Marketing Speak®

On today's Marketing Speak, we are going to workshop PR strategies and processes with world recognized publicity expert Heidi Krupp-Lisiten. She is the Founder of Krupp Kommunications or K2 located in Manhattan. We'd all like to have more publicity and a bigger audience. Reaching this goal may seem difficult, but a huge part of it boils down to workshopping the answers to three relatively simple q...

Ann Handley, an amazing writer and marketer, joins me today. She knows exactly what it takes to attract, engage, and keep an audience in today's market. Quality content is more important than ever in the world of marketing. You shouldn't just be focused on churning out content in an attempt to reach more customers. That's a surefire way for your content to get lost in the ever-widening sea of info...

Today I'm talking with Dustin Mathews. Dustin is the co-founder of Speaking Empire and the co-author (along with the incredible Dan Kennedy) of No B.S. Guide to Powerful Presentations . He's here to explain  the best techniques for selling, reaching out to new customers, and making the most of your in-person presentations. Whether you conduct sales in person, from presentations on stage or virtual...

If you're a faithful listener of the show, you probably remember the remarkable episode from a few weeks ago with Christoph Cemper. In that episode, we discussed analyzing your link profile, different types of redirects, and much more. In this second half of the conversation, we spend more time digging into 302 versus 301 redirects. We then go into depth about what to do if you've received penalti...

Today I'm talking with Mike Blumenthal, an expert in online reputation creation & management as well as search optimization and online presence building. Three years ago, only about 50% of Americans were potentially willing to leave a review about their experience with a business. In the past three years, that number has gone up to 65%. With two-thirds of customers and clients potentially ready to...

Today's guest, Marcus Sheridan, AKA the Sales Lion, has been called a web marketing guru by the New York Times, perhaps thanks to his sometimes unconventional advice on what sales techniques really work. We discuss deeply valuable information that gives insight into how customers think and behave, and how this relates to what you should do in your sales process. In today's conversation, Marcus wil...

If you love sweets, which do you think would be a better option: practicing and developing willpower by keeping a bag of candies in the house but only allowing yourself to eat one a day, or not bringing candy into the house at all to avoid expending your willpower reserves? While this podcast is about marketing rather than dieting, this is a perfect analogy for social media in terms of having apps...

Ben Landis and Michael Tetro (who just goes by Tetro) are the founders of Fanbase, a social media technology platform that helps brands and celebrities to massively expand their reach. I've used the tool myself and have seen a dramatic increase in my followers, as I'll explain on the show! Fanbase came about after Ben grew his personal Twitter from 150 followers all the way up to 1.5 million over...

Bart Baggett is a marketing expert, bestselling author, speaker, and leader of a marketing mastermind. He is also an expert in NLP and handwriting analysis. He understands marketing and the human behaviour behind the marketing concepts. Today, we discuss the creation of lead machines where trust is built through sharing information that answer real problems, and how understanding your business mod...

My guest today is Christoph Cemper, a guru at link analysis who has been a noteworthy figure in the online marketing space since the early 2000s. He created the remarkable LinkResearchTools, an amazing toolset that can help you triage your bad links. One of the tricky (and frustrating) things about SEO is that once you're penalized by Google, it can be hard to recover. This is particularly true fo...

My guest, Ephraim Olschewski, is someone who has had a profound impact on my life -- and I hope he will on yours as well. Ephraim is a high-performance coach for executives and business owners, with his rates starting at $100k a year for individuals and $1 million a year for organizations. Despite these high-value deals, he doesn't use contracts at all. In this conversation, he explains the compel...

We're joined today by Nick Cownie. Nick is an award-winning entrepreneur who specializes in rapid mindset change. He says that there's one simple trick that builds rapport over the phone faster than any other: using the name of the person you're talking to frequently through the conversation. Nick shares mindset techniques for overcoming the fear of rejection and turning cold calls into cash. Nick...

Today's Guest is Joel Comm, an internet pioneer who has been around since the early days of the world wide web. In addition to his work online, Joel is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen books, and has recently released a new one: Self-Employed: 50 Signs That You Might Be An Entrepreneur. We discuss the key strategies of marketing, including going viral, storytelling, and the ar...

