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THE BOOSTEpisode 71: Navigating Mental Health in Creative Professions, with Brandon TriolaLINKS TO KNOW 🎟️ 2025 Mental Health Marketing Conference Tickets: MHMarketing.org 🎟️ 2025 CMO Summit Tickets: MHMarketing.org SUMMARY In this conversation, Steve Turner and Brandon Triola delve into the intersection of mental health and creativity, discussing the challenges faced by creative professionals in the age of artificial intelligence. Brandon shares his personal journey, emphasizing the importance of support systems, confidence, and community in overcoming anxiety and achieving success. He introduces his upcoming book, 'Save the Creatives,' which aims to provide a blueprint for creatives to navigate their careers amidst the evolvi...2025-06-121h 07

Tony Kurre Radio10/06/24 Tony Kurre Radio Presents Conversations That Nobody Wants To Have with Brandon Triola and David SearsWhy are guns such a controversial topic? Why can’t we agree on common-sense gun control? Brandon and David dive deep into this topic on the newest edition of #CTNWTH! #Podcast #GunControl #GunLegislation #Guns #BrandonTriola #DavidSears #TKRPodcast #TKR #TKRApp #TonyKurreRadio Grab the free TKR app to ROCK Apple - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tkr/id1463187328 2024-10-0653 min

Tony Kurre Radio09/22/24 Tony Kurre Radio Presents Conversations That Nobody Wants To Have with Brandon Triola and David SearsThis is a continuation of the last show where Brandon Triola and David Sears deeply dive into why #Christianity is having an exodus of #Exvangelicals. #CNWTH #TKR #TKRPodcast #TKRApp #TonyKurreRadio #BrandonTriola #DavidSears Grab the free TKR app to ROCK Apple - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tkr/id1463187328 2024-09-2250 min

Tony Kurre Radio08/25/24 Tony Kurre Radio Presents Conversations That Nobody Wants To Have with Brandon Triola and David SearsWhy do Christians believe the way they believe? What has taken them so far away from the teachings of Jesus? Brandon Triola and David Sears run headfirst into this topic on this week’s Conversations That Nobody Wants To Have! #Christianity #Exvangelicals #Evangelicals #TKR #TKRApp #TonyKurreRadio #CNWTH Grab the free TKR app to ROCK Apple - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tkr/id1463187328 2024-08-2651 min

Tony Kurre Radio08/18/24 Tony Kurre Radio Presents Conversations That Nobody Wants To Have with Brandon Triola and David SearsBrandon Triola and David Sears have their inaugural episode of Conversations That Nobody Wants To Have! You get a little bit of the background of the two guys and some light talk about what they hope to bring with this podcast! #CNWTH #Podcast #BrandonTriola #DavidSears #Politics #Life #Conversations #Trump #Obama #Election2024 Grab the free TKR app to ROCK Apple - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tkr/id1463187328 2024-08-1938 min

Humanity SellsGrowth Systemization | Healthcare consulting growth secrets with author & consulting legend, Brian SandersonIn this episode of Humanity Sells, hosts Brandon and Nate are joined by Brian Sanderson, a seasoned healthcare consultant, and author of 'The Patient First Revolution.' The conversation dives deep into the critical importance of healthcare, the role of patient experience in driving financial performance, and Brian's innovative approach through his DIY Consulting and Growth Systemization strategies. Brian shares valuable insights on creating a patient management organization, fostering future leaders in healthcare, and integrating marketing, sales, and delivery to drive organizational growth. If you're keen on healthcare consulting or technology and want to learn how to differentiate your...2024-07-1653 min

Humanity Sells#23: What Possums and Grifters Can Teach Us About Marketing LeadershipStory time over here at Humanity Sells! We’re talking about times we were tricked. Bamboozled. The old bait and switch. And surprise: we didn’t love it.Brandon was tricked in the dead of night by a possum playing dead. Or was it? Nate got DM’d on LinkedIn by a prospect feeding compliments and what seemed like genuine interest. The result from being tricked, plain and simple, is distrust. Listen in to learn why the best leaders in consulting, marketing, and digital transformation won’t try to bamboozle you—they lead with honesty and aim to c...2024-04-0923 min

Humanity Sells#22. How to Know When Using Humanity in Marketing Becomes ManipulativeHumanity can be a strategy, but it should also be the end goal. In this episode, Nate and Brandon take a deep dive into how your business and the way you sell products and services can contribute to humanity. You don’t have to sacrifice humanity to grow, and you don’t have to use humanity to manipulate growth either.2024-03-2625 min

