Business Episodes

Send us a Text Message. It's the Golden Era of Storytelling in Marketing from Super Bowl Ads to Social Media How can marketers take advantage of the unique time we are living in where great storytelling in marketing can be the game changer? In this episode, marketing expert John Bohan, who has collaborated with over 250 renowned brands including Dreamworks, Toyota, and Intel, discusses the essential elements of great storytelling in marketing. John emphasizes the importance of creating ent...

Send us a Text Message. Today we tackle the topic of how business owners with limited resources can come up with the right marketing strategy - especially when there are so many options for marketing investments it's overwhelming. In this episode, Kristi Mitchell, a fractional CMO and seasoned marketing strategist, shares her insights on developing effective marketing strategies for businesses, especially the 6 million small businesses in the US. Kristi emphasizes the importance of moving beyo...

Send us a Text Message. Unlock the mystery behind your marketing efforts and discover how every dollar spent can be traced back to tangible results. Get ready to transform your business's approach to lead generation with CRM guru Jason Kramer of Cultivize, who joins us to reveal the secrets to plugging lead leakages and mastering marketing attribution. With Jason's expertise, we dissect the critical mistakes companies make when marketing spend goes unmeasured and the power of CRM systems in capt...

Send us a Text Message. Today we explore how to run epic digital marketing campaigns with great results In this episode, digital marketing guru Chris Rodriguez shares his journey from guerrilla marketing in the entertainment industry to becoming a tech startup marketing specialist. With over two decades of experience, Chris discusses his pivotal role in a high-performing Kevin Durant advertising campaign, highlighting its success as the highest performing in NBA Top Shot's history. He emphasi...

Send us a Text Message. Today's episode will make you think differently about the power of simplicity in messaging and how to achieve it. In this episode, Eric interviews Ben Guttmann, an accomplished author, marketer, messaging expert, and professor, to discuss the importance of clear and simple messaging in effective communication. Ben shares insights from his book, 'Simply Put: Why Clear Messages Win and How to Design Them,' which highlights his journey from running a marketing agency to exp...

Send us a Text Message. How Building a Strong Personal Brand Enabled an Executive to become the number one social seller at IBM In this episode, Victoria Pelletier, a 3X author, consultant, marketer, and renowned public speaker discusses the importance of personal branding and self-marketing. She shares her story about becoming IBM's number one social seller worldwide, emphasizing the long-term effort and strategic planning involved in building a powerful personal brand. Victoria details her ...

Send us a Text Message. Today's episode discusses strategies for sales and marketing teamwork to drive better ROI for events, account based marketing programs. In this episode, Leslie Venetz, founder of a sales-led go-to-market agency, shares insights into integrating sales and marketing efforts for better business outcomes. Highlighting her vast experience with over 250,000 cold calls, her marketing degree and posting for 1,000 days in a row on LinkedIn, Leslie discusses how traditional dema...

Send us a Text Message. Today's episode will make you think differently about how to be successful with influencer marketing. In this episode, guest Dan Coughlin from the influencer marketing agency Get Hyped shares his expertise on leveraging influencer marketing for business growth. Dan discusses the evolution of influencer marketing away from traditional approaches toward more integrated, strategy-based efforts. He highlights the importance of not solely depending on influencers for direct R...

Send us a Text Message. If executives don't have credibility then no one believes anything they say. In today's episode we tackle the topic of mastering credibility. Credibility is a critical part of a professional brand. How do you get credibility? In this episode, Mitchell Levy, an author of 65 books, two time TEDx speaker, and global expert in credibility, shares insights from his vast experience in Silicon Valley, where he started 20 companies and published 750 books. Levy discusses the imp...

Send us a Text Message. Why do 96% of web pages get no organic traffic from Google? Today we discuss SEO strategy and how SEO is changing in the era of AI. In this episode, Lauren Gaggioli, an SEO consultant and organic content strategist, shares her journey from starting and selling her first business, an ACT and SAT prep company, to becoming an advocate for solopreneurs aiming to grow their business through organic search. She emphasizes the importance of befriending Google to leverage SEO ...

Send us a Text Message. Today's episode features a remarkable marketing campaign that generated over $700 Million in revenue. In this episode, marketing expert Bryan Kramer discusses his journey from running a successful marketing agency to becoming an author, keynote speaker and executive coach. He shares a standout story from his career involving a highly innovative influencer marketing campaign for IBM, which leveraged AI to identify and collaborate with emerging influencers for a bold, co...

Send us a Text Message. Navigating a career path with the precision of a seasoned captain is no small feat. This episode contains practical advice from one a top CMO who is an expert in leadership. We discuss how to make sure your career is on course and we share how to steer through the journey with intention and integrity. We dissect the importance of aligning your personal branding with career development, and how keeping true to your values shapes not only your professional journey but also ...

