
Digital Marketing Radio (David Bain)
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13 Oct 2021 | Podcast Interviewing Skills - with Andrew Warner from Mixergy | 00:53:16 | |
Content is at the heart of modern marketing mastership - and it’s very hard to continuously create great content without the help of others. And if you’re able to persuade some of the leaders in your industry that it’s worthwhile granting you some of their time, you’d better make sure that you make the most of it - you’d better make sure that you know how to interview. That’s what we’re going to be learning on episode 266 of Digital Marketing Radio - with a man who created the entire category of entrepreneur interview podcasts. Since 2008 he’s interviewed 2144 founders of key technology startups. He’s the Founder of Mixergy and the author of the soon-to-be published “Stop Asking Questions: How to Lead High-Impact Interviews and Learn Anything from Anyone” - welcome to DMR, Andrew Warner. | |||
21 May 2021 | How to build a successful content marketing strategy in 2021 - Andrew Davis | 00:43:25 | |
There’s a lot more content out there than there used to be. This means that to be a success, you’re going to have to do something different to everyone else out there. So what content should you be publishing in 2021 and how do you get it seen by your target audience? Those are just two of the questions that I’ll be asking my guest on Digital Marketing Radio Episode 245. He’s a prolific Keynote Speaker & Trainer, a digital skills evangelizer and the founder of Talk Dygital - welcome to DMR - Andrew Davis. | |||
29 Mar 2021 | How to be an effective brand ambassador in the digital world - with Kerry Barrett | 00:38:01 | |
Do you wish that you were a smooth, energetic and articulate brand ambassador? Do you desire to be a podcast or video show guest that every host and viewer resonates with, delivering your message in a clear, calm and personable manner? In episode 238 of Digital Marketing Radio we look at how to be an effective brand ambassador in the digital world - with a lady who used to have a fear of public speaking but ended up with a 20+ year career in news and business broadcasting. In 2019 she decided to help others bring their stories to life with confidence and personality though her very own full-service public speaking and media training consultancy – welcome to DMR, Kerry Barrett. Kerry shared some great tip and resources on how to be an effective brand ambassador in the digital world, including InVideo as her 'Secret Software' and Rosie Kosinski as her 'Magical Marketer'. | |||
08 Apr 2021 | How to Integrate Virtual Events into your Digital Marketing Strategy - with Aleksandra Panyukhina | 00:33:46 | |
I’m sure that you’re well aware of the value of virtual events. Build great relationships with industry thought leaders, foster an engaged community around your content - and drive more revenue. But where do virtual events sit in relation to the rest of your marketing mix and how can you better leverage the content generated and the relationships made as a result of your virtual event? Those questions and more are covered in this, episode 240 of Digital Marketing Radio - How to Integrate Virtual Events into your Digital Marketing Strategy. Joining me today is a lady who’s specialised in event marketing for the past 5 years. She’s a former Head of Event Marketing for Semrush and the current Head of Events and Experiences for parcelLab – welcome to DMR - Aleksandra Panyukhina. [In this episode Aleksandra shared Miro and Notion as her 'Secret Software', Goldcast as her 'Next on the List' and Kathryn Frankson as her 'Magical Marketer'.] | |||
25 Aug 2021 | 5 tips on how to use content marketing neuroscience to grab your audience's attention [with Ahava Leibtag] | 00:34:11 | |
We all know that content marketing is an essential part of today's marketing mix - but there are so many different forms of content - how does everything fit together? And how do you truly capture the attention of your audience in the current era of content overload? Those are just 2 of the questions that I’m going to be asking to my guest on Digital Marketing Radio episode 259. She’s a 2020 inductee into the Healthcare Internet Hall of Fame as an Innovative Individual, has 20+ years of experience in content, and is founder of Aha Media - a copywriting, content strategy and content marketing consultancy based just outside Washington DC in the US - welcome to DMR, Ahava Leibtag. | |||
04 Feb 2021 | 4 steps to take before spending any money on online ads | Ivan Janq from Digital Rocket | 00:28:11 | |
Are you currently running online ads, but you’re struggling to make them profitable? Maybe you’ve even pulled back some of your paid campaigns because you just can’t get them to convert as you’d like. Do you even know which of your ads are working? In today’s episode of Digital Marketing Radio I’m joined by a self-confessed eCommerce megalomaniac. He set up his own digital marketing agency just 3 and a half years ago and in that time he’s already spent over 50 million dollars in campaigns for clients. He’s the CEO of Digital Rocket - Ivan Janq. Ivan's 'Maximizing Revenue by Plugging Profit Leaks’ blueprint:(The report that we refer to during the conversation) https://e.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZAkLkZMY2w4GBGVPShx1uUeISNIQX1aNv7 Ivan's 'Secret Software':(Share a lesser-known martech tool that's bringing you a lot of value at the moment and why that tool’s important for you.) Ivan's 'Magical Marketer':(Who's an up-and coming marketer that you'd like to give a shout out to, what can we learn from them and where can we find them?) https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickshackelford/ Ivan's 'Next On The List':(What's one marketing activity or tool that you haven't tried yet, but you want to test soon?) | |||
26 Jan 2021 | Is livestreaming worthwhile for B2B brands? | Ian Anderson Gray | 00:39:01 | |
It’s a no-brainer that livestreaming can have a dramatic, authority-building impact on personal brands – but what about B2B brands? Ian Anderson Gray joins David Bain to discuss whether livestreaming is worthwhile for B2B brands and if so, how B2B brands can best take advantage of this communications medium. You can find Ian over at https://iag.me/. During the episode Ian shared... - Katie Fawkes (https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-anne-fawkes/) as his 'Magical Marketer' - Ecamm (https://www.ecamm.com/) and Restream (https://restream.io/) as his 'Secret Software. - Clubhouse (https://www.joinclubhouse.com/) as his 'Next on the List' | |||
03 Nov 2021 | PODCAST ADVERTISING: Should your brand be advertising on podcasts? | 00:29:57 | |
I’ve dabbled in podcast advertising, but there are many brands out there who are spending significant sums on introducing their product or service to ever-increasing podcast audiences. So what works best when it comes to advertising on podcasts is this something that your business should be considering? Joining me to discuss that is a lady who’s sold over 50,000 podcast ads in the past year. She has an extensive background in radio advertising - and she’s a current, influential voice in the podcast advertising space - welcome to DMR, the Founder of True Native Media - Heather Osgood. | |||
16 Mar 2021 | Social Media Strategy for B2B Brands – with Andy Lambert from ContentCal | 00:43:53 | |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na3XGYIVWn0 Is it possible to make your B2B brand popular on social media?It seems a lot easier to be on social media as an individual or as a personal brand – or even a B2C brand, compared with a B2B brand. But is social media really that more difficult for B2B brands? And what precisely should B2B brands be doing on social media? We’ll find the answer to those questions and more from today’s guest - a man who counts the NHS, Virgin and Specsavers among his clients. He’s one of the founding team and Director of Growth for ContentCal - a content marketing platform that’s used by over 40,000 businesses around the world. Welcome to DMR, Andy Lambert. Andy shared @davegerhardt as a top B2B marketer, @veedstudio as his 'Secret Software', @copysmith_ai & @DescriptApp as his 'Next on the List' and @LouisSlices as his 'Magical Marketer'. Enjoy! | |||
25 Jan 2021 | How to market a marketing agency using LinkedIn Ads | AJ Wilcox | 00:26:00 | |
Do you run a marketing agency and have you been considering running LinkedIn Ads to promote your services? If so, this could be the episode of Digital Marketing Radio for you. AJ Wilcox joins David to explore how to set up and optimize the ultimate LinkedIn advertising campaign for agencies. AJ Wilcox on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilcoxaj/ AJ's 'Secret Software':https://www.knime.com/ AJ's 'Magical Marketer':https://www.linkedin.com/in/markpgus/ | |||
15 Sep 2021 | Podcast strategy: Where does a podcast fit into your content marketing mix? - with Jonny Ross | 00:33:31 | |
Are you thinking of starting a podcast? If so, what are your reasons for doing so? There are well over 2 million podcasts now, but what is the commercial value of starting and publishing a regular podcast? And where does a podcast fit into your overall content marketing mix? Those are just 2 of the questions that I’ll be asking my guest on Digital Marketing Radio episode 262. He’s a digital marketing strategist with a strong background in SEO, web design and training and he heads-up Fleek Marketing - and of course, he has his own podcast - the Jonny Ross Audio Experience - welcome to DMR - Jonny Ross. | |||
28 Jul 2021 | The Essential Skills You Need To Become an Effective Digital Marketing Leader - Kevin Indig | 00:39:01 | |
I remember back in 2008 when I started working full-time in a digital marketing role. It was a techie role that liaised with techies - it wasn’t real marketing - it was playing online. At least that’s what many traditional marketers thought at the time. Fast forward 13 years and in many arenas, digital has overtaken traditional. And that’s meant that the size of digital marketing teams has grown exponentially... Which in turn draws our attention to digital marketing leadership - what are the skills you need to be an effective digital marketing leader? That’s precisely what I’m going to be discussing with my guest on Digital Marketing Radio episode 255. He’s a former VP of SEO and Content at G2 - and a current Director of SEO at Shopify - welcome to DMR - Kevin Indig. | |||
31 Mar 2021 | How to establish clear business systems for your team as your company scales - with Ashley Monk | 00:35:33 | |
Have you built a business that keeps you busy busy busy? Do you struggle to initiate any new digital marketing activities, simply because you’re snowed under with whatever you’re currently doing? In episode 239 of Digital Marketing Radio we help you to establish clear business systems for you and your team, as your company scales, so that you never have to say ‘no’ to the next business or marketing opportunity. Joining me to discuss that is a lady who has the systems, knowledge and experience to optimize ad campaigns, generate new leads, and modernise your marketing strategy. She’s a Facebook and Instagram Ads expert, a marketing coach and consultant - and the CEO of It Media. Welcome to DMR – Ashley Monk. [In this epsiode, Ashley Monk shared ClickUp as her 'Secret Software', Alex Becker's Hyros and Jarvis by Conversion.ai as her 'Next on the List' and Brandi Mowles as her ' Magical Marketer'.] | |||
18 Jun 2021 | How to Produce SERP-topping Viral B2B Content - with Brad Smith from Wordable | 00:41:42 | |
It’s common to have SEOs and social media experts in digital marketing teams. But unfortunately it’s also too common to have SEOs and social media marketers produce content by themselves for their own specific needs. What would happen if SEOs and social media marketers worked more closely with each other, producing incredible content that’s more powerful than the sum of its parts? That’s what I’m going to discuss on Digital Marketing Radio episode 248 with a man who’s content’s been featured on Shopify, Unbounce and Hubspot. He lives in Hawaii and he’s the CEO at Wordable - welcome to DMR - Brad Smith. | |||
14 May 2021 | What are the foundation stones required to create a successful modern brand? - with Barnaby Wynter | 00:37:16 | |
We all know that communication channels have evolved radically over the last 10 years – but how has that changed what a brand can be and do? On this, episode 244 of Digital Marketing Radio we look at what it takes to create a super-successful brand in 2021. Joining me to discuss that is a man who’s a brand ambassador, a strategic advisor - and founder of The Brand Bucket Company – welcome to DMR, Barnaby Wynter. | |||
05 Jul 2021 | How to generate leads on LinkedIn - with Bob Low | 00:32:03 | |
How is your LinkedIn lead generation going? Are you actively trying to generate leads on LinkedIn? Or do you just view LinkedIn as a serendipitous content sharing opportunity? My guest on episode 251 of Digital Marketing Radio treats LinkedIn lead generation seriously - and gets serious results for him and clients. He’s trained individuals from companies including Ernst & Young and Accenture - and he currently helps businesses generate more revenue through LinkedIn Lead Generation - welcome to DMR, Bob Low. | |||
24 Mar 2021 | How to Use Google Ads in 2021 - with Mike Rhodes | 00:33:31 | |
Have you been using Google Ads in the same way for several years? Maybe you’re not even actively using Google Ads because it seems just a little bit too complicated at first glance. Perhaps you want to use Google Ads in 2021, but you’re not quite sure where to start. My guest today has been running Google Ads campaigns for brands around the globe for the past 15 years. He’s a speaker, an investor, a mountain biker, the co-author of the world’s best-selling book on Google Ads ‘The Ultimate Guide to Google Ads’ - plus the Founder of one of Australia’s largest independent Google agencies, ‘WebSavvy’ – Mike Rhodes. In this episode Mike selected Descript as his 'Secret Software', Searchie as his 'Next on the List' and Chris "Mercer" Mercer as his 'Magical Marketer'. | |||
21 Jul 2021 | What is Product-Led SEO and Why Does it Matter? With Eli Schwartz | 00:36:05 | |
SEO’s changed a lot over the years. And no - it’s not dead yet. It’s not going to die. It’s still very important for your business. In fact, in this, episode 254 of Digital Marketing Radio I’m speaking with a man who believes that nothing can take your business to the next level like search engine optimization. Why do I know that? It’s on the back cover of his brand new book - Product-Led SEO: The ‘Why’ behind building your organic growth strategy. He’s a former Director of Growth at Survey Monkey and current Growth Adviser and SEO Strategic Consultant at the likes of Tinder, Coinbase and Mixpanel - welcome to DMR - Eli Schwartz. | |||
20 Jan 2022 | Quick message - Digital Marketing Radio on-hold for a while! | 00:01:43 | |
Hey there, David here - I just wanted to record a quick message to say that I’m taking a short break from recording episodes of Digital Marketing Radio. I want to focus on 2 other things at the moment... Firstly, Casting Cred, my podcast production agency for B2B brands is expanding a little - I’m now also offering YouTube video series’ and business books as part of my B2B content marketing services - if you want to check out something that I’ve recently produced for a client, have a look at SEOin2022.com - and if you’ve got any questions about maybe doing something similar for your own brand, feel free to email me at david [at] castingcred.com. And secondly, I’m at the early stages of producing a course on Podcast Presentation skills - and I’m doing a little bit of research on what prospective podcast hosts and guests would like me to include in the course - so if you’d like to be a better podcast host or guest, would you mind helping me out by completing a quick survey? Just go to PodcastPresentationSkills.com to fill out your thoughts on questions like - What podcast presentation skills do you admire and why? - What podcast presentation failings turn you off and why? - What podcast presentation skills do you want to acquire yourself? If you’ve got some thoughts to share on that, if you could possibly fill in that quick survey at PodcastPresentationSkills.com, that would be much appreciated! In the meantime, I’m going to be getting my head down and focusing on my clients and my Podcast Presentation skills course - and I’ll get back to Digital Marketing Radio as soon as I can! Aloha! | |||
