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Inside Marketing with MarketSurge — 130 episodes

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1

How to Build a Network That Actually Closes Deals | Joe Santaularia

2

“Cheap Freight Is a Trap” — The Hidden Costs Killing Your Business | Ryan Ball

3

Why Your Marketing Isn’t Working (And What Actually Does) w/ Michael Trkolta

4

Stop Reacting. Start Leading. The “Leadership Athlete” Mindset Explained | Shauna Griffiths

5

From DUI to $10M+ Business: How Ben Buckley Landed Apple, Salesforce & More

6

From 0 to 10,000 Users: The Real Playbook for App Growth (w/ Jonathan Maxim)

7

Your Book Isn’t the Product — It’s the Beginning (Lee Baucom)

8

SEO Is Evolving Fast — Here’s How to Win in AI Search (Leah Nurik)

9

Why Your Content Isn’t Converting (And What Actually Works) w/ Jake Isham

10

From Content Chaos to Revenue Machine: The Future of Sales Is Here | Sreedhar Peddineni

11

Why Sales Is the Most Valuable Skill in Business (With Daman Grewal)

12

From Attention to Revenue: Naresh Vissa on PR, Podcasting, and AI Marketing

13

The Hidden Reason Marketing Campaigns Fail: Broken Operations | Kasandra Murray

14

The Power of Handwritten Marketing at Scale (Robots + AI) with Rick Elmore

15

AI Is Making Marketing More Efficient… But Also More Same | Jonathan Aberman

16

Sheldon Poon on AI, PPC, and Why Bad Data Is Killing Your ROAS

17

Is AI Replacing Creative Strategists? (Ray Jang Explains What’s Next)

18

Stop Buying More Leads — Fix This First | Charles Craggett

19

Selling Confidence: The $100M Psychology Behind Hair Restoration - Paul DiMuzio

20

Chris Kille: How to Buy Back Your Time, Build a Lean Team & Exit Without Burning Out

21

Building the Infrastructure of a $100B Industry with Socrates Rosenfeld (CEO, Jane Technologies)

22

Challenger Brand Marketing with John Gumas | How to Win Without a Big Budget

23

Why Email Still Drives the Highest ROI in Ecommerce with Jordan Dean Gordon

24

Why Most Google Ads Fail (And How to Turn Them Into a Predictable Lead Engine) - Jeff Coleman

25

Concierge-Level Service in a Chatbot World: Lessons from Payments Veteran Allen Kopelman

26

Advertising Is a Guess — Here’s How to Make Better Ones - Skip Wilson

27

Make Your Customer the Hero: The Storytelling Framework That Sells | Henry DeVries

28

Creativity vs Performance: How to Build Brands That Actually Grow | David A. Pratter (Dot Fun)

29

Why “Unsexy” Service Businesses Win Big (Scaling Poop Away with Systems & Marketing) Mark Regan

30

AI Search, ChatGPT Visibility & the New Discovery Land Grab (with Apoorv Sharma)

31

AI, Data Privacy & Consumer Trust — What Every Brand Needs to Know (with Andy Sambandam)

32

Who Really Owns Your Content in the Age of AI? (What Creators Need to Know Now) - Julie Trelstad

33

Finding the Money You’re Missing: Hidden Profits, AI, and Smart Growth with Stacey Hylen

34

The “WOW Factor” That Turns $30/Day Ads Into Thousands of Leads | John Dwyer

35

Cross-Cultural Leadership: The Hidden Mistakes Breaking Global Teams | Sandra Bonifacio - Xpattitudes

36

AI Knows Your Customers Better Than You Think (w/ Russ Evans, ZS)

37

AI Can Copy Stories — But It Can’t Create This (w/ FPW Media’s Owen Garrity)

38

From Homicide Detective to $5M E-Commerce Growth: The Retention Strategy Most Brands Miss | Dan Nikas

39

Differentiation Isn’t Branding: How Iconic Brands Win Hearts & Market Share - Barry Labov

40

Why Most Agencies Fail: No-BS Marketing with Ivan Janku, Digital Rocket

41

Can You Prove ROI Without Tracking Everyone? Inside the Future of Ethical Ad Tech - Ollie James, Adttribution

42

SEO Is Not Dead: What Actually Works in an AI-Driven Search World | Jan Watermann - Pragmatic Business

