of things, whereas with us, we have that open dialogue with the end user and with our reseller. So if a request comes in, it funnels straight to us, and we control that kind of destiny of where those features come in, and we're very transparent with that roadmap to react.  ISE was a couple of months ago. You guys were there when I was walking around. I was expecting to hear a lot more about AI from different software companies. Here's how we're using AI. Here's how we're applying it. Here's the opportunity, and so on.  But maybe it's just early stages, and I just didn't hear much. I'm curious what you guys are doing with it or you're kind of sitting on the sidelines watching it? Nick Johnson: No, we're absolutely not sitting on the sidelines watching it, but to have a go at us, we're not shouting about it as much as we probably should be, and what we've found is that we are doing a huge amount of development in the background with AI. So we've already done some integrations into the platform with AI that haven't been released as full features into the platform. My understanding and the feedback that I'm getting from other CMSs that we talk to and have good relationships with are that AI at the moment; none of the big brands are quite ready to take the first step with it, really. They're all very interested in it, and it's a great opportunity to open a door and start a conversation with them. So we do have AI features built into the platform that can, you can walk up to a screen and tell it what your allergies are, and it can then relay what food is appropriate for you within that store or help you find products within certain aisles or find your preferences. So we're using it as a tool to really open up the door and demonstrate. But in reality, there's not been a huge amount of adoption from it on our side, and I think that it will come, but I think some of the big brands are just waiting for someone to take the first step to see if it goes well, and then there'll be a lot of people to follow, but we're absolutely in that talking point where we've done a lot of AI development. Yeah, I think, as you say, a lot of the work isn't really something that is going to be visible to an end-user or to a channel partner. It's work that helps expedite some basic coding and things, right?  Nick Johnson: Yeah, it's all about bringing in the data and feeding that back to the end user in the cleanest and most efficient manner. So it can become a very powerful tool, where we're seeing it. As I say, a great example would be to walk into a coffee shop and say, “I want something for breakfast, but I've got a nut allergy,” and it can relay all that allergy information and say, this is what we suggest, and if you say, “I don't want anything that has to meat in it,” it will say: here are the vegan options. “Where can I find that?” You can find that on aisle five, it's priced for 99 or whatever it might be. All of that is just pulling live data and using the AI tool to relay that information.  Just going back to ISE, I can't have this conversation without asking about the Rolls Royce. Nick Johnson: Yeah. So we had a lot of interest in a lot of questions about why you have got a Rolls Royce there, but I think that's it Dave. But I think for NowSignage and me, we like to get noticed and it's important to get noticed because it's, at times, a crowded marketplace, and I think you've really got to understand that there's a cost of being dull, and a lot of people waste a lot of energy and get drowned out by all this white noise because everyone's saying the same old, same really. So you've got to really consider what is the cost of being dull. And if you're going to be dull in the events industry, you're going to have an empty stand. You're going to have no pundits on your stand. You're going to be having no conversations. So, it's all about, I think, making people care, making people smile, and surprising them in some way, and if you can hit those three points at any point in any form of marketing, I think you'll get an interest in your sparking debates, really. So, for people who did not go to ISE, what did you do?  Nick Johnson: So we bought a 1950s vintage Rolls Royce from a scrap heap, and we did it over three months. My business partner is a fanatic about cars…  Yes, I met him.  Nick Johnson: He did it as a bit of a hobby, and before we renovated it, we, to some Rolls Royce lovers, they may not have been happy, but I remind them that it was on a scrap heap, so we did save it in the first place. Wwe chopped it in half, we attached a flatbed truck to it. We then constructed a digital scene on the back to make it look like it was a, like a food van, but actually it was constructed with screens and the digital element created a visual effect to make it look like the screens went up and down and then we drove it 1,300 miles from Manchester in the UK all the way to Barcelona at 50 miles an hour and parked it on the stand.  So, was it on the back of another truck, or was it a viable rolling vehicle?  Nick Johnson: So with this setup, and it was over seven meters long unit, so yeah, and because of the age of it, we actually built an electric motor inside it underneath. So what we did is we transported it on another vehicle that had to drive very slowly, and then when we got it near the venue, we actually drove it in with a remote control by the electric power. So we actually drove because no petrol was allowed in the car, and we remote control it in and reversed it onto the stand and then we had a few gags throughout the show as well, where we got people to sit in and then quickly remove the remote, and they thought that they'd pressed something and made the car move forward.  Well, that's certainly a lot more eye-grabbing than a bowl full of pens.  Nick Johnson: I agree.  So what are you going to do next year? Or you can't tell me?  Nick Johnson: I am under wraps on that one, but let's just say it's definitely going to be bigger and better. The problem that I think we will have once we do next year is that I'm not too sure how we're going to top it the following year. So, next year is going to be, yeah, pretty impressive. It is vehicle-related again, but yeah, it's even more impressive. I'm quite looking forward to getting it over there.  Yeah. Well, the challenge of that is just what you just said. If you one up by yourself every year, then there's an expectation now: what are you gonna do? Is it gonna be a space shuttle or what? Nick Johnson: Yeah, or just not turn up for any year or so, but I don't think we could do that.  Nick, thank you. That was terrific.  Nick Johnson: Excellent. Well, yeah, thanks for having me on, and yeah, I look forward to catching you in Infocomm or wherever I see you next.  Infocomm and I'll be at the event in Munich in six to seven weeks, something like that, so I'm around. Nick Johnson: Good stuff.  All right. Take care. 

