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The Huddle Podcast - Ceri Gillett & Aby Moore: Bloggers, Marketers

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Ceri Gillet and Aby Moore present The Huddle Podcast each week to give you a dose of 'real' small talk for a big business. Both busy Mamas with a huge drive to build their online empires. Their philosophy is it might sometimes be #messy, but you can bet your bottom dollar it will get done. Aby and Ceri want to be your biz BFFs to help you navigate through the online biz world and create an empire you love and a community that loves you.
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Joy Foster is an award-winning entrepreneur who helps women upskill with modern technology in order to return to work, change careers or start a business. Most recently she was recognised by Grant Thornton as one of the 100 Faces of the Vibrant Economy 2018, she was awarded Startup Director of the Year for London and the South by the Institute of Directors (May 2018). She was the only Startup female finalist in the national IoD awards (Oct 2018). Her business, TechPixies was named Women in B ...
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London-based Canadian comedian Kate Barron has made some big changes in her life. From moving countries and starting stand up to losing 185 lbs, she knows that change is simple but it isn't always easy, and often doesn’t take the first time around. Join Kate as she chats with comedians, influencers, entertainment industry pros, and more as they recount their own struggles with change, fear, and understanding their new sense of self.
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Guy Lochhead of Bristol Co-operative Gym talks to other people on the fringes of the fitness industry about their work, the problems they see in the mainstream gym model, and what their ideal training environment would look like. Together, let’s imagine a better alternative.
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‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ 🌈 It’s the question every kid gets asked at some point, an invitation to dream about the life you could live – and sometimes, it’s the start of something special. At 10, Carolyn Hayter was told fashion design could be a route for her creative talents. However, after marrying young and starting a family, bu…
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There’s a crisis in Fairyland 😰 But never fear because The Wobblies are here to save the day. 😃 These tooth fairies in training are the brainchild of Denise Fishburn and are the realisation of a dream that began 25 years ago. So we’ve invited Denise onto the podcast to reveal how these super fun characters came to be and how they’re now the foundat…
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Stucksville. It’s a place no one wants to be. But unless you’re super lucky, you’ve probably had a moment in life when you weren’t sure what you should be doing next. 😕 For Kay Holdsworth, this moment arrived after the emotional rollercoaster of a spell in hospital with her son. And when anxiety took hold, Kay not only felt lost but like she was su…
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To paraphrase Reese Witherspoon, who started her hugely successful production company in her 40s, you should bet on yourself because you are your own best lottery ticket. 🎫 This is especially true in a job market as volatile as the British weather right now. So when TechPixie Paula Campion Skerry came to us and said she was super keen to show her f…
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Want to know what it takes to be a successful social media manager? 💡 When Lucy Johnstone started our Social Media Management Certification programme, she wrote down a number she wanted to earn each month. So we were super chuffed when Lucy started smashing that number out of the park having become an Insta Ninja. Her expert Instagram skills have s…
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If you’ve become a parent, you’ll know how tough it can be to juggle a career with the demands of a family. 🤹🏽‍♀️ That’s why we need more women like Louise Webster in the world, who is on a mission to empower women by helping mums find balance and purpose in their lives beyond the school run. It’s a mission that’s taken her to Downing Street and se…
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Be more Taylor Swift. Good advice for life, right? 💯 According to our new Insta Ninja Emma Leatham, the princess of pop’s approach to Instagram is something we should all get on board with. Because while trying to keep up with the changes and understand how the platform’s algorithm works can feel like patting your head and rubbing your tummy while …
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Want to know what’s hot and what’s not on Facebook right now? You need to heed the advice of our social media marketing sage Vee Roberts. Because Meta loves to mix things up, and has already announced a major change to Facebook Groups that is a potential mare for users of third-party apps (such as a scheduling tool, for example). Luckily, Vee has h…
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Crikey! 😲 With over 1 billion active users and 20 changes to the platform dropped already this year, we love that LinkedIn is making waves. But if you’re already thinking, ‘I barely have time to wash my hair let alone keep up with LinkedIn’s tinkerings’, we’ve got you covered. Marianne Avery, our very own LinkedIn coach, has done the hard work of d…
