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216: Marketing Minute- The Story of How Halitosis Became a Medical Condition With a “Cure”

On this marketing minute, I share a story of how halitosis became a medical condition with a “cure”. The story is a great marketing lesson for any business that seeks to differentiate its product or service with a USP. The great businessman and advertiser Albert Lasker once said “There is no law that requires a…

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215: On a Journey to Disrupt Composites Manufacturing – Interview with Tyler Alvarado

On this episode, I share an interview I did with Tyler Alvarado. Tyler is the CEO of Continuous Composites, a company that’s on a journey to transform manufacturing. Continuous Composites began with a realization that composite manufacturing was a problem waiting to be solved. Their vision is to break the mold of additive manufacturing and advance…

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214: Discussing the Composites 2024 Fly-In with Dan Neumann of the ACMA

On this episode, Dan Neumann joins me again to discuss the 2024 Composites Fly-In taking place in Washington DC Feb. 26-28th. Dan is the Vice President of Government Relations for the ACMA. The Composites 2024 Fly-In will provide a unique setting to meet with Members of Congress and agency leadership to educate them on the valuable…

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213: Discussing CCT Training and Workforce Development with the ACMA’s Kyler Jordan and Peter Hedger

On this episode, Kyle Jordan and Peter Hedger of the ACMA join me for a discussion on workforce development. Kyle is the director of certifications with the ACMA and Peter is Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Membership.  We’ll be talking about a recent workforce development research survey that the ACMA completed and some of…

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211: The 85 Percent Rule and How to Create Opportunities for Breakthrough Innovation

On this first episode of 2024, we’ll be discussing the topic of the 85 Percent Rule. If you’ve never heard of the 85% rule, it runs counterintuitive to what most of us have been taught – which is to give your maximum output. Operating at 100% all of the time is not sustainable, and eventually…

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209: How to Use LinkedIn Effectively for Business Growth

On this episode, Thomas Helfrich joins the podcast to discuss LinkedIn lead generation and business growth. Thomas is the founder and CEO of InstantlyRelevant.com, a company renowned for their innovative marketing services driven by AI, and social media strategy & coaching. He is the author of the book series “Never Been Promoted” and hosts a podcast of the…

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207: Rules of Persuasion: How the Greatest Communicators Convince, Inspire, Lead, and Sometimes Deceive

On this episode, Carlos Alvarenga joins me for a discussion on how great communicators are so effective. He is the author of a brand new book called The Rules of Persuasion: How the World’s Greatest Communicators Convince, Inspire, Lead—and, Sometimes, Deceive.  His new book not only explains exactly how persuasion works in all forms of human…

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206: The Magic of Conversational Storytelling – Interview with David Garfinkel

On this episode, I interview business consultant and copywriter David Garfinkel about his brand new book The Persuasion Story Code.  In it, David reveals the types of stories that have proven to make millions of dollars, create important agreements, and even change billions of minds, across a variety of industries and situations. You can grab your copy here, and…

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202: Why Storytelling Wins In Marketing – A Lesson From Schlitz Beer

On this marketing minute episode, I share the story Schlitz Beer, and how the brand went from last in beer sales in the early 20th century to becoming the number one beer company in America. How did they do this? They hired advertising expert Claude Hopkins. After taking a tour of their facility, he suggested…

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200: Interview with Daniel Neumann – Discussing How a Government Shutdown Might Affect Our Industry

On this episode, Dan Neumann joins me to discuss how a government shutdown will affect our industry for the short term. Dan is the Vice President of Government Relations for the ACMA. He has twenty years of experience in policy work, government relations, media, and data analysis.  Also, don’t forget to put Feb 26-28 on your…

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