Recent Episodes

• 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...

• Advice for Today's Marketing Agency Owners

  John sits down with Drew McLellan, who owns and runs Agency Management Institute (AMI). Most agency owners feel like they're on an island, doing the hard work of running a business without someone to guide them. AMI serves as a resource for these entrepre...

• Building a Fanocracy Around Your Business

  When it comes to marketing your business, it's not really about the tactics, like social media or email marketing. At the end of the day, it's building a fandom that helps you win the day. Marketing expert and author David Meerman Scott stops by to discus...

• Small Business Marketing Insights for 2020

  John Jantsch closes out the year by sharing his insights on where to focus your attention with your 2020 marketing strategy. What approaches will actually move the needle and win you new customers (or help you keep old ones) in the new year? John's got an...

• Why Page Speed Matters on Your Website

  Lukas Haensch, former Google UX manager and founder of Pathmonk, stops by the podcast to discuss the importance of page speed. A slow-loading website might not be at the top of your list of issues to address, but it should be. Haensch discusses the potent...

• Using Story to Win on Social Media

  Early Twitter employee and digital media expert Claire Diaz-Ortiz stops by the podcast to discuss her latest book, Social Media Success for Every Brand. Diaz-Ortiz dives into the StoryBrand pillars and the complementary SHARE model to help business owners...

• How to Integrate Chat Into Your Marketing

  Mike Yan, CEO of chat marketing platform ManyChat, sits down with John to discuss all things chat. Yan sees chat becoming an even more integral part of every business's marketing efforts in  the next handful of years, so he has helpful tips to help anyone...

• Paving the Path to a Purposeful Hustle

  Deanna Singh is a speaker, author, and the founder and Chief Change Agent at Flying Elephant. Singh defines her purpose in life as shifting power to marginalized communities, and she's dedicated to doing that through all of her work, including her latest...

• Make Pinterest Your Marketing Secret Weapon

  Alisa Meredith, visual marketing expert, content marketing manager at Tailwind, and self-proclaimed "Pinterest nerd," stops by the podcast to talk about social media in general and Pinterest in particular. Pinterest is often overlooked by content marketer...

• How Meditation Can Change Your Life (and the World)

  Tom Cronin, the co-creator of The Portal movie and the leader of a global movement to get one billion people to meditate daily, stopped by the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. Cronin began meditating more than two decades ago, when the stresses of a job in th...

• Staying True to Your Core While Growing Your Business

  John sits down with Yaniv Masjedi, chief marketing officer at Nextiva. Masjedi has been with the company since its founding, and has played a part in its expansion from a cloud phone service to a unified and integrated platform for communications. He talk...

• What Brands Need to Think, Do, and Say to Stand Out

  Ron Tite, founder and CEO of the advertising agency Church + State and author of Think Do Say, sits down with John Jantsch to discuss the secrets to standing out in a crowded marketing world. Hint: it's not about leaning into the latest gimmick, it's abou...

• How to Attract and Hire the Best Talent

  Dr. Sabrina Starling, author of How to Hire the Best and the founder of Tap the Potential, stops by the podcast to share the secrets to effective hiring for small businesses. When you can attract top-level talent, you're able to build a happy team that en...

• When and How to Sell Your Business

  John chats with Chad Peterson, business broker and founder of Peterson Acquisitions. Peterson walks small business owners through everything they need to consider when thinking about selling their business - from reviewing financials and assessing value t...

• Investing in Small Businesses to Do Good for the Community

  John sits down with Amanda Brinkman, Chief Brand and Communications Officer at Deluxe, and the co-host and producer of Small Business Revolution. Brinkman discusses the importance of investing in local businesses, and shares tips for small business owners...

• How Leaders Can Create Inclusive Cultures

  Speaker, author, and diversity and inclusion expert Jennifer Brown stops by the podcast to discuss her latest book, How to Be an Inclusive Leader. She shares why inclusiveness has become a focus for many businesses, and provides leaders with a step-by-ste...

• Building a Personalized Connection to Win Ideal Clients

  John's guest on the podcast today is business coach, speaker, and author Bill Cates. Cates stops by to discuss his latest book, Radical Relevance, and he shares what organizations can do to personalize their messaging and reach more of their ideal clients...

