Episodes
As CEO of Volume 9, a Denver-based marketing agency, Natalie Henley stays on the ball when it comes to marketing trends to follow (and which ones are just passing fads.) Tune in to hear how her agency approaches the AI revolution and prioritizes winning organic traffic for their clients in an ever-evolving landscape by keeping it old-school.
Published 03/29/24
Published 03/29/24
Ty Magnin, CEO of Animalz, isn't interested in pretending to be Nostradamus. The marketing world is constantly evolving, so rather than try to predict the future, he's changing with it. Hear how he and the Animalz team are adjusting their strategies for success, finding inventive ways to incorporate AI into their workflows, and exploring distribution channels beyond SEO to cultivate results for their clients. 
Published 02/01/24
Co-founder of the Content Marketing Institute, current Chief Troublemaker at The Content Advisory, and author of Content Marketing Strategy: Harness the Power of Your Brand’s Voice, Robert Rose is a marketing powerhouse. This bona fide industry legend digs into how we should be using AI to create profitable workflows, the impact of AI on search and SEO, and how brand influences our content strategies. 
Published 12/14/23
CEO of Agency Management Institute Drew McLellan brings over thirty years of expertise to dive deep into how agencies are finding success in the current economic climate by deploying AI in inventive ways. 
Published 11/09/23
Leading AI ethicist Olivia Gambelin shares insights on the adoption of generative AI, how synthetic data preserves the privacy of the public, and the strategic development and implementation of AI as it impacts marketers. 
Published 10/13/23
Greg Head, who has spent the past 30 years leading, growing, and advising software companies, shares why VC funding is misunderstood and over-prescribed, how AI will change the future of marketing, and explains the world of practical founders.
Published 08/31/23
Caitlin Bartley, CEO of female-only marketing agency cred, shares her approach to digging deep with clients, the importance of staying flexible, and how to find creative solutions in the wild world of PR and event marketing.
Published 05/25/23
Ken "Magma" Marshall, Chief Growth Officer at RevenueZen, explains the secret sauce of B2B growth, how he transitioned from entrepreneur to agency owner to agency seller, and how to achieve legitimate fame on LinkedIn.
Published 03/16/23
Gordon Boyes, CEO of Concept3D, shares learnings from his "three and several halves" CEO gigs, including how to choose career opportunities that play to your strengths and how to manage long sales cycles.
Published 01/25/23
As host of the Marketing Book Podcast, Doug shares his picks for the best marketing books of 2022, including the best books to read during a recession and some classics we can all read again.
Published 12/21/22
Lily explains how brands of different sizes should be thinking about EAT, what SEOs have deciphered from Google patents, and the new search technologies she's most excited about.
Published 12/08/22
Pearl discusses the current state and future of content marketing, the challenges of building YMYL content at scale, how CEOs can prioritize tasks to better achieve growth, and offers advice for aspiring leaders.
Published 11/15/22
Rachel discusses leading tech startups, investing strategies, writing her memoir, the importance of process, and how lessons from all these activities have made her a better marketer.
Published 10/20/22
Ashley shares what it took to turn Cuties into a lunchbox phenomenon, plus other strategies for marketing commodities from her experience heading marketing at brands like The Wonderful Company and SunFed Ranch.
Published 09/07/22
The president of Applied Brand Science shares what every brand's buyer distribution looks like and most common mistakes we make with consumer research.
Published 08/24/22
Hope shares what marketing teams are getting wrong with video marketing today, how to prepare for the future of video marketing, and the best part of having a co-founder at video marketing firm Lemonlight.
Published 08/10/22
Andrea explains the seven values of agile marketing and the philosophy behind AgileSherpas. She also shares how Eminem helped her become an entrepreneur.
Published 07/27/22
Paddy shares the biggest trends in link-building today, what agencies need to be doing differently, and what he's learned as the co-founder of superstar agency Aira.
Published 07/13/22
David Cancel of Drift, Peep Laja of Wynter, Chris Savage of Wistia, Niel Robertson of Influence.co, Stephen Lease of Goodr, Gary Swart, formerly of Upwork, Shafqat Islam of NewsCred, Sean Griffey of Industry Dive, Vaibhav Jain of Hublio, Rand Fishkin of Sparktoro, Jimmy Daly of Superpath, and Eric Remer of EverCommerce share wisdom of all sorts based on their experiences as founders and CEOs.
Published 06/30/22
As a DEI+ expert, Ashley shares what she's seeing companies get right (and wrong) with equity and inclusion initiatives. She also explains why perfectionism is a product of white supremacy culture.
Published 06/15/22
The co-founder of Impact Museums explains how Ticketmaster's best-selling event of 2021 came to be and forecasts future trends in immersive entertainment.
Published 06/08/22
The founder of EverCommerce shares his lessons from various stages of startup growth, how he knew it was time to start acquiring other businesses, and what it takes to market to SMBs.
Published 06/01/22
As the founder of CMO Huddles and award-winning agency Renegade, Drew shares the four characteristics of successful CMOs, the conversation to have with your CFO, and how to make a rebrand stick.
Published 05/18/22
Amanda explains how to create newsworthy content and breaks down the role of earned media and PR, based on her experience as a journalist and as head of marketing at Stacker.
Published 05/11/22