Introducing Phil Fraser
How I can help you
Do you feel ‘lonely at the top?
As a Business Sounding Board, I give SME Owners, like you, the time & space to regularly discuss your challenges and opportunities, with no sense of judgement or bias, and in complete confidence.
This allows you the freedom to explore your options in full, so that we end with a list of issues for you to address/clarify, a clear target in mind, a roadmap to success, and a renewed enthusiasm and confidence for your challenges ahead.
Sounds good? if you’d like me to help you solve the problems that you are experiencing as a Business Owner please join my waiting list or connect with me on LinkedIn.
So why do I think that I can help you?
Introducing Phil Fraser
Been there, done that, got the t-shirt; I successfully founded, ran and subsequently sold a multi-award winning online gaming affiliate business in a multi-million pound sale to a plc.
You can have that business experience by your side to help and support you as a Business Owner to improve you and your business.
So let me tell you a little about my journey to becoming a Business Owner, like you;
Advertising
I spent 15 years in the advertising industry, first selling advertising space in magazines and then seven years in a fantastic Leeds advertising agency.
Online Gambling
I joined William Hill in 2000 to launch their first ever online casino. During my time at William Hill we came across Online Bingo.
Pitch and pivot
After leaving William Hill I pitched for angel investment for what would have been the UK’s first ever pay-to-play online bingo site. And failed. However, off the back of the failed pitch we (accidentally) pivoted to create a completely different start up business; an online bingo comparison website called WhichBingo (and then a free-to-play online bingo site called FreeBingo) with zero funding.
Business growth
From this zero-funded home start up, we went through all of the growth phases and stresses & strains, blood, sweat and tears of growing into a profitable business.
Market leader
Over 18 years the business grew to become an industry authority, a market leader and winning many industry awards. We launched an annual industry sector report, launched the sector’s first annual awards for the online bingo industry and were the fist online bingo affiliate to advertise on UK TV.
Exit
In 2018 we sold the business to a PLC in a multi-million pound deal, completely the full business journey.
Watch the whole business journey
Click on the image below to watch the webinar that walks through my ‘kitchen table start up to multi-million pound sale to a plc in 18 years’ story.
So what is Phil Fraser really like?
You will find me approachable, friendly and a no-nonsense, straight-forward person, interested in you, your business and your businesses development. You may also need to know that I support Leeds United, play 5-a-side twice a week, cycle, regularly holiday in Nerja in Spain, listen to The Undertones, The Clash and SLF and keep chickens !
I’ll keep things simple for you, and not over complicate issues. But don’t take my word for it,
What is it like to work with Phil Fraser?
Well don’t ask me… Click on the image below and listen to one of my clients below… or see what my clients say (at the bottom).
What my clients say;
Lucy Pimblott Julian Rooney Ryan Mulhern Mike Hall Marshall Frieze Andrew Langford I met Phil at a networking event earlier this year and we hit it off immediately. We arranged to meet for a one to one, as I wanted to pick his brain on a number of issues with my business. This was very useful as Phil has run several successful companies and has a wealth of knowledge. I'd highly recommend him. Paul Walton David McGinley Wayne Howe Melissa Roberts Jonathan Winston Tom Galanis Matt Hitchcock
Get in touch with Phil and get his thoughts on your issue. He does make a great Sounding Board!
The idea of treating the problem as we would for one of our clients, doing a discovery session, carrying out a deep dive on the issue was a great one. So straightforward and yet so impactful.
It was great to be talked through the process and to come out with a potential solution so quickly. I’d messaged Phil and within minutes he’d replied and we were on a call.
The immediacy with which Phil contacted me was very impressive and meant a lot. Rather than having to book a session in a few days’ time, I had something to work on within the hour.
I would highly recommend anyone who is at a bit of road block with their business or their thinking to get in touch with Phil and get his thoughts on your issue. He does make a great Sounding Board!
Thanks so much Phil!
Relationship Builder
Marketing Optimist 
“He is a good listener with a friendly, enthusiastic approach and knows what are the right questions”
He is a good listener with a friendly enthusiastic approach and knows what are the right questions to ask any business owner, and he does so in a thoughtful and considered manner. Through his Sounding Board process Phil can quickly help the business owner to identify the low hanging fruit, and also think of new creative ways to tackle the not so low hanging fruit!
I would highly recommend Phil.
Managing Director
Cammax Ltd 
“Speaking to Phil gives you the motivation to do things right and help you reach the next level”
If you are looking to set goals in your business and reach them, just want to bounce a few ideas around then I'd highly recommend speaking to Phil. It can be lonely as a director, but speaking to Phil gives you the motivation to do things right and help you reach the next level.