Humanity Sells#21. What Successful Brand Awareness Campaigns Look LikeThe more you focus on and invest in brand awareness, the better your ROI is on your marketing spend. There's data to support that. But it doesn't have to be a daunting task. You simply need to be prioritizing it. In this episode, Nate and Brandon share their favorite examples and give three keys for successful brand awareness campaigns.2024-03-1216 min

Humanity Sells#20. The 3 Marketing Strategies B2B Tech Consultants Can Steal From the Personal Development SpaceHow do you better connect with your audience so that they want what you’re offering? Well, let’s look at how personal development authors and speakers have achieved success. In this episode, Brandon shares three lessons he’s learned from his experience working in the personal development space for over a decade. You might want to pull out a pen and paper as Nate and Brandon discuss how these strategies can bring success for B2B tech consultants too.2024-02-2714 min

Humanity Sells#19. Why It’s Time to Rethink Lead Generation Campaigns in 2024Demand generation isn’t just the latest marketing trend – it’s the appropriate response to customer needs in 2024. While lead gen still technically works, it’s about as efficient as the fax machine that still technically works. In this episode, Nate and Brandon break down the barriers of switching to demand gen and how you can overcome them to generate even more revenue.2024-02-1322 min

Humanity Sells#18. Kadir Özbayram Interview: How to Align Solutions with User Needs & Build Customer TrustKadir Özbayram is a Senior partner at Ins-Pi. ServiceNow users are looking for partners to work alongside them as trusted guides when crafting solutions unique to their business problems. Join us to hear how Kadir is listening and designing solutions, through apps and new practice offerings, to put the needs of his customers first.2024-01-3034 min

The Modern Phoenix122: Asking Hard Questions (Are NYC Schools Still Segregated?) with Brandon TriolaBrandon Triola is a teacher, actor and creator who loves to stir the pot in the schools where he’s taught. This episode, he and G navigate the inconvenient truths and conversations we’ve been conditioned to sidestep, like pseudo-liberalism, the real impact of institutionalized racism, and the white savior complex. Keep listening to hear Brandon’s story of being a Brooklyn school teacher and how Brooklyn Start is his hope to build up the communities of Brooklyn while shedding light on some dark truths. Brandon Triola is a veteran actor, writer, and director of 20 years...2024-01-2951 min

Humanity Sells#17. The Best Kept Secret to Growth at Enterprise Tech CompaniesLead generation is not the key to tremendous growth. Most enterprise tech companies are handing their marketing leaders unreasonable goals around generating leads, but this strategy is actually stifling business growth. In this episode, Nate and Brandon discuss how to unlock real growth opportunity – not with leads or budget, but with a fresh take on the role of marketing.2024-01-1613 min

Humanity Sells#16. Interview with Tricia Halbert and Jim Taylor. How to Maximize the Full Power and Potential of the RISEUP Initiative.Tricia Halbert and Jim Taylor - leaders of Partner Enablement at ServiceNow, sit down with Nate Netti from Forrest Co. By 2025—in just two short years—nearly 90% of the workforce will be affected by skills shortages in IT and digital transformation.ServiceNow is taking steps TODAY to ensure a resilient future for their internal ecosystem and those within the ServiceNow Partner community. See how the solutions provider is solving for work/life balance, implementation quality, roadmapping, and digital transformation with their employees, clients, and partners in mind.2024-01-0230 min

Humanity Sells#15. Four Things Your Creative Team Needs to Make Content that ConvertsYour business has to tap into the creatives on your team—the right way. In our 20+ years of experience, we’ve learned there are 4 key things creative people need to feel valued, put out their best work, and create meaningful content that will reach your customers and help grow your pipeline.2023-12-1917 min

Humanity Sells#14. Interview with Ben Person. Expand the Global Enterprise with a Unified Marketing Solution, Built on ServiceNowThis year's report underscores the need to position ServiceNow not only as an IT platform but also as a global business platform that touches every function of an organization. Newly added workflows have enhanced employee engagement and elevated customer experience, but what about marketing? Despite driving substantial influence over market recognition, customer sentiment, and overall revenue growth, marketing often remains isolated from the rest of the enterprise — until now. Hear how Ben Person, Co-Founder and CEO of Tenon, is working to empower marketing teams with tools for connectivity and collaboration, enable marketing leaders to make informed, data-driven dec...2023-12-0530 min

