E-Coffee with Experts

In this episode of E-Coffee with Experts, our host Austin Willman sits down with Mar Pages, Co-founder of Solo Female Travelers, to unpack how she and her partner scaled a global community from under 20,000 members to nearly 500,000 women worldwide—while staying purpose-driven and profitable. Mar shares her journey from a 20-year career in strategy consulting and Google to building a community-led...

In this episode of E-Coffee with Experts, Austin Willman sits down with Sophie Brannon, Co-Founder & Director of StudioHawk US, to break down how leading SEO agencies are actually using AI workflows to scale delivery, improve margins, and retain clients — without sacrificing trust or quality. Sophie shares practical, real-world insights from managing SEO teams across the US, UK, and Australia, inc...

In this episode of E-Coffee with Experts, our host Austin Willman sits down with Rob Timmermann, Founder & CEO of Timmermann Group, to break down what SEO really looks like in a post-AI world. Rob explains why traditional funnel thinking is broken, how his team shifted to a flywheel model, and why conversions, not traffic, are the only KPI that matters. They dive deep into post-AI SEO strategy, in...

In this episode of E-Coffee with Experts, host Austin Willman chats with Jordan Brannon, President at Coalition Technologies, about how AI and evolving search platforms are reshaping SEO, PPC, and ecommerce marketing. Jordan explains why SEO is getting harder, how AI search and tools like ChatGPT are influencing ecommerce discovery, and why reviews, user-generated content, and social proof matter...

In this episode of E-Coffee with Experts, our host Austin sits down with Daniel Schotland, Chief Operating Officer at Linqia, to unpack how influencer marketing has evolved into a full-funnel, ROI-driven growth channel trusted by Fortune 500 brands and CMOs. Daniel explains how modern brands are using creators to drive real business outcomes, from demand generation and conversions to long-term bra...

In this episode of E-Coffee with Experts, our host Ranmay sits down with Robbie Puddick, Content & SEO Lead at Second Nature, to break down how expert-led content, AI tools, and a “help-first” mindset are reshaping modern SEO. Robbie shares his journey from registered nutritionist to leading SEO strategy inside a fast-growing health tech startup, working closely with the NHS. We dive into what act...

In this episode of eCoffee with Experts, Austin Willman sits down with Angie Nwandu, CEO/ Founder at The Shade Room Media Company, to unpack how media, culture, and trust are evolving in a post-AI, social-first world. Angie shares how launching The Shade Room during a major media disruption shaped her mindset as a founder and why every new wave of change presents opportunity for leaders who stay a...

In this episode of E-Coffee with Experts, our host Ranmay sits down with Eric Lynch, Principal & Director of Operations at build/create studios, to unpack what actually drives growth in complex B2B sales environments. Eric shares his journey of bootstrapping an agency from a folding table in his basement to building a focused B2B content and digital strategy firm serving manufacturing and technolo...

In this episode of E-Coffee with Experts, our host Ranmay chats with Arthur Cotton, Founder and CEO at Cassiopea, reveals how he built his digital agency Cassiopeia during the challenges of 2020 and scaled it using SEO, digital marketplaces, strong partnerships, and smart client qualification. Arthur breaks down his three-part SEO and AI-readiness audit checklist, covering website technology, cont...

In this episode of E-Coffee with Experts, host Ranmay speaks with Raycheal M. Proctor, Founder & Marketing Director at Unlimited Mixed Marketing, about what’s really happening in SEO, omnichannel marketing, and B2B growth as we move toward 2026. Raycheal shares her journey from the early days of digital marketing, when SEO was still experimental, to building an agency focused on strong systems, de...

In this episode of E-Coffee with Experts, our host Ranmay chats with Danielle Schermerhorn, Director of Marketing and Client Success at Atelier Commerce, on practical growth strategies for luxury e-commerce brands. Danielle shares her origin story (how a self-taught web project turned into an agency career), the leadership playbooks she uses to scale remote teams, and the client-first systems that...

In this episode of E-Coffee with Experts, our host Ranmay sits down with Andy Headington, CEO at Adido, to break down what really drives growth for travel brands today. With over 20 years in SEO, paid search, and digital strategy, Andy shares practical lessons from building and scaling a specialist travel marketing agency. The conversation covers how travel brands actually win bookings in 2025 and...