• Managing Your Modern Marketing Efforts with the Right Software

  John Jantsch sits down with Josh Slone, product marketer for Gist. Gist is an all-in-one marketing software platform that helps you manage everything from marketing automation to live chat to event tracking - everything you need to run a modern marketing...

• Eliminating the Distractions of Modern Life

  Nir Eyal, expert on the intersection of technology, psychology, and business, sits down to discuss his latest book, Indistractable. We often blame technology - with its dings, pings, and rings - for our distracted modern lives, but is that really the root...

• What Small Businesses Need to Know About Google Ads

  Kim Spalding, product leader and general manager of Ads for Small Business and Emerging Markets at Google, stops by the podcast to share her many insights into the Google Ads universe. As a former entrepreneur herself, Spalding knows how difficult it can...

• Getting the Meeting with Contact Marketing

  Marketer, author, and cartoonist Stu Heinecke stops by to discuss his latest book, Get the Meeting! An Illustrative Contact Marketing Playbook. Heinecke has written the book (well, two books, actually!) on contact marketing, and in this episode he details...

• Bringing Marketing and Product Development Together

  Jill Soley, author and product and marketing executive, stops by to discuss her book, Beyond Product. Soley has launched and grown software products for nearly 20 years, and she's sharing all of the lessons she's learned throughout her career in this book...

• The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur Reading: October 24

  John Jantsch shares an excerpt from his newly-released book, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur. Organized as 366 daily meditations, the book is designed to help entrepreneurs build a better self in order to build a better business. Today's reading is from the...

• How to Take Your Business from Distinct to Iconic

  John Jantsch interviews author, speaker, and marketing expert Scott McKain. McKain shares lessons from his book Iconic: How Organizations and Leaders Attain, Sustain, and Regain The Ultimate Level of Distinction. Whether yours is a small, local business o...

• How to Build a Business Around Referrals

  John Jantsch sits down with real estate expert, author, and speaker Michael J. Maher. Maher discusses his book, The Seven Levels of Communication: Go From Relationships to Referrals, where he shares how any business can thrive by focusing their efforts on...

• The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur Reading: October 17

  John Jantsch reads a selection from his upcoming book, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur, due out on October 22, 2019. This selection features a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson and reflections on how to create your business's history as part of your entreprene...

• What All Businesses Need to Know About Website Design

  John interviews Chris Martinez, co-founder and CEO of DUDEagency.io, an outsourced web development firm. Martinez knows all the ins and outs of website design, from site layout and development to how to integrate tactical and strategic elements like landi...

• Building a Business Your Team and Customers Love

  John speaks with author, speaker, and business coach Steve Farber. Farber is the founder and CEO of the Extreme Leadership Institute and the author of several books, including Love is Just Damn Good Business: Do What You Love in the Service of People Who...

• The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur Reading: October 10

  John Jantsch reads an excerpt from his upcoming book, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur, structured as a daily devotional with 366 meditations to help entrepreneurs reach their full potential.

• How to Focus on High-Value Work

  John interviews business coach and bestselling author David Finkel. Finkel discusses his latest book, The Freedom Formula, in which he advocates for a move away from the time and effort economy and towards the value economy.

• Finding Stillness in the Modern World

  John sits down with Ryan Holiday, writer, media strategist, and leading expert on the ancient philosophy of Stoicism. Holiday talks about his latest book, Stillness is the Key, and shares how applying lessons from this ancient philosophy can help improve...

• The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur Reading: October 2

  John Jantsch shares another excerpt from his upcoming book, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur. Today's reading is from the October 2 entry, featuring a letter from Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne.

• Creating a Brand Name That Sticks

  John chats with Jeremy Miller, founder of Sticky Branding and author of Brand New Name. He is a brand strategist, and here he shares why selecting the right brand name matters, plus the step-by-step process for finding the name that fits best with your bu...

• Creating Content that Ranks in Local Search

  Dan Gershenson and Ian Cantle are marketing experts and part of the Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network. On this episode, they discuss the book that they've co-authored with three other marketing consultants, Content Marketing for Local Search. In the...