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It's Rewind Wednesday as we dive into my June 2021 interview with @ImpactWrestling singles champ and sister-in-arms (I wish) Jordynne Grace! Get wilde and jiggy with this beautiful soul whose arms can smash steel. Hope your holiday weekend was pure sunshine. Have a great week, and please like and subscribe so you won't miss the exciting, all-new interviews we have lined-up! A big shout-out to the folks at @ImpactWrestling. Be sure to tune in, every Thursday night on AXS TV. Blessed be. -TW Now available: Tarot Readings by Taylor Wilde. Guidance, support, wisdom and advice from the People's Witch.  By appointment, only. https://taylorwilde.bigcartel.com/product/tarot-readings. Jordynne Grace: Instagram: @jordynnegrace Patreon/OnlyFans: @Jordynne Grace  Taylor Wilde:  Wilde On T-shirts: www.prowrestlingtees.com/taylorwilde  Twitter, IG & FB: @realtaylorwilde  Tiktok: @thetaylorwilde  Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/ogtaylorwilde  Additional Music: “Let's Get Wilde” by Samantha Smith/Written by Andrew Moore & Rochelle Douris; ©2021 Wilde On. Available on Apple Music and Spotify Additional music by Jason Shaw @Audionautix  “In My Imagination” by Big York Boy #B.Y.B. @BigYorkBoy Video Footage: “ALL-STAR Knockouts Main Event | Mickie, Wilde and Grace vs. VXT and Gisele | IMPACT Oct. 27, 2022” Courtesy of @ImpactWrestling 

Chelsea Green is tearing it up at WWE, so what better time to revisit my 2021 interview with this genuine superstar. I adore Chelsea, and this is one of my all-time favorite Wilde On conversations. So we dusted it off, polished it up and added some cool new video content. Hope you enjoy watching this interview as much as we did, making it. Have a great week, and please like and subscribe cuz we have a boatload of exciting new content coming! A big shout-out to the folks at @ImpactWrestling. Be sure to tune in, every Thursday night on AXS TV. Blessed be. -TW Now available: Tarot Readings by Taylor Wilde. Guidance, support, wisdom and advice from the People's Witch.  By appointment, only. https://taylorwilde.bigcartel.com/product/tarot-readings. Chelsea Green: Instagram: @chelseaagreen Twitter: @ImChelseaGreen Taylor Wilde:  Wilde On T-shirts: www.prowrestlingtees.com/taylorwilde  Twitter, IG & FB: @realtaylorwilde  Tiktok: @thetaylorwilde  Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/ogtaylorwilde  Additional Music: “Let's Get Wilde” by Samantha Smith/Written by Andrew Moore & Rochelle Douris; ©2021 Wilde On. Available on Apple Music and Spotify Additional music by Jason Shaw @Audionautix  “Feeling My House” by @PurpleDiscoMachine  Video Footage: “WWE Chelsea Green & Sonya Deville vs Candice LeRae & Michin 3/27/23” Courtesy of @WWEWomenWrestling  “ALL-STAR Knockouts Main Event | Mickie, Wilde and Grace vs. VXT and Gisele | IMPACT Oct. 27, 2022” Courtesy of @ImpactWrestling

