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In our first episode, we speak to Paula Senior from the YMCA. Paula is a fund-raising officer and is currently preparing for the annual Sleepout to raise much needed funds for the night shelter, how covid has stretched them to the limits and how they have risen above the challenges faced by the homeless.

Can one conversation really influence where you are driven? Nat Schooler

Influence marketeer Nat Schooler joins Wendy as they chat about how important it is to produce strategic content online. Nat spends his time podcasting, writing, and driving across foreign continents for fun. However, their conversation quickly turns to the importance of building relationships with the people you want to work with. Nat places trust as the highest asset everyone should nurture.

In this episode, Wendy is joined by Managing Partner, Azam Mamujee a tax specialist with a voice of velvet.

Azam agrees that conversations count however he explains how numbers can tell a much more powerful story. He has a catchphrase “Give Azam the facts, I’ll save you the Tax”.

Jenny Procter – Bondfield Marketing

Making Conversations about Marketing for Introverts Count

Let us introduce you to Jenny Procter, a marketing consultant and self-proclaimed introvert.

Jenny writes PR and communications for B2B clients and has her own podcast show, and she discusses issues around running her own business as an entrepreneur.

Andrew Deighton – Team Coaching. Making Conversations about Teams Count. We are joined by Andrew Deighton today, who helps build and develop high-performing teams through strategy and processes in today’s remote working world.

Wendy has worked with Andrew in a second business through mentoring and knows firsthand how his advice relates to many aspects of running a business.

Nicky Pattinson – Leading Sales Authority & Public Speaker. Making Conversations about Personality Count. Nicky Pattinson speaks the Truth in all she does! A northern lass who traded on the markets at the beginning of her career, similarly to your host. Now, Nicky has a best-selling book “Email: Don’t Get Deleted” and her own YouTube channel NICKYPTV.

Buckso Dhillon-Wooley – Actress, Speaker & Business Coach. Making Conversations about Self-Belief Count. A true diamond, Buckso is very much aligned with herself and the many facets of her own personality.
As an actor, speaker and coach her mission in life is to help people connect with their higher self.
Being aligned with yourself on a spiritual, physical and emotional level allows you to shine brighter in everything you touch.
Buckso Dillon-Whooley is a well known Actress, who has starred in Disney’s recent remake of Aladdin and is a long-standing actor on Coronation Street with appearances on many UK TV shows.

James Daniel – Copywriter
Making Conversations about Copywriting Count
Joining us in this episode is copywriter James Daniel.
He describes himself as ‘That old guy who writes copy – you know, the beardy one with glasses.’
We should point out there could be other old guys with beards and glasses out there!
It’s easy to like James’ style of writing because he’s a conversationalist who realizes that people don’t speak geek or tech.

Henny Maltby – Digital Marketing Agency, Pink Elephant Media. Making Conversations about Digital Marketing Count. When the Pandemic hit in early 2020, Henny Maltby turned to her husband as they both realised their business was going to change forever. Offering online marketing to large corporate businesses who cut budgets left a hole to fill. By opening the conversation up with local businesses, it was obvious what the next chapter would be for them at Pink Elephant Media…

Kim Walsh Phillips owns Powerful Professionals, a business that helps empower entrepreneurs to turn clicks into cash and identifying the superpowers in others so they can fly high. Kim is an expert in social selling strategy.

Amelia Thorpe – Mental Health Wellbeing Coach. Making Conversations about Mental Wealth Count. Meet Amelia Thorpe, founder of Wellbeing 360, who talks to Wendy about how important it is to give equal priority to our mental and physical health. Listening to Amelia’s story will bring a beacon of hope that we can all take charge of our own conversations which will give us back the control that slips sometimes when times are tough. Amelia is a wellbeing counsellor.

John Attridge – Guiding Businesses to Reach their Full Potential by Tapping into Spare Capacity

Making Conversations about Capacity Count. John Attridge, owner of BBX turns spare capacity into value for many businesses. When you listen to John you just know there is a bigger story to this guy as his accent gives it away!
John has successfully built a business network and community to help people fill spare capacity and exchange services. It is a brilliant concept and if you’ve not come across it before yet in touch with me and I’ll tell you more. Using the BBX community helped my own business through the lockdown and has provided such a lot of support and new relationships.