30 Apr 2021 | The Future of Events… Post-COVID - with Kathryn Frankson from Informa | 00:32:48 | |
How is the event industry going to change post-COVID? As a marketer should you plan to get back in the events game soon? Or are we more likely to see hybrid events in the future - a combination between virtual and physical events? If so, what does that mean for marketers? Those are just some of the questions that I’m going to be asking my guest on Digital Marketing Radio episode 243. She’s a lady who’s as passionate about storytelling as she is about marketing and sales - and those two masterminds speak her language. She specialises in developing virtual, hybrid and physical events – including event marketing strategy that incorporates social media, brand marketing, campaign planning, and performance tracking. She’s the Director of Event Marketing at Informa – welcome to DMR - Kathryn Frankson. Secret SoftwareShare a lesser-known martech tool that's bringing you a lot of value at the moment and why that tool’s important for you... Answer: Turtl (Enterprise content automation) Next On The ListWhat's one marketing activity or tool that you haven't tried yet, but you want to test soon? Answer: Gong (Get unfiltered visibility into what's happening with your sales team, your deals, and your market) & / Saleswhale (Stop marketing leads from slipping through the cracks) Magical MarketerWho's an up-and coming marketer that you'd like to give a shout out to, what can we learn from them and where can we find them? Answer: Deborah Carver from The Content Technologist. | |||
26 Apr 2021 | What are Brand Influencers and Does Your Business Need a Brand Influencer? | Neal Schaffer | 00:43:29 | |
We’ve all seen influencers on social media share their opinion on different products and services, but how effective really is this as a form of marketing? What precisely do brand influencers do... and does your business actually need a brand influencer? That’s the topic for episode 242 of Digital Marketing Radio where I’m joined by a man who’s an authority on helping innovative businesses digitally transform their sales and marketing. He’s a Fractional CMO and the author of 4 sales and marketing books including the recently published HarperCollins book “The Age of Influence” – welcome to DMR – Neal Schaffer. Secret SoftwareShare a lesser-known martech tool that's bringing you a lot of value at the moment and why that tool’s important for you... Answer: Carro, Frase & Clearscope Next On The ListWhat's one marketing activity or tool that you haven't tried yet, but you want to test soon? Magical MarketerWho's an up-and coming marketer that you'd like to give a shout out to, what can we learn from them and where can we find them? Answer: Miri Rodriguez | |||
14 Dec 2021 | What is the role of community in B2B marketing? With Joel Harrison from B2Bmarketing.net | 00:33:15 | |
The world of social media has exploded over the past 15 years. Consumers now have the ability to share their experiences about any kind of purchase imaginable. But what about B2B? We’re constantly told that B2B marketing is very different from B2C - and that building a community in the world of B2B is a lot tougher. But is that really the case? And what is the role of community in B2B marketing today? Joining me to discuss that in episode 269 of Digital Marketing Radio is a man who’s been wholly focused on the world of B2B marketing for the past 17 years. He’s the Editor-in-chief of B2B Marketing - welcome to DMR, Joel Harrison. | |||
08 Jun 2021 | How to Get a Google Knowledge Panel in 2021 - with Jason Barnard from Kalicube | 00:30:40 | |
Knowledge panels are information boxes that appear on Google when you search for entities (i.e. people, places, organisations and things) - but what purpose do they serve and how valuable is it for your brand to appear in a Google Knowledge panel? Those are just 2 of the questions that I’m going to be asking my guest on Digital Marketing Radio, episode 247. He’s been a musician, a screenwriter, a songwriter and a cartoon blue dog - but he’s currently the Brand SERP Guy - a digital marketer who specialises in Brand SERP optimisation and knowledge panel management. Welcome to DMR - Jason Barnard. | |||
24 Jun 2021 | Product Hunt Launch Strategy: Get your product to #1 on Product Hunt with Andy Cabasso from Postaga | 00:38:14 | |
How do you launch your new product in tech? Do you run a big virtual summit, partner with similar brands or spend big bucks on paid ads? Maybe you should consider Product Hunt as part of your launch strategy. Overlooked by many, this could be the product launch lynchpin that you’re looking for. My guest today has started, grown and sold a digital agency - and his current startup went to number 1 for his launch day and number 2 for his launch week on Product Hunt. He’s the founder of Postaga - welcome to DMR - Andy Cabasso. | |||
22 Oct 2021 | What is automation in Google Ads and how does automation impact your paid search strategy? With Anu Adegbola | 00:35:17 | |
I remember using AdWords back in 2005. Paying pennies for all the traffic I desired.And all I had to do was select a target keyword phrase, write a simple ad, and click publish. But the sad thing is, 16 years later, thousands of marketers are still treating Google Ads in exactly the same way. So what is best practice in Google Ads in 2021? How do you use scripts to automate your Google Ads? And how does this impact ad copy and the way it’s created? Joining me to discuss that is a lady who’s spoken at SMX, The Marketing Meetup and HeroConf. She’s host of the PPCChat Roundup podcast and Freelance PPC Specialist at MindSwan - welcome to DMR, Anu Adegbola. | |||
12 Mar 2021 | What is FOMO Marketing and why should you care? | MayKing Tsang | 00:33:42 | |
Consumers get exposed to an enormous volume of content each and every day – but how do you cut through the noise and capture your target consumer’s attention - and persuade them to act before the opportunity passes them by? My guest today specialises in creating FOMO campaigns for her clients by helping to get hashtags to trend through her Facebook live interviews, live tweets and countless other live content publishing strategies. She’s a digital trainer, a live social media reporter and a FOMO creator - welcome to DMR - MayKing Tsang. Secret Software:Twitter Spaces Next On The List:Instagram Reels | |||
11 Aug 2021 | How to use emotional targeting strategies to enhance your website conversion rate [with Talia Wolf] | 00:35:41 | |
Have you been testing and tweaking your landing pages in a continuous yet barren attempt to improve your website conversion rates? Maybe it’s time to stop changing button colours - and to start truly understanding who your visitors are, and what they want. My guest on Digital Marketing Radio episode 257 is a lady who’s taught conversion optimization on hundreds of stages including Google, MozCon and SearchLove. She and her team provide conversion optimization services for high-growth companies using customer-centric methods, emotional targeting strategies and data-driven analysis. Welcome to DMR - the Founder of GetUplift - Talia Wolf. | |||
22 Sep 2021 | Out of Home Advertising: Why traditional and digital media marketing opportunities are converging - and how to take advantage - with Sam Mallikarjunan | 00:35:32 | |
Have you written off traditional media? Perhaps you’ve been focusing in on online traffic, not really considering that offline could be just as valuable. Joining me to discuss that on episode 263 of Digital Marketing Radio is a man who taught Advanced Digital Marketing, Innovation Management, and Strategic Economics at Harvard University. He’s the former Head of Growth at HubSpot Labs and the current CEO & Co-Founder of OneScreen - a pandemic-produced startup set on overhauling the archaic out-of-home advertising industry. Welcome to DMR - Sam Mallikarjunan. | |||
06 Oct 2021 | Is your email marketing strategy a bit of an afterthought? | Jenna Tiffany | 00:41:51 | |
Is your email marketing strategy a bit of an afterthought? Perhaps you don’t consider email to be a serious marketing channel, and whatever you send is reactive and not planned as part of an integrated marketing strategy. In this, episode 265 of Digital Marketing Radio we’re looking at how email marketing can be a significant part of the modern marketing mix in 2022 and beyond. Joining me to discuss that is a lady who’s a Chartered Marketer and awarded Fellow of the IDM with over ten years’ marketing experience. She’s author of a new book called Marketing Strategy: Overcome Common Pitfalls and Create Effective Marketing - and she’s Founder & Strategy Director at Let'sTalk Strategy - welcome to DMR - Jenna Tiffany. | |||
25 Feb 2021 | iOS14, Apple vs. Facebook and the Impact on Advertisers and Publishers - with Jim Banks | 00:36:23 | |
Apple and Facebook are fighting again! This time it’s over ads and user privacy. Apple is rolling out its iOS 14 updates with a privacy change that could result in Facebook experiencing a significant cut in its advertising revenue. Today we’re discussing what impact this has on you as an advertiser or as a publisher - and what you need to do about it. Joining me today to discuss that is a man who’s been a leader in the online ads industry for the past 20 years. He’s a former Head of Biddable Media at Cheapflights and the current CEO of Spades Media and the Founder of Elite Media Buyers - welcome to DMR - Jim Banks. Software I Couldn’t Live Without:Hemmingway app highlights lengthy, complex sentences and common errors in your writing (http://www.hemingwayapp.com/). Next on the List:Entity-based SEO Platform, to help you rank higher & stay ranked longer (https://inlinks.net/). Magical Marketer:Eric Seufert (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericseufert/) | |||
04 Aug 2021 | 3 Tips to Improve Your Copywriting [with Eden Bidani] | 00:29:28 | |
Have you ever had to write web copy and caught yourself sounding like a used car salesman? Maybe you haven’t had that much experience at writing for your own website and you want to make sure that your content’s compelling. Joining me to share 3 Tips to Improve Your Copywriting on Episode 256 of Digital Marketing Radio is a lady who earned her sales and marketing stripes working in direct sales for 5 years. Nowadays, she uses her retention-focused acquisition strategies with conversion copywriting to help SaaS, e-commerce, and tech businesses drive crazy-good growth at every customer touchpoint. Welcome to DMR - Eden Bidani. | |||
09 Feb 2021 | How is B2B marketing different in 2021? | Lori Highby from Keystone Click | 00:29:45 | |
When was the last time you changed your B2B marketing strategy? Are you missing out on some big B2B marketing opportunities just because you haven’t fully embraced the latest channels? How do you most effectively target B2B consumers in 2021? Those are just some of the questions that I’m going to be asking my guest today. She teaches B2B sales and marketing. She’s a speaker, podcaster and blogger, and the Founder of Keystone Click - a strategic digital marketing agency that’s been established for over 12 years. Welcome to DMR - Lori Highby from Keystone Click. 'Secret Software':(Share a lesser-known martech tool that's bringing you a lot of value at the moment and why that tool’s important for you.) https://lumen5.com/ 'Magical Marketer':(Who's an up-and coming marketer that you'd like to give a shout out to, what can we learn from them and where can we find them?) https://www.linkedin.com/in/exponentialinfluence/ | |||
01 Feb 2021 | How to use Live Video as the Centre of your Content Marketing Strategy | Katie Fawkes from Ecamm | 00:33:47 | |
Are you just at the cusp of deciding to incorporate livestreaming as part of your brand's content marketing strategy? If so, this discussion's for you with Katie Fawkes from Ecamm. Here's Where To Find Katie:https://www.ecamm.com/ Katie's 'Secret Software':https://www.descript.com/ Katie's 'Magical Marketer':https://www.youtube.com/c/DocRock Katie's 'Next On The List':https://clickup.com/ | |||
21 Apr 2021 | Word of Mouth Marketing in 2021 - with JP Clement from Boomtime | 00:33:10 | |
What exactly is word-of-mouth marketing and how does word-of-mouth marketing manifest itself in 2021? How do you measure the impact of word-of-mouth marketing and how does word-of-mouth integrate with other marketing channels? Those are just some of the questions that I’m going to be asking today’s guest on Digital Marketing Radio Episode 241 - a man with over 30 years of experience in marketing, digital strategy and product management, for companies ranging from startups to global brands such as Madison Square Garden, Johnson & Johnson and National Geographic. He’s founded three digital strategy and marketing agencies and is currently CEO of digital marketing service firm Boomtime - welcome to DMR - JP Clement. Secret SoftwareShare a lesser-known martech tool that's bringing you a lot of value at the moment and why that tool’s important for you... JP's answer: Usher Connect Next On The ListWhat's one marketing activity or tool that you haven't tried yet, but you want to test soon? Magical MarketerWho's an up-and coming marketer that you'd like to give a shout out to, what can we learn from them and where can we find them? JP's answer: Wes Lemos | |||
16 Feb 2021 | The Extraordinary Instagram Funnel for Ecommerce - with Ben Leonard from Beast Gear | 00:37:33 | |
Have you ever wondered how to move from views and likes to building real brand traction and product sales from social media? In episode 231 of Digital Marketing Radio, Ben Leonard, Ecommerce Consultant and Founder of Beast Gear shares his extraordinary Instagram Funnel for Ecommerce. Software I couldn’t live without:Seller Chatbot (https://www.sellerchatbot.com/) - The Facebook Messenger Platform Built for Amazon Sellers Magical Marketer:Paul Harvey (https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-harvey-2ab8b51a7/) | |||
17 Aug 2021 | How to spice up your live streams and turn your continuous content into a show! [with Dre de Vera] | 00:44:03 | |
When I started Digital Marketing Radio in 2014 there were 150,000 podcasts. Now, there are over 2 million of them. YouTube’s seen the same exponential growth - there are around 40 million YouTube channels in 2021. What does that mean to you as a content creator? You can’t be average any more! You need to work on your audio quality, your video quality and your production value. Your competition in 2021 is anything that competes for your audience’s attention. Your competition is Netflix. And if your content quality is bad, people aren’t going to stick around. In this, episode 258 of Digital Marketing Radio we’re going to be looking at how to create a top quality, highly engaging show on YouTube, helping you to drive engagement and retain your audience. Joining me to discuss that is a man with over 15 years of experience in search engine optimization - he's currently the Search Marketing Global Lead at Workday and founder and Host of the SEO Video Show on YouTube - welcome to DMR - Dre de Vera. | |||
29 Jun 2021 | How does LinkedIn Ads compare with other ad platforms? With Anthony Blatner from Speedwork Social | 00:34:39 | |
Have you tried LinkedIn Ads yet? And if you have tried LinkedIn Ads, are you still actively using the platform? If not, and you’re spending money on ads elsewhere, why? Do you think that LinkedIn Ads are more expensive? Did you even use LinkedIn Ads correctly? On today’s episode of Digital Marketing Radio we’re going to be exploring what’s different about LinkedIn Ads compared with other ad platforms - how you need to adapt your campaigns so that they’re better suited to LinkedIn - and what kind of results you should be expecting by advertising on LinkedIn. Joining me to discuss that is a former eCommerce Consultant for IBM. He’s now the Chief Advertising Officer for LinkedIn Advertising Agency, Speedwork Social. Welcome to DMR - Anthony Blatner. | |||
