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Tips, interviews and discussions on web marketing, online entrepreneurship and digital living from Positive Sparks. All our episodes are especially geared towards UK businesses. Offering you all kinds of ways to enhance your own business online and utilise the digital world to bring your life more freedom and prosperity. Find out more at https://positivesparks.com/podcast/
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The Imposter Club is the podcast for anyone who’s ever felt they were winging it during their creative career (all of us?!). Host Kimberly Godbolt, a TV Director turned talent company co-founder of Talented People asks successful commissioners, producers & filmmakers to open up about their own moments of imposter syndrome, fear and failure to help us better understand and handle the ups and downs of our own creative career rollercoaster. The first season features BAFTA/Emmy/RST award winning ...
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Death by a Thousand Small Cuts: Founder Jason Mitchell on turning outsiderness into opportunity
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In this valuable ep, you're going to hear how being an outsider can spur you on to amazing things. How naivety and drive outweighs perfection. How true, fleixible working can transform a business. And what an inspiring human Jason Mitchell is! Jason was just 29 when he set up the super successful The Connected Set thanks to his outsider-like thinki…
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Why I didn't want to be a commissioner - UKTV's Sarah Asante reveals her secrets to work/life balance and self-belief
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What a woman Sarah Asante is - this conversation is an absolute blast, full of take away gems for your own career. The first black female in a commissioning editor role at the BBC, Sarah is now UKTV's scripted comedy commissioning editor, honing in on and championing brilliant content from under-represented groups. She entered the TV world from an …
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From Sewers to Streamers: Dov Freedman on the frustrations that fuelled him to set up Curious Films
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Dov Freedman's indie has produced massive biopics on Amy Winehouse, Caroline Flack, Paula Yates and doc series like Netflix's Running With The Devil and Squad Goals for BBC3. But in this frank conversation, Kimberly draws out the vulnerable side of this successful CEO and Founder - how did he navigate the precarious career of a freelancer when you'…
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I'm not the runner, I've got an Emmy: Editor Yasmine Almosawi on discrimination, self-acceptance and resilience
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An absolutely gorgeous episode featuring the breath of fresh air that is Editor Yasmine Almosawi. Hustling, hilarious, and completely herself after years of masking her true identity to be accepted, Yas is a talented, Emmy award winning Editor who has faced blatant discrimination, yet worked harder for it and given back to the industry. In this pod…
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From hospital to Hollywood: Adam Pearson on finding the confidence to be unashamedly yourself
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Adam Pearson has acted with Scarlett Johansson, presented primetime TV shows and cast umpteen series of The Undateables. He has a facial disfigurement and a wicked sense of humour, and in this uplifting conversation Kimberly finds out the ways in which he navigates this complex industry - and the world - with his positive mental attitude (and dunge…
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My fight for a seat at the table: Netflix 'American Murder' Director Jenny Popplewell on her journey to feature doc success
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Jenny Popplewell is a huge name in documentary, but in this incredibly humble and revealing conversation, she tells Kimberly of her fight to be taken seriously as a director and how she's only just believing of her own success. This is a strong contender for most-whiplash-inducing episode of noddingly relatable content for Producers and Directors -…
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From breakdown to ground-breaker - Adeel Amini on finding joy and self-worth after hitting rock bottom
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You might know Adeel's name, but do you really *know* Adeel? Trigger warning: substance abuse, therapy. Adeel has given so much of his energy and soul to improving the industry's working practices and mental health - but why? What's his day job and how did he get there? You'll find a beautiful full circle story as Adeel tells Kimberly how he arrive…
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Sexism, nuns & rocking 'old' - Dorothy Byrne reveals the personal influences on her career in journalism
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What a kickstart to this new season! The formidable Dorothy Byrne, ex Editor-at-Large and Head of News & Current Affairs at Channel 4 grabs imposter syndrome by the horns and tells it where to go. We cover everything from the serious accident that adversely affected her career, asking for what you deserve, menopause, mentors and all things in betwe…
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Behind the Mic: a bonus ep spilling the secrets of making The Imposter Club with Kimberly & Exec Producer Rosie Turner
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You know those 'making of's on TV we all love so much? Well, adjust your expectations as this is hardly a behind the scenes of 'Blue Planet' ;-) but... Ever wondered how we landed on The Imposter Club as an idea, why we made this podcast in the first place, or who Kimberly’s dream guest would be? You can find out as well as hear some personal take …
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From the dole to directing Stormzy - global Multi-Camera Director Jan Genesis on how to succeed when the odds are stacked
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In the last episode of series 1 of The Imposter Club, Kimberly is joined by megastar multicam director Jan Genesis, who's directed huge names such as Stormzy and Lewis Hamilton, and at events like the Commonwealth & Paralympic Games. Kimberly delves into his single parent upbringing, work ethic and mindset, and finds out how serious knockbacks like…
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Bullying, Cancer & Me – the stubbornness behind my success with Nicola Hill, co-CEO of The Garden
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We LOVE this episode for its pure candour & important themes. Kimberly deep dives into recently departed co-CEO of The Garden Nicola Hill's career which had a hard shunt from Drama to Factual after a bullying incident via unwavering work ethic, the juggle of family life and a cancer diagnosis. We think you will come away from this conversation feel…