Owner
First Frame Productions 
“What particularly impressed me about Phil was his approach and his engaging manner”
What Phil did for us was to challenge and ask the right questions. It would have been too easy for him to say yes great idea and then help us run with it. After our conversation it was clear that what we had in place already was doing what it needed to do.
What particularly impressed me about Phil was his integrity, approach and his engaging manner. So easy to talk to it felt like I'd known him for a long time and that's the biggest compliment I could pay.
Co-founder & Client Services Director
ThinkSMART Marketing 
“If you are looking for a Business Sounding Board, I’d happily recommend Phil to anyone”
Working with Phil is enjoyable, as well as informative and it all felt quite relaxed. He's another pair of eyes and ears for the business. He challenged some of my preconceptions on what I should do, offered suggestions and a different spin on things, discouraged some of my ideas but also gave me reassurance. In the end I answered my own questions, and gave myself the answers I was looking for. I got the reassurance that I was probably correct in my initial thinking, but I also got some re-direction too. I left feeling revitalised, re-energised and motivated to move forward.
If you are looking for a Sounding Board for your business, I'd happily recommend Phil to anyone.
MD & Founder
The One Solution 
“I left the meeting with a clearer understanding and a greater drive”
I had just started a new business venture of my own and discovered that Phil was offering a Sounding Board/advising service. As I was fairly new to running my own business, I immediately got in contact with him to see if he could help me.
Having known Phil for some time, I knew that he was the type of person that I could speak openly and freely to, and that he would give me honest advice. At our meeting, Phil was able to help develop my ideas and refine them in a way that gave me more purpose and confidence in my approach. He allowed me to ask him some really useful questions about his personal experiences, and he was able to ask me some important questions about my business.
I left the meeting with a clearer understanding of how to be successful and with a greater drive to push myself and succeed. I would highly recommend Phil to anyone looking at launching their own business, or who need some advice to improve their current situation.
Director
International Universities Strength & Conditioning Assoc. 
“Phil has run several successful companies and has a wealth of knowledge”
Managing Director
4Site Security Services 
“Phil fostered an atmosphere that lead me to start to think outside the box and offer solutions myself.”
1. Attempting to build a business in a very competitive market with a very limited budget
2. The structural side of running and growing the business in this vertical with a bootstrap mentality/process
After some excellent feedback and analysis from Phil, we worked on a plan to achieve the end goal with radically different tactics to those that I had originally planned. This helped address and solved the main issues outlined above (and added to the initial plan/offering). What I specifically enjoyed is Phil's probing style of asking questions. I found it fostered an atmosphere that lead me to start to think outside the box and offer solutions myself.
I would strongly recommend working with Phil if you have an end goal in mind but need to develop a roadmap to help achieve this commercial goal. We initially started by bouncing some ideas around and then developed it into a more formal plan. I found the experience to be extremely positive.
Owner
McGinley Solicitors 
“Phil has been a valuable source of advice and encouragement ever since I started my own business”
Most recently when I was about to launch my newest product, Phil was quick to offer his support and provide feedback. I made a number of small changes based on his recommendations which have definitely improved things.
As a solo entrepreneur, you sometimes forget how useful it is having someone to bounce ideas off and just chat in general about the direction of the business.
Owner
Howe Gaming Ltd 
“Phil has made expanding my business an easy and pleasurable experience.”
As an example, I have recently had the daunting task of recruitment staff for my web development company. This is something I've got wrong in the past and wasn't sure how to do efficiently. The main issue was that I wasn't actually sure what role I needed to recruit for.
Phil helped me put together a plan to figure this out, and then guided me through the most efficient process. From job descriptions to onboarding staff.
Phil has made expanding my business an easy and pleasurable experience.
With taking on new members of staff, I also wanted to increase the revenue of the company. Phil has been amazing in suggesting ideas and enabling me to think of ideas too.
Overall, he's helped me implement structure and systems into my business and I can't thank him enough.
If you're looking for support in any area of your business, you won't regret speaking to Phil.
MD
Beanie Media 
“He provided practical, realistic suggestions”
I'd thoroughly recommend speaking to Phil about marketing or any other business idea that would benefit from a knowledgeable likeable Business Sounding Board.
Managing Partner
Winstons Solicitors 
“He helped me achieve my ultimate goal of falling in love with what I do all over again”
Managing Director
TAG Media 
“Phil has been a great sounding board for our business development ideas”
Working with Phil has really helped us to focus in on how to drive our business forward in the most effective and impactful ways.
Founder and MD
Other Things Agency