02 Mar 2021 | Google's Core Web Vitals Are Becoming Ranking Signals - What Does This Mean for SEO? | Pam Aungst | 00:38:48 | |
Back in November 2020 Google announced that page experience ranking signals for Google Search (SEO) will launch in May 2021, meaning that if users don’t like your page, Google won’t like it either. Joining me to discuss this for Digital Marketing Radio episode 233 is Pam Aungst from Pam Ann Marketing. Secret software:KW Finder: Find long tail keywords with low SEO difficulty Next on the list:Social advertising platforms like Snapchat or Tik Tok Magical marketer:Kerry Barrett: Video Content Creator and Producer | |||
14 Jul 2021 | How to Build an Engaged Community - with Joe Glover from The Marketing Meetup | 00:51:55 | |
Have you ever wondered what it takes to build a highly engaged community? To build a group of like-minded souls who are passionate about similar things and who trust you to hold everything together. Today, on episode 253 of Digital Marketing Radio I’m joined by a man who’s done just that. 5 years ago he founded a really, really nice place for the marketers of the world to come together to listen, learn, meet, and share knowledge - and that place now has a community of over 24,00 members. Welcome to DMR, the Founder of The Marketing Meetup - Joe Glover. | |||
01 Sep 2021 | How to be an exceptional virtual presenter - with Oli Gardner from Be the Keynote | 00:47:07 | |
How many times over the past 17 months have you turned up to yet another Zoom meeting, only to hear a cacophony of nonsense and a presenter struggling to share their slides? So you say to yourself... “If that were me, I’d be so much better.” The week after, it’s your turn - so you start your presentation fully on-form - and completely muted. Virtual presentation skills are now more important than ever - and that’s exactly what I’m going to be discussing with my guest on Digital Marketing Radio episode 260. He’s the Co-Founder of Unbounce - the landing page platform utilised by over 15,000 brands. And nowadays you can find him at Be the Keynote - helping you to become a better and more confident presenter, whether it’s on a big stage, a tiny stage or a virtual stage. Welcome to DMR - Oli Gardner. | |||
27 Jan 2021 | What questions should you ask your SEO consultant? | Lukasz Zelezny | 00:46:21 | |
So, you’ve decided that you need an SEO consultant, but how do you get the most out of their time? In this episode of Digital Marketing Radio Lukasz Zelezny shares with David Bain how to maximize the value of an SEO consultant by knowing what questions to ask. Here's Where To Find Lukasz:https://seo.london/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/seomanagerlondon/ Lukasz's 'Secret Software' Selections:https://inlinks.net/ https://wordlift.io/ Lukasz's 'Magical Marketer':https://www.linkedin.com/in/areejabuali/ Lukasz's 'Next On The List':https://bigml.com/ https://www.lovo.ai/ https://www.deepl.com/ https://sonix.ai/ | |||
25 May 2021 | How to use livestreaming to build a community - with Anton Shulke | 00:43:42 | |
There are pros and cons to livestreaming. Livestreaming is a great way to get content out there quickly - but livestreams may not be as well produced as pre-recorded content. However, another great benefit of livestreaming is the engagement factor. You get to interact with your audience directly with a real, personal approach. But what do you do with those relationships that you start to build? How do you use livestreaming to foster and build a community? Those are just 2 of the questions that I’m going to be asking my guest on Digital Marketing Radio episode 246. He’s hosted and produced hundreds of livestreams - and has a little black book that would make any digital marketer jealous. For the past four-and-a-half years he’s worked for Semrush, where he’s currently Head of Influencer Marketing - welcome to DMR, Anton Shulke. | |||
16 Dec 2021 | How do SEO and PR work together? With Dayana Mayfield | 00:45:12 | |
The chances are that you’re either great at SEO or PR - they seem like very different modern marketing disciplines - one technical, one creative. However, to be as effective as possible, they need to work together. Digital PR can be a wonderful way of driving authority - AKA links - to your site. That’s what I’m going to be discussing on episode 270 of Digital Marketing Radio - with a specialist Copywriter and Digital PR Strategist who helps SaaS companies rank in Google search, and convert that traffic into free trial sign-ups and demo requests. Her clients include Drift, TravelPerk, and StoryChief, and her work has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Business Insider. Welcome to DMR - Dayana Mayfield. | |||
08 Sep 2021 | How agencies can increase client performance, decrease churn, and stabilize their revenue - with Shaun Clark | 00:33:19 | |
Do you run or might you be planning on running a marketing agency? If so, you’ve probably experienced, or you’re going to experience clients coming and going, and revenue going up and down. In this, episode 261 of Digital Marketing Radio we’re going to be looking at why clients leave, why revenue isn’t as stable as you’d like, and how to fix it. Joining me to discuss that is the co-founder of a marketing platform specifically designed to help agencies thrive. He’s the CEO of HighLevel - welcome to DMR - Shaun Clark. | |||
09 Jul 2021 | Marketing Automation for Ecommerce - with Rory J Knighton from Runäway Collective | 00:36:23 | |
How efficient and effective is your e-commerce marketing automation? Are you delivering email at all the right moments? And how effective is your messaging? Those are just 3 of the questions that I’m going to be asking my guest on Digital Marketing radio episode 252. He’s the Founder of Runäway Collective - a marketing subscription service, focused on marketing automation and film production, helping small and medium sized businesses play with the biggest and best, without the cost. Welcome to DMR - Rory J Knighton. | |||
29 Sep 2021 | AUDIENCE RESEARCH: How to learn more about your audience and apply that information to get better marketing results – with Rand Fishkin | 00:54:18 | |
How much do you truly know about your audience and which message you should be providing specifically for them?On episode 264 of Digital Marketing Radio we’re looking at how to learn more about your ideal audience and how to use that information to deliver much more effective marketing. Joining me to discuss that is a man who’ll spill big tech’s dark secrets if you bribe him with enough great pasta or great cocktails. He’s dedicated his professional life to helping people do better marketing through his writing, speaking and startups - and he’s currently co-founder and CEO of audience research startup SparkToro. Welcome to DMR - Rand Fishkin. | |||
23 Mar 2021 | Email Marketing in 2021 - with Teresa Heath-Wareing | 00:35:53 | |
Email marketing has been around for a very long time, longer in fact than the world wide web. It seems that every few years we hear about another technology that’s going to replace email, but email stubbornly clings on, retaining its high level of importance for e-business communication more than 40 years since the first mass email campaign was sent. In episode 236 of Digital Marketing Radio, we look at email marketing in 2021, how email marketing strategy has changed and how best to incorporate email into your marketing mix now, and moving forwards. Joining me to discuss that is a lady who helps Directors and Senior Managers of small to medium size businesses ensure their marketing budget is being used to full effect. She also helps business owners, coaches and freelancers achieve business growth and get out of marketing overwhelm through her online group coaching and step by step training – welcome to DMR, Teresa Heath-Wareing. Secret Software:Magical Marketer: | |||
17 Dec 2014 | What conversion metrics are essential? KEVIN HILLSTROM | DMR #78 | 00:29:36 | |
Kevin Hillstrom is the founder of MineThatData, a consultancy that helps retailers, e-commerce brands, and catalogers to understand how customers interact with products, brands, and channels. So Kevin: year-on-year, are customers continuing to spend more money online?
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss the following:
What conversion metrics are essential?
We often hear the mantra "mobile first", but is that true for all customers?
Why do companies often ignore campaign and conversion data?
What are the most important metrics to analyse when it comes to selling online?
Are there any particular industry sectors that are more likely to be able to sell online?
What about age segments - how does online purchasing behaviour change by age?
The shift from desktop to tablet and how that impacts buyer behaviour
How will buyer behaviour change moving forward?
What data are companies not looking at but they should be looking at?
How buyer behaviour has changed over the past 3 or 4 years and why a conversion rate drop isn't necessarily a bad thing
The logical progression between a visit from a non-branded term and various repeat visits
Why an indication of visitor progression is an important metric
Why looking at the half life of metrics is important
How to get your customers to become more loyal
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
SPSS [Data mining]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
A genetic algorithm [An algorithm that mimics natural selection]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
The interaction of marketing channels and customer demographics - you have some older individuals who are going to behave a certain way. This interaction between age and demographics is going to push companies in 2 different directions. It is going to be harder to separate your business from ageing customers if that is your demographic! Learn who your customer is and how they use technology to determine your path moving forward. | |||
18 Dec 2014 | How to improve website performance – JAMES GREIG | DMR #79 | 00:30:27 | |
James Greig is the founder of online business optimisation software provider Bloomtools. James founded the software development arm of Bloomtools in 2004.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss the following:
How to improve website performance
How do you actually judge how well your website is performing?
Is web page loading speed really that important?
And if you don’t have a mobile friendly site, how does that impact your visitor retention?
What are the major changes that James has seen in digital marketing over the past 10 years?
What is the trouble with the web industry as a whole?
What is the the main problem that businesses are facing with website designers at the moment?
What are the biggest challenges that most websites face?
Why web designers need to think like a consumer
Why it's important to design a website that looks similar to other sites
Are content management systems for websites the only way to go?
How important is web page loading speed and what can be done to improve it?
Where should your web server be located?
How you can nominate the country that you want top optimize your website for
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Google AdWords [PPC tool]
Google Analytics [Website analytics tool]
Google for Work [Collaborative software tools]
Crocodoc [Website editing tool]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Remarketing using Facebook Advertising [Advertising tool]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Make sure that your website has all the basics first - check out how your site performs on mobile. Test your website on the Bloomtools Grader. | |||
19 Dec 2014 | Public Relations Strategies – SCOTT BARADELL | DMR #80 | 00:53:49 | |
Scott Baradell is president and founder of Idea Grove, a public relations and inbound marketing firm focused on enterprise technology clients – and he’s based in Dallas and also has offices in London.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss the following:
Public relations strategies
What’s the secret to successful PR moving into 2015?
What about inbound marketing – what are some of the most successful strategies at the moment?
And is PR an integral part of inbound marketing?
What defines good PR now?
What form of content works best at the moment?
The 2 types of buyer - the now buyer and the future buyer
Why over time content marketing is a better bet compared with pay-per-click marketing
What is the value of a Wall Street Journal article compared with a vertical trade?
Do you use attribution modelling software?
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Vocus [Public relations software]
Trend Kite [Monitoring media coverage]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Link Detox [Find bad links SEO software]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
The answer to audience and media fragmentation - which is the challenge for every business today - is to identify who your core audience is, and then use your core content in as many ways as possible, to reach them in as many places as possible. | |||
08 Jan 2015 | SEO for eCommerce – ADAM VOWLES | DMR #83 | 00:27:06 | |
Adam Vowles is Head of Content and Outreach at SUSO Digital (@susodigital on Twitter) – a company that offers Digital Marketing Solutions for E-commerce and Technology Companies.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss SEO for eCommerce, including:
What are the essential elements of SEO that you need to be aware of when you run an e-commerce site?
Do you have to be both technical and creative to be a great digital marketer?
What outreach strategies are likely to work best in 2015?
Is WordPress a good idea for an eCommerce store?
Why is sticking to one tactic with SEO 'shooting yourself in the foot'?
What is 'influencing the influencers'?
What is the future of SEO - will it be agency or in-house led?
What will make a great digital marketer in the future?
How many user signals does Google use in its organic search algorithm?
Are titles and descriptions still really important for SEO?
How do you keep your backlink structure natural?
Should you consider using Google's 'Disavow tool'?
What are some of the best ways to conduct blogger outreach?
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
AHREFS [Backlink checker]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Search Metrics [Enterprise SEO data]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Add value. That's the most important thing now. You can't really get away with trying to game the system too much if you're gong to survive in an eCommerce world. You need to talk to your customers like they're real people - because people buy from people. Centre everything about your business around the customer. What problems do they have and how can they solve your problems? | |||
06 Jan 2015 | B2B Digital Marketing Strategies – GORD HOTCHKISS | DMR #82 | 00:34:27 | |
In addition to being the CEO and co-founder of Enquiro (which was acquired on October 26, 2010 and is now part of Mediative), Gord Hotchkiss is a past director and Chairman of SEMPO (The Search Marketing Professionals Organization), a columnist for MediaPost and Search Engine Land, a regular presenter at all the industry shows and a popular keynote speaker. He is also the author of The Buyersphere Project: How Business Buys from Business in a Digital Marketplace. You can find him over at OutOfMyGord.com.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss B2B Digital Marketing Strategies, including:
How is B2B marketing different from B2C marketing?
What is key when trying to understand B2B purchase behaviour?
Why does lower traffic figures not necessarily matter when you run a B2B site?
Should you always be looking to meet B2B prospects face-to-face?
How to deal with risk when communicating with B2B prospects
Is reputation management more important for B2B?
Is it important to be a content marketer if your primary focus is a niche B2B market?
Is it appropriate to try to build an email list of B2B prospects?
Is LinkedIn an appropriate place to make first introductions?
Does paid advertising has to go hand-in-hand with earned exposure?
