Ben talked the talk
🪴 so 🪴 many 🪴 plants
Hi, Mel here.
First up, a nudge to listen to our latest episode…
On Friday, we spent the day together. Ben spoke at Cowork Crew’s first Cambridge event hosted by Fab Giovanetti, Chief Marketing Rebel at Alt Marketing School. We first met Fab back in April at Creator Day in Poole, when she got the crowd up and dancing. I’ve been on Fab’s podcast (episode 203) too, she’s ace so go follow her.
Cowork Crew is the brainchild of The Pickerings Penni and Jo; we’ve wanged on about it before. And we’ll wang on about it again. In just a few paragraphs time.
Friday’s event took place in the FORA Cambridge Garden Room, which is straight out of an interiors magazine. Absolutely stunning. And so many houseplants… I was in heaven.
Ben’s talk was all about how to be your own best customer; something we often talk about on the podcast. We had another exciting “listener in the wild” moment when some of the crew said they follow the pod. They said lovely things (hi Andrew, Fiona, Rachel and Len), we’ll never tire of that.
If you haven’t already listened, whack on our latest episode Plug In Baby. It’s all about the software we use to run our own indie businesses, and what you should consider when you’re looking at options for yours.
We had a voicenote in from Jo Shock and gave a shout-out to our OG free-range listener, Jack Chambers-Ward.
I’m speaking at Cowork Crew Northampton on Thursday 21st November (final wang about it, promise). Come along if you’re local. Or have a road trip and come even if you’re not.
See ya,
And find our labrador swiftie tallboy producer Ant Henderson on LinkedIn
The back catalogue
Replays here…
11 Somebody Told Me: Referrals ft Bob Burg and Penni and Jo Pickering
10 Paranoid Android: AI vs creativity ft Tom Albrighton and Molly Scanlon
09 Shiny Happy People: Personal brands ft Lea Turner and Steve Folland
08 Chasing Rainbows: Business planning ft. Alastair Thomson and Melanie Johnson
07 A Design For Life: Creating for yourself with guest co-host Dan Nelken ft. Penny Brazier and The McKinneys
06 I Bet You Look Good On The Timeline ft. Dave Harland and Jonathan Wilcock
05 Flaming Lips: Public Speaking ft. Pascalle Bergmans, Becki Wilson and Nikki Pilkington
04 A Little Respect: Client Relationships ft. Jodie Newman and Sophie Cross
03 All Together Now: Communities ft. Mark Masters and Ant Henderson
02 It’s Oh So Quiet: Finding Clients ft. John Lyons and Bonnie Harrington
01 Fools Gold: Pricing your projects ft. Tom Garfield and Ange Lyons
00 What’s The Story? Podcast origins