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How the Fxck SEO Podcast

Dive into the world of fast-growth SEO case studies on the How the Fxck podcast. Each episode gets into the trenches alongside those who were *actually* there when it happened. To reveal the full story of what's working in SEO right now.

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“Focus On Middle Funnel First!” Scaling ClickUp to 100K/Mo as a One-Man Content Team from 2023-12-13T09:00

This week, I welcome Josh Spilker onto the show. Josh is a seasoned marketer, having been the sole ...

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$1.6M to $17M annual revenue in 16 months 🤯 SEO certainly can generate demand | Aditya Vempaty from 2023-12-04T04:48:26

"There's no search volume for what we do"—okay, well do THIS instead.


In this case study, Aditya Vempaty (ex-Amplitude, current MoEngage VP of Marketing) shares ...

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Solo: Crafting your first topic cluster; Building authority content libraries; Getting real about quality (Just me & you, Ben Goodey) from 2023-10-03T02:28:39

We're back, baby! In this episode, I jump on to do my first-ever solo podcast. Just me and you.


I wanted to dig into a challenge my clients and network face regularly: How...

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Q&A: Keyword optimization best practices; featured snippets, HARO, working with freelancers (with Zoe Ashbridge, Co-Founder at Forank) from 2023-07-12T09:38:18

I was so excited to welcome fellow Brit, Zoe Ashbridge, to the community today.


We throw tips and questions back and fo...

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3-Part Framework for Ranking Content on Page 1 (Jessica Lam Hill Young & Yamon, the brand creatives) - Part 2 from 2023-06-28T04:08:28

“60% of all our content ranks on page one.”—Jessica Lam Hill Young


In this episode, we learn the three-part framework Jess and her team use to create high-quality content that...

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How to Build Quality Content into a Velocity SEO Workflow [Erin Balsa, Founder at Haus of Bold, Content Strategist for Complex Enterprise SaaS] from 2023-06-14T03:33

Our "raison d’etre" is to help marketers scale search traffic without sacrificing quality. This week, expect a ton of tips & ideas for doing just that.


I intervi...

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How Copy.AI Got 1M Clicks in 5 Months with First-Mover Advantages [Jeremy Moser, Founder at uSERP.io] from 2023-06-07T01:20:34

Since launch in 2020, copy.ai has grown to 8M users in the fierce battle for AI content writing tools.


But back in 2022, when they began investing in SEO, sea...

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How to Find and Target High Converting Keywords in Your Niche (With Jacob Clarke, Organic Growth @ NerdWallet) from 2023-05-23T10:01:37

We're joined again this week by Jacob from NerdWallet, this week to discuss a VERY important topic: high-converting keywords.


We discuss:

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How Maze.co Built an SEO Revenue Engine to 900 Monthly Organic Sign-Ups (Jake Stainer, Co-Founder at Skale.so) from 2023-05-16T09:46:53

This case study is about an underdog website.


A new company, launching into a competitive niche and winning some of those most difficult keywords.


Maze br...

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How to Build Topical Authority in SEO (With Jacob Clarke, Organic Growth @ NerdWallet) from 2023-05-09T10:04:19

Jacob Clarke joined the show today from NerdWallet's stupidly successful SEO team. He helps us define topical authority and drill down...

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Scaling LivingCozy.com to 335,000 Monthly Page Views with Expert Content [Ash Read, Co-Founder at 937 Media. Ex-Buffer Editorial Director) from 2023-05-01T08:02:07

I had an amazing conversation with Ash Read this week on the show.


For those of you who know the software company Buffer, Ash was their Editorial Director for 6 years. So, yo...

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Google's E-E-A-T: What is The New E and How to Demonstrate It in an AI World [Olga Zarr, SEO Consultant] from 2023-04-19T08:24:49

Learn about E-E-A-T and how to demonstrate it with SEO expert, Olga Zarr.


Topics: What is E-E-A-T? Does it matter for everyone? How can I demonstrate it to Go...

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Product-Led SEO and SurveyMonkey's $200M Annual Organic Growth Strategy (Eli Schwartz, Author of Product-led SEO and ex-SurveyMonkey Director of Growth) from 2023-04-11T10:04:16

Eli Schwartz has advised the who's who of technology companies: Zendesk, Coinbase, Quora, InsightTimer, and many more.


During his 7-year tenure at SurveyM...

