Bulletproof Agency Network Podcast

A podcast devoted to uniting industry experts and thought leaders on how to scale a thriving, profitable and robust digital agency.

EP023 | Passing the Baton 08/10/2018

EP022 | What Big Clients Want From Agencies 07/27/2018

EP021 | Power of Niche 07/13/2018

EP020 | The Value of a Mentor 06/29/2018

EP019 | Pitching and Sales 06/15/2018

EP018 | The Personal Journey of a Successful Entrepreneur 06/01/2018

EP017 | Recruitment in the Creative and Digital Industry, is it Broke 05/18/2018

EP016 | Getting Ready for Sale and Investment 05/04/2018

EP015 | Growing Pains - Adventures of Running an Agency 04/20/2018

EP014 | Growth in a Post GDPR World 04/06/2018

EP013 | How to Grow your Digital Agency in 2018 12/08/2017

EP012 | Brand Authenticity in the Era of Fake News 11/24/2017

EP011 | Shelly Rubinstein Presentation 11/10/2017

EP010 | Transparent Pricing 10/27/2017

EP009 | Transparency and the Rise of Collaboration 10/13/2017

EP008 | Picking Your Fights 09/29/2017

EP007 | What a Buyer Looks for in an Agency 09/15/2017

EP006 | Limitless: How Does it Feel to be a Director? 09/01/2017

EP004 | Beyond the Music – The Sound City Experience 05/18/2017

EP004 | Beyond the Music – The Sound City Experience http://bulletproofagencynetwork.com/ @BulletproAgency Bulletproof Agency are pleased to share this podcast. This episode looks at Sound City, the organisation most famous for their long running music festival, held in Liverpool for ten years this May. We get behind the scenes insights from those behind the wheel, driving the festival forward whilst creating a strong support network for local digital business to thrive, regardless of any music focus. Topics Covered: Dave and Becky relay their experiences in building a renowned festival, which seems to grow every year, championing the new musical talent. They both share some of their collective vision, where the festival provides the foundations for countless digital start-ups to build into exciting ventures. From their annual conference, through to the workshops ran for digital start-ups in conjunction with Liverpool Vision and even the ad hoc spin offs such as Sound City Digital, the team has giving genuine help to the area (and a whole lot of fun) Dave and Becky cover the following: The story behind Sound City – the why and the how How they intend to celebrate their 10th anniversary this year The rise of the mini festivals and how their links to the digital community give longevity The importance of strong relationships with the corporate sector, including the professionals who protect the music and digital businesses Collaboration with other events and entities, and how it makes for a better proposition for everyone How they forged strong relationships overseas without being based in London Plus a few war stories about the artists themselves Guest BIO's Dave Pichilingi Founder and CEO of Sound City Twitter @SoundCityPich Becky Ayres COO of Sound City Twitter @Beckoir Links Thank you for attending and hope you enjoyed the show. Please subscribe to our podcast for more industry discussions with more fantastic guests. Next Episode In the next episode we will be announced shortly and released in June /episode/index/show/bulletproofagencynetwork/id/5367698

EP003 | The Birth of Swapbots 03/30/2017

EP002 | Punching Above Your Weight 03/08/2017

EP001 | Al Mackin 02/10/2017

EP000 | Introduction to the Bulletproof Agency Network 02/10/2017

EP000 | Introduction to the Bulletproof Agency Network Twitter: @BulletproAgency Overview Bulletproof Agency Network proudly presents our inaugural podcast. This episode delves inside the Bulletproof Agency Network, helping you get an understanding of with who its for, what we aim to achieve and why. Our guests for this session are the three founding members: Steve Kuncewicz, Partner at legal firm Slater & Gordon Paul Barnes, MD at My Accountancy Place Michael Henderson, Founder of commercial insurance broker, Risk Box Your Host A journalist and broadcaster for nearly 30 years, Andy runs his own media consultancy in Manchester working with clients like Weber Shandwick, the NFU, and the Institute of Directors. Andy started in print before 17 years as a BBC presenter & reporter, appearing on BBC Breakfast, Five Live & the Today programme. For five years Andy presented the award-winning BBC1 current affairs programme Inside Out, travelling across Europe making documentaries on terrorism, the smuggling of illegal guns into the UK and the Manchester IRA bomb. He also made films with Sir Bobby Charlton, Yoko Ono, Lord Heseltine and Johnny Marr. Find out more about Andy’s media consultancy: Content Covered The topics we have tackled within this episode include: (1) Overview of the three founders, their businesses and why they are positioned to help the creative industries (2) What exactly is the Bulletproof Agency Network and what will it offer those who engage with it? (3) How did the Bulletproof Agency Network come to be? (4) What passions drive the venture and what are they looking to achieve? (5) Why Podcasts? (6) What would constitute success? Episode Guests Steve Kuncewicz is a principal lawyer in the at Slater and Gordon Lawyers in Manchester. He specialises in intellectual property, media and social media law with a particular emphasis on the creative, digital and technology sector. Steve is listed as a "recommended lawyer" in tier 2 of the Legal 500s 2014, 2015, and 2016 North West Technology, Media & Telecoms section. He is a regular spokesperson, and has given interviews to the local and national press through BBC Breakfast, Sky News, ITV, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live and LBC London. Steve's first book, "Legal Issues of Web 2.0 and Social Media", was published in June 2011 and his second book "Legal Issues of Corporate Communication in the Online World" was published in June 2012. As well as being a member of the Law Society's Technology & Law Reference Group, Steve also sits on the boards of various membership bodies, including as Co-Chair Of Creative ProManchester and the MPA. He was also a Trustee of NOISE Festival and is an Ambassador for Forever Manchester. For more information on Slater and Gordon: Paul Barnes is MD and founder of My Accountancy Place, the UK's leading provider of outsourced accounting and finance services to digital creative businesses. Paul and My Accountancy Place offer advice, tools and support on how to build a profitable and healthy agency. For more information on My Accountancy Place: Michael Henderson is the founder of Risk Box, an independently owned insurance specialist, dedicated to helping and protecting people and businesses working within the creative sectors. For more information on Risk Box: Thanks We would like to give our thanks to Audio Always () where we've recorded this episode, and Art of Podcast () for production and editing. If this is your first time listening, which for most people it will be, being episode zero, then thanks for listening. Bulletproof is produced every month for your enjoyment and we would love you to subscribe, recommend us to your friends and rate us on iTunes. We hope you will join us again for engaging tales from interesting agency folk, and useful insights into the wonderful creative world of the North of England Next Episode In the next episode, the first proper one of the Bulletproof Agency Network, we will be talking to serial entrepreneur Al Mackin. From his years establishing leading Manchester agency, The E Word, to launching dual tech start-ups, Formisimo and Nudgr /episode/index/show/bulletproofagencynetwork/id/5073220

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