Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 23, 2019

You hire a marketing person to handle routine things that include both sides of that coin, from writing content to doing social posts to getting reviews to making Instagram posts. An interesting anecdote for you: I did a search the other day for a plumber in Kansas City. Insight 3: Humanize and Automate.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

I was that hired gun in some senses. Matt Watson: Based in the Kansas City area. We didn’t talk about this ahead of time, but that’s what I’m standing in Kansas City, Missouri recording this. Does that make sense? John Jantsch: Yeah, absolutely. Matt Watson: It wasn’t really my idea. Matt Watson: Yeah.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

We never hired a service even though my dad was in the service business, and so I was always trying to save people money on things. Remember you used to be living in Kansas City, I think right back in the old days. My dad was a plumber and stuff like that. And so we were always doing everything ourself. You had one of our big clients.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Joseph, MO, and Kansas City, MO. Joseph and Kansas City typifies the potential pitfalls when you fall in love with your “package” vs. your “value.”. You will need to trust them to understand the importance of having difficult conversations. I like to utilize the tale of two cities to illustrate this latter point best.

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MARCH 1, 2010

Even after we got funded, it took us three months to hire our first two developers at our prior companies—and I consider us pretty visible and well-networked. If anything, it should be *easier* to pull someone out of a bank in NYC than to pull someone out of Twitter or compete against them head to head on hiring.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2023

So it could be a sweeping turn, like a new product launch or, you know, refocusing your company, or it could be a minor turn like, uh, or a less sweeping turn like who you hire or who you fire or how you price your products. With chat-based commands, you can manage contacts, run reports, and even ask for status updates.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 12, 2020

Grant Baldwin: In addition, there are speakers who speak full time and they’re kind of a traditional gun for hire. Grant Baldwin: Meaning, John, if you and I were going to go, we’re looking for a good steak dinner, we could … Actually, you’re up in the Kansas City area. You and I both done a lot of that.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

A 20123 study by Bright Local showed that nearly 85% of customers read online reviews before trying a new restaurant, hiring a local contractor or making a major in-home purchase. Jason Keeler is the Director of Digital Marketing at EAG Advertising & Marketing , Kansas City’s small business ad agency.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

I mean, when I work with clients for example, and they’re interested in building a community in whatever form they’re looking at, the start of the conversation in my mind always has to start with what is the value for your members? In Kansas City. Jono Bacon: I think so. It’s part of the product.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 7, 2020

I recently did a search for a local business: I Googled plumbers in my hometown of Kansas City. And with all of the various ad products available, they’re giving paid search results more and more space at the top of SERPs. In fact, the first organic result for an individual company didn’t appear until page two!

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

After graduating high school, I was hired by the Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS). That exit conversation was memorable. I couldn’t get it wrong on the evening news, and I can’t get it wrong on behalf of the brands I represent. 9 – Developing an Entrepreneur Program.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2018

On the other hand, we can connect just as easily with someone who lives in Kansas City or Paris or Dubai as easily as we can someone who lives down the road, thanks to the prevalence of social media platforms that give us an ability to connect with people. It just gives you an excuse to have a conversation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Phil Singleton is a self-described ‘SEO grunt’ obsessed with tweaking websites for search engine optimization and conversions, and creating WordPress SEO & PPC plugins. He owns & operates Kansas City Web Design®, a Kansas City inbound marketing agency , and Kansas City SEO®.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The person who searches for “home remodeling ideas” is probably looking for something different than the person who searches for “best home remodeler in Kansas City,” right? Google is now more invested in ranking results based on intent. Don’t think of this as a daunting task.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

It's gonna be a fun conversation. We'd have a great conversation. Michael, look at the time I gotta go and you wouldn't hire me. And you'd hire me. Now I wanna have a conversation to see for a good fit. Now I'm ready to have a conversation with you. He's also the author of a book on marketing. Got a client.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

But that came out of a conversation that I was having with a buddy and when I started the business, he was asking like, “Who are you really trying to be a hero to here?” But because I had a podcast, they were open to sitting down and having a conversation with me. John Jantsch: Yeah, yeah. And that worked really well.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 10, 2015

HipHire has two main business segments—companies looking to hire and candidates seeking part-time jobs. For example, Our landing page for the Founders Club targets an elite group of Kansas City businesses who benefit from choosing HipHire early. This focused approach makes readers feel you’re speaking directly to them.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

It fits just as well into Gowanus, Brooklyn as it does Iowa, Kansas, and Wyoming. After talking to them about how much they should raise, who they should hire, and what they should focus on, I realized that this was the very same kind of conversation I have with all of my other early stage founders.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2017

John: So are you in Kansas City today or are you in Columbia? Lewis and Kansas city where are offices are but as crazy as it is, I’m typically in San Francisco, LA, New York or on a plane so it’s just great to be home where my wife and kids are. John Hall: It’s great to be here.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 17, 2019

And so that’s one of the things that really attracted me to want to have this conversation today. You got to be looking at who you’re hiring and how you’re encouraging them and all of that. They hire for it. Donna Cutting: Yeah, that’s absolutely right.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 9, 2018

I live in Kansas City. I think most people in Kansas City would say, “Well, no, I’m not racist.” That ties very well to your example regarding Kansas City and the segregation. Then there are places where it’s actually very subtle. Yet, it’s very segregated. It’s the books we read our children.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

So, it’s kind of fun to interview somebody in Kansas City. It kind of segways into another conversation, which is, “What about my son taking over? But a lot of these brokerages, what they do is they’re hiring people to simply call you. My last guest was in Sydney, Australia. Chad Peterson: Yeah, we are local.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 23, 2017

So I did, I hired someone to manage it. Carrie: Yeah that’s a daily conversation with myself thank you for that. John: Awesome Carrie thanks so much for joining us today and hopefully I’ll run into you in Dallas or you in Kansas City or somewhere out there on the road. Carrie: Okay go ahead. Carrie: Soon!

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Firms Miss Out on Jobs Push A new federal program that lets states give companies financial incentives for hiring jobless people hasnt gained traction, illustrating the complications of government attempts to tackle unemployment. The quality of conversations can deteriorate when real identities are not provided. California. New Jersey.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 9, 2019

And so when you cut it into, “Okay, this is the type of person I’m looking for, a prospective client, new hire.” You end up having different conversations. Conversations where you find the fancy term is uncommon commonalities with people. I think now the universe is potential and I think that makes it tough.

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