What's Going On? with Shaun

This conversation with Melanie Borden covers the significance of personal branding, entrepreneurship, and the role of AI in shaping the future of business visibility. Melanie shares insights on common mistakes in personal branding, the impact of visibility and trust in business, and the future of personal branding. The discussion also covers the relevance of Melanie's book 'Theater of the Mind' an...

In this conversation, Shaun Raines and Johnny Mac discuss their long-standing friendship and experiences in the automotive industry. They explore the importance of innovation, branding, and the role of social media in driving dealer growth. Johnny shares insights on the legacy of Social Dealer, the tools available for dealers, and the significance of understanding customer behavior in marketing. T...

What if the key to revolutionizing your business lies within stories of the past? Join us as industry veteran Jason Ezell shares his incredible journey from being on the dealership floors to pioneering digital transformations in the automotive industry. With over 30 years of experience and as the co-founder of groundbreaking companies like DealerSkins and Datium , Jason offers a treasure trove of...

In this episode of What's Going On?...with Shaun, Shaun welcomes Ray Myers, a multifaceted entrepreneur and leader with over 20 years of experience. They discuss the importance of perspective in entrepreneurship, the principles of living a fulfilling life, and the myths that often trap entrepreneurs. Ray shares actionable insights on delegation, the significance of recognition in the workplace, an...

Trailblazing through the automotive industry, Ray Selvey has navigated a career filled with challenges and triumphs, breaking barriers in a traditionally male-dominated field. Her passion for cars ignited in her youth and has fueled her journey from e-commerce management to becoming a director of sales and general manager. In our latest episode, Ray uncovers the lessons learned from her groundbrea...

What's Going On?...with Shaun is back with one of the brightest minds in the automotive industry. Bill Playford, is a Founder at Dealerknows and a deeply experienced veteran of the car business. I've known Bill long enough to not remember how many years it's been. His automotive experience includes retail inside dealerships, technology providers, true data science, and expert, results-based consul...

In this podcast episode, Shaun finds out what's going on with the CEO of Reunion Marketing, Dave Spannhake. After a brief chat about their shared love for the Texas Rangers and their first ever World Series win, the discussion quickly turned to Google and the automotive industry. Dave, expresses frustration over Google's decreased support and increased automation, and reduced assistance for dealer...

Well it's about time!!!  Long overdue, but worth the wait, my long-time friend from the car business Eliana Raggio finally joined me for an episode.  Eliana is well known in the automotive industry as the Webinar Goddess.  In addition, she is an intelligent, thoughtful marketer, public speaker, US Navy Veteran, wifey of Mike, mother of Tristan and the kind of friend and colleague we all wish we ha...

When you need someone who can and will fight like hell to help you find success, improve your business and be a better human...look no further than Mike Donovan and Cody Jerry from SearchEnginesMD!  On this episode we talk about the origins of their company, SEO, digital marketing, music, MMA and much more.  I'm blessed to know guys like this and they have so much to offer.  Their approach to busi...

No matter how much I wanted to end 2021 with an amazing podcast episode, life (covid) had other plans.  Recorded in November of 2021, this episode features someone who has been blazing trails since the day he snapped off his training wheels.  Bill Wittenmyer is a friend from the car business who I never seem to have enough time with.  For more than 25 years, Bill has been an industry leading reven...

I couldn't start Season 2 of the podcast with a better guest.  Mike Shaug is the founder of Premier Online Marketing and no surprise...one of my best friends.  I met Mike when he was 20 years old making balloon animals for my kids at a TexMex restaurant in Frisco, Texas.  We talk about that story and a few others in this episode, but we also cover a lot of digital marketing ground.  With no disres...

Count it as a blessing when you meet someone in Marketing who you can also call a friend.  Not like a Facebook "friend", but a real friend you can drink a Bud Light with.  A friend who will reach out and ask how your mom is doing because they know she's fighting cancer.  I'm blessed to know Dave Spannhake and Dane Saville of Reunion Marketing.  Dedicated to results driven by data, appreciative of...

