The Events Podcast

Andy Fossett has had an interesting entrepreneurial journey. He moved to Japan to teach in a rural school where he was the only foreigner. He transitioned to founding GMB - a company providing online fitness training. They also run in person workshops around the world.   Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube / Google Podcasts   If you run ANY kind of events please check out the ticketing system we developed www.eventsframe.com - Effortless ticketing and attendee management with NO ticket fees....Make the switch from Eventbrite today.   I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did then please, please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us! :)   Finally we’d love you to join our Facebook Community of #eventprofs to keep the learning going   Get in touch with me about anything at all via dan at appsevents dot com   Sign up to our newsletter, delivered every Friday to get notified when the podcast is live, plus the latest events news of the week!   Get in touch with Andy at a@gmb.io

I’m currently in Asia for two months with my family, running some conferences and training events and squeezing a few days holiday in as well. It included a fascinating trip to run an event in Kathmandu, Nepal, which I discuss in the intro. This week's episode is a bit of an ‘off-topic’ one. I was delighted to be asked to be a guest on The Anomalous Educator Podcast by Ray Blakney. The podcast focuses on teachers looking to do their own online businesses but a lot of the content is great for anyone looking to run their own training events, whether online or in person. We get into a few topics including: An overview of using Google classroom to run your own training events and online courses Some more background about the company I founded ‘AppsEvents’ Check out Ray’s podcast over at The Anomalous Educator Podcast Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube If you run ANY kind of events please check out the ticketing system we developed www.eventsframe.com - Effortless ticketing and attendee management with NO ticket fees...Make the switch from Eventbrite today. I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did then please, please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us! :) Finally, we’d love you to join our Facebook Community of #eventprofs to keep the learning going Get in touch with me about anything at all via dantaylor.me Sign up to our newsletter, delivered every Friday to get notified when the podcast is live, plus the latest events news of the week!

Gail Crowe runs an events agency in the UK and we catch up for a quick chat about her business. I’m back in Prague after two weeks in Seattle and Portland and we catch up about my trip including: The event we ran….what went well and what could be improved Thoughts on Portland and Seattle Climbing Mount Rainier Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube If you run ANY kind of events please check out the ticketing system we developed www.eventsframe.com - Effortless ticketing and attendee management with NO ticket fees...Make the switch from Eventbrite today. I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did then please, please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us! :) Finally, we’d love you to join our Facebook Community of #eventprofs to keep the learning going Get in touch with me about anything at all via dantaylor.me You contact Gail at gail@magnifisense.co.uk and https://www.magnifisense.co.uk/. Sign up to our newsletter, delivered every Friday to get notified when the podcast is live, plus the latest events news of the week!

Stuart runs a series of entrepreneurial retreats in cool locations called coworkation and just ran his first conference Freedom X Fest in the Spanish Pyrenees which lasted 6 days and had over 400 attendees! Stuart came to Europe from Australia as a backpacker and started off in Spain where he had a lot of adventures; from turning his apartment into a ‘pop up hostel’ to running pub crawls then guided trips to Oktoberfest amongst other destinations. Stuart focussed on getting a good database of companies selling products to the digital nomad/location independent community in order to get them to co-promote his events and/or become sponsors. Stuart maintains an active Facebook page that has over 18,000 likes and shares a lot of photos and content there to build interest in his events. He talked about how he uses YouTube and Instagram to promote his events as the cool locations lend themselves well to this type of visual marketing. Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube / Sign up for our newsletter, delivered every Friday for the latest Podcast and more info on getting you started running amazing events. This podcast is brought to you by www.eventsframe.com - Effortless ticketing and attendee management with NO ticket fees...Make the switch from Eventbrite today! Email dan@eventsframe.com with the subject line ‘PODCAST’ for a special discount code. I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us! Finally please join our Facebook Community of #eventprofs to keep the learning going…. and get in touch with me via dantaylor.me Sign up to our newsletter, delivered every Friday to get notified when the podcast is live, plus the latest events news of the week! More info about Stuart is below: Stuart has been a Location Independent Entrepreneur over the past 15 years.  He has founded several location-specific event companies in Barcelona, yet his passion for travel and unconventional work practices fuelled his desire to create a truly lifestyle-based business model.  An avid 'future of work' enthusiastic and itinerant traveler, Stuart brings his is experience of the location independent lifestyle with Coworkation, curating Travel Inspiration & Professional retreats for entrepreneurs and creatives. https://coworkation.com/

Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube / Sign up for our newsletter, delivered every Friday for the latest Podcast and more info on getting you started running amazing events. This week's episode features an amazing entrepreneur Chris Ducker. Chris runs The YouPreneur Summit, an annual conference with over 500 attendees, and has used meetups and masterminds throughout the growth of his many businesses. He’s a super inspiring guy and I think you are going to love this conversation. In our chat we discuss: Going to Cebu, Philippines - why he went there How Chris became a ‘virtual CEO’ and only occasionally goes into the office Becoming an outsourcing expert and founding www.virtualstafffinder.com What it’s like to start a BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) company in the Philippines Running ‘Tropical Think Tank’ a high ticket price ($4000) event in the Philippines Becoming a personal branding expert the Youpreneur expert Why and how did he start the ‘Youpreneur Summit’ in London Full circle - Why Chris moved back to the UK The podcast is sponsored by www.eventsframe.com - Effortless ticketing and attendee management with NO ticket fees and plans from just $20/month! Email dan@eventsframe.com with the subject line ‘PODCAST’ for a special secret discount code ;) I hope you enjoyed the podcast and please leave us a review anywhere on the web it really means a lot to us! Finally please join our Facebook Community of #eventprofs to keep the learning going…. and get in touch with me via dantaylor.me Sign up to our newsletter, delivered every Friday to get notified when the podcast is live, plus the latest events news of the week! More information on Chris can be found below and please check out his podcast directly it’s really cool!: www.youpreneur.com www.youpreneursummit.com/ www.chrisducker.com

Derek is a school principal who has worked in International Schools in the Netherlands, Italy and Now Kathmandu. He also worked on the team to produce a Tedx Ed in Amsterdam, and we talk a lot about how to go about to set up and run a successful TEDx. Listen to the end of the podcast as Derek shares some great tips about how to get chosen to speak at conferences and how to put on amazing presentations. Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube / Sign up for our newsletter, delivered every Friday for the latest Podcast and more info on getting you started running amazing events. This podcast is brought to you by www.eventsframe.com - Effortless ticketing and attendee management with NO ticket fees...Make the switch from Eventbrite today! Email dan@eventsframe.com with the subject line ‘PODCAST’ for a special discount code. I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us! Finally please join our Facebook Community of #eventprofs to keep the learning going…. and get in touch with me via dantaylor.me Sign up to our newsletter, delivered every Friday to get notified when the podcast is live, plus the latest events news of the week! More information on Derek can be found below: https://twitter.com/DerekHarwell1

Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube / Sign up for our newsletter, delivered every Friday for the latest Podcast and more info on getting you started running amazing events. Chris Robb has done a lot! From running events at his school growing up in Zimbabwe to being the road manager for the Sydney Olympics. He founded the Singapore Marathon and sold it to Ironman before launching his career as an international consultant and speaker. He now lives in Bali and runs the Mass Participation Asia conference (now Mass Participation World) and is a sought after speaker and consultant. Also check out Chris’s first interview on the podcast which is a fascinating insight into his life story, leading up to how he ended up founding, and then selling the Singapore Marathon This podcast is brought to you by www.eventsframe.com - Effortless ticketing and attendee management with NO ticket fees...Make the switch from Eventbrite today! Email dan@eventsframe.com with the subject line ‘PODCAST’ for a special discount code. I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us! Finally please join our Facebook Community of #eventprofs to keep the learning going…. and get in touch with me via dantaylor.me Sign up to our newsletter, delivered every Friday to get notified when the podcast is live, plus the latest events news of the week! More information on Chris can be found on the links below: Chrisrob.asia https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-robb/

Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube / Sign up for our newsletter, delivered every Friday for the latest Podcast and more info on getting you started running amazing events. James is the author of the fantastic book ‘Work Less Make More’ and owns ‘Superfast business’ - a membership community for online entrepreneurs. In this interview we discuss: How James spoke at his first event while still an employee and sold a $5000 course How his first event promised all attendees to have an online business up and running at the end of the second day - and achieved it! The benefits of taking a speaking course to become a better speaker His system to produce a huge amount of podcast and video for very few hours spent each week Maldives Surf Business Mastermind - How James gets a group of high-level entrepreneurs on a boat for a tropical mastermind. We discuss the benefits of this type of event and why there are more and more of them Superfast Business Live - A conference now in its 10th year with 150+ attendees. James talks about how he plans and promotes this event and the benefits, including keeping in touch with his community and getting new members  This podcast is brought to you by www.eventsframe.com - Effortless ticketing and attendee management with NO ticket fees...Make the switch from Eventbrite today! Email dan@eventsframe.com with the subject line ‘PODCAST’ for a special discount code. I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us! Finally please join our Facebook Community of #eventprofs to keep the learning going…. and get in touch with me via dantaylor.me Sign up to our newsletter, delivered every Friday to get notified when the podcast is live, plus the latest events news of the week! More information on James can be found on his website: https://www.superfastbusiness.com

Earlier this year, I had the honor to be a guest on the Tropical MBA Podcast for the second time. If you haven’t checked out the Tropical MBA Podcast yet it is genuinely my favorite podcast about business and entrepreneurship so please check it out wherever you get your podcasts. We talk a lot about the origins of AppsEvents and how I came to be working with schools around the world and Dan Andrews is a master interviewer. Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify If you run ANY kind of events please check out the ticketing system we developed www.eventsframe.com - Effortless ticketing and attendee management with NO ticket fees....Make the switch from Eventbrite today. I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did then please, please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us! :) Finally, we’d love you to join our Facebook Community of #eventprofs to keep the learning going Get in touch with me about anything at all via dantaylor.me Sign up to our newsletter, delivered every Friday to get notified when the podcast is live, plus the latest events news of the week!

Taylor is a fascinating guy. He’s a hacker who used his skills to become a well-paid consultant, helping governments and companies protect their systems. He’s a regular at Def con, which is an annual conference in Vegas for hackers everywhere. I’ve personally been and it’s an amazing event and at a huge scale. Even more interesting is that the conference is cash only and no pre-registration…. so they have no idea about how many people will turn up. Taylor partnered with Defcon to run local meetups and other events relating to security and Infosec, which we discuss in detail. What is really interesting about Taylor is that he runs his business empire from an RV (recreational Vehicle) and he travels full time across the US with his wife! Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify If you run ANY kind of events please check out the ticketing system we developed www.eventsframe.com - Effortless ticketing and attendee management with NO ticket fees....Make the switch from Eventbrite today. I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did then please, please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us! :) Finally we’d love you to join our Facebook Community of #eventprofs to keep the learning going Get in touch with me about anything at all via dantaylor.me You can get in touch with Taylor at https://taylorbanks.com Sign up to our newsletter, delivered every Friday to get notified when the podcast is live, plus the latest events news of the week!

Chris ran charity projects in Costa Rica, Peru, and Africa where he got a taste for running live events. This led him to run ‘The Entrepreneur House’, a productivity-focused residential retreat in multiple cities including Barcelona and Chiang Mai. Chris started off running his events over two months which is a pretty herculean feat!... but has now reduced it down to 10 days. Chris travels full time with his girlfriend although he likes to stay in one place for several months at a time and told me the term ‘slowmad’ which I hadn’t heard before to describe this lifestyle. Chris is a Podcasting machine and he’s produced close to 400 podcast episodes that I can find! Podcasting is a major sales funnel for his events but we discussed how this is a long term proposition and you need to really enjoy it. The second major sales funnel is posting in forms and groups that Chris is a part of. Chris shares his content widely on social media (Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) and this also helps with attendees but no one platform worked especially well for him. Along with the events, Chris runs productivity coaching and the podcast also helps him get new clients for this. In terms of the logistics of the events, Chris makes it a super casual format with fixed sessions then free time in between and the attendees often organize trips, etc by themselves. Chris gets involved to make sure everyone is having a good time and to keep the group dynamic good, although with the kind of people he attracts it’s always a friendly crowd. Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube This podcast is brought to you by www.eventsframe.com - Effortless ticketing and attendee management with NO ticket fees...Make the switch from Eventbrite today. Email dan@eventsframe.com with the subject line ‘PODCAST’ for a special discount code. I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us! Get in touch with me via dantaylor.me You can get in touch with Chris via his website https://www.thebusinessmethod.com/ 

Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube / Sign up for our newsletter for more info on getting you started running amazing events. Luke founded a company called ‘Tech Circus’ that runs meetups and conferences in the UK around some focussed tech areas such as UX Design and FinTech. It’s a super interesting chat as we get into some basics that I get asked about a lot: How do run meetups, then grow this community and then run larger conferences. Luke did this and he drops a lot of knowledge on how he achieved it. Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube This podcast is brought to you by www.eventsframe.com - Effortless ticketing and attendee management with NO ticket fees....Make the switch from Eventbrite today. Email dan@eventsframe.com with the subject line ‘PODCAST’ for a special discount code. I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us! Get in touch with me via dantaylor.me Follow Luke on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luketwistedlemon/ Sign up to get exclusive offers and updates on our latest feature releases!

Steve Monnington is a business broker for events companies and his first interview was one of our most popular episodes. We get into a lot more great content about how to position your events business for sale, how to grow your conference to be an exhibition and then Steve’s new initiative ‘The Events Growth Academy’. Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube This podcast is brought to you by www.eventsframe.com - Effortless ticketing and attendee management with NO ticket fees....Make the switch from Eventbrite today. Email dan@eventsframe.com with the subject line ‘PODCAST’ for a special discount code. I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us! Finally please join our Facebook Community of #eventprofs to keep the learning going Get in touch with me via dantaylor.me You contact Steve through his website or connect with him on Twitter. Check out also the link below:  How much is your exhibition worth? Sign up to our newsletter, delivered every Friday to get notified when the podcast is live, plus the latest events news of the week!

Mikey Robins is a professional event planner based in Philadelphia. He runs events for high net worth individuals and companies across the East Coast of the US. We learn about what an event planner actually does and how they make money. Mikey gives a lot of tips for anyone looking to get into this area including how to get your first client, getting business by referrals, chasing repeat business and social media presence. Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube This podcast is brought to you by www.eventsframe.com - Effortless ticketing and attendee management with NO ticket fees... Make the switch from Eventbrite today :) Email dan@eventsframe.com with the subject line ‘PODCAST’ for a special discount code. I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us! Finally please join our Facebook Community of #eventprofs to keep the learning going Get in touch with me via dantaylor.me You contact Mikey at  https://www.themikeyrobins.com/ Sign up to our newsletter, delivered every Friday to get notified when the podcast is live, plus the latest events news of the week!

This week's guest is Helen Nurse who used a background in television production to start a children's entertainment company in the UK called ‘Wonder Adventures’ together with her husband. It’s fascinating to learn about this area of events and the complex planning that goes into making engaging entertainment for kids. We discuss all the ways that Helen promotes events where they are selling tickets, and also private events such as Children's parties. We get into some ‘old school’ techniques like distributing flyers and print advertising which are still going strong for Helen! Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube This podcast is brought to you by www.eventsframe.com - Effortless ticketing and attendee management with NO ticket fees....Make the switch from Eventbrite today. Email dan@eventsframe.com with the subject line ‘PODCAST’ for a special discount code. I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us! Finally please join our Facebook Community of #eventprofs to keep the learning going Get in touch with me via dantaylor.me You contact Helen at https://wonderadventures.co.uk Sign up to our newsletter, delivered every Friday to get notified when the podcast is live, plus the latest events news of the week!