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
DEVONthink [Information management]
Google Trends [Consumer insights]
Trello [Project management software]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
AdGooRoo [Competitive intelligence tool]
Comscore [Competitive intelligence tool]
Plus software for usability audits
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Be an empathetic marketer. Learn how to step outside your reality and into the reality of your audience. Become very good at understanding their perspective and giving your clients (if you're an internal marketer or an agency marketer, it doesn't matter), just be really good at being able to bring that outside-in perspective and then share that internally and communicate it. And be a champion for that point of view, because in my years of marketing, it is amazing to me how few companies really have a good handle on what their customers think about them, how they qualify their buying decision and how they decide to buy something or not buy something. | |||
22 Dec 2014 | 5 Content Marketing Predictions for 2015 – DAVID BAIN | DMR #81 | 00:21:45 | |
Episode 81 of Digital Marketing Radio is very different, because for the first time I don't have a guest - I've been meaning to do more episodes like this, but at least I've finally got round to it now!
First of all, let's start off with some news...
I'm going to be taking the next couple of weeks off, so the next episode will be published on Tuesday the 6th January 2015.
Why a Tuesday I hear you ask?
That's because from next year I'm going to be just publishing 2 episodes of Digital Marketing Radio per week - on a Tuesday and a Thursday. Let me know how you feel about that!
I'm doing that because I want to focus more on other projects as well - plus I want to also start broadcasting live videos of each video - and that's going to take a little more preparation. Hopefully you'll also find that my reduced schedule can further enhance the quality of the content as well.
You also might have noticed that I've recently published a new page on the site where I share the top 5 tools and services that I use to power Digital Marketing Radio. Check that out when you have a moment.
But let's get into the 'meat' of this episode, and that's the content marketing predictions for 2015:
5 Content Marketing Predictions for 2015
I've been searching online for what I believe to be the best content marketing activities for 2015. I've found 4 from other people, and I've also added one from myself at the bottom.
1) Customer experiences will define content creation
By Melissa Breker - Co-Founder, Content Strategy Inc
Melissa says that in 2015 we will see content as an experience. She says that we need to think past silo-based content and use customer journeys to determine how content can create different experiences.
(Ref. http://blog.newscred.com/article/17-influencer-digital-marketing-predictions-for-2015/)
2) More videos than ever
By David Wells – Founder, Inbound Now
David says that in 2015 more and more companies will start creating so-called ‘explainer videos’ and giving them a prominent role in the user experience tactics.
(Ref. http://www.inboundnow.com/10-online-marketing-trends-predictions-2015/)
3) Real time content will become more important in 2015
By Helen Mussard – Vice President, Global Marketing at Vibrant Media
Helen says that this is about being able to align content to things that have just happened and not just have an editorial calendar set up. She says that she thinks that there will be a focus on news that breaks and is topical.
(Ref. http://contently.com/strategist/2014/11/11/10-content-marketing-predictions-for-2015-from-top-industry-minds/)
4) Google will continue to remove tools and cut back on analytics
By Debra Mastaler - President and owner of Alliance-Link.com
(Ref. https://twitter.com/debramastaler/status/515518942694367232)
5) In 2015, progressive small businesses will start to be their own media production house and start their own show. And larger businesses will begin to purchase the best of these shows.
By David Bain - Host, Digital Marketing Radio
You may well know that I'm also considering producing and publishing a new training course called "Start Your Own Show". If this might be of interest to you I'd really appreciate if you would take 2 minutes of your time to complete this questionnaire.
Have a great Christmas, New Year and rest!
I look forward to continuing to get to know you in 2015.
All the best
David | |||
13 Jan 2015 | How to start a successful blog – MATTHEW LOOMIS | DMR #84 | 00:33:09 | |
Matthew Loomis launched Build Your Own Blog to serve people and online businesses searching for a smooth blog setup that points them in the direction of long term success. He loves to counsel timid beginners on overcoming those initial blogging fears that hold back isolated, direction-starved dreamers.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss how to start a successful blog, including:
What are the main secrets to successful blogs?
As a blogger, is it important to pick and stick to one particular niche?
What kind of blogging targets should you be setting to start off with in 2015?
Why you need to learn to 'shine' as a blogger
Is WordPress always the best platform for blogging?
What length of blog post works best now?
Should the majority of your blog posts be in the written format?
Is SEO important to be aware of when starting off on your blogging journey?
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
WordPress.org [ Blogging platform]
Olark [Instant messaging service]
MailChimp [Email marketing software]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Evernote [Online lists]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Invest in your platform. Don't try to take short-cuts or to get by with freebies when it comes to your online business or your website. Because your website is your online store-front. If you're starting a conventional business, you wouldn't want to begin your business in a rat infested dive. You would do whatever you could to start your business in the best location possible. | |||
20 Jan 2015 | Content Marketing Strategy for 2015 – TOM TREANOR | DMR #85 | 00:31:14 | |
Tom Treanor is the Director of Content Marketing & Social Media for Wrike, a leading Project Management and Collaboration SaaS company headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss content marketing strategy for 2015, including:
How would you describe content marketing?
Can content marketing involve trying to directly sell to someone?
Where is it best to publish your content?
Why is content marketing a powerful marketing strategy?
How do content, social media and SEO fit together?
And what are the biggest mistakes companies make related to content marketing?
Why is content marketing more powerful than other forms of digital marketing?
How to attribute the true value of content marketing
Why a blog shouldn't be an afterthought
Why you need to be consistent with your content marketing strategy in 2015
How would you describe content marketing?
Can all companies use content marketing?
How do you measure the overall effectiveness of a blog?
Is it a good idea to be using a commenting system on your blog & if so, which one?
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Google Analytics [User tracking]
Google AdWords Keyword Tool [Keyword research]
SEMRush [Competitive SEO intelligence]
Hootsuite [Social Media Management]
Buffer [Social Media Management]
WordPress [Content Management System]
Joomla [Content Management System]
Wrike [Collaboration system]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
BuzzSumo [Social alerts]
Sprout Social [Social Media Management]
Atomic Reach [Content quality]
Group High [Influencer outreach]
Trackur [Influencer outreach]
Little Bird [Advocate marketing]
Follower Wonk [Twitter analytics]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Part one, you need to set up your home base for both search and social - this would be your website and blog. Number 2 you need to populate your website with great, relevant content for your audience. | |||
27 Jan 2015 | How to use Twitter for Marketing – KEITH KELLER | DMR #86 | 00:38:56 | |
Keith Keller has appeared on numerous radio shows, teleseminars, webinars and Google Hangouts across the US, Canada, Europe, and Australasia. He is known as the Global Twitter Marketing Specialist. You can find him over at KeithKeller.com.au.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss how to use Twitter for marketing, with topics including:
How has Twitter marketing changed over the past few years?
Should Twitter be an important part of the social media marketing mix for all businesses?
And what other social networks are on the rise in 2015?
Are there any types of businesses that shouldn't be using Twitter?
Does Twitter work for local businesses?
What doesn't work on Twitter?
What is spamming on Twitter?
What is the most effective day of the week to Tweet?
What format of tweets work best?
What is the most important part of Twitter in recent times?
Why including images in Tweets can help you to stand out from the crowd
How SoundCloud can help you with your Twitter marketing
How might Twitter change in the future?
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
BufferApp [Social media scheduling software]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Snip.ly [Link shortening and content sharing service]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Twitter is awesome, and I'll stand by that. But it's part of the social six. And it's part of an evolving and ever-changing social media space. You've got to take them somewhere. Twitter is only relevant if it's going somewhere. I would suggest - either work diligently on an email marketing list or make sure that you've got a lovely blog or website that's yours your domain, what I call your home base. Twitter and Pinterest and Instagram are wonderful - but you've got to take them somewhere. So my number one takeaway is don't rely on social media. Only use it as a traffic generator to bring them back home. | |||
03 Feb 2015 | What is Customer Insight? – SUSAN ABBOTT | DMR #87 | 00:38:20 | |
[Tweet ""As a digital marketer, nobody can do everything." @SusanAbbott"]
Susan Abbott is a specialist in customer insight and creative problem solving. You can find her over at LinkedIn, AbbottResearch.com and CustomerCrossroads.com.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss what is customer insight, with topics including:
How can having customer insight improve your competitive advantage?
What are some of the most effective ways to gather customer insight?
And how do you pinpoint the most valuable data for your business?
How can you improve your competitive advantage using customer insight?
What are the differences between online and offline customer insight?
The importance of looking for common themes
Why emotion-driven marketing is essential
How to communicate the results of an inquiry
Why looking for anecdotes is important
Should you focus on your key customer segment in your research?
Why you should always look at what some of the best marketers in the world are doing
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Dropbox [File sharing / productivity tool]
MailChimp [Email marketing]
LinkedIn [Networking]
Snagit [Image and video screen capture software]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
HubSpot [Inbound marketing software]
Shopify [E-commerce software]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
As a digital marketer, nobody can do everything. So you have to pick a few strategies and try to do them really well. Good brands are built by offering people things of real value. So when you're thinking about content marketing, this is not 'pitch heavy'. This is 'real value marketing'. People see the content, think you're brilliant, and that's why they get in touch. The content is never a pitch. | |||
09 Feb 2015 | Personal Branding Strategy – CHRIS DUCKER | DMR #88 | 00:32:11 | |
[Tweet ""Your personal brand is what people say about you when you're not around." @chrisducker"]
In 2009 Chris Ducker was working 14 hours a day, 6 days a week. Fast forward a few years and he’s totally changed his life - and his business. He’s the author of the number 1 bestseller on Amazon, “Virtual Freedom” - and the host of the New Business Podcast. You can find him over at ChrisDucker.com.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss personal branding strategy, with topics including:
In the future, will building a personal brand be more important than building a business brand for small businesses?
Say someone’s a fairly successful small business owner. But they don’t have much of a personal brand. What are some of the first steps when it comes to building a personal brand?
What about reinventing a personal brand – is that different to building a personal brand from scratch?
If I’m describing you to someone who’s never heard of you, how would you prefer to be described?
Do you need to have a personal brand strapline?
Is it actually easier to establish a personal brand?
How would Chris Ducker prefer to be described when he isn't there?
Is it important to try to 'control' the first page of Google results for your personal brand?
If you have a business that is already branded with its own identity, should you change that to a personal brand?
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Google Apps [Office suite software]
Buffer App [Social media management]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Infusionsoft [Small business CRM]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Sit down and work out whether or not the personal brand is something that you really want long-term. You have got to understand that this isn't something that you can do for a year. This is your name. This is your reputation. Your personal brand is what people say about you when you're not around. It can't just come and go. You've got to commit to building a personal brand. You can't start a website and then never update it. It's important to truly do it if it's the right move for you right now. So I would sit down and work out - is this what I want to do? If it's not then that's fine as well - focus on building your business, and maybe you have a blog on your business website - whatever the case may be. A perfect example is the Virgin Group with Richard's blog. You've got Richard Branson blogging on there quite regularly as the CEO. But he doesn't do it at RichardBranson.com - he does it at Virgin.com/Richard. There's a difference. So really figure out if this is what you want to do, and if it is, go-ahead and run with it at 180 miles-per-hour until you've build out your hub. And start creating the content and serving that audience. And if it's not, then stick with what you're already doing. That's fine - just don't stress yourself out too much. | |||
17 Feb 2015 | Selecting Images for Websites – DAVID GILLESPIE | DMR #89 | 00:38:19 | |
[Tweet ""Keep the voice of your customer in your ear at all times." @davidgillespie"]
David Gillespie is the CMO of ImageBrief – where brands, publishers and agencies find the right shot, and hire photographers.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss selecting images for websites, with topics including:
Do you think that you can always see the difference when a professional photographer has taken the shot?
Does the quality of images that you use on your website really matter?
What are some of the mistakes that businesses make when selecting images for their website?
Is it really important to consider your brand’s values before selecting images for a project?
What kind of brand considerations do you need to be aware of before selecting a photograph for a site?
Do smaller businesses really need to invest in a professional photographer?
Should you have your brand colours or perhaps representatives of your target audience in your website images?
Is it important to split-test images to decide which one to use?
Should the social network that you use to share images depend on the type of business?
What other social networks are popular among photographers?
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Evernote [Personal organizer]
Optimizely [Split testing]
Invision [Workflow improvement & collaboration]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Take it back to the person you are trying to reach. Don't get worried about the hot platform of the day, the app the buzzword, whatever. Because there's going to be a new one tomorrow. Stay focused on your consumer. Keep the voice of your customer in your ear at all times. If you stay close to them, everything else will sort itself out. | |||
28 Feb 2015 | Is Building an App worth it? – LOGAN MERRICK | DMR #90 | 00:40:37 | |
[Tweet ""create a tool for your customers that will engage them, and keep them working for you." @logantjm"]
Logan Merrick is the Co-founder & Director of Buzinga App Development, an innovative mobile app development company in Melbourne Australia that focuses on building Startups that solve real world problems.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss whether building an app is worth it, with topics including:
How do you develop an app that sells for $12 million dollars?
Split-testing website headlines
Should most businesses have a mobile app?
How do you decide what to include when building an app?
Is it important to just start with one app store?
Which app store is best to get started with your first app?
What are the main advantages of an app over a mobile site?
Will someone that downloads your app become a better quality customer over time?
What kind of app development industry trends are happening right now?
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
WordPress [CMS]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
HubSpot [Inbound marketing software]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
If you were to think about building a mobile app, look at how you can create a tool for your customers that will engage them, and keep them working for you. | |||
03 Mar 2015 | Audio Recording Equipment – COLIN GRAY | DMR #91 | 00:36:33 | |
[Tweet ""There is no best mic for everyone. It actually depends on what YOU sound like." @thepodcasthost"]
Colin’s a Podcaster and Online Educator, and has been teaching Podcasting skills for over 6 years. You can find him over at ThePodcastHost.com.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss audio recording equipment, with topics including:
What piece of audio equipment that you have – bang for buck - would you say has had the biggest impact on your sound quality?
Should you pick a dynamic mic or a condenser mic for your home studio?