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Step away from the cat videos for a minute. 🐱 Because while we all love a good chuckle at cats or kids doing something cute, this podcast episode could be just what you need to grow your YouTube or TikTok channels this year. Yep, we’ve invited Aby Moore, our resident YouTube, TikTok and Social Media Management Certification Coach, back into the hot…
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Trying to use social media without a strategy in place is like walking up Ben Nevis in flip-flops. It’s not impossible to make progress, but why would you want to make life difficult for yourself? And where do you start in creating a strategy that works? Especially when the pace of change in social media is quicker than a lizard on hot sand. 🦎 Fort…
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If there’s anything guaranteed to shake you to the core, it’s divorce. For Tania Ross, it was utterly devasting, ripping away her career as a childminder, her home, and her mental wellbeing. 💔 Not that you’d know it to look at her today. Tania’s a purple-loving crochet queen who is smashing it out of the park as a copywriter, a peer educator suppor…
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If your Oodie or Hug n Snug is crawling to the washing machine because you’ve spent all winter hibernating in it, we’ve got the perfect replacement. Because, drum roll, please… TechPixies has launched its own stylish swag!!! 🥳 🎉💃🏼 Thanks to our pals Jess Christie and Hannah Walker, founders of hand-printed organic clothing brand Northern Brights, y…
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Some days, wouldn’t it be great to be able to magic up a few extra hours? Especially when the juggle has gone properly Pete Tong, and there’s so much on your to-do list that you barely have time for a cup of tea (sacrilege). Esme Willis can relate. While her freelance role as a graphic designer gives her a degree of flexibility, she’s also running …
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How do you know when the time is right to do paid advertising? And how do you make a success of paid advertising when you’re ready to take the plunge? 🤷‍♀️ Fern Fuller has been on quite the journey at TechPixies (tune in to hear all her incredible wins), and she’s followed a clear roadmap to get her business ready for paid advertising. And it’s so …
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🚫 “I never want to be on social media” 🚫 “I never want to launch a podcast” 🚫 “I never want to run my own business” Kirsty van den Bulk has said all of the above at some point in her life. And yet, after a squiggly career path that’s seen her appear in an advert for Heinz Baked Beans (it’s still out there, apparently), become an actor, work in reta…
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How do you achieve the life you love when the thing you want most isn’t something you can put a timestamp on? 🤔 This was the question that had Nicola Walsh in a spin. Because all the while she was focused on having another baby, she was putting other things in her life on hold. She needed to shift her mindset, and as one of the first to do our Drea…
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How do you make money doing something you love? Especially if you’re in an industry in which supposedly ‘only the lucky few’ make the £££. 💰 This was one question Lois Lelland was grappling with when she arrived at TechPixies. But having just recorded and mixed her debut EP, she was also struggling to know how to share it with the world. She though…
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Doing something you love and getting paid for it – it’s the dream, isn’t it? 🌈 Catherine Speakman has taken her passion for the hidden corners of her home county of Dorset and her skill as a mapmaker (honed after working as a cartographer for the Ministry of Defence) and has, quite organically, grown a brilliant business. So whether you’re an avid …
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Pants. Not something you’d imagine might give you the feel-good factor. But for our chief TechPixie Joy and pants champ Sarah Jordan of Y.O.U Underwear, pants should have a purpose. And they should be brave with a touch of sparkle. ✨ We’re always popping on our ‘brave pants’ here at TechPixies. But up until now, they’ve only ever been metaphorical …
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There’s a reason we call Paula Tadzik ‘Magic Tadzik’. And it isn’t just because whenever there’s a TechPixie in a tech pickle, she’s right there offering a helping hand. It’s because Paula saw redundancy after 17 years in the same job as an opportunity to make her dream of living and working abroad a reality. In fact, her vision was so clear that P…
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Say the word ‘veteran’, and what do you see? An elderly gent with a lapel full of medals? 🎖️ As Kelley Austin, a former medic in the Royal Air Force, points out, you don’t immediately associate the word veteran with women. And that lack of visibility can be an issue, especially if you’re leaving a military career and wondering what the heck to do n…
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If you’re trying to build a business without a social media presence, it’ll probably feel like you’re trying to scale Mount Everest. To launch any successful business today, you must be on social media. You need it to help you grow your mailing list and get your offer out into the world. So when Joy Foster sees women quitting social media and never…
