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Honest Startup Advice From Somebody Who's Been Through It written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Rand Fishkin Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Rand Fishkin. He is the founder and former CEO of Moz and currently has a new venture called SparkToro, a software and data company focused on helping people understand how and where to reach their target audiences. He and I discuss his new book, Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World. Fishkin is a frequent keynote speaker on marketing and entrepreneurship topics around the world. In his spare time, he likes to hang out with his wife and eat pasta. Questions I ask Rand Fishkin: Where does SEO sit today? Why include the painfully honest advice in your book? What is some common advice you give people? What you'll learn if you give a listen: Why you need to discover your unique value How Fishkin's business point of view has changed over the years What's coming next in the marketing world Key takeaways from the episode and more about Rand Fishkin: Read Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World. Learn more about SparkToro. Learn more about Moz. Follow on Facebook. Follow on Twitter. Connect on LinkedIn. Like this show? Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Gusto! Payroll and benefits are hard. Especially when you're a small business. Gusto is making payroll, benefits, and HR easy for modern small businesses. You no longer have to be a big company to get great technology, great benefits, and great service to take care of your team. To help support the show, Gusto is offering our listeners an exclusive, limited-time deal. Sign up today, and you'll get 3 months free once you run your first payroll. Just go to Gusto.com/TAPE.

How to Feel Less Busy and Get More Done written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Laura Vanderkam Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Laura Vanderkam. She is the author of several time-management and productivity books, including the one we discuss in this interview, Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done. Vanderkam is the author of several other time-management and productivity books, including I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is also the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. Questions I ask Laura Vanderkam: What are some of the biggest time-drain patterns? Is there a place for procrastination? How much does multitasking cost us? What you'll learn if you give a listen: Why there is so much stress around getting a lot done Why people are more productive during some times of the day compared to others Whether or not you should track your time Key takeaways from the episode and more about Laura Vanderkam: Learn more about Laura Vanderkam. Listen to the Best of Both Worlds podcast. Read Off the Clock. Follow on Facebook. Follow on Twitter. Connect on LinkedIn. Follow on Instagram. Like this show? Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Gusto! Payroll and benefits are hard. Especially when you're a small business. Gusto is making payroll, benefits, and HR easy for modern small businesses. You no longer have to be a big company to get great technology, great benefits, and great service to take care of your team. To help support the show, Gusto is offering our listeners an exclusive, limited-time deal. Sign up today, and you'll get 3 months free once you run your first payroll. Just go to Gusto.com/TAPE.

How Chat Bots Can Help You Grow Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Andrew Warner Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Andrew Warner, founder of Mixergy, a program that interviews experts to help you grow your business. He and I discuss his new initiative, Bot Academy, and what your business needs to know about bots today. Warner was one of the pioneers of the internet startup scene — starting online in 1997 and growing his business into a multi-million dollar venture. After he and his brother achieved their first success, a $30 million per year Internet business, he wanted to share the gift of inspiration and knowledge with budding entrepreneurs, and with that, Mixergy was born. To achieve this end, he started Mixergy, where he invites proven Entrepreneurs to teach how they built their startups. Recently, Warner has been an angel investor in two of the early chat messaging platform companies (ManyChat & Assist) which eventually led him to build Bot Academy. Questions I ask Andrew Warner: Why should people be paying attention to chat bots? What are some business use cases for chat bots? How will chat bots evolve? What you'll learn if you give a listen: Why people should pay attention to chat bots How chat bots can help your customer service How email and chat bots can work hand-in-hand Key takeaways from the episode and more about Kyle Gray: To see the chat bot intro, visit botacademy.com/ducttapemarketing. Learn more about Bot Academy. Learn more about Mixergy. Follow on Twitter. Connect on LinkedIn. Like this show? Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Gusto! Payroll and benefits are hard. Especially when you're a small business. Gusto is making payroll, benefits, and HR easy for modern small businesses. You no longer have to be a big company to get great technology, great benefits, and great service to take care of your team. To help support the show, Gusto is offering our listeners an exclusive, limited-time deal. Sign up today, and you'll get 3 months free once you run your first payroll. Just go to Gusto.com/TAPE.

Local SEO for Lead Generation written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Justin Sturges Podcast Transcript SEO tools and strategies are constantly changing. All the while, it's never been more important that you get found online when people go out there searching – particularly if you're a local business. Your website is the foundation for how you get ranked and found locally. It's important to have a well put together website with unique content that is tailored specifically to the search results you want to show up in. It is very difficult to rank for your most desired keyword phrases without great content. My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Justin Sturges. He is a local SEO, website building & lead generation expert, Duct Tape Marketing Certified Consultant, and co-author of the award-winning book The Small Business Owner's Guide to Local Lead Generation. We discuss SEO, website design and the keys to getting your business to rank. Being immersed daily in SEO, Sturges knows what works (and doesn't work) to help small businesses rank locally. Questions I ask Justin: What are common SEO mistakes that businesses often make? What role do reviews play in your ranking factor? What are some good resources for local SEO? What you'll learn if you give a listen: The driving factors in organic placement Key aggregators often missed in citations How using the right extensions can increase your click-throughs Key takeaways from the episode and more about Justin Sturges: To learn more about Justin Sturges, visit his website here. Click here to find out more about Justin's book The Small Business Owner's Guide to Local Lead Generation. Connect on LinkedIn. Interested in joining Justin as a Duct Tape Marketing Certified Consultant? Find out more about the Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network and attend a Discovery Call here.

A Guide to Content Strategy and Brand Storytelling written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Kyle Gray Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Kyle Gray, founder of The Story Engine. He and I discuss insights from his book, The Story Engine: A Busy Entrepreneur's Guide to Content Strategy and Brand Storytelling Without Spending All Day Writing. Gray has […]

Voice Search: What Small Business Owner's and Marketers Need to Know written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch About Voice Search An increasing number of people are turning to search devices, but not necessarily search engines per se. We have laptops and our phones, and then, of course, we've got these Alexa and Google Home devices. These are how people are actually now executing searches. Not all of it […]

How to Develop the Right Idea at the Right Time written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Allen Gannett Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Allen Gannett. He is the CEO and co-founder of TrackMaven, a marketing insights platform. He and I discuss his new book, The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea at the Right Time. Gannett's […]

How to Use Social Media for Your Marketing Efforts in 2018 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch About Social Media I thought I'd drop in and give you my take on where we are with social media. It hasn't gone away, it hasn't died out, it has a place, and it's here to stay, but let's talk about how to use it in 2018. It's kind of […]

How to Monetize Your Expertise and Thrive written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Dorie Clark Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Dorie Clark. She is a marketing and strategy consultant as well as a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur, and Forbes. She and I discuss her new book, Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple […]

How GDPR Highlights How We Should Be Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Ryan Urban Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Ryan Urban. He is the founder and CEO of BounceX, a people-based marketing consultancy that helps organizations increase their online conversion rates. He and I discuss what may be the most popular topic as of […]

How to Get What You Want In Life written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Anthony Sullivan Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is entrepreneur and celebrity TV pitchman, Anthony "Sully" Sullivan. He and I discuss his new book, You Get What You Pitch For: Control Any Situation, Create Fierce Agreement, and Get What You Want In Life. With his winning […]

Tips on How to Stay Top of Mind written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with John Hall Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is John Hall. John is the CEO and co-founder of Influence & Co. and the author of Top of Mind: Use Content to Unleash Your Influence and Engage Those Who Matter To You. He and I discuss the world […]

Cutting Through the Noise and Clutter in Marketing Today written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Alison Stratten Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Alison Stratten. She and her husband, Scott, are co-authors of 4 best-selling business books, co-owners of UnMarketing Inc and co-hosts of The UnPodcast. She and I discuss their newest book, UnBranding. Their site, show, and books […]

How to Help Your Local Business Get Found Online written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Mike Blumenthal Podcast Transcript People say a lot of things about SEO – it's dead, it's all tricks, it's too hard. Here's the thing – SEO, including and maybe especially local SEO, is certainly not dead – it's more alive, necessary and vibrant than ever. It has shifted to become more of an […]

How to Get More Time Back In Your Work Week written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Mandi Ellefson Podcast Transcript My guest for this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Mandi Ellefson, a scalable freedom strategist and founder of The Hands-Off CEO. She and I discuss how to find time, how to free up time, and how to get greater focus in your business that will […]

The Value of Discoverable, Shareable, and Useful Content written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch About Creating Useful Content There's no way around it, there are a lot of marketing channels today. I'm counting eighteen as of now (which can obviously change very quickly). When I started my business we had six or seven ways to reach our prospects and customers. A lot has changed. […]