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Part 3: 2,300 Blog Posts in One Go?! How to Do Tomb Raiding Keyword Research - The Strategy Behind the "BEAST" SEO Case Study (Adam Smith, Founder @ Niche Website Builders) - SEO Podcast from 2023-04-04T15:00:58

In the final episode with Adam Smith, we look at the keyword research system behind his "beast" SEO case study.

Here's the background on the niche site:

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Part 2: How to Choose a Profitable Niche That You Can *Actually* Win (Adam Smith, Founder @ Niche Website Builders) - SEO Podcast from 2023-03-29T08:45:59

More with Adam Smith!

This time? The hardest part of niche blogging: Actually choosing a sub-niche you don't regret.

This is the best methodology I've seen to fi...

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Part 1: How to Use Aged Domains to Juice Up Your Authority (Adam Smith, Founder @ Niche Website Builders) - SEO Podcast from 2023-03-22T10:59:26

This week, I caught up with niche website expert, Adam Smith, to learn how to use aged domains to accelerate traffic-building success.

Expert to learn:

  1. What...

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Aura.com's Full Funnel SEO Strategy: ~1 Million Monthly Visitors in 12 Months (Gaetano DiNardi, Growth Advisor, and ex-VP of Growth at Aura) from 2023-03-01T09:33:47

Gaetano developed the strategy that took Aura's SEO traffic to close to ~1 million monthly visitors in 12 months.

The blog started with zero content and low domain authority. Now, with on...

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How to Create Remarkable SEO Content with LEMA (Lily Ugbaja, Freelance Content Strategist for B2B SaaS, ex-Animalz) from 2023-02-22T11:08:57

Downloadable LEMA framework template: https://www.thefxck.com/lema-framework-template

In SEO, creating quality, experience-driven content has never been ...

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Fixing the SEO of an £80m monthly fashion eCommerce company (and adding 22% Revenue in 12 Months (Louis Smith, eCommerce SEO specialist] from 2023-02-15T07:30:36

eCommerce SEO expert, Louis Smith, came on the podcast this week to talk through one of his case studies. 

He helped th...

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0 to £6 billion IPO in 2 years | The role of SEO in Cazoo's growth story (Andy Francos, Ex-Group Head of Organic Performance at Cazoo) from 2023-02-07T17:02:11

Andy Francos was the Group Head of Organic Performance at Cazoo from day one through to IPO.

In this episode, we learn:

  • How Cazoo built a customer-centric organic strategy f...

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How Typeform Built SEO into a $3M Annual Lifetime Revenue Channel (Jake Stainer, Co-Founder at Skale, Ex-Typeform Head of Growth) from 2023-01-17T21:31:47

Jake Stainer joined Typeform in June 2015 as employee #29.

In his first couple of weeks, they celebrated hitting £1M in annual revenu...

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Hotjar's Traffic Explosion: 47% Increase in 2 Years (Sean Potter, Senior SEO & Content Strategist at Hotjar) [SEO Case Study] from 2023-01-11T01:15:38

Hotjar's search volume increased 47% over the past 2 years. That's millions of new visitors each year. 

And the best thing? Revenue results. It's driving *actual* revenue results.&nb...

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How Retro Dodo grew 1M clicks and $50K monthly revenue in 3 years (Brandon Saltalamacchia, Founder at RetroDodo) [SEO Case Study] from 2023-01-04T08:57:46

My guest this week built the most successful Retro Gaming website around today.

In this episode, we hear how Brandon's multimedia approach to content creation helped him build a brand...

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How Scribe grew from 0 to 30,000 monthly visitors in 7 months (with significant ROI) (Jakub Rudnik, Head of Content, ex-G2 Content Strategist) [SEO Case Study] from 2022-12-21T08:51:30

This week, I catch up with a world-class content strategist, Jakub Rudnik. 

Safe to say he's been around the block. He was at G2 as a senior content strategist during the hyper-growt...

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How UserPilot Scaled to 100K Clicks in 10 Months With Programmatic SEO (Emilia Korczyńska, Head of Marketing, UserPilot) [SEO Case Study] from 2022-12-14T08:44:29

It took UserPilot three years to get its first 25,000 monthly organic visitors. And, just 10 months to get to 100,000.

Whaaaat?! Triple the growth rate. 🤯 How on earth did they...

