Podcast Neil Wilkins

Neil Wilkins and fellow Cambridge Marketing College Tutor, Alan Anstead discuss all things communication on the topic of Sustainability. Alan shares examples, strategic thinking and ways that all sizes of organisation, commercial and non-profit, can harness the important message of Sustainability with authenticity and social responsibility.

Neil Wilkins talks to holistic coach and resilience expert Virginie Ferguson, about yoga, breath work, meditation and taking an holistic approach to wellbeing. Neil and Virginie explore the work by the Heart Math Institute into heart coherence and discuss the steps everyone can take to embed self awareness and good heart-centred habits into everyday living. Visit Virginie's website at Clan Wellness Find more information at the Heart Math Institute  For more content like this, visit Neil Wilkins Online

Why Should The Metaverse Interest Me?  “The metaverse is racing towards marketers as the biggest opportunity since the internet became commercial in the early 1990s. If you thought social media was important, you haven’t seen what’s coming.”Neil Wilkins   “By 2025 I predict you’ll be able to leverage brand presence and revenues from the investments you make today. If you choose not to, you just handed the baton to your competitor and they won’t hand it back.” Neil Wilkins   #metaversemarketing  More webinars like this http://marketingcollege.com/events Webinar host by http://neilwilkins.online

Neil Wilkins talks to Graham Potts from Wessex Commercial Solutions about  how to gain commercial value and progress when introducing sustainability into your business.  Graham explores the comparisons with ISO procedures, becoming more efficient and more. For more content like this, visit Neil Wilkins Online  and The Mindful Collective  

Neil and Sonya Wilkins discuss quantum energy and healing practices that are relevant in these turbulent times. For more information about quantum healing and other holistic treatments and courses, visit Sonya's website 

Neil Wilkins takes us through techniques and tips for handling crisis, in both personal and professional life.   Neil discusses - Redundancy  - Bereavement
 - Running out of cashflow
 - Disasters at work - Customer complaints   He shares his top tips, including: “Take care of the practicalities” “Affirm the smallest of accomplishments in pursuit of the mission” “Reframe the crisis into an opportunity not a threat” “Deep breath, stay calm, work from the full picture” “Apologise and mean it” For more content like this, visit Neil Wilkins Online

There are times when our marketing, business development and sales activities feel as though they are failing to reach the people we want to engage with. This might be because there is a gatekeeper between you and your target audience. It could also be because you are active in a range of social networks that your target customer doesn’t use. Let’s explore all the reasons why you might be failing to get your messages through to the people who matter; the decision makers and the budget holders. Fine tune your targeting and potentially reach more of those elusive, hard-to-reach prospects and customers. Top 10 Tips for How to Reach Hard to Reach Customers Trusted Intermediaries Peer Advocacy Micro Influencers Multi-level Multi-staff ABM Partner With Complementary Businesses Collaborative Solutions Pivot Your USP Towards Them Show Up At Key Moments Become Proactively Elusive Know When To Call It A Day For more content like this, visit Neil Wilkins Online

Neil Wilkins describes the five business orientations and explains why knowing yours, is key to effective decision making and working together. Neil answers questions like, "Is there a wrong orientation?", "Why can't you have 2 orientations in a business?", "What if our managers disagree?" and more. Visit Neil Wilkins Online for more content like this.

How to Manage Your Manager - 21 Top Tips   Remember its a symbiotic relationship Set healthy boundaries Know their preferences Match their communication style In-fill their weaknesses Make them look great Hold regular briefings   Proactively use executive summaries Agree common goals Set regularly reviewed KPIs Seek approvals by exception Learn to say the right kind of no Present solutions not problems Everything evidence based Never ever make excuses, proactively take accountability Sell your essential specialism Go one step beyond Be the easiest employee to manage Practice positive reinforcement Compliment them in public Suggest 360 degree reviews   You aren’t necessarily after their job, a promotion, or even another role in the organisation - so relax and grow your professional portfolio

You don't have to triple-fracture your wrist to take a summer break from social and driving forward in your year, but it helps! Whether enforced or optional, observing the effects of a mid year break, is an interesting exercise for you to try. Neil's episodes will resume this Friday with Managing Your Manager.

