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Digital Marketing Masters Podcast with your host, Bestselling Author, Matt Rouse. Actionable information and interviews with leading experts in AI, marketing, productivity, and business. Every show has a business-changing idea that you can use to grow your business and your profits.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Practical guest conversations connect AI and marketing tools to customer insight, creative work, execution, and the limits of automation.
Matt Rouse keeps Digital Marketing Masters focused on the point where AI stops being a headline and becomes an operating decision. His guest conversations connect new tools to customer research, social-media attention, automation, execution, authorship, and voice work.
Matt Rouse's sushi-order detour might change how you automate your next customer interaction.
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Automation only works here if the business still feels human.
George Bryant argues that automation stops helping once it starts erasing the person behind the business. Matt Rouse keeps the conversation on ordinary friction, from phone trees to awkward restaurant ordering, and the contrast lands well: some tools smooth things out, others…
Creative work already pays unevenly, and AI makes the math harder.
Aaron Ryan returns to the uneasy overlap between AI, authorship, and the economics of creative reuse, and the episode works best when it follows the money.
The message is plain: do the work, keep improving, and do not confuse a first try with a system.
This episode keeps circling the same point: results come from steady work, not a sudden burst of enthusiasm. Mark Dulaney is strongest when he stays practical, using books, AI, and business positioning to show how people build leverage or waste time trying to look expert without…
AI is most useful here when it sharpens the question behind customer data.
The episode focuses on turning customer chatter into something a marketer can use with more confidence. Kay Allison argues that business runs on relationships, and she uses AI to surface conflicts, motivations, and gaps in audience behavior across social listening data, brand…
A blunt, useful conversation about voice work, AI disruption, and what still holds up.
Aaron Ryan and Matt Rouse spend this episode on a pressure point that voice work has been trying to ignore: what happens when AI can do a faster, cheaper version of the job.
AI can scale content, but a clear point of view still sets people apart.
The episode treats social media in the age of AI as an identity problem more than a content volume problem. Katie Brinkley and Matt Rouse keep the focus on a simple idea: competence can be copied, but a clear lived point of view is harder to replace, and it gives people a reason…
Simon Owens interviews founders about the revenue mechanics behind their media businesses.
Colin and Samir break down creator-economy news, from OpenAI's TBPN deal to AI podcasts.
AI-era marketing tactics from operators testing what works next.
Mark DeGrasse interviews agency and marketing operators on the frameworks behind their case studies.
Cory Cotten-Potter interviews B2B sales and marketing founders on AI's reshaping of pipeline generation.
Kristina Halvorson interviews content strategists about how the work actually gets done.
Voice actor and author Aaron Ryan discusses how AI is disrupting the voiceover industry, pushing him towards full-time authorship, while host Matt Rouse explores broader themes of commoditization and creative integrity in the age of AI.
Host Matt Rouse introduces Ethan Holland, an expert in AI and digital marketing, who shares his career background in legacy media and its transformation due to digital disruption.
Dan Friker discusses the future of work, focusing on AI's impact on HR, staffing, and various worker types, including insights from his book 'Will AI Take My Job?'.
Nathan Fletcher discusses his Kickstarter-funded science fiction book 'Tales of Galactic Pest Control' and its connection to AI and media, following an introduction to the podcast episode.
Host Matt Rouse introduces retired science professor and science fiction writer Tom Easton, discussing the 100th anniversary of Amazing Tales magazine and an upcoming anthology.
IP attorney Karin Coger discusses the intersection of artificial intelligence and intellectual property law, focusing on common blind spots and legal considerations in the US context.
The host Matt Rouse interviews Marv Paul about the concept of a new internet, discussing its evolution from early home computing to mobile connectivity.
Kate vanderVoort discusses how businesses can begin implementing AI in a human-centered and ethical way, addressing common unpreparedness.
This episode segment introduces the concept of software on demand, where AI generates custom software instantly for businesses, highlighting tools like Sim Theory and its benefits for efficiency and competitiveness.
The host introduces Paul Somerville and his book 'Reclaiming Populism' about economic fairness and disenchanted voters, leading into a discussion on political marketing and societal polarization.
Corbett Drummy discusses his role at Light Tricks, the launch of LTX Studio as an AI video product, and insights into AI adoption in content creation.
The host and guest Dan Wood discuss the common issues with Google Ads for businesses and introduce Dan's process for cleaning up ad accounts.
This episode demonstrates how to use Notebook LM from Google Labs to quickly turn a book or document into a podcast by generating an audio overview and script.
The host introduces Jay Melone to discuss transitioning from trading time for money to building a business with products or services beyond personal hourly work.
Author and voice actor Aaron Ryan returns to discuss the evolving impact of AI on creative industries, sharing personal experiences with voice licensing scams, the toxic gatekeeping in voiceover communities, and how he incorporates AI themes into his fiction writing.
Matt Ruse opens with Kay Allison and tees up her background.
George Bryant opens with a joke about how many podcasts he has done.
Host Matt Rouse interviews author James Hipkin about his book 'Journey to Success, Digital Marketing for Small Business Owners', which uses a parable format to teach marketing strategies through the story of a family-owned bike shop struggling with online competition.
Mayak Annam and Matt Rouse spend the episode on what social media was supposed to do.
Matt Rouse brings back Mark Dulaney from the School of Execution.
Matt Rouse goes solo for an AI basics session.
Host Matt Rouse interviews video game streamer Will Smith about his journey from sales management to full-time streaming, discussing challenges and strategies.
Host Matt Rouse interviews Vincent Valentine, CEO of Cognitive AI, about their AI art platform art.ai and its role in digital marketing.
Matt Rouse interviews Brandon Barnum about systemizing and automating referral generation for businesses.
Host Matt Rouse interviews Ben Albert about his journey from being laid off to building a hyper-localized podcast marketing business.
Host Matt Rouse interviews business mentor Christine Campbell-Raffin about the three non-negotiable fundamentals for building a consistent client growth engine.
Host Matt Rouse interviews turnaround specialist Drew Stevens about the 12 obstacles that kill small and medium businesses.
Host Matt Rouse interviews career coach Terri Boyle-McDougall about helping high achievers find balance and happiness without sacrificing success.
Host Matt Rouse interviews Joseph Wilkins about creating viral sales videos and driving online sales.
Host Matt Rouse interviews marketing agency CEO Guy Ranicena about how marketing has evolved post-COVID and the need for marketers to speak the language of finance.