Today's guest, Kim Garst, is one of the world's most retweeted people among digital marketers, and her site, kimgarst.com, is one of the top social media resources. She's also a renowned marketing strategist and the bestselling author of Will the Real You Please Stand Up: Show Up, Be Authentic, and Prosper in Social Media. In our chat, Kim discusses the path she took to become the powerful influen...

Today's guest, Allen Qu, is the CEO of Netconcepts China, and a professor of online marketing at Beihang University. Where the United States have Google and Facebook, China has Baidu and WeChat. In our conversation, he shares the ins and outs of how to get the most out of marketing using Baidu and China's biggest social platform WeChat. If search rankings in China matter to you, you will want to l...

My guest today, Cindy Krum, is the CEO and founder of the mobile marketing consultancy MobileMoxie. It's more and more important every day to have a strong mobile presence, and while building native apps for Android and iOS may sound like the standard choice, it's not necessarily the way to go. If it comes as a surprise to you that there are other options, or you knew that there are but want to le...

Today I'm delighted to bring you Marty Weintraub, the author of Killer Facebook Ads , The Complete Social Media Community Manager's Guide and a guru at all things related to online marketing. In our conversation today, we take a deep, high-level dive into the world of marketing. If you've already got a solid grip on the basics and are hungry to expand your knowledge, this is the episode for you. W...

Nick Kusmich is an absolute genius at Facebook advertising. He knows the ins and outs of Facebook ads and campaigns, and puts this knowledge to work to get his clients the best possible results. In this conversation, Nick talks about his new book, Give. He shares several formulas and frameworks that he uses successfully, including the four Ms (message, market, magnet, and mechanism) and SAGE (shor...

Today's remarkable guest is immediately recognizable by his creative title alone: he's the "Chief Disruptasaurus." In case you're not familiar with the title, the man in question is Mike Koenigs. As you'll hear in our conversation today, Mike is an expert marketer. He offers an incredible amount of insight into topics such as using text messages and videos to capture attention and convert leads. I...

Today's conversation is with Mel Ethan Cutler, a Meetup expert and serial entrepreneur. Mel has created seven companies across four different markets since he discovered his entrepreneurial streak at 19 years old. He's mastered the strategy of using Meetup to build a list and create a dedicated local following of people who want a specific product or service. Now, he shares his wisdom and insight...

Jay Baer is a renowned business strategist, keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author of five books. Throughout his career, he has advised over 700 companies (including an impressive 31 of the Fortune 500). These days, he travels the world helping businesses get (and keep) more customers. In this conversation, you'll learn why it's important to be nice even -- or especially -- to hate...

John Chow is the original dot com mogul -- as well as being an author, speaker, blogger, father, and entrepreneur. He rocketed onto the blogging scene when he showed the income power of blogging with a case study to see what it would take to make $3,000 a month. In this conversation, John walks us through many of the details involved in how he achieved this overwhelming success. The interview is f...

Today we're talking to Sean Cannell, who is an avid YouTuber and a cofounder of the popular YouTube channel Video Influencers. As you might suspect, that means he's an expert on YouTube marketing. He's the go-to guy if you want to improve your YouTube engagement or deepen your understanding of the platform. We get down to the nitty-gritty on how you can improve your presence on YouTube and Beyond!...

Today we're talking with Brad Geddes, who has been involved with PPC since 1998, so he's an early pioneer of the pay-per-click advertising model. In our conversation, he shares his expertise by getting into the nitty-gritty of PPC. He gives particularly great and in-depth advice about audience targeting and various ways of managing different types of keywords. He also openly discusses his favorite...

When it comes to advertising on Facebook, Keith Krance is the expert. He's the author of the bestselling book The Ultimate Guide to Facebook Advertising . And today he's here with us! You'll hear him get into the nitty gritty of Facebook advertising, sharing tips, strategies, and techniques for how to get the most out of your Facebook ad spend. We also talk about how to scale campaigns on Facebook...