Belkin's Senior Director of E-commerce tested AI chatbots for customer service beyond basic order tracking, then deliberately pulled back to human agents for relationship-critical moments. Jyoti Malik explains why most omnichannel strategies fail (teams treat digital as a retail add-on instead of rethinking the entire operating model), shares her phased approach to channel expansion, and reveals the three-part assessment she uses before investing in first party data infrastructure.The practical

"Send me a text" In this episode, we dig into the real secret behind crushing it on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.... TRUST. Most supplement brands think discounts alone will drive sales, but that's exactly why they get stuck with mediocre results. Trust doesn't disappear just because shoppers are in deal-hunting mode, it becomes even more critical. What You’ll Learn: Why trust, not discounts, is the biggest sales driver on Black Friday for nutritional supplementsHow to compress weeks of cred...

Success isn't found in shortcuts, but in embracing the journey, giving time its due, and valuing authenticity over extravagance.Join host Kendra Perry as she dives into the three common beliefs that often hold coaches back from reaching the 6-figure milestone. She shares her personal entrepreneurial journey and illuminates how enduring the process leads to the promise of a brighter future. From the illusion of ease to the race against time to stripping down to the basics, Kendra discusses

Show Notes: In this episode of The Business Growth Spotlight, host Heidi Schalk welcomes Laurel Donnellan, founder and CEO of Compassionate Leaders Circle, a media and learning solutions company with a 26-year legacy in helping individuals and organizations create meaningful, purpose-driven work. Laurel shares her journey from selling soft pretzels in her mother’s kitchen to building a hospitality career and eventually transitioning into human development and leadership training. Today, her o...

We’re diving into what really impacts home value — from location and condition to the upgrades that matter most. 🏡Plus: 🏠 A look inside 29 Ridge Rd, Chatham — a beautiful single-family 2-bedroom ranch rental with charm and potential. ☕ An interview with Tyler from Bad Ass Coffee in Madison — your new go-to spot for caffeine & community vibes! 💗 As we wrap up Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re sending love and support to all who have been touched by it. Awareness and early detection save

How do brands really live in our minds? According to Ulli Applebaum, it’s all about associations — the complex web of meanings and emotions that define how people see your brand. This week on On Brand, the international strategy veteran and author of The Science of Brand Associations shares how we can use science, not guesswork, to build brands that stick.What You'll Learn Why brand associations are the “operating system” that shapes every strong brand How science explains the way

Host Chris Hill talks with Adhrucia Apana and Charles Allen, co-founders of Curiosity Entertainment and Storyteller Publishing, about building brands through authentic storytelling. They explore why story is still king, how authenticity drives community, and what it takes to grow a creative brand in the age of AI.Listen now to discover how they’re putting artists first and reshaping the future of storytelling.(00:00) Introduction and Guest Welcome(01:05) Arusha's Journey into Film and

Do you keep overcommitting to impossible timelines and attracting boundary-pushing clients no matter how much you refine your messaging or raise your prices? Have you done the mindset work and tried all the hacks, yet the same patterns keep showing up? What if the real issue isn't your marketing strategy—but the internal landscape that's magnetically pulling these situations into your reality? In this deeply personal episode, I pull back the curtain on my own patterns of people pleasing and o...

In this inspiring episode of The Pilates Business Podcast, host Seran Glanfield sits down with CJ Zarb, founder and editor-in-chief of The Pilates Journal — a global platform uniting instructors, educators, and studio owners from all corners of the Pilates world. Together, they dive into how the Pilates Journal is elevating the industry through connection, collaboration, and community. From the latest industry data on group reformer growth to the rise of wellness-based expansion and the highl...

Rob Durant didn’t set out to become a sales expert or a podcaster. But when a “customer service” job came with a hidden sales quota, everything changed. In this episode, Rob shares how leaning into his Disney-trained customer service roots helped him unlock a new approach to sales, one focused on serving, not selling. Now, as the host of Sales TV Live, Rob uses podcasting to educate, connect, and challenge the status quo for sales professionals who want more than just the next dea...