What are the concerns that people should have with a dynamic microphone?
Why is there not one best microphone for everyone?
Why is podcasting different from radio broadcasting?
Where should you route your sound after the microphone - is a mixer necessary?
What creates sound interference?
What is a Cloudlifter device and how does it help your sound recording?
Are external soundcards necessary to record interviews?
Can you just rely on on the microphone on a portable audio recorder like the Zoom H4N or H5?
Is it always important to always do a lot of post production editing?
Why can background noise sometimes be good?
Why can having a 'series' approach be better for your podcast?
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Audacity [Audio editing software]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
All Things [Task management system]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Start a podcast! | |||
10 Mar 2015 | What is Content Marketing? – CHRIS MARR | DMR #92 | 00:37:33 | |
Chris is the founder of The Content Marketing Academy - Scotland's first and only annual content marketing conference. He's also founder and host of The Marketing Academy Podcast. You can find him over at Learning-Everyday.co.uk.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss what is content marketing, with topics including:
How would you define content marketing to a small business owner?
Does content marketing include private correspondence like email?
Does every business that has a website need to be involved in some form of content marketing?
The importance of leading with your personality
If you only have 3 or 4 hours per week, should you just focus on one type of content marketing?
Is it important to publish your content at the same time every week?
Is it wise to have a schedule to produce your content before the publishing date?
What is the biggest learning experience that you have come through as a result of publishing your podcast?
What can you learn by editing your own podcast?
What are some of the biggest mistakes that businesses make with content marketing?
Why you shouldn't think of content marketing as a 'campaign'
Is it possibly to measure the impact of content marketing?
What are some of the newer content distribution opportunities in 2015?
[Tweet ""My biggest mistake was not getting offline enough" @chrismarr101"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
AllThings [Task management]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Slack [Team communication]
Meet Edgar [Social media management]
Sprout Social [Social media management]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Find a way to get your customers closer to you. Pull them in. Find a way to build a community with this one thing that you all have in common. | |||
18 Mar 2015 | Google Plus for Business tips – MARTIN SHERVINGTON | DMR #93 | 00:38:04 | |
[Tweet ""People that aren't using Google+ a lot tend to be very hard on it" @MartinSherv"]
Martin Shervington is a consultant, speaker, trainer and coach on all things Google. He’s the community manager for Plus Your Business – you can find him over at PlusYourBusiness.com.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss Google Plus for Business tips, with topics including:
Is Google+ a social layer, a social network or both?
If a small business owner doesn’t have much time to focus on social media, should Google+ be priority?
Is it more important to try to be an influencer from your personal Google Plus profile, or build up the authority of your businesses’ Google+ page?
When a business is signing up for a business page, what are some of the most important first things to do?
Does Google+ as a social destination work for the majority of businesses?
Is it possible for the average user to build up a decent volume of followers on Google+?
What are 2 or 3 post types that tens to get most engagement on Google+?
Can building up circles on Google+ be better than building your own list?
Many people such as Larry Kim from WordStream are very vocal in saying that Google+ is on the way out – what’s your response to that?
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
BufferApp [Social media scheduling]
Google AdWords [Pay per click marketing]
Genesis [WordPress framework]
Infusionsoft [CRM tool]
Circloscope [Google+ management]
NOD3x [Influencer finder]
Friends+Me [Google+ post distribution]
AgoraPulse [Facebook & Twitter social media management]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Google+ is part of the Google ecosystem. It's got a Google search engine attached to it. I think that people should ignore a lot of the press and give things a go. | |||
24 Mar 2015 | How to start an eCommerce business – PAUL RYAZANOV | DMR #94 | 00:41:50 | |
[Tweet ""budget your investment 20% to back-end development and 80% to smart marketing." @paulryazanov"]
Paul Ryazanov is an event speaker and a digital marketing expert with a focus on helping retail businesses with their eCommerce strategy. You can find him over at MageCloud.net.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss how to start an eCommerce business, with topics including:
You've spoken at quite a few events in the US – how did you get involved in that?
What on-page conversion rate tools do you use?
What would you say are some of the biggest eCommerce trends in 2015?
Why do you focus on Magento as an eCommerce platform?
What are the biggest benefits of selecting Magento over WooCommerce and Shopify?
How to keep your platform scalable?
Is it easy enough to transfer your Ecommerce platform from WooCommerce to Magento?
Why should you be careful with WooCommerce?
Is it easy enough to split test inside Magento?
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Optimizely [Conversion rate optimization]
Crazy Egg [Heat mapping software]
EyeQuant [Eye tracking software]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Outreach.io [Sales Automation Platform]
AnalyticsSEO [Enterprise SEO Platform]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Try to budget your investment with 20% of it into back-end development and 80% of it into smart marketing. | |||
30 Mar 2015 | Digital Marketing Technology & Blogging – CHRIS GARRETT | DMR #95 | 00:32:54 | |
[Tweet ""It's not about who you know. It's who knows what you can do." @chrisgarrett"]
Chris Garrett is Co-Author of the ProBlogger book and Chief Digital Officer at Copyblogger Media, responsible for Rainmaker.fm. You can find Chris over at ChrisG.com.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss Digital Marketing Technology & Blogging, with topics including:
You registered ChrisG.com back in 1998 – you've been in the digital sphere for a long time!
What do you remember about the early years of the web?
How did you get into blogging?
What about WordPress? When did you start using that?
Are you still a coder?
Given the development of social media, Is a blog more or less important for a business to have now compared with a few years ago?
Over the last couple of years we've seen inbound marketing automation software become more intelligent – what developments in marketing technology are most impacting your workflow at the moment?
Is it more difficult for the solopreneur to take on the big boys now?
And what marketing technology trends are worthwhile keeping an eye on in 2015?
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
GitHub [Online collaboration]
HipChat [Private group chat]
Skype [VOIP service]
Trello [Online workflow management]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Google Hangouts [Group video calls]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
I go back to what I said about networking being the most important part of my career. It's not about who you know. It's who knows what you can do. Networking should be about being generous to people, helping people and having people remember your value to them. Keep that network happy and positive! | |||
08 Apr 2015 | Social Signals SEO – LUKASZ ZELEZNY | DMR #96 | 00:44:57 | |
[Tweet ""What is your added value? What are you offering to customers?" @LukaszZelezny"]
Lukasz Zelezny is an event speaker, Head of Organic @uSwitchUK and self-confessed SEO, PPC & social media geek! You can also find him over at Zelezny.uk.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss social signals SEO, with topics including:
Do you think that it is necessary to be prominent on social media nowadays to have great SEO?
What impact do you think social has on Google’s algorithm?
Are elements like Facebook likes actually part of Google's algorithm?
Do social brand citations on social media have an impact on SEO?
You also blog on LinkedIn – you don’t have that content anywhere else?
Is LinkedIn the most effective social media network for you at the moment?
Is being on Google+ a good use of your time?
Is it best to focus on just a few social networks or should you try to 'be everywhere'?
Is it worthwhile treating LinkedIn as your own blogging platform?
Is it a good idea to accept anybody as a contact on LinkedIn?
How did you get in to SEO?
Is SEO not dead now? ;)
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Search Metrics [Keyword research tool]
SEMRush [Keyword research tool]
Majestic [Backlink analysis]
aHREFS [Backlink analysis]
Brand24 [Brand tracking]
TalkWalker [Social Media Analytics]
Fresh Web Explorer [Compare mentions and links]
Screaming Frog [Site crawling]
Deep Crawl [Corporate level site crawling]
Moz [On-page optimizer]
BuzzSumo [asfasf]
Hootsuite [Social media dashboard]
ViralContetBuzz [Social media sharing]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
What is your added value? What are you offering to customers? Why do you want to rank? Focus on the business objectives just now. | |||
14 Apr 2015 | At OMN London Meetup – 19th March 2015 | DMR #97 | 00:15:27 | |
I wanted to do something a little bit different for this episode of Digital Marketing Radio – because each episode so far has been recorded either using Skype or Google Hangouts. So I went along to one of the biggest digital marketing Meetups in London – OMN London it’s called and asked a few attendees and speakers there for their thoughts on the state of digital marketing today.
Later on in the episode I'm going to tell you about a brand new free SEO course that I’ve just released.
But first of all, conversations with a couple of people that I met at the OMN London meetup.
One of the first people that I got talking to was a chap called Jacob Flindt - listen to explain about him and his business.
Now it’s quite easy for those of us involved in digital marketing to live in a bit of a bubble, thinking that everyone understands the ease and benefits of marketing your business online – but that’s not always the case.
So I wanted to know whether Jacob thought that his target audience were generally comfortable with the options available to them when it comes to digital marketing.
I thought that was an interesting thing to say, because it also mirrored by own experience working as a digital marketer in the in the financial services industry for a while.
I went on to chat to Jacob about how with the proliferation of smartphone devices, digital marketing techniques were changing rapidly.
I also asked Jacob what aspect about this was affecting his industry the most.
Then Jacob and I wandered in to the main function room, had a beverage or two – and our conversion goes a bit leftfield - Jacob starts telling me about the marketing lessons that can be learned from Basil Fawlty…
I then had the opportunity to speak with Aiden Carrol, one of the evening’s speakers. And I was very impressed with Aiden’s charisma. So I started by asking him how he became such an engaging speaker.
I’d also be interested in your thoughts as well dear listener – do you like me mixing up the episode format a little bit, or do you prefer me sticking with the tried and tested format of interviews that I’ve been publishing so far? Send me a Tweet @DavidBain and tell me what you think. | |||
21 Apr 2015 | Instagram & Pinterest Marketing – KEVIN PEREIRA | DMR #98 | 00:27:31 | |
Kevin Pereira started off as a small business owner with InstaMaids, before selling up and joining
the Wet Shave Club as co-founder and CMO. There, he has repositioned the business as an eCommerce store with thousands of members. You can find him over at his Groove Learning group on Facebook.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss Instagram & Pinterest Marketing, with topics including:
Why did you decide to focus on image-based social media networks as one of the main marketing channels for Wet Shave Club?
Do you find both Instagram and Pinterest to be just as effective, or is there a better network for what you’re doing?
How do you measure traffic to your site from Instagram when there aren't any direct links from images?
So what’s your posting strategy? What types of images are more likely to engage your audience?
How do you get people to engage with you?
Do you participate in paid media spend on social media?
What’s the future for Instagram and Pinterest?
How do you identify prospective bloggers for your outreach campaigns?
What other forms of digital marketing are working particularly well for you at the moment?
What are the mistakes that you see other companies making with their online marketing activities?
[Tweet ""Be persistent. You cannot measure the success of something instantly." @wetshaveclub"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Instagress [Instagram automation software]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Intercom [Email and messaging management]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Be persistent. You cannot measure the success of something instantly. Especially when it comes to social media. It is over a long period of time. 6 months to a year. So being persistent is probably the biggest thing I would say that helped us. | |||
28 Apr 2015 | How to increase conversion rates – STEWART ROGERS | DMR #99 | 00:42:04 | |
Stewart Rogers analyzes the marketing technology sector and writes studies for VB Insight, including the State of Marketing Technology report. He also breaks martech news for VentureBeat. You can find him over at insight.venturebeat.com.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss how to increase conversion rates, with topics including:
What’s had the biggest impact on conversion rate improvement over the past 12 months?
Should you be producing content based upon your target audience, or your own personality?
How much information should you be looking for when you ask people to opt-in to your email list?
How is big data impacting email marketing?
How is personalization impacting conversion rate optimization?
How so different generations use social media?
What doesn’t work so well that used to work well a few years ago?
What are some of the biggest mistakes that you see companies making at the moment?
Can you give us a few examples of companies that are doing particularly well when it comes to conversion rate optimization?
What do you think will be some of the biggest conversion rate optimization opportunities over the coming 12 months?
What conversion rate improving marketing technology is catching your eye at the moment?
[Tweet ""Conversion rate optimization is effectively free money. Start doing it." @TheRealSJR"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
HotJar - [Visitor recordings & heatmaps]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Conversion rate optimization is effectively free money. Start doing it. | |||
05 May 2015 | Is SEO for eCommerce different? – NICK EUBANKS | DMR #100 | 00:30:53 | |
Nick Eubanks is the owner of top-ranked SEO Blog, SEONick.net and the creator of the SEO training course Master Keyword Research in 7 Days.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss SEO for eCommerce, with topics including:
What’s the difference between being OK at keyword research and mastering keyword research?
Do marketing managers understand search intent?
How specific do you need to be when you are building content to rank for specific long-tail keyword terms?
Should you focus on your who site first, or it it best to just optimize a few categories really well?
How do you attribute value - do you just use last click?
How does doing keyword research for an eCommerce store differ from doing keyword research for a service based business?
What are some particular challenges that an eCommerce business might face that other businesses might not?
What is the best CMS to use for eCommerce?
What has changed in SEO for eCommerce over the past 12 months?
What’s likely to most impact SEO for eCommerce over the coming 12 months?
[Tweet ""I don't want a desktop solution. I want to pay more money for a hosted solution." @nick_eubanks"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Term Explorer [Keyword research]
Deep Crawl [Site health]
URL Profiler [Audit links]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Pick 20 keywords for your business. Base them first on intent, second on volume and lastly on competitiveness. And then figure out how long it's going to take you to rank for these terms and what's the cost going to be. | |||
12 May 2015 | Infographic marketing strategies with DANNY ASHTON | DMR #101 | 00:31:02 | |
Danny Ashton is Founder of NeoMam - a visual content agency based in Manchester, UK.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss Infographic marketing strategies, with topics including:
What’s the difference between visual content marketing and infographic marketing?
Looking back at splash flash pages
Can widgets be useful from an SEO perspective?
Can infographics help from an SEO perspective, or are they only useful for a brand building and direct traffic driving?
What are some the mistakes made with infographics?
What is best practice when it comes to infographics?
How do you get bloggers to embed your infographic?
What’s the future for visual content marketing?