Clara Wilcox runs The Balance Collective, Specialising in Return to Work Coaching for Parents. Making Conversations about Returning to Work Count! This is a conversation that every Mum will resonate with, juggling home and work is not simply a balancing act but a superpower!

Clara recognized through her own personal journey that the right support for Mum’s returning to work was only available from the employer’s point of view. This causes a biased approach and is not always helpful in an emotive decision-making process.

In this episode, Ivan and Wendy explore how conversation is the foundation of all growth and learning. How times have changed, looking back and also predicting our future generations experiences, yet communication will still be the underpin even it how that looks has changed.

Google has recognised this lady as the #1 marketing coach and her video series mixes humour with key messages, it is the lovely Janine Coombes. Janine is a marketing coach for personal brands.
In this episode, Janine and Wendy share how using the right language influences the conversations we have and how it affects our results.

Making conversations about presentations count! Delighted to introduce Lizzie Butler, owner of LB Communications, who met Wendy at a local online networking event and immediately hit it off. Lizzie helps you to grow your business through personal development training and how to achieve brilliant communication.

Making conversations about Bullying count. Jem Hills is an inspirational speaker, trainer & performance coach.
Talking to Wendy in this episode is ex-marine Jem Hills who you might find it hard to believe was affected by bullying and a lack of confidence. As a release Jem discovered Northern dancing and practiced as a bedroom activity that later led to an accidental release of freestyle dancing at a competition. The dancing-built resilience and the foundations for the training to complete the Mud Run and onto his Elite Special Forces career.

Peter Howard runs a design studio that is ranked in the top 100 in the country and was responsible for the WAG brand. Having known Peter and his team for many years, Wendy has heard lots of his stories but knew there would be one she had not heard before.

Making conversations about partnerships count. In a Making Conversations Count first, we are joined by two dynamic guests in this episode. Both Taz & Asha provide business coach services in different areas. Joining Wendy chatting about all the elements that make up a great debate. You are not going to want to miss the observations with Taz Thornton and Asha Clearwater around questioning, opinions, debate and discernment that makes for wonderful colourful conversations.

Vicki works with entrepreneurs, small business owners and executive leaders who are stuck in their business and need someone as a partner to coach them to their next level of success. Vicki offers growth marketing consultant advice, strategy plans & also organises in-house marketing teams.

This episode contains one of our most important conversations, so we’re definitely going to make it count!
Wendy Harris brings Heidi Medina into the conversation today, who opens up the conversation about abuse she has encountered.
She’s a Linkedin expert and business coach who is the exact opposite of the classic ‘my way or the highway’.
Whether you meet Heidi online or in person she is the same.

In this episode, Wendy is joined by Online Sales Coach Niraj Kapur from “Everybody works in Sales” a business that helps companies with their sales processes.

A life-changing accident that almost claimed a life but actually birthed a mindset shift.  Making conversations about speaking count!

Imagine losing your limbs in an accident.

That’s a real human test.

Most people would fall into one of two camps.

Feel the loss, and struggle to overcome it, before essentially accepting your ‘job lot’ and just becoming a bit angry.

Many would. And they’d be forgiven.

Then there are others, who would not let it defeat them, or define them.

Steve Judge is definitely in the latter of the two camps.

We reflect on how this business man helped his poorly mother solve a household challenge which led to a career of making conversations about ideas and innovation count. We will all eventually lose our parents. Sadly, it’s a part of life. Not many of us have to suffer that loss at the tender age of just six. We couldn’t think of a nicer guy to help us with our goal of making conversations about ideas count. Truly, if anyone can hold a conversation about ideas, it’s Nik Venios of the Ideas Agency. Did you know that NASA has a genius test? During this episode, you’ll find out all about this, and the fascinating stats surrounding it.