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If you’ve ever felt the fear of putting yourself on social media, you’ll totally relate to Kate Bird’s story. Before TechPixies, Kate wasn’t really on social media and felt hamstrung by an industry where credibility is everything (and you can lose it in a heartbeat). 😨 Intent on creating a movement for change, Kate decided to feel the fear and do i…
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In this episode Kate speaks with TikToker and comedian Tatty Macleod about law school, panic attacks and how a reality show changed her life. Recorded at: Big Belly Comedy Club Podcast Studios Watch full episode here: https://youtu.be/z2qAoxCNECA Follow Tatty: https://www.tiktok.com/@tatty.macleod https://linktr.ee/tatty.macleod https://www.instagr…
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Sometimes, we just want things to be easy. Whether it’s pressing option 1, then 3, then 5, then star, then hash, then spending hours on hold waiting to speak to a human or trying to pay for parking via an app that won’t recognise your number plate, tech that’s supposed to help make life easier can feel anything but. 🤯 It’s why TechPixies has been o…
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If you’ve tried to return to full-time work after having a baby, you’ll know what a struggle the juggle is. Pulled in 50 million different directions, you’re left wondering how long it’ll be before AI can create a clone of yourself so you can be in two places at once. 🤖 Or you feel so much like the walking dead you become one of the 85% of women wh…
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In this episode Kate speaks with comedian Jamali Maddix about comedy, living in the moment and how a couple of near death experiences changed his life. Recorded at: Big Belly Comedy Club Podcast Studios Watch full episode here: https://youtu.be/OiO6L27kKgs Follow Jamali: https://www.jamalimaddix.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jamalimaddix/ https://…
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Two years ago, seeing a cancer story on TV left Dawn Taylor in tears. But she is in a much stronger place now. So much so that she’s ready to share her story and wants others to know it’s possible to sparkle and thrive after a breast cancer diagnosis. ✨ On 1 October 2023, Dawn launched her personal brand photography business and will see out the mo…
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What do you do when you feel like you’ve lost yourself? 😟 Especially when ill health has kept you out of the workplace for more than a decade and your drive and ambition have been sapped. Katie Robson is proof that even though prolonged illness can rob you of your sparkle, it can also light a fire of raging desire for life. And once Katie was well …
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In this episode Kate speaks with comedian, musician and actor Abi Carter-Simpson about being a teacher, rejection, and how not allowing others to make her feel bad about her body changed her life. Recorded at: Big Belly Comedy Club Podcast Studios Watch full episode here: https://youtu.be/iEba4WQAT8Q Follow Abi https://linktr.ee/abicartersimpson ht…
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Imagine as a seven-year-old waving goodbye to everything you knew – your friends, your toys, your dog, your education – to set sail in a wooden-hulled schooner on the pretence of recreating a voyage undertaken by Captain James Cook. Life at sea might initially sound exciting, exhilarating even. But a dream can quickly become a nightmare when it inv…
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Four years ago, Mildred Talabi was recovering from a month-long stay in hospital having been diagnosed with a brain tumour. And like most major life events, it forced her to take stock… of everything. Today, Mildred is living life LARGE. 🔥 She runs a hugely successful business teaching women how to create visible and profitable personal brands and …
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If saying the word bookkeeping is enough to have you diving back under the duvet, or letters like P&L and HMRC bring you out in a cold sweat, you need Emma Middleton in your life. An an accountant and bookkeeper, she’s a number cruncher – she eats numbers for breakfast and finds finances fun (we know! 😂). But Emma knows that not everyone feels the …
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“If the sign of success is the number of failures you have, I’m well on my way to success.” - Joy Foster Every good business owner is like one of those Weebles. However hard you try and knock them down, they’ll always spring back up. And if you’ve ever wondered what it takes to set up and run a successful business, strap yourselves in! This is undo…
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Cassie O’Hanlon is the queen of the pivot. 🔄 A major health scare and the death of her father initially proved to Cassie that her future as an English teacher no longer lay in the classroom. But when the third strike – the pandemic – arrived to disrupt her 1:1 tutoring business, she knew she needed to pivot online. It’s a move that opened the door …
