Recent Episodes

• How to Become a More Mindful Person

  In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Ricky Kalmon an American stage hypnotist, motivational speaker, TV personality and author of self-improvement audio programs.

• A Look at 2020 Growth for Home Services Businesses

  In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Tommy Mello, the founder of A1 Garage Doors, a $50M home service business.

• How to Update Your Website Policy When Laws Change

  In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Donata Kalnenaite, the President of Termageddon.

• The Importance of Credibility in Business

  In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Sharon Vinderine the founder of Parent Tested Parent Approved.

• How to Use PR to Build Credibility for Your Business

  Interview with Gloria Chou about how to use PR in your business today. 

• Great Reviews Provide Proof That You Keep Your Promises

  Online reviews are more than just stars. Use the actual words in reviews to find ideal clients and update your marketing messages. 

• When you get an opportunity treat it like your one big break 

  An interview with Alison Levine leadership expert, polar explorer and mountaineer who is no stranger to extreme environments. 

• How a Simpler Website Can Improve User Experience

  An interview with Michael Reynolds, President and CEO of Zephyr CMS. 

• How Actionable Insights Can Help You Optimize Your Website

  An interview with Nils De Moor, CTO of Woorank about page speed and other elements that improve user experience on your site. 

• How the Power of Positive Thinking Turns into a Successful Business

  Laura Schmidt started notes to self, llc to put her belief in the power of positive thinking into action (and on people’s feet!). Listen in on this podcast to see how she markets this business successfully. 

• Do You Rent or Own Your Marketing?

• How to Have a Better Work Week

• Scale Your Business by Adding Systems

• Creating Community Focused on Shared Experiences

• Schloegel Design Remodel Interview on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast

• How to Communicate Your Brand Story with Simple Marketing

• How to Get Started in Influencer Marketing

• How to Be Ready for What's Next

• The Agency Growth Secrets Behind Design Pickle

• Integrating Creativity in Business

  Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Sarah J. Bray

• Why Direct Marketing Is More Effective Than Ever

• Unleash Your Potential

• The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Steven Herz

• Why Startup Communities are Essential

• Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Meredith Fineman

• Google Analytics for Small Businesses

  John Talks about using Google Analytics for your small business and certain things he feels should be used and focused on.

• What Should I Be Doing

  Sydni Craig-Hart joins John to talk about her business, Smart Simple Marketing, and she shares what its like being a 4th generation entrepreneur who works side-by-side with her husband. Listen to here more about client challenges and what she's telling pe...

• Do You Have What it Takes to Become an Entrepreneur?

  Gino Wickman is the creator of Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) and is here to share his new book, Entrepreneurial Leap. hear about tools to use and what other things can help you succeed in being an entrepreneur.

• How to Outsource Small Business Work

  Nathan Hirsch is the cofounder of OutSourceSchool and he shares how outsourcing can really help you get things off your plate.

• How to Thrive by Building a Community and a Strong Personal Brand

  John Jantsch interviews Ramon Ray, founder and CEO of Smart Hustle Media and author of The Celebrity CEO.

• How to Build a Business as an Introvert

  Kim Beasley shares her book, Creative Introverted Entrepreneur, with Duct Tape Marketing. 

• How to Embrace a Competitors Mindset to Grow Your Business

  Join John as he talks with Jake Thompson about Compete Every Day, the business and the book. 

• How to Embrace a More Diverse Approach to Marketing

• The Entrepreneurs Guide to Translating Accounting

  Spencer Sheinin joins us on Duct Tape Marketing Podcast to talk about his book Entreprenumbers: The Surprisingly Simple Path to Financial Clarity.

• Why Cold Calling Goes Wrong

  Join John as he talks to David Walter about his new book, The Million Dollar Rebuttal: Cold Calling is Not a Numbers Game! 

• How to Add Affiliate Marketing to Your Content

  Today we have Matt McWilliams on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast to share his expertise on affiliates and strategic partners. 

• The Guide to Great Podcast Guesting

  Last week John shared 7 Reasons Why a Podcast Can Help You Grow Your Business. Today is part two, learn about guest podcasting and ways to be successful with it.

• How to Have a Successful Consulting Practice During Uncertainty

  The CEO of Consulting Success, Michael Zipursky, shares his new book, Act Now: How Successful Consultants Thrive During Chaos and Uncertainty. 

• Create Your Own Journey

  John interviews Laura Gassner Otting as we continue to talk about growth in your entrepreneurship journey. 

• 7 Reasons Why a Podcast Can Help You Grow Your Business

  John Jantsch talks about 7 reasons your business can and should do podcasting.