Most business owners hate marketing. That’s probably because they don’t understand it. Someone who does get marketing is Jonny Cooper, and even he can’t stand it! In fact, he despises it so much, he built a business around it. Welcome to Jonny Hates Marketing! This week we’re making conversations about messaging count. Messaging is so important to get correct. Your entire marketing voice depends on it. That’s why you need to listen very carefully to Jonny Cooper.

Wendy Harris is an expert telemarketer, who has years worth of experience in cold-calling and doing it right. Now a podcast host, Wendy shares her story and how she became an advocate for making conversations count!

Making conversations about wealth….and Clubhouse….count! Paying it forward. Acting from a position of generosity and giving within the law of reciprocity. We’re talking to Will Polston.

Making conversations about language count… Ray Blakney is the CEO And founder of online language school Live Lingua. Can you speak another language other than your native tongue? Wendy admitted to the “Making Conversations Count” team that she doesn’t, and we can’t help but feel she’s definitely not alone.

Mandy Ward is a book mentor, helping people to write their own books under the company ‘Write my book’. Mandy is also an author herself, including the popular children’s book ‘The Cuddle Monster’.

Sarah Townsend is a freelance copywriter and best-selling author of the book ‘survival skills for freelancers’. In this episode, we discuss the importance of conversations in the freelance world, and how things can lead to many opportunities…

Paul Furlong is part of Opus Media, producing TV advertising, videos, and photographs for businesses. He knows a thing or two about visual branding, and is considered a advertising guru!

Masami Sato set up the B1G1 initiative. Helping businesses to do good by giving back. When was the last time you gave, freely Not for tax reasons. And not because you felt awkward at a raffle. We could all always do more.

Ann Hobbs helps people to self-publish their books with Forward Thinking Publishing. She is also a coach and author of her book ‘Kick ass your life’, helping people to push through adversity.

Kim-Adele Platts, Career Development Coach. Making Conversations about Leadership Count! If you don’t believe in yourself how do you expect others to? This was a question and topic that surfaced during this powerful and insightful conversation with Kim-Adele Platts.

Marina Hauer is a branding specialist for independent coaches. Are you using three different brand ‘voices’ in your marketing efforts? We’re making conversations about branding count!

David Smith MBE is a Paralympian in the sport Boccia. Do you know what Boccia is? David tells you in this episode all about the most inclusive Paralympian sport that helps people with their independence.

Graham Nash, BusinessWise Accountants, has worked in many fields over the years and the one common denominator has been helping business turnaround.

Ian Genius is the sales coach to help you gain confidence in sales. His Ingenious technique helps clients see the value of your best package to COMMAND a higher price.

Jennie Eriksen is a voice over artist, her company name is Lovely Voice. She helps her intended listener to learn by being able to bring characters to life.

Stella Da Silva talks about vocations in this episode, as a specialist employability trainer she shares her insider knowledge.
What skills do you need to be employable?

Look into my eyes! You will feel very sleepy! You guessed it, we’re having one of our many conversations that count with hypnosis star Jonathan Chase.

Brynne Tillman is a social selling expert. Her company ‘Social Sales Link’ teaches the importance of connection for selling on LinkedIn and other platforms.

Ruth Driscoll supports people through toxic relationships. Her company the ‘life liberator’ takes her personal experiences to help others.

Rob Begg is a results based mindset coach to business leaders & teams. In this episode, he talks about your ego and self-limiting beliefs many of us hold.

Dan Knowlton and his brother Lloyd run Knowlton – a social media and video advertising company who create unique, funny content to stop the scroll.

Sudhir Kumar is an expert in social selling to grow your business, he’s written a book ‘Being Human: Marketing & Social Selling in a Digital World’.

Ann Page is a lawyer who helps other lawyers with her courses. She teaches valuable business skills and teaches the importance of avoiding jargon.

Joe Chatham set up USA 500. It’s an exclusive member-based organization focusing on sharing his expertise in marketing relationships and networking.

Larry Long Jnr is a sales coach that helps give people, teams, and organizations the motivation to go from good to great.

Larry Long Jnr is a sales coach that helps give people, teams, and organizations the motivation to go from good to great.