The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT When I was doing my initial recon walk through the many halls of ISE a few weeks back, I went by a stand that was highlighting something called the Global Signage Alliance, which was unfamiliar to me and made me curious. The stand's occupants weren't there, and I was on the go, so I never got a chance to get filled in at the show. But I asked some questions and made some contacts after the fact. I assumed this was a Euro-centric version of the Digital Signage Federation. There have been 2 or 3 of those, I think, and maybe this was another. But it turns out that's not what the GSA, as it is called for short, is all about. It's a formalized user community for Samsung digital signage software and smart display products. The cynic in me thought "OK, this is kinda like big pharma and energy companies that form institutes." Imagine me doing air quotes around institutes. But that's not what this is, according to GSA chairman Mark Ossel. He says the organization was initiated out of common needs among companies - starting in the Netherlands - who wanted to share information, ideas and business opportunities ... who were all, also, using Samsung's CMS software MagicINFO, or Samsung's smart signage displays. It's the shared purpose, strength in numbers thing at play here. However, Ossel did say that Samsung does now provide some financial support. This makes sense, at least to me. A user group has the interest and mission to stay closer to a product and its evolution, as opposed to being disparate end-users that end up with new functions or features just getting dropped on them by a technology company. Which happens. For Samsung, they can be closer to some key customers and support a user community, without perhaps doing as much heavy lifting to build and nurture that community. Have a listen. Subscribe to this podcast: iTunes * Google Play * RSS TRANSCRIPT Mark, thank you for joining me. Can you tell me what the Global Signage Alliance is all about?  Mark Ossel: Yeah, my pleasure, thanks for asking. The Global Signage Alliance is a user group, meaning a group of companies, and individuals from the digital signage world, coming from the creative side, coming from the services side, or being an end-user company using digital signage. So it's all kinds of companies who basically come together in the organization. It's a nonprofit organization, on a global scale, to exchange information, and share experiences but at the same time where there are opportunities to work together because these days more and more opportunities cross country boundaries as well as of course cross the own area of specialism. So you want to join forces with other companies to basically be able to fulfill the requirements of a proposal, tender, or procedure where you basically need to combine hardware, software, services, implementation, installation, integration, whatever it is, beyond what your own capabilities are. So it's working together as well and then last, but not least, joining forces for marketing events or all kinds of exposures, which we jointly do to promote digital signage and the capabilities of the group. Moreover, the group as well secures the quality of what is being delivered by, in fact ensuring training to employees, and staff members, raising the bar in the quality of what is being delivered. In the future, we want to create a quality stamp to let the market and the buyers know that these are companies that have the right skills to deliver a quality solution.  What's the backstory? Where did this come from?  Mark Ossel: It started in the Netherlands with a few companies in digital signage who basically understood that it makes sense to work together as well as to exchange experience, and information sharing and those companies had in fact an informal network, then it was growing with other companies across Europe, and then basically, yeah, it came to the point that we said it makes sense if we formalize this as a nonprofit organization with the structure of members, have a dedicated staff, have a formal board and comply with all the necessities you want to have as a decent organization.  When I was at ISE two-three weeks ago, I was walking through one of the halls, the digital signage hall, and walked by the Global Signage Alliance stand. Unfortunately, someone must have stepped away for a break or something like that, there wasn't anybody there to chat with, so I'm catching up after the fact.  I assumed when I was walking by that, oh, this is like a European version of the Digital Signage Federation, and there's been a couple of runs at that by different organizations In the past, I'm not quite sure where they're at, but when I'm digging into it a little bit, I actually see this is not necessarily a broad community, it's really focused around Samsung and Magic Info and its platform. Is that accurate? And why is that if so? Mark Ossel: Well spotted and, no one was there at the time you passed by, but it was interesting because we wanted to raise awareness for the GSA at ISE and ISE basically does recognize that we now start to represent a segment of their target audience and of the market, and they were willing to give us the ability to be there on the stage.  Yeah linked to Samsung platforms, not only Magic Info but any Samsung platform. The reason is, you need to make a choice as a company on what technologies you use, and approximately half of the screens come from Samsung. We do believe in the architecture and the embedded capabilities in the screens. So it made sense that all those companies joined forces using the Samsung platforms and believed that it was a proper way forward. We also get some support from Samsung and that works both ways.  As a user group, we are now recognized by Samsung as well as a proper sounding board for them, providing input on the requirements of the market. So they listen to us, we talk directly to their developers and give direction to the developments and the next generation, based on what we feel we need as a market and with new products, of course, we are the Guinea pigs to test it before it gets to market. So it works both ways. It works quite well to have a loyal dedicated highly skilled group of companies working with Samsung on moving digital signage to the next level Yeah, I could certainly see the business advantage to companies to stay close to Samsung or some other company that's developing a platform like that, because you can either have the new advances, the new thinking dropped in your lap, and hopefully it makes you happier or you can be contributing to what that development roadmap and product roadmap looks like by being tight with them. Mark Ossel: Exactly, and now we not only get to know it in the beginning, but we basically drive development as well in the direction, and we have the discussions on next-generation technologies because there might be a time delay of one or two years from development to market release. So we are involved in the early stage but as well with any changes to current products and new requirements or taking with new products as well, the migration path from one to another or the coexistence. It all comes to play, and then, yeah, being able to provide feedback from the market, from real people who work with it on a daily basis. That is to the development team of great value as well.  Did Samsung as a corporate entity approach a loose-knit group in the Netherlands to formalize something? Or was this something that this group formalized and then went to Samsung and said, hey, we wanna do this but in order to make it happen, we need some financial support ‘cause there's just the day-to-day of a nonprofit and you may have a small budget, but you still have costs? Mark Ossel: Yeah, sure. So it went the first way. So the group of companies coming together created the organization, regardless if Samsung could support it or not. Because we saw the need and the benefit of a group of companies working together, like exchanging information and all the things I said to work together on larger projects and we had seen the benefits already of that. So the drive came from the market and Samsung, they do welcome it.  What happens if you are a digital signage company that works across a number of platforms and not necessarily just Magic Info and Samsung's embedded smart displays? Is there any value in being a member and can you be a member? Mark Ossel: Good question. Although many of the members we've got today are dedicated to using the Samsung platforms because that's where their skills and knowledge are based upon. So I don't see many of them using other technologies as well. But if there would be a company that has a mix of technologies, yeah, sure, they're welcome as long as they use the Samsung platforms as well. Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense to join. I'm pretty confident that over time, they will use the Samsung platforms more and more because of the added value of focusing on a specific platform and technologies. If you spread your knowledge over a number of platforms and development tracks, your staff becomes too thin, instead of being really deeply focused and trained on a specific technology. I'm in favor of focusing in every respect, that means as well on skills. Knowing a little bit about a lot of platforms does not give you the advantage of knowing some technologies and platforms very deeply. How many members do you have right now?  Mark Ossel: We started, in fact, just before the Corona. The timing was unfortunate, so we had to put it on hold. There were no events. It was a bit of a strange world. So we held a ceasefire for some time. And in fact, this year we relaunched the organization. We have a few dozen members right now. It's good to see that even during ISE quite some companies basically were interested, and a number of them signed up on the fly immediately. There are some, of course, who have had to request permission internally or approval from their senior management to join. But most of them, if not all, see the benefit if we talk and explain what we're doing, and the fees are so low that it's not a showstopper to become a member. We expect during the course of the year, to bypass a hundred companies as members, and then of course grow beyond.  When you have somebody walk by the standard at ISE or elsewhere and they say, okay, give me your elevator pitch. Why should I join? What do you tell them?  