What's the difference between content marketing in the UK and content marketing in the USA
[Tweet ""Identify who your digital audience is... before you even think about blog posts..." @dannyashton"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Buzz Sumo [Content performance analysis]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Gorkana [Media database]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Identify who your digital audience is. Identify who you sell to and break all those things down. Have that before you even think about blog posts or infographics, which is often the opposite of what most people do. | |||
19 May 2015 | Are Keywords Dying in SEM? – DAVID RODNITZKY | DMR #102 | 00:35:12 | |
Back in October 2014 David Rodnitzky wrote an article called “Preparing for a keyword-less SEM world” – on the face of it that sounds an incredible thing to say. But of course Google’s advertising opportunities extend much further than pay per click ads beside search results now. Find out more in my interview with David Rodnitzky from 3QDigital.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss whether or not keywords are dying in SEM, with topics including:
How would you say Google are actually killing keywords?
Why are keywords not as important as they used to be in search engine marketing?
When did you get started in search engine advertising?
What was it like in search engine advertising back when you go started?
How much if anything of what applied back then still applies now?
What are the biggest paid advertising opportunities at the moment – Facebook / Twitter?
And of course you provide paid advertising services at 3Q Digital – can you see more of these activities being done in-house in the future?
How can you measure the effectiveness of native advertising?
If so, what does that mean for the future of agencies?
What are the likely to be the big advertising opportunities over the coming 12 months?
It is possible to successfully cross-device track visitors at the moment?
Is last click an acceptable form of attributing referring traffic credit?
[Tweet ""You need to figure out where your customers are and not beholden to a specific channel" @rodnitzky"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Excel [Spreadsheet software]
Google Analytics [Visitor tracking software]
Omniture [Visitor tracking software]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
A data management platform of some sort
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Follow your customer. Whether you're a B2B or B2C company people are using multiple devices and they're on multiple channels. And you need to figure out where your customers are and not beholden to a specific channel or a specific device, but understand the customer journey and then set up your marketing to reach them where they're actually visiting on the internet. | |||
31 Aug 2014 | DMR #1: John Lee Dumas – Is podcasting really worth it? | 00:25:00 | |
David: What has been the biggest positive change in podcasting over the past 2 years? What’s the best piece of digital marketing advice that you’ve ever received and what do you think is going to be the biggest change in podcasting over the next 2 years? Those are just 3 of the questions that I’m going to be asking today’s special guest, John Lee Dumas. John, good to have you on DMR.
John: David, I am stoked to be here and with those questions I am prepared to ignite my friends!
David: Wonderful. John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of Entrepreneur on Fire, a top ranked podcast being the best in iTunes 2013. John interviews today’s most inspiring and successful entrepreneurs 7 days a week and has been featured in both Time and Inc. Magazine and is founder of Podcaster’s Paradise - a community where podcasters can create, grow and monetize their podcasts. Entrepreneur on Fire generates over 550,000 unique downloads a month with past guests such as Seth Godin, Tim Ferriss, Barbara Corcoran, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Guy Kawasaki. Recaps of the 650+ episodes and much more can be found at EOFire.com.
John, you’ve been recognized as one of the industry leading experts in podcasting as a business. What do you think has been the biggest positive change in podcasting over the past 2 years since you got started?
John: Without a doubt David, it has been the majority of the population utilizing smartphones. It has been such a game changer when we went from 49% to 51% of people actually having a computer in their pocket, literally 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They can whip it out, they can listen to Entrepreneur On Fire, they can listen to your show and it’s streaming and it’s on demand. Biggest game changer that I’ve seen. | |||
26 May 2015 | Can ‘brick and mortar’ businesses be good content marketers? – MARK ASQUITH | DMR #103 | 00:27:43 | |
Mark Asquith is the owner of digital and design agency DMSQD - and the founder and host of the Excellence Expected podcast. You can find him over at either dmsqd.com or excellence-expected.com
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss whether 'brick and mortar' businesses can be good content marketers, with topics including:
How do you find the time to run a successful agency and a podcast that’s published 2 days a week?
Do you edit your own podcasts as well?
Why did you decide to launch a podcast?
Why a 2 day a week podcast?
Are you going to carry on with 2 episodes per week?
Do you have any plans for other shows?
As you're into design, do you interact on Pinterest and Instagram as well?
Does your podcast work closely together with your agency business or are they largely separate entities?
Do you think that all traditional businesses should be producing their own content or can this be outsourced?
Something else that you’re passionate about is great design. Where does design fit into great content marketing?
[Tweet ""Think about the users. Just give them something that's high quality." @MrAsquith"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
HotJar [Visitor heatmaps & video recordings]
Evernote [Online note taking]
Dropbox [Document and file sharing]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Cyfe [All-in-one dashboard]
Meet Edgar [Social media management]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
You've got to think about the customers. Think about the users. Just give them something that's high quality. Give them something that's got a lot of value. Give them over and above what they expect - no matter what that is, whether it's content, whether it's pricing strategy, whether it's service, whatever that is. But specifically in digital marketing you've got to get into their mindset. An that, no matter what the tactic is, no matter what the strategy is, if you can do that then you'll have much more success. | |||
02 Sep 2014 | DMR #2: George Michie – How does attribution modeling impact paid search? | 00:31:57 | |
David Bain: How has pay-per-click search changed over the last few years? What is attribution modeling and how will attribution modeling impact paid search and SEO in the future? Those are just three of the questions that I'm going to be asking today's special guest, George Michie. George, welcome to DMR.
George Michie: Thanks, David. It's great to be here.
David Bain: Oh, great to have you here. Thank you very much for joining us. George is the Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Scientist at RKG, an industry leader in search and performance marketing. George is a member of Google's Performance Marketing Council and a longstanding contributor to Search Engine Land. Chief Marketing Scientist. That sounds interesting.
George Michie: Yeah, it's a big title to live up to but ... I'll call it aspirational if nothing else.
David Bain: It certainly intrigued me. What does it involve? What would you say your role involves in a daily basis?
George Michie: I think our view is that marketing in general should be approached as a data-driven science. That we ought to apply testing methodology as you do in science. That we ought to judge performance based on metrics rather than based on strategic opinions that creative guys come up with. Creative is an incredibly important piece of marketing, but whether it works or not is something that data should determine, not the highest paid person in the room. | |||
02 Jun 2015 | Why do so many people #FAIL with PPC? – CHARLES VALHER | DMR #104 | 00:30:33 | |
Charles Valher is the CEO and founder of ‘PPC Empire’ - a company that proudly doesn’t do SEO! You can find him over at PPCEmpire.com.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss why so many people #FAIL with PPC, with topics including:
I always find it interesting to talk to people who aren't digital marketing generalists – and you've nailed your colours to the PPC mast – why pay per click?
How did you get started with PPC?
What type of paid ad works best on YouTube at the moment?
Are you charged if someone presses 'Skip' on YouTube?
How much do ads cost on YouTube?
How highly targeted can you be when you select demographics or targeted audiences on YouTube?
Why paid traffic so important in 2015?
What are the main differences between the PPC platforms?
How to know what PPC platform is right for your business?
What are the elements of a successful PPC campaign?
Why do so many people Fail with PPC?
What are your predictions for the future of PPC?
[Tweet ""There is no shortcut. Learn your skill and become a master." @CharlesValher #DigitalMarketingRadio"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Podio [Project management software]
SEMRush [Competitor research tool]
Optimyzer [AdWords tool]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Tube Master Pro [YouTube marketing software]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
If you're going to go into an area, or you're going to start your business, commit and do the grunt work. there's plenty of people that we perceive as an overnight success - but there is no shortcut. Learn your skill and become a master. | |||
09 Jun 2015 | How important is reputation management? – CHRIS SANFILIPPO | DMR #105 | 00:30:08 | |
Chris Sanfilippo is the president of Rank K.O. and a reputation management expert. You can find him over at RankKO.com.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss reputation management, with topics including:
Does every business need to be concerned about Reputation Management?
Is it possible to control Google Suggest results?
Why are micro sites such an effective reputation management strategy?
Is it ethical and right to try to try to bury negative comments that are valid?
So what are some of the best ways of removing content from search engines?
What about negative social media discussion – how do you manage that?
Do you also have to monitor forums, or any other sites?
Where should you try to publish positive, good content, so that negative content is less likely to be found?
[Tweet ""There's no need to reinvent the wheel." @csanfilippo01 #DigitalMarketingRadio"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
SERPWoo [Keyword monitor]
Mention [Where your brand is mentioned online]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Monitor Backlinks [Monitor the backlinks to your website]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
When it comes to managing your online reputation, there's no need to reinvent the wheel. Take a look at a lot of other businesses in your industry, and see what's ranking on page 1 for their business name, even look on page 2. And if you see websites starting to appear more and more, that means for this specific industry, that business listing site or that map listing site or whatever it may be, that one is going to rank higher, based on the industry that you're in. Those are going to be the websites that you are going to want to build your business listings on first - and if you go and you do that and get a dozen of those you're going to have a shot at really maintaining a good base for your online reputation because you're somewhat controlling the first page of search results. | |||
16 Jun 2015 | Can face-to-face events build your digital authority? – MIKE RUSSELL | DMR #106 | 00:32:21 | |
[ NOTE: Please note that my isn't perfect in this episode due to a recent studio move, so apologies about that! It will get better again for future episodes :) ]
Mike Russell is founder of Music Radio Creative – an audio-on-demand service based on the Isle of Wight. He’s also putting together a brand new event called New Media Europe, to be held in Manchester in September of this year.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss whether or not going to face-to-face events can build your digital authority, with topics including:
To build your digital authority fast, do you think that you have to attend face-to-face industry events?
What’s your main reasoning behind hosting live events?
Over the past year or so, you moved from producing a UK Podcasters event to a New Media event. What was your thought process being the brand shift?
What are some of the main challenges you've faced in organising your own events?
You've got some top speakers at New Media Europe. I've had some top interviewees on Digital Marketing Radio. But it’s one thing for me to get half an hour of someone’s time, compared with asking for a few days of someone’s time and flying then half-way around the world. How do you persuade people to speak at your event?
If someone’s listening to this, and they want to put on their own event, what are a few of the essential steps that they need to go through?
[Tweet ""Blogging sets up a tone but podcasting helps get people to know, like and trust you." @imikerussell"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Adobe Edition [Audio editing software]
Adobe Creative Cloud [Adobe software suite]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Analytics SEO [SEO software platform]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Start a podcast. If you're not, get on Google Hangouts. Get closer to your audience. Make a connection. The topic about this episode is all about 1-to-1 connections and meeting in person and that magic that happens when you actually meet someone - so get as close as you can to your audience. Blogging sets up a tone but podcasting helps get people to know, like and trust you. And if you can do video - I've already steered away from video for so long - and even my Adobe Edition tutorials that I have, for ages, if you watch the initial ones you will see that they are just Screenflow - there's none of me on it. And it was actually Ray Ortega who gave me this tip - he's a fantastic audio and video podcaster in the United States - he just said to me one day, "Mike, why don't you just flick on your web cam and have your face up there while you're going an Adobe tutorial." And I did. And that was the turning point for me, connecting with my audience. Because they were like - "Oh, that's Mike!" | |||
03 Sep 2014 | DMR #3: Alan Morte – What are the most important reports in Google Analytics? | 00:28:00 | |
David: What are the most important reports in Google Analytics? How should you customize your dashboards and what metrics are the most important to be keeping an eye on? Those are just three of the questions that I’m going to be asking our special guest Alan Morte today about Google Analytics. Alan thanks for joining us on DMR.
Alan: No problem. Thank you having me. I appreciate the time.
David: Alan is the president of Three Ventures where he uses analytics to help his clients increase the ROI from millions of dollars marketing spend annually. So Alan, is it nearly always Google Analytics that your clients use or are you finding that other tracking tools are just as popular?
Alan: There are other tracking tools that are just as popular. Google Analytics has the brand name behind it. Obviously you have Adobe’s products and Omniture but really it just depends on … Its going to really depend on the CTO and the technology staff and what their preferences are but Google Analytics really they do a good job with offering a free version where a lot of startups or lot of baby companies that started in 2005-2006 have implemented the products since its early infant stages and now they are getting to the point where they are becoming bigger companies heading to 5, 10, 15, 20 million dollar in annual revenue range that they already have Google Analytics in place.
We definitely see a lot of companies using Google Analytics. As far as it being the best tool, I think that varies client to client depending on what exactly the goals of the business are; maybe the plan or objectives of the quarter year etc.; maybe five year plan something like that. | |||
23 Jun 2015 | How is conversion rate optimization evolving in 2015? – MATT DYOR | DMR #107 | 00:29:36 | |
Matt Dyor is Founder at Payboard, where he helps customers generate more business value from their existing website traffic. You can find him over at Payboard.com.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss conversion rate optimization (CRO), with topics including:
How do you define conversion optimization?
How has conversion optimization changed over the past few years?
How do you track visitors across multiple devices?
How is customer journey optimization different than conversion optimization?
What are a few of the biggest mistakes that companies are making with conversion optimization at the moment?
Why is it a good time for marketers to start focusing on conversion optimization?
Should everyone in a marketing department be aware of conversion optimization and what to do about it?
Do smaller companies have an advantage over larger companies when it comes to CRO?
[Tweet ""Empathise with people who have no idea why you're awesome!" @mattdyor"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Twitter [Social media]
ZootRock [Social media management]
Buffer App [Social media management]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Marketo [Marketing automation software]
Also, here's Matt's blog post that we discussed, talking about Twitter advertising.
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Be data driven. Really empathise with people who have no idea why you're awesome & look at the world from their perspective & help them figure out why you're awesome as soon as possible. | |||
30 Jun 2015 | What are the latest trends in SEO? – MICHAEL FLEISCHNER | DMR #108 | 00:39:15 | |
Michael Fleischner has appeared on the TODAY Show, ABC World News, Bloomberg Radio, and other major media like Digital Marketing Radio! He’s author of SEO Made Simple and you can find him over at BigFinSolutions.com and in his My SEO Made Simple community.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss the latest trends in SEO, with topics including:
Is it possible to to practice SEO nowadays as a silo artform, or in 2015 is it always necessarily to practice integrated marketing?
