Ever wondered about the importance of building a personal brand? Maybe you think that’s a marketing strategy for only reeeaaally successful people. Well, time to rethink that one. My guest today escaped the corporate cubicle and has very quickly built a successful business thanks to his own personal brand.

Gary Elliott runs Leisure Options – a business laser-focussed on on providing holiday and travel options to people with disabilities. When I first identified Gary as a potential guest, I made the assumption that he ran the business because he had family effected in some way by a disability. A pretty strong why, you’d have to agree. Well, I was wrong!

He bought the business because it was under done – and the upside was huge. He now has his wife and kids involved and he L O V E S what he’s doing. If you want to know what it’s like to not have a job but earn good money then listen in – as Gary and his team have mastered the art of loving what they do.

What do you do when your business operates in a compassionate industry where marketing and sales are a dirty word? Well, one thing you could try is follow the lead of country vet and long time listener, Braden Collins. Braden has successfully applied many of the ideas shared in past episodes along with his own sprinkling of marketing magic. Let’s do this …

Are you wondering how to generate more leads? Excellent. Then join me, as I chat with serial entrepreneur Clay Clark (of Thrive15) who’s launched nine successful business, including a membership-based men’s hairdressers called Elephant In The Room!

PLUS in today’s episode of Australia’s best marketing podcast, I help a listener with some ideas about how to create remarkable marketing in an industry he considers to be boring and occasionally upsetting!

You ready? Excellent. Let’s do this …

After working for 10 years in a hospital, Leena van Raay decided she wanted to actively promote health rather than cure sickness. Wanting to promote healthy eating and the joy of cycling to the masses, she quit her full-time job as a medical researcher and started events company Bike n’ Blend. She has been so busy she has hardly had the time to look back!

You’ve got two choices when you go bankrupt. You either give up … or you get up, dust yourself off and create a business and a life you love. Have a guess what today’s guest did?

Plus in today’s episode we find time for a quick check-in, I share a motivational quote about living the life you deserve, and I share some feedback from two motivated business owners who have successfully taken some swift marketing action.

Yep, you guessed it … another massive episode of Australia’s best marketing podcast.

What do you do when you’re six months in to building a new business and things stop looking rosy? You celebrate all the positives, remind yourself of why you do what you do, then throw yourself to the sharks.

Today’s guest is Kate Johansson, the founder of KOJA Health, a real food supplement business. She has a personal passion for health and wellness and is keen to get real food back on the shelves for Australian consumers.

Join me as she explains how.

Start-up Grrrl gambled 95% of it’s marketing budget on UFC’s underdog Holly Holm (ranked 7 in the world) beating the world #1 Ronda Rousey in last week’s Bantamweight World Title Fight. Well, the underdog won and this has tuned out to be an inspired sponsorship decision. Listen in as founder Kortney Olsen (a State Jiu Jitsu champion and Australian arm wrestling title holder) takes us through the deal and what it’s done for her brand new business.

Foundr Magazine’s Nathan Chan has hustled his way to a community of over one million peeps (yeah, one million), including almost 500,000 Instagram followers, and interviews with the likes of Tony Robbins, Ariana Huffington and Seth Godin (yeah, whatever ;0) Join me as we go behind-the-scenes of this burgeoning little online magazine empire.