Recent Episodes

• 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.

• Model for Marketing Maturity, Stage Two: Grow

  John discusses the second phase of a fully realized marketing model. Once you have your foundation in place, you can begin to add more to those channels and incorporate other layers to your strategy.

• Model for Marketing Maturity, Stage One: Build

  John discusses the first stage of establishing a fully realized marketing strategy. Building up a solid foundation of online assets will allow you to grow and ignite your marketing efforts as your strategy begins to mature.

• How Small Businesses Can Compete in the Online Marketplace

  John speaks with Dan Breeden, a senior manager of strategic alliances at Yahoo Small Business, about what it takes for a small business to stand out online.

• Getting Smart About the Business of Education

  John chats with Danny Iny, founder and CEO of Mirasee and author of the book Leveraged Learning: How the Disruption of Education Helps Lifelong Learners and Experts with Something to Teach. They discuss the changing landscape of online education and what...

• Marrying Content with the Customer Journey

  John chats with Arnie Kuenn, founder and CEO of Vertical Measures, about his latest book The Customer Journey. They discuss the customer journey and the role that effective content marketing plays in guiding buyers through the journey.

• Questioning Best Practices to Do Great Work

  John chats with Jay Acunzo, author of Break the Wheel, about why it's time to do away with best practices in order to create truly innovative solutions to your business problems.

• How Businesses Can Survive the Latest Marketing Rebellion

  John speaks with Mark Schaefer, marketing expert and author of Marketing Rebellion, about how the customer journey has fundamentally changed over the past few years, and how marketers can thrive in this new environment.

• The Benefits of Including Video on Your Website

  John talks about why it's so important to include video on your website and shares tips for easy video creation, editing, and publication.

• What Local Businesses Need to Know About the State of Local SEO

  John speaks with Neil Crist, VP of Product and Engineering at Moz, about the latest changes in the local SEO landscape, and what small business owners need to know to succeed at SEO.

• Why Your Site Must Switch to HTTPS (And How to Do It)

  John breaks down the technical topic of HTTPS. He shares why your site must migrate from HTTP and how to make that happen.

• What Sport Can Teach Us About Business

  John interviews Alan Stein, Jr., who uses the lessons he learned as a basketball performance coach to inform his current work as a business coach, speaker, and author. They discuss what business leaders can learn from the world of sports about managing th...

• 10 Things to Consider About Your Website in 2019

  John discusses the 10 most important elements and approaches to think about as you look to update and optimize your website this year.

• How to Prepare for a Brand Crisis

  John speaks with Melissa Agnes, a crisis management strategist and author of the book Crisis Ready. They talk about the importance of crisis preparedness, and how being ready for any eventuality can help you identify new opportunities for your business.

• Setting the Stage for a Moment of Awakening

  John sits down with James Fell, a health expert and author of The Holy Sh!t Moment, to discuss how to become more attuned to the feeling of awakening so that you can make space for a moment of epiphany in your own life.

• Creating a Community for Entrepreneurs

  John speaks with Abdo Riani, founder of Startup Circle, about his entrepreneurial journey and his experience in building a network to serve other entrepreneurs.

• The Benefits of Giving Intentional Attention

  John speaks with Neen James, author of "Attention Pays: How to Drive Productivity, Profitability, and Accountability," about how being intentional in how we give our attention can improve our professional and personal lives.

• How Installing a Marketing System Serves Consultants and Their Clients

  John interviews Ben Robertson, owner of Menadena and a member of the Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network. They discuss the importance of installing a marketing system to measure ROI and generate greater results.

• Getting the Most Out of Your Content

  John chats with Pamela Wilson, founder of BIG Brand System and author of Master Content Strategy, about how to create content that enhances your bottom line and works effectively over the lifetime of your business.

• The Three Elements of an Effective Total Online Presence

  John Jantsch discusses the three major elements that go into creating an effective total online presence for a modern small business: website, SEO, and content.

• Growing Your Business While Growing as an Entrepreneur

  John talks with Jill Nelson, founder and CEO of Ruby Receptionists, about her entrepreneurial journey and the secrets to creating a successful company with a happy team.

• How To Reliably Generate Big Ideas for Your Business

  This week, John sits down with Mike Brown, founder of The Brainzooming Group and author of Idea Magnets, to discuss the secrets to finding the next big idea for your business.

