Podcasts about Infotainment

New managers, new leaders, new employers, and potential job opportunities all want to know what we have done in our careers. However, so many executives have been burned by people who say they did something, but never prove it, nor can they prove it. If you want to set yourself up for success, and get the best career opportunities, then start saving your business accomplishments in hard copy format. This way, they will never disappear, and you can always prove that you've done what you claim you have done. Start today!Support the show

You're saving posts about boundaries, nodding along to trauma reels, and streaming psychology podcasts on repeat—so why do you still feel stuck? In this episode, Denise unpacks the Infotainment Trap: the cycle of consuming smart-sounding content that flatters your awareness but never challenges your patterns. If you've ever wondered, “Why do I know so much but change so little?”—this is your invitation to step out of the scroll and into real growth.

This is all too common with face-to-face interactions. If you choose to consistently invade the personal space of a buyer, then be prepared for the possibility of losing that customer. Very few people like to feel crowded, or boxed into a corner. Above all, no one likes to smell the hot breath of someone standing too close to us while they are speaking!  Support the show

When displeasing repetitive patterns continue without any change, aggravation grows, and customers disappear. Eventually the rubber band of customer grace breaks, and they are lost for good. It is essential for companies to determine their displeasing stress points. