Duct Tape Marketing

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I'm doing a solo show, and I'm gonna talk about something that I've been talking a lot about lately called the Customer Success Track. Key Takeaway: After working with tons of small businesses and clients for the last 30+ years, I've realized that there are five stages of marketing that many businesses go through. I've been able to identify the milestones that businesses need to move customers or clients through and consequently the tasks...

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Matt Dixon. Matt is a Founding Partner of DCM Insights, the customer understanding lab. He's also a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review with more than 20 print and online articles to his credit. His first book, The Challenger Sale, has sold more than a million copies worldwide and was a #1 Amazon and Wall Street Journal bestseller. He has a new book launching in September 2022 — The JOLT Effect: How High Performers...

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Brooke Sellas. Brooke is the CEO & Founder of B Squared Media, an award-winning digital marketing agency focusing on social media management, advertising, and social-led customer care. She teaches a Digital Marketing course (virtually) at the University of California in Irvine. She's also the author of a new book — Conversations That Connect: How to Connect, Converse, and Convert Through Social Media Listening and Social-Led...

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I'm doing a solo show on the 10 essential website elements every homepage needs to have. Resources I Mention: Website Essentials Workbook Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co This Duct Tape Marketing Podcast episode is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network and Semrush.

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Richie Norton. Richie is an award-winning author and serial entrepreneur. An executive coach to CEOs, he is featured in Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, Inc., Entrepreneur, and Huffington Post. Pacific Business News recognized Richie as one of the Top Forty Under 40 “best and brightest young businessmen” in Hawaii. He's the author of a new book that comes out in August 2022 —Anti-Time Management: Reclaim Your Time and...

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Daniel Pink. Daniel is the author of five New York Times bestsellers, including his latest, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward, published in February. His other books include the New York Times bestsellers When and A Whole New Mind — as well as the #1 New York Times bestsellers Drive and To Sell is Human. Dan’s books have won multiple awards, have been translated into 42 languages, and have sold millions...

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Mike Blumenthal. Mike is the Co-founder and Analyst at Near Media where he researches and reports on reputation, reviews, and local search. Mike provides local consulting to a range of businesses, big and small, across the SMB and SAAS marketplaces. He is also assisting Air.cam, an online professional photographic marketplace, with pivoting to the local marketing space and helping them bring the power of photography to every...

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Mark Kilens. Mark is the CMO of Airmeet, a leading virtual and hybrid event platform. He oversees Airmeet’s global marketing team responsible for brand, demand, lifecycle, and product marketing. More About Mark Kilens: TwitterLinkedIn Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co This Duct Tape Marketing Podcast episode is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network and Semrush.

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Melissa Kwan. Melissa is the CEO and Co-founder of Webinar. She has spent twelve years in startups and built three successful companies without venture capital backing. Her previous startup, a real estate tech company, was acquired in 2019. As a revenue-driven founder specializing in sales and business development, Melissa has learned how to build companies with very few resources — by automating what she could, outsourcing...

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Mike Michalowicz. Mike is the author of 'Get Different', 'Fix This Next', 'Clockwork', 'Profit First', 'The Pumpkin Plan' and 'The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur'. His books have been translated into 10 languages. Mike is also the founder of Profit First Professionals. The Profit First Professional organization is designed to support accountants, bookkeepers, and other financial professionals to substantially differentiate themselves...

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Jeb Blount. Jeb is the CEO of Sales Gravy and the author of 14 books including Fanatical Prospecting, Sales EQ, Objections, Virtual Selling, and his brand new book — Selling the Price Increase: The Ultimate B2B Field Guide for Raising Prices Without Losing Customers. More About Jeb Blount: His brand new book — Selling the Price Increase: The Ultimate B2B Field Guide for Raising Prices Without Losing...

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I’m doing a solo show. If you're a long-time listener, you know that my point of view is strategy before tactics. In this episode, we're going to focus on the 10 key areas that may be holding your business back. These aren't just 10 tactics — we're going to dive into on these key areas and how you can use them as pillars to help you build a systematic approach to marketing and growing your business. Resources I Mention: The Ultimate...

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Jacqueline Lieberman. Jacqueline is the former Managing Partner and the Head of Strategy Story Worldwide and the current founder of BrandCrudo. More About Jacqueline Lieberman: BrandCrudoUncooked Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network and Zapier.

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I’m wrapping up the final part of a five-episode series where I’m covering one of my favorite topics: referrals. Here, you can listen to the first episode, second episode, third episode, and fourth episode of the Referral Generation series. Resources I mention: 7 Appro aches To Help You Generate More Referrals3 Types Of Referral Offers Every Business NeedsGrow With Your Customers By Serving Their EcosystemHow To Build A Strategic Partner...

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Jenny Weigle. Jenny has been creating, executing, and reviewing strategies for online communities for more than 10 years. She's worked with more than 100 brands on various aspects of their community strategy and implementations, including launch, migration, programming, and planning. More About Jenny Weigle: Jenny.community Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co This episode is brought to you by the Hubspot...

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview AJ Harper. Aj is an editor and publishing strategist who helps authors write foundational books that enable them to build readership, grow their brand and make a significant impact on the world. As ghostwriter and as developmental editor, she has worked with newbies to New York Times bestselling authors with millions of books sold. AJ is writing partner to business author, Mike Michalowicz. Together they’ve written nine books,...

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Stu Heinecke. Stu is a bestselling business author, marketer, and Wall Street Journal cartoonist. His first book, How to Get a Meeting with Anyone, introduced the concept of Contact Marketing and was named one of the top 64 sales books of all time. His latest release, How to Grow Your Business Like a Weed, lays out a complete model for explosive business growth, based on the strategies, attributes, and tools weeds use to grow,...

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Todd Cochrane. Todd is the CEO of Blubrry Podcasting - a podcast media company that represents 105,000 Audio and Video podcasters in which his company provides advertising opportunities, media distribution/hosting, podcast media statistics, and other services. He is a podcast advertising specialist, and he founded the Tech Podcast Network in 2004. More About Todd Cochrane: BlubrryGeek News Central Take The Marketing...

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba. They both are award-winning authors and entrepreneurs. Despite not going to university, Ash became a serial tech founder and the first marketing director of a unicorn startup – Just Eat). Hasan built a successful startup from his bedroom with nothing more than an online course and a yearning to escape the ‘rat race’. They are now international bestselling authors, coaches, and keynote speakers. Their...

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Tricia Sciortino. Tricia is the CEO and Board Member at BELAY, Co-Host of the One Next Step Podcast, and Author of Rise Up & Lead Well: How Leveraging An Assistant Will Change Your Life & Maximize Your Time. More About Tricia Sciortino: BELAY Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co This episode is brought to you by the Hubspot Podcast Network and BELAY. .