• Building Good Relationships Is the Goal of Great Networking

  John talks to Ivan Misner about networking on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast.

• How to Get the Best Out of Your Virtual Meetings

  Mike Fraidenburg comes to talk with us about his new book that came out in the new year, Mastering Online Meetings.

• Focusing on the Customer to Grow Your Business

  Simon Severino joins us on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast.

• How to Create Your Referral Engine

  John wants to share with you the benefits of doing referrals for your business and ways to make it work for you.

• How to Define Your Path Towards Wellness

  Today on Duct Tape Marketing Podcast John interviews Dr. Nancy Trimboli who has a new book coming out, Stealth Health. 

• How to Improve Your Customers Journey

  John Jantsch talks about treating your customers or clients as members. 

• Tips of the Trade with Seth Godin

• How to Bring In-Person Events Online

  Today's podcast on Duct Tape Marketing is with Liam Austin, cofounder of Entrepreneurs HQ and Virtual Summit Academy.

• How to Build a Brand People Love

  In today's podcast John interviews Emily Heyward who has a new book coming out June 9th, Obsessed: Building a Brand People Love from Day One.

• How to Create Online Course Business Success

  In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Danny Iny, founder, and CEO of Mirasee and author of his latest book Teach Your Gift: How Coaches, Consultants, Authors, Speakers, and Experts Create Online Courses Business Success in 2020 a...

• How to Serve Your Ideal Clients More Successfully

  In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, John Jantsch Discusses the art of serving your best clients better.

• What we are missing in the virtual world

  John Jantsch interviews Steve Blank on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. 

• Here's to Empathy in Business

  John Jantsch interviews Minter Dial on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast about his book Heartifical Empathy: Putting heart into Business and Artificial Intelligence.

• Elevate Your Brand Visually with Easy Design Editing

  On this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, John Jantsch interviews Payman Taei, founder of Hindsight Interactive and Visme. 

• Shift Your Marketing for the 'New' Normal

  John Jantsch interviews Mark Sanborn on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast about his book The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary into Extrordinary.  

• How to be a Leader for the Future and Co-Create

  Duct Tape Marketing's John Jantsch interviews Keith Ferrazzi and discusses his book, Leading without Authority: How the New Power of Co-Elevation can Breakdown Silos, Transform Teams, and Reinvent Collaboration.

• Reinvention in Your Business to Thrive

  Alex Kantrowitz joins us on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast to discuss his new book 'Day One'. At Amazon, 'Day One' is code for inventing like a startup with little regard for legacy. Day Two is, in Jeff Bezos's own words, is 'stasis, followed by irreleva...

• Investing in Yourself and Your Team to Grow Your Business

  Entrepreneur Steve Bousquet took his college job mowing lawns and transformed it into a successful business with thousands of customers. He stops by to talk about the learning curve that comes with founding your own company. As he shifted from technician...

• Driving Innovation with Business Testing

  Business theorist, author, and speaker Alex Osterwalder discusses his two newest books, Testing Business Ideas and the upcoming The Invincible Company. Both books are part of a series focused on helping leaders undertake business modeling and testing with...

• Uncovering New Possibilities in the World of Marketing

  Ben Shapiro is a marketing strategy consultant and the producer of several popular podcasts. Marketing is always changing, but with change comes possibility. Ben discusses his own career journey and provides advice for others who are trying to navigate an...

• Knowing What to Fix Next in Your Business

  Entrepreneur, speaker, and author Mike Michalowicz sits down to discuss his latest book Fix This Next: Make the Vital Change that Will Level Up Your Business. All too often, Michalowicz sees businesses that are putting out fires or taking on the wrong cha...

• Why Great Leaders Stay Curious (And How to Do It)

  Michael Bungay Stanier returns to the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast to discuss his latest book The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever. So many leaders feel great pressure to have all the answers. But in reality, when lead...

• Are You Ready for the Era of Context Marketing?

  Mathew Sweezey, Principal of Marketing Insights at Salesforce, stops by the show to talk about the concept of context marketing. Mathew contends that the old, messaged-focused way of marketing has gone the way of the dodo. We've now entered the era of con...

• Creating Promotional Products That Make an Impact

  Mark Graham and Bobby Lehew of commonsku, a company that creates software for the promotional products industry, are today's guests on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. Promotional products are sometimes brushed aside as frivolous, but Graham and Lehew con...

