Today’s guest is a ‘street fighter’ who built a burger franchise with 30 locations, that is now down to six. And guess what? He couldn’t be happier! Strap in for an inspiring story of business resilience, adaption and reinvention. And some very actionable business and marketing tips along the way.
Hands up if you’ve walked past a young homeless person and avoided eye contact. Maybe you wanted to give them a few bucks only to realise you don’t carry notes anymore. Or maybe you wanted to stop and help them but you didn’t know how. Well, today’s guest has felt all those emotions … so much so that he was compelled to do something about it. So, he started a social enterprise with a marketing and sales bent … and he’s never looked back. It’s a heart-warming episode 577 of The (12 year-old, award-winning) Small Business Big Marketing podcast.
Today’s guest happens to have captained the mighty Hawks, the Aussie Rules Football team I’ve supported all of my life. And sure … there may be the odd fanboy moment during our chat. But, he’s also the founder of a disruptive wine brand that’s laser-focussed on removing one billion plastic bottles from our oceans by 2030. It’s episode-on-a-mission,o 576 of The (12 year-old, award-winning) Small Business Big Marketing podcast.
Today we chat with Dr. Phil. Nope. Not that Dr. Phil. Our Dr. Phil is a Florida-based heart surgeon who’s doing everything he can to keep patients OFF his operating table. In other words, he doesn’t want any clients! It’s heart-stopping (maybe that should be starting?!) episode 575 of The (12 year-old, award-winning) Small Business Big Marketing podcast.
Our regional Queensland business showcase wraps up this week on the Gold Coast where we meet two giants business – Zarraffa’s Coffee founder Kenton Campbell, and Nutrition Warehouse founder Grant mayo. And you’ll never guess what he was before becoming an entrepreneur! It’s a curious episode 574 of The (12 year-old, award-winning) Small Business Big Marketing podcast.
Part 7 of our regional Queensland business showcase takes us inland to Toowoomba, where we meet a globally-recognised wallpaper manufacturer, and a third generation family jeweller. It’s a bespoke episode 573 of The (12 year-old, award-winning) Small Business Big Marketing podcast.
Part 6 of our regional Queensland business showcase takes us to the Sunshine Coast, where we meet one of Queensland’s leading restaurateurs, along with the co-founder of an entirely new yoghurt category! It’s a tasty episode 572 of The (12 year-old, award-winning) Small Business Big Marketing podcast.
Part 5 of our series showcasing successful regional Queensland business founders take us to sunny Bundaberg, where we go inside two vastly different businesses. It’s episode 571, set amongst the sugar kane, of The (12 year-old, award-winning) Small Business Big Marketing podcast.
Part 4 of our series showcasing successful regional Queensland business founders, has us catching up with two female entrepreneurs that are making a serious dent in their respective industries. It’s a get-out-of-the-way-I’m-on-a-mission episode 570 of The (12 year-old, award-winning) Small Business Big Marketing podcast.
In Part 3 of our Regional Queensland series, we catch up with two national-award winning business owners from Airlie Beach and Mackay who are doing big things in their respective industries. It’s a slightly troppo episode 569 of The (12 year-old, award-winning) Small Business Big Marketing podcast.
In Part 2 of our Regional Queensland series, we catch up with two business owners from Townsville who are doing big things in their respective industries. It’s a balmy episode 568 of The (12 year-old, award-winning) Small Business Big Marketing podcast.
Today we head to Cairns in Far North Queensland, to kick off an 8-part series showcasing amazing businesses in regional Queensland. In these special episodes you’ll meet not one, but two inspiring business owners. And today’s two businesses couldn’t be more different from each other… Australia’s largest aquarium. And one of regional Australia’s largest publishers. It’s a tropical episode 567 of The (12 year-old, award-winning) Small Business Big Marketing podcast.
To support business owners everywhere who are struggling right now, I’ve teamed up with one of Australia’s leading mindfulness experts for a much needed episode 566 of The (12 year-old, award-winning) Small Business Big Marketing podcast.
