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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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Jul 20, 2015

Show Notes

In this week’s show we interview tech savvy Justin Gilchrist who is the co-founder of Centurica, an agency that provides due diligence and consulting services to online business investors.

Prior to Centurica he bought, built and sold a variety of online and offline businesses with a focus on web applications and ecommerce.

He is also the author of Digitally Wed – The entrepreneur’s guide to buying profitable established web-based businesses.

He helps entrepreneurs take a shortcut to where they need to be, through acquiring an already established and profitable business and making it better.

 

Also in the show

  • Justin explains the sneaky loopholes to avoid when buying an online business so you don’t crash and burn.
  • Justin gives you case studies of why doing online due diligence can help you spot big flaws as well as opportunities to exploit for profit.
  • Learn the real reason most entrepreneurs’ don’t hit the floor running like the Cubans, Zuckerberg’s and Branson’s of this world.
  • Discover the best formula for dealing with what seems like insurmountable problems and negative circumstances in your business.  It’s as simple as turning on a light switch inside your brain.
  • Hear how you can make a loss of money on the front end customer acquisition and still make good profit if you include a certain type of revenue stream in to business operation.

Success Quote

  • Sell every day.

Recommend Books

  • Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup by Brad Feld and David Cohen
  • The Intelligent Entrepreneur: How Three Harvard Business School Graduates Learned the 10 Rules of Successful Business by Bill Murphy

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Jul 13, 2015

Show Notes

Inside this episode we interview Winston Taylor Davis and listen to his amazing story of how he got arrested whilst driving a car with 30 kilos of Cannabis / skunk on board. (AND HOW HE TURNED HIS LIFE AROUND)

After spending time in one of the highest security prison’s in the UK, he decided he could do more with his life and took a gas heating course whilst still inside.

After his release he has gone on to build a mechanical services company, carrying out bathroom, heating and gas installations etc in large houses, care homes and hotels. The company is growing, with around twenty engineers, project managers and admin staff.

A couple of years ago he decided to follow his passion of acting, and ended up on season 5 of “Game of Thrones!”

 

Also in the show

  • Winston explains that after being an extremely gifted student how the allure of fast money landed him in a high security prison. And you can avoid making a similar wrong decision.
  • Learn Why being behind bars was probably the best thing that ever happened to him and how used strategies from awaken the giant within book by Tony Robbins to reprogram his thinking.
  • Why you should follow your Gut-Mind, Winston drove 3 and a half hours to be in the company of one of the UK’s Top motivational speakers, where something the speaker said shifted his thinking. (So profoundly simple )
  • Learn the power of writing your intentions out on paper. 3 months prior to leaving prison Winston made a list of 16 things he wanted to accomplish in life (Can you Guess what happened)
  • Winston shares the bizarre story of how he ended up in season 5 of The Game of Thrones and why you should never give up on your dreams.
  • Winston explains his Sunday business ritual to keep his expanding team highly motivated and focused towards a bright future.
  • Winston Talks about the difference of knowing what to do and actually doing it, within 12 months of leaving prison and studying for a professional plumbing qualification he went from wearing a tag around his ankle to securing commercial contracts.

Success Quote

  • Desire, Discipline & Dedication

Recommend Books

  • The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream Paperback by Paulo Coelho
  • Awaken the Giant within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Life Paperback by Tony Robbins

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Jul 6, 2015

Show Notes

Our guest in today’s show is none other than “Mr Tom Hopkins”

He has earned the reputation of being America’s #1 “How-To” Sales Trainer. Over 5 million salespeople, entrepreneurs, and sales managers on 5 continents have benefited from his training events.

He perfected his selling skills during his 8-year real estate career in which he received numerous awards. In his last year selling real estate, he sold 365 homes – an average of one per day – something that was unheard of at the time and has rarely been matched even today.

 

Also in the show

  • Since that time, he has developed and customised his proven-effective selling skills for over 250 industries.
  • He has authored 18 books on the subjects of selling and success. Over 2.9 million copies of those bookshave been read by sales pros the world over.
  • He has dedicated his life to helping sales and marketing professionals improve their communication skills and increase sales revenues.
  • Tom explains the real reason why so many people hate selling and salespeople and what they can do to fix the ill feeling…
  • Hear Tom’s story of going from college dropout and backbreaking construction worker to holding his real estate licence at age 18 and finding a mentor that kick started his selling career after a slow start.
  • Tom explains how he became a sort after trainer when he sold 365 proprieties in one year in the real estate industry which was unheard of for young man in his twenties.
  • Tom gives you an overview of the 7 fundamental skills you need to master to become a sales Professional.
  • Tom puts into context why some people are better at selling intangible and tangible product services.
  • Tom explains his simple formula of how to find good calibre sales people (and it has nothing to do with having the gift of the gab).
  • Find out the most common question he gets asked about sales (he got asked this when he appeared on the Larry King Live Show)
  • Discover the three people that Tom would enjoy having round to dinner to break bread and mastermind with.
  • Hear the thoughts of Tom on how technology is impacting the sales process.
  • Hear Tom’s answer to Leon’s question about how much time you should dedicate to honing the skills of selling.

Success Quote

  • I must do the most productive thing possible at every given moment

Recommend Books

  • Mastering the art of selling by Tom Hopkins
  • The official Guide To Success by Tom Hopkins
  • Low Profile Selling: Act Like a Lamb… Sell Like a Lion by Tom Hopkins

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