• The Secrets to Leading Creative People

  John interviews Todd Henry, author of Herding Tigers: Be the Leader That Creative People Need, about how to get the most out of the creative teams you manage.

• The Top Four Marketing Trends for 2019

  This week, John discusses what he sees as the four biggest areas of focus for small business marketing in 2019. If you are a small business owner or marketing consultant working with small businesses, you can't afford to ignore these trends.

• Finding Success and Happiness as a Company of One

  John speaks with Paul Jarvis, author of Company of One, about why scaling is not always the ultimate goal for an entrepreneur, and how to instead focus on building a business for yourself that is sustainable and aligned with your purpose.

• Managing an Expanding Business, With Your Mission Guiding the Way

  John sits down with Matt Scanlon, owner of The Hill KC. What started as a CrossFit gym is now morphing into a place that Scanlon hopes will help change the way the U.S. approaches preventative healthcare. He talks about how he's navigating his business th...

• Becoming a Great Leader, No Matter What Field You're In

  John sits down with Jason Kander, a former Army Captain and bestselling author of Outside the Wire: Ten Lessons I've Learned in Everyday Courage. Kander shares lessons about leadership that can be applied to any sector or industry.

• Using Technology to Build Connections in the Real World

  Dan Schawbel stops by to discuss his latest book, Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation. He and John talk about the downsides to remote work and how to overcome them and build community.

• How Human Connection Elevates Marketing

  This week, Seth Godin stops by to discuss the precepts in his latest book This Is Marketing, and why good marketing is about the long game and taking an empathetic view in addressing your customers' needs.

• Communicating with Empathy in the Digital World

  Dr. Nick Morgan discusses the pitfalls of virtual communication, which tends to remove the emotional connection we would experience in face-to-face conversations. He shares findings from his latest book, Can You Hear Me?, on what we can do to foster more...

• Building Accountable Leadership to Transform Your Business

  John speaks with Vince Molinaro, author of The Leadership Contract, about how to foster accountable leadership in your organization and the positive effect that can have on your business's success.

• Focus on Existing Assets to Generate Better Marketing Results

  John chats with Louis Gudema about his book Bullseye Marketing, and how to take advantage of the customers and assets you already have in order to grow your business.

• Google Ads Changes Affecting Small Businesses

  John discusses the recent changes to Google Ads (formerly Google AdWords) and how they affect the marketing approach for small business owners.

• Increase Your Focus and Combat Distractions

  Guest Chris Bailey, author of Hyperfocus, discusses what drives us to distraction in our tech-saturated world, and what we can do to combat those forces and gain greater focus.

• Why Sales and Marketing Need Each Other

  John talks with Pam Didner about her forthcoming book, Effective Sales Enablement, and why integrating your sales and marketing efforts can help both teams achieve greater success.

• The Seven Steps to Building a Marketing System

  Duct Tape Marketing's core belief is that marketing is not a set of tactics, it's a system. On this episode, John takes a closer look at the seven steps to building a successful marketing system that will generate great results for your business.

• How to Get the World Talking About Your Brand

  On this week's episode, John chats with Jay Baer about his latest book, Talk Triggers, and he shares how business owners can create operational strategies to generate incredible word-of-mouth for their brands.

• Letting Go of Perfection in Order to Achieve Your Goals

  Petra Kolber shares her views on perfection.

• The Secrets to Scaling Your Business

  The Secrets to Scaling Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Mandy McEwen Podcast Transcript My guest this week on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Mandy McEwen. She is the founder and CEO of Mo...

• How to Create a Morning Routine That Breeds Success

  How to Create a Morning Routine That Breeds Success written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Benjamin Spall Podcast Transcript This week on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I chat with Benjamin Spall. Spall is co-a...

• How to Edge Out Your Competition by Being Uncopyable

  How to Edge Out Your Competition by Being Uncopyable written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Steve A. Miller Podcast Transcript This week’s guest on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Steve A. Miller. Miller is a...

• Using Convenience to Disrupt the Competition

  Using Convenience to Disrupt the Competition written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Shep Hyken Podcast Transcript This week on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I chat with Shep Hyken. He is the Chief Amazement...

• Fighting Unconscious Bias in Your Organization

  Fighting Unconscious Bias in Your Organization written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing   Marketing Podcast with Dolly Chugh Podcast Transcript My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Dolly Chugh. Chugh is...