Most trades based businesses think that social media won’t really help them..they think no one wants to look at at a tradie popping in a new light switch, a plumber unblocking a toilet or old mate slinging bricks over and over again Well Greg Allan, founder of The Electricians Success Academy and owner of Response Electricians, a business that exploded when they decided to challenge this thinking and put themselves in the shoes of the customer…the result, Singing Electricians with videos that we...
Mar 14, 2021•1 hr 46 min
Training a team is all about communication, setting goals, and having an overarching purpose. But how can you communicate correctly and make sure your team is aligned with what you want for your business? Kye Probert is a service engineer who has transcended his skills as a technician and works as the leader of APT Hydraulics. The overall purpose of his business is to help hydraulics engineers be safer, more efficient, and fulfilled in their careers by providing the necessary training. Sounds st...
Feb 28, 2021•2 hr 9 min
If you've seen Anthony Laye on TV or in person, then you've likely had your mind blown! Anthony has performed over 850 live shows, been seen by over 5 million people on TV, featured on over 100 radio stations, and performed with the world's biggest touring magic show 'The Illusionists'. Anthony Laye is one of Australia's most sought-after corporate speakers and entertainers. He is on a mission to help others overcome their fear of public speaking and presenting on camera. We have him with us tod...
Jan 31, 2021•1 hr 25 min
Surprise! You asked to learn more about me, and I'm delivering. Tune in for my interview with Alexandra Joy at the second Superhuman Summit. My story is the epitome of rags to riches. I had it all: power suits, a sports car, and a million-dollar view of Sydney Harbor. But for all the $$ in the bank, my soul felt like it was being sucked into a meaningless black hole. When you understand that the wheel of working, grinding, and achieving is just a soul-sucking search for significance in all the w...
Jan 17, 2021•52 min
Three seconds. That's all it takes for someone to decide to watch your video or not. Can you hook 'em? After today's episode of Barrels and Business, you'll know exactly what to do to engage people from start to finish. Video marketing guru Ken Okazaki is virtually in the house, delivering some free advice that will change how you approach video marketing. Ken Okazaki heads up Oz Media Global. He loves helping businesses plan, optimize, and launch their video campaigns. Ken's clients have genera...
Jan 03, 2021•1 hr 31 min
Modern businesses are losing their humanity. After seeing the world and meeting people from all walks of life, Michelle Crawford chose to dedicate her life to helping businesses in Australia become more human in their operation and culture. A Chief Conversationalist for over 20 years, Michelle is unashamedly obsessed about creating a positive social impact, social experiments and the consilience of theory and practice. Today's episode is about getting your ass off the fence! Michelle helps peopl...
Dec 20, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Meet the team behind Amanzi Surf, Clayton Nienaber and Jeremy Dean. Clayton is a high-performance surfing coach and has worked the cream of the crop. His style is part brutally honest feedback and part mind-bending allegories. Add to that picture Jeremy Dean, Amanzi Surf's "IT guy.” By trade, this barrel chaser is a digital product manager and marketing professional in the tech field. He's applied his talents and love for the water to growing the Amanzi Surf community. In this episode, get set f...
Dec 06, 2020•1 hr 47 min
At the age of 13, Jared Wiseman knew he wanted to settle for nothing less than living the ideal life . At 22, he launched his first business in the health and fitness industry and has since gone on to crush it ever since. Today Jared is a husband, father of 3, athlete, health nut, lifestyle guru, and coach to fellow business owners, helping them to live the dream life they want. Jared steps into this episode to talk about the journey to believing you can live the life you want. From watching the...
Nov 22, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Ray Bisschop is a visual marketing genius, designer, photographer, loving husband and devoted Dad who started surfing about 35 years ago, around the same time he started his passion of all things creative, these two things have led him three decades later to become owner and publisher of Surfing Life magazine, but there’s been a lot in between. When he started as a designer 30 years ago it was always a dream to work for Surfing Life… that just means don’t give up on your dreams. In this episode ...
Nov 08, 2020•2 hr 12 min
Brent Valle is an award winning entrepreneur, speaker, mentor, adventurer and caring dad. A snowboarder and a surfer! In this episode we talk in detail about all what Brent has learned from selling his award-winning $27 million gross revenue tech company to following a new path putting passion before profits building businesses from the heart. Brent has gone through a lot, good and bad, and has learned from tho...
Oct 25, 2020•1 hr 59 min
In this special episode, Jade gets interviewed by Mads Singers on his management podcast and shares more about who she is and how she got to be the serial entrepreneur she is today. Mads Singers is a management consultant and outsourcing expert, and they exchange in an exceptional and fulfilling conversation untold ways to schedule your business towards success. They talk about the importance of having a structure to grow a successful business and the best substantial and outstanding strategies ...
Oct 11, 2020•35 min
Cory Moore is a volunteer lifeguard, surfing coach and the founder of Little Frothers surfing school , a surf school that is all about having fun and enjoying youth. Cory is blessed to live in beautiful Burleigh Heads, the Northernmost headland in the series of point breaks that make up the Gold Coast. He uses his 25 years experience surfing and the memory of how much he frothed over surfing as a kid to fuel his passion in teaching not only kids but big kids at heart to improve their surfing not...