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Being a parent isn’t always plain sailing. 🚣🏽‍♀️ Some kids will be rushing back to school to coo over how many bottles of PRIME they’ve been able to snag over the summer hols or show off their new air up water bottle (anyone else been pestered for this yet?), while others will be pulling the duvet over their heads wishing school wasn’t a thing. 🛌🏽 …
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How do you differentiate yourself in a crowded market? And how do you ensure your potential customer understands who you are and what you stand for? For book coach Ann Sheybani, one of the best ways to tell your customers more about you (and get them to open their wallets to you) is in the pages of your own business book. 📘 But before you get too e…
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You take time out to fulfil the dream of becoming a parent and love it. 💕 But in the time you’ve been dashing about becoming pals with Peppa Pig, the world moves on, and suddenly, the route back to work feels like climbing Everest in your flip-flops. For Ella Hoyos, a seven-year career break left her confidence, self-esteem and sense of worth in th…
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Your message is waaaay more important than your fear of putting it out there. 💪🏽 So if the idea of sitting at a mic telling the world what you think is enough to bring you out in hives, we know just the man to help change your perspective. Podpreneur Alex Chisnall hosts the brilliantly titled Screw It Just Do It podcast (listened to in more than 18…
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Ooh, this episode is juicy! Our chief TechPixie Joy has been doing social media longer than social media’s been around (true fact. She went to the school that inspired Mark Zuckerberg to create ‘The Facebook’). And in a world that likes to move faster than a sailfish, it’s reassuring to know that a few golden nuggets of social media have stood the …
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Unless you’re very lucky, the path to happiness in life is usually a little squiggly. Ok, let’s get real! Sometimes the path can be as winding and bendy as Mr Tickle’s arms, can’t it? And if you’re in a job that doesn’t light you up, it can feel like you’re stuck in quicksand. If you can relate, you’ll love Louise Bailey’s story. As a student in on…
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⭐ Trigger warning: this episode discusses workplace bullying and stillbirth. If you are affected by any of the issues raised, please head to your website for details of organisations that can offer support. Redundancy, the death of her parents, moving house, menopause, and a lifetime of mental health issues created a perfect storm for Jo Fentiman. …
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From losing a business she loved in the pandemic and dealing with breast cancer to finding a new business opportunity and helping her transgender son come out as his authentic self, Lorraine Croom has achieved heaps in the past couple of years. In fact, if you need some motivation to slay the second half of the year, pop this podcast in your lughol…
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If your view of a company board of directors is a load of men sitting around in suits talking stats, this is exactly why Sarah Pierman from Dymanic Boards is on the podcast this week. 🕴️ She’s on a mission to show women the benefits of becoming a board member, whether as a non-executive director, a charity trustee, a company secretary, chair of a s…
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In this episode Kate speaks with comedian and actor Russell Hicks about American bravado, anxiety and how getting sober changed his life. Recorded at: Big Belly Comedy Club Podcast Studios Watch full episode here: https://youtu.be/7ge1zcdHRsE Follow Russell: https://www.russellhicks.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/russellhickss/ https://www.tiktok…
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If you’re between 45 and 55, chances are life is throwing you the odd curveball or two. The classic scenario is waking up in the middle of the night and throwing off the duvet because you feel like you’re sweating your way through the Sahara Desert. But if you’re also experiencing heart palpitations, joint pain, dry eyes, weight gain, brain fog, an…
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Getting in the right headspace goes a long way to helping you get to where you need to be. But how do you become the master of your thoughts so they work for you, not against you? How do you get out of your own way? Well, there’s a formula for that. 👏🏽 And trust us, even if the word formula is enough to make you want to put your head back under the…
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If you’ve ever read a job description and had to run off to a dark room (you know what we mean! You find your dream job, read the criteria and decide you don’t meet it all, so don’t bother applying), this episode is for you. 🤯 Because if you want to go from where you are now to where you’d love to be, there is a small but oh-so-mighty word you can …
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In this episode Kate speaks with presenter, comedian and actor Thanyia Moore about meditation, miscarriage and how being called a black sheep changed her life. Recorded at: Big Belly Comedy Club Podcast Studios Watch full episode here: https://youtu.be/biAhBSXiSGY Follow Thanyia: https://www.thanyiamoore.co.uk/ https://instagram.com/thanyiamoore ht…
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