The Dan Bradbury Podcast

On this week's podcast I interview Trevor G. Blake. Trevor has sold 3 of his businesses for over $300m!!! That makes him a man worth listening to in my opinion. And if that's not enough, he's also a 3x New York Times bestselling author. In this podcast we talk about: - How he managed to get his work schedule down to to 2 hours per day and be even more productive - How he succeeded 3 times in an industry where only 1 in 5000 succeed - His scientific approach to business success - The 3 habits he discovered were common among successful people and how to replicate them - Why you should never share your goals with others - And much more! $500 discount code for DB listeners DanB at www.trevorgblake.com/begin To learn more about Trevor: https://www.trevorgblake.com/ https://www.facebook.com/trevorgblaketgb https://www.facebook.com/TrevorGBlake https://www.facebook.com/groups/successwithbalance https://www.instagram.com/trevorgblaketgb/ https://twitter.com/@TrevorGBlake https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorgblake/ The Practical Magic to the 5 Hour Work Day https://threesimplesteps.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take this quiz to see how you score on the 7 critical areas of business finance. https://danbradbury.co.uk/scorecard-finance/ The average score of a CEO generating 8-figures or higher is 84%. Think you can beat them? Go here to find out. https://danbradbury.co.uk/scorecard-finance/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Books... Turnover Is Vanity, Profit Is Sanity: 9 1/2 Steps to Improving Your Profits & Cashflow https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turnover-Vanity-Profit-Sanity-Improving/dp/1691215333/ Breeding Gazelles: Fast Growth Strategies For Your Business https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01F2R0MG2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

Every quarter, I get some of my best performing members to share what's working now. In this week's podcast you get to listen in. Both of the business owners you will hear from are very transparent with their numbers and their best strategies. Up first Suzanne Dibble from Niche Legal Solutions Ltd shares: - How she setup a system that converts cold traffic at a 50% conversion rate - The rewards and consequences of selling a product before it's created - How she is leveraging other people's audiences at no cost - Her secrets to creating high converting webinars Then Barry Randall from the The Garden Design Co (starts at 24:44), shares: - How speed to implementation has been a driving factor in his success - How he is able to charge for something that his competitors give away for free - How a 7-figure side business was created out of his unqualified leads - How he gets competitors to pay for his marketing

This interview is sure to be scarier than anything you experienced on Halloween this year. The guest speaker at our last CEO Mastermind meeting scared the crap out of everyone in the room. Jenny Basheva is a cyber security expert and she shares many horror stories in this podcast. You will learn the most common security risks you are facing as a small business owner and how to protect yourself.

Everyone told him that you can't sell an Information business and he proved them wrong at the age of only 32. William Brown just recently sold his business and achieved every goal he had set for himself. In this interview William is super transparent and opens up about what it was like to sell his business including... - How having his best month ever nearly cost him the deal - How to find a buyer for your business - Why he decided to sell such a profitable business in the first place - His best advice for people wanting to sell - The worst advice he received during the process - How his deal was structured - Why he now believes that any business can be sold - What it felt like once the deal finally closed - And loads more! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Right now I have a special promotion going on. If you make a small donation to a kids charity I'm going to find the extra profit hiding in your existing business. On this 2 hour 1-1 Zoom call, I will take my 3-part company valuation model and use it as a lens to analyse your business and discover the low-hanging fruit that will result in an extra £100k of pure profit in your business… all for a small donation and from the comfort of your own home. Go here for full details: https://danbradbury.com/sanity-session/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Books... Turnover Is Vanity, Profit Is Sanity: 9 1/2 Steps to Improving Your Profits & Cashflow https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turnover-Vanity-Profit-Sanity-Improving/dp/1691215333/ Breeding Gazelles: Fast Growth Strategies For Your Business https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01F2R0MG2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