There is a delicate balance between having enough data about your customers to be an effective and proactive marketer and keeping within the law and GDPR compliance. Here's what Neil Wilkins discusses in this episode: Moving from third party to first data by 2023 The onus on quality and compliance Knowing what you can and cannot do with the data What to collect and how best to store it Data for preparing marketing strategy and plans for the coming years For more content like this, visit Neil Wilkins Online

Neil Wilkins talks to L&D Specialist and Leadership expert, James Hudson about how behaving with compassion can improve your leadership skills. Neil and James discuss, amongst other things: Holding the vision as the central guiding light for a team How to balance empathy and sympathy in communications Leading not managing, by taking the time to listen Demonstrating reciprocal respect in team interactions This conversation is loaded with leadership top tips from an industry expert. More content like this is available at http://neilwilkins.online Connect with James Hudson at https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-hudson-mcipd-fimi-flpi/

Dr Victoria Hurth explains to us how sustainability, purpose and core values can interlink in our world going forward. Neil Wilkins and Dr Hurth shares insights and discuss how everyone is in a position to make a difference if they can identify with their values and find their purpose. More conversations like this at Neil Wilkins Online

Neil Wilkins shares the latest research and tops tips for optimising your personal profile and business page in Linkedin. 2022 Best Practice Look and Listen before speaking Be positive and thought provoking Share your technical expertise Be a great source of unbiased, objective intelligence Add value at all times Maintain your consistent ‘elevator pitch’ Use the Content Suggestion Tool But there's more. Are you live streaming? Do you ensure all your team share your business posts? Have you tuned your elevator pitch? “Be personal and participate.” Linkedin

Phil Korbel, Director of Advocacy at Carbon Literacy Project, talks to Neil Wilkins about the importance of everyone becoming more carbon literate. As Phil discusses, many of us may have been setting off on our sustainability journey from the wrong starting point. Whereas most of us believe carbon literacy is about climate and saving the planet, Phil believes it's more about an understanding of how we interact as human beings and society. This is a fascinating and informative conversation and if you feel compelled to become more carbon literate, visit The Carbon Literacy Project for more information and to take your next steps alongside over 34,000 individuals who are also on their journeys.

Neil Wilkins shares his Essential Marketing Tools 2022, including platforms, apps and software that supports his busy marketing lifestyle: Meetings, Collaboration, Content Sources, Content Creation, Podcasting, Live Streaming, Campaign Creation, Campaign Tracking, Analytics, Administration, Marketing Sustainability and Hybrid Events. Neil also shares information about new hate-free social network WeAre8.

A quick 'fly on the wall' conversation where Neil Wilkins turns the tables from answering to asking in today's Q&A session with Cambridge Marketing College. If you need more time rather than more content... you'll enjoy this short clip... with thanks to Daniel and Emily.

Feeling scattered, too busy or unfocused? Let's face it, many of us are right now... The simple "Centering Thought" technique can bring you right back on track, in work and at play. I've used this one for years and it really does work to keep focused and feel grounded. If you like the technique I describe to you, check out Deepak Chopra, for more examples and a deeper dive into centering thoughts. I hope you find this useful and have a great day. (for more information like this, visit Neil Wilkins Online)

Neil Wilkins helps us to understand the differences between product and service marketing and also where they blend together to give competitive advantage and added-value customer experience  “ Product marketing refers to the marketing of tangible goods, which comprise of all those things that people can see, touch or feel. In other words, the audiences to whom you wish to sell your product can observe and comprehend the way the tangible goods work.” TermsCompared.com   Typical Product Marketing Companies - Manufacturing High Street Retail Fashion Pharmaceuticals   “Service marketing refers to the act of carrying out an activity for someone in return for appropriate compensation. Service is intangible because it cannot be seen, touched or felt.” TermsCompared.com   Typical Service Marketing Companies - Banking Utilities Insurance Streaming   But where it all blends is where the true value really starts and this is called the Augmented Product.   “An augmented product has been enh

Neil Wilkins discusses Neuromarketing with expert Katie Hart.   For more information about neuromarketing and to subscribe to research updates and surveys, visit Katie's research channel.  Listen to more episodes like this, visit Neil Wilkins Online.