Welcome to episode two! In this episode, we dive into the essentials required to kickstart your guttering business. From transport options to the tools you'll need, we cover all the basics to get you up and running efficiently and cost-effectively. First, we discuss transport and the importance of having a clean, tidy vehicle. Whether you start wit…

Welcome to another episode of the Gutter Business Podcast! It's Friday afternoon, and we're wrapping up the week with a summary of recent activities and a look ahead. This week, we tackled a variety of jobs and surveys, including a challenging gutter repair and a straightforward cleaning task. Despite some weather-related setbacks, we managed to co…

In this episode, we dive into the importance of morning routines and how they can set the tone for a successful and productive day. Whether you're a natural morning person or not, establishing a disciplined routine can make all the difference. We explore the benefits of getting to bed early and preparing for the next day the night before. From orga…

In this episode, we dive into the importance of morning routines and how they can set the tone for a productive day. Whether you're an early riser or a night owl, establishing a consistent morning routine can make all the difference. Our host shares personal experiences with different morning habits, from rushing out the door to taking time for med…

In this episode, we dive into the world of Google reviews and explore how they can significantly benefit your business. Learn why Google reviews are a crucial element of social proof and how they can help you build trust with potential customers. We discuss the importance of creating a Google listing for your business and optimizing it with detaile…

Happy Friday! Join me for a quick recap of my week. As summer rolls in, work has been quieter with fewer new requests due to the dry weather. However, we managed to complete around 12-13 surveys, providing clients with detailed reports and quotes. Some jobs are already approved and scheduled for next week. This week, my colleague was off on Monday …

In this episode, we dive into key strategies to help you build a successful business. Learn how to gain the trust of new clients, retain existing ones, and grow your business effectively. We start by emphasizing the importance of communication. Quick responses to phone calls, messages, and emails can significantly increase your chances of winning o…

Starting a business with limited funds can be daunting, especially when it comes to attracting customers. In this episode, we dive into practical, cost-effective strategies for finding your first clients without breaking the bank. We'll explore the importance of leveraging your existing network, utilizing free online platforms, and creating basic y…

In this episode, we dive deep into the world of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, particularly focusing on their importance for home service businesses. We explore what CRMs are, their benefits, and whether you need one for your business. Johnny shares personal experiences and insights on using Jobber, a CRM tailored for home service …

PUBLIC SPEAKING TIPS FOR NEWBIES: HOW TO DELIVER YOUR BEST RECFEST TALK Once upon a time, I too was also a reluctant public speaker. In fact, I did not even see the point of attending industry conferences - after all, what did I have to say, what did I have to learn? I am very glad that I accepted the invitation of one Mr Stephen Donaldson to give …

Friday afternoon again and after a steady week I’m glad the weekend is here.By Johnny Smyth

What to know how to be more productive and earn more cash in your service business? Get up earlier! Get organised and ready to get to boss your work day. You’ll thank yourself for it 💪🏽Thoughts? Reach out at johnny@gutterjunk.co.ukBy Johnny Smyth

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today. Next up is Dina Bay, CEO of PitchMe. I do believe this is the first time we have had a Founders Focus with the fellow Alumni of St Andrews University - a moment to celebrate! - When did you realise you were going to set u…

Getting reviews and Google reviews in particular for your home service business is huge! They provide social proof and help to grow your business. Listen in for some tips on how to deal with good and bad Google reviews. Any questions: johnny@gutterjunk.co.ukBy Johnny Smyth

SKILL BASED HIRING: A CONVERSATION WITH JOHNNY CAMPBELL One of the first people to really break down to task and activity level was Johnny Campbell. As CEO of market leading hiring training company SocialTalent, his taxonomy of the skills required by a recruiter to perform in their work remains a canonical artefact in the world of talent acquisitio…

My first ‘weekly recap’ episode where I summarise the good, the bad and the ugly of the past week running a guttering maintenance business. All good this week :)Got a question? johnny@gutterjunk.co.ukBy Johnny Smyth