I'm wrapping up the Business Value Maximisation series in this week's podcast. You will discover 4 more ways to increase your business value and case studies to back them up: - Business analysis and risk mitigation strategies that saved a business - How I fixed my unsellable business with Mergers and Acquisitions - Over a 350% increase in profit with the same revenue in one year - Creating 6-figure profits overnight --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Right now I have a special promotion going on. If you make a small donation to a kids charity I'm going to find the extra profit hiding in your existing business. On this 2 hour 1-1 Zoom call, I will take my 3-part company valuation model and use it as a lens to analyse your business and discover the low-hanging fruit that will result in an extra £100k of pure profit in your business… all for a small donation and from the comfort of your own home. Go here for full details: https://danbradbury.com/sanity-session/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Books... Turnover Is Vanity, Profit Is Sanity: 9 1/2 Steps to Improving Your Profits & Cashflow https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turnover-Vanity-Profit-Sanity-Improving/dp/1691215333/ Breeding Gazelles: Fast Growth Strategies For Your Business https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01F2R0MG2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

This week's podcast is about maximizing the value of your business. This is the first 3 parts of my Business Value Maximisation series. You will discover: - Why it is easier to run a business earning 5 million per year than a business earning 500k per year - What one bad year can really cost you in the long run due to the compound effect - How I analyse a company when I'm considering purchasing it or advising a client - How to establish the current value of your company and why it is essential - What is a PE ratio and how can you use it to improve the value of your business? - Learn how to identify risks in your business - How one of my clients systemised his business to allow himself to be a real business owner and remove himself from day-to-day operations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Right now I have a special promotion going on. If you make a small donation to a kids charity I'm going to find the extra profit hiding in your existing business. On this 2 hour 1-1 Zoom call, I will take my 3-part company valuation model and use it as a lens to analyse your business and discover the low-hanging fruit that will result in an extra £100k of pure profit in your business… all for a small donation and from the comfort of your own home. Go here for full details: https://danbradbury.com/sanity-session/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Books... Turnover Is Vanity, Profit Is Sanity: 9 1/2 Steps to Improving Your Profits & Cashflow https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turnover-Vanity-Profit-Sanity-Improving/dp/1691215333/ Breeding Gazelles: Fast Growth Strategies For Your Business https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01F2R0MG2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

There's only ONE THING that causes companies to go broke and in this week's podcast I explain what it is, and give you a tool to prevent it. This episode was inspired by an article I read about more and more small businesses going broke in the United Kingdom. These companies are missing this one critical tool that would have prevented it. It'll only take you about one hour per week to implement and it's the closest thing you will get to having a real crystal ball that can predict your financial future. Financial stress ruins people's lives - this will help you eliminate it. This tool will remove all of the fear and uncertainty. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Right now I have a special promotion going on. If you make a small donation to a kids charity I'm going to find the extra profit hiding in your existing business. https://danbradbury.com/sanity-session/ On this 2 hour 1-1 Zoom call, I will take my 3-part company valuation model and use it as a lens to analyse your business and discover the low-hanging fruit that will result in an extra £100k of pure profit in your business… all for a small donation and from the comfort of your own home. https://danbradbury.com/sanity-session/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finance Masterclass Module on Cash Flow Forecasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q98JXVTws9c Cash Flow Forecasts Template https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kBxxQCDGb_gJq2DmbB7KLd4r-lgYdN9huAKmllVyF0o/edit?usp=sharing

This week's podcast is a special one. I interview a client who recently sold her business for multi 7-figures. Laura Roeder is a brilliant entrepreneur and she goes into great detail about the process in this interview. There's a lot to learn in this interview, even if you don't want to sell. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Right now I have a special promotion going on. If you make a small donation to a kids charity I'm going to find the extra profit hiding in your existing business. On this 2 hour 1-1 Zoom call, I will take my 3-part company valuation model and use it as a lens to analyse your business and discover the low-hanging fruit that will result in an extra £100k of pure profit in your business… all for a small donation and from the comfort of your own home. Go here for full details: https://danbradbury.com/sanity-session/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Times are getting tougher for small businesses and trust levels are at an all-time low. On this week's podcast I'll show you how to make sure your marketing message is spot on. In this podcast we cover: - 3 Steps To Use Empathetic Marketing Effectively - How To Gain Trust and Make Sure Your Marketing Isn't Misinterpreted - What You Must Avoid in Your Marketing Message - And much more! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every 3 months 50 of the smartest and fastest growing small business owners in the UK get together in central England to network, brainstorm and strategise how they will grow their companies over the coming quarter. The next meeting is 18th-19th September near Warwick University. For this meeting we agreed to invite a select number of guests to “try out” the mastermind experience before deciding to commit to the programme. If you want to know more, go here and check out a sneak preview of what we'll be covering this quarter: https://danbradbury.com/me/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Books... Turnover Is Vanity, Profit Is Sanity: 9 1/2 Steps to Improving Your Profits & Cashflow https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turnover-Vanity-Profit-Sanity-Improving/dp/1691215333/ Breeding Gazelles: Fast Growth Strategies For Your Business https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01F2R0MG2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Show Notes: Harvard Business Review Study: https://hbr.org/2022/10/how-to-get-empathetic-marketing-right ​

