Episodes

Oct. 24, 2023

When Should Sales Fail Fast + Eric Reed Sendoff

On this episode, Colin Jeffries and Eric Reed bust the myth of failing fast in sales. When do we rush to failure without giving success a chance? And when do we cling to a doomed relationship, process, or target too …

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Oct. 17, 2023

Stay the Course. Your customer Journey Map Matters...

Colin Jeffries and Eric Reed talk through 2024 planning and the importance of creating a journey map for your customers. What can you control? Are you prepared for pivots and navigational adjustments? Have confidence in your ...

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Oct. 10, 2023

The Latest on Protecting Your AI Intellectual Property

Colin Jeffries and Eric Reed talk through some of the recent developments in patent and copyright protection around artificial intelligence. What do marketing leaders need to know about using AI for their content? The laws a...

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Sept. 26, 2023

A New Take on SEO

Colin Jeffries and Eric Reed explore the intersection of website design and on-page search engine optimization. Instead of handing a website off to an SEO team, shouldn't the designers be on the hook for SEO performance at so...

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Sept. 19, 2023

Should Marketers be Channel Agnostic?

Colin Jeffries and Eric Reed talk through the resurgence of channel agnosticism. On the one hand, marketers try to build funnels anywhere customers are active. On the other hand, marketers leverage channel native content to...

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Sept. 12, 2023

Are There Disadvantages to Being Terminally Unique?

Colin Jeffries and Eric Reed explore the advantages and disadvantages of being unique. But first, they wrestle with the question of whether or not brands and businesses can truly be unique. After all, when we are leveraging t...

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Sept. 6, 2023

Social Media Workers Are Burning Out. Here Are Some Solutions.

Colin Jeffries and Eric Reed discuss research from Sprout Social and Adweek about social media manager burnout. Are social media teams really overworked, underpaid, and unappreciated? How do we equip them to deal with the wor...

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Aug. 29, 2023

Is Branding a Waste of Time These Days?

Colin Jeffries and Eric Reed discuss modern branding on this episode of The Rethink Marketing Podcast! If reviews, channel selection, customer experience, and other factors drive decisions to switch between brands, how much d...

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Aug. 24, 2023

Why Out of Home is Back Big (You're Doing it Wrong!)

Colin Jeffries and Eric Reed chat about the reasons out of home advertising is roaring back on this episode of The Rethink Marketing Podcast! Mattel, Amazon Prime, Jacquemus and other brands are collaborating with experientia...

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Aug. 15, 2023

Why You Should Stop Trying to Win Those Awards (And Win These Instead)

On today's episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries discuss awards and recognition. Not all awards are created equal, so how do we determine which make sense to pursue and which don't? What abo...

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Aug. 9, 2023

Does the World Really Need Another Online Community?

On today's episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries chat about the power and risks of creating online communities. How can companies shift away from simply selling products or services and into ...

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Aug. 1, 2023

Will Generative Artificial Intelligence Replace Writers?

On today's episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries turn to artificial intelligence to write a script for today's episode about (you guessed it) generative AI. Fair warning, the duo goes off-scri...

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July 18, 2023

The Big Advantages of Embracing This Bias

On today's episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries discuss another counterintuitive topic: the advantages of embracing bias! Specifically, how does understanding and reacting appropriately with ...

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July 11, 2023

What Rising Advertising Spend Means for You

On today's episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries unpack Magna's 2023 Global Advertising Spend Report. But don't be fooled by the headline! Our favorite marketing conversationalists take a deep...

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June 27, 2023

Why it Matters That Some People Bat 0.500

On today's episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries chat through knowns and unknowns to arrive at optimal resource allocation. Marketing and sales leaders collect enough data to prove empiricall...

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June 20, 2023

Why it Matters That Nobody Bats 1.000

On today's episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries chat through the implications of acknowledging that nobody bats a thousand. Sometimes it's the wrong audience, a miss on the selected channel,...

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June 6, 2023

Is This Relationship Only About Me Buying Something from You?

On today's episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries discuss when to cut ties with a former client and when to maintain the relationship. Some relationships are purely transactional because the p...

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May 30, 2023

Are Brands Using TikTok on Borrowed Time?

On today's episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries try to avoid the controversy surrounding TikTok bans and lawsuits. Instead, they dive in from a sales and marketing perspective! TikTok videos ...

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May 23, 2023

Getting the Pluck to Pluck Competitors' Customers

On today's episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries don't talk about customer service. Instead, they talk about developing the pluck to steal customers from competitors with notoriously bad cust...

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May 16, 2023

The Spring Cleaning Episode: From Setup to Tidy-up

On today's episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries flip the script on the advice that marketers should always be testing and scaling new tactics. Yes, there is a place for trying new ways to gro...

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May 9, 2023

Is Print Advertising Dead? Maybe It's the Answer You've Been Looking…

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, the Dean of Discovery, Eric Reed , and Mr. Marketing, Colin Jeffries , question conventional wisdom that print is dead. It may be shortsighted to write newspaper and magazine ...

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May 2, 2023

The Doppler Effect: What Revenue Drivers Need to Consider

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, the Dean of Discovery, Eric Reed , and Mr. Marketing, Colin Jeffries , explore how the Doppler Effect applies to marketing and sales. While conventional wisdom says to look a...

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April 25, 2023

CRMs Don’t Manage Relationships

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, the Dean of Discovery, Eric Reed , and Mr. Marketing, Colin Jeffries , stand in awe of software. But are marketing and sales leaders over reliant on automation? It takes time ...

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April 18, 2023

How to Avoid Numerical Malpractice

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries get into the importance of context and the true meaning of what a number means in the understanding of your marketing and campaigns. Numbers are a...

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