indie business club with Mel Barfield
Updates on Mel Barfield's podcast for independent creatives, freelancers, founders and business owners.
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Crossover episode: search with candour x indie business club (opens the original)
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Make sure we’re friends on LinkedIn - I’m revealing my new co-host tomorrow This is a crossover episode of Search With Candour podcast (hosted by Jack Chambers-Ward) and indie business club podcast (hosted by me, Mel Barfield), discussing how you can use your hobbies to help build your “personal brand”. I first met Jack at BrightonSEO a few years back - he was the first listener in the wild that I ever met and I was F
Women in Marketing (opens the original)
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I’m an award-winning copywriter. And if you think that sounds wanky you should probably stop reading now. [pauses for mass exodus]Okay so now the negative nancies have gone - I can directly attribute five figures* in income to me winning the Women In Marketing Awards in 2024. I know because the clients told me that’s how they found me. If you want a piece of the professional bragging pie (and the accompanying cash-earning potential) please enter the Women In Marketing Awards. The de
Dear listener (opens the original)
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Longterm listeners will know that indie business club podcast was shortlisted for the independent podcast awards last year. We didn’t win, but it was a great experience and I got to go visit Apple HQ to learn from their podcasting pros, which was a lovely bonus. I was in two minds about applying this year because the podcast has changed so much since Ben left and I haven’t been consistent. But I’m proud of what I’ve built and my guest co-hosts brought brilliant energy and perspectives, so I thou
40 Lucky Man: lessons in luck with John Lyons (opens the original)
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We get quite personal in this episode, so skip through from about 11minutes to about 13minutes in if you’d prefer not to hear the part where we talk about mental health, marital breakdown and suicidal ideation. This episode of the podcast is all about one of my favourite topics - LUCK. Specifically, in careers. I chose John Lyons as my guest because a) he’s a legend and b) I knew he had a great squiggly story about how he got into marketing. We talked about…how a chance situation made
Nudgey nudgey nudge nudge (opens the original)
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I'm hosting the Careers Hotline panel at Business of Marketing at Canva HQ London in November - enter the ballot to win a free ticketHere’s your nudgey reminder to catch the latest episode of indie business club where I chinwag with my second* favourite Scotsman Jonny Rose about why you should get your face on video to promote your biz 👇*sorry Jonny but Alastair Thomson gets the crown.And i
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