Rattle & Pedal: B2B Marketing Podcast
Jason Mlicki & Jeff McKay
Jason Mlicki, agency leader, and Jeff McKay, former global CMO, discuss growth, marketing, and life in professional services in this weekly podcast. The duo offers divergent thoughts on solving the issues practice leaders and marketers confront—or probably should—including stupid sh*t Marketing should NOT do, how Marketing ruins everything, the BS of professional services, and unleashing your Young Turks. Executive guests and industry experts join frequently to share their insights and experiences. It’s all served up with humor and a refreshing dose of reality from two guys who know how to grow firms.
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Mar 3, 2019 • 0sec
Smart Sh*t Marketing Should Do
Last week we talked about the stupid things marketing shouldn’t be doing in professional services firms. So what are the smart things marketing should be doing to help their firm grow? Let’s take a look.
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Feb 24, 2019 • 0sec
Stupid Sh*t Marketing Should Not Do
Pardon our language, but we’ve come across a lot of things that get thrown on marketing’s plate in professional services firms that simply shouldn’t be there. They’re either a waste of resources, they don’t align with a strategy, or they should be owned by partners instead. So what’s on the list?
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Feb 17, 2019 • 0sec
Coining the Key Speech: A Conversation with CEO Gil Hantzsch of MSA
Gil Hantzsch, CEO of MSA Professional Services, joins Jason Mlicki to talk about the key speech he delivered to his employees to share his vision for the firm while in the midst of a rebrand.
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Feb 10, 2019 • 0sec
Are You Managing a Brand? Or Minding a Legacy?
When you’re trying to build a legacy you’re focused farther out than meeting this year’s numbers. You’re focused on shaping how the marketplace views what it is you do. In this episode, Jason and Jeff discuss what building a legacy looks like inside a professional services firm.
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Feb 3, 2019 • 0sec
How to Hire Agencies for Results NOT Deliverables
In this episode, Jason and Jeff discuss different types of agency-client relationships and offer perspective from both sides on how both agencies and the companies who hire them can have a better experience working together and ultimately, reach the desired results of a project.
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Jan 27, 2019 • 0sec
Do You Really Need Brand Awareness?
Your firm may have brand awareness, but does it have brand relevance? And what’s the difference? In this episode, Jason and Jeff dive into the role of brand awareness versus brand relevance and how they fit together in a firm.
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Jan 20, 2019 • 0sec
Managing Your HighPos
In the previous episode, Unleashing the Young Turks In Your Firm, Jason and Jeff talked about how to identify high potential employees. But once you find them—or they make themselves known—how should you go about managing them?
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Jan 13, 2019 • 0sec
Unleashing the Young Turks in Your Firm
What does it mean to be a Young Turk and how can leaders identify and empower these people in their own firm?
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Jan 6, 2019 • 0sec
Marketing Ruins Everything
Jason and Jeff discuss a list of things marketing has ruined, and on the flip side, what marketing has made better. And they leave marketers with a positive message on how they can differentiate themselves and be better marketers.
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Dec 16, 2018 • 0sec
How Grant Thornton Punches Above Its Weight: Interview w/ Grant Thornton CEO Mike McGuire
Jeff McKay talks with Grant Thornton CEO Mike McGuire about the firm’s unique structure and culture that embraces disruption and facilitates innovation, creativity and growth.
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