43

How AI Is Rewriting Performance Marketing (And Why Creative Volume Wins) - Hikari Senju, Omnekey

44

Leadership, Growth & Chaos: What It Really Takes to Scale a Business | Ed Jarecki

45

How Top Leaders Land Roles Without Job Boards | Strategic Networking with Penny Pearl

46

Why Only 5% of Brands Are Winning AI Search — And How Reddit Is Their Secret Weapon - Danny Kirk

47

From Etiquette to Storytelling: How Communication Builds Trust with Nisha Trivedi

48

From College Dropout to $100M+ Influence: Paul Leon’s Sales & Leadership Blueprint

49

Google Says One Thing, Meta Says Another… Who’s Right? (Jeff Greenfield Explains)

50

Why Most Founders Stay Stuck — And How to Build a Business That Actually Scales | Rick Meekins

51

Marketing Creates Attention. PR Creates Trust. Anna Tran on Storytelling That Sells.

52

Why EVERYONE Should Have a Podcast — Justin Nolan Reveals the Truth Behind Creator Confidence

53

AI Is Killing the Old Marketing Playbook — Len Ward on What’s Coming Next

54

From Bankruptcy to $56M: How Jeremy Barker Engineered Viral Growth with Murphy Door

55

How to Build Unshakable Confidence Using the RAD Method — with Breyel Banks

56

The Future of Content, AI, and Brand Growth: A Masterclass with Maria Del Pilar Casal

57

The Brutal Truth About B2B Email, Sales Teams & AI: Kevin Downey Tells All

58

From Rick Rubin to Gene Simmons: The Wild PR World of Brian Gross

59

The Outsourcing Blueprint: What Every Business Owner Must Know Before Hiring a VA - Kirsten Graham

60

Stop Wasting Money: Corey Morris Reveals the START Framework Behind High-ROI Marketing Plans

61

Why Laughter Is the Ultimate Business Strategy — with Kevin Hubschmann of Laugh Events

62

AI, Branding & the Rebel Mindset — Inside REBL Risty’s Playbook for B2B Growth

63

SEO, Automation, and the Secret to Sustainable Growth — with Ken Tucker of Changescape Web

64

How to Become a Media Magnet: Dr. Richard Kaye on Profitable Publicity & Influence

65

The Psychology of Trust: How Reviews and Reputation Drive 7X Growth with DJ Sprague

66

From Clicks to Clients: Alex Lloro on Building Profitable Marketing Funnels

67

Humans + AI = Viral Content | Inside the Mind of David Feinman (Viral Ideas)

68

Not All PR Is Good PR: The New Rules of Reputation with Jen Peterson

69

How Groas.ai Is Using AI to Crush Google Ads Waste (and Boost ROI Fast)

70

Trust Over Traffic: How to Turn Video into Real Revenue with Justin Vajko

71

Most Businesses Are Doing SEO Wrong — Here’s How to Fix It (w/ Jesse Ringer)

72

From Bartender to Business Builder: Neil Rogers on Turning Hospitality into Sales Success

73

The Future of Advertising: AI Agents, Contextual Targeting | Brendan Norman of Classify

74

Why Your Marketing Isn’t Working (and How to Fix It) — with Fractional CMO Nishat Jones

75

How to Create Videos That Actually Convert | Mike Vannelli (Envy Creative x MarketSurge)

76

Rewire Your Mind for Peak Performance: Daren Fields on Breaking Limits & Building Trust

77

From Broke to a Multi-Million Dollar Law Firm: How Matt Hines Built a Brand That Lasts

78

Telemarketing Reinvented: Richard Blank’s Journey to Building Costa Rica’s Call Center

79

Why Organic Backlinks STILL Beat Paid Links in 2025 (Darcy Cudmore, RepuLinks)

80

From Nightclubs to Grammys: Marketing Lessons with Connor Treacy 🎵🍸

81

AI, Storytelling & Scale: Josh Porter’s Playbook for Smarter Growth

82

The ROI of In-Person & High-Quality Events with Ashlee Nelson

83

Escape the Chaos: How to Scale Smarter with Operations Expert Erica Dill

84

From Ranger to Revenue: How AI is Supercharging Sales with Steven Werley of Closable.ai

85

Is AI Killing Creativity? Why Marketing Still Needs a Human Touch with Ashley Dibiase

