Transcript of Stop Networking and Start Focusing on Relationships That Matter

Back to Podcast John Jantsch: This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is sponsored by Podcast Bookers, PodcastBookers.com. Podcasts are really hot, right? But you know what’s also really hot? Appearing as a guest on one of the many, many podcasts out there. Think about it, much easier thanRead More

Stop Networking and Start Focusing on Relationships That Matter

Marketing Podcast with Scott GerberPodcast Transcript My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Scott Gerber. He is the co-founder and CEO of The Community Company as well as Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) and Forbes Councils. He and I discuss his new book, Superconnector: Stop NetworkingRead More

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Automate the Grunt Work with a Google AdWords Script

The following excerpt is from Perry Marshall, Mike Rhodes and Bryan Todd’s book Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes | IndieBound One of the first giant leaps you’ll ever take in your business comes when you delegate or even outsourceRead More

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Let’s just get this out of the way: I don’t know anything about hacking. I’ve never hacked anything in my life, unless you’re describing my golf swing, or you count using a Game Genie to cheat at Sega Genesis back in the early ‘90s. In general, I find terms likeRead More

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For 11 years, Vamsi Bonthala has been leading Arbor Lodging Partners as CEO. Arbor Lodging is a Chicago-based national owner and operator of hotels that unites the best practices of hotel operators and institutional investors to effectively underwrite and execute investments in the lodging space. The hotel industry is currently transitioningRead More

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Content influences not only all aspects of our marketing but of our entire business as well. Content is not something you can take lightly. It needs to be front and center of your strategy and it needs to be done well. The only issue is, it’s time-consuming. For small businessRead More