• Building a Culture of Trust and Belonging

  Leadership expert, speaker, and author Mike Robbins has spent his career studying company culture and what goes in to building a successful organization. Robbins has identified the pillars that allow any team to grow trust and work together, and he shares...

• Finding Success and Whole-Life Wealth

  Rock Thomas is a motivational speaker, best-selling author, and podcaster. After achieving his own financial success, he looked around and noticed that many others who did well in business struggled in their personal lives. Realizing that financial succes...

• Becoming Your Best Virtual You

  Virtual tools to help facilitate remote work have suddenly become a major focus for many business owners. I've been using some great work-from-home-friendly tools for years, and I wanted to share my go-tos for everything from video recording to collaborat...

• The 5 Steps to Writing Persuasive Copy

  Many small business owners struggle with copywriting. How do you create a message that resonates with your audience but doesn't come off as too salesy? Author, speaker, and marketing expert Anik Singal has helped hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs to...

• Timeless Habits for Cultivating Success

  Stephen M. R. Covey, Global Practice Leader at the Global Speed of Trust Practice, visits the podcast to discuss his father's timeless book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The book was published decades ago but remains an incredible guide for ind...

• Making the World a Better Place Through a Community of Changemakers

  Jayne Warrilow, global speaker and founder of two businesses, stops by the podcast to discuss her latest venture: Sacred Changemakers. Last year, Warrilow realized she had a higher calling and purpose beyond the bounds of her previous work. She founded Sa...

• How to Make Partner Marketing Work for You

  Are you curious about partner marketing and how to make it work? Robert Glazer, founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners, stops by the podcast to talk about the ins and outs of partner marketing. From what it is to how to make it work to the latest techno...

• How to Start Your Speaking Business

  Grant Baldwin made a name for himself as a successful keynote speaker before deciding to share his tips and tricks with others. He now runs The Speaker Lab, where he teaches business leaders and entrepreneurs who are looking to make speaking a part of the...

• Cultivating Compelling Communications for Your Business

  Justin Brady is a communications and PR expert, writer, and podcast host. He stops by the podcast for what John Jantsch terms a " smorgasbord show" - where they talk about PR, communications, and related topics. If you're looking for tips to help get your...

• Changing Minds in Sales, Marketing, and Business

  There are a lot of reasons you might want to change someone's mind in business. Maybe you're a salesperson trying to convince someone to buy your product. Perhaps you're a boss, trying to persuade your team to accept your new business strategy. Jonah Berg...

• Creating Policy Changes to Benefit Small Businesses

  Karen Kerrigan is the president and CEO of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council. She also chairs the newly-formed Small Business Roundtable, a coalition of leading small business and entrepreneurship organizations dedicated to advancing policy. S...

• Great Experiences Make for Loyal Customers

  Micah Solomon is a best-selling author and keynote speaker on the topic of bottom-line growth through customer service. The good news is, more brands today are offering better customer service than ever before. The bad news is, customer's expectations are...

• Embracing Individuality to Grow Your Community

  Bryan Wish, founder of BW Missions, visits the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast to talk about building community. Wish's business helps entrepreneurs, authors, and thought leaders to develop their voice and point of view as a way to create a global community a...

• Crafting Growth-Focused Content for Your Business

  Lance Cummins, President of the growth content company Nectafy, visits the podcast to talk about content. It's a word we hear all the time in marketing circles, but do we really know what great content looks like? Cummins outlines the steps business owner...

• Creating Online Courses That Work for Your Students and Your Business

  Justin Ferriman is co-founder and CEO of the learning management system LearnDash. Lots of businesses today are creating courses online. Whether they're using them as a lead generation tool or are selling the course to generate revenue, businesses are eag...

• Focusing on Gratitude to Build Relationships

  Chris Schembra is a keynote speaker, Broadway producer, dinner host, and entrepreneurial advisor whose passion is to facilitate human connection in an increasingly disconnected world. After experiencing a difficult time in his own life, Schembra began hos...

• Storytelling Around Disruption and Innovation

  Michael Margolis is the founder and CEO of Storied and author of Story 10X. While lots of people are talking about storytelling in a business and marketing context, Margolis has decided to focus in on storytelling as it relates specifically to disruption...

• Developing Important Entrepreneurial and Leadership Qualities

  Jack McGuinness is a co-founder and managing partner of Relationship Impact, a consulting firm focused on helping great leaders build great leadership teams. On this episode, McGuinness discusses his entrepreneurial journey, and he shares what he's learne...