Ros Conkie can teach you to engineer a marketing machine that’ll accelerate your business growth. Marketing training, coaching, and consultancy.

Andrew Stotz is an investment research specialist. He shares the importance of investing in the future, in employees, and investing in good financial reporting.

Andrew Stotz is an investment research specialist. He shares the importance of investing in the future, in employees, and investing in good financial reporting.

Rob Illidge founded social republic, an agency defining how to stop the scroll on social media and create engaging content that your customers notice.

Brad Sugars is the founder of ActionCOACH®. Action Coach is the leading business coach franchise, working with leaders to take action and grow their business.

Simon talks about how using video for your business marketing helps customers engage with you – and want to buy from you – because video tells a story.

Roger Cheetham is the ultimate definition of resilience, having survived the unsurvivable and now an award-winning international speaker & resilience specialist.

Mike Pagan talks us through how we can look after our mental wealth and the importance of having the right support systems in place.

One of the UK’s most impressive young entrepreneurs Louis Barnett talks to us about Chokolit, sustainability, ‘Brand Britain’, cultural awareness, and applying his “Chocolate Box methodology’ in helping other SMEs

In this edition of “Making Conversations Count” we’ll talk about how launching online courses isn’t a guaranteed way to make money for your business! We will also offer a very cheap and simple way for you to get started with online courses if that’s still what you want to do!

We’re always moving mountains to bring you the best content on “Making Conversations Count” but we’ve taken it literally now! We’re getting Cathy O’Dowd, a woman who can claim a lot of firsts as we’re Making Conversations about mountaineering on Everest Count!

Wendy’s getting to talk about her favourite subject with Georgie Vestey – the award-winning host of the Dead Honest podcast as we’re Making Conversations about honesty Count!

Are you using social media correctly? In this episode we discover how to use our channels to bolster our professional networking efforts!

Are you aware of your own bias? Everyone has one whether they like to admit it or not. This episode is all about working towards harmony between inclusion and the workplace.

When it comes to menopause for men, do they actually suffer? Well, yes actually. Just not in the way you might think….
We’re Making Conversations about menopause in the workplace Count!

Every marketing expert on the planet will talk to you about sales funnels. But very few talk about the sales bucket. We’re going to change that today with episode 66 of Making Conversations Count!

Are you using ‘sales hypnosis’ when trying to help your clients? If not, it’s well worth learning more. This week we’re Making Conversations about sales hypnosis Count – with Gary Outrageous

Are you using your digital toolbox effectively? If you just responded in your head with “what’s a digital toolbox?” you should stop reading immediately and click this page to get to that player ASAP!! This week we’re Making Conversations about your digital toolbox Count!

Are you demonstrating effective leadership? Things have changed in the leadership space and now you have to approach things differently. This week we’re Making Conversations about trenches (trench leadership) Count!

Are you using lazy marketing? Those expensive marketing agencies don’t care about your results. They want your money. We’re Making Conversations about lazy marketing Count with Al Tepper of ‘Tep-Fu’!

Is it time to attain financial freedom? We’re talking all about becoming a billionaire and we’re Making Conversations about building a business on Amazon Count with Shaahin Cheyene (Episode 71)

Dealing with dementia and any kind of poor brain health is scary. In this episode Veronica Franklin Gould tells us how her art and dementia program (Arts4Dementia) can offer life changing help! (Episode 72)

Imagine having the secret formula for success in business. Wouldn’t that be cool? Well, good news! Once you’ve listened to this episode’s guest, you will do! (Episode 73)

Use your pen and activism to massively impact lives, tell your story and avoid becoming a prisoner of state lies. We’re Making Conversations Count with best-selling author Dawn Bates (episode 74)

Unsquashing yourself to overcome imposter syndrome! We’re talking all about communications coaching with Trisha Lewis in Making Conversations Count – episode 75!

How to be intentional every day and get on with designing your best possible day and year! We’re Making Conversations Count with Rob Cressy – episode 76!

Do you need a business coach, or a business expert in the co-pilot seat of your organisation? If you’re struggling to take off, you might do! We’re Making Conversations Count with David Holland – episode 77!

