Episodes

April 4, 2023

Is “Don't Take it Personally” Good Advice?

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries chat through the positives and negatives of taking marketing and sales personally. How do we separate ourselves from the products or services we ...

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March 29, 2023

Meta Did What? Why?

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries talk about the Meta and the Metaverse. Can one brand own it? Is the full recreation of the physical world "Ownable"? Bombastic, arrogant, explosiv...

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March 21, 2023

Was Your Old Man Right?

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries talk about the payoffs of embracing "dadness" by brands. Old wisdom said to accentuate pain points to solidify product need. More recent marketi...

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March 14, 2023

Why Scheduling is Backfiring and What We Should Do Instead

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries rethink social media scheduling. Are brands making social media anti-social through the use of scheduling tools like Hootsuite, Agorapulse, Sprout...

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March 7, 2023

Do You Have the Chutzpah to Take Great Content Cues?

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries take a counterintuitive stance and argue against voluminous content creation. Instead of being middle-of-the-road (boring), how do we stand out an...

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Feb. 28, 2023

Why Marketers Should Stop Leaving Copyright Decisions to the Legal Te…

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries converse about why marketers should lead their organization's copyright decisions. Leaving intellectual property protection only to the legal team...

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Feb. 21, 2023

Should College Students Major in Sales?

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries answer the question: should college students major in sales? With fewer than 60 universities in the United States offering sales as a major, is t...

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Feb. 14, 2023

A Walk on the Wild Side or Total Brand Suicide?

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries walk the fine line between attention-grabbing advertising and brand suicide--which may also translate to career suicide for marketing leaders! Ho...

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Feb. 7, 2023

In the Land of the Blind, the One Eyed Man is King!

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Jan. 31, 2023

What to Do When Divorce is Imminent

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries unpack the side of sales and marketing where relationships falter and fail. Breakups can be a relief for customers but devastating to businesses,...

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Jan. 24, 2023

Don't You Dare Hire That Applicant!

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries get vulnerable and share their learnings from hiring marketing and sales professionals of all levels. Sentiments around age and tech-savviness ma...

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Jan. 17, 2023

Answer These Questions Before Considering a Rebrand

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries discuss the misses they've seen with rebrands and brand refreshes. Asking ourselves some specific questions up front may result in achieving succ...

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Jan. 10, 2023

How to Grow Your Marketing Team in 2023

Are Gig Workers The Optimal Choice?

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Dec. 27, 2022

Show Me a Second Place Finisher and I'll Show You a Winner!

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed and Colin Jeffries converse about why being in second position may actually be superior to being in first. While counterintuitive, there is tremendous power in proa...

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Dec. 20, 2022

Why We Should Make it Harder on Customers

Simpler is not always smarter

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Dec. 13, 2022

A Story to Stick With + Eric Reed Returns

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Eric Reed returns alongside Colin Jeffries to talk about the often cliché topic of story. Mastery of our story is a core function of marketing, and we need to take the necessa...

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Dec. 6, 2022

Is Every Attendee is a Lead? Rethinking Event Marketing (Part II)

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Colin Jeffries and Nick Smith extend last week's conversation by sharing their experiences with event marketing. In this two part series, part I focuses on attending and spons...

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Nov. 29, 2022

Every Attendee is a Lead: Rethinking Event Marketing (Part I)

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Colin Jeffries and Nick Smith share their experiences with event marketing. In this two part series, part I focuses on attending and sponsoring other events while part II unpa...

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Nov. 22, 2022

Finding the Balance of Innovation, Agility, and Management

On this episode of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Colin Jeffries and Nick Smith chat about their experiences managing humans, agility, and innovation--simultaneously! Nick shares the following formula for managing innovation:...

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Nov. 15, 2022

Is Management the Only Track to Career Advancement?

On episode #154 of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Colin Jeffries and Nick Smith talk about their experience as and managing individual contributors. Not everyone is cut out for management and leadership, so what do we do when...

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Nov. 8, 2022

How Do I Embrace Black Friday Without Damaging My Brand?

On episode #153 of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Colin Jeffries and Nick Smith discuss some ideas to actually standout on Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Small Business Saturday. The old, tired playbook of cutting prices, bu...

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Nov. 1, 2022

Stop Saying "Consumer" and Say This Instead

On episode #152 of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Colin Jeffries and Nick Smith split hairs and talk semantics. If words have power over thoughts, why are we still using the word "consumer" so widely? We have replaced "salesp...

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Oct. 25, 2022

Should Founder Sales Even Count?

On episode #151 of the Rethink Marketing Podcast, Colin Jeffries and Nick Smith take a swing at the ever-controversial question: should founder sales count? Often, founder-led organizations bring in a sales or marketing leade...

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