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It's Not Rocket Science!

It's Not Rocket Science!

By Stuart Webb | Business Growth Expert

The mission of It's Not Rocket Science! is to bring a new idea for building business to growth-hungry business leaders and owners who want to double their profits in under a year. We deliver actionable ideas using our “five questions over coffee.”
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Five Questions Over Coffee with Jane Bayler (Ep. 19)

It's Not Rocket Science!Aug 18, 2021

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Five Questions Over Coffee with Peter Miller (Ep. 20)

Five Questions Over Coffee with Peter Miller (Ep. 20)

Who is Peter?

Peter runs https://succession.plus/uk/

Over the last ten years, our 21-step process has helped over 600 business owners maximise the value of their business and achieve a successful exit.

Key Takeaways

  1. Begin with the end in mind
  2. you've got to have a realistic idea of what business is worth with some owners try to get something I'll never achieve,
  3. An exiting owner has really got to ask the question, well, what's left? What does the buyer get after I'm gone?

Valuable Free Resource or Action

See more at https://succession.plus/uk/

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Sep 01, 202115:48
Five Questions Over Coffee with Jane Bayler (Ep. 19)

Five Questions Over Coffee with Jane Bayler (Ep. 19)

Who is Jane?

Jane Bayler is the Smart Connector, an entrepreneur, trainer, podcast host and author who helps service providers, coaches and consultants scale up their businesses and free up their time through attracting and converting more of their ideal clients.

Having spent 20 years managing and developing accounts for global media and marketing agencies, Jane scaled and sold a television brand identity company to the US marketing group Interpublic before launching two other businesses: one in children's education and one that connects high net worth property investors with rigorously evaluated property investment and development opportunities.

Her 90 Day Ideal Client Success Programme is based around her signature Triple C HyperGrowth Method that combines messaging, marketing automation and conversion to attract

high value clients and get them to choose you first.

Key Takeaways

  1. people don't really understand how important it is to get systems in place. automated systems that actually support their growth.
  2. too many people think they've got a lifestyle business that then takes up 1520 hours a day, and they wonder why they got into it. And it's all about whether or not you've started the right way in order to grow it to something which can be sustainable with a lifestyle that you want to enjoy
  3. I know so many people who when you ask them, so who is your ideal client? They say what anybody? And that's always the wrong answer, because they will spend a lot of their time talking to people that will waste a lot of their valuable effort.

Valuable Free Resource or Action

Jane offers a free masterclass.  Get details at https://janebayler.com/

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Aug 18, 202113:57
Five Questions Over Coffee with Yasmin Vorajee (ep. 18)
Aug 04, 202125:30
It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Suraj Rana (ep. 17)

It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Suraj Rana (ep. 17)

Who is Suraj?

Suraj runs Sole Legal.  At Sole Legal we work  with high growth Start-ups to review, draft and restructure their    the bespoke legal contracts. Our clients have or are focusing towards  raising funding and need documents such as Shareholders Agreements and  vesting schedules. We also provide guidance and General Counsel  solutions for businesses that need our expertise in- house but don't need  it on a full-time basis.

Our clients range from start-ups  shareholder   hat are an idea and a landing page, through to those backed by some of  the biggest funds in the world.

Key Takeaways
  1. Do  you need a contract or a sharehoder agreement? clients come and ask for  shareholder agreements, because they think that it’s an agreement  between one shareholder and another. When it’s not, it’s actually an  agreement between the shareholders and the business. So what they need  is just a simple contract.
  2. Saving money by doing legal yourself nearly always costs more
  3. Your professional reputation will stay with you for a long time, so get it right from the start.
Valuable Free Resource or Action

Suraj is always available to talk to ensure you get the best advice for your situation – get details at www.sole-legal.com Startups

Jul 28, 202119:43
It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Denise Matthews (ep. 16)
Jul 14, 202126:02
It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Colette Bratton (ep.15)

It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Colette Bratton (ep.15)

Who is Colette?

Colette Bratton is a marketing mentor, on a mission to help solo entrepreneurs use marketing effectively to help them grow the businesses of their dreams!

Marketing can be a huge frustration for small business owners, as it’s another skill to learn and another hat to wear. Using her 30 years’ marketing experience, Colette has created a system that helps entrepreneurs acquire the necessary skills and prioritise their time and energy to successfully promote their businesses.

Key Takeaways

  1. Too many people get stuck knowing where to start their marketing - mulling it over but not starting
  2. Small business owners need to work smarter not harder so they have time for a business and a life
  3. Make your own marketing for your business shout as loud as your client business so that you do some regularly

Valuable Free Resource or Action

Collette has facebook groups for Virtual Assistants and one for other businesses where she posts everyday

Jun 30, 202119:21
It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Melitta Campbell (ep. 14)

It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Melitta Campbell (ep. 14)

Who is Melitta?