86

How Direct Mail Gets 3500% ROI with Travis Lee

87

The Biggest Mistake in Digital Marketing (And How to Fix It) w/ Gil Golan

88

Scaling Smarter: How Delegate.co is Redefining Remote Teams with Blendi Muriqi

89

Stop Leading Sales Like a Football Team — Paul Morton on Practical Leadership That Works

90

Guiding Millions with Her Voice: Bernie Wagenblast on Transit, Media, and Identity

91

Event Marketing, Storytelling & Business Resilience with Jessica Dalka (Chicago Planner Mag)

92

How to Amplify Your Brand with Authenticity | Anika Jackson on Marketing & Podcasting

93

Data-Driven Growth: Paula Chiocchi on B2B Marketing, AI & Building Clean Data Pipelines

94

How Neil Twa Built 8-Figure Amazon Brands (And Helps Others Do It Too)

95

Data Isn’t Boring — How Matt & Andrew Make Analytics Fun (and Profitable)

96

The 10 Pillars Every CPG & Beverage Brand Needs to Scale 🚀 | Debbie Wildrick

97

From Tax Accountant to SEO Pro: Ellie McIntyre on AI, Niche Marketing & Conversion Mastery

98

What If Stock Charts Were a Workout? Andy Schroepfer’s Wild Financial Fitness Vision

99

When “Why Not?” Beats “Why?”—A Leadership Talk with Stacey Gonzalez

100

How Ryan Caracciolo of Striventa Wins Online in 2025: SEO, AI & Story-Driven Growth

101

From AI Layoffs to Digital Detox: Navigating Privacy and Culture with Eidra’s Billy Collins

102

Future-Proof UX: How AI Supercharges User Research with Nick Cawthon

103

Turning Face-to-Face into ROI: Inside Experiential Marketing with Polaris Brand Promotions

104

AI Monetization Meltdown & Tech Tides: YouTube’s New Rules, Therapist Bots & Grok’s Fallout

105

From Chaos to Control: Jesse P. Gilmore’s Blueprint for Scaling Agencies

106

From Likes to Leads: TikTok vs. Facebook vs. Google Ads for Your Photo Studio

107

No Blame, All Ownership: Mastering Leadership Accountability with Pamela Stambaugh

108

AI is Eating Marketing Alive — Here’s What You Missed This Week June 27 2025

109

Why Short Books Close Big Deals: The Skinny Platform Strategy with Ben Heuertz

110

Todd Steinacher Explains How Farming and Business Strategy Really Work

111

From Burnout to Boldness: Clarity, Confidence & Vision with Elizabeth Mahusay

112

Stephen Jaye on Reclaiming Your Time: Beating Screen Addiction & Scaling a Focused Life

113

From Code to Conversions: Rob Cairns on Web Security, WordPress Wins & Agency Longevity

114

Jared Nygren on Simplifying Payments and Approvals (and Lessons for Founders)

115

How Online Communities Drive Business Growth: Insights from Dr. Jeremy Foote

116

Media Buying Secrets: How to Combine Traditional and Digital Strategies with Matt Hanson

117

AI vs. Authenticity: How Originality.AI is Saving SEO One Scan at a Time - Jon Gillham

118

From Checks to Clicks: How Sam Rockwood and Woods Are Fixing the Dental Payment Mess

119

Revolutionizing Customer Data with AI: Insights from Krateo.ai Founder Clay Sharman

120

Peyton Wilfley of AllTales on Marketing and Preserving Legacy with AI Storytelling

121

Beyond ChatGPT: The AI Tools Driving Real Business Growth in 2025 - Interview with Mariam Garcia

122

Mastering Business Operations and Growth with Scot Nattrass

123

From Personal Trainer to 6-Figure Mentor: Matt Dart’s Blueprint for Marketing, Sales & AI Leverage

124

Leadership, Livestreams, and Lasting Growth: Small Business Wisdom with Andrew Frazier

125

Unlock Business Insights from 'Severance'

126

Hudson Roberts

127

AI 101: Demystifying Artificial Intelligence for Business Owners

128

Liz Hansen, Chicago Boudoir Photography

129

Inside Marketing with MarketSurge #2 with Carmen Griffith

130

Inside Marketing with MarketSurge #1 with Jami Campbell of Jami Campbell Interiors