Conversations with Chuck Hester

Jennifer Radke is the CEO of the National Institute for Social Media, the premier social media professional development and education organization. Her organization partners with organizations and life-long learning enthusiasts to create a community for professional development and to set the standards for social media education, assessment and certification, and consulting. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Joe Pulizzi is an entrepreneur, speaker, author, and podcaster. He's the founder of the Content Marketing Institute (CMI), the leading content marketing educational resource for enterprise brands. Before it was popular, Joe began using the term “content marketing” back in 2001, now the fastest-growing internet marketing industry. He is considered the Godfather of Content Marketing. Joe is currently spending his time at the Orange Effect Foundation (OEF), which delivers funds to children and families for speech therapy services and technology. OEF delivers grants to hundreds of children in 25 states. His book, Content, Inc.: Start a Content-First Business, Build a Massive Audience and Become Radically Successful (with Little to No Money) is now available in a completed updated and Expanded Second Edition. It is the Number One New Release in Marketing for Small Business on Amazon. His latest venture is The Tilt, an email newsletter, delivered twice per week, dedicated to helping the lonely content creator turn their business into a content empire.

Productivity catalyst and highly sensitive executive coach, Clare Kumar, helps professionals achieve sustainable performance - improving productivity and well-being while avoiding exhaustion and burnout. She draws on a diverse corporate career that took her from Toronto to Tokyo and Montreal, with equal experience as an entrepreneur. She is a sought-after media contributor to news and lifestyle shows including the Huffington Post, Fast Company, the Globe and Mail, CBC, The Social, and the Marilyn Denis Show. Whether speaking to one person or thousands, Clare loves inspiring massive shifts by inviting you to pay attention to little things that make a big difference. She welcomes all highly sensitive professionals as well as those who want to love and support them to find community in the Happy Space Pod. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Terri Levine is a best-selling author and business consultant who helps medical practices and health coaches get the most out of their marketing. She is the Chief Heart-repreneur® at Heartrepreneur LLC who works with Naturopaths, Functional Medicine, Integrative Medicine practitioners who want to create scale their businesses without marketing and advertising.

Stephanie Stuckey is the CEO and granddaughter of the founder of Stuckey's Corporation, roadside oasis since 1937, known for their Southern hospitality and candies, especially the world-famous pecan log roll. Stuckey's fell out of family hands for decades, but Stephanie brought it back into the family and is rebuilding this classic, nostalgic brand. A lawyer by education, Stephanie was a State Legislator for 14 years. Her dedication to the family legacy, combined with branding and social media savvy (especially LinkedIn) is proving to be the right formula for success.

Brian Basilico is Director of Direction at B2B Interactive - focusing on two main concepts: Using content marketing to build Know, Like, & Trust & helping you create better business sales relationships with Current, Future, and Past clients and measuring the results using analytics tools with reports and insights not found through free resources. He is also one of The Pay It Forward Six - a group of consultants who pay it forward to up-and-coming entrepreneurs and non-profits through The Pay It Forward Tuesdays Initiative.

Best-selling author, branding expert, and career coach, Wendy Marx has been a social worker, journalist, marketer, and PR agency owner. Now, in her fifth reinvention, she is a branding and reinvention coach for people 50+ at her company Thriving at 50+. She has transformed hundreds of companies and individuals, taking them from anonymity to thought leaders. Wendy is committed to making 2021 a Year of Renewal. She will shortly be launching a live show on LinkedIn called Renewal at 50+ to create a community dedicated to new-found power, resilience, and renewal. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

John Matthews is the president and CEO of Gray Cat Enterprises, a management consulting firm that specializes in retail consulting for multiunit operations; interim divisional or general management leadership; consumer marketing for companies launching products in the retail sector; and strategic project management. John's clients have included Quiznos, Sylvan Learning Centers, Starbucks, Global Partners, Potbelly Sandwiches, The Body Shop, Deluxe, Hungry Howie's Pizza, Burt's Bees, and many more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Robert Sieger is a Chief Information Officer/Senior Vice President with more than 25 years' experience bridging business & technology. But that's not why he's my guest this week! Bob is the host of #CoffeeWithBob that can be seen on LinkedIn and he uses that platform to bring people together to expand their reach & network. His philosophy of #OneConnection Can Change A Life has done just that, connecting people together to grow and strengthen their networks, their business, and ultimately their lives! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Jonni Reddick, a 29-year law enforcement veteran, now works with police executives in law enforcement and public safety, CEOs in corporate, government, and nonprofit businesses. Her coaching focus revolves around building trust and legitimacy and creating engaged leadership to build wholehearted and inclusive organizations. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Marcus Sheridan is the author of the content marketing guidebook, “They Ask, you Answer,” which Forbes listed as one of “11 Marketing Books Every CMO Should Read.” He has inspired thousands of audiences and helped millions of people from all over the world to achieve their own success with his “They Ask, You Answer” philosophy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Andrew Davis is a bestselling author and keynote speaker. Before building and selling a thriving digital marketing agency, Andrew produced for NBC and worked for The Muppets. He's appeared in the New York Times and on the Today Show. He's crafted documentary films and award-winning content for tiny start-ups and Fortune 500 brands. Today, Andrew Davis teaches business leaders how to grow their businesses, transform their cities, and leave their legacy. Join us as we have a lively conversation on how to leverage existing clients to drive a steady stream of highly valuable, high-margin, new business. Plus, I'll ask that burning question you all want answered: "What's Miss Piggy really like?" --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