Mark Ossel: Ah, good question, and that question of course we answer quite a lot of times. But basically, If you are in digital signage and if you have projects which cross your own area of expertise or cross geography boundaries, you need to act to basically have a partner network of companies you can rely on, data level quality as well. You build a family network. You can work together as well as you can benefit from the experience or the complimentary solutions which the other parts of the family have, then it makes sense for you to join as a member.  If you basically now look at the memberships they're mainly from Europe, but we are now expanding as well. In fact in Africa, and South Africa, we have members in mid-Asia, and Eastern Europe is growing. We get some interest from the United States, so it's getting more global as well.  Is Samsung helping raise awareness?  Mark Ossel: Oh yes, they welcome it in many respects. First of all, this has become a channel to market for them. A way to communicate to the market as well as new products, provide training. We are using doing where Samsung does presentations as well as where if our members do presentations or demonstrate showcases of successes they have implemented, then we see Samsung staff joining those webinars to learn about how their products are being used in the market.  So in that sense, it works and vice versa. They like the success stories, they like to understand how those products are used and see those showcased, and we basically create a portfolio on our portal as well through online sessions, get the messages across on what can be done or what has been with the technology.  So in a lot of ways they're encouraging a user, community, user forums, and user discussion without having to directly manage that themselves and not create the illusion, but have that degree of separation so it doesn't feel entirely like, “Here's our Samsung forum. Come here, and oh, by the way, while you're here, we'll sell you our pots and pans.”  Mark Ossel: Correct. It's to some extent, of course, related to technology and discussions on exchanging information about how they deploy the technology, but it's the other wider discussion on trends as well. Take the trend to the cloud. Not only as storage but also as software in the cloud. The integration of all the social media, the metaverse type of concept, and the impact on digital signage. We spent quite some cycles on security. We did as well security audits on some solutions. Interconnectivity and interactivity as a topic is being discussed, where more and more sensors of any kind, any format are being applied where the interconnection between applications to basically have more data-driven content, use more artificial intelligence in the backend, between the different applications, which through APIs, access data.  The market demands more flexibility, and more real-time interaction with the end user, and the consumer as well. There are so many trends in the markets that can be discussed and discussed between members. If you look at the younger generation, they want experiences in every respect being in a museum or in a retail store. How can you create that experience? How can you create that interaction with the social media platform? It all comes to play. It's as well, regardless of the lower level technology, these are the topics that are of interest to all the members and yeah, if you talk about it, you hear the different ideas, and it triggers your creativity as well.  So once in a while, we have those sessions where it's a bit like sitting with friends at the bar and discussing major things and trends, which basically trigger your creativity to gain some new ideas on how to apply that as well.  For the interest that you've had from North American companies, has there been any kind of pushback or questioning about, “I'm already a member of the Digital Signage Federation, why would I also join this or do I have to choose?”  Mark Ossel: No, I don't think we get the matter of choosing. In most cases, we talk to them and they see the advantage specifically for American companies that they now get access to a network in Europe, and if they have a customer, like a retail chain, which basically has a global presence, it's of great interest to have access to partners network, friends, and family in Europe, which basically in rollouts or in that kind of thing, it's beneficial to basically expand the network, in fact, beyond the United States. So if there's a let's say an integrator that is using Magic Info for actually, I'm thinking of a school district in Florida that has an integrator that does a ton of stuff like that if they somehow end up getting questions about, could you take this platform to France or to the Netherlands or Belgium or whatever if they're part of your alliance, conceivably would have business ties or at least exposure to companies over there that could maybe do this in tandem with them or in collaboration with them? Mark Ossel: Exactly. You got it, and of course, if they have built a great solution, why not promote that in Europe? And it might be something that works, as you said in the case of that school district, maybe that is an application that could be a perfect showcase here, and it gives them access to this market through the network of partners here. One of the things that were happening at ISE, apart from the black-walled fortress that Samsung weirdly had limited access to their whole stand, was discussion around the evolution of Magic Info and how there was a new platform coming called VXT. Is that something that your group has been aware of and has been talking to Samsung about? Mark Ossel: Oh yeah, sure. Long before ISE, we started discussions with Samsung on that new platform, VXT. So yeah, as said our alliance is not limited to Magic Info, but all the platforms of Samsung, so this will be part of it as well in the future, and we have discussed functionalities as well as coexistence migration between platforms and so on with Samsung. So would you say there's been a benefit around that in that you somewhat have insider knowledge of what's coming ahead of perhaps some other companies that are just now starting to get exposure to what this thing is?  Mark Ossel: Yeah, absolutely. Before ISE, we had conversations about it already and at ISE we even had a specific session with Samsung and some of the members were present on this topic as well. Yeah, we are at the forefront of that development as a group.  Now, there would be some people who would suggest, it's got some similarities to, let's say, pharmaceutical manufacturers who create institutes and associations and alliances and things like that as a front for their company. It gives them separation by doing it that way.  Are you getting those kinds of questions or even criticisms at all, like this is just a Samsung thing and they've called it an alliance, but it's not really a nonprofit, and so on?  Mark Ossel: No, in fact, I don't get it. It is truly a non-profit organization and independent. It's our own choice to work closely with Samsung, and we see it as mutually beneficial. We get early insight, we have the ability to give feedback and change direction where we feel it would be required. Samsung sees the advantage of having a loyal group that provides professionals with proper technical knowledge to provide valuable feedback.  It's a win-win. There is no dependency either way. It is beneficial for both sides.  And what's your background on this? How did you get involved in the work that you do in digital signage, what is that?  Mark Ossel: I started a long time back, with a video company that goes back to the early 80s.I have been in the IT industry as well since the early 80s. So the combination of audio, video, and digit digitization has been my path. Been on the board of a signage company for 30 years.  Oh wow. Which one was that?  Mark Ossel: It's DVC, a Dutch company, pretty significant. One in digital signage and in traditional signage. But yeah, I have some other activities well in the energy sector, and it's funny to see that all those things now perfectly come together. Energy and sustainability have become even big things in digital signage. It's one of the major topics and concerns of many customers, ranging from, how much energy a screen use? Or how can I manage the energy consumption or sustain it?  In a broader sense basically reflects everything from packaging to your total CO2 footprint which now becomes a topic in many discussions as well. So that's one we see as well in the development conversations of hardware and what you can drive and manage through software in this sense on this hot topic. Yeah, that's such an interesting area now that people in North America, like me, have looked at Europe and thought, okay that's a different circumstance. Few people in North America seem to be asking questions about energy consumption for computing devices and displays and so on, and then Ukraine happened and everything else has happened around it and now you're even hearing people in the United States and Canada asking the questions around, how much power is this consuming and how do we limit that?  Mark Ossel: Exactly. It's simple things like, what's your standby power? How can you control the energy? How can you measure it? And I'm assuming it goes a step further. Even if you look at content, some content can be created to use less power than others.  You use all white it's blinding and it's really sucking it up. If you use black backgrounds, it's not using power. Mark Ossel: Yeah. Those simple things start to make a difference. But then as well, if there's nobody walking nearby can you dim it, can you have the sensors checking and dims if there's nobody it's the area, why would you have streetlights on if there's nobody in that area at all, huh? And so more sophisticated solutions to address this topic are hot right now as well.  So if people want to find out more about the Global Signage Alliance, where do they go? What do they need to do?  Mark Ossel: First of all, look at the website, gs-alliance.org. That's where they basically have the initial information and the contact details to our staff who basically then provide them with anything they want and then we'll take it from there and welcome them as a member.  And it's just one tier of memberships, right? Mark Ossel: Yeah, it's simple.  EUR 250 and you're in, as long as you qualify, right? Mark Ossel: Exactly EUR 250, then you're in and you start making money if you really use take advantage and use the network.  Thank you very much for spending some time with me. Mark Ossel: Thanks, Dave, for asking the right questions and giving the opportunity to get the GSA across to your audience as well Thanks for that opportunity, and continue with your great programs.

