Duct Tape Marketing

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Rodney Zemmel. He is co-leader of the McKinsey Digital Practice, and a member of McKinsey’s Shareholders Council, the firm’s board of directors. He serves clients across a range of industries on growth strategy, performance improvement, and value creation by harnessing the power of data and analytics, digital culture and capabilities, and modernized core technology. He is the co-author of Rewired: the McKinsey’s Guide to Outcompeting in the Age of Digital and AI. This book shares the lessons McKinsey has learned helping companies deliver successful digital and AI transformations into a detailed “how to” manual explaining how organizations need to rewire their processes and operations, leveraging new technologies to achieve value. More About Rodney Zemmel: More about Rewired: the McKinsey’s Guide to Outcompeting in the Age of Digital and AI Get in contact with Rodney Learn More About The Agency Intensive Certification: Learn more Take The Mar

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Joe Mull. He is the founder of the BossBetter Leadership Academy and hosts the popular BossBetter Now Podcast, which was named by SHRM as a "can’t miss show for leaders". He is the author of the newly released book Employalty: How to Ignite Commitment and Keep Top Talent in the New Age of Work, a framework for creating an employee experience that leads people to join a company, stay long term, and do a great work.  More About Joe Mull: Get your copy of Employalty: How to Ignite Commitment and Keep Top Talent in the New Age of Work Joe's website Learn More About The Agency Intensive Certification: Learn more Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co   This Duct Tape Marketing Podcast episode is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network.

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Dave Dodson. He is on the faculty of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, where he guides students in tactical execution. He was a McKinsey & Company consultant and left to become a serial entrepreneur operating several companies as CEO or Executive Chairman.  His newest book The Manager's Handbook: Five Simple Steps to Build a Team, Stay Focused, Make Better Decisions, and Crush Your Competition; will help managers, executives, and other business leaders interested in dramatically improving their ability to lead people and inspire loyalty. More About Dave Dodson: Pre-Order your copy of The Manager's Handbook: Five Simple Steps to Build a Team, Stay Focused, Make Better Decisions, and Crush Your Competition Reach out to Dave   Learn More About The Agency Intensive Certification: Learn more Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co   This Duct Tape Marketing Podcast episode is brought to you by the HubSpo

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Liam Martin. He is the co-founder of Time Doctor and has been working remotely for over 20 years, helping thousands of companies to adopt a remote working model. His newest book Running Remote: Master the Lessons from the World’s Most Successful Remote-Work Pioneers, is a Wall Street Journal Bestseller that teaches success secrets from original remote work pioneers on the mindset and strategies they have used and developed to build and grow successful remote organizations. More About Liam Martin: Get your copy of Running Remote: Master the Lessons from the World’s Most Successful Remote-Work Pioneers Check out the Running Remote Conference Connect with Liam   Learn More About The Agency Intensive Certification: Learn more Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co   This Duct Tape Marketing Podcast episode is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network.

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Tiffani Bova. She is the global customer growth and innovation evangelist at Salesforce and a Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Her new book The Experience Mindset: Changing the Way You Think About Growth, explores the relationship between employee experience (EX) and customer experience (CX) in businesses and how companies should adopt a mindset that strengthens both EX and CX simultaneously. More About Tiffani Bova: Get your copy of The Experience Mindset: Changing the Way You Think About Growth Connect with Tiffani Follow Tiffani   Learn More About The Agency Intensive Certification: Learn more Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co   This Duct Tape Marketing Podcast episode is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network.

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Mary Sheehan. She is an accomplished product marketing leader who has held marketing leadership roles at Adobe, Google, and many startups. Mary is also the co-creator of a new course with Reforge and hosts the popular Women In Product Marketing podcast. Her new book The Pocket Guide to Product Launches: Get Confident, Go to Market, and Win, is a quick-start guide to nailing your first product launch, whether you are a product marketer, product manager, or founder.  More About Mary Sheehan: Get your copy of The Pocket Guide to Product Launches: Get Confident, Go to Market, and Win Listen to Women in Product Marketing Connect with Mary Learn More About The Agency Intensive Certification: Learn more Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co   This Duct Tape Marketing Podcast episode is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network.

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Kate Volman. She is the CEO of Floyd Coaching. With over twenty years of experience in developing and leading life-changing programs for entrepreneurs and leaders, she has a passion for helping people grow.  Her new book Do What You Love: A Guide to Living Your Creative Life Without Leaving Your Job shares the seven myths stopping people from exploring their passions and dreams. More About Kate Volman: Website: katevolman.com Get your copy of Do What You Love: A Guide to Living Your Creative Life Without Leaving Your Job Learn More About The Agency Intensive Certification: Learn more Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co   This Duct Tape Marketing Podcast episode is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network.