On this week's podcast I interview a very special guest who is documenting his journey to a 9-Figure exit. Dean Booty is the founder of Store More Self Storage and host of the Hacking Self Storage podcast. Dean's business is fascinating and there's so much here to carry over to your own business. He's one of the most willing to share entrepreneurs that I have ever met. In this podcast we cover: - What he learned from a £10m investment offer and why he turned it down - How to get steady recurring income streams in your business - How he predicts and prepares for future cash flow problems - How be became obsessed with business finance and tracking his numbers - And much more! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every 3 months 50 of the smartest and fastest growing small business owners in the UK get together in central England to network, brainstorm and strategise how they will grow their companies over the coming quarter. The next meeting is 18th-19th September near Warwick University. For this meeting we agreed to invite a select number of guests to “try out” the mastermind experience before deciding to commit to the programme. If you want to know more, go here and check out a sneak preview of what we'll be covering this quarter: https://danbradbury.com/me/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Books... Turnover Is Vanity, Profit Is Sanity: 9 1/2 Steps to Improving Your Profits & Cashflow https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turnover-Vanity-Profit-Sanity-Improving/dp/1691215333/ Breeding Gazelles: Fast Growth Strategies For Your Business https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01F2R0MG2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

On this week's podcast I reveal my biggest pet peeve in business. I hope you aren't doing this to your customers. We also share how to: - Get prospects to trust you faster - Get additional sales from existing leads - Create a low risk offer - Come up with creative cross-sell & down-sell options - De-risk your initial offer --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every 3 months 50 of the smartest and fastest growing small business owners in the UK get together in central England to network, brainstorm and strategise how they will grow their companies over the coming quarter. The next meeting is 18th-19th September near Warwick University. For this meeting we agreed to invite a select number of guests to “try out” the mastermind experience before deciding to commit to the programme. If you want to know more, go here and check out a sneak preview of what we'll be covering this quarter: https://danbradbury.com/me/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Books... Turnover Is Vanity, Profit Is Sanity: 9 1/2 Steps to Improving Your Profits & Cashflow https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turnover-Vanity-Profit-Sanity-Improving/dp/1691215333/ Breeding Gazelles: Fast Growth Strategies For Your Business https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01F2R0MG2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

Go Here to Get More Details and to Apply to Attend: https://danbradbury.com/me/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take this quiz to see how you score on the 7 critical areas of business finance. https://danbradbury.co.uk/scorecard-finance/ The average score of a CEO generating 8-figures or higher is 84%. Think you can beat them? Go here to find out. https://danbradbury.co.uk/scorecard-finance/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Books... Turnover Is Vanity, Profit Is Sanity: 9 1/2 Steps to Improving Your Profits & Cashflow https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turnover-Vanity-Profit-Sanity-Improving/dp/1691215333/ Breeding Gazelles: Fast Growth Strategies For Your Business https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01F2R0MG2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

This week on my podcast I've re-published my most popular episode. I'm delighted to share this fascinating discussion with Daniel Priestley. Daniel is a successful Entrepreneur, International Speaker and best-selling Author. We discuss a variety of topics including: - The difference between Rolex and the airline industry - How the US elections were won and what political campaigns could look like in the future - How hyper-targeted marketing will take over the world - Why scorecards can play such a vital role in generating the right leads --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take this quiz to see how you score on the 7 critical areas of business finance. https://danbradbury.co.uk/scorecard-finance/ The average score of a CEO generating 8-figures or higher is 84%. Think you can beat them? Go here to find out. https://danbradbury.co.uk/scorecard-finance/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

