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Insightful interviews with authors, experts, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders who share valuable marketing tips, growth strategies, and resources. Hosted by John Jantsch, one of America's top small business marketing experts, this show is dedicated to helping you craft effective marketing strategies that will grow your business. Whether you're a small business owner, marketing professional, or marketing agency owner, you'll gain valuable insights and actionable advice on topics such as marketing strategy, consulting, social media marketing, content marketing, SEO, email marketing, lead generation, business management, entrepreneurship and much more. With over 900 episodes since its incepti…
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
John Jantz translates marketing and management concepts into practical questions about systems, customer outcomes, risk, and the changing division of work.
The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast turns broad management ideas into questions about how a business actually wins customers and gets work done. In interviews, John Jantz presses guests on implementation: documenting a marketing operating system, selling outcomes, accounting for…
The marketing plan in your head meets John Jantsch's test: could someone else run it?
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Practical tax planning for owners who need fewer surprises and sturdier guardrails.
The episode gives Jack Ojo’s shift from major league umpiring prospect to tax-focused wealth advisor a clear through line. It keeps its footing in practical choices owners actually face: entity structure, pension plans, income timing, Section 179, and what to do when revenue…
A grounded conversation about AI, small-business sales, and cutting customer friction.
The discussion frames AI as a practical tool for small-business sales, not a distant trend. John Jantz and Joe Gagnon focus on everyday realities: helping owners move faster, answer customers more directly, and cut friction in support.
AI can scale output, but taste, judgment, and strategy still do the work.
The episode draws a clear line between easier production and the harder work of taste, judgment, and strategy. John Jantz and Peter Benet frame that tension for consultants, agency owners, and fractional CMOs who may be reinventing the wheel or giving away strategy for free.
A practical discussion of AI, documentation, and how work gets handed off.
This episode follows Jon Jantz and Lauren Esposito as they work through what changes when AI enters day-to-day operations. It keeps circling back to the questions owners actually have: who does what, where approvals live, what information moves, and why a job description alone…
A practical case for training managers before promoting them.
This episode treats the gap between strong individual work and people management as a practical problem, not a slogan. John Jansen talks with Ashley Heard, founder of Manager Method and former head of HR for McKinsey, about the common mistake of moving top performers into…
A practical case for turning marketing into a repeatable operating system.
The episode treats marketing chaos as an operations problem, not a mystery. Jon Jantz and Sarah Ney keep returning to the same basics: consistency, a documented process, and clear ownership. That makes the case feel practical.
Mindset is treated as a practical driver of business results, not just inspiration.
This episode treats mindset as a business tool, not a feel-good extra. John Jantz frames the conversation around resetting the rest of the year, and Diana Pagano, a mindset coach, entrepreneur, speaker, and author, argues that identity, attention, and self-talk shape how people…
A practical case for building a talent pipeline instead of chasing ready-made hires.
The episode makes a plain case for work-based learning as a response to a talent shortage: rather than waiting for ready-made hires, businesses can help grow their own pipeline.
Stephen Dubner tests bourbon economics, Alzheimer's research, and money advice against hard data.
Daily business news with Kai Ryssdal, tracking Fed policy, oil shocks, and private credit.
Galloway rotates Office Hours Q&A, Raging Moderates politics, and China Decode geopolitics weekly.
Joel and Matt answer listener money questions weekly in the show's Ask HTM segments.
Brené Brown's long-form conversations linking grief, caregiving, politics, and nonviolence to her vulnerability research.
John Jantz opens with a free prompt offer and introduces Joe Gagnon, co-founder and CEO of Rainmaker.
Michael Aaron Flicker and Richard Schott discuss their book Hacking the Human Mind, which examines behavioral psychology principles used by world-class brands.
Jon Jantz and Ryan Merha frame voice AI as “revenue infrastructure,” not just a talking FAQ, and Ryan says Yodelfy lets followers call or text an AI that speaks in a creator’s own voice.
Jeff Woods, author of The AI-Driven Leader, argues that AI becomes useful when leaders stop asking “How do I do this?” and start using it to think strategically.
Marcus Buckingham tells the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast that “love is the most powerful force in business,” tying the word to productivity, retention, loyalty, and advocacy.
Rob Levin, chairman and co-founder of Work Better Now, joins Jon Jantz to discuss his book The New Talent Playbook and why he calls today’s hiring environment a "talent crisis." He says small and mid-sized businesses are struggling to find people with the right experience, while AI, changing marketing tools, and shifting expectations from younger workers are forcing companies to rethink roles.