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Mike Lenox. He is the Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. He has served on the faculty at Duke and NYU and as a visiting professor at Harvard, Stanford, and Oxford.  His new book Strategy in the Digital Age: Mastering Digital Transformation, explains how digital technologies enable the creation of innovative services and products. More About Mike Lenox: Connect with Mike Get your copy of Strategy in the Digital Age: Mastering Digital Transformation Learn More About The Agency Intensive Certification: Learn more Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co   This Duct Tape Marketing Podcast episode is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network.

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Andrew Barlos. He is the Head of Marketing at Loomly, a leading social media management platform. He has a history of success in the B2B SaaS, software, healthcare, fintech, human resources, consulting, and employee benefits technology industries. Andrew emphasizes how it's important for small businesses to invest in building a dedicated social media team that focuses on a select few platforms where their target audience is most active. Furthermore, building trust and establishing an organic presence is essential in social media marketing. More About Andrew Barlos: Start your free trial of Loomly Connect with Andrew Learn More About The Agency Intensive Certification: Learn more Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co   This Duct Tape Marketing Podcast episode is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network.

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Russell Heneberry. He is a renowned digital marketing expert, digital marketing consultant, speaker, and co-author of Digital Marketing for Dummies. He’s the Founder of theCLIKK, an email newsletter about digital marketing. Russel talks about how newsletters have made a comeback by combining email marketing with content marketing and direct response promotion. By building trust, providing education, and offering entertainment, newsletters have the power to nurture subscribers and connect with them by creating engaging content, and effective calls to action. More About Russell Henneberry: Subscribe to theCLIKK Connect with Russell Learn More About The Agency Intensive Certification: Learn more Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co   This Duct Tape Marketing Podcast episode is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network.

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Garrett Brown and Colin Coggins. They are longtime sales leaders, practitioners, and professors of Entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business. Their new bestselling book The Unsold Mindset: Redefining What It Means to Sell challenges common misconceptions about sales and explores a different approach to selling and life. The greatest salespeople are often the opposite of what people expect them to be;  They challenge societal expectations and prioritize their authenticity, vulnerability, and curiosity. By cultivating genuine care for their customers, asking impactful questions, and showing empathy, they are able to establish meaningful connections with them. More About Garrett & Colin: Website: www.colinandgarrett.com Connect with Garrett & Colin Follow Garrett & Colin Learn More About The Agency Intensive Certification: Learn more Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Mark Shekter. He is a Best-Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, and original thinker. He pioneered a new system of creative thinking that empowers Start-Ups to Fortune 500 clients to build robust and sustainable enterprises while reshaping corporate cultures for unlimited innovation and growth.  In his new book: Think8: 8 Steps to Ignite Your Creative Genius in Business, Career, & Life, Mark shares his proven method previously only available to his global Think8 clients. Mark shares that when individuals focus on their purpose and passion, they can unlock their creative energy and achieve remarkable results in various domains of life. Creativity is not limited to artistic endeavors but can be applied in business contexts as well. The Think8 methodology has 8 steps: purpose, message, tone, character, content, structure, style, and impact, when followed in sequence, leads to optimal results. More About Mark Shekter: Think8 Global Institute Pre-orde

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Diana Kander. She is a keynote speaker on curiosity and innovation and a New York Times bestselling author. A serial entrepreneur who entered the United States as a refugee at the age of eight, she has launched and sold millions of dollars of products and services.  Diana's new book with Tucker Trotter: Go Big or Go Home Book: 5 Ways to Create a Customer Experience That Will Close the Deal, teaches how to turn pitches into an emotional experience to attract your customer's attention and bring home the win. Innovating how we sell our products and services, using elements like surprise or unexpected physical objects is a perfect way to engage and create a memorable impact and a better connection with our customers. Diana highlights the need to prioritize understanding the customer's needs before talking about oneself or what our company does.  More About Diana Kander: Contact Diana to get a digital copy of her book for free! Learn More About

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Mark Mears. He's a Best Selling author, keynote speaker, and consultant. Serves as Chief Growth Officer for LEAF Growth Ventures, LLC; a consulting firm inspiring individuals, teams, and organizations to find purposeful growth for business success while making a positive, lasting difference in the world. Mark's new book The Purposeful Growth Revolution: 4 Ways to Grow from Leader to Legacy Builder, explains the importance of growing into one's purpose and fulfilling that purpose over time. Mark explains that a living legacy is someone who makes a difference in people’s lives and inspires them to want to do likewise. Meanwhile, purposeful growth can be aligned with profitability and philanthropy and should be the central focus for businesses as it leads to engaged and motivated team members, happier customers, and stronger communities.   Learn More About The Agency Intensive Certification: Learn more Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketing

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I’m doing a solo show, and I’m talking about how AI tools could be used as research assistants to enhance their work, generate ideas, and create more powerful marketing strategies for our clients. AI prompts cover topics like analyzing a client's online presence, identifying the ideal client, discovering trends that can become opportunities, and even analyzing their competition. By focusing on the emotional and personal aspects of the ideal clients, marketers can create targeted campaigns that resonate with their audience.   Get Our Free AI Prompts For Developing A Marketing Strategy: AI Prompts  Learn More About The Agency Intensive Certification: Learn more Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co   This Duct Tape Marketing Podcast episode is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network.

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Steve McKee. He is the co-founder of McKee Wallwork, a nationally recognized marketing advisory firm that made the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America in its first year of eligibility and has twice won the prestigious Effie Award for marketing effectiveness from the American Marketing Association. Steve's new book TURNS: Where Business Is Won and Lost talks about how every decision and turn made in business whether it is big or small, can change the direction of our business, and is crucial to reflect on past turns/decisions and learn from them. Steve emphasizes that recognizing and embracing the turns is essential for success in business.   More About Steve McKee: McKee Wallwork Get a copy of TURNS: Where Business Is Won and Lost   More About The Agency Certification Intensive Training: Learn more Take The Marketing Assessment: Marketingassessment.co  This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Laura Belgray.  She is the founder of Talking Shrimp and co-creator of The Copy Cure. Laura is a copywriting expert who helps entrepreneurs find the perfect words to express and sell what they do in a way that gets them paid to be themselves. Her first upcoming book Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You're the F-ing Worst is a collection of her growing-up stories and saying “tough titties” to the supposed to’s in life such as: driving a car, being on time, handing in your paperwork, learning to roast a chicken, and having kids.   More About Laura Belgray: Talking Shrimp Pre-order Though Titties Follow Laura on Instagram   More About The Agency Certification Intensive Training: Learn more   This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network and The HOTH.

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Charles Conn. He is co-founder of Monograph Capital, a life sciences venture firm in London and San Francisco, and was previously CEO of the Rhodes Trust in Oxford. He is the Board Chair of Patagonia and sits on The Nature Conservancy European Council. He co-authored the bestselling book Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything and The Imperfectionists: Strategic Mindsets for Uncertain Times.  Charles mentions how imperfection is a powerful tool for problem-solving in a rapidly changing world. Instead of striving for perfection and following traditional industry structures, it's important to be curious, gather diverse perspectives, and embrace uncertainty to find solutions from unexpected sources.   More About Charles Conn: The Imperfectionists Get a copy of The Imperfectionists: Strategic Mindsets for Uncertain Times    More About The Agency Certification Intensive Training: Learn more Take The Marketing Asses

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Rob Levin. He is the co-founder and chairman of Work Better Now, a virtual assistant company providing talented remote professionals from Latin America for US and Canadian-based small and mid-sized businesses. He is also the managing member of the Oasis Strategy Group and CEO of RSL Media.  Rob mentions that having an assistant is important for all business owners because it allows them to focus on strategy and high-level work instead of admin work. Additionally, having a virtual assistant turns out to be an amazing return on investment for the company because it saves time and money since the business owner can delegate tasks they don't enjoy or aren't good at.    More About Rob Levin: Work Better Now Connect with Rob   More About The Agency Certification Intensive Training: Learn more   This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network and The HOTH.

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Amanda Holmes. Amanda is the CEO of Chet Holmes International (CHI) which has worked with over 250,000 businesses worldwide. At age 24, she inherited her father’s multi-million dollar enterprise, which specializes in helping companies double their sales. Amanda shares more about her journey as CEO and the challenges of implementing change in a long-standing organization. She dives into the process her father developed years ago that has helped large companies quickly double their sales and how she has helped that process evolve over the years. She's the author of a book — Based on The Ultimate Sales Machine: Turbocharge Your Business with Relentless Focus on 12 Key Strategies.    More About Amanda Holmes: UltimateSalesMachine.com Get a copy of her book on Amazon — Based on The Ultimate Sales Machine: Turbocharge Your Business with Relentless Focus on 12 Key Strategies. Connect with Amanda on Instagram — @amanditaholmes More About The Age