The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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