Peter Shankman has followed a simple rule when it comes to his work — he wants to have fun doing it. From founding Help A Reporter Out (HARO) to being a small business evangelist for Vocus to jumping out of the occasional plane, Shankman does it all with a potent combination of creativity, ADHD, and…

In his New York Times bestselling book The Talent Code, author Daniel Coyle talks about how the digital age has helped us master skills both better and faster by making models of how people do things accessible via mediums like YouTube and blogs. As you can imagine, this has a big impact on how we…

As the founder and CEO of the integrated marketing communications firm Arment Dietrich, the author of the popular PR blog Spin Sucks, as well as the new book Marketing in the Round, you could say that Gini Dietrich knows how to stay busy. She not only keeps herself occupied, she also leads a growing agency…

From Duct Tape Marketing to The Referral Engine, John Jantsch has spent his career helping marketers build their businesses. With his latest book The Commitment Engine, he explores the larger issue of how we can make our work worth it — a key topic of discussion on The Work Talk Show. John generously shared how he’s built his own business along the…

How does author and Fortune 500 consultant John Michael Morgan get work done? Two hours at a time, as it turns out. Hailed as “the Chuck Norris of branding,” John has the unique distinction of having worked from home all of his professional life. As such, John has many life hacks and work habits figured…

This week DJ and Nick welcomed Jay Baer to The Work Talk Show’s virtual couch. The Convince & Convert blogger, strategist, speaker, and co-author of The Now Revolution shared his thoughts on working with remote teams, planning his next book, and how he gets work done. His secret? It sounds a lot like the old adage of…

We have a special treat just for you on this week’s LIVE episode of The Work Talk Show. Recorded at the Iowa River Landing as part of the Social Brand Forum, DJ & Nick were joined by none other than MarketingProfs’ Chief Content Officer Ann Handley. In addition to being a best-selling author, speaker, and…

This week’s guest joined us from the ski slopes of Park City Mountain Resort in Utah. As Director of Engagement for one of the top tourist destinations, Krista Parry is responsible for building relationships for a business with some extreme peaks in every sense of the word. Before she hit the road on a work/play…

In the second installment of our new weekly podcast, we had a great conversation with Chris Brogan. As the President and CEO of Human Business Works, author of books including his new title with Julien Smith The Impact Equation, and a blogger and speaker, Chris has a lot on his plate. Or plates, rather. Recently…

For the first episode of The Work Talk Show, we were honored to be joined by Tom Webster, Vice President of Strategy and Marketing at Edison Research. In addition conducting quantitative and qualitative research worldwide, Edison is also the sole provider of exit-poll information to all major news outlets. As you can imagine Tom is…