• The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur Reading: September 25

  John Jantsch shares another excerpt from his upcoming book, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur, due out in October 2019. Each page contains a reading from a Transcendentalist author and John's thoughts on the reading as it relates to leading a purposeful entre...

• How to Discover and Nurture Your Creativity

  Photographer, director, entrepreneur, and author Chase Jarvis stops by the podcast to discuss his book, Creative Calling. He believes that everyone is inherently creative, and when we develop a practice to nurture those creative impulses, we can tap into...

• The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur Reading: September 18

  John reads an excerpt from his upcoming book, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur, due out in October 2019. The book is organized into 366 daily meditations for entrepreneurs; today's reading is from the September 18 entry.

• Developing Habits to Become a Master Influencer

  John sits down with Jason Harris, CEO of creative agency Mekanism and author of The Soulful Art of Persuasion. They discuss the 11 habits Harris outlines in the book that can help anyone to become a master influencer.

• The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur Reading: September 11

  John Jantsch reads an excerpt from his upcoming book, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur, due out in October 2019. Following the passage, he shares additional thoughts and comments on the reading.

• Advice for Entrepreneurs Who Want to Sell Their Companies

  John Warrillow, founder of The Value Builder System and author of Built to Sell shares what business owners must do to create a company that is appealing to investors and has the potential to thrive without them at the helm.

• How to Build a Community Around Your Business

  Community and collaboration strategy consultant Jono Bacon discusses his upcoming book, People Powered. He talks about the role of communities in building your business, and shares advice for starting a community around your brand.

• The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur Reading: September 4

  John Jantsch reads an excerpt from his upcoming book, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur, due out in October 2019. He shares a passage from the book, then provides his commentary on the reading.

• How to Choose Your Life's Purpose

  Keynote speaker, musician, and author Brant Menswar stops by to discuss how to choose your purpose. His strategy for identifying your core values helps individuals and organizations hone in on their non-negotiables and begin to engage with the world in a...

• Content is More Than Blog Posts - It's the Voice of Strategy

  John Jantsch does a solo show on the importance of content in marketing. It's more than just a tactic, it's risen to the strategic level. And you need a solid content foundation before you can begin amassing content like blogs and podcasts. He walks you t...

• Why Continuous Learning Matters for Today's Professionals

  John speaks with Matt Cooper, CEO of the online learning community Skillshare. They discuss how online learning has changed over the years and why it's so important for everyone--whether they're employees or entrepreneurs--to continue to grow and learn ne...

• Finding Your Brand's Purpose

  Jeff Fromm, partner at Barkley ad agency and president of FutureCast, stops by to discuss his new book, The Purpose Advantage. He shares why purpose matters for companies, and how to truly become a purpose-driven brand.

• How to Build a Brand that Drives Growth

  Lindsay Pedersen, brand strategist, leadership coach, and author of Forging an Ironclad Brand: A Leader's Guide, shares the nine criteria that define a successful brand and some tips for creating one.

• How to Discover and Embrace Your Creative Side

  Tania Katan, author of Creative Trespassing, talks about the beauty of welcoming the messiness of creativity into your professional and personal life. She also shares exercises for tapping into your creativity. 

• Why You Need a Virtual Assistant (And How to Find One)

  Melissa Smith, founder and CEO of the Association of Virtual Assistants, discusses all of the value that a VA can provide for an entrepreneur or business owner. She also walks us through the process of searching for, screening, and hiring a VA.

• Putting Social Media Myths to the Test

  Scott Ayres of AgoraPulse's Social Media Lab stops by to talk about the work he does in challenging social media marketing conventions.

• Why Customer Service Must Come from the Heart

  Jeanne Bliss, who pioneered the role of Chief Customer Officer and authored Would You Do That to Your Mother?, shares why business leaders should make every customer service decision with compassion and care (and how to do it).

• How Ultralearning Helps You Master New Skills

  Scott Young discusses his book, Ultralearning, and shares the principles that empower anyone to learn any skill via aggressive, self-directed learning.

• 5 Ways to Get More SEO Bang for Your Buck

  John Jantsch shares five SEO techniques that go beyond the basics. For consultants or marketing agencies who are looking to get results for their clients, these approaches can take their SEO to the next level.

