Marketing discipline for scaling founders.
Embodied CEO blends founder mindset with practical marketing mechanics. Episodes move between ad performance, offer strategy, AI adoption, team structure, and the emotional pressure of running a larger company.
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Embodied CEO is a business-growth show centered on the practical and psychological work of leading a scaling company. It is not just about marketing tactics. It is about the person making the calls, holding the pressure, and deciding how to show up when the numbers, team, calendar, or market do not cooperate. Episodes often begin with a real moment from the operator's life: moving into a new studio, planning content days, managing kids' sports, changing gyms, batch recording, or noticing the cost of rushing. Then the show turns that moment into a business lesson. The throughline is disciplined leadership. Marketing topics stay concrete, from lead costs dropping from $16 to $8 to weekly webinars, buyer timelines, social content, offers, funnels, and the role of live experiences. The show also spends time on AI, especially the question of how to gain efficiency without outsourcing original thinking. That tension gives the show its shape. It wants entrepreneurs to use better tools, but not become passive. It wants growth, but not frantic growth. It wants strong sales, but not a business run entirely by fear when results slow down. The emotional register is unusually open for a strategy show. Stress, frustration, gratitude, decision fatigue, family responsibility, payroll pressure, and the absence of a backup plan all appear as part of the CEO job. There are guest conversations too, including a social media agency owner discussing drama-driven algorithms, consistent content, and series strategy. Still, the show's center of gravity is the solo founder monologue: one idea examined from several angles until it becomes a usable standard. The result is part marketing notebook, part leadership audit, and part reminder that scaling requires both sharper systems and steadier self-command.
Made for: For entrepreneurs, small-business owners, and CEOs who are building offers, content, ads, teams, and capacity at the same time. It especially fits listeners who want tactical growth advice with frank discussion of pressure, pace, and personal standards.
What sets it apart: The show connects performance marketing details to the inner mechanics of leadership instead of treating them as separate problems. Its edge is the steady movement from real founder pressure into decisions about data, process, energy, and long-term commitment.
MARKETING THAT ACTUALLY WORKS.If you're an entrepreneur looking for business growth strategies, takeaways on what's working right now, and deep conversations that reveal everything from business to leadership to being a CEO and parent…this show is for you!I'm Emily Hirsh, CEO of Embodied Marketing. My team manages millions in advertising spend and has helped generate over $132M+ for businesses like Amy Porterfield, Mel Robbins, and Marie Forleo. I'm sharing the same proven strategies we use every day… plus so much more!My goal is to simplify marketing & business growth with actionable videos on topics like FB &IG advertising, high-converting funnels, CEO mindset, conversations with successfu…
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Emily Hirsh connects durable marketing, deliberate operations, and CEO self-management without treating growth as a collection of quick tactics.
Embodied CEO follows Emily Hirsh as she connects company growth with the way a CEO manages time, attention, and pressure. The solo episodes move easily between marketing decisions and firsthand accounts of building a headquarters, working with an in-person team, planning…
Emily Hirsh adds twenty minutes of breathing room before school pickup; your launch plan might need some too.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
An episode about removing resistance, grounded in a new studio, a gym loss, and a new connection.
This episode looks at what happens when work starts to feel forced, and the answer is to back away from resistance instead of pushing harder. The new studio setting gives that idea a clear frame, and the host ties it to purpose, patience, and not chasing noise.
A practical case for AI speed without giving up judgment.
The episode makes a clear case for using AI to move faster without surrendering originality, creativity, or human connection. The host argues that creators, CEOs, and entrepreneurs can benefit by leaving room for their own thinking before they reach for chat, treating AI as a…
A founder connects sustainable growth with earlier planning, calmer pacing, and making real room in the day.
The episode frames growth as a shift in operating identity: the founder has to start acting like the CEO of the company being built, even before that version of the company fully exists. The practical force comes from the way that idea is tied to buffer.
A grounded case for CEO responsibility as the cost of building a business that supports a family.
The episode frames big business ownership as a continuing test of responsibility, not a finish line where pressure disappears. As the host tells it, growth can make the stakes feel larger: sales dip, expenses climb, payroll gets tight, and the person in charge still has to…
A candid push to choose, reset with gratitude, and face the storm sooner.
PlayNext follows an episode about choosing before certainty arrives, aimed at CEOs who have allowed decisions to occupy too much mental space. The core idea is direct: make the choice, then commit to making it the best choice ever made.
AI can expand capacity when leaders protect the judgment, creativity, and connection that keep the company theirs.
AI's promise of efficiency becomes a question of executive judgment in this Embodied CEO episode. The host makes a practical case for speed and output, but only when leaders give their own thinking enough room before turning to a tool.
A grounded reset on sales as the result of patient, repeated marketing work.
Sales come through here as a long-game discipline, not a next-month rescue plan. The host pushes against the idea that a new offer should pay off immediately, tying a slower sales cycle to steady content, lead generation, audience connection, live experiences, email-list…
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Abbey Ashley's playbook for turning your job skills into a virtual assistant business.
Naval Ravikant on epistemology, startups, and crypto, from David Deutsch to Vitalik Buterin.
Alex Theuma interviews SaaS founders and investors on scaling to $10M-plus ARR.
Guy Raz traces founders' origin stories and fields live advice-line calls from entrepreneurs.
Alex Blumberg interviews guests like Megan Phelps-Roper and Shane McAnally about failure and reinvention.
Host Emily Hirsh shares a client case study revealing an 18-month average buying timeline for a $4,500 offer.
Emily Hirsh, CEO of Embodied Marketing, shares her framework for integrating AI into business without losing human creativity and connection.
This episode discusses three key aspects of messaging and positioning to help entrepreneurs improve their marketing by deeply understanding their ideal customer's emotions and desires.
This episode features an interview with Angie Lee, founder of Soul CBD, discussing her journey of rejecting traditional career paths, building an eight-figure e-commerce brand, and embracing ambition and creativity as feminine strengths.
This episode features an interview with Jenn Goodall, who shares insights on transitioning from corporate roles to entrepreneurship, implementing effective operational systems, and leading with purpose in business.
Resistance is the tell here.
The host opens with a warning.
The host shares personal insights and strategies for scaling a business to eight figures, focusing on CEO mindset, weekly webinars, time management, and current successful offers.
The host discusses the unspoken realities of running a multi-million dollar business, emphasizing that success is never easy and requires purpose-driven leadership and accountability.
The host discusses how real marketing begins when things don't work, emphasizing data-driven actions and purpose-led leadership, while sharing excitement about moving to a larger studio to foster in-person team collaboration.
The host of Embodied CEO ties quarter-one planning, a 2026 “reality creation” notes system, and recent hiring of three or four team members to the question of what unlocked growth.
This episode discusses why sales cycles are longer in business and emphasizes the importance of long-term commitment, building audience connections, and leading with purpose rather than chasing trends.
This episode features an interview with Nikki May of The Social Blueprint discussing how to leverage social media for business growth without burnout, including strategies like consistent content creation and avoiding trend-chasing.