Screw It Just DO It with Alex Chisnall

In this weeks episode, I welcome Markus Giesswein, CEO of Giesswein, a third generation Austrian sustainable footwear brand. Diving into the history of the business. Future plans for the business. Sustainability Let's StartUp!

Welcome to episode 218, today I'd like to share my personal experience. Have you had the corona virus? Have you been directly affected or your business? Sharing my experience, I wanted to show it's not all rainbows and unicorns out there all the time in my world. And I've definitely been affected in a number of different ways by this in my business. I wish you continued success and all the very best.

In this weeks episode, I welcome Jonathan Bowman-Perks, former of British Army Officer, CEO coach, Top Team coach, motivational speaker and host of the Inspiring Leadership podcast. Jonathan and I met in 2019 at the Festival of Enterprise at the NEC in Birmingham, where we got on like a house on fire Jonathan asked me to help him create and launch his Inspiring Leadership podcast I think you're going to get a lot out of this interview without a shadow of a doubt. Let's StartUp!

Welcome to episode 216, today I want to talk to you about don't set SMART goals - set ridiculous goals. I want you to aim higher We often set our goals far too low How far you are along in achieving your goals? Did you listen to the episode where I talked about the roadmap? Anything is possible. If you set your intention, if you take action, you consistently turn up and put the effort in.

In this weeks episode, I welcome Rob Moore, The Disruptive Entrepreneur "One of the ways to reach as many people as possible is to leverage all the media. One of the ways to really help people is give them consistent content. And if you give them consistent content, you're likely to build your following and your fan base. It was all always about trickle down. It's never about monetizing uprights and no ads on YouTube videos and no interruptions and breaks for ads, it was always about I give you content and maybe later down the line you'll find my books, my podcasts, my audiobooks, my courses, my mentorship, my masterminds, who knows. And that was an effective strategy and that's made me tens of millions of pounds doing that without having to directly pitch." In episode #215 we chat about: Podcasts - how to monetize yours. Mental health - the effects of haters on social media. Content marketing and how it's changing. Playing the bigger game. How playing the smaller game only leads to more pain. Let's StartUp!

Welcome to episode 214, #AskAlexAnything. On the first Saturday of every month I answer any of your questions. It can be on absolutely everything - entrepreneurship, business, personal stuff, health and fitness stuff, podcasting. Last month I received the following questions: 1) "When you're thinking about moving into a new job, starting a new business full time. What would your process of transitioning out of another full time job be?" 2) "If you are committing to putting out two episodes a week of your content, be that podcast, vlog, blog and you manage to get into a featured section on that platform and you start to build a loyal following. How quickly do you think you can get to 1000 downloads or views per episode?" 3) "I've written a list of guests to interview, but I worry that I will run out if I am niche of niche. I've only managed to create a list of about 20 guests." Let me know if you have any questions for next month's Ask Alex Anything. One of my most favourite things that I do is trying to help people, just because I might have been there, done it, failed at it.  If not, I'll know someone most definitely who has.

In this weeks episode, I welcome Morten Toft Bech, Founder of The Meatless Farm Morten and his young family were keen to reduce their meat consumption, but found a lack of tasty and inspiring plant based options were available to them. There in was born The Meatless Farm and a team of nutritionists and chefs were put together to launch a range of meat alternatives. In episode #213 we chat about: Taste, texture and sustainability Preconceptions, social media and Gen Z Competing and how to get your angle Let's StartUp!

Welcome to episode 212 and time for our monthly review. First of all massive thanks to everybody who supported the podcast this year. It is a good time to take a look back at this year. This month was all about embracing change and trying something new. The first cohort of my podcast launch programme was completed. Three people launched their podcast before the course was even finished! I'd love to know what your favourite episode was this month. Was it one of our interviews? Was it one of the solo episodes?

In this weeks episode, I welcome Graeme Risby, Co-Founder & CEO of Hiyacar Did you know that the average car is driven for less than 5% of its lifetime? Graeme wants to turn your car into an asset by making more use of your vehicle and making you money at the same time. In episode #211 we chat about: Sharing - if people shared more imagine what a better place this world would actually be Connecting drivers to cars and vice versa Keeping people in your community Let's StartUp!

Welcome to episode 210, today I want to talk to you about how you can measure your ROI (return on investment). This is relevant for podcasts, blogs, vlogs, social media. What's the true return on investment from having a branded podcast? What's your ultimate goal with your podcast?