On this week's podcast we discuss the number one skill that impacts your profits. It’s massively high leverage and arguably the best possible strategic use of your time. What is this skill? The ability to make better business decisions. Why is it number one? Because the majority of business owners are wasting their time trying to fix symptoms rather than the root cause. That’s why most business owners are busy fools. In this episode I share my key to determining the root cause of your issues and share some stories as examples to show you how you can apply this to your business. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're interested in joining a Board of Directors group, applications are still open but the deadline to apply is 11th August 2023. This programme is for business owners with £1M+ in annual revenue looking to scale their existing business fast. The time commitment is small (only 1 day per quarter) but the average ROI is big, so it’s perfect for busy business owners like you. Apply here: https://form.jotform.com/danbradbury/boa-application ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This week's podcast is an interview from 2017 that I did with marketing genius Jay Abraham. If you haven't listened to this yet you're in for a treat - and if you have it's worth another listen. I interview Jay about how to scale and boost the value of businesses as well as explore his philosophies of growth. This is a wide-ranging and fascinating discussion that will reward repeat listening.

We recently held the 2023 Ultimate Entrepreneur contest where 6 of the fastest growing businesses in the UK competed for the title and a large cash prize. Among these elite business owners emerged one common theme that helped them accelerate their growth... Relationships. This inspired me to share my top strategy in this week's podcast for identifying and building better business relationships. It's not what you know, it's who you know.

Your reputation precedes you, and when someone spreads false rumors about you on the internet it can destroy your business. On this week's podcast I'm going to show you how to protect yourself. ChatGPT is already being sued for spreading lies so I asked it about myself and you won't believe what it said about me. I also share a true horror story of how a rumor nearly destroyed my friend's life and did destroy his business. Discover what you need to do to protect yourself in this episode.

This week on my podcast I interview one of my favourite accountants in the whole world, Chris Wilkins. Tax is the single biggest expense category in most businesses which means that you need an accountant that really knows their stuff. Chris certainly knows his stuff and shares his secrets to save you money. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take this quiz to see how you score on the 7 critical areas of business finance. https://danbradbury.co.uk/scorecard-finance/ The average score of a CEO generating 8-figures or higher is 84%. Think you can beat them? Go here to find out. https://danbradbury.co.uk/scorecard-finance/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Books... Turnover Is Vanity, Profit Is Sanity: 9 1/2 Steps to Improving Your Profits & Cashflow https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turnover-Vanity-Profit-Sanity-Improving/dp/1691215333/ Breeding Gazelles: Fast Growth Strategies For Your Business https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01F2R0MG2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

On this week's podcast I'm joined by special guest Mark Homer from the Mark My Words Podcast. In this interview Mark and I discuss making critical decisions with your business partner, taxes, buying properties and much more. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take this quiz to see how you score on the 7 critical areas of business finance. https://danbradbury.co.uk/scorecard-finance/ The average score of a CEO generating 8-figures or higher is 84%. Think you can beat them? Go here to find out. https://danbradbury.co.uk/scorecard-finance/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Books... Turnover Is Vanity, Profit Is Sanity: 9 1/2 Steps to Improving Your Profits & Cashflow https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turnover-Vanity-Profit-Sanity-Improving/dp/1691215333/ Breeding Gazelles: Fast Growth Strategies For Your Business https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01F2R0MG2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

On this week's podcast we talk about the 3 questions you need to ask yourself before posting anything online. We also discuss a man that is facing serious time behind bars for ignoring these 3 guidelines. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take this quiz to see how you score on the 7 critical areas of business finance. https://danbradbury.co.uk/scorecard-finance/ The average score of a CEO generating 8-figures or higher is 84%. Think you can beat them? Go here to find out. https://danbradbury.co.uk/scorecard-finance/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Books... Turnover Is Vanity, Profit Is Sanity: 9 1/2 Steps to Improving Your Profits & Cashflow https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turnover-Vanity-Profit-Sanity-Improving/dp/1691215333/ Breeding Gazelles: Fast Growth Strategies For Your Business https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01F2R0MG2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0​