Pod Pit
42 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago -A podcast about real people doing amazing things…Three creative entrepreneurs embark on a journey to get Bertie onto OnlyFans selling hairy guinea pig feet videos, get Gareth a selfie with Ant Middleton and find Dan a house big enough to fit a new pizza oven in...
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Season 2 Wrap Up with Gareth and Dan
November 07, 2023 09:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBAfter a hectic summer and autumn, season 2 drew to a close and the boys finally sat down to do a wrap up! This episode was recorded in July 2023 but only edited and released in November! This shows you just how busy we've all been - but season 3 is in pipeline and will be here very very soon, #WatchThisSpace And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be appreciated! We always ask for feedback and ...
Anthony Rowell... Pet Hedgehogs on trains with some Eco-friendly Print
May 15, 2023 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBAnthony Rowell, Sustainability Lead and Client Success Director at Tradeprint joins us to talk about eco-friendly print and his role as the chair of the BPIF Environmental Forum. We chat about how print is fast becoming one of the most sustainable forms of marketing and how a long commute to work can be balanced out with sensible remote working. And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be apprec...
And Then What? ... with Yaron Engler
May 01, 2023 08:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBMen are under a lot of pressure. To be leaders. Partners. Fathers. It can be hard to live your own truth, to “open up”, get vulnerable, and choose to live a more meaningful life. The AND THEN WHAT? programme is the ideal space for you to do it – a space for growth. Today, the boys sit down to talk to Yaron, a facilitator of safe spaces for men to open up, be honest and discover answers to their missing purpose in life. In this fascinating episode, things get very deep, very real and very ho...
A World Renowned Expert on... Unicorns
April 17, 2023 08:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBA special episode this week with a world renowned expert on Unicorns! Business enquiries, collab or sponsorship opportunities, please contact [email protected] And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be appreciated! We always ask for feedback and ideas on how we can improve, so please fire any suggestions to any of our emails: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Kev Smith... Don't let go of the bar...
April 10, 2023 08:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBKev Smith from WOD Weekends joins us to talk all things fitness and travel AND... sports travel. In this episode we discuss gym fails, cheese rolling, dream sports events, lost hostel bookings, shattered shins and much more! Kev can be found at: www.wodweekends.com IG: @wodweekends And his proudest moment can be viewed here... And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be appreciated! We always...
Jessica Davanzo... Making Waste Wonderful
April 03, 2023 08:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBJessica Davanzo from Square Peg Promotions in Staffordshire is a promotional gifts and branded merchandise specialist with a passion for eco-friendly products. In this episode she joins the Pod Pit team to play a game of... What's in the Box! Jessica can be contacted via: www.squarepegpromo.co.uk www.earthystuff.co.uk [email protected] [email protected] Special Affiliate Offer for ALL LISTENERS with Jessica's Exclusive 20% Voucher Code! "I'm a huge fan of the delightful ...
Lawrence Bath discusses New Year's Resolutions
March 20, 2023 09:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBGuest Bio: Lawrence is the director of LB Copywriting and is just about to launch his new brand Social Scribe, which plans to offer a better social media experience for business owners who want to tell their story online and need a scribe they can rely on. You can chat to Lawrence at [email protected] or on Linkedin here. In this episode... With Bertie and Dan missing in action Gareth is fortunate to be joined by The Wordsmith - Lawrence Bath, us once more to discuss New Year's ...
BONUS Episode: Bertie and Joe plan some OnlyFans Content
March 06, 2023 10:00 - 3 minutes - 2.5 MBWhat happens when Bertie says something before Gareth can switch off the recording? We inadvertently record him asking Joe to photograph him for an OnlyFans shoot later this year. It's been recorded, it's in the public domain and therefore, it now has to happen. You read it here first folks... Bertie is going onto OnlyFans! #HamsterFeetIncoming And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be app...
