Emilee Christianson and Shayne Terry

Sidetrekked

Business EN ↓ 31 episodes

Sidetrekked is your unofficial agency of record. Emilee Christianson, Shayne Terry, and a rotating cast of Trekkies are here to advise on your B2B marketing strategy. Trekk is a full-service marketing agency, which means we do it all... and we’ve been around since 1995, which means we’ve seen it all. Here on the podcast, we tackle our clients’ biggest marketing challenges. We reveal what’s worked for us and dig into real-life case studies and practical strategies you can put to work tomorrow. Curious? You've come to the right place.

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Emilee Christianson and Shayne Terry

Episodes

What is a website for? 03.01.2025 40:45

In this episode of Sidetrekked, Emilee and Shayne are joined by Trekk Content Strategist Nick Ostdick to discuss whether B2B companies still need websites, and what purpose a website serves in 2025 (4:04). They also discuss the changing search landscape (19:23), the importance of staying on top of changes to Google’s search algorithms (26:30), and the kind of website experiences companies can and...

How do I succeed with print marketing? 14.12.2024 37:38

In this episode of Sidetrekked, Emilee and Shayne are joined by Trekk Art Director Chris Brown. The three of them discuss why print still connects with people (6:00), the difference between designing for print and digital (12:20), and how to pair print and digital marketing to create a powerful, cohesive message (20:12). In Problem Solved, they look at how variable data and imagery demonstrated th...

Which of these 2025 marketing trends will stick? 27.11.2024 40:34

In this episode of Sidetrekked, Emilee and Shayne are joined by Trekk Creative Director Mike Wilson to discuss 2025 marketing and design trend predictions (0:40). They cover retrofuturism (3:25), increasing data privacy regulations (16:40), and short-form video (24:40). Mike shares one of his favorite design principles (5:30) and Emilee outs herself as an art deco hater (14:40). In Problem Solved,...

What are you doing about AI? 15.11.2024 45:24

In this episode of Sidetrekked, Emilee and Shayne are joined by Trekk Technical Director Sam Basile to discuss how Trekk is navigating AI usage for ourselves and for our clients (1:06). They also discuss why some companies are still skeptical about AI (10:00), how we developed and adopted our own policy on best practices for AI usage (16:00), and their current favorite AI tools. In Problem Solved,...

How do I get more leads? 30.10.2024 37:50

In this episode of Sidetrekked, Emilee and Shayne are joined by Trekk founder and CEO Laura Bennett. The three tackle that age-old question: How do I get more leads?! (3:41). They go into the discovery questions they ask with new lead gen clients (11:22), as well as some traditional marketing tactics that are surprisingly successful in a digital world (20:55). In Problem Solved, they discuss a rec...

Why are my email open rates going down and what should I do about it? 30.10.2024 34:49

In this episode of Sidetrekked, Emilee and Shayne are joined by Trekk HubSpot Administrator Jillian Hazy. The three discuss their personal process for organizing their email inboxes (2:00), what to do about lackluster email open rates (8:00), deliverability best practices (15:20), and the most important email metrics to measure (20:00). In Problem Solved, they dig into how one client achieved a ma...