Melitta is Business Growth Coach working with Female Entrepreneurs

Key Takeaways

Melitta has written a book

If you’ve ever wondered how some people network so effortlessly, while you feel awkward and out of place, this book is for you.

Written from a shy girl’s perspective, you’ll learn everything you need to embrace your natural abilities as an introvert, grow in confidence and shine while networking.

In this book I share with you:

  • My VICTORY Formula to help you network on your own terms
  • The exact steps to master the three phases of networking
  • How to build relationships that will support your business success
  • The secret to networking online
  • How to build your personal brand
Valuable Free Resource or Action

read more about Melitta's book at https://www.melittacampbell.com/books/

Jun 16, 202117:33
It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Nik Gray (Ep.13)

It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Nik Gray (Ep.13)

Who is Nik?

Nik is an ACTIONCoach

Nik works with businesses so that they achieve these outcomes

Imagine a world where your team work and achieve results without stress to you

  • You’re working ON the business moving it forward not IN
  • Profits are increasing not just turnover
  • You have a better Work: Life balance
  • You work with down to earth, like-minded business owners, just like you, to get results, push you to where you want to be and have FUN!
  • Be part of a community of business owners who are improving their businesses and their community
Key Takeaways

What you will learn in this podcast :

  1. Keep a log of what you do and delegate the low skill tasks
  2. Learn the task which takes 20% of your time and use it to get 80% results
  3. Use systems and processes to free your time your business is worth 2.2 X if you have none and 6.8 X if you do.
Valuable Free Resource or Action

Nik was influenced by Brian Tracy's book Eat That Frog

Jun 02, 202116:28
It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Jill Maidment, Executive Coach (ep.12)
May 19, 202117:47
It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Jacquie Hale (ep.11)

It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Jacquie Hale (ep.11)

Who is Jacquie?

When Jacquie left teaching to start a Tipi Hire business in 2010,  tipi weddings were very new. Jacquie has used her marketing skills to  grow that business to be a market leader. Now she's offering her  expertise to other Business owners who want to grow their business by  implementing her Marketing and Sales System to create a constant stream  of new leads and customers. Jacquie works one to one with motivated and  aspiring business owners and without exception, her clients increase  their profits and improve their lifestyle!

Key Takeaways

What you will learn in this podcast :

  1. Proactive marketing will bring new clients
  2. Price for value not compete
  3. Spend some time on your business every day
Valuable Free Resource or Action

Invest your time, don't spend your time,  invest it.

May 05, 202118:30
It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Margaret Guillen (ep.10)
Apr 21, 202119:26
It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Sian Lannegan (ep. 9)

It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Sian Lannegan (ep. 9)

Sian is based a Business Mentor, member of the Forbes Coaches Council and I help service-service-based business owners and agencies gain an unfair advantage and crack the growth code to getting and keeping more clients in order to build a business that loves you back.


In this recording you will learn that Sian has spent many thousands developing herself and her own knowledge and how that has helped her to focus her skills to develop her clients business and that the key to growing your business is to grow your email list.


You can learn more Sian at workwithsian.co.uk

Apr 07, 202112:23
It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Jannine Barron, eco-business mentor (ep. 8)

It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Jannine Barron, eco-business mentor (ep. 8)

In our latest episode of It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee recorded on International Women's day, we talk to eco-business mentor Jannine Barron.  Jannine is a business mentor with a special interest in brand activism and climate change who uses strategic marketing and communication skills to help sole traders and small companies simplify complex marketing ideas that allows her clients to create and scale their businesses with ease. She is on a mission to support ecopreneurs create brands and services that can change the world with zero harm products and solutions.

Links

https://linktr.ee/janninebarron

Take away messages from this discussion:

Find the right mentor or tribe to support your dream and move the business forward without 'playing small'

Make everything simple. Choose a couple of inspirational mentors, choose only a couple of marketing newsletters. Too much information stops you from working on your business because of information overload

Know the difference between doing and why you are doing it so you get to your objective.

Jannine was influenced by the writings of Florence Scovel Shinn

Jannine offers a free 1-2-1 - contact her at https://linktr.ee/janninebarron

Mar 10, 202118:22
It's Not Rocket Science Five Questions Over Coffee with Judith Rafferty, Fuition Ventures (ep. 7)

It's Not Rocket Science Five Questions Over Coffee with Judith Rafferty, Fuition Ventures (ep. 7)

Creative commercially astute Copywriter helping businesses get seen, known & booked! 