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Growing My Niche Website to 75,000 Monthly Visitors & £7K Income in 2 Years with SEO (Samantha North, Founder at digitalemigre.com) [SEO Case Study] from 2022-12-07T09:21:21

Samantha North learned SEO from scratch and built her niche blog to 3,000 daily visits (75K monthly), all in under 2 years.

In this episode, we deep dive Samantha's story, including every...

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How to Create Your First SaaS SEO Strategy (Brendan Hufford, Founder at Growth Sprints) from 2022-11-23T08:06:15

This week’s How the F*ck episode centers on a role-play between me and leading SaaS SEO strategist, Brendan Hufford.

Here’s the background. I’m a SaaS founder for a productivity software....

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How to Get £13 Million in Revenue With Local SEO (Tim Hanson, Founder at fivethreeoh) [SEO Case Study] from 2022-11-15T23:55:23

Tim's a SaaS SEO specialist, known for his sprints approach and the super insightful strategies he shares on LinkedIn.

In the episode, Ti...

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How SEO Helped Supermetrics Grow to $50m ARR (Edward Ford, Demand Gen Director, Supermetrics) [SEO Case Study] from 2022-11-09T09:53:15

Supermetrics just hit $50m ARR. That's more than 5x since Edward Ford joined the team three years ago.

You know what's cool? Supermetrics earned their first $5m in revenue without a singl...

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4 Thought Leadership Frameworks to Create Expert Content for SEO (Ryan Law, VP of Content at Animalz) from 2022-11-02T08:40:50

This week on the How the F*ck podcast, I have the pleasure of welcoming Ryan Law, VP of Content at Animalz onto the podcast.

Ryan and Animalz have helped shift the way marketers approach ...

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How to Get 2m Clicks in 16 Months in a Tough-to-Win Niche (Ryan Darani, SEO Consultant and YMYL expert) [SEO Case Study] from 2022-10-26T07:28:40

This week I’m joined by Ryan Darani, an expert SEO consultant in the Your Money Your Life (YMYL) space.

Ryan grew the website of an eCommerce at-home blog testing kit company from 30,000 ...

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How Operto 4x revenue in 12 months with SEO (Maeva Cifuentes, CEO at Flying Cat Marketing) [SEO Case Study] from 2022-10-19T07:53:42

In this episode, Maeva shares with me how she and her fast-growing team quadrupled the revenue of property automation software company, Operto in just 12 months.

You'll learn the fundamen...

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Kevin Indig's 5 Key Lessons From a 10-year Career in SEO (ex-Director at Shopify, Atlassian, G2, DailyMotion) from 2022-10-12T06:46:53

Reflecting on a 10-year career, Kevin Indig shares five important lessons he's learned in his SEO career about management, influence, and execution. The career lessons come alongside fascinating...

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How Topical Authority Helped Respona Grow from 0 to ~100K Monthly Organic Visitors (George Chasiotis, Managing Director at Minuttia) [SEO Case Study] from 2022-10-05T07:31:22

This week's episode deep dives the organic growth journey of product-led SaaS tool, Respona. 

George and his team wrote close to 100 blog posts, driving 20,000 organic keywords—1,500...

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Three PR-Driven Strategies That'll Earn You 100s of SEO Backlinks in One Weekend (Fery Kaszoni, Search Intelligence) [SEO Case Study] from 2022-09-28T08:25:38

In this week's How the F*ck episode, I caught up with the expert in PR-based link building: Fery Kaszoni, the founder of the fast-growing link building agency, Search Intelligence.

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How to Grow From 0 to 2.3M Organic Traffic in 12 Months (Dimitris Drakatos, Head of SEO at Paired, ex-Peanut, ex-Revolut) [SEO Case Study] from 2022-09-21T09:05:37

How the F*ck SEO kicks off with an interview with the awe-striking Dimitris Drakatos. After stints at leading tech companies like Work...

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Ep. 36: How to create an inbound lead engine your sales team doesn't hate (Feat. Jennifer Montague, Director of Marketing @ Dixa) from 2021-11-18T18:14:03

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This week's guest is Jen Montague, Director of Marketing at Dixa (the Europe-based customer service platform that just raised...

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Ep. 35: How to use customer calls to create content that drives revenue (Feat. Yaagneshwaran Ganesh, Director of Marketing at Avoma) from 2021-10-16T16:25:47

“I don’t believe in creating lots of top of funnel content. When you are part of a startup or a mid-market company, everything that you do needs to map to a result.”

In this epis...

