Garlic Marketing Show

After a long wait, the Garlic Marketing Show has finally returned. In future episodes you can expect more updated material, bigger companies sharing their stories of how they run their own marketing firms, and more solo episodes like these. Much of marketing is about more than the market itself, but how to effectively manage a team of people in the industry. The best marketers sharpen the saw, whi...

Starting a podcast is not easy and can take a very long time commitment. However after you have built your audience there are a lot of added benefits to the middle of your marketing funnel. The key to getting these benefits without the huge time commitment is being a guest on other podcasts. Dan Moyle comes to marketing from the TV news business and brings a wealth of knowledge from writing to vid...

Getting out of a constant launch cycle is a common goal for many business owners. This can be difficult and a little scary at first. The secret to truly getting out of a launch cycle is a working evergreen marketing system. Jessica Nazarali merges business with her desire to help people through the courses she releases through It Girl Academy. She is passionate about helping women to use the everg...

There are many businesses that try to put everything on their website without thinking about how distracting this can be to potential customers. When looking into conversion rate optimization less is usually better. My guest Chris Dayley is passionate about helping businesses learn what their users want on their website through psychology based testing and analytics. He started his Conversion Opti...

If you haven’t heard about chatbots yet this episode is a must listen. Email is still the preferred way for many businesses to market themselves but this is quickly changing. Chat apps are being downloaded more than any other app and creating an engaging experience on these platforms is going to be a game changer for many businesses. My guest Peter Lisoskie is the founder of Chatbot Nation and hel...

Understanding how people make decisions can be a game changer in any business. The field of neuroeconomics seeks to do just that. Paul Zak is not only a TED speaker and author, but he really founded this area of neuroeconomics. When you think about economics, it's money and decision making and neuroscience is just how the chemistry behind it. He is the author of The Moral Molecule and Trust Factor...

In every part of our lives we connect with and remember stories. The business that can tell the best story will always win, but how do you collect the right stories? Lawyer, speaker, author and strategist Eliot Wagonheim is back again to talk about the importance of business stories. Listen in as Eliot shares his insights on the importance of stories, especially the failures. What You'll Learn: Ho...

Marketing and advertising are becoming extremely crowded spaces. Anyone can start a blog or sell products and services online so it is extremely difficult to stand out. In order to do this you need to either significantly reduce cost, simplify a complicated process or innovate in a brand new space. Perry Marshall has some great tips for achieving this in any market as well as a way to figure out i...

Negotiation is often seen as a negative process even though we all participate in negotiations everyday. With the right mindset and a little training negotiations can be a positive process as well as a mutually beneficial one. My guest Chris Voss is a former FBI negotiator and co-author of the book Never Split the Difference. Chris has negotiated many life or death situations and discusses the imp...

Starting a business is not an easy thing to do and even if you do start your own most fail within the first few years. If you are fortunate enough to get past the first few years it can be even more difficult to scale your business. My guest today Moran Pober, founder of ABD Assets, discusses why you need to build a business with the goal of being acquired and how to grow through acquisitions. Wha...

We have all seen the results from successful marketers that have the fancy cars. There is also the assumption that the results only happen when you have a huge audience and well known name. What isn’t explained is how they got that audience. My guest today has made $30,000 one month, lost everything the next and successfully made it back to the top. Ryan Stewman, known as The Hardcore Closer, disc...

There is no substitution for quality sales copy. One of the best ways to achieve this is through simplification. The first step of simplifying your message can be as simple as removing distraction. Kevin Donlin has been a copywriter and marketing advisor for clients big and small since 1998. Kevin shares his definition of copywriting as well as his secret to writing winning sales copy. What You’ll...

The secret to asking for testimonials is to not ask for testimonials. The second you ask someone for a testimonial they don’t know what to say. Since most people are not comfortable on video those can be even worse, think deer in headlights. Every testimonial is about results, but people don’t remember results. They remember stories. Listen to this episode to learn how to start asking your clients...

Like Shark Tank? I interview one of the original Sharks and the creator of the infomercial Kevin Harrington. Kevin reveals his secret to creating irresistible offers and the principles from his infomercial days that still apply in today’s advertising world. What You’ll Learn: How to balance direct response and branding The questions you should ask yourself to know if you have a great offer Kevin’s...

The secret to a perfect case study is a story. No one will remember stats or numbers but they will remember a good story. The right story at the right time has the potential to change your business, unfortunately the hardest part is collecting those stories. In this episode I go over the system you can use to start collecting these stories today. Watch the Video on Facebook What You’ll Learn: Why...

If you’re a regular listener you know the power of storytelling. You need to be a good storyteller to pull people in. My guest John Livesay understands that people remember your stories not your numbers. As The Pitch Whisperer John helps people craft a compelling pitch that will pull people in and generate sales. What you’ll Learn: The importance of team stories How to win back “dead accounts” The...

We all know the 80/20 rule but did you know it impacts everything in your business? Once you start looking at your business and even your life with this concept in mind you won’t be able to stop finding parallels. No one knows this better than legendary marketer Perry Marshall. Perry discusses how understanding 80/20 can impact the way you market your business and give you an edge on your competit...

In business the best story will always win. Why then have many businesses stopped using their story? Your entire business is your story and while it will never be perfect you need to be telling it. Today I talk with author and Chief Storyteller at Create Buzz Pamela Herrmann. Pamela discusses the power of story and why, as a business, we have to guide people through the unknown. What You’ll Learn:...

Digital marketing has quickly become the standard for many businesses. Direct mail is rarely talked about anymore but it is still a viable option for many businesses. As inboxes get more and more full and spam filters get more advanced it can be difficult for your message to reach anyone through email. I sit down with Matt Miller who has turned a handful of quarters into School Spirit Vending, a m...

Good, authentic imagery can completely change your existing website.  Imagery sets the mood and tells the story of yourself, your brand and your business.  Before you focus on designing a new logo and ordering business cards, consider the power of images and how they can easily transform how you market yourself.  I sit down with experienced video producer and portrait photographer, John Demato.  J...

Facebook advertising has been the hot topic in marketing for a while now but there is one platform that you probably aren’t using but may produce better results. If you are not advertising on LinkedIn you could be missing out on a ton of qualified leads. I talk with AJ Wilcox the founder of B2Linked and a Linkedin advertising expert. If you are struggling to qualify the leads for your business fro...

Video is no longer a choice in your business, it’s a requirement. Having videos that tell a story is the best way to get people to know you and is the quickest way to grow a community. Silvia Pellegrini, expert vlogger and director of Events Uncovered TV, was very nervous to start shooting video and wanted everything to be perfect. Silvia shares her story about learning how to have a great intervi...

As marketers and entrepreneurs we all start thinking about our branding, images, videos and our website. Copy writing is almost always the last thing we think about. This mindset is killing your business. My guest Dean Edelson is a true expert that has worked writing copy and producing commercials for basically every production company in Hollywood. Dean shares his secrets to writing writing great...

No matter what method you use to publish your book you are basically on your own when it comes to the marketing. There are so many entrepreneurs out there that just want to get their book out there but don’t have a marketing strategy. Entrepreneur and best selling author Tamara Monosoff has used her experiences and proven marketing strategies to help other authors with the difficult process of mar...

Finance is not a topic that we generally like to talk about. It is also an area that most people are not confident about. Today I am joined by once failed now successful investor Damion Lupo. Damion discusses what financial security really is and the importance of being self responsible with finances.  What you’ll Learn: How to use silver to become an action taker. How to turn your fears into asse...