Joe Fernando Hayes talks Content
March 06, 2023 09:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBJoe Hayes is founder of Kindful Creative, a content creation studio based on the south coast. He joins the Pod Pit team in this episode to talk about content in the modern age. We talk about creating, consuming and distributing content across all forms of media both online and offline. And for good measure we quiz Joe about his recent trip to Scotland to 'upskill' himself in the art of landscape photography and we decide on what our names would be if we were all Italian... And, as ever -...
The Godfather of Networking... with Bradley Hatchett
February 20, 2023 09:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBBradley Hatchett is founder of NetworkMyClub, a networking organisation based in Brighton with venues across the south. Gareth and Dan catch up with Bradley to talk about networking, stag dos and the best night out in the UK. A great way to stay in touch with Bradley is to subscribe to his weekly email newsletter, The Networker. You can subscribe to this great bit of weekly knowledge by clicking the link here... SIGN UP Bradley can be contacted via LinkedIn here. And you can visit the Netw...
The Three Musketeers
January 11, 2023 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBGareth, Bertie and Dan meet up to discuss New Years Resolutions and plans for the podcast going into 2023. Unscripted, unprepared and totally off the cuff... what could possibly go wrong? Instagram handles of the Dream Team: Gareth - @instagazm83 / @designpituk / @print_pit Bertie - @everyday_bertie / @smashcreativeuk Dan - @danielbuckley / @oceanviewmarketing And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive an...
Ellen Stokes on Why Exhibitions are AWESOME!
November 25, 2022 10:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBWhy exhibitions are awesome! Having the right branding files available How nice visuals impact a stand Turnaround on a stand design/build Budgeting for an exhibition at scale Three top tips for an excellent exhibition planning experience! Ellen Stokes 01425 837 005 [email protected] www.beexhibitions.co.uk And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be appreciated! We always ask for fe...
Dan Buckley talks about Creativity and Marketing
November 11, 2022 07:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MBWe chat to Dan from OceanView Marketing in Bournemouth about how creativity influences marketing and vice versa. We discover how Dan escapes to allow himself the time to think creatively and his new found love for trawler fishing! Connect with Dan here: www.oceanviewmarketing.co.uk And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be appreciated! We always ask for feedback and ideas on how we can improv...
Lawrence Bath talks about Tone of Voice
October 21, 2022 16:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBIn the second interview of the season, we talk to Lawrence Bath. Lawrence is a copywriter based near Southampton and he helps brave businesses be less boring with their words. We dig into how important it is for businesses to find their tone of voice, get their narrative right and build their brand with carefully constructed words. Lawrence can be found here: https://www.lbcopywriting.co.uk/ And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, plea...
Creative Business Owner and New Parent Joe Hayes
October 07, 2022 17:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBIn episode 2 of season 2, we talk to Joe Hayes - a photographer, videographer and content creator based in Poole. We chat about Joe's fledgling business and new baby girl - two things that arrived in his life at exactly the same time! Check out Joe's work here: https://kindfulcreative.co.uk/ And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be appreciated! We always ask for feedback and ideas on how we...
Pod Pit Season 2...
September 20, 2022 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBPod Pit is back! And this time it is not me, it's we... Say hello to our new co-host Bertie Coy! And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be appreciated! We always ask for feedback and ideas on how we can improve, so please fire any suggestions to any of our emails: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Dan Scarborough - Word of Mouth 2.0
August 04, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBDan Scarborough Rifu Rifu is a networking site that has reinvented referrals. This is word of mouth 2.0… www.rifu.com [email protected] 01202 923 222 Learn more about Rifu here: https://youtu.be/3xnedyWKeA0 And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast platform that allows you to leave a review, please do so! Keep it positive and 5* would be appreciated! We always ask for feedback and ideas on how we can improve, so please fire any suggestions to any of our emails: [email protected]...