How to Attract Customers and Keep Them Forever written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Joey Coleman Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Joey Coleman. He is Chief Experience Composer at Design Symphony. He and I discuss his new book, Never Lose a Customer Again, which discusses the 8 phases your customer has the potential to travel through as part […]

Does Everybody Need to Write a Book to Be Successful? written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Tucker Max Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Tucker Max. He is the co-founder of Book In A Box, a company that turns ideas into books, and four-time, New York Times Bestselling Author. He and I discuss writing books and how they impact your […]

A Story On How to Create Influence written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Bob Burg Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Bob Burg. He is a sought-after speaker at company leadership and sales conferences on topics at the core of his series of Go-Giver books. He and I discuss the newest book in the series, The Go-Giver […]

How to Build a Small Business Brand Through Design written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Brad Bouse Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Brad Bouse. He is the co-founder of Lightboard, a company that delivers great design for sales and marketing teams. He and I discuss the role design plays in brand development and how to master it. For […]

How to Create Content That Stands Out and Gets Results written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Garrett Moon Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Garrett Moon. He is the CEO and co-founder of CoSchedule, the web's most popular marketing calendar and the fastest growing startup in North Dakota. He and I discuss his new book, 10x Marketing Formula. Ranked as […]

Tips for Starting a Successful Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Colleen DeBaise Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Colleen DeBaise. She is a business journalist, author, podcast host at The Story Exchange, and contributing editor at Inc. She and I discuss her new book Start a Successful Business: Expert Advice to Take Your Startup […]

How to Tap Into the Subscription Economy written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Anne Janzer Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Anne Janzer. She is an award-winning author and non-fiction writing coach who has written books like The Writers Process and The Workplace Writer's Process. She and I discuss her book, Subscription Marketing: Strategies for Nurturing Customers […]

How to Build Your Team, Plan Your Exit and Create Your Legacy written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Scot Hunsaker Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Managing Partner of Ardent, Scot Hunsaker. Ardent's mission is to help CEOs and Business owners prepare for their ultimate transition with a particular focus of teaching employees how to think like owners. He and I discuss […]

Using Your Personality and Authentic Self to Build a Platform written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Chris Ducker Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Chris Ducker. He is a serial entrepreneur and keynote speaker who has been on this show before when we talked about his bestselling book Virtual Freedom. He is also the host of the Youpreneur podcast […]

Stop Networking and Start Focusing on Relationships That Matter written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Scott Gerber Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Scott Gerber. He is the co-founder and CEO of The Community Company as well as Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) and Forbes Councils. He and I discuss his new book, Superconnector: Stop Networking and Start Building Business […]

Facebook Advertising and Engagement for Small Businesses written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch About Facebook Advertising Facebook advertising for small business is a hot topic, and it's gotten even hotter since Facebook's been in the news lately talking about limiting people's organic reach. This is something that's been going on for a couple of years, and I think that this whole political storm […]

How to Successfully Run a Business as a WordPress Consultant written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Troy Dean Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Troy Dean. He is an online speaker, coach, consultant, podcaster, and founder of WP Elevation. He and I discuss the consulting world of WordPress and why WordPress just keeps getting better and better. Dean specializes in […]

How a Virtual Assistant Can Save Your Sanity and Grow Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Jess Ostroff Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Jess Ostroff. She is the Founder and Director of Calm at Don't Panic Management, the first virtual assistant agency to embody a people-first approach to virtual assistant success. She and I discuss her new book, […]

Content Marketing is About Customers, Not Keywords written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing If you liked this post, check out our Guide to Content Marketing for Small Business. Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch About Content Marketing for Small Business I've had content marketing for small business on the brain recently so I thought I'd write about it today. "Boy, there is a topic that hasn't been covered recently," said nobody […]

The Evolution of Networking and How It Can Benefit Your Business Today written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with John Corcoran Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is John Corcoran. He is a lawyer, former writer in the Office of Presidential Letters and Messages for the Clinton administration and former speechwriter in the California Governor's office during the Davis administration. He and I discuss networking […]

Getting Started with Defining Your Ideal Client written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing If you loved this podcast and post check out our Ultimate Guide to Small Business Marketing Strategy Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch About Defining Your Ideal Client Let me ask you this, if you have clients, and had the chance, right now, to chuck them all, and be able to go out there and say, […]