How would you define integrated marketing?
What would you say are the latest trends in SEO?
What are the most significant ways in which SEO has changed in the last couple of years?
What are the keys to an effective organic optimization strategy now?
Do you have any predictions of how SEO might evolve in the future?
Will SEO ever die?
[Tweet ""Always be learning. There is so much happening and so much changing so rapidly." @mfleischner"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Google Analytics [Website visitor tracking]
Moz [SEO campaign management]
Hootsuite [Social media management]
Also Michael mentioned Link Detox in the main show dicsussion
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Traditional marketing platforms in general
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Always be learning. There is so much happening and so much changing so rapidly. | |||
07 Jul 2015 | YouTube Marketing Guide – NATHAN HAGUE | DMR #109 | 00:57:32 | |
Today on Digital Marketing Radio I'm joined by the marketer other marketers go to for YouTube advertising advice - Nathan Hague.
In this episode we discuss his YouTube marketing guide, with topics including:
Can YouTube really drive quality leads to a business?
How should you structure your YouTube ads?
What should you do with tablet traffic viewing your video ads?
Should you target YouTube categories or specific videos with your advertising?
How do you differentiate your desktop and tablet traffic?
How can you take advantage of tags on other people's videos?
What software do you use to manage your YouTube advertising campaigns?
[Tweet ""I hate websites - they suck and they can die!" @australiawow"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Facebook
Target Grow [Targeted Twitter followers]
The Green Button [LinkedIn]
Twubs.com [Find Twitter chats]
SocialBro.com [Twitter marketing]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
KissMetrics [Analytics software]
Hootsuite [Twitter management]
Xero [Accounting software]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Take a step back and survey all that is marketing, take stock what it working and have a look at what is really working for you according to your analytics and make some business decisions for your future based on that, and not on what you think you should be doing. | |||
14 Jul 2015 | How has digital marketing strategy changed through the years? – DR DAVE CHAFFEY| DMR #110 | 00:32:42 | |
Today I'm joined by someone who’s been a digital strategist since 1997 - he’s author of 5 best-selling books and recognised by the Chartered Institute of Marketing as one of 50 worldwide gurus who have shaped the future of marketing - Dr Dave Chaffey. You can find Dave over at smartinsights.com.
In this episode of Digital Marketing Radio we discuss digital marketing strategy through the years, with topics including:
You've been a digital strategist since 1997 - so that means that you've seen lots of changes. But what stays the same? Can you think of one strategy or technique that you’ve been teaching since the very beginning that hasn't changed at-all?
Are you generally in favour of as many digital marketing activities as possible being carried out in-house, or are there activities that agencies generally do better than in-house?
In your book, “Digital Marketing - Strategy, Implementation and Practice” you talk about B2B digital marketing and B2C digital marketing - how would you summarise the main differences between the activities involved in B2B digital marketing versus B2C digital marketing?
You also changed the name of your book from Internet Marketing to Digital Marketing - and I also changed the name of my own training program from the 26-Week Internet Marketing Plan to the 26-Week Digital Marketing Plan - what were YOUR reasons for changing from “Internet marketing” to “Digital marketing”?
You wrote a book on email marketing - Do you think email marketing is more important now than it’s ever been?
What are some of the major digital marketing trends to be aware of at the moment?
[Tweet ""I don't get why businesses don't seem to invest in CRO." @DaveChaffey"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Google Analytics [Analytics software]
Kiss Metrics [Analytics software]
WordPress [CMS]
Hootsuite [Social media management]
Buffer [Social media management]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Infusionsoft [Marketing automation]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
I don't get why businesses don't seem to invest in CRO. You need to be running tests across the whole website, the whole customer journey. | |||
04 Sep 2014 | DMR #4: Paul Julius – How important is A/B testing? | 00:25:28 | |
David Bain: What exactly is A/B testing? Why is it important? How do you determine a split testing winner? Those are just three of the questions that I'm going to be asking our special guest today, Paul Julius. Paul, thanks for joining us on DMR.
Paul Julius: Hi, David. Great to be here.
David Bain: Good to have you here. Could you begin by telling us a little bit more about you and perhaps what you do yourself as well?
Paul Julius: Sure. Right now I work for a company called Consultwebs. We're a legal marketing firm. I run all the AdWords paid search campaigns for all our clients. That includes setting up the campaigns, doing the keyword research, managing their budgets, really all that thing. Optimizing for ROI is the bottom line.
David Bain: Okay. Paid so search, does that encompass more than pay-per-click or it's just pay-per-click that you focus on?
Paul Julius: The primary thing that I think everybody's most familiar with is Google AdWords. We have looked into some other things like doing content marketing with stuff like Outbrain and smaller media buys and native advertising, too, but the main thing, I would say, is pay-per-click.
David Bain: Okay. You work in a really competitive marketplace. Is that correct? Most of your clients are in the law area, if I'm not mistaken.
Paul Julius: Yes, sir. Absolutely. It is very competitive, and they are all in the legal field, which has some of the highest cost per clicks out there, right below insurance and mortgage.
Yeah, it's competitive and it's tough to squeeze every value - every little bit of value - we can out of each click. | |||
21 Jul 2015 | Is Apple’s iOS 9 a ‘Game Changer’? – ED DALE | DMR #111 | 00:44:43 | |
I'm joined today by one of Australia's top digital marketers - he's the creator of The Challenge and the Founder of MagCast - Ed Dale.
This episode of Digital Marketing Radio is brought to you by DEEPCrawl. When you need a comprehensive website crawler, that identifies and monitors how your site is performing through the eyes of a search engine, I recommend DEEPCrawl. DEEPCrawl gives a complete and accurate picture of the health of your website architecture - and identifies where the gaps are. Get your free website crawl of up to 10,000 URLs at DEEPCrawl.com/report.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss whether Apple's iOS 9 is a 'Game Changer', with topics including:
Should businesses that only have websites and don’t have apps be worried or is it perfectly OK just to potter on, just with a website?
Is it necessary to be on any other app store, or is Apple the only one that counts at the moment?
Apple are in the process of testing the release of iOS 9 as we speak - and one of the features that they’re releasing is in-app search. And that allows Apple to crawl the website of the app. It also allows the app to handle deep linking and support structured data to surface in search. Could any of that be a game-changer?
Should Google be scared?
What about the Apple watch - is that something that you’ve got or planning to get yourself?
[Tweet ""often the things that actually work are not the things that you thought would work." @Ed_Dale"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
RSS Readers in general
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Slack [Group communication software]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
You need to be testing. Because often the things that actually work are not the things that you thought would work. | |||
28 Jul 2015 | Periscope marketing for business – MARK SHAW | DMR #112 | 00:24:31 | |
The Periscope personal broadcasting app was launched just a few month ago, but it’s already seeing over a million broadcasts per month. And today’s guest is one of the leading Periscope authorities with over 20,000 followers - Mark Shaw. You can find Mark over at MarkShaw.biz.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss Periscope marketing for business, with topics including:
Why did you so quickly decide that Periscope was the place to be?
Meerkat’s another personal broadcasting app - is Periscope better than Meerkat?
How would you describe Periscope to someone that doesn’t know much about it?
Does every business need to be aware of Periscope?
Is Periscope a place for brands - or is it better for individuals?
What are a couple of your best tips for getting started on Periscope?
What are some of the mistakes that you see people and businesses making on Periscope?
[Tweet ""The world needs more doers, not more talkers. DO IT!" @markshaw"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Gmail [Email] & Google Calendar
Dropbox [Document sharing & storage]
Hootsuite [Document sharing & storage]
Periscope [Mobile broadcasting app]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Buffer [adADad]
Twilert [adADad]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
The world needs more doers, not more talkers. DO IT! | |||
04 Aug 2015 | Should every business be split-testing web pages? – ALEX HARRIS | DMR #113 | 00:32:01 | |
Today I’m pleased to be talking to an award-winning web designer, a man who’s created over 7000 different A/B split tests - he’s the founder and host of Marketing Optimization TV - welcome to DMR, Alex Harris!
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss split-testing web pages, with topics including:
What got you so passionate about website conversion rates?
I’ve been watching the most recent episode of your podcast, Marketing Optimization TV - that’s episode 104 as we record this. And Ton, your guest on that episode says that if you’re getting below 1000 conversions per month, don’t do A/B testing. Is that something you agree with?
What are some of the things that a business should focus on before starting A/B testing?
What are some of the general good web design practices that work well at the moment?
There are so many specialist, pre-tested landing pages now like LeadPages and Unbounce. Is this the best place to start?
Do you conduct multivariate tests - or do you prefer A/B tests?
What’s your favourite software for split-testing? How else is web design changing?
[Tweet ""The way you see your website is a lot different than the way your customer sees it." @alexdesigns"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
VWO [Website CRO optimization]
Optimizely [Website CRO optimization]
Google Analytics [Analytics software]
Hotjar [User tracking]
Inspectlet [Heatmaps]
Survey Monkey [Surveys]
User Testing [User journey funnels]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Hubspot [Marketing automation]
Marketo [Marketing automation]
Vero [Email personalisation]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
It's not about winning awards. It's really about getting results. Not only for yourself and for your clients, or the companies that you work for. But you really want to build yourself as a person of character, focused on results. If you are known to produce, and to produce results, you'll always be able to get a job. So don't assume that you just need to have a pretty website. You want to really have it focused on results. | |||
11 Aug 2015 | Creating a Holistic Digital Marketing Strategy – ANTHONY KIRLEW | DMR #114 | 00:28:52 | |
Today I’m pleased to be talking to a man, who founded his first Internet Marketing firm back in 1999. He’s worked for a large search agency, in-house for couple of major brands and is a regular conference speaker - he's welcome to DMR, Anthony Kirlew.
You can find Anthony over at AnthonyKirlew.com.
Today on Digital Marketing Radio we discuss how to create a holistic digital marketing strategy, with topics including:
Do you think that brick and mortar businesses generally ‘get’ digital marketing nowadays more than they used to a few years ago?
What do you feel businesses struggle most with at the moment when it comes to digital marketing?
Tell me about your 'SWOT' approach to digital marketing
What would you say are the things that businesses think that they’re doing well - but they’re actually not?
If you’re doing work for a bigger business that employs multiple agencies to do different digital marketing activities - is it possible to tie everything together in a joint approach?
[Tweet ""Before starting a marketing plan, make sure you know who your target customer is" @AnthonyKirlew"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
iOS [iPhone operating system]
Sprout Social [Social media management]
Google Drive [Document sharing]
Quicktime [Watch & edit videos]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Periscope [Mobile broadcasting]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Before starting a marketing plan, make sure that you know who your target customer is, know what their specific needs are, and know how you can serve those needs in a way that's different than your competition. | |||
05 Sep 2014 | DMR #5: Cathy Boudreau – How to automate your inbound marketing | 00:26:50 | |
David Bain: What exactly is inbound marketing? How can it help to automate your marketing? Is lead nurturing really worth it? Those are just three of the questions that I intend to ask our special guest today, Cathy Boudreau. Cathy, welcome to DMR.
Cathy Boudreau: Hi, David. Thanks for having me.
David Bain: Thanks for joining us. Cathy is a social media manager for Harvest Solutions, a CRM automation consultancy firm. Cathy deals with all of the Harvest Solutions' inbound marketing efforts, using HubSpot as a marketing automation tool. Cathy, for those listening who don't really know, how would you describe inbound marketing?
Cathy Boudreau: I would describe inbound marketing as a way to market to people without giving them an interruption, such as with outbound marketing, you're making phone calls or sending them direct mail pieces. That's all considered outbound and interruptive. Whereas, inbound is you're getting people to come to you.
They're doing a search on the internet and they find you. They find information on your website. They download an offer that you’ve put on your website. All of that stuff is coming in to you. That's how I would describe inbound versus outbound. | |||
18 Aug 2015 | Building brand visibility through relationships – ALEXANDRA TACHALOVA | DMR #115 | 00:44:47 | |
Today I’m pleased to be joined by someone who was responsible the explosion of SEMrush’s brand presence in Europe. She now focuses on helping to drive the brand awareness of many different digital marketing tools - welcome Alexandra Tachalova (@AlexTachalova on Twitter and here on LinkedIn)
On this episode of Digital Marketing Radio we discuss building brand visibility through relationships, with topics including:
Do you really think that building relationships with experts can result in measurable marketing success?
Is it possible that investing in relationships can result in a better ROI compared with other more traditional digital marketing tactics?
How do you go about building those relationships?
How do you leverage the power of those relationships from a marketing perspective?
What kind of marketing activities would benefit from these relationships?
How would you run these marketing activities?
Can you think of a time that you’ve actually been able to measure the impact that building these relationships in terms of brand visibility?
[Tweet ""If you really care about your business, focus on real people - on real emotions." @AlexTachalova"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
BuzzSumo [Social media monitoring]
Ahrefs [Backlink analysis & content explorer]
SEMRush [Competitive intelligence]
Kerboo [Data intelligence]
SEOMonitor [SEO Performance tool]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Horizon by Branded3 (Yet to launch to the public) [Competitive intelligence tool]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Don't waste your time on trying to somehow trick Google with manipulative techniques and link building; anything which isn't focused on building real relationships. If you really care about your time and your business, focus on real people - on real emotions. This is the best approach. If you invest in a couple of people per week, or per month, it's going to pay you great dividend in the end. Because those people can share real interaction. And on top of that, they may even write blog posts about you and mention you in their speeches. That will have a significant effect on your brand authority and visibility. | |||
25 Aug 2015 | Facebook Marketing Today – DENNIS YU | DMR #116 | 00:43:26 | |
Today I’m joined by an internationally recognized expert in Facebook marketing. Someone who’s an author at InsideFacebook and also been featured in the Wall Street Journal. He’s the co-founder and CTO at Blitz Metrics – welcome to DMR, Dennis Yu!
On this episode of Digital Marketing Radio we discuss Facebook marketing today, with topics including:
How much has the Facebook marketing opportunity changed in the past 12 months or so?
