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Small Business Elevation

Small Business Elevation has been created to help small business owners by offering you a route to success through the inspiring messages, guidance and knowledge from Entrepreneurs who have been through the tough times, the great times and know that the key to achieving your goals is not the end point – but the journey. Our Podcast will offer you insight into their world, detailing things that you can learn, take away and implement into your own business for your Success. Keep soaring to higher heights with us Rob & Leon.
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Feb 23, 2015

Show Notes

In this episode Robert Dene talks to Author, Business coach and Radio personality Mark Sephton, about his recently published book “The Inside Job”, which examines entrepreneur’s belief systems, thinking and self-talk. Whilst unravelling the true definition of success.

 

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Mark describes the 8 key fundamentals to his “GPS system” that can help anyone to reveal blind spot deficiency and turn them into assets. Learn why words are so important and the best way to eliminate dialogues that are blocking your business prosperity.

Mark shares his secret hack for retaining 30% information when attending conferences and seminars (it’s so simple you might kick yourself…). The business lessons he learnt in the low pay labour intense hospitality industry and how you can hop skip and jump right over them.

Find out why Mark flew half way around the world to see if he had found true love xxx

Hear the big light bulb moment that catapulted Mark’s career when he attended a high-end success seminar (which Mark struggled financially to attend).

Then discover the question Mark asked in a Q & A session the high-end success seminar and the answer the seminar leader responded with…

There are more anecdotes than you can shake a stick with, tune in now.

Success Quote

  • “If you don’t change direction you will end up were you are”

Recommend Books

  • Spirit Driven Success: Learn Time Tested Biblical Secrets to Create Wealth While Serving Others! by Dani Johnson

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Feb 16, 2015

Show Notes

In this information packed show we interview our first female business women, Sally Lawson. CEO of the highly successful “Concentric Lettings Franchise Group”. A Business woman since 1990, an international property investor – buying her first property on her 18th birthday, and an investor in many other companies besides. Sally can be found regularly speaking on stages across the UK talking about her passion… property and business.

 

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How her next door neighbour (a local prostitute) coincidentally made up Sally’s mind to enter the property industry without uttering a single word.

How growing up in a foster care environment galvanised her “can do” spirit and has helped her overcome business and personal challenges including; 3 marriages and being divorced twice, losing half of her businesses.

Learn why for 8 hours a day, for 18 months she set time to master a skill that catapulted her new venture, Concentric Lettings Group, which resulted in her peers begging Sally to share her secrets for success.

Discover the two BIG light bulb moments when Sally read a book that in her words “changed her business life” in 2012 (check the recommended books). This book lead her to become a Social Media convert and has recently made her the ultimate “Twitter tart”, LOL!

Sally gives you a preview of her 5 step formula for building any type of franchise business and explains what you should have in place to avoid any bottlenecks at launch…

Success Quote

  • “If it was easy, everybody would be doing it.”
  • “You only fail when you stop.”

Recommend Books

  • The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk
  • “Outliers”, “Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
  • Think Big: Make It Happen In Business and Life by Donald trump

Connect with Sally

Feb 9, 2015

"Business Lessons of a Pre-teen Entrepreneur who hadn't Even Started Shaving"

Show Notes

In today’s episode we speak to Nathan Littleton, an award-winning entrepreneur with a difference.

He entered the cut-throat world of business while still wearing his school uniform! So while most of his peers were studying for exams, thinking about university and contemplating a life working for someone else, Nathan was making money, challenging assumptions, asking questions and launching a company.

After starting his own business at the tender age of just 12, he has become one of the UK’s best and brightest young business figures, he won The Institute of Directors’ prestigious Enterprising Young Person of the Year Award and He is the Author of. “Delivered: The No-nonsense Guide to Successful Email Marketing”.

 

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Tune in and you will also Learn how a teenage kid strikes deals and acquires clients with people twice his age... Even though he hadn't started shaving and had very little life skills.

How he has boosted company profits by using the exact same strategy that fast food chains like McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut have been deploying for over half century.

Learn why being deficient in certain aspects of personality or business is a good thing and not a drawback (This has been Nathan secret weapon for rapid growth in his business)

The beauty of email and how any business can make tens of thousands of £ & $ at the click of a button when you apply simplicity and some for-thought.

Nathan Reveals his formula for gaining massive engagement with email that most small businesses have yet to fathom and need to know, so money destined for the bank account can be deposited quicker.

Why he wants to reform the education system to stimulate free enterprise and spawn a nation of teenage entrepreneurs.

Success Quote

"If my life depended on it, could I do it?"

Recommend Book

  • The Chimp Paradox: The Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness by Prof Steve Peters
  • Delivered: The No-Nonsense Guide to Successful Email Marketing by Nathan Littleton

Connect with Nathan

Feb 2, 2015

Show Notes

In this week’s episode we interview best-selling author Julian Hall who explains in depth the new rules of entrepreneurship and how to become what he terms the Ultrapreneur.

Julian discusses some of the internal thought patterns that are possibly confining many would be entrepreneurs to a life of limited success.

Also in the show

You will learn how dropping out of University lead Julian to find his true passion and face his inner fears head on.

How a tiny classified ad in the local newspaper led him to handing over cold hard cash in “Brown Paper Bag” and the lesson he learned.

How buying a worthless Dot com company forced Julian to learn marketing or face staying in a career he hated.

Discover why and how Julian will revolutionize the school education system with his soon to be launched programme - to hone young children with his entrepreneur project "Ultra Kids Club".

Success Quote

"A journey of thousand miles starts with a single step"

Recommend Book

  • The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

Connect with Karl

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