Chelsea Green spoke with WrestleZone about challenging for the NWA Women's Championship at NWA Hard Times 3, her current run with IMPACT Wrestling, the “epilogue” to her feud with Mickie James, getting another shot at VXT, rumors about her WWE return and what would make her consider going back and more.

After Taylor Wilde defeats Mia Yim, she is met in the ring by Mickie James. Before the two can finish their thoughts, VXT decides to attack Gisele Shaw involves herself as well and Jordynne Grace comes to even the odds. Next week, Grace will team up with Wilde and James to take on Shaw and VXT! Be sure to check out @nickiebooshie and @heelistic every Thursday on the IMPACT! Wrestling post-show. HELPFUL LINKS: Website - [https://wwtalkpod.com] DONATE: [https://cash.app/$WWTalkPod/](https://cash.app/$WWTalkPod/) [https://ko-fi.com/wwtalk] LISTEN: Apple Podcasts: [https://apple.co/3hIUnlx] Spotify: [https://spoti.fi/32CGbGL] LIKE AND FOLLOW: Follow us on Twitter - [https://twitter.com/wwtalkpod] Like us on Facebook - [https://www.facebook.com/wwtalkpod] Follow us on Instagram - [http://instagram.com/wwtalkpod] ABOUT WOMEN'S WRESTLING TALK : The New Number One Women's Wrestling Show on the Planet, showcases news and interviews with top female wrestlers and professionals throughout the industry.

The TNI-UK team of Bison, The Joeker and Simply Steve give their thoughts and opinions on the fallout from Bound For Glory. Discussions include: - Can Bully Ray be trusted? - Killer Kelly dominates Tasha Steelz - Sami Callihan's warning to Eric Young - The Death Dollz' loss to VXT & Gisele Shaw - Taylor Wilde's challenge to Mia Yim - Heath & Rhino call their shot against The Kingdom - Frankie Kazarian cashes in Option C All of this plus a look into the news and rumours surrounding Impact Wrestling, this week's Digital Media Exclusive match as well as a look towards this week's episode of IMPACT WRESTLING and BTI! CONNECT WITH TOTAL NONSTOP IMPACT: Social Media: Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/WETALKIMPACT Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/TotalNonstopIMPACT Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/WETALKIMPACT Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WETALKIMPACT TNI-UK Bison's Twitter - https://twitter.com/LordBison45 Joe-Ker's Twitter - https://twitter.com/JOKEmptySpace Steve's Twitter - https://twitter.com/simplysteve311 TNI-US Trent's Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/trentzuberi Jaybone's Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/jaybone5150 Kyle's Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/kl_tni Alicia's Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/aliciabcakey William's Twitter - https://twitter.com/williammgardner Marq's Twitter – None Streaming Audio: Apple iTunes - https://apple.co/2NpzbqF Stitcher Radio - https://bit.ly/2DjPznT Google Play - https://tinyurl.com/ybh29sfp TuneIn Radio - https://bit.ly/2NreA57 iHeart Radio: https://ihr.fm/laugeb Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2B1zBeL Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/user-625858195 Pandora - https://pandora.app.link/07JHdVjfc9 Twitch: twitch.tv/totalnonstopimpact Pro Wrestling Tees: www.prowrestlingtees.com/totalnonstopimpact Spreadshop Merchandise: Featuring Caps, Hoodies, Mugs, & MORE! total-nonstop-impact.myspreadshop.com Connect with us now on our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/WrrUyJF Join our TNIUK Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/total... #IMPACTonAXSTV #IMPACTWRESTLING

In a rare double interview, we're joined by two of the best wrestlers on the planet today, The Boricua Badass Tasha Steelz & The Virtuosa Deonna Purrazzo at Baltimore Celebfest 5. Tasha talks about capturing gold in Impact and how she's been choppin' it up with the Baddies as of late. Deonna talks about the return of VXT , the addition of Gisele Shaw to the group, and the dynamic going forward. We also talk all things NJ , #wrestlingfashion , and more!! Tune in!!   As Always The BCP is brought to you by our favorite store, Funkenstein Wrestling Superstore located online and at the Englishtown, NJ Flea Market!!