• Overcoming Objections in Sales

  Jeb Blount, sales acceleration specialist and author of 10 books on sales and leadership, stops by to discuss how to move past objections and get to a yes in sales discussions.

• Why Reviews Matter to Your Business

  John interviews Aaron Weiche, CEO of GatherUp, a review and customer feedback platform. Weiche shares everything small business owners need to know about reviews, customer experience, and managing their online reputation.

• To Niche, or Not to Niche in Your Business?

  John Jantsch discusses the concept of finding a niche for your business. While some advocate for settling on a niche right away, John suggests a different approach.

• Advice for Entrepreneurs from Someone Who's Been There

  Rand Fishkin, founder and former CEO of Moz and current CEO of SparkToro, stops by to share what he's learned along his entrepreneurial journey with others who may be starting their own businesses.

• Important Changes to the Google My Business Tool

  John Jantsch walks small business owners through the value of claiming their Google My Business profile. Plus, he shares the latest updates to the tool that users can and should take advantage of.

• Setting Priorities to Make Time for What Matters

  John chats with Laura Vanderkam, author of several time-management and productivity books, including her latest, Juliet's School of Possibilities. Here, she shares learnings and takeaways from the book. 

• Everything You Need to Know About Creating Strategic Content

  John sits down with Rachel Parker, CEO of Resonance Content Marketing and author of The Content Marketing Coach. They discuss best strategies and tactics involved in producing high-quality content.

• Learning to Speak Like a Pro

  John speaks with Grant Baldwin: speaker, author, blogger, podcaster, and founder of The Speaker Lab. Grant shares his in-depth knowledge about all that it takes to get into speaking and how to turn it into a source of revenue (or even a full-time career).

• Growing Your Business with Chat Bots

  Andrew Warner stops by the podcast to chat with John about his latest initiative, Bot Academy, and to share why he's so excited about what chat bot technology can do for your business.

• How to Win Your Clients in Bulk

  John sits down with Jeanna Pool, marketing expert and creator of the coaching program Clients in BULK. They discuss the offline marketing approaches that can help you win new business in droves.

• The Three Step System for Keeping Clients for Three Years or Longer

  John shares his three step system for establishing a consistent flow of leads, developing a repeatable process for serving your clients, and engaging trusted partners - all to keep clients coming back year after year.

• How to Make Your Brand Unskippable

  John speaks with Jim Kukral, marketing expert and the author of Your Journey to Becoming Unskippable. They discuss what it means to be unskippable, how it can help you win customers for life, and what you must do to become unskippable.

• Taking Relationship Marketing to the Next Level

  John sits down with Zvi Band, co-founder and CEO of the CRM platform Contactually and author of Success Is in Your Sphere. Band shares all he's learned about relationship building and networking.

• The Ins and Outs of Marketing Automation

  John chats with Jason Vandeboom, founder and CEO of ActiveCampaign, about how CRM, relationship building, email marketing, and marketing automation have changed for the better.

• How to Create a Successful Business Event

  Rich Brooks, founder and creator of The Agents of Change digital marketing conference, stops by the podcast to talk about the elements that go into building a business event that establishes you as an industry leader.

• Flex Your Curiosity Muscle to Grow Your Business

  John sits down with Diana Kander, keynote speaker, innovation coach, and co-author of The Curiosity Muscle. They discuss the four questions any leader should ask to get curious about their business and improve their bottom line.

• Finding Hope and Happiness in a Pessimistic World

  John interviews best-selling author Mark Manson about his latest book, Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope. They discuss how to cultivate happiness and optimism in today's world.

• Creating Exponential Growth Through Hard Work, Not Magic

  John speaks with Brad Sugars, founder of ActionCOACH and co-author of Pulling Profits Out of a Hat. Sugars shares how a focus on five fundamental disciplines of business can empower any leader to grow their company exponentially.

• How to Reframe Hustle

  John chats with marketing expert and entrepreneur Neil Patel. They discuss Patel's book, Hustle. He talks about the process of discovering your true passion and the hard work that goes into finding and pursuing it.

• Tips for Giving Your Content CPR

  John speaks with Laura Belgray, founder of Talking Shrimp and co-creator of The Copy Cure. A copywriting expert, Laura shares her secrets to writing killer copy.