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This episode, Kimberly is talking to indie boss Faraz Osman about his total failure to separate work from home life, and the identity crisis that followed his experience in a senior role where a fresh, 'other' voice was needed, but not listened to. Other topics include dating a supermodel, dank scout huts and overcoming a dog phobia for filming. A …
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This episode, Mr Big Brother & Sky Arts Phil Edgar Jones OBE bares his creative soul and lets out his inner imposter with an ever-curious Kimberly. Get to know the insecure boss behind TV landscape-changing-formats like The Big Breakfast and The Word (if you're really old), Big Brother (if you're quite old) and all things Sky Arts (if you're all ag…
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Helming a Netflix mega doc - Showrunner Kari Lia on career culture clashes and the battle to direct
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Ever wondered what it's like to be on the creative coalface of a high profile Netflix access documentary series? This episode Kimberly extracts tons of upbeat take-out from experienced Showrunner and Executive Producer Kari Lia, who landed in London from California in her early career and had to learn how to navigate development, directing and Exec…
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Finding the funny - Creative Director Stu Richards on getting fired and 'coming out' as disabled
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Kimberly sits down with the boss of funny factual & comedy production company Rockerdale Studios Stu Richards, to talk (and laugh) about the absurd situations he's found himself in, the jaw-dropping way his company came into being, and why he only recently came out to the world as disabled. Celeb namedrop klaxon & swearing alert! Actions we would l…
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This episode, Fatima Salaria is walking through the The Imposter Club doors. Fatima and Kimberly discuss the serious impact of putting on a front at work, the catalyst for stepping down from her MD role at Naked and why it's taken decades to truly believe in herself. Join the club: sign up at www.theimposterclub.com / email us: hello@theimposterclu…
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In this first episode of The Imposter Club, the Emmy, Bafta, RTS (etc etc!) award-winning documentary filmmaker Olly Lambert talks to Kimberly about the emotional turmoil he experiences making every film and how he has learnt to harness it to make him a better director - and human. Join the club: sign up at www.theimposterclub.com / email us: hello…
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Welcome to The Imposter Club, a place for people working in TV and the creative industries to finally admit that we're all just winging it. Host, TV Director turned talent company founder, Kimberly Godbolt talks to senior figures in the media industry about how they handle their imposter syndrome moments, along with their career mistakes and outtak…
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Dave is the marketing manager of Albacross, a B2B website visitor tracking tool. Dave discusses the differences between consumer and business marketing and how this affects what is possible in your data generation and promotion. We cover what you should look for in choosing the right B2B marketing tools for you and where B2B digital marketing is he…
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As the first taste of winter arrives, Jo and I are here to recommend the apps and tools we’ve discovered this month sitting beside our log burners in the darker evenings. This month, Jo introduces us to Airtable.com, a Trello/Zenkit like project management tool she’s been enjoying over the last few weeks. Next she moves onto RocketReach.io, an emai…
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Lenna Lou (see https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennalou/) is a startup & SME business specialist advisor, who loves working with new organisations in their first years of existence. In this podcast, we chat over how her experiences in her native Asian and new home of London have led her to show all of us why failures do not have to be negative experien…
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After a long summer break, Jo and I are back to recommend the apps and tools making the most positive difference to our work lives. This month, Jo introduces us to PassProtect, a Chrome extension that warns us whenever we use a password that has previously been compromised. After such a 21st century app, Jo goes on to tell us all about her bullet j…
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Mark is the founder of Qollaborate (http://qollaborate.org/), a new business connection organisation that seeks to change the way new businesses launch and find their way through the all important first year. Learn why Mark believes you should design your business before you launch and base that design on what you, as an individual, wants to achiev…
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Are you aware of your online reviews? Do you check them? Respond to them? See them as an integral part of your brand marketing? Nick is the co-founder of Reviews Wow (see https://www.reviewswow.com/), a new app that helps you improve and manage your online reputation. We chat today about how the app came into being, why Nick and his co-founder Mark…
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This week I am sitting in the podcast booth alone and I take this opportunity to let you in on three tips I have found tend to have the quickest impact on any Adwords Search campaign. I chat you through why the first place I look at on a campaign that’s new to me is search impression share. Discover why exact match keywords hold the key to a refine…
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Have you noticed the rise in chat bots online? Do you use on in your own business? Or would you like to? Jim Rowe, aka Jim Robot, is one of the UK’s pioneers in chat bot marketing (see http://bloomingsocial.media) and one of the founders of the Facebook Group “Botpreneurs”. In this podcast, discover what you need to know about the rising power of b…
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Sarah is a leading LinkedIn Lead Generation Expert (see www.lead-finder.live ) with over ten years of experience on the platform. In this podcast, Sarah shares her insights on why all B2B companies should make LinkedIn a central part of their online marketing. Discover her approach to engaging targeted new contacts, building relationships and how t…
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