Send us a text Topics this week included: Mississippi Songwriters Performing Arts Center being builtDistrict 31 development in Alabaster beginning to come together off I-65B.L. Harbert has the crane up on their new residence hall project for Highlands CollegeThe National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green in expanding (very cool place)A-Basin's new marketing campaign is pretty goodSouthern Living's 20 Legendary Burger Joints in the SouthLong John's Silver's new logoHIRING UPDATE: LSU Sports Pro...

Business discussion (12:00) • Financial flexibility over textbook optimization • Communicating time in the market as the true edge • Goals → plan → portfolio sequencing • DIY blind spots and unrecognized risks • RSU decisions and equity comp trade-offs • Choosing optimistic, family-first clients • Evaluating “I already have a guy” dynamics • Intentional planning versus performance chasing • Authentic marketing flywheels that endure • Websites, newsletters, multi-channel consistency We hope yo...

From the fax era to AI-driven campaigns, this episode reveals how marketing leaders stay relevant for decades. Learn timeless brand strategies, data-driven growth tactics, and the one mindset you need to future-proof your career, no matter where you start! And don't forget! You can crush your marketing strategy with just a few minutes a week by signing up for the StrategyCast Newsletter. You'll receive weekly bursts of marketing tips, clips, resources, and a whole lot more. Visit https://stra...

Steffen Hedebrandt, CMO and Co-Founder at Dreamdata, joins FINITE to share a contrarian growth playbook for B2B scale-ups. We get into why “unserious” content (think memes and screenshots) drives serious pipeline, how to engineer organic LinkedIn that converts. Steffen breaks down connecting brand awareness to revenue with real signal, not vanity metrics - plus the experiments, frameworks, and attribution hygiene his team lives by. Finally, Steffen shares his enlightening take on what i...

Candy corn. The words alone typically spark a big reaction either positive or negative, but the story goes deeper than that. While the candy industry is flourishing, candy corn is lagging. So what would it take to help candy corn make a comeback? In this one the gang goes deep on candy corn and the candy industry as a whole. It's a subject near and dear to a whole bunch of us. Check it out!

Today we’re talking to Jamey Schrier from Practice Freedom U. Jamey has helped hundreds of growth-minded practice owners achieve uncommon success without the burden of working excessively in the clinic. Today, we’re talking about something we don’t think about often: how are you going to exit your business? And how can you make your business attractive to future buyers – whether you plan to sell 1 year, 5, or 10 years from now. I sold my own PT practice back in 2010 and learned a ...

If you’ve got 10 seconds, you’ve got a clip: the door opening, a notebook flip, keys on the desk, a client thank-you email.String a few together, add a “how I” voiceover or a strong on-screen hook, and you’ve got a reel…without blocking your calendar or your creativity.In this podcast episode, If you’ve been overthinking reels, try this: film life as it’s happening—eight 3–5 second clips—and tell one specific story. That’s it. In this episode, I break down five easy reels you can batch in about half

Get your personalized AI Growth Cheatsheet here. Today, JD is joined by entrepreneur Dave Garden. They start by chatting about a luxury toilet company. Then Jon gets into Dave's entrepreneurial journey. Going from a single truck to building a national electronics retailer. Dave also shares what he's doing now with Kiiwi. Follow this podcast on Instagram.Get SoundCloud here.Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | ThreadsSubscribe to JD's newsletter

Sometimes, the most powerful stories aren’t the ones told with perfect polish — they’re the ones told as is.In this episode of Communication Queens, host Kimberly Spencer dives deep with Emmy-nominated filmmaker, producer, and motivational speaker Tricia Creason-Valencia to explore the transformational art of storytelling through chaos. From motherhood to mental health, adoption to artistry, Tricia unpacks the raw truth of what it means to show up when life falls apart — and how those

Episode 116: This week, Kyle Van Pelt talks with Matt Reed, Chief Revenue Officer at Powerlytics. Matt brings 20 years of wealth management experience to Powerlytics, including leadership roles at Skience, eMoney Advisor, and Brightscope | ISS. At Powerlytics, Matt oversees the sales and marketing teams and leads the company's revenue-generation strategy and execution. Matt talks with Kyle about the power of data in driving organic growth. He explores the struggle of finding the right target and