Joel Pearl (@JoelPearl) and Stephen Jensen (@FightTalk_) review IMPACT Wrestling for October 13, 2022.- TONS of Contract News- Kazarian cashes in OPTION C!- Impact World Champion Josh Alexander opens the show- Matt Cardona vs. Bhupinder Gujjar- No DQ: Killer Kelly vs. Tasha Steelz- Gisele Shaw & VXT vs. Death Dollz & Rosemary- 6-Way X-Division Match: Trey Miguel vs. Alex Zayne vs. Laredo Kid vs. Yuya Uemura vs. Kenny King vs. Black Taurus- BTI: MCMG vs. Shera & Raj SinghSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/fightful-pro-wrestling-and-mma-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Harley chats with "The Fallen Flower" Kikyo about the evolution of her character, differences between the California and Washington wrestling scenes, and why all-women promotions are still important in 2022. Plus: Em and Mayydayy discuss Impact Bound For Glory including VXT vs. Death Dollz, Mickie James vs. Mia Yim, and the greatest Knockouts match of all time? in Jordynne Grace vs. Masha Slamovich.   https://twitter.com/FallenKikyo  

There was a lot of wrestling action this past weekend. On this episode, we are covering Impact Wrestling's Bound for Glory ppv, along with AEW's Rampage and Battle of the Belts 4. Tune in for all the coverage, here, on The Tap!

JesSICKa Talks Getting Rosemary On The Same Side As Her And Taya Valkyrie , preparing to face VXT and her favorite Impact moment ! Hosts: Driune Santana https://twitter.com/heelistic Nickie Booshie https://twitter.com/nickiebooshie HELPFUL LINKS: Website - [https://wwtalkpod.com] DONATE: [https://cash.app/$WWTalkPod/] [https://ko-fi.com/wwtalk] LISTEN: Apple Podcasts: [https://apple.co/3hIUnlx] Spotify: [https://spoti.fi/32CGbGL] LIKE AND FOLLOW: Follow us on Twitter - [https://twitter.com/wwtalkpod] Like us on Facebook - [https://www.facebook.com/wwtalkpod] Follow us on Instagram - [http://instagram.com/wwtalkpod] Check Out Our Merch! https://forurwear.com/womens-wrestlin... ABOUT WOMEN'S WRESTLING TALK : The #1 Women's Wrestling Show on the Planet, showcases news and interviews with top female wrestlers and professionals throughout the industry. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for use & for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Let's go Impact Fans!!! Geoff returns to talk nonsense for our 110th episode & alongside him this week is Talking Bloody Nonsense's MIC Mr. Impact Craig! ...and we get a hello from a CURRENT Impact Champion! GoGoPowerRankings! Datila hosts another #ImpactWrestling GoGoPowerRankings! Which you can catch the extended TUESDAYS here on the TNAIWChannel Do you agree? #ImpactOnAXSVTV #AEW #ROH #NJPW #WWE #impactonaxstv review! Twitter grades. Our grades. This week we do a quick gloss over of the episode. Moments that stood out and our overall thoughts. #victoryroad gets a deep dive including our grades, segment by segment review and the TNAIW prediction board results! Frankie Kazarian RETURNS! Bobby Fish appears! Mia crushes it! Jordynne goes to war! Maclin's BIG moment! HOT TOPICS! 45 minutes into the video! Barbed Wire Massacre setup. Josh turning heel. VXT leaving Impact? Wrestle Kingdom presence? VBD stale?! Maclin to challenge? Same old nonsense! Fire Chat as always!!! LET'S GOOOOOOO!

Come to talk fashion and wrestling with a splash of glam! Looks from VXT, Sasha Banks, and Liv Morgan are included! Who will make the Glam Special this week? Plus, see who made the cut for Gym Hotties and Selfie Queens. Get into it with WWT hosts @driune and @nickiebooshie on Turnbuckle Glam! HELPFUL LINKS: Website - [https://wwtalkpod.com] DONATE: [https://cash.app/$WWTalkPod/] [https://ko-fi.com/wwtalk] LISTEN: Apple Podcasts: [https://apple.co/3hIUnlx] Spotify: [https://spoti.fi/32CGbGL] LIKE AND FOLLOW: Follow us on Twitter - [https://twitter.com/wwtalkpod] Like us on Facebook - [https://www.facebook.com/wwtalkpod] Follow us on Instagram - [http://instagram.com/wwtalkpod] Check Out Our Merch! https://forurwear.com/womens-wrestling-talk/ ABOUT WOMEN'S WRESTLING TALK : The #1 Women's Wrestling Show on the Planet, showcases news and interviews with top female wrestlers and professionals throughout the industry. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for use & for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Ryan Reviews Impact Wrestling from August 25, 2022 featuring the debut of Jessicka, VXT defending the Knockouts Tag Team Championship, and Time Machine vs Violent By Design on the road to Bound for Glory. Impact Wrestling 8/25/22 FULL CARD: Knockouts World Tag Team Champions VXT (Deonna Purrazzo & Chelsea Green) vs Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace & Mia Yim – Knockouts World Tag Team Championship IMPACT World Tag Team Champion Karl Anderson vs Mike Bennett w/ Maria Kanellis Jason Hotch vs Bhupinder Gujjar IMPACT World Champion Josh Alexander vs Vincent Alisha vs Jessicka w/ Rosemary Violent By Design (Eric Young, Joe Doering & Deaner) vs Time Machine (KUSHIDA, Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) #impactwrestling #boundforglory #wrestling #vxt #podcast Our Social Media & Other Platforms: Follow our Twitter || Like us on Facebook || Check out The Deep Six Wrestling YouTube || You can find Rob's Gaming/Music Content on YouTube and Twitch || Pat's Film Blog can be found on Medium The Deep Six Wrestling Podcast is available on: Anchor || Spotify || Apple Podcasts || Stitcher || TuneIn || Breaker || Google Podcasts || Podbay || Owltail --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/DeepSixWrestling/support

