The Rethink Marketing Podcast

The Rethink Marketing Podcast is a quick hitting, punchy conversation around all things marketing and sales. Each week your hosts, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries, tackle topics about advertising, branding, strategy, business growth, tactical execution, and more. They are joined by industry experts with insider, influencer, or celebrity status. This is where we take a step outside the echo chamber to RETHINK & REAPPLY everyday assumptions around marketing, sales, and business. If you have topic recommendations or guests you would like to hear from, we’d love to hear form you! Email us at take5@reed5group.com Visit us at https://www.rethinkmarketingpodcast.com

Please Tell Me I’m Wrong

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Colin Jeffries and Paul Frodge chat about the importance of encouraging opposing opinions and diverse perspectives as marketing leaders. They highlight how being in an echo chamber can limit growth and innovation, and how seeking out different viewpoints often leads to better ideas and opportunities. They also…

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The Importance of Firing Good Customers

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Colin Jeffries and Paul Frodge converse about the delicate balance of offboarding customers who are good but not ideal. Rather than grandfathering in customers or simply losing money on servicing legacy accounts, sometimes the best option is to let them find another provider. Each business’s target customers…

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Are You Being Intentionally Inefficient?

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Colin Jeffries and Paul Frodge chat about the importance of embracing failure and learning from mistakes in marketing and business. They challenge the conventional wisdom of always striving for efficiency and optimization, and instead explore the many benefits of intentionally taking risks and experimenting. Marketers grow the…

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The Future of SEO, Part IV: Capturing Video

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Colin Jeffries and Paul Frodge are joined by SEO expert Brianca Hadnot to chat through the massive changeup in how people are searching. Hint: they are increasingly starting with video! How should SEOs be thinking about showing up on TikTok and YouTube rather than simply looking at…

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The Future of SEO, Part III: Are We Back to Backlinking?

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Colin Jeffries and Paul Frodge invite Brianca Hadnot into the conversation to expand our knowledge of image searches and related optimization. Backlink strategies are evolving and quality continues to be more important than quantity. They debunk outdated tactics such as press releases, blog comments, and directory listings,…

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The Future of SEO, Part II: Getting the Picture

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Colin Jeffries and Paul Frodge invite Brianca Hadnot into the conversation to expand out knowledge of image searches and related optimization. This episode focuses on Google’s evolving visual search and the opportunities it presents for savvy digital marketers. The conversation highlights the importance of optimizing images for…

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The Future of SEO, Part I: Technical (on-page) SEO

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Colin Jeffries and Paul Frodge invite Brianca Hadnot into the conversation to share her insights on the evolving landscape of technical SEO (on-page SEO). From summaries to how results are curated, is there anything artificial intelligence isn’t touching? Are the tried and true principles of SEO being…

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Your Key to Career Advancement with Peggy Klaus

One this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Colin Jeffries and Paul Frodge are joined by Peggy Klaus, author of the books BRAG! and The Hard Truth About Soft Skills. Peggy differentiates between “bad bragging” and “good bragging,” as she shares how to effectively convey accomplishments and successes. She introduces the concepts of planning our…

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Branding is a Verb

One this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Colin Jeffries and Paul Frodge speak to branding as a perpetual activity that involves managing perceptions and experiences at every touchpoint. It is can be impacted by everyone inside and anyone outside the company. Branding starts with managing people, including customers, employees, and vendors. It requires intentional…

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How Curiosity is a Key to Revenue Growth | Dennis Devlin and Jeff Jones

One this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Colin Jeffries and Paul Frodge are joined by Dennis Devlin and Jeff Jones, authors of Three Wise Monkeys. The guests speak to how understanding customer behavior is crucial for developing effective marketing strategies. This is founded in empathy and actively listening. This relentless pursuit of customer understanding…

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