As a professional "Idea Whisperer," Tamsen helps people find, build, and tell the stories of their ideas. She combined 20 years in brand and message strategy with four years as a TEDx Executive Producer to create The Red Thread®, a simple way to change how people see...and what they do as a result. (Though as she'll tell you, everything she knows about people, speaking, and change, she learned at Weight Watchers.) Today, Tamsen is a keynote speaker who consults with enterprise companies like Verizon, Johnson & Johnson, and State Street Bank on how to get their big ideas to have the impact they deserve. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Guest Eric Marcoullier, startup coach, has exited 5 companies (four acquisitions and one IPO). The role of marketing in a very early-stage company. It's not about selling, it's about discovery. Paying it forward as an unexpectedly good business model (Can't wait to talk about this!) Why he just deleted his Facebook and Twitter accounts. And why he thinks social media, in general, is a dead-end. Always interesting, always provocative!

Lorie Marrero, is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, an award-winning marketer, and an executive coach. With significant expertise in sales, marketing, and communications, Lorie is an accomplished speaker, trainer, and advisor to boards, CEOs, and executives. Currently, Lorie serves as Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Partner of SOLIDleadegrs. She delivers executive advising and coaching to C Suite and SMB executives, helping individuals and companies scale. In this episode we discuss executive coaching, pivoting in these challenging times, and the Pay it Forward Tuesdays Initiative. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Jay is the President of Convince & Convert, a consulting firm that works with the world's most iconic brands -- like The United Nations, 3M, and Hilton. Jay talks about how brands are dealing with the times we live in and how we are experiencing a "kindness deficit" when it comes to customer interactions and the need to return to kindness in business. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Bob Burg, coauthor of the international bestseller, The Go-Giver and a much sought-after speaker at sales and leadership conferences, is committed to inspiring the entrepreneurial spirit in us all. He shows that companies both large and small that conduct their businesses “The Go-Giver Way” are not only of much greater value to their customers; they are also significantly more functional, and profitable, as well.

Dean Budnschu is the National Director for Bunker Labs, a national not-for-profit built by military veteran enterpreneurs to empower other military veterans as leaders in innovation. We'll be talking about opportunities for veterans in the workplace, veterans entrepreneurs, and paying it forward. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

My guest is Adam Sinkus, a fellow Pay it forward and host of The Winning Tactics Podcast. We are going to discuss our new collaboration, Pay it Forward Tuesdays. Look for another special guest appearance as well.

On this episode of Conversations with Chuck Hester, I'm joined by Leslie August Levy, anti-bullying advocate and founder of The Leslie August Corporation. Her organization was founded out of a unique experience related to workplace bullying that Leslie witnessed and experienced first hand, as a business owner, manager, bystander, and target. This experience changed the direction of her life and was the genesis for her business. ​ By aligning her insurance background and bullying experience with the movement toward civility in the workplace Leslie has developed a system that reduces legal and HR costs and increases productivity. Brought to you by Vidyard, the video platform for business.

Join us as we premier our new podcast Conversations with Chuck Hester! Our first guest is Aaron Houghton, serial entrepreneur and creator of the Founders First System (www.foundersfirstsystem.com), manifesting two decades of experience and years of research into a simple set of processes, disciplines, and metrics designed to improve the experience of founders and business leaders around the world. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Join me as I have a conversation with one of my favorite marketers - Robert Rose. Founder and Chief Troublemaker for the The Content Advisory, the education and consulting group with the Content Marketing Institute. Robert has worked with more than 500 companies, including 15 of the Fortune 100. He's helped provide marketing advice and counsel for global brands such as Facebook, Capital One, Dell, Ernst & Young, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, Roche Pharmaceuticals, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UPS. Brought to you by Vidyard, the video platform for business.