Jon Miller leads strategy and execution for all aspects of Marketo’s communications, thought leadership, and content marketing programs. Before co-founding Marketo, Jon was VP of Product Marketing at Epiphany and held positions at Exchange Partners and Gemini Consulting. In 2010, The CMO Institute named Jon a Top 10 CMO for companies under $250 million in…

Marcus Nelson is a lot of things. A half-Kiwi/born-Texan and raised in the Midwest, Nelson now makes his home in the Bay Area. He’s the founder of the new social brand empowerment tool, Addvocate. He’s also a dad to three and an advisor to many start-ups, as well as an in-demand public speaker. Marcus gets…

David Meerman Scott is a marketing strategist, advisor to emerging companies, bestselling author of eight books, including three international bestsellers, and a professional speaker on topics including marketing, leadership, and social media. As a recovering marketing VP who now earns his living by speaking and writing books, David has gotten work done in a variety of ways. He…

Mark W. Schaefer is a globally-recognized blogger, speaker, educator, business consultant, and author who blogs at {grow} — one of the top marketing blogs in the world. Mark has worked in global sales, PR, and marketing positions for nearly 30 years and now provides consulting services as Executive Director of U.S.-based Schaefer Marketing Solutions. As…

We’re celebrating the one-year anniversary of The Work Talk Show podcast with a guest who needs no introduction — Jeffrey Gitomer. You probably know him from one of his many best-selling books such as The Sales Bible or his new book The 21.5 Unbreakable Laws of Selling. Or maybe you’ve heard him speak at one of the 100 (!)…

There are some guests to our virtual studios that can’t be contained by one visit alone. That was the case with author, keynote speaker, and consultant John Michael Morgan. He first joined us last year when he told us about his two-hour power working. After a recent lunch with Nick, John shared some research he’d done…

Mish Slade and Rob Dix — or simply “Mish and Rob” — focus on making it anywhere. What is it, you may ask? For this adventurous couple it is their work and so far the anywhere has been New York, Boulder, Washington DC, Paris, London, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Penang, Berlin, Sofia, and Madrid. While we were exhausted just reading that…

How enterprising is Jason HeadsetsDotCom? Enterprising enough that he not only sells which shirt he wears each day — maybe you’ve heard of IWearYourShirt.com — but he’s also sold the naming rights to … his own last name! That’s the quick story of how Jason Sadler became Jason HeadsetsDotCom, however, we were fortunate enough to…

As Chief Marketing Officer at AtTask, Bryan Nielson spends his time marketing work management solutions for organizations. By helping global teams organize, AtTask has identified what they call the “Circles of Marketing Work Hell” including, among other areas, handling your inbox. As you can imagine, we had to hear more about this.

As a speaker, author, and founder of the Business & Entrepreneur Network, Charlie McDermott helps small business owners clear the path to building valuable, scalable, and “saleable” businesses through automation and the creation of direct-response marketing assets. This serial entrepreneur even put his skills to work to help market his son as an actor in…