Monthly Archives: October 2020

The Journey from Startup to Sold Again

The Journey from Startup to Sold Again written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing

Marketing Podcast with Jon Hall

CEO of SwitchbirdIn this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Jon Hall, former founder of Grade.us and current founder and CEO of Switchbird.

Grade.us helps businesses thrive in a world where the voice of the customer is everything focusing on helping businesses with reviews.

Switchbird is a software that connects to your business phone and engages voice callers via text to generate more value from every call. A spin-off of PWN Local’s business text messaging product.

Questions I ask Jon Hall:

  • You sold Grade.us – how did that happen?
  • Grade.us is called a Growth company. Have you ever said I’m in over my head?
  • How did it come together – who started the idea of rolling all of the competitors into one entity?
  • Was there a plan for you to leave?
  • Looking back at your career is there anything you’d do differently?
  • How do you use text messaging?
  • How do all these free messaging technologies that are becoming mainstream affect your service?
  • Is there a generational aspect to this tool?

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How to Be a Better You

How to Be a Better You written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing

Marketing Podcast with Brant Menswar

Black SheepIn this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Brant Menswar, one of the country’s top motivational speakers, a critically acclaimed author, award-winning musician, podcast host, and the CEO and founder of Rock Star Impact, a boutique agency that teaches people and organizations how to cultivate values-based leadership. 

His work has influenced the culture of some of the world’s leading organizations. Passionate, engaging and transformational, Brant encourages audiences to move forward with deliberate intention. His interactive and entertaining techniques of defining what matters most compel audiences to dive deeper into their lives, identify their Black Sheep Values and speak their life-changing power into existence.  

Brant Menswar is the author of Black Sheep – Unleash the Extraordinary Awe-Inspiring Undiscovered You 

Questions I ask Brant Menswar:

  • You believe we’ve been lied to in terms of purpose. What does that mean?
  • Are you putting more accountability on us?
  • Are most people winging it?
  • Why Black Sheep?
  • How do you discover what your personal core values are?
  • Is it okay to wish you were something more?
  • What’s it mean to take care of other people’s sheep?
  • How do I make my core values appear when I need them?
  • What is Cannonball Kids?

More about Brant Menswar:

  • To find your black sheep FindYourBlackSheep.com
  • For more about Brant Menswar

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How to Improve Your PR Content Online

How to Improve Your PR Content Online written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing

Marketing Podcast with Farzad Rashidi

Co-Founder at ResponaIn this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Farzad Rashidi Co-founder of Respona, the all-in-one digital PR and link building software that combines personalization with productivity.

Farzad Rashidi is also the Director of Marketing at Visme. At Visme his marketing efforts have helped the company gain over 4.5 million users and pass 1.5M monthly organic traffic. Farzard’s goal is to help other companies achieve the same success via Respona.

Questions I ask Farzad Rashidi:

  • How do you help make your customers successful?
  • What’s the proven formula that works at Visme?
  • How do you leverage backlinks and link pages?
  • How do you view getting in front of influencers?
  • Does the media or traditional journalists still have a place in your marketing plan?

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Gusto LogoThis episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Gusto.

Look paydays are great. Running payroll, calculating taxes, deductions, compliance that’s not easy. Unless you have Gusto! Gusto is simple online payroll and benefits build just for small business. Because you are a listener of this show you get 3 months free once you run your first payroll.

To learn more, go to Gusto.com/tape