Amy Lineker, author of Cheers to Monday, says burnout forced her to become a “recovering workaholic” after 25 years in leadership and more than a decade in the C-suite.
John Jantsch shares six marketing trends for 2026, including leveraging local SEO, embracing authenticity, using mischief strategies, focusing on customer retention, partnering with micro-influencers, and creating helpful content.
John Jantz and Sarah Ney frame the Duct Tape Marketing system as a response to small business marketing chaos, with Sarah named as CEO of Duct Tape Marketing and author of Unchained, Breaking Free from Broken Marketing Models.
John Jantsch discusses common marketing mistakes, emphasizing the importance of strategy before tactics to avoid wasted effort and misaligned teams.
Stephen Wunker, managing director of New Markets Advisors and author of AI and the Octopus Organization, argues that AI changes how organizations should make decisions, not just how they use software.
Jon Jantz opens with the problem of hiring ready-made talent that does not really exist.
John Jantz introduces Kyle Austin Young, an award-winning strategy consultant, speaker, and writer, and his probability-hacking approach behind Success is a Numbers Game.
John Jantz interviews Steve in The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast episode "AI Is a Survival Skill for Consultants," and Steve says his book-summary business Read It For Me was nearly wiped out when ChatGPT could generate a passable summary far faster than his eight-hour process.
Ashley Heard, former McKinsey HR executive, explains why organizations repeatedly promote top performers into management roles where they fail.
Sarah Nae (CEO Duct Tape Marketing) delivers her first solo podcast episode addressing small business frustration with predatory marketing agencies.
John Jantz talks with Dr.
Host John Jansen explores how artificial intelligence is fundamentally rewriting the traditional customer journey, arguing that marketers must shift focus from mastering AI tools to understanding how AI-empowered buyers now conduct research via tools like ChatGPT before ever visiting a website.
John Jantsch explains the necessity of a marketing operating system for businesses, addressing common pain points like chaos and inconsistent results, and introduces tools to implement this systematic approach for better scaling.
John Janis presents a framework for building a Marketing Operating System to replace chaotic, tactical marketing with a scalable, strategic system.
Duct Tape Marketing hosts Jon Jantz and Sarah Ney present their marketing operating system designed to replace chaos of jumping between trends with strategic, systematic approach.
Carmine Gallo and John Jantz focus on why attention in 2026 depends on persuasion skills, not louder tactics, while Gallo points to his new audio original, Viral Voices, produced with Melon Audio.
Peter Holtz, a former Big Four accountant and CFO turned founder of Peter Holtz CPA, says business owners can lose tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars by waiting until March 15 to think about taxes.
John Jantz interviews Diana Pagano, a mindset coach and author, about her book 'The More Mindset' and how entrepreneurs can break mental limits without falling into toxic positivity.
Most businesses still pitch better features or smoother experiences.
Host John Jantsch interviews Peter Benet about AI's impact on marketing, discussing how AI will automate content production but elevate human strategy, judgment, and taste.
Jon Jantz interviews Lauren Esposito, the Chief Marketing Officer at Assemble and former Salesforce vice president, about why AI works best as a teammate rather than a tool.
Jon Jantz interviews Jack Ojo, founder of major tax-focused wealth management firm.
John Jantsch explores why founder-led businesses often stall after early success, attributing it to ingrained patterns and lack of strategy.
An interview with Kevin D.
Stephanie McGirr discusses how focusing on a niche in direct primary care marketing helped her agency grow and streamline its processes.
Host John Jantsch interviews AI pioneer Jon Benson about the evolution of video sales letters and AI's role in expanding human creativity for marketing.
Interview with Taylor McMaster on how improving client account management can drive agency growth beyond lead generation.
John Jantsch interviews David Newman about his book 'Market.
Host John Jantsch and CEO Sarah Nay discuss the rapid pace of marketing changes in 2025, comparing the AI revolution to past shifts like websites and social media.
An interview with AI marketer Dan Sanchez about leveraging AI for marketing strategies and business growth.
John Jantsch interviews Jon Ness about how AI is transforming PR and SEO for small businesses, discussing tools like JustReachOut.io and ChatRay.ai.
An interview with Derek Coburn about his book 'Let's Retire Retirement', discussing the history of retirement and how to enjoy life fully now and later.
John Jantsch interviews Sarah Nae about the broken agency model and introduces the anti-agency approach to marketing services.