Measuring Up Podcast – Page 3 – With Andy MacLellan & Peter Millard

14th October 201911th October 2019

#032: We’re Early!

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Peter and Andy are off to be media tarts at a special YouTube event so we’re recording the show a bit early this week. We’re covering all sorts today including procrastination and working without distractions (in Costa), Peter’s gone back to using a roller and hates it, we chat about price conditioning and setting expectations for your clients. Not to mention VAT, tax evasion and MFT hole spacing. Patreon supporters can listen to the aftershow at: https://www.patreon.com/measuringuppodcast

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30th September 201929th September 2019

#031: Ch ch ch changes!

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We’re back for Season 4 of the Measuring Up Podcast and we have so much to tell you! It’s only been a few months since the last episode but some pretty major changes are afoot in terms of where we take this whole ‘YouTube thing’. We also have a bit of a chat about affiliate marketing and the total lack of preparedness most UK businesses seem to have for this essential sales funnel… and on a related note, we so often hear horrific stories of cowboy builders. Since people are starting to realise that all reviews are fake, how can customers actually find good trades people? Patreon supporters can listen to the aftershow at: https://www.patreon.com/measuringuppodcast

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1st July 201916th September 2019

#030: Humility as a Woodworker

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It’s our last episode of Season 3! Join us as we try to get through some of the topics we planned to talk about in the first season. Here goes: YouTube and viral randomness, painting tables, humility as a woodworker, Peter nearly becomes a DJ, Andy’s making SketchUp videos, losing and misplacing stuff, Andy didn’t have a tape measure, best and worst parts of woodworking, how many battery platforms do we have, budget tools versus premium tools, making doors before carcasses, do we care about the next man in, lack of time to play with new tools, tools we couldn’t live without and (phew!)… dust control! Plus more on the aftershow including Andy’s tin foil hat YouTube theories, available at: https://www.patreon.com/measuringuppodcast

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17th June 201916th September 2019

#029: Do Instagram care about Copyright?

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Loads to talk about today! Peter’s bedside tables are finally out of his workshop and Andy has had some interesting adventures with a viral post on Instagram. This has highlighted a real problem on the platform, do Instagram care about copyright? And what exactly is the Instagram “Hi” scam? Other topics of the day include lath & plaster, who’ll train the apprentices, Peter’s new fancy biscuit jointer and crazy build requests. Access the aftershow at: https://www.patreon.com/measuringuppodcast

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3rd June 201916th September 2019

#028: Soundproofing Workshops & UK New Builds

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We’re back to normality after Makers Central… well, not quite. We’re chatting more about new build housing issues in the UK – from crazily poor standards of construction through to what Andy found hidden in the wall of his new build house. The UK housing industry is broken and we don’t know how to fix it. Will the Japanese show us how it’s done? Access the aftershow at: https://www.patreon.com/measuringuppodcast

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