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Marketing QualifiedIs Your Marketing Strategy a Hack or Just Plain Whack?Send us a textDigital interfaces are becoming increasingly customizable, but is this enhancing our experience or just masking intrusive marketing? Mike and Chris take us on a fascinating journey through app personalization, starting with Starbucks' customizable icons and exploring how seemingly minor features can drive significant engagement.Ever wished your weather app had personality? The hosts introduce "Carrot," a weather app that lets you adjust its tone from professional to downright profane. It's a perfect example of how even the mundane can become engaging through creative personalization. This sparks a deeper conversation about what...2025-06-2746 minMarketing QualifiedMarketing in the AI Era, LinkedIn Bait-and-Switch, and the Quest for Digital SanitySend us a textMike and Chris explore how artificial intelligence might be making us lazier thinkers while discussing the evolving landscape of digital marketing in 2025. They dissect everything from frustrating LinkedIn engagement tactics to surprising platform effectiveness and emerging B2B influencer trends. Other topics covered include:• Is using ChatGPT for basic ideation making us intellectually lazy• The ubiquitous "comment for resource" LinkedIn tactic that rarely delivers• Why Instagram is surprisingly effective for some B2B marketing campaigns• Reddit's emerging importance in SEO strategy despite lack of first-party data• The challenges...2025-06-1339 min
Ultra High Net Worth Clients with Chris Brodhead#79 Small Clients, Big Potential: Growing Wealth Together w/ Tim Newton, CEO & Wealth Manager, Newton Financial Solutions, LLCDownload Chris's FREE E-Book on “How To Find Ultra High Net Worth Clients" from https://UHNWC.com/ Tim Newton is the CEO & Wealth Manager at Newton Financial Solutions, LLC (https://www.newtonfinancialsolutions.com/). Newton Financial Solutions was born in 2007 when Tim and John Newton decided to pursue their dream of running a joint practice in the financial services industry. Tim wants to improve his clients’ lives by finding the right solution and encouraging them to be lifelong partners in their own financial plan.In this episode, Chris and Tim discuss:1. Building Wealth by Puttin...2025-06-1331 minMarketing QualifiedEpisode 12: AI in the Marketing RoomSend us a textChris and Mike run an experiment by secretly introducing an AI-generated guest named "Naomi" to test how long it takes to spot a synthetic podcast participant, highlighting important questions about authenticity in marketing communications. Also in this episode: • AI guest "Naomi" claims to be a VP of Marketing who deleted her LinkedIn account, immediately raising suspicion because no VP could have an ego small enough to actually do that• The guys discuss how a "What the Sistine Chapel taught me about B2B sales" post on LinkedIn showcases the forced busin...2025-06-1336 minMarketing QualifiedEpisode 11: The Salesforce Rant, The Gate Debate, and AttributionSend us a textAnyone who's worked in B2B marketing or sales has likely experienced the love-hate (mostly hate) relationship with Salesforce CRM. This passionate, unfiltered conversation dives deep into why this "necessary evil" causes so much frustration despite its dominance in the market.Mike and Chris explore the fundamental paradox at the heart of Salesforce - why its extreme customizability becomes its biggest weakness. When companies need dedicated administrators making six-figure salaries just to keep their CRM functional, something's fundamentally broken. The hosts share war stories about extracting usable data, navigating clunky reporting...2025-04-2335 minMarketing QualifiedEpisode 10: Dirty Data and the Performance IllusionSend us a textMike and Chris explore workplace challenges through the lens of humor, examining how corporate structures often lead to ineffective management and misaligned priorities.• The Peter Principle suggests people get promoted to their level of incompetence• The Dilbert Principle argues incompetent workers are deliberately promoted to management to minimize damage• QBRs (Quarterly Business Reviews) would be unnecessary with proper data management and process adherence• Retention marketing should be rebranded as customer marketing to better reflect its purpose• Customer retention should be a company-wide responsibility, not siloed to specific department...2025-04-1838 minMarketing QualifiedEpisode 9: The Rings of Power Paradox – Marketing Masterclass, Product FailureSend us a textEver stared at your phone during a show with a billion-dollar marketing budget behind it? That's exactly what happened to Chris and Mike with Amazon's Rings of Power, sparking a crucial conversation about marketing's limitations. Despite global campaigns, celebrity endorsements, and prime placement across every imaginable platform, no amount of marketing magic can salvage a fundamentally flawed product.This principle extends far beyond entertainment. In today's hyper-competitive SaaS landscape, the era of marketing your way around mediocrity has ended. We explore how this reality shapes career decisions for marketers—why researching pr...2025-04-1637 minMarketing QualifiedEpisode 8Send us a textMarketing tools come and go, but which ones are actually worth your time and investment? Mike Griffin and Chris Newman cut through the hype to examine three marketing staples that might be delivering less value than you think.The conversation kicks off with a provocative question: is website chat functionality dead? While once heralded as the future of lead generation, both hosts share their skepticism about chat's effectiveness as a marketing tool. Chris notes, "From a marketing standpoint, I've never really seen much success with just using chat to close a...2025-03-1837 minMarketing QualifiedEpisode 7Send us a textChris and Mike discusses the biggest misconceptions about digital marketing, lament about opaque pricing pages and sales processes, debate the (lack of) viability of audio books as a marketing channel, and answer the question: Is chat as an acquisition channel dead? And because they can't help themselves, they also dunk on the Rings of Power for a bit. Visit us at https://www.marketingqualified.ioFollow us on InstagramEmail us at pod@marketingqualified.io2025-03-1437 min
Do You Know Newton PodcastDo You Know Newton: Episode 14: Public WorksAt the start of 2025, Newton County experienced snowy weather. We spoke with Chris Malcolm, the Public Works Director, to gain insight into how his team prepared county roads with salt and brine to tackle the challenging conditions. Tune in to discover the extensive efforts made by the Public Works department across the county. Beyond just clearing roads, the Public Works team is responsible for maintaining infrastructure, ensuring safety, and providing essential services that keep the community functioning smoothly.
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AREA52 - DEBRIEFED With Chris RamsayTransmedium UAPs, UFO National Archives and Debunking - w/ Chrissy Newton - DEBRIEFED ep. 16Chrissy Newton, TV Host, Researcher, Writer & award winning Podcaster at The Debrief joins me in the SCIF to talk about her TV Show on Discovery where she gets to the bottom of a TON of new UFO Encounters. We also talk about The National UFO Archive and the UN's role during Disclosure.
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Why Wars Happened History PodcastINTERVIEW: Military History with Dr. Chris Newton: From Old Wars to Modern ConflictsHey guys, welcome back to the Why Wars Happened History Podcast, where you learn about the causes of wars and things like, why did it happen? Was it inevitable? Who was involved?Sometimes I go back hundreds of years just so we can understand what happened in our narrative episodes covering the long course of a war and the background of the war.And if you want to talk more about war, we also have authors, historians, war generals, royalty, actors, filmmakers, a whole bunch of people come on as guests and we talk about...2024-11-2643 min
Roostertail TalkEpisode 131: Chris Martin and Jason Colean, Part 1Send us a textAfter a 2 month hiatus we are back and streaming with part 1 of my interview with Chris Martin and Jason Colean. Chris and Jason are crew members for the U-27 Apollo Mechanical racing team. Listen to their story as they went from hydroplane fans to crewing for the winningest hydroplane driver of all time! Part 2 of my interview with Chris and Jason will stream November 19th. Enjoy!Support the showHelp the podcast by subscribing to our new service, Roostertail Talk+. The podcast is still free to all on our web...2024-11-1225 min