• Why The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One

  John speaks with business strategist and author Jenny Blake. She is the author of the book Pivot, and speaks about how to handle plateaus in life. She shares how you decide what your next move is and how to make the pivots to get yourself there.

• Creating a Winning SEO Strategy

  John speaks with Brian Dean, SEO expert and founder of Backlinko. Dean shares the latest SEO tips, discusses the SEO approaches that work best for B2B and local businesses, and debunks some common SEO myths.

• The Secrets to Impactful Speaking

  John sits down with Allison Shapira, founder and CEO of Global Public Speaking. They discuss her book, Speak With Impact, and she shares insights into how to give a powerful, compelling presentation.

• Creating Customers Who Are Loyal for Life

  John chats with Sandy Rogers, co-author of Leading Loyalty, about the actionable steps businesses can take to create deeply loyal customers.

• Getting Salespeople and Prospects on the Same Side

  John sits down with Ian Altman, B2B strategic consultant and author of Same Side Selling. They discuss why a major shift in the standard sales mentality is needed to better serve prospects and customers, and how to make that change within your business.

• How to Become a Digital Minimalist

  John visits with Cal Newport, computer scientist and author of Digital Minimalism. They discuss our collective tech obsession, and what we can do to find a healthier balance between our phone usage and high-quality leisure activities.

• Why All Business Owners Should Become Authors

  John sits down with Dan Janal, author of Write Your Book in a Flash, to discuss the benefits to any business owner of writing a book and the process for doing it.

• How to Give a Great Business Presentation

  John speaks with Michael Port, founder and CEO of Heroic Public Speaking, about the keys to giving an effective speech that builds trust and generates leads for your business.

• Everything You Need to Know About Podcasting

  John sits down with John Lee Dumas, host of the popular podcast EOFire, to talk about how he got his start in podcasting and how business owners can create their own show.

• How Reducing Friction Increases Revenue

  John sits down with Roger Dooley to discuss his new book, Friction. They discuss the concepts of friction and organizational drag in business, and how to find and address issues of friction, even in an organization that's resistant to change.

• How to Turn Your Product Idea Into a Business

  John speaks with Jules Pieri, founder and CEO of the Grommet, about how makers differ from other entrepreneurs and what they must do to create a business around their product idea.

• Making Sales Prospecting Fun and Easy

  John visits with Tom Martin, author, speaker, and founder of the digital strategy agency Converse Media. Martin understands how difficult sales prospecting can be, and today he shares his secrets for making the process less intimidating.

• How to Roll Out the Red Carpet for Your Customers

  John speaks with Donna Cutting, CSP, founder and CEO of Red Carpet Learning Systems about how to give your customers the star treatment.

• How to Make Storytelling Work for Your Brand

  John speaks with Kyle Gray, founder of The Story Engine, about what works (and what doesn't) when you're crafting a story about your brand.

• How Giving Back Can Create Business Success

  John chats with Sam Ashdown, a successful entrepreneur with three real estate businesses, about how she founded her companies and her commitment to teaching other local business owners important marketing strategy and skills.

• Tapping Into Existing Connections to Network Smarter

  John chats with David Burkus, author of Friend of a Friend, about how and why to engage with your existing, meaningful contacts when networking, rather than trying to cultivate a whole new network.

• What it Means to be a Self-Reliant Entrepreneur

  John introduces his upcoming book, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur, and shares a reading from the project.

• Why Great Leaders Give Less Advice and Listen More

  John chats with Michael Bungay Stanier, founder and CEO of Box of Crayons and author of The Coaching Habit. They talk about how leaders can establish the kind of relationship that will get the best work out of their team.

• Why Your Marketing Must Be Led By Strategy First

  John talks about the importance of establishing a strategy first approach to marketing, rather than just focusing on a jumble of marketing tactics to get the job done.

• Erasing Limits to Find Your Purpose

  John chats with Laura Gassner Otting, author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life about how to use the framework of consonance to find and define your own purpose.

• Model for Marketing Maturity, Stage Three: Ignite

  John discusses the third stage of establishing a fully realized marketing strategy. In this stage, you go deeper into existing channels and add the final three channels to your marketing model.