More Simple = Less Stress. We chat about the importance of not over complicating your business when starting out and avoiding overwhelm by doing the simple things first and getting some quick jobs under your belt then you can add layers to your business once you’re up and running. Say hi: johnny@gutterjunk.co.uk…

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today. I'm delighted to be speaking to the one and only Roderick Smyth - serial entrepreneur with multiple exits and now the founder and CEO of Glyde Talent - the AI powered recruitment platform which enables recruiters to sourc…

A few thoughts on what to do to keep those first few clients that you get and how to get referralsBy Johnny Smyth

HOW TO SELECT AND IMPLEMENT AN ATS: A MASTERCLASS There will come a point in every Talent Acquisition professionals career where you will have to make a decision on which ATS to use. Likely to be the most significant technology decision you'll ever make, it is also - outside of payroll - likely to be the biggest ticket investment that you'll ever h…

Once you are ready to start working, where do you find those first clients? Here’s some ideas to get you started while being on a low budget.By Johnny Smyth

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today. Next up is Barb Hyman, CEO of Sapia. I had the great pleasure of meeting up with Barb for a coffee in Shoreditch earlier this year and I'm delighted to be able to reconnect with her on her founder story and what exactly m…

I chat about the personal qualities needed for getting into business and if you feel you have the qualities that it takes to stick with it!Say hi at johnny@gutterjunk.co.ukBy Johnny Smyth

Today I chat about some of the pros & cons of starting and operating a gutter maintenance business. I believe the pros out way the cons and would love to hear what your thoughts and questions are:)Get in touch at johnny@gutterjunk.co.ukBy Johnny Smyth

Today I share what equipment you need to get your business up and going. Spoiler: it isn’t as much or as expensive as you think 👍Don’t be shy, say hi at johnny@gutterjunk.co.ukBy Johnny Smyth

Just a quick test episode to see how everything works and to say thanks for joining me :) Have a question or just say hi: johnny@gutterjunk.co.ukBy Johnny Smyth

FUTURE OF JOB BOARDS & JOB ADVERTISING (PART DEUX) The best Brainfood Lives always leave more to be said. Ep254 set new standards for intellectual horsepower, as we discussed GenAI impact on the future of job boards and job advertising. We had such great feedback that we had to bring the crew back to follow up, this time taking things a step furthe…

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today. Next up on is one of brainfood's oldest buddies, Max Armbruster, CEO of Talkpush. If you've ever met Max you'd know about it - a unique, effervescent character whose passion for tech and recruitment is matched only by his…

Manfred Gans joins an elite, secret unit of Jewish commandos to take on the Nazis with advanced fighting and counterintelligence skills. But can he save his own family? Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for incredible tales of deception, acts of resistance and courage. A BBC Studios Audio prod…

EXPANDING SCOPE: FROM TALENT ACQUISITION TO TALENT EVERYTHING Talent Acquisition has spent the past two decades attempting to create an identity distinct from HR....was this mistake, and do we now need to discreetly reverse course?? Apologies for the provocation but I suspect this is more or less what we NEED to be doing, especially as the employer…

Emily Anderson led a double life. This shy musicologist from Galway was also a top codebreaker for the British, whose work would play a crucial role in Allied victory. Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for incredible tales of deception, acts of resistance and courage. A BBC Studios Audio produ…

PROGRAMMATIC JOB ADVERTISING: THE MASTERCLASS I am convinced that programmatic job advertising will become a necessity for the employers hiring at any kind of scale. Applicant overflow will become untenable without automated system which can respond to flow rate by either increasing or decreasing the visibility of the advert. And yet the solutions …

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today Scotty AI is a technology business where the market has finally caught up with the vision. Their pioneering software provides the sort of automation of workflow which recruiters have been screaming out for, especially in t…

A 24-year-old Belgian woman masterminds an escape line, spanning eight hundred miles of Nazi-occupied territory, stretching from Belgium to Spain. Can Andrée de Jongh save the lives of hundreds of stranded airmen? Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for incredible tales of deception, acts of res…

