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10/07/2025

Is there life beyond your own Profession?
My convo with Muhammed explored how we expand our horizons by making connections with other trailblazers...

I love the stories of Professionals who are stepping out from the "expected normal" of their roles, whether it be :
- Accounting (Muhammed with myCAhubโ„ข),
- Engineering (Kimberley with Loop ),
- Healthcare (Dr Meghan with Family Hope Foundation SA)
and sooo many others.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜?
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ก๐——?

PS: Apologies in advance if you get seasick from the video ๐Ÿคฎ.
I should have loaned a tripod to Muhammed ๐Ÿคฃ

24/06/2025

You canโ€™t stand out if you look like everyone else.

Water is waterโ€”until you build a brand.

Then itโ€™s Evian, Valprรฉ, Voss.

Same with you.

If all youโ€™re offering is your qualification ( CA(SA) ),

youโ€™re in a price war.

And in price wars?

The cheapest wins.

Unless...

You build a story.

A presence.

A point of view.

Then you stop competing.

You start attracting.

Thatโ€™s brand.

SAICA, let's continue to help your members differentiate using their unique abilities!

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Thank you Alunga Madala for hosting me on your podcast :-)

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19/06/2025

Stuck with social?
Sometimes the most strategic move is ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.
Yes โ€” you could figure it all out.

Or... you could hire someone who already has.
Expert help isnโ€™t weakness. Itโ€™s a shortcut.

Because watching your LinkedIn, TikTok, and Facebook collect dust isnโ€™t growth...
itโ€™s stagnation.

Today might be the day to ask:
โ€œWho already knows how to get me results?โ€
Then call them.
(And by โ€œcall them,โ€ I mean โ€œCall meโ€โ€ฆ.Hint hint)

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โ€“ I help Corporates and C-suite execs create result-driving (ie AMAZING) Content for LinkedIn & beyond.

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16/06/2025

Your brand is not your LinkedIn bio.

Itโ€™s what people feel when they think about you.

Thatโ€™s the difference between being known and being ignored.

Marty Neumeier calls it a gut feeling.

Alex Hormozi says itโ€™s what people associate you with.

Jeff Bezos? โ€œWhat they say when youโ€™re not in the room.โ€

So ask yourself:

01. What do people feel when your name pops up?

02. What do they say when youโ€™re not there?

If you donโ€™t like the answers?

Fix it.

Your brand is already being built.

Whether you like it or not

You might as well take control. ๐Ÿค™

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Thank you Alunga Madala for hosting me on your podcast :-)

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14/06/2025

Most people lose trust over tone.

Not what they say,

but ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ.

You send a text.

They misinterpret it.

They send a voice note.

You hear it wrong.

Communication is layered.

Text = tone is guessed

Voice = tone is heard

Video = tone is seen

๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜?

๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ. ๐Ÿ“น

Let people hear your voice.

See your face.

Watch your energy.

The more human you appear...

The more people believe you.

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Thank you Alunga Madala for hosting me on your podcast :-)

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12/06/2025

Thereโ€™s a wedding happening later today,

You urgently need to get to a hairdresser now...

So you do a google search and you find:

A. Joe with two 5-star reviews.

B. Steve with 230 reviews and a 4.2 average.

Which one do you trust?

Seems obvious to go with the one with the higher total number of reviews, right?

๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ = ๐——๐—œ๐—š๐—œ๐—ง๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—š๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ

Sorry, Nobody reads your brochure.

BUT everyone reads a review.

๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป : ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†:

1. Call your last 5 happiest clients.

2. Ask them to write a short review.

3. Post it, everywhere.

Imagine getting these (genuine) reviews as a Photographer:

โ€œ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐโ€

โ€œ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐˜† & ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ .โ€

Those words?

Worth thousands.

Because when people donโ€™t know your brand...

They trust people who do.

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Hey! I'm Kevin Botes
โ€“ I help Corporates and C-suite execs create result-driving (ie AMAZING) Content for LinkedIn & beyond.
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10/06/2025

Youโ€™re ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก ๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฆ away from any opportunity you want.

Thatโ€™s not a theory.

Itโ€™s network math.

Someone in your circle knows someone in theirs,

who knows someone else...

who knows the person you want to meet.

So stop saying youโ€™re not connected.

You are.

Start making an impression.

Nurture your first-degree network.

Show up on LinkedIn.