Humanity Sells#13. How Decentralized Marketing Can Help Large Businesses Break Into New MarketsDecentralized marketing may sound jargony, but it's real, it works, and it may be the answer for your business as you look to market new products or offerings in new categories. The most successful way to influence a given market is to understand the needs and pains of the market and to speak directly to these emotions. Obvious, but accurate. This becomes incredibly difficult, however, for large organizations that speak to hundreds of markets and across various verticals. Think about a large consulting firm—they’re known for accounting but want to break into healthcare. Can th...2023-11-2116 min

Humanity Sells#12. Bob Hutchins: The Power of Human Psychology in Tech MarketingOn today’s episode, Brandon takes a walk with marketing legend Bob Hutchins—a 20+ year veteran in brand, marketing, and business growth. Bob is the CMO of EKOM, an enterprise AI/SEO tool. He has authored several books on digital media marketing and currently hosts a podcast called The Human Voice. Listen in as we explore Bob’s take on what it truly means to win as a CEO in 2024. We’ll dig into the power of SEO and AI combined and discuss Bob’s human-centered take on the fundamental truths of marketing for enterprise leaders, B2B marketers...2023-11-1454 min

Humanity Sells#11. Interview w/ Matt Stoyka. The Age of Verticalization: How to Deliver the Industry-Specific Solutions Users NeedGeneric solutions and half-baked concepts no longer cut it. Matt Stoyka, CEO of NewRocket, a full-service ServiceNow Elite Partner, chats with Nate about how to apply verticalization to build better and more meaningful industry-specific solutions. Matt has been at it for 25+ years working as an entrepreneur, business coach, and enterprise leader for a handful of service-based businesses, so he has a lot of value to share. Listen it to learn how true empathy can lead to understanding —which can help create better content, provide stronger value, and secure greater growth.2023-11-0727 min

Humanity Sells#10. The Power of a Mission Statement: How to Keep the Next Generation Around for the Long HaulNot sure there’s a benefit in humanizing your brand? Your workforce might beg to differ. In today’s episode, Nate and Brandon discuss the rising stars at most organizations: Millennials and Gen-Zers. And surprise, surprise --- what motivates them isn’t what motivated the generations before them. Listen in to learn the value of a mission statement and how this simple step can help strengthen retention rates and keep your employees excited about their future with your company.2023-10-2432 min

Humanity Sells#9: 3 Keys to Helping Users Prove ROI and Become Platform Champions with Natalie TollefsonOur host, Brandon Triola, sits down with Natalie Tollefson from Optimum Healthcare IT, at the State of Service Now Summit 2023. They discuss the 3 keys for users of Service Now to be able to prove their return investment to help enable advocates for the SN platform.2023-10-1031 min

Humanity Sells#8. Michael Nordstrom: 5 Ways Partners Can Remain Relevant in the NOW EcosystemAttention ServiceNow partners looking for new ways to stay relevant in the ServiceNow ecosystem -- this one's for you. Don’t miss our sessions with Michael Nordstrom, Director of America’s Partner Marketing at ServiceNow, as he discusses how his team can help partners scale, add value, and drive marketing initiatives to build their business around ServiceNow in his 1:1 session with Nate, “5 ways partners can remain relevant in the NOW ecosystem.”2023-09-2728 min

Humanity Sells#7. Product Differentiation Through Packaging Design: Make Offerings Stand Out in Crowded MarketsWhat can technology consulting businesses learn from winemakers? Imagine you get to be a winemaker for a month. Your vineyard, your grapes, and your product are all incredible. You know it. Your team knows it. But how do you convince the shopper in the grocery aisle to know it? Why should this buyer pick YOUR bottle amidst the hundreds of others on the shelf? What do successful winemakers do? The answer can be found in their packaging design. In this episode, we explore a popular drink that's murdering the beverage market. This drink is a standout example f...2023-09-1212 min

Humanity Sells#6. The Subject Matter Engine: How to Build an Unstoppable Trust Machine that Connects Your Brand to Your BuyersThe fight for attention has never been more intense. Trust is now the equity that no tech consulting brand can afford to not invest in. As human interactions become more digital, how can marketing and brand leaders instill trust with their audience? In this episode, Nate and Brandon discuss how trust is still transferred person to person, and offer up actionable steps for building meaningful relationships with decision makers at the market level. Hint: your subject matter experts and practice leads should come out from behind the curtain—they are the key to connecting with your audience in a su...2023-08-2915 min

Humanity Sells#5. Our Proven, Easy-to-Use, Storytelling Framework for Tech ConsultantsLike every good movie you've ever watched, all successful stories start with this ONE thing - a human-centered story.In this episode, Nate and Brandon offer up the 7 steps to human-centered storytelling, starting with your target audience’s problem and landing with a clear picture of how life could improve for your audience if they follow your guidance — or take a tragic turn if they don’t.This episode is meant to be actionable. Listen in and discover how to differentiate sympathy and empathy in your marketing, see why “learn more” as a concept is not a vali...2023-08-1523 min

Humanity Sells#4. Know Your Role: Bball, Childhood Trauma, and The Key to Creating Relevance with MarketingThis week Nate and Brandon go a few layers deeper on storytelling by sharing tragic (and heroic) tales about the basketball days of their youth, and highlight the guides that helped them overcome their pain and feel like heroes. Better yet, this episode demonstrates how YOU can help your clients overcome their obstacles—and become their own heroes. We dig into being a helpful guide that will serve your market better than being the hero, and how to use storytelling as a catalyst for positioning your brand internally and externally.2023-08-0120 min

Humanity Sells#3. Storytelling and Purpose-Filled Consulting BrandsDo you remember a commercial that made you cry? In this week’s episode we dig into the value of emotional storytelling and how businesses can use this tool to shape a powerful, relatable narrative. Nate and Brandon look at how some of their favorite consumer brands, like Patagonia, have successfully applied a human-centered messaging framework—and how B2B service providers, like ServiceNow, ClickUp, Celonis, and Slalom are similarly tapping into emotions to not only drive revenue, but to create a place where people want to work. 2023-07-1315 min

Humanity Sells#2. The Power of the Human-Centered Consulting BrandIn today’s episode: all things branding. Nate and Brandon dig into what "branding" really means, why McDonald's sells more than hamburgers, how "hero syndrome" is a trap, and why the Girl Scouts get it right every cookie season. Plus, gain three actionable steps you should take to humanize your brand—and why doing so creates the consistency you need to grow revenue.A super helpful hint: your brand is not for you. It’s for the people that you exist to help. More on this in the episode.2023-07-1330 min

Humanity Sells#1. Intro Episode: For the Love of Humanity!There is a marketing revolution happening in technology consulting. Enterprise businesses in B2B tech are elevating their brand, amplifying their message, and selling more—by being human. This is a podcast for leaders in digital transformation, marketing, branding, and business growth—or for anyone looking for a sustainable and competitive new approach to brand and marketing.In our kick-off episode, get to know Brandon Triola and Nate Netti, co-founders of Forrest Co., a human-centered creative agency driving strategy and growth for some of the largest tech consultancies in the world. Learn why humanity is often overlooked in B...2023-07-1342 min

Humanity SellsIntroduction to Humanity Sells from Brandon TriolaWelcome to the Humanity Sells podcast. A podcast that looks at how the world’s leading digital transformation businesses are elevating their brand, amplifying their message, and selling more in 2023 through human-centered brand & marketing. Hear from CCO and Co-Founder of Forrest-Co, Brandon Triola, as he shares the impetus behind starting the Humanity Sells podcast with business partner Nate Netti. 2023-06-1603 min

The Conviction of a Leader29. Get Better to Get Bigger with Nate Netti Pt. 1Send us a textWelcome back to The Conviction of a Leader! Have we got a treat for you today! Beau is joined by friend of 17 years, Nate Netti. Nate has been married to his wife Abby for 10 years, and they have a soon to be two year old son, Julian. Nate is Cofounder and CEO of Forrest Company, a creative consultancy for B2B tech businesses. In 2020, Nate was doing freelancing work when he had a client that needed visual work, so he teamed up with Brandon Triola. They completed the project, delivered it, a...2023-01-1653 min

The Conviction of a Leader7. A Serial Encourager with Brandon TriolaSend us a textIn this episode, Beau sits down with Brandon Triola - Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Forrest Co. and Author of ‘The Dadosaurus Rex: A Scary Adventure from Grumpy to Grateful’ to talk about leadership and impact. A self-proclaimed ‘Serial Encourager’, Brandon shares some of his greatest leadership tips and lessons he has learned along the way. Life is a gift that we’ve been given to steward and multiply our impact. Listen and learn from Brandon about his conviction to be a good steward of what he’s been entrusted...2022-08-1548 min