RECRUITMENT AUTOMATION TIPS YOU CAN DO RIGHT AWAY As the case studies accumulate, we are beginning to see the outline of what an AI-enabled recruiter looks like: it is indeed x10 more productive, perhaps even x100 more productive in certain tasks and functions. It's time to stop watching folks, and time to start doing. - Examples of Recruitment Aut…

Founders Focus is the show where we get up close and personal with the leaders of the businesses changing the way we work today VONQ has been one of the recruitment technology providers who have undergirded the recruitment advertising eco-system, often in a way unknown to recruiters at the operations side of the business. What a better opportunity …

Charles Drew, an American doctor, led the creation and use of blood banks, saving countless lives both in war and in peacetime. But while he worked around the clock to save lives, he would be dragged into a battle on a different front: the battle for civil rights and racial equality in the United States. Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extra…

HOW TO SET UP A RECRUITMENT ANALYTICS DASHBOARD Having strong analytics is critical to increasing the degree of your hiring success. Much more challenging is how best to set up a dashboard which works best for your organisation and your needs. We're going to get some expert advice from talent leaders whose speciality is enabling organisations to ha…

A young circus performer from a traveling family in France breaks out of an internment camp and dedicates himself to bringing the Nazis down. Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for incredible tales of deception, acts of resistance and courage. A BBC Studios Audio production for BBC Radio 4 and …

After contracting Hansen’s Disease, then known as leprosy, Josefina Guerrero makes a remarkable decision. She becomes a spy for the resistance in Manila. Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for incredible tales of deception, acts of resistance and courage. A BBC Studios Audio production for BBC …

NO LINKEDIN X-RAY? WHAT NEXT? The sourcing community has been monitoring the changes on LinkedIn, particularly on the availability of public data to search engines. 2 months since the news first broke that 'LinkedIn X Ray is dead', what is the latest from the front lines of the sourcing world. And...if LinkedIn X-Ray IS on its last legs, what does …

A group of Native American soldiers use their language to devise a secret code for the Allies. Can the Navajo code help win one of the fiercest battles of the war? Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for incredible tales of deception, acts of resistance and courage. A BBC Studios Audio productio…

DATA OR ADS: FUTURE OF JOB BOARD ADVERTISING IN THE ERA OF GENERATIVE AI Job Boards are going through a moment. What had felt like a clear progression of business model towards Pay-Per-Applicant, is now changing in the era of GenAI, especially with the AI-enabled job candidate conducting mass apply. Opportunities and risks have both increased for t…

Thrill-seeker Christine Granville offers to ski across enemy lines and over the deadly Carpathian mountains, into Nazi-occupied Poland to gather intelligence for the British. Churchill would later call her his favourite spy. Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for incredible tales of deception, …

SKILL BASED ORGANISATION: REALITY VS RHETORIC? The consensus in the industry is that Skill Based Hiring and Skill Based Organisation is the way forward for the next generation of future fit organisations, but what does successful implementation actually look like? We're beginning to see the emergence of a debate on the wisdom and practicality of th…

In Sierra Leone, navigator Johnny Smythe becomes one of the first West African airmen to join the Royal Air Force. His fellow crew consider him as a lucky charm, but as he faces a series of terrifying flights, will his good fortune run out? Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for incredible tale…

HOW TO PULL OFF A GLOBAL TA ORG RESTRUCTURE The post 2021 drive for optimisation has led to a global wave of organisation restructuring, as every department, in every company, probably in every country comes to terms with a world of high interest rates, slowing growth, tougher margins and ever increasing volatility. How have multinational TA teams …

How did Ida and Louise Cook, two opera-loving sisters from England, help dozens of Jewish people escape Nazi Germany? Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for incredible tales of deception, acts of resistance and courage. A BBC Studios Audio production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. Producer: Su…

HIGH VOLUME HIRING: FASTER, BETTER, CHEAPER? Recruitment optimisation gets more serious at scale. 1% efficiency improvement means a lot more when you're hiring for 10,000 people vs hiring for 100. What can we learn from high volume hirers when it comes to increasing efficiency? - Why radical solutions are required- How to determine where gains can …

Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for tales of deception, resistance and courage in History's Secret Heroes Series 2.By BBC Radio 4