Send us a Text Message. This episode will change the way you think about brand reputation in modern marketing. Estimates are that 90% of buyer activity is happening before buyers even talk to a sales person. What do marketers need to do to win in the modern buyer journey? In this episode, Eric interviews Larisa Summers, a seasoned Chief Marketing Officer with over 20 years of experience in various industries, mainly focusing on technology and SaaS businesses. Larissa shares insights into her ...

Send us a Text Message. Today we tackle the marketing topic of how to grow your business through professional speaking. In this episode Eric interviews Steve Lowell, a seasoned keynote speaker who has given 3,500 talks globally and trained 100,000 speakers as a public speaking coach. Steve discusses his transition from the music industry to public speaking, influenced by Zig Ziglar and the simplicity and impact of speaking engagements. He elaborates on the marketing strategies that have propell...

Send us a Text Message. How do business owners and marketers avoid wasting money on marketing? In today's episode we discuss how to treat marketing like an investment instead of as an expense that doesn't drive results. Eric interviews Jaci Russo, a seasoned marketing expert with over 20 years of experience, and she shares her journey in becoming a successful marketing agency owner, author, and podcaster. Jaci then dives into the inception of her agency, her collaboration with her husband, and ...

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, we chat with guest Dr. Morissa Schwartz and she has an impressive following of over 500,000 on social media and viral videos viewed more than 600 million times. She discusses her journey and insights into how marketing is evolving in the era of AI. She shares the strategies including a heavy focus on organic social media growth. Dr. Schwartz also delves into her unique hobby as a prompt engineer for AI, specifically working with AI to explore philosophica...

Send us a Text Message. We discuss how you can master the Instagram channel for business and personal branding in today's episode In this episode, Corey Walker, a seasoned marketing agency owner and co-author of 'Instagram for Dummies' & 'Instagram for Business for Dummies', shares her insights into social media marketing, with a focus on Instagram. With 18 years of experience, Corey emphasizes the importance of digital evolution in marketing strategies, particularly for small businesses. She h...

Send us a Text Message. How can product marketers make sure that they are successful in launching a new product? In this episode, our guest Narek, CEO and co-founder of Prelaunch.com, shares insights into how his company assists creators and entrepreneurs in making data-driven decisions to validate their product ideas before the market launch. He recounts a successful marketing strategy that gained significant attention at CES by displaying a 'gallery of flops' featuring failed products from ...

Send us a Text Message. How do marketers win with the evolving changes in the email marketing channel in 2024? In this episode, digital and email marketing expert Laine Belcastro, with over 15 years of experience delves into the specifics of conducting email marketing audits, the importance of system integrations, and optimizing email service platforms. Laine emphasizes the significance of data hygiene, proper segmentation, and the challenges posed by privacy laws and deliverability measure...

Send us a Text Message. What's the best way for marketers to get better customer insights and identify blind spots? In this episode, Chief Marketing Officer Ron Carson joins to discuss the significance of customer-driven marketing in today's business environment. He emphasizes the importance of direct communication with customers, a method he and Eric credits for the most impactful marketing results throughout his 25-year career. Contrary to common practices where marketing relies on sales...

Send us a Text Message. Digital marketing transformation has never been easy for most organizations and perhaps it is more complicated than ever. Today we have a story about how a marketer drove a high impact digital marketing transformation and share ideas for how to overcome challenges getting organizations to embrace digital marketing. In this episode, Rebecca shares her extensive experience bringing effective digital marketing strategies to multiple organizations including for profit and ...

Over 3 million non-fiction books are published every year. How do authors come up with the right launch strategy and successfully market their book? In this episode of the podcast, Eric interviews Paul Edwards, the co-founder and CEO of Emissary Publishing, a boutique independent publisher focused on helping founders, executives, and entrepreneurs share their stories. Paul discusses the importance of integrating marketing strategies with literary talent to meet authors' expectations and identif...

In this episode, Eric interviews Bryan Smeltzer, a brand strategist, author, and podcaster, and the current president of LiquidMind, a global brand strategy firm. Bryan shares his journey from working in executive roles with iconic consumer brands like TaylorMade, Adidas, Oakley, K-Swiss, and Schutt Sports, among other international brands, to starting and selling his own company. He emphasizes the importance of authenticity, premium positioning, and strategic marketing through storytelling, usi...

In this episode, the guest, Jon, a top 1 percent growth expert, shares his journey in entrepreneurship, focusing on assisting others in starting, growing, and selling their businesses. He discusses his unique and creative guerrilla marketing strategies, emphasizing the importance of creativity over a large budget. Jon explains his approach to helping entrepreneurs and companies scale their business, highlighting the necessity of laying a solid foundation and implementing scalable processes. He a...