Hosted by Matt Hodkinson · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 40 episodes
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You built a consultancy worth noticing. Getting the market to notice it is a different skill. The Unique Boutique (formerly The Consultancy Edge) is a fortnightly podcast hosted by Matt Hodkinson, exploring the positioning, differentiation, and category-ownership strategies that turn boutique consultancies into the only credible choice.
Matt Hodkinson hosts The Unique Boutique Podcast, a business show with 40 episodes published.
"We need a new client tomorrow." It's the moment most consultancies start thinking about business development - and according to Luke Badiali, that's already too late. Luke is the co-founder of BeDeveloped, which helps b
"Google are bandits." It's not the kind of thing you'd expect from a certified Google Partner agency - but Karen Young says it with a smile, and she means it. Karen is the founder of Ethos Metrics, the ethical pay-per-cl
Most consultancies still pitch what they can do. Clients have stopped buying it. Cris Beswick has spent two decades inside the boardrooms of global brands - first as a consultancy founder with two exits (the second five
For this episode, Matt does something different - he turns the microphone on himself. No guest, just an AMA: real questions submitted by boutique consultancy founders across The Unique Boutique network, answered in turn.
Matt sits down with Justin Michael - author of over a dozen books including Tech-Powered Sales and Seven Figure Formula , and one of the highest-paid consultants in the world of B2B sales and client acquisition. Justin h
In this episode of The Consultancy Edge , Matt Hodkinson sits down with James Thomlinson (Sprint Partners) to unpack a question almost every consultancy leader is asking right now: Why does marketing feel so much harder
Most consultancies want to “use more tech,” but end up trapped in spreadsheets, scattered SaaS tools, and duct-taped automations that create more friction than they remove. In this episode of The Consultancy Edge , Matt
In this episode of The Consultancy Edge , I sit down with Danielle Heward , co-founder of Optimo, to unpack what it really takes to build — and sustain — a values-driven consultancy in a challenging market. We cover: Dan
Consultancies are already being outplayed on LinkedIn and beyond - not because their expertise is weaker, but because they’re invisible on video. In this episode of The Consultancy Edge , I’m joined by John Wilson of Hon
Boutiques are primed to win - if you tighten scoping, build an embedded sales culture, and obsess over 5 unsexy KPIs. In this episode, Ben Edwards (CMap & Consulting Pulse) and Matt go deep on what’s really happening in
Building a consultancy that helps other consultancies hire better - what does that actually take? In this episode, Caroline Boston, Managing Director of New Minds, shares the origin story behind her people-strategy firm
In this episode of The Consultancy Edge , host Matt Hodkinson sits down with Leena Sowambur, founder of Marcoms by Leena, whose career spans 25 years in digital marketing and PR, including global campaigns for icons like
If you're tired of spammy sales cadences and tired outreach tactics, this episode is for you. I sit down with Mikey Hanson, founder of Growth Genie, to explore how consultancy leaders can break free from referral depende
In this episode of The Consultancy Edge , I interview John Barrows, CEO of JB Sales, whose journey from hammering out 400 cold calls a week to advising Salesforce, LinkedIn and Amazon has made him one of the most respect
Most case studies suck. They’re long. They’re fluffy. They’re written for your ego, not your buyer’s anxiety. On this week’s episode of The Consultancy Edge, I speak with James de Roche, founder of Lead Comet, who’s on a
What happens when the referrals stop rolling in? On this episode of The Consultancy Edge , I’m joined by Martin J. Williams - founder of Camford Management Consultants and the mind behind frameworks like the Pyramid of T
If your exit strategy is “someday,” this episode is for you. Shawn Walsh doesn’t pull punches. The CEO of Encore Strategic Consulting and co-author of The Pumpkin Plan for MSPs joins Matt Hodkinson to talk about building
The brand halo is dead. That’s the bold claim from Omaro Maseli - and she’s got the research to back it up. On this episode of The Consultancy Edge , Omaro joins Matt Hodkinson for a fascinating deep dive into the future
Consultants love to overcomplicate growth. Funnels. Ads. Paid traffic. Big teams. But what if you could build a multi-seven-figure business without any of that? Jeanne Omlor did exactly that - starting at 54, in debt, as
£10m exits. KFC chaos. And the truth about consultancy growth. In this episode of The Consultancy Edge , Matt sits down with Marc Jantzen, founder of The Consultancy Growth Network and former CEO of Blue Sky, which he sc
Justin Michael
10x bestselling author, sales coach · Hard Skill Exchange
1 appearance on this show
John Wilson
Traveller liaison and equine officer · St. Louis Jewish Film Festival
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Ben Edwards
professor of geosciences · Dickinson College
1 appearance on this show
John Barrows
Top sales trainer, founder of JB Sales, keynote speaker · JBarrows Consulting
1 appearance on this show
Jeanne Omlor
Business Strategist, multi-7-Figure Online Business Coach, Certified Servant Leadership Executive Coach
1 appearance on this show
Gillian Jones-Williams
business leader, author, motivational speaker · Emerge Development Consultancy
1 appearance on this show
Alan Weiss
globally renowned consultant, speaker, and author
1 appearance on this show
Joe O'Mahoney
Professor · Cardiff University
1 appearance on this show
Tony Clark
Hepburn Shire mayor and Seeing Eye Dogs handler · Hepburn Shire Council
1 appearance on this show
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The Unique Boutique Podcast is hosted by Matt Hodkinson. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 40 episodes.
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