John Cooper - changing careers
July 22, 2021 15:00 - 49 minutes - 34.4 MBTune in as Gareth talks to collaborator and friend, John Cooper. John took the huge step of changing careers in his forties and moved out of manufacturing into photography. Listen to the fascinating story for his motives and drivers for making such a big change at this stage in his life. John Cooper Cooper Cooper Media John Cooper Pet Photography https://coopercoopermedia.co.uk/ https://johncooperpetphotography.co.uk/ 0121 405 1014 / 0121 296 9042 And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a...
Yaron Engler - Why are men sh!t at this sh!t?
July 06, 2021 16:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBYaron Engler is a coach. He coaches men to be better in life. Be it business or personal, men can find themselves under pressure to provide, do more, be more and very often receive little to no praise for their efforts. Men frequently suffer in silence because they’re hard wired that way. They don’t (or can’t) talk about they pressures, battles, worries and challenges. Because that would be weak. Wouldn’t it? Yaron is here to reset this. He’s here to coach men through the challenges of ...
Roya Sayadi - Building a Global Law Business
June 30, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBRoya Sayadi is an entrepreneur with international business interests! Iranian, and grew up in Sweden while building a successful restaurant business with her family. She then went on to live in various countries in Europe and now lives in Barcelona where she is busy establishing Sayadi Law, an Intellectual Property law specialist firm that serves clients globally. Roya speaks five languages and has an incredible story to tell of a career that has spanned numerous roles, industries and coun...
Roya Sayadi - Building a Global Law Business
June 30, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBRoya Sayadi is an entrepreneur with international business interests! Iranian, and grew up in Sweden while building a successful restaurant business with her family. She then went on to live in various countries in Europe and now lives in Barcelona where she is busy establishing Sayadi Law, an Intellectual Property law specialist firm that serves clients globally. Roya speaks five languages and has an incredible story to tell of a career that has spanned numerous roles, industries and coun...
Anthony Rowell - Print is NOT Dead
June 23, 2021 08:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBTune is as Anthony Rowell joins host Gareth Robertson to talk all things print! Anthony is a key management player at Scottish print business, Trade Print. He heads up the API and Reseller departments and counts Gareth as one of his customers! Anthony discusses his career in print from his roots in the North East, into the Midlands during his University days and then commuting to Scotland and remote working. https://www.tradeprint.co.uk/ And, as ever - if you are tuning in via a Podcast p...
Shane Wareing - adapting to life as a business owner and new parent in lockdown
June 16, 2021 08:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBShane Wareing is a long time business contact of mine and we share a lot of interests, ethics and drivers for what we both do in our businesses. Shane had to adapt and change things quickly in his business when the Covid pandemic hit, and he also had to adjust his personal life as well when he became a parent during the lockdown. Tune in here and find out more about Shane and his business, Omniwise: https://omniwise.co.uk/ 0345 22 22 444
Lucy Rouse - PR and the Marketing Mix
June 09, 2021 08:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBLucy and I met at a networking event and had a 121 when we found we lived in the same place. The marketing and creative sphere of industry is a wide one and often different disciplines cross over with blurred lines between one ending and the next starting. Today we discuss where PR sits within the marketing mix and how it influences brand identity and reputation by filtering information out at the right time, to the right people. Lucy also shares some top tips for getting the most out of ...
Jaime Craven - Social Media, Success and the Dark Side
May 26, 2021 08:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBJaime Craven is an entrepreneur owning several businesses with her husband Jack. Over the years, Jaime has leveraged social media to great effect for one of the businesses in particular. Here she discusses that success and shares her thoughts and views on how we use social media, trolling and how to build a brand using social media. Connect with Jaime here: www.jcacademy.co.uk www.facebook.com/nevarcproperties https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MellowUK
Cameron McCurdy - Establishing QUICKGRIP
May 19, 2021 08:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBFrom insecure teenager to competing on stage as a bodybuilder. From Saturday shifts at Holland and Barrett to nightclub promoter, to close security, private investigator, to personal trainer to recruitment and finally taking his first steps into entrepreneurship as a fitness industry niche gym brand... Cameron McCurdy has packed a lot into his 26 years, and shows absolutely no signs of slowing down any time soon... IG: @quick.grip IG: @cameronjmccurdy Web: www.quickgrip.co.uk
Hannah Montgomery - Direct Mail and why it's important
May 12, 2021 08:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBHannah and I have known each other for about 4 years having networked together in a BNI Chapter in the Midlands. Our businesses are similar and we have very closely aligned ideas about how design and marketing work together. Marketing Consultancy [email protected] www.golddust.marketing Direct Mail (Moonpig for Business) [email protected] www.golddust.direct Topic of the day… Direct mail What is direct mail? Who is direct mail for? Why is it great? What return can you get? To...