Are there certain business sectors that do best when it comes to Facebook marketing – or can Facebook marketing really work for any business?
What are some of the mistakes that you see businesses making with marketing on Facebook at the moment, and how can these mistakes be rectified?
What’s some of the best practice to squeeze maximum business results out of Facebook?
Is it important to build a personal brand on Facebook or can just focusing on Facebook as a business brand work?
Should your business personality be more light-hearted on Facebook that on other social sites like LinkedIn?
Is the big opportunity with remarketing or more conventional pay per click advertising?
What’s some of the best practice with remarketing?
Do you advise using Facebook’s native advertising platform for managing a remarketing campaign or is it better to use a service like AdRoll or Perfect Audience?
[Tweet ""Learn through the mistakes that we've made with other people's money." @dennisyu"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Boomerang [Email reminder system]
Ghostery [Chrome plugin]
Infusionsoft [Communication sequencing]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
AdEspresso [Facebook advertising management]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
I'm the Check-List King. I want you to follow these check lists and go through them and give me feedback. Go to BlitzMetrics.com/GTM and start there - and then you're going to learn about how to do Facebook advertising for a dollar a day. You're going to learn about the set-up checklist, you're going to learn about personal branding which is at BlitzMetrics.com/PBG. I want everyone to go through these checklists, and if you find something that really resonates with you, tweet at me (@dennisyu), or talk about it on LinkedIn - or email me (dennis [at] blitzmetrics.com). I want to see your success. I am here because I want to see everyone be successful based upon some obvious things that we have learned through making lots of mistakes with other people's money. | |||
01 Sep 2015 | Is Google AdWords too expensive for most businesses? – BRAD GEDDES | DMR #117 | 00:33:01 | |
Today I’m pleased to be joined by the author of the most comprehensive and well-received book on Google AdWords in print - it’s called Advanced Google AdWords. Some of the brands that he’s worked with include Amazon, Yahoo, and Business.com. He’s the co-founder of Ad-Alysis - welcome to DMR, Brad Geddes!
On this episode of Digital Marketing Radio we discuss whether Google AdWords is to expensive for most businesses, with topics including:
Is it really possible for a regular business to bring in lots of profitable traffic from Google AdWords nowadays - or is it much more difficult than it used to be?
What are some of the biggest mistakes that you see companies making with Google AdWords campaigns?
Is it more difficult for certain industries?
What’s the secret behind achieving a great quality score?
On a limited budget is it best to start with exact match keywords, or are there other just as effective ways to get going?
Should a business use specialist landing page pages from companies like Unbounce or is a regular website OK?
What are the best things to split test?
[Tweet ""If your site doesn't convert you shouldn't spend any money on paid search." @bgtheory"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
AdWords Editor [PPC Ad Editor]
Bing Editor [PPC Ad Editor]
Excel [Microsoft spreadsheet software]
AdAlysis [Ad testing]
Windows Live Writer [Blogging tool]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Marin [PPC campaign management software]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Ensure your website converts for traffic you send it. It doesn't matter what your medium is. Email's great. Social's great. SEO is great. Paid search is great. If your website can't convert it, who cares? | |||
08 Sep 2015 | How does PR work in 2015? – BEKI WINCHEL | DMR #118 | 00:40:12 | |
Today I'm joined by an author, a speaker and a social media consultant, all rolled into one! She’s the co-editor of the leading PR, marketing and social media publication “PR Daily” – welcome to DMR, Beki Winchel! You can find Beki over at PRDaily.com and on her About page.
On this episode of Digital Marketing Radio we discuss how PR works ion 2015, with topics including:
What’s the difference between traditional PR, and PR in 2015?
Is it time to completely forget about traditional PR?
Is PR part of marketing or is it a separate discipline?
What’s the difference between social media and modern PR?
Take me through the steps of building relationships with influencers.
What mediums are working really effectively for you at the moment to communicate with influencers - so which social network is working really well - and how do you get in touch?
How does video fit into the mix?
[Tweet ""It's not about YOU. In good relationships, people put the other person first." @bekiweki"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Bundle Post [Social media curation]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Analytics tools
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
It's NOT about YOU. In good relationships, people put the other person first. | |||
15 Sep 2015 | Why Good Content is not enough: and what to do about it – DAVID SHAW | DMR #119 | 00:29:59 | |
Today I’m pleased to be joined by an experienced CMO and technology savvy entrepreneur. Someone with a passion for digital marketing and how technology can help his clients achieve their goals - welcome to DMR, David Shaw! You can find David over at DavidMarkShaw.com.
On this episode of Digital Marketing Radio we discuss why Good Content is not enough, with topics including:
If I work in a business and I produce what I consider to be a great piece of content - and I do this on a weekly basis, surely eventually if the content’s good enough, at least after a while, something’s going to get some viral traction?
Was content by itself ever good enough?
Is it getting harder to be a content marketer?
What type of content works best at the moment?
How do you market a piece of content?
What’s the future for content marketing?
[Tweet ""Be consistent with your content production. Consistency is the key." @Davidmarkshaw"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Buffer App [Social sharing scheduling]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Optimizely [Split testing software]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Be consistent with your content production. Consistency is the key. Be as valuable, as useful as possible and the customers will come. | |||
22 Sep 2015 | Is it still necessary to be creative to build a great website? – JONATHAN TILLEY | DMR #120 | 00:33:47 | |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QdEDT1CIMA
Today I’m pleased to be joined by someone who helps creative people transition into being successful, creative freelancers with website makeovers, e-courses, and public speaking. He’s also spoken at TEDx – and while there, took the time to roll around the floor – as a cat. Find out more about Jonathan at JonathanTilley.com.
On this episode of Digital Marketing Radio we discuss whether it is still necessary to be creative to build a great website, with topics including:
In a world where there are so many wonderful website templates, is it still necessary to be creative to build a great website?
On your own website, you say that you help clients with 5 main things..
1. Build a responsive website
2. A logo
3. An about page
4. Website security
5. Promo material like business cards
Why is a logo important? What are the important characteristics of an effective logo?
Why do you need to have a prominent ‘About’ page? What should it include? Why?
Why are hard-copy promo materials important?
What should business cards include?
What other hard-copy promo materials work?
[Tweet ""Don't do it unless it's fun!" @JonathanTilley5"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
MailChimp [Email marketing software]
Procron [Social media scheduling]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Periscope [Personal broadcasting]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Don't do it unless it's fun! This is a huge adjust/pivot point for me. I was doing everything that you're supposed to do like article submission, guest blog posting; and I tried all those different things out and it became so tedious and I was just so pissed off with everything. And I was just chatting with my friends and they were saying, 'this doesn't seem like fun for you anymore'. And they said 'why don't you try to do something that is fun?' | |||
29 Sep 2015 | Personal Branding: Why Ugly Never Wins and what to do about it – PHIL PALLEN | DMR #121 | 00:50:24 | |
My guest today build brands for TV personalities, experts and entrepreneurs. You've seen his clients on on television, including Shark Tank, Dancing with the Stars and The X Factor. He’s also author of a book called “Shut up and Tweet” - welcome to DMR, Phil Pallen. (You can find Phil over at PhilPallen.co.)
On this episode of Digital Marketing Radio we discuss personal branding, with topics including:
Can an ugly person become beautiful?
What makes a beautiful person appear ugly?
What are some of the best things to do when reaching out to people for the first time?
What are some of the mistakes that people make when presenting themselves to the public?
What are some of the most effective ways to get noticed by influencers?
If you’re being interviewed, what are a few things that you need to do to improve how you’re perceived?
How do you decide on a brand’s personality?
[Tweet ""You'll get there if you make it about THEM, not YOU." @philpallen"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Google Docs [Document management]
BillingsPro [Online Invoicing by MarketCircle]
Evernote [Collect ideas for podcasts]
Pinterest Secret Boards [Personal brand ideas]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Infusionsoft [Online communication management]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Remember that it's not about YOU. Successful brands are built when we make it about THEM, when we satisfy a need - like any good business does. So make it about the person that you're selling to, or you're offering something to. | |||
06 Oct 2015 | Is it important for every marketer to understand the art of storytelling? – JEREMY BOEH | DMR #122 | 00:22:50 | |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQYiwQU7Jvc
Today's guest describes himself as a consultant, a storyteller and a builder. He's also the Entrepreneurship Director of NEXT High School in Greenville South Carolina and one of the co-founders and original architects of The Space - an entrepreneurship programme at Wofford College. Welcome to DMR, Jeremy Boeh.
On this episode of Digital Marketing Radio we discuss the art of storytelling in marketing, with topics including:
Is it important for every marketer to understand the art of storytelling?
How would you define being a good storytelling marketer?
What would you say makes a good story?
What's the starting point if you want to weave a better story about your brand?
What are one or two examples of brands that do storytelling really well?
I'm sure that you can do storytelling the wrong way as well - what are some of the pitfulls to avoid?
Where do you incorporate a good story into your content - do you need to weave your story into all types of content like your site and emails or is it best just to use your blog and social media to do your storytelling?
How do you measure the ROI of storytelling?
[Tweet ""Hustle over recognition and impact over everything." @jeremy_BAY"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
HootSuite [Social media management]
The entire Google Apps system
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Periscope [Personal broadcasting tool]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Understand that IMPACT should be at the beginning of everything you do. Hustle over recognition and impact over everything. If you're making an impact, the end result should be that you're improving people's lives and not how much money you're making from it. | |||
13 Oct 2015 | What are the traits of a good social brand? – TIMM MCVAIGH | DMR #123 | 00:41:26 | |
Today I’m pleased to be joined by someone that helped me the first time I used Blab. He’s got more than 25 years’ experience in marketing, having assisted companies like Coca Cola, American Express and Proctor & Gamble in the past. Welcome to DMR, Timm McVaigh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0wnxaOvDxI
On this episode of Digital Marketing Radio we discuss the traits of a good social brand, with topics including:
In the future, will it be possible for brands to be a success without being social?
What are the traits of a good social brand?
What is the social aspect of a brand? Can a logo or “persona” be sociable, or is it down to the people in the organisation?
Surely if a company’s products or services are good enough then their customers will do the talking on behalf of the brand on social media?
Should your brand’s social voice always be congruent with your brand identity?
How should personal brands and corporate brands sit together?
So much has happened in the digital world over the past few years. Can you imagine how social platforms might continue to evolve, and if so how brands might have to adapt?
[Tweet ""A good social brand listens more than it speaks." @brandideas"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Adobe Creative Cloud [Design and creative software]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Social analytics tools in general
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
You've got to transform your brand beyond logo and message and the thing that we do to the thing that it does for someone else. And that means having a conversation. That means allowing your you to be the voice of that relationship. Social means that we've become a person in a corporate world, and that corporate voice has to be more a person than just 'we are a company changing the future'. People want to know why you're changing the future and have a conversation around how can we help to change the future with you. | |||
08 Sep 2014 | DMR #6: Jamie Turner – How has mobile marketing evolved? | 00:31:27 | |
David: Why is it essential to claim your business online? How differently do customers interact with mobile compared with desktop and how are the most progressive businesses using mobile marketing in 2014? Those are just three of the questions that I intend to ask today’s special guest, Jamie Turner. Jamie welcome to DMR.
Jamie: Glad to be here. I’m really flattered that you asked me to join in the conversation.
David: Wonderful to have you. Well, Jamie Turner is an internationally recognized author and thought leader who’s helped the Coca Cola Company, AT&T, and CNN to tackle complex marketing issues. He’s also coauthor of Go Mobile which was the number 1, best selling mobile marketing book on Amazon.
Jamie, I guess mobile marketing has gone from starting to happen in 2012 to absolutely essential in 2014?
Jamie: It really has. We’re really in an era where people are using mobile more and more frequently to connect with the brands they love. In fact, I know you’re based out of the UK. I was born in London but in the United States, more than 50% of our time is spent on mobile devices. Now let me define that so that it doesn’t throw a curve ball to too many people. Mobile is defined as a smartphone or a tablet, but if you take those two things and put them together, more than 50% of the average person’s time in the United States is now spent on mobile devices as opposed to their desktop computer. It’s finally the year of mobile. It’s actually here, people have been talking about this is the year of mobile forever. We’re actually really doing it, and things are rocking and rolling on that front. | |||
20 Oct 2015 | Monetizing Yourself – NATALIE SISSON | DMR #124 | 00:34:05 | |
Today I’m pleased to be joined by someone who’s built a multiple six figure business, while travelling the world. A lady who is a number 1 bestselling author, podcaster, speaker and adventurer who believes everybody has the right to choose freedom in business and adventure in life - welcome to DMR, Natalie Sisson! (You can find Natalie over at SuitcaseEntrepreneur.com.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0C4vfl2H4A
On this episode of Digital Marketing Radio we discuss monetizing Yourself, with topics including:
Can anyone monetize themselves online?
What’s a realistic timescale to start to bring in a few thousand dollars per month?
What are some of the initial steps to get started?
Is it possible to do this part time?
What are a few strategies that are working particularly well at the moment?
What things used to work but aren’t so effective now?
Will this get easier or harder in the future?
[Tweet ""Listen to @yoda: Do or do not. There is no try." @nataliesisson"]
Software I couldn't live without
What software do you currently use in your business that if someone took away from you, it would significantly impact your marketing success?
Asana [Task management tool]
Paypal [Online payments]
Google Apps [Google Drive, calendar & Gmail]
Time Doctor [Software for time management]
What software don't you use, but you've heard good things about, and you've intended to try at some point in the near future?
Hubspot [Marketing automation software]
Click Funnels [Marketing automation software]
My number 1 takeaway
What's the single most important step from our discussion that our listeners need to take away and implement in their businesses?
Listen to Yoda: Do or do not. There is no try. We need a lot more doers in this world and less people going "I'll try that someday" or "I don't have time for that". I'm all about taking action and I think at the end of the day, if you want to make something of your life, if you want to impact people, if you want to do good in this world and leave a really cool legacy, take action and don't put off doing tomorrow what you could do today. |