On this episode, I'm joined by Steve Roessler from DealerCentric.  Steve is not only the Chief Evangelist Officer at DriveCentric, he's a passion sales person who also loves family, dogs and karaoke.  Steve's professional experience includes an engineering degree and many successful years of sales in the medical industry.  Long before he took a crazy pill or lost a bet and wound up in the automoti...

On this episode of WGOWS, I welcome Blake Norberg.  Sales professional, young hustler, road warrior, super BAMA fan and all around great guy.  Blake is passionate and polite.  He commands knowledge without making people feel intimidated and this guy simply will not be out worked.  No stranger to the road, Blake has taken to the road to help car dealers utilize technology that improves their busine...

When a conversation covers marketing, music, family and friendship it is usually great.  This episode was exactly that!  What a pleasure to spend some time with Pogo Parr.  Pogo is a passionate, driven business professional.  His sales experience includes a customer focused, solution oriented approach and he impresses from greeting to goodbye.  He leads the sales and business development for the c...

Settle in for another great episode as my guest Megan Barto drops non-stop greatness.  I've known Megan for several years and yes, she's another friend from the car business.  She's not just any friend though.  Megan represents the under-represented gender in the automotive industry.  With more than a decade working inside dealerships, Megan's value was acquired by VinSolutions a few years back an...

Friendships develop throughout our lives and some of them stand the test of time.  On this episode, I welcome a time tested, very appreciated friend, Tim Lage.  From the first day I met Tim, I knew he was no non-sense, GSD kind of person.  You won't be surprised to learn that Tim is deeply experienced in the automotive industry.  His practical knowledge and results focus has always impressed me. ...

On this episode I had the pleasure of hosting someone who literally changed my life.  I met Seth Winterer in 2007 at the Digital Dealer conference.  Seth had been leading sales efforts at ReachLocal and was tasked with growing their automotive business.  It took a few months, but I ended up working with Seth and the ReachLocal team for a few years where we built millions of dollars in automotive S...

Sometime last year, I asked a question on Facebook.  I wanted to know if anyone would be my guest if I started a podcast.  I expected a few friends from the car business to have interest, but I wouldn't have guessed the guest on this episode would want to podcast with me.  Phil Luce is an old friend from my hometown of Aberdeen, WA.  We covered a lot of ground on this episode from mentions of Nirv...

Have you ever thought about making a difference in the world?  On this episode, I speak to Dara Moore about her non-profit passion project Changing Your Conversation.  Dara has a vision to see that women everywhere know the beauty, strength and endless possibilities they possess.  I met Dare is the car business many years ago, when I announced the launch of my podcast, she reached out and said she...

Ladies and gentlemen, on this episode of WGOWS I link up with my old buddy Greg Gifford.  We met several years ago and even worked together for a few years at DealerOn.  Those who know Greg are most familiar with his SEO jedi status, but he's also a movie buff, hair metal fan and wealth of knowledge when it comes to Star Wars.  Greg is a straight-shooting communicator who is not known for candy co...

20 plus years of friendship is enough time to get to know someone well.  Barry Brodsky is and automotive industry veteran and a pioneer when it comes to online trade-in tools.  I really wanted the audience to get a sense of who Barry is as a business professional, but also as a person.  He prefers to keep some parts of his life private, but I will tell you that he is a family man.  He loves his wi...

Glenn Pasch is a business leader who understands and appreciates process.  His grasp of marketing, team building and personnel management is impressive.  I've always admired Glenn's desire to collaborate and share all done in the interest of helping business owners.  Yes, my podcast episodes usually feature guests who happen to be friends, but Glenn is a guy that I never seem to have enough time w...

If you bet $100 this guest would never bring up D&D (yes, dungeons and dragons), you would lose $100.  That's right, Erika Simms is not only a fantastically talented marketing pro, she's a gamer, a dog lover and the Vice President at Dealer Authority.  Erika was raised in the car business, so she has a well developed perspective of car sales.  Her digital marketing interest turned into passion...

A fellow Washingtonian joined the podcast for a fantastic conversation about marketing, the automotive industry, COVID19, politics and and who knows what else.  I met Chris Olson when he was a leader on a team that worked exclusively with Acura.  He's a smart, compassionate  process and marketing professional who I'm glad to call a friend.  I very much enjoyed having Chris on as we covered a lot o...