S5 EP4: Paul Ince on Becoming BizPaul

Let's Talk About Brand
Written By Christine Gritmon Inc.
Christine Gritmon's Let's Talk About Brand personal branding podcast with guest star Paul Ince aka BizPaul

Today’s conversation is with a good friend of mine. Paul Ince, a.k.a. BizPaul, is the owner and founder of LikeMind Media, a content marketing agency in Loughborough, UK, as well as the founder of the MarketEd Live conference.

We talk about how Paul Ince, regular human, became Biz Paul, content marketing thought leader, back in the early days of social media. We also talk about being in touch with the things that light you up about what you do, and the challenges that can come along with expansion, especially if what your clients are really buying is you.

Finally, we get into my favorite thing about a personal brand: no matter what it is that you do, other people do it too, so what really makes you the right person for someone to work with? Because it's not about what you deliver. It's about what you personally bring to the table–and that, of course, is your personal brand.

A few of the things we hit in today’s episode:

  • Working for a national technology company 

  • How the 2008 Beijing Olympic games indirectly led to @bizpaul 

  • Becoming a content creator in the tech space

  • “I had no intention of setting up a business…”

  • Trying to sell an app people weren’t ready for…

  • …and deciding to focus on closing that knowledge gap instead

  • Paul’s first cringey business card

  • Paul’s first cringey pitch deck (it worked!)

  • Not the footballer

  • How events changed the game

  • MarketEd Live

  • Starting to take on help

  • Balancing BizPaul and LikeMind Media

  • “I don't really want to be known as the funky-shirted marketing guy…”

  • What keeps him in the game

  • What he truly delivers

  • What makes someone a fit—or not a fit⏤or LikeMind Media

  • What people are really buying into when it comes to BizPaul

  • “Maybe it's a Gen X thing. I suspect it might be…”

Find Paul:
BizPaul.com
PaulInce.com
LikeMind.Media
LinkedIn
Instagram

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Christine Gritmon Inc.

Christine Gritmon empowers professionals to leverage their digital platforms in a bigger, bolder way. You CAN do it–she’ll teach you how! She’s spoken on stages worldwide and is a frequent expert guest on podcasts, live streams, Twitter chats, and blog posts, as well as hosting her own weekly podcast, Let’s Talk About Brand.

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