The Lions - a special episode with Matt Gair and John Cooper
May 05, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBYes it's a business podcast - yes we are talking rugby BUT … it’s my podcast and I want to talk about the Lions! Word of warning - there is no language filter on this episode - whatever is spoken, is spoken! The law of kangaroo court will be upheld and what goes on the poddy, stays on the poddy! The Lions tour happens once every 4 years - it’s a big deal in rugby terms. I wanted to select a fans favourite alternate Lions squad in advance of Warren Gatland’s big announcement on May 6th! So ...
Tony Walmsley - Resilience
April 30, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBTony and I met via a mutual friend who interviewed us both for his podcast in separate episodes. We both enjoyed listening to our respective episodes so much that we connected on Facebook and have followed each other’s journey through lockdown since then. Contact info for Tony: www.anthonyjohn-salons.co.uk [email protected] IG: @anthony_john_walmsley FB: https://www.facebook.com/AnthonyJohnSalons/ It is fair to say that our journey's in, out and back in to lockdown dur...
Daniella Genas - Planning for Growth
April 23, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBI know Daniella through a coaching programme she supported me through in 2019. And today, we are going to talk about business, growth and planning for the future. Contact info: [email protected] www.shesthebossinternational.com IG @shesthebossuk Our discussion today: Growing a Business - Paving way for Growth ORGANISATION How you guide clients to get organised Technology and how it can help you KNOWING YOUR NUMBERS What are key metrics and why they’re important...
Richard Lloyd - Branding for Small Businesses
April 16, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBRichard Lloyd is a business consultant who specialises in exit strategy and helping business owners get the most out of their business when they decide to exit it. I’ve known him for around 8 years at the time of recording and we’ve built a great understanding of each other’s businesses and a lot of respect for one another. Connect with Richard here: www.linkedin.com/in/richardclloyd WHAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT: Brand v Reputation Importance of brand to a business Value of brand on...
Lisa Millward - Setting up a Business in a Pandemic
April 06, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MBLisa Millward and I have known each other through work for several years. First encounters were with Mercia Financial Planning where she worked under the umbrella of that company and then later as she and her husband set up Millward Wealth Management. I assisted with the identity design and brand development for her new company and since then we have continued to stay in touch and I’ve noticed so many parallels in our family lives - we’re a similar age with children at similar ages and our d...
Pod Pit YouTube Launch!
March 25, 2021 17:00 - 5 minutes - 3.54 MBI've taken the Zoom recordings of Pod Pit onto YouTube for anyone who prefers to watch as well as listen! Check out the Design Pit channel where episodes 1 to 9 are up and all future episodes will be uploaded to in the future. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiQPAI9R0IN9MjyuK7YtqRg/videos Also, this is a call for listeners to feedback and request specific content topics, themes or questions for guests. I'm all ears and open to requests that will make the podcast better for everyone listen...
Aaron Whiffin - Speculative work and why you should avoid it!
March 19, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBAaron Whiffin is the owner of Webbed Feet UK, a web development agency in Salisbury. We’ve known each other since mid-2020 when we met at a networking event called The Boardroom Network. Aaron and I share similar views and opinions on the creative industry as a whole and I wanted to get him on to talk in more detail about Speculative or Picth work. Contact Aaron at Webbed Feet here: [email protected] Read the article that sparked this chat here: https://www.webbedfeet.uk/news/why-we-do...