Her copywriting track record is for value rich, income generating content creation that boosts awareness, engagement, sales, sign-ups, and visibility. 


During the past ten years, She has significantly evolved my copywriting services, for one-off jobs and regular retainers, as a freelancer, or an agency sub-contractor. 


Her key competencies are 

- A proven ability to write persuasive copy designed to sell, grounded in years of frontline sales experience. 

- Excellent writing skills. 

- Accuracy and an eye for detail. 

- Ability to write concise and engaging copy to tight deadlines. 

- Experience in optimising copy to deliver maximum conversions.


Learn More about Judith at https://www.linkedin.com/in/judith-rafferty/  


What you'll learn in this video 

1. two tools to help you be a better copywriter : answer the public and co-schedule 

2. A great book on content DNA 

3. A tool to help your content be more readable.  


Judith has a special offer - blogoff - buy one blog, get one free.  Contact Judith for more details.

Mar 03, 202124:12
It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Robin Waite, The Fearless Coach (ep. 6)

It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Robin Waite, The Fearless Coach (ep. 6)

Robin is the Fearless Business Coach.

Fearless Business helps amazing business owners to FINALLY grow their business and shift away from a value-driven exchange of "time-for money" to charging based on "RESULTS" and RESULTS ALONE. As a direct result of being in the Fearless Business Accelerator many of our clients get a direct return on their investment within the first 4 weeks of the programme and go on to double or treble their turnover within 3-6 months of starting the programme. We've helped over 120 business owners to break out of selling their time-for-money over the last 12 months alone.

Find out more at Fearless.biz

Feb 24, 202127:41
It's Not Rocket Science! Five Questions Over Coffee with Jenny Halliday Jarvis, Money Mindset Coach (episode 5)
Feb 17, 202122:23
It's Not Rocket Science Five Questions Over Coffee with Simon Hague, Coach & Facilitator (episode 4)

It's Not Rocket Science Five Questions Over Coffee with Simon Hague, Coach & Facilitator (episode 4)

Simon runs that coaching and facilitation business, Wheresmylunch, http://yourl.ch/1b1zd73. Their ideal clients are business owners and/or leaders that want to explore new possibilities that can further enhance their business opportunities. Working in a frame of wider wealth (social, intellectual, community and financial), he helps people to unlock dreams and passions that have before just been that. This short chat over coffee will invite you to dig into what type of innovator you are and therefore, what type of support you may need around you to help release these dreams.  


In this podcast you will earn how to manage your remote team and how engage, engage, engage are the most important three things you can do today!



Feb 10, 202121:11
It's Not Rocket Science Five Questions Over Coffee with Jenny Bracelin, Business Mentor | Money Coach | Money Retreats

It's Not Rocket Science Five Questions Over Coffee with Jenny Bracelin, Business Mentor | Money Coach | Money Retreats

Jenny Bracelin is a qualified, skilled and experienced money coach and business mentor.  Passionate about transforming people’s relationship to money and motivating them to make more.

Originally trained as a ballet dancer, Jenny brings creativity and passion to every conversation. Starting her first business in linen hire aged 23, going on to win a National Customer Service Award with The Prince’s Trust and retiring aged 30.

Jenny motivates and explains how to make more money in a  simple, positive and confidence-building way.  Learn more about Jenny at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennybracelin/

Feb 05, 202116:29
It's Not Rocket Science - Five questions over coffee with Joanne Wurpilot, Integra HR

It's Not Rocket Science - Five questions over coffee with Joanne Wurpilot, Integra HR

An interview with Joanne Wurpillot of Integra HR.  

We talk about her journey from marine biologist to HR consultant.   Integra HR provides 360° problem-busting support, from recruitment to employee exit but also offer the benefits of a complete value-adding service: protecting your business, helping to create the best HR structures that will make consistent, positive people management easier for you and your team, as well as the tools to maximise your people power.  

Integra HR can support you by dipping in an out of your business as needed, working by the hour, half-day, day or project-based. Integra HR can be your on tap HR department or we can give an extra helping hand to your existing HR team.   

Contact Integra HR at https://www.integrahr.co.uk/

Jan 26, 202116:34
It's Not Rocket Science - Five questions over coffee with Jessica McClory, Logic Digital

It's Not Rocket Science - Five questions over coffee with Jessica McClory, Logic Digital

Jessica is  an experienced Digital Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the entertainment industry and with SMEs. We're going to spend a few minutes de-mystifying the world of SEO and PPc and Social Media.


You can read more about Jessica at https://logicdigital.co.uk/

Jan 26, 202125:35