How to Be Successful By Honing What Makes You Powerful and Authentic written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Carrie Kerpen Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Carrie Kerpen. She is the co-founder and CEO of Likeable Media, an award-winning content studio that was named Crain's sixth Best Place to Work in NYC. She is also the author of Work It: Secrets for Success […]

Why It Is Essential to Put Strategy Before Tactics written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing If you loved this podcast and post check out our Ultimate Guide to Small Business Marketing Strategy Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch About Strategy Marketing strategy is one of my favorite topics, and it's been a distinguishing mark over the years of Duct Tape Marketing because so many marketers want to talk about tactics. When […]

How to Apply the Principles of Aikido to Entrepreneurship written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Michael Veltri Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Michael Veltri. He is a keynote speaker, serial entrepreneur, leadership expert, and the author of the book, The Mushin Way to Peak Performance. He is also a professional athlete, two-time cancer survivor, and decorated Marine veteran. […]

Tips for Attracting Local Clients written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with David Mihm Podcast Transcript Perhaps the hottest area in the world of search today is local. I've been writing about this topic for about ten years, but Google is finally taking it seriously. The reason? Plain old AdWords search revenue is starting to shrink and Google is looking to monetize the map […]

Why Local SEO is an Important Lead Generation Channel written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Justin Sturges Podcast Transcript SEO tools and strategies are constantly changing. All the while, it's never been more important that you get found online when people go out there searching – particularly if you're a local business. Your website is the foundation for how you get ranked and found locally. It's important […]

Why Link Building is the New Networking written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch About Link Building Despite what you may have heard, link building is not some technical SEO-type of under-the-hood tactic. It is the new networking, and no matter what Google does to try to devalue backlinks, they remain an important factor in terms of your site showing up when people search […]

A Systematic Approach to Creating Meaningful Goals written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Colin Gray Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Colin Gray. He is a speaker, teacher, podcaster, and founder of The Podcast Host, among other things. He and I discuss his effective approach to goal setting. Gray creates and produces his own podcasts, helps others to […]

How to Use Google AdWords for Local Businesses written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch About Google AdWords Today I'm going to address Google AdWords for local businesses. This is going to be pretty prescriptive. I'm not going to try to teach you everything there is to know about AdWords today. I'm going to outline what I think is the best approach for small local businesses, […]

How to Market a Product Idea That Nobody Has Heard Of written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Jonah Lupton Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Jonah Lupton. He is an entrepreneur, advisor, and podcaster who has started numerous companies, including his current company, SoundGuard. He and I discuss his journey of creating a product in a category of its own. […]

How to Prepare to Sell Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Matt Watson Podcast Transcript My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Matt Watson. He has been a developer for over 15 years and is the founder and CEO of Stackify. He started the company to solve the biggest challenge he had at his first company, VinSolutions, which […]

Why You Must Increase Your Negative Reviews written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Jay Baer Okay, I'll admit, the headline for this post probably seems a little odd, so let me explain. No one likes or wants negative reviews, but the fact is, that's how you get better. In a perfect world, everything your business does makes the customer smile, but I don't know too […]

Building a Business Around An Unmet Need written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Kim Doyal It's so easy to start a business today. You simply get online and start. Now I'm not saying it's easy to own, operate, and profit from a business – but I do know if you don't start you'll never know. My guest for this week's episode of the Duct Tape Marketing […]

Claiming and Optimizing Your Google My Business Profile written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch About Google My Business I want to talk to you today about Google My Business. It is a crucial online, digital tool service from Google that is available to local businesses, true brick and mortar businesses, or service area businesses. You have to have a business in a location to […]

How to Use Social Media in 2018 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch About Social Media I thought I'd drop in and give you my take on where we are with social media. It hasn't gone away, it hasn't died out, it has a place, and it's here to stay, but let's talk about how to use it in 2018. It's kind of […]

How National Companies Can Get Friendly in Local Markets written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Megan Hannay Podcast Transcript I've long been a big fan of partnering with not for profits in your community. (I wrote about this in The Referral Engine.) There are so many organizations that need and deserve our support and by partnering you further cement your business as a community asset. When an organization […]

How to Understand and Solve Your Customers' Problems written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing If you like this podcast and post, check out our Ultimate Guide to Small Business Marketing Strategy. Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch About Problem Solving I want to talk about solving problems. I really think in the end that is our job and I think it takes a special point of view. We as business owners […]