Charlie Knaggs leads the Climate Change and Energy teams at Point Advisory, where he works with corporate and government clients to help find and implement decarbonisation solutions that are economically sensible and environmentally robust. He specialises in greenhouse gas measurement, management, reporting and auditing, and was recently engaged by TICT to undertake a report that would provide insights into what it would look like for the Tasmanian tourism industry to be carbon-neutral. In this episode, TICT's Emma Azon-Jacometti chats with Charlie about the findings of that report, beginning by exploring what it actually means to be carbon-neutral. Charlie then explains how he went about determining the size of Tasmanian tourism's carbon footprint, and how it compares to other Australian states' tourism industries, as well as other industries within Tasmania. Charlie suggests that we need to look at achieving carbon neutrality from a top-down approach as well as a bottom-up approach, and talks through the differences between both approaches and how you might apply these considerations in your own business.Ultimately, the big question is whether the Tasmanian tourism industry can achieve its bold ambition to be carbon-neutral by 2025. And, if it can, what measures does it need to take to get there? Listen in for Charlie's take and to understand how you can make a difference.Today's episode is brought to you by our partner, VXT. VXT is a purpose-built organisation with one purpose - to train a hospitality and tourism workforce to deliver the Tasmanian workforce. VXT offers an array of industry-led, outcome-focused training courses both online and around Tasmania. Thanks to VXT for their generous support of TICT and for helping to make this episode of Talking Tourism possible. 

Josh Alexander vs Alex Shelley, Masha Slamovich amenaza a Jordynne Grace, VXT ganan el título de parejas, pelea entre Sami Callihan y Steve Maclin, Chris Sabin y KUSHIDA hacen equipo. La entrada A Ras De Lona #382: IW Emergence 2022 aparece primero en A Ras De Lona.

VXT y Alex Shelley como aspirantes en Emergence, anuncio de Rey Horus vs Bandido, Volador Jr. vs Soberano Jr. en el aniversario de la Arena Puebla, AAA en Tamaulipas. La entrada Puerta Prohibida 25/07/22 aparece primero en A Ras De Lona.

Join Ryan for another solo edition of the IMPACT WRESTLING POWER HOUR, as a part of the DEEP SIX WRESTLING PODCAST! This episode covers the July 21, 2022 episode of Impact Wrestling on AXS TV! This week's episode featured a massive main event with Alex Shelley vs Chris Sabin for the right to challenge Josh Alexander at Emergence. Also on the TV Show this week, Jordynne Grace and Mia Yim took on the duo of Chelsea Green and Deonna Purrazzo, now dubbed VXT, Mike Bailey defending his X Division Championship against Deaner, Madison Rayne vs Masha Slamovich, another vignette for Killer Kelly, and Ace Austin and Chris Bey vs Honor No More! Be sure to subscribe for more wrestling coverage, including reviews of New Japan Pro Wrestling events, weekly AEW Dynamite reviews, more Impact Wrestling coverage, and keep your eyes peeled for our soon-to-be-debuting TNA PPV RETROSPECTIVE SERIES! #AEW #NJPW #WWE #Wrestling #WrestlingPodcast #DeepSixWrestlingPodcast #G1Climax32 #G1Climax #G132 #ForbiddenDoor #NewJapan Our Social Media & Other Platforms: Follow our Twitter || Like us on Facebook || Check out The Deep Six Wrestling YouTube || You can find Rob's Gaming/Music Content on YouTube and Twitch || Pat's Film Blog can be found on Medium The Deep Six Wrestling Podcast is available on: Anchor || Spotify || Apple Podcasts || Stitcher || TuneIn || Breaker || Google Podcasts || Podbay || Owltail --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/DeepSixWrestling/support

Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin put on an instant classic in the main event of a very fun Impact in a number 1 contender match. Plus Jordynne Grace and Mia Yim vs VXT, and Ace Austin and Chris Bey vs OGK! Join the Patreon for just $5.00 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/fightgamemedia Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fightgamemedia Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1958473677605950 Follow our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/fightgamemedia Subscribe to our YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/c/FightGameMedia Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fightgamemedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Allison Anderson is a data queen with an impressive list of experience in tourism development and marketing. Formerly the Head of Research & Insights at Tourism Tasmania, Alli now connects heart, art and science to produce informed strategy as Founder of Episteme Consulting. In today's episode, TICT's Luke Martin plays right into Alli's wheelhouse, by asking her to use all of the research at her disposal to extrapolate a forecast for Tasmania's tourism industry in the current context and moving forward. Alli gives her insights into growing intrastate markets for Tassie, including Western Australian and Queensland, and the (positive!) impacts that these newer markets have had on average length of stay and average spend per visitor. But, with international borders opening up and overseas destinations beckoning,  it's important that we remain competitive in attracting these markets to Tasmania. Alli unpacks the idea of offering a counter-experience to the grind through our unique wide open spaces, regional experiences, and regenerative tourism offerings.  Alli and Luke also chat about changes to our inbound international markets over the past few years, and consider the visitors that might be best placed to replace a dwindling Chinese market. While the US and UK represent high-yielding and engaged markets to continue to tap into, could Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia be the next frontiers for Tasmanian tourism? Alli believes that the future looks bright for our industry, and provides her recommendations for focus areas to businesses looking to make the most of tourism's comeback. Today's episode is brought to you by our partner, VXT. VXT is a purpose-built organization with one purpose – to train a hospitality and tourism workforce to deliver the Tasmanian experience. VXT offers an array of industry-led, outcome-focused training courses both online and around Tasmania. Thanks to VXT for their generous support of TICT and for helping to make this episode of Talking Tourism possible.

