Own Your Marketing or Pay the Price with Sara Nay

Most small businesses don’t own their marketing… they rent it. And it’s costing them more than they realize.Alyssa Nolte sits down with Sara Nay to unpack a simple but powerful idea: if you don’t own your ads, website, or data, you don’t control your growth. This conversation challenges how businesses work with agencies and pushes you to rethink what “good marketing” actually looks like.If you’ve ever hired an agency, run ads, or built a website, this will either confirm what you’re doing right… or make you question everything.Why listenSara Nay shares real examples of businesses stuck in bad contracts, losing access to their own marketing, and paying for results that don’t exist. Alyssa Nolte pushes on the hard questions, making this a practical and honest look at how to fix it.3 key takeawaysIf you don’t own your accounts, you’re building someone else’s assetMany agencies report on vanity metrics, not real business resultsAI is becoming a new kind of marketing asset, and you should own that tooThis episode is about rethinking the future of customer relationships… starting with who actually owns the connection to your customer.Resources and people mentionedSara Nay Duct Tape Marketing - ducttapemarketing.com Lisa Adams (AI thought leader)Connect with Alyssa Noltealyssanolte.substack.com linkedin.com/in/alyssanolte