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Ep. 34: The power of events in B2B marketing (Feat. Anthony Kennada, CMO at Hopin, ex-Gainsight CMO) from 2021-07-05T22:15:13

This week's How the Fxck interview is with the incredible Anthony Kennada, CMO at Hopin.

Anthony was the first marketer and founding CMO at Gainsight, which grew to $100m ARR and sold for...

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Ep. 33: How I attract big name clients with content (Xenia, Founder of Planable) from 2021-05-03T12:27:39

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In this week's podcast, we talked to the founder of Planable, Xenia Muntean.

Planable is a social...

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Ep. 31: How I grew from 0 to +500,000 organic monthly visitors in 16 months (zero backlinks or dirty tricks) from 2021-04-22T12:36:56

This one is better seen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyZWuEG3sFQ

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Ep. 32: How I grew AWW App (acquired by Miro) to 1.5m MAU from 2021-04-18T12:36:10

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S2, Ep. 3: How to start a successful marketing agency, Nemanja Zivkovic from 2021-03-21T20:04:32

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It was an absolute pleasure to interview one of my favourite marketers: Listen

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Ep. 30: How to start a successful marketing agency, Nemanja Zivkovic from 2021-03-21T19:04:32

Get a mini-Q&A and timestamps for this episode over at www.thefxck.com.


It was an absolute pleasure to interview one of my favourite marketers: Listen

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Ep.2, Tom Bangay, 1,200+ organic downloads from this revenue-focused eBook strategy from 2021-03-07T20:21:42

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This week, I had an extremely insightful a...

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Ep.29, Tom Bangay, 1,200+ organic downloads from this revenue-focused eBook strategy from 2021-03-07T19:21:42

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This week, I had an extremely insightful and in-de...

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Ep. 27: Andy Culligan CMO, How to generate 15,000 webinar for <£1,000 from 2021-02-07T17:51:34

This week's marketing leader is Andy Culligan, the CMO of LeadFeeder.


Andy joined LeadFeeder in 2020 and took on the task of...

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Ep. 26: Eddie Shleyner, How to write copy like a pro from 2021-01-25T11:46:48

Here's a man who needs no introduction: Eddie Shleyner.

I've been wildly excited to release this episode since I recorded it ...

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Ep. 25: Danny Gavin, How to run an award-winning Facebook advertising campaign. from 2021-01-10T17:24:39

I'm excited to welcome Danny Gavin to the podcast this week.

Danny's the founder of the Optid...

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Ep. 24: Kris Hughes, how to decide your first 30-60-120 days of content strategy. from 2021-01-10T17:24:10

Hello and welcome to the How the Fxck podcast, this week we have an incredible marketing leader, Kris Hughes, who I had the pleasure of gril...

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Ep. 23: Michael Norris on how to build a news & entertainment website from zero to viral from 2020-11-24T20:10:04

This week, I interviewed Michael Norris, the CMO of YouTech (a Chicago marketing & design agency).


He also hosts YouTalk, a podcast about business and marketing, which I w...

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Ep. 22: Holly Enneking, how to run a successful brand awareness campaign (to engage your partners) from 2020-11-08T18:08:41

This week I chatted to Holly Enneking, the VP of Marketing at Lev.

I love Lev. And I want to copy their marketing. So it was awesome to dig into the ...

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Ep. 21: Rand Fishkin on how he built an 18,000 email waiting list to launch SparkToro from 2020-10-22T11:17:39

This week, I interviewed Rand Fishkin.

You may know him as the founder of Moz.com, a company with +$50m in annual revenue that's used by marketers worldwide.

He's recently left...

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Ep. 20: Nadya Khoja's 3 million monthly organic visitors thanks to viral content & PR techniques from 2020-10-04T07:50:13

This week, we interviewed Nadya Khoja, the Chief Growth Officer at Venngage.


Nadya joined Venngage when they were a small team of four with (a relatively small) 20,000 organic...

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Ep. 19: Lindsay Tjepkema on putting a B2B podcast at the heart of your content engine from 2020-09-20T10:59:07

Thinking of starting a podcast for your company? This is the only podcast you'll need to get started.

This week's guest is Lindsay Tjepkema, an experienced marketing leader and founder of...

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Ep. 18: Casey Graham on LinkedIn brand building from 2020-09-04T10:35:23

Shhhh 🤫 Casey just dropped the secret to building an influential brand on LinkedIn. Details inside or shared over at the www.thefxck.com weekly newsletter.