Jared wants to know—how's your intake process working for you? If you're like a lot of law firms, with potential leads just quietly slipping into a black hole… you're doing it wrong. Just so incredibly wrong. Tune in for Jared's easy, effective client intake tips. Next up, Chelsea Aitken joins Jared to chat about modern phone systems and the important updates lawyers need to help them communicate better and utilize smart integrations with practice management software.  Then, the Rump Roast! Jared and Chelsea examine common New Zealand expressions, so stick around to find out the meaning of “jandals”, “pack a sad”, “munted”, and more! Chelsea Aitken is the chief customer officer of Vxt, a software company revolutionizing small business communications. -------- I mentioned the longest place name in the world* - It's in New Zealand, and typing it out here would just look kind of ridiculous - so, here are some songs with long names instead. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1KSQhVXArSYEdx5hSJH17B?si=42f235fa68db45c3 *I'll save you the Google search: it's  Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu, New Zealand.  I butchered that on the show and I feel we, as a community, can do better. Send us a recording of you pronouncing it and, if you impress me, I'll name drop you on the show. -------- Our opening track is Two Cigarettes by Major Label Interest. The music for the Legal Trends Report Minute is I See You by Sounds Like Sander. Our outro music is Skinny Jeans by Andrew Stanton.   Special thanks to our sponsors TimeSolv, Clio, Scorpion, and Alert Communications.

Jared wants to know—how's your intake process working for you? If you're like a lot of law firms, with potential leads just quietly slipping into a black hole… you're doing it wrong. Just so incredibly wrong. Tune in for Jared's easy, effective client intake tips. Next up, Chelsea Aitken joins Jared to chat about modern phone systems and the important updates lawyers need to help them communicate better and utilize smart integrations with practice management software.  Then, the Rump Roast! Jared and Chelsea examine common New Zealand expressions, so stick around to find out the meaning of “jandals”, “pack a sad”, “munted”, and more! Chelsea Aitken is the chief customer officer of Vxt, a software company revolutionizing small business communications. -------- I mentioned the longest place name in the world* - It's in New Zealand, and typing it out here would just look kind of ridiculous - so, here are some songs with long names instead. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1KSQhVXArSYEdx5hSJH17B?si=42f235fa68db45c3 *I'll save you the Google search: it's  Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu, New Zealand.  I butchered that on the show and I feel we, as a community, can do better. Send us a recording of you pronouncing it and, if you impress me, I'll name drop you on the show. -------- Our opening track is Two Cigarettes by Major Label Interest. The music for the Legal Trends Report Minute is I See You by Sounds Like Sander. Our outro music is Skinny Jeans by Andrew Stanton.   Special thanks to our sponsors TimeSolv, Clio, Scorpion, and Alert Communications.

Episode 35 of A Wrestling Gal features "The Virtuosa", Deonna Purrazzo! We discuss self-advocating in wrestling, the formula for success, defining "The Virtuosa", adventures with VXT, her all-seeing eye, and much more! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ella-jay0/support

John Siino reviews this week's editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, IMPACT Wrestling, NXT Level Up, NJPW Strong, NWA USA, NWA Powerrr, and WWE Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark.This week on NXT UK, Mark Coffey defends the Heritage Cup Championship against former champion Noam Dar. We also have our two semi-final matches in the NXT UK Championship Tournament with Trent Seven vs. Oliver Carter and Joe Coffey vs. Tyler Bate.IMPACT Wrestling has the trios debut of Time Machine (KUSHIDA, Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) as they take on Violent by Design. VXT also defend the Knockouts Tag Team Championship against Jordynne Grace & Mia Yim and Jessicka makes her “debut” against Alisha.On NWA Powerrr, we have the fallout from NWA 74 with a special appearance by Ricky Steamboat. Matt Cardona tries to get revenge against Rolando Freeman in a no disqualification match and Aron Stevens' introduces a new ‘Question Mark'.Also, Hikaru Shida defends the Regina Di WAVE Championship against Emi Sakura on AEW Dark: Elimination, KUSHIDA & Ren Narita vs. The Workhorsemen on NJPW Strong, Nathan Frazer vs. Ikemen Jiro on NXT Level Up, Rush vs. Blake Christian on AEW Dark, Cedric Alexander & Mustafa Ali vs. Shelton Benjamin & T-BAR on WWE Main Event and more!Get your Shot in the Dark T-Shirt at Pro Wrestling Tees!Join our live POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upnxtpodcastTuesday: upNXT – NXT Review (Free Show/Twitch)Wednesday: Shot In The Dark w/ John Siino (Free Show)Wednesday: BDElite – AEW Dynamite Review (Free Show/Twitch)Sunday: All Out/NXT Worlds Collide Reviews w/ John Pollock & Wai Ting (POST Wrestling)Support this podcast at Patreon.com/upNXT for bonus podcasts including retro NXT reviews, Best Match Ever, Top 5, Reviews from the 6ix, and more. This week:August 31st: upYOURS w/ Neal Flannagan – A Few Good Men (1992)September 1st: wasNXT – WWE NXT February 23rd 2010 “Chris Jericho vs Daniel Bryan”September 3rd: upYOURS – The Skin I Live In (2011)Last week's shows included Best Match Ever – Rey Mysterio (WWE), Dunston Checks In, wasNXT – NXT October 23rd 2022…and more!Only $5 for NA tier to access all these shows and everything in the back catalog! Photo Courtesy: WWE, IMPACT Wrestling, NWAYou can also check out video versions of our reviews on YouTube at YouTube.com/upNXTShot in the Dark Theme by: Cno EvilSubscribe: https://www.postwrestling.com/subscribePatreon: http://www.patreon.com/upNXTYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/upNXTTwitch: https://twitch.tv/upNXTpodcastT-Shirts: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/upnxtDiscuss: https://forum.postwrestling.comTwitter/Facebook/Instagram: @upNXTpodcastAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy