Episodes

Want to grow your business faster? Slow down. In a world obsessed with speed, the most overlooked marketing strategy is patience. In this episode, we explore why stillness is a competitive advantage, how rushing can kill your results—and oh yeah, TikTok just pulled a resurrection move. Let’s talk about it.

Is your calendar positioning you to thrive, or is it an endless wasteland of undone tasks and busy work? Explore what your calendar reveals about you, your priorities, and your goals—and how to align it with a vision for success.

Ready to transform your business for 2025? In this episode, discover the 6-4-3 Formula—a simple yet powerful framework that blends strategy, clarity, and action to help you grow, position, and communicate your business like never before. If you're tired of spinning your wheels, this is the game-changing episode you need to kickstart the New Year with purpose and results!

What’s your million? A million can mean everything or nothing, depending on how you look at it. For me, surpassing one million downloads felt impossible—until it wasn’t. In this episode, I dive into what chasing your million really means and whatever your million represents, a business, a dream, or a vision, it’s going to demand something from you.

Why are you still in the comfort zone? It’s holding back your business growth. Over 50% of businesses fail because they resist change, blame external factors, and repeat the same mistakes over and over again. In this episode, discover why clarity, adaptability, and bold action are essential to scaling your business. Ready to face the truth and embrace the change?

Focusing on the three key distinctions—what you see, what the market thinks, and what your ICP believes—can help you gain the clarity and insights necessary to recalibrate your approach to growth. Explore the practical shifts you need to make to better align your business strategy with your audience’s needs and market demands, helping you unlock the profit potential you're seeking.

In the final part of our Resonance in Marketing Masterclass series, we explore the key strategies that help brands create unshakable brand loyalty. This episode breaks down how personalization, emotional connections, and strong communities are the cornerstones of marketing success in today’s world.

In a world of endless noise, the brands that stand out are the ones that resonate, not the ones that shout.

In a world of endless noise, the brands that stand out are the ones that resonate, not the ones that shout.

Just like in American Idol, not everyone makes it to the next round to become a client in your business. This episode will teach all about the concept of forcing prospecting clients and customers to audition to become one. This isn’t about playing hard to get; it’s about setting clear boundaries, commanding confidence, and ensuring that the clients you take on align with your values, vision, and service level.

In this intimate and revealing episode, Dr. Frances Richards sits down with me for a deep, one-on-one conversation where I open up like never before. I get honest, vulnerable, and real about my journey as a BIPOC entrepreneur, sharing the challenges, struggles, and triumphs I’ve faced along the way.

Struggling to land that big pitch? Wondering why your path to success is filled with setbacks? Join us as we uncover what it really takes to build billion-dollar unicorns! Learn how to navigate failure, overcome rejection, stay resilient, and empower yourself—and others—in today’s competitive market with insights from venture capitalist and strategist Sarah Chen-Spellings in this masterclass episode.

What if everything you thought was fueling your business growth is actually holding you back? In this episode, we dive deep into the hidden flaws in your data that could be sabotaging your success. Discover how to fix these cracks, align your strategy, and build a powerful "brand orbit" that not only keeps you in business but propels you to new heights. This is the game-changer you've been waiting for – don't miss out!

One of the BIGGEST mistakes most businesses make? They assume who they're speaking to is just like them. But that's furthest from the truth. Does it feel like anything you put out there just gets lost in the "multiverse" of people? We must connect to the multiverse of cultures of each and every person we hope to engage and buy from us.

Peak ROI is different for everyone: every department, team, personnel, investor, stakeholder, and executive. Those that are impacted the most? Your marketing and sales teams. What's worse? Most aren't aligned on results to focus on. This is what's holding many businesses back from achieving peak performance across the board. Eliminate the "bad blood" between marketing and sales and help them align their goals, processes, and metrics, and watch what happens!

Imagine transforming your marketing, sales, and growth efforts tenfold without changing your strategy, tools, or team. What's the secret? In this episode, we will explore the number one barrier preventing you from increasing your marketing and sales conversions tenfold.

Is Ignoring Social Issues in Your Marketing, Sales, & Communication the Best Course of Action? Think Again!

What are the steps to embracing DEIBA to build a better business, create more inclusive marketing campaigns, and engage in more equitable sales practices? This episode, with questions asked by Marc D. Hans, will cover the basics of how to begin the process of integrating DEIBA into your business, tech stack, marketing, sales, HR, messaging, culture, and more.

Chatbots, Email, Social, Video, and Artificial Intelligence... oh my! We're back at it with a breakdown of another State of Marketing deep dive, Part 2.

What makes someone pay to come to an event? Become a customer? Watch or read your content? Give a business referral? The answer is simply the experience one has. How do we cultivate an experience that connects the mind to say yes logically and the heart to want it emotionally? This is where my coined Conscious Growth Pathways come into play!

Let's drop some real tea on innovation, AI, and the state of marketing, old school iDigress style — fast-talking, high-energy, value gems dropping every other second. Let's go on the record and break down the good, the bad, and the reality of all of these things!

Perception vs. perspective has either ended businesses before they got off the ground or saved businesses with a phenomenal pivot. Many entrepreneurs, startups, business leaders, marketers, and go-to-market specialists need to acknowledge that their perception of themselves, value, product, service, or interpretation of the marketplace can be flawed, narrow-minded, or completely inaccurate. To combat this, you must embrace gaining a better perspective by exploring other possibilities of the source of truth beyond what you see, know, can identify, or believe at times.

Entrepreneurship is hard. Everyone says that. But why? Whether you're an entrepreneur, creator, speaker, or author, these levels and the tiers of achievement and success break most people! Seventy-five percent of those that try, don't make the cut. Just like in basketball, the odds are so small to make pro, why even try? Yet those who do make it knew the odds and pursued it anyway. And in the same way, we're all digital athletes trying to be great at something within our domain. Why? How? Can we actually do it? Can we become the Steph Curry, the Caitlin Clark, the LeBron James in the thing we do? Let's talk about it!

Do you know the common threads between success and failure in business? It's nothing glorious. It's all about the basics! In this episode, I discuss the realities all successful people face and the fundamentals that lead to successful outcomes. I also share my journey and lessons learned as the keynote speaker for MarkeTech Conference 2024.