How do you start an agency four months postpartum? Can AI actually find your business?
London founder Gala Jackson-Coombs, the woman behind Glint Marketing, joins host and Notion consultant Frances Odera Matthews with business tips on AI search visibility, building a B2B service business around a baby’s nap schedule, and why betting on herself felt safer than staying in an agency.
Gala spent 13 years managing £1m+ budgets for Coca-Cola, Toyota and Accor before launching Glint at four months postpartum. She breaks down her Glint Visibility Architecture: Retrievability (can AI even find you), Extractability (can it actually use your content), Authority (does it have any reason to trust you). She explains why most professional service businesses are invisible to AI search without realising it. She talks first clients, tapping your existing network before you touch cold outreach, the mindset shift from people-pleaser to her own cheerleader, and replacing her full-time salary while keeping Fridays free for her daughter.
Who this is for: consultants, agency owners and expert-led service founders who want clients arriving already convinced and any mum building a business around childcare.
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00:00 Intro
02:42 From Philosophy Degree to 13 Years in Agencies
06:21 Why Leaving With a Baby Felt Less Risky
10:02 Her First Client and the Money-Making Activities Rule
14:51 The Glint Visibility Architecture Explained
21:07 Scary Investments, Communities and Coaching
26:10 Replacing the Salary and Doubling Client Leads
43:59 Tools, Style, Berenjak and Hyde Park
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Gala on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/galajc/
Glint Marketing: https://www.glintmarketing.co.uk
Glint Marketing on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glint.marketing/
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