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Ep. 17: Stephanie Cox's complete account based marketing playbook from 2020-08-23T22:30:18

"Gosh, it's like you guys are everywhere."

Want your ideal customer to say this about you?

Then you gotta listen to this week's interview.

Stephanie C...

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Ep. 16: Louis Grenier on how to stand the f*ck out from 2020-08-16T19:45:41

It is not a risk to be different, it's a risk to fit in.

This week I have a genuinely exciting guest: Louis ‘bonjour bonjour’ Grenier, the host of the marketing podcast E...

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Ep. 15: Todd Clouser on winning 550k Youtube subscribers from 2020-08-09T17:14:43

This week on the How the Fxck podcast we have a KILLER interview with Todd Clouser.

In the last few years, Todd has built up a Youtube channel with around 550,000 subscribers. And it’s gr...

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Ep. 14: Jonny Plein from Pouch on how to grow and maintain 175,000 weekly active users from 2020-08-02T11:07:34

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Ep. 13: Ian Luck tells us how he got 30k organic downloads and $2m ARR from one ebook from 2020-07-22T18:28:46

This week we interviewed Ian Luck, VP of Marketing at ...

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Ep.12: Paula Monteiro from Wikitude on augmented reality in marketing: Uses, trends, and adding real value from 2020-07-15T07:39:52

This week on the How the Fxck podcast, we have a true marketing leader: Paula Monteiro.

Paula is Head of Marketing at Wikitude, which has been a leader in the Listen

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Ep. 11: Ariana Alexander-Sefre on storytelling, purpose, and stimulating the human senses from 2020-07-07T21:47:03

This week we catch up with serial founder, Ariana. 

She's a passionate storyteller and an expert in creating multisensory experiences. a big believer in the founder-activist.  Listen

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Ep. 10: How to establish an effective product marketing function with Devon O'Rourke of Fluvio Consulting from 2020-07-01T19:23:40

Today's interview is with Devon O'Rourke, founder of Fluvio, the product marketing consultancy.

We discuss the fundamentals of a successful ...

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Ep. 9: Improving your messaging: Make your marketing resonate, with Dan Ritzke, Founder of Third Act Marketing. from 2020-06-17T17:06:03

This week, I am interviewing Dan Ritzke, the founder of Third Act Marke...

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Ep 8. Gareth Morgan, SEO expert: Best practice and innovative SEO techniques from 2020-06-10T13:23:15

This week's interview on the How the Fxck podcast is with Gareth Morgan, Founder of one of the UKs largest marketing agencies: Liberty Marketing.

Gar...

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Ep. 7: MJ Peters from Firetrace on developing a B2B marketing strategy for a new market segment from 2020-06-03T11:57:05

This weeks interview is with MJ Peters, VP of Marketing at FireTrace and host of The Industrial Markete...

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Ep. 6: Finn Lagun from Pasta Evangelists on B2C brand strategy: Building credibility and getting mission focused from 2020-05-26T22:02:46

Finn Lagun is the Co-founder & CMO at Pasta Evangelist, a high-growth fresh ...

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Ep.5: Gaetano DiNardi on generating demand: high quality leads on a budget from 2020-05-19T15:04:31

This week’s interview is with Gaetano DiNardi, the Director of Demand Generation...

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Ep.4: Iona Ratcliffe, CMO at Ocean Bottle: The four C's behind a compelling brand from 2020-05-12T20:41:31

This week’s interview is with Iona Ratcliffe, CMO at Ocean Bottle, and previously a brand and comms strategist at Wieden and Kennedy, Portas, and Droga5 where she worked on projects with brands ...

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Ep.3: Chris Walker: The demand generation engine and how to do marketing the right way from 2020-05-04T07:57:05

Chris Walker, CEO at Refine Labs, talks to us about inbound demand generation. 

Chris tells us why marketers need to focus on high volume, buyer-led content, and throw away the usele...

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Ep.2: Ali Shahrestani on winning partnerships from 2020-04-26T17:46:30

Ali Shahrestani is the incredible CMO of three companies, the primary one being Peyk. Peyk is a London-based cou...

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Ep.1: April Dunford: How I helped reposition a database product that went on to make $1 billion in revenue from 2020-04-21T08:55:18

April Dunford is a renowned positioning consultant and author of the incredible Obviously Awesome!

We caught up and she told us the story of positioning a product from her early career, a...

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