Leanna DeBellevue
Don’t be afraid to fail, it is a given that you will fail at some point. Go all in, that is the only way to know long lasting success. When…
Marketing is part art, part science, and part educated guessing. The founders here know all three. They’ve built agencies, launched brands, and figured out how to get people to pay attention. Which, in a world drowning in content, is no small feat.
These interviews cover the full spectrum. SEO. Content marketing. Social media. Brand strategy. Paid acquisition. Influencer marketing back before everyone was an influencer. The landscape keeps changing, and the people featured here have been adapting in real time.
What makes these conversations different from another marketing blog is the source. These aren’t theorists. They’re people who’ve spent actual money on actual campaigns and lived to tell the tale. Some of the tales involve spectacular failure. Those are usually the most useful ones.
You’ll find insights on building marketing teams, measuring what matters, creative strategy, and the eternal tension between brand building and performance marketing. If you’re a marketer, you’ll find people who’ve solved problems you’re dealing with right now. If you’re a founder trying to figure out marketing, you’ll find people who can point you in a direction. Not the direction. A direction. That’s how marketing works.
Don’t be afraid to fail, it is a given that you will fail at some point. Go all in, that is the only way to know long lasting success. When…
Be persistent in working on your idea, and don’t stop until you’ve made it work; then look at what the next iteration of that is (unless your idea is something…
Wendy Margolin has worked in marketing and communications for 18 years. As owner and founder of Sparkr Marketing, her goal is to help small businesses tell their story so that…
You have to walk your talk every day. Words can be totally meaningless if they’re not followed by action and illustrate someone’s real intent. Liz Grantham is a single…
Liz London is the founder of The Ladyboss Nation, a network of female business owners in creative and alternative industries who learn and work together to grow their badass businesses….
Great ideas come from solving problems incrementally. Starting from the goal and creating a roadmap to it is the best way to come up with unique ideas and ways to…
Don’t be threatened by not knowing something, you can learn anything you want to. Dan is co-founder and director of Dandy Marketing, a digital marketing agency specialising in SEO,…
Justine began her career as a small business marketer in 2008. In her first marketing role, she also assisted with sales training, increasing program revenue by over 40%. She even…
Trial and error will get you closer to bringing your ideas to life. Brushing it off will only prolong it, so you must show up and do the work. …
Idea Mensch, Agency Principal, Ironman Rookie
It is better to be gentle and patient then it is to be forceful and quick. For more than 20 years as an accomplished leader in network marketing, Todd…
You can be successful as long as you put forth the effort, but if you are chasing too many things at once, there isn’t enough left to focus on what…