• Using a Framework to Create Inventive Content

  Melanie Deziel, founder of StoryFuel and author of The Content Fuel Framework stops by the podcast to talk about storytelling. It's one of the hottest terms out there in marketing today, but so many brands struggle to create content that speaks to their a...

• Creating a Podcast as Part of Your Prospecting Process

  Steve Gordon, founder and CEO of The Unstoppable CEO, is a firm believer in the power of podcasting as an incredible prospecting tool. He's taught countless business owners how to create their own podcast as a way to generate leads, start conversations wi...

• Spotting Inflection Points in Your Industry

  Rita McGrath is a globally-recognized expert on business strategy, innovation, and growth. She stops by the podcast to discuss her book Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen. Disruption is a tricky thing; if y...

• Finding Happiness at Work

  Bruce Daisley, author and podcaster, stops by to talk about his upcoming book Eat Sleep Work Repeat. While serving as a senior executive at Twitter and Google, Daisley became fascinated with how we create happiness at work. He noticed there was a lot of s...

• Navigating Small Business Legal Issues in the Digital World

  Jamie Lieberman left her corporate law job to found Hashtag Legal, where she and her team help influencers, solopreneurs, and small business owners maneuver their way through the sometimes-complicated legal waters of the digital age. From how to craft an...

• Living Life By Your True Values

  Dr. John Demartini is a world-renowned specialist in human behavior, researcher, author, and global educator. He stops by the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast to discuss his book The Values Factor. How do we determine our true values? And how does doing so cha...

• Creating the Right Morning Routine To Transform Your Day

  Author, speaker, vlogger, and entrepreneur Amy Landino stops by the podcast to talk about her latest book Good Morning, Good Life. Her passion is helping everyone find a way to go after the life they want, and a morning routine is a great place to start....

• Changing the Game as an Entrepreneur

  Today's guest on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Greg Meade, co-founder of the business and new sport called Crossnet. Meade, his brother, and their childhood friend decided that rather than follow a traditional career path, they wanted to branch out a...

• Learning to Become a Leader in Business

  Today's guest is speaker, author, podcaster, and leadership expert Ryan Hawk. With a background in both professional sports and sales, Hawk realized that to learn more about becoming a great leader, he wanted to go straight to the source and talk to those...

• What's Podcasting Got To Do With Marketing?

  Guy Kawasaki, author, speaker, podcaster, and Chief Evangelist for Canva, stops by the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. He and host John Jantsch cover a lot of ground in their chat, from how Canva managed to outpace the competition and become a leader in onli...

• Using Personalized Video to Build Relationships

  Ethan Beute, Chief Evangelist of BombBomb and co-author of the book Rehumanize Your Business, stops by the podcast to chat about the power of video marketing. BombBomb believes that we are all better in person, and they enable you to build a deeper connec...

• Building Stronger Connections with Colleagues and Clients

  Dr. Melanie Katzman is a clinical psychologist and business consultant, and over the years she's noticed a lot of overlap between the hurdles her clients face in both areas of focus. People feel devalued and dispirited in their work, and a lot of that com...

• The Biggest Social Media Trends to Watch in 2020

  Today's guest on the podcast is Mike Stelzner, founder and CEO of Social Media Examiner and the producer of the Social Media Marketing World conference. Stelzner has been immersed in the world of social media for years, so he has his finger on the pulse o...

• Business Lessons Learned on the Baseball Field

  Joel Goldberg, public speaker on leadership and culture and longtime Kansas City Royals broadcaster, stops by the podcast to discuss the intersection of sports and business. Sure, you've heard people draw parallels between sports and business before, but...

• Using AI with Human Touch to Create Great Social Content

  Kate Bradley Chernis is the co-founder and CEO of Lately, an AI-powered social media writing tool. In today's marketing landscape, you can't stand out without creating a lot of content. But the trick is that it can't be junky content; it still needs to pr...

• Incorporating Storytelling Into Your Sales Process

  John Livesay is a sales keynote speaker and author - he's also known as the Pitch Whisperer. He's here on the show to talk about his book Better Selling Through Storytelling, where he shares tips for applying the four essential elements of great storytell...

• What Megatrends Will Shape Your Business?

  Rohit Bhargava is an innovation and marketing expert and the founder of the Non-Obvious Company. The company has spawned a series of books under the Non-Obvious banner, including his latest Non-Obvious Megatrends. Bhargava discusses his process for identi...

• Creating Shareable Content for Your Business

  How do you create content that stands out online and inspires folks to share your message with their friends? On this episode, John sits down with Tim Staples, CEO of Shareability and author of "Break Through the Noise." Staples' firm is behind the creati...