In this episode of E-Coffee with Experts, our host Austin Willman chats with Patrick Cunningham, Director & Co-Founder at Indulge, about how technical agencies can meaningfully use AI to elevate software quality, sales outreach, and long-term client value. Patrick explains the discipline of human-centered research (talking to real users), how account-based AI research warms high-value leads, and w...

In this episode of e-Coffee with Experts, our host Ranmay chats with Lacy Hendricks, COO at ClearLead Digital, a niche SEO agency helping property management companies scale through smarter websites, stronger branding, and real user-journey design. Lacy breaks down why most property management websites fail, why ranking for tenant keywords is a waste of time, and how understanding owner search beh...

In this episode of E-Coffee with Experts, our host Austin chats with Chelsea Perino, Managing Director, Global Marketing & Communictaions at The Executive Centre, breaks down how high-end flexible workspaces attract multinational tenants, build community, and use AI to free creative time for strategic work. Chelsea explains her “think global, act local” approach to campaigns across 15 regions, the...

In this episode of E-Coffee with Experts, our host Austin chats with Urim Kodra, Search Engine Optimization Consultant at Inspire Digital Agency, breaks down how modern search has shifted from keyword hunting to owning entities, and what founders, marketers, and heads of growth must do to stay visible in a post-AI world. Urim explains why user-generated content (UGC) outranking expert pages doesn’...

In this episode of E-Coffee with Experts, our host Austin sits down with Cai Simpson, Managing Director at Victory Digital, to explore the fast-changing world of SEO, AI search, and the rise of generative overviews. Cai reveals how he built Matrona, a new tool designed to track AI citations, find hidden keyword opportunities, and show how brands appear inside conversational search results. He also...

In this episode of E-coffee with Experts, our host Austin Willman chats with David Van Den Broeck, Head of Digital at Touring and Digital Coach at Fluxava, about modernizing legacy organizations for the age of question-based search and large language models. David shares concrete lessons from a 130-year organization: why snackable content and question-focused optimization beat old keyword-only pla...

In this episode of E-coffee with Experts, our host Austin chats with Stephen Amagba, Head of Marketing at Gaimin, unpacks the future of cloud infrastructure, community-led growth, and marketing strategies that actually scale. Stephen explains how Gaimin’s teams are building a decentralized, user-device-powered cloud (a parallel to rooftop solar) to reduce outages, lower bills, and provide resilien...

In this episode of E-Coffee with Experts, our host Ranmay chats with, Andy Groller, CEO at Dragon360, breaks down the strategic decisions that transformed Dragon360 from a small PPC shop into a high-retention, high-impact B2B digital advertising agency. With 17+ years in the industry, Andy shares how niching into B2B SaaS, tech, and professional services helped the agency scale sustainably while d...

In this episode of E-coffee with Experts, our host Austin chats with Samantha Holze, breaks down how B2B brands can win faster by aligning teams, proving ROI early, and building thought leadership rooted in real customer insight. With experience from 1-800-FLOWERS to fleet and safety e-commerce, Samantha shares how simple digital upgrades, rapid microsites, and cross-department communication helpe...

In today’s episode of E-Coffee with Experts, Alex Zweydoff, CEO at ClearLead Digital, shares how he went from leasing homes to leading a fast-growing SEO agency, ClearLead Digital. Alex breaks down the realities of bootstrapping an agency, wearing every hat, and leveraging industry knowledge to outperform generic SEO vendors. He reveals why niche positioning, client trust, and outcome-driven repor...

In this episode of E-coffee with Experts, our host Austin chats with Jeff Hirz, EVP, Business Development at OuterBox, pulls back the curtain on how agencies navigate a post-AI search landscape where organic traffic and MQL volume plunged but deal quality rose. Jeff explains the practical pivots that saved their year: diversifying lead channels, leaning into LLM citation tracking, resurrecting thi...

In this episode of E-coffee with Experts, our host Austin chats with Steve Cozzolongo, Partner and CMO at Digital Position, to unpack how smart content, nimble execution and human judgment beat noise, even in an AI-heavy world. From Black Friday readiness to pricing retainers, Steve explains why content is the common denominator across PPC and SEO, how agencies should treat themselves as a client,...

In this episode of E-Coffee with Experts, our host Austin chats with Michal Burger, CEO at eM Client, reveals how eM Client became one of the world’s most adopted email solutions, and why millions of users are actively moving away from Microsoft Outlook. Michal breaks down the early days of building a reliable, stable alternative to Outlook, how they scaled from a three-person team to serving ente...