When they ask, do you answer? Do you realise how important transparency is for the success of your website? We’re Making Conversations Count with Marcus Sheridan – episode 78!

Do you want to ensure the traffic you’re getting to your site is the best for your business? We’re Making Conversations about website marketing Count with Michael Buzinski – episode 79!

Are you being a good boss or are you clowning around? Hopefully we’ll inspire you to become the former! We’re Making Conversations about leadership training skills Count with Jay Guilford – episode 80!

We need more architects who want to take it up as a career. And for that to happen, we need excellent academic leadership. With Kevin Singh, we’re Making Conversations about education Count with Kevin Singh – episode 81!

Being a marketing entrepreneur can be rewarding. But you’ll need epic content marketing tips to pull it off. So we’ve got the inventor of content marketing for this week’s episode. We’re Making Conversations about content entrepreneurs Count! Joe Pulizzi – ep 82!

This episode needs to be heard to be believed. But take the McDonalds movie “The Founder”. Add a conversation a young boy had with the story’s leading lady, June Martino. Roll forward to an emulation of the plot. We’re Making Conversations about discernible deeds Count! EA Csolkovits – ep 83!

Imagine how awesome your life would be if you didn’t have to care about any judgement or rejection ever again. That’s the topic of this episode of the Making Conversations Count podcast.
We’re Making Conversations about being superbold Count! Fred Joyal – ep 84!

You can take a lot of pressure off your bottom line if you enter into business partnerships. But not every partnership is the right one. Dave Plunkett talks to us about small business collaboration as we’re Making Conversations about collaboration junkies Count! – ep 85!

Are you ready for the battle of artificial intelligence vs human intelligence? Hopefully you will be after listening and reading to this episode. Allister Frost talks us through avoiding becoming an obsolete species! Making Conversations about how to ‘keep up’ Count! – ep 86!

Are you wanting to start a podcast? Is what’s holding you back the question of how much money podcasts actually make? In this episode of Making Conversation Count we talk to Travis Chappell about the key to podcast growth! – ep 87!

Do you have an effective method for onboarding and working with your clients? How are you managing them? What style of leadership are you using? In this episode of Making Conversation Count we talk to Michal and Ana Bohanes about their client acquisition system! – ep 88!

This is an important episode, because it contains all the emotional support for business owners that any entrepreneur could need! In this episode of Making Conversation Count we talk to Tommy Breedlove about overcoming self-sabotage and becoming Legendary! – ep 89!

Have you identified your client avatar so that you can seriously nail your marketing with ICP sales? In this episode of Making Conversation Count we talk to Paul and Shreya from Marketing Counts! I know, right?! – ep 90!

One of the biggest KPIs of any business owner – the answer to this question. Are you working on your business or in it? In this episode of Making Conversation Count we talk to Nick Cramp about getting better before bigger – ep 91!

Are you finding passion and purpose in your life and business? In this episode of Making Conversation Count we talk to Nicola Buckley about ensuring we can do so – ep 92!

How are your closing rates? In this episode of Making Conversation Count we talk to Catherine Brown about applying the science of silence in sales calls – ep 93!

Selling on Amazon? Thinking about it? Well this episode will give you all the info you need. We’re Making Conversation Count with Lynsey Hensell about selling on Amazon – ep 94!

Hitting the stage to talk to strangers soon? Want to? Well this episode will help you cope! We’re Making Conversation Count with Tyler Foley – ep 95!

How important do you think etiquette and manners are in the professional workplace in 2022? We’re Making Conversation about professional etiquette Count with Kristi Spencer – ep 96!

Do you know how to take control of your life? We’re Making Conversation about just that, with Blaine Oelkers – ep 97!

We’re Making Conversations about human connection Count! We’re going to learn the difference between talking to people and making a real human connection with them!

We’re all shook up in this episode. Listen as Mike Capuzzi shares with us how to get the perfect book out of you and in the book retailers.

We wanted to mark this special episode with special content! So here’s a masterclass in business success!