Sep 27, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Franziska Iseli is a maverick entrepreneur, leading marketing and brand strategist, mad adventurer, author (Including “The Courage Map” with foreword by Sir Richard Branson) and the co-founder of Basic Bananas , The Business Hood , Oceanlovers and Moments of Humanity . In this episode we talk in detail about some of Franziska’s most meaningful principles such as flow, non attachment and intuition; principles that can help you make choices to find your flow and live your life to the fullest! We a...
Sep 13, 2020•1 hr 23 min
Brett Odgers is one of Australia‘s leading business coaches, authors and keynote speakers. He’s an experienced thought leader, providing coaching and mentoring services to businesses and sporting teams for the last two decades. On top of that, Brett is also a proud father, an enthusiastic surfer, musician and the founder of The Million Dollar Author Program. In this week’s podcast, Brett will share practical tips from his journey as an author, such as how to establish your voice as a writer. He ...
Aug 16, 2020•1 hr 36 min
Nikki Smith on How to Play to your Strengths and Gain Back 10 Hours a Week After changing careers several times, Nikki discovered her life fulfillment as a performance and career coach. A mother of two and an avid surfer, she’s an advocate of empowering others to enjoy a successful work-life balance by playing to one’s strengths. In this week’s episode, Nikki will share insights on how to transform failure into growth, reclaim your passion by working with your strengths, and tell us the story of...
Aug 02, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Scotty Schindler’s lessons from a Competitive Surfer on Dominating Business Connect with Scotty Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottyschindler/ Website: https://www.scottyschindler.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV_YLINqZeVefJrLNrjjhHg Others: https://www.system1357.com Pure grit enabled Scotty to become a recognized business leader & magnate. Initially, he didn’t even feel like he belonged in such a space. Compassion is his key. He doesn't believe in firing or micro-m...
Jul 19, 2020•1 hr 48 min
In this episode I sat down with Meryl Johnston, Founder and CEO of Bean Ninjas, host of the Bean Ninjas podcast and creator of the Know Your Numbers online finance course. Meryl is a Chartered Accountant who specialises in the cloud accounting software “Xero”. She founded Bean Ninjas in July 2015 with $1,000 following a 7 Day Startup methodology. Now, 5 years later, the company operates in Australia, the US, and UK and has a distributed team of 15 people. Meryl is also a mentor of Rob Walling’s ...
Jul 05, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Our guest for this week is John Abbott, founder of Results Platform About John Abbott John is an audience awakening specialist and adventurer. A marketing and funnel savvy who teaches people business giving modules, etiquette programs and retreats. Moving on from his 9-5 routine while growing up in South Africa, he was able to shape his life based on the unlimited bounds of freedom from the beach in Bali. He’s all about business for good and about giving back. https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnabb...
Jun 21, 2020•1 hr 13 min
Our guest for this week is Dan Carlin, co-founder and CEO of Invigorated Water. From being a solo-entrepreneur, to growing and scaling a bricks and mortar business that is on the trajectory for being in the ASX list; Dan has grown as a stellar entrepreneur who has spent the last five years running an online business while following his passion for surfing. https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlindaniel/ https://invigoratedwater.com/ Tune In: Living the Lifestyle Between Business and Play (13:05) A gli...
Jun 07, 2020•2 hr 5 min
In this episode, I sat down with Luke Farr, a great friend of mine who’s had a 10 year career in sales across media, real estate, and technology surpassing 20 Million in sales revenue. Luke has a firm belief that the key to sustainable success is the fundamental aspect of building sound relationships. He believes that the strength of a person’s emotional intelligence determines the strength of their relationships and thus their outcomes. Luke has an amazing ability to build authentic relationshi...
May 24, 2020•1 hr
In this episode, I sat down with Monty Hooke, another great friend of mine who owns three businesses and sits on three boards. Monty is a long-time hustler with killer entrepreneurial skills that date back to the age of eight years old when he was running his own boat-cleaning business. He also happens to own a highly successful virtual assistant outsourcing company with clients across the globe that I actually used to source my own virtual assistant. Monty is an absolute captain of industry and...
May 10, 2020•2 hr 11 min
In this episode, I sat down with Chris Dufey, the CEO of Coaches Cartel, a company that helps fitness coaches, gym owners, and fitness professionals build their businesses online. Chris is a health and fat loss specialist and business mentor that gives business owners the confidence and exact next steps to achieve the body and lifestyle they want. He’s also an international speaker and author around the expertise and real-world know how that he got out of learning to transform his own body and t...
May 10, 2020•1 hr 19 min
In this episode, I had a chat with Rory Callaghan, a great friend of mine that I met in Bali at a time in my life when I was trying to decide whether I should continue with the ego-based business and all of the awards and things I was doing, or shift towards my passion and purpose. He really helped me on my journey to becoming who I am today and he has an enormously inspiring life story about how he overcame insurmountable odds to achieve some pretty great things. So many of us work so hard to a...
May 10, 2020•1 hr 30 min
In this episode, I’ll talk about why the Barrels and Business Podcast exists and share some of the things you should expect moving forward. I’ll be scouring the globe to bring you the world’s best entrepreneurs, most successful business owners, and pro-surfers to get inside their heads and talk about things like the best surf spots, their product recommendations, picking the right board, and the trials and tribulations of starting and scaling a business. My guests and I will bring you tangible t...
May 10, 2020•5 min