This is a long game.

Start now.

You donโ€™t need a famous last name.

You just need consistency.

Make you Last Name famous :)

๐Ÿค I am always appreciative of John Watson who is the Champion of Making Connections. Consider following him if this appeals to you?

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Thank you Alunga Madala for hosting me on your podcast

Check him out and the great work he's doing

07/06/2025

If you donโ€™t differentiate, youโ€™ll be discounted.

They lied to us: Your qualifcation isnโ€™t enough.

Ouch.

If you look, you can find 10 more just like you on LinkedIn.

Cheaper. Faster. Maybe Offshore?

So... why you?

If all you bring is a qualification and a LinkedIn badgeโ€”

youโ€™re in a race to the bottom.

The only way to win?

BE ONE OF ONE.

Thatโ€™s where personal branding comes in.

Itโ€™s not a โ€œnice to have.โ€

Itโ€™s your only defense against being commoditized.

Show your story.

Share your values.

Talk about your journey, your community work, your past, your hustle.

You become human.

You become relatable.

And when people feel like they know you?

They choose you.

Not just any person with these skills.

YOU!
SAICA is adapting with the CA(SA) designation,

but is it enough?

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Thank you Alunga Madala for hosting me on your podcast :-)

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CA(SA) or entrepreneurship?Hereโ€™s the truth:Being a CA trains you to be cautious.Auditing teaches prudence.Thatโ€™s great ...
07/06/2025

CA(SA) or entrepreneurship?

Hereโ€™s the truth:

Being a CA trains you to be cautious.

Auditing teaches prudence.

Thatโ€™s great for corporate.

Not always great for building a business.

If youโ€™re risk-averse, entrepreneurship will stretch you.

But CA(SA) gives you a baseline:

01 You understand money

02 You see systems

03 You know structure

Thatโ€™s powerful.

Just know:

Corporate gives you a ceiling.

Entrepreneurship gives you none.

You could earn nothingโ€”or scale endlessly.

It all depends on your appetite.

Choose wisely.

SAICA how are we empowering your members for Entrepreneurship?

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Thank you Alunga Madala for hosting me on your podcast :-)

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05/06/2025

You canโ€™t control everything.

Sorry. Eish.

But you can control this:

Ask yourself: "Did I do my ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ today?"

Not your excuses.

Not the market.

Just effort.

If you can say honestly, โ€œI did what I couldโ€,

then you can sleep well.

But if you didnโ€™t?

If you know you messed around,

didnโ€™t commit,

didnโ€™t try...

Youโ€™ll feel it.

That quiet guilt you carry when no oneโ€™s watching?

Itโ€™s not about perfection.

Itโ€™s about effort.

Give your best.

Or stop expecting peace.

May you receive grace if you've dropped the ball.

And may you receive strength to carry on with the good (hard) work!

24/02/2025

Unless you are living under a sound-proof rock,

you will know how unsettled things are in ZA ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ.

Here's some advice from Alan Knott-Craig:

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

Leadership shines brightest when things get dark.

In 2008, South Africa faced load shedding for the first time.

Fear spread fast.

Alan sent an email to his team, and wrote, โ€œDonโ€™t panic.โ€ This was not South Africa's first struggle.

He reminded them of past challenges that We had overcome before.

He suggested we all buy Ricoffy instead of Nescafe (LOL!).

It was a small change. But it brought comfort.

That email went viral.

It connected with many.

Media picked it up.

Suddenly, he was more than just a name resembling his father's name.

This moment changed his public image.

Hereโ€™s what I learned, that I think is applicable to us now in 2025:

๐ŸŸข ๐——๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

Be the calm in the storm. Offer reassurance.

๐ŸŸข ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

Remind people they have faced tough times before.

๐ŸŸข ๐—ฆ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

Sometimes, comfort comes from simple solutions.

๐ŸŸข ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.

Turn crises into opportunities for connection.

๐ŸŸข ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

Speak up when others are scared.

๐ŸŸข ๐—•๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.

Change takes time. Allow people to adjust.

In tough times, leadership is about guiding others.

Stay calm. Share hope.

Your words can spark change.

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:

https://bit.ly/AlanKnottCraigShiftPodcast

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I'm Kevin Botes CA(SA) ๐Ÿ“ธ

- I help Corporates and C-suite execs create result driving (ie AMAZING) Content for Linkedin and beyond.

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