Oliver Smith

Founder of @smith_branding 💭 On a mission to be the best version of myself and tweeting about it on the way brand / marketing / creativity / business / mindset

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

Hell fire 😂

[James Price @jamespriceglos]

Does anyone remember before the election, when Labour promised they would be careful with our money?

They promised us they had fiscal rules.

They promised no return to huge borrowing.

They promised our kids wouldn't inherit this huge debt.

Let's see how that's going...

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

Spent the day automating so much personal stuff with @bot – wow 🤯

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

@Codie_Sanchez Depends on the industry / person. My experience is we can get into flow easier at home vs the office. The office can be way more distracting. Also depends on managers vs makers. Creative teams need a mix of box. Idea generation and then implantation are different types of work

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

Using GPT to analyse Bi is a game changer.

I think something that is under utilised in business is the Pareto principle (80/20) - everyone’s heard of it but not many actually focus on it.

Ai can help you get clarity so much quicker.

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

@DanielPriestley So true. It’s all about effectiveness.

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

Price is a powerful lever that most businesses don’t think too hard about.

Working in marketing, you see the real value of a product or service. Yet prices are mainly set by businesses adding % margin on after costs, rather than seeing it as a customer.

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

Bouncing back from failure should be taught at GCSE level.

Life ain’t all sunshine and daises.

And failure is where we learn the most.

Success is a lousy teacher.

#failure #personaldevelopment

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

Picking up the phone is a force multiplier and a skill lost by the younger generation.

In 3 calls I’ve had answers that could significantly move the business forward.

Tone of voice, enthusiasm and rapport is easier to build on the phone. Something that email lacks.

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

Fail fast.
Fix fast.
Learn fast.

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

Best way to start the working day.

Get three small tasks and get them done straight away.

The quick fire dopamine creates momentum.

The “eat the frog” mentality of doing the hardest thing first is completely the wrong way around in my opinion.

#productivity

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

Running a business is not for the faint hearted 🤣

Talk and up and down.

Control what you can, and let go of what you can’t is the only way to deal with it.

#mindset

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

Life is not about the amount of breaths we take, but the amount of moments that take our breath away.

Got me that one 😎

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

Every morning you wake up with a choice to view life in a negative or positive way.

One opens doors, the other closes.

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

@RobertGreene Interesting character. And the main behind OODA? Observe. Orient. Decide. Act

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

@Codie_Sanchez So true 👌🏻

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

Everything starts with purpose.

Having a personal purpose is like a North Star for your life.

Defining what you stand for, who you want to be and where you are going.

It creates sustained motivation and helps propel you through tough times.

#peakperformance #purpose

[Huddersfield Unlimited @HuddsUnlimited]

Why is Huddersfield a great place to start a business? 🏛️💼

We interviewed @OliSmith7, managing director of @smith_branding, to get his thoughts on why our town is so attractive to businesses currently, and find out why he loves the town. 👉

👉 https://t.co/BoR5sCKeqd

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

Ai is both a disadvantage and an advantage, it completely depends how you look at it.

If you look at it as a second brain, then there’s endless possibilities.

Our team is using it as a second brain, to
- generate names
- ideas
- test code
- summarise PDFs
- draft content

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

Mental models will seriously change the way you think and make decisions.

They are essentially frameworks and models for how we perceive the world.

In a complex world, you are better off with more ways to frame you thinking.

#thinking #personaldevelopment

[Oliver Smith @OliSmith7]

The more people know and talk about you, the more you come to mind.

It’s how advertising works, and how brands stay relevant.

As they say, all publicity is good publicity.