David Whitehouse - The Evolution of the Internet
March 12, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBDavid Whitehouse is a web specialist based in Staffordshire. He runs digital marketing agency Inlife, from their Burntwood base in the heart of the midlands. We’ve known each other for a number of years as we started our businesses around the same time in 2011/2012. Since then David and I have collaborated on numerous projects to design and develop websites for businesses all over the UK and across into Europe. Our friendship has seen us tackle a Three Peaks challenge and several exercise ch...
Wendy Hill - Eating for Productivity
March 08, 2021 00:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBWendy Hill is a nutritionist based in the Midlands. I’ve known her for a number of years and she was a client in her previous business, a construction company called GBP. Since exiting that business, she’s gone on to work as a nutritionist and helps people to get to grips with food and “Ditch the Diet” forever! Wendy is an experience podcaster and hosts a great show called “Are You REALLY going to Eat That?” which is available on Apple Podcasts and via her website (below) Website: https://h...
Peter Howard - The Evolution of Graphic Design
March 05, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 49.9 MBI'm super excited about this one because it is an interview with my first boss, Peter Howard. Over the years, Pete and I have become great friends and I have so much respect for him as a designer and a businessman. While working with Pete, I learnt so much about the graphic design industry and had my eyes opened to lots of the unseen, untaught soft skills of the business world. In this episode, we talk in detail about the way the graphic design industry has evolved into what it is today. T...
Ross Lowe - Derby to Toronto to Berlin and back again
February 17, 2021 09:00 - 49 minutes - 34.4 MBAn incredible story about a self-employed English copywriter married to a Canadian, living in Berlin while expecting a baby and planning to move back to Toronto... or Derby. Ross' story is unique and as he's lived it he has had to show positivity in his mindset, decisiveness under pressure, resilience in the face of adversity and bravery when faced with life changing options to choose between. The English Copywriter is Ross Lowe, a native English copywriter and content specialist with almos...
Paul Felton - Design, Business, Parenting
February 05, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 44 MBPaul Felton is an incredibly successful graphic designer with over 50 international design awards to his name. His career takes in agency jobs in London and Birmingham and then establishing a small agency of his own with offices in Birmingham and London. Paul and I open up about life in design, motivators for doing what we do, challenges, goals and adjusting to parenthood as a self employed business owner. In a powerful and insightful episode, we cover many areas of creativity, business and ...
Lee Gill - Workplaces - pre and post Covid
February 05, 2021 17:00 - 50 minutes - 35.1 MBI’m joined by Lee Gill from Flow Office Interiors. Lee is one of Birmingham’s best known networkers and a talented interior designer. He will be discussing the workplace before Covid, now and in a post-Covid world. We touch on the impact of workspaces on mental health, productivity and happiness in the workforce. Lee and I have known each other for a number of years now, we met at a networking organisation in the midlands around 6 or 7 years ago. I’ve seen Lee’s business really take off in ...
Vicky Damerell - Data in Business
February 05, 2021 17:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBI’m joined by Vicky Damerell, a data expert who has forged a career in many areas of digital marketing. Vicky helps to break down data and why it is so important to businesses of all shapes and sizes. Vicky is my sister in law and has worked in sales and more recently in digital marketing across a variety of areas. She is now working for Market Location in data. WEBSITE: https://www.marketlocation.co.uk/ Vicky introduces herself, the company she represents and gives an introduction to da...
Introducing Pod Pit with Gareth Robertson interviewed by Wendy Hill
February 05, 2021 16:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBEpisode 1 of Pod Pit is an introduction to the podcast to cover what it is all about, what type of content to expect and what the guest list is looking like. I’m Gareth, the host and I’m joined by Wendy Hill who is a friend, client and networking colleague. The reason I asked Wendy to interview me in this episode is because it was Wendy who introduced me to podcasting back in 2019. She interviewed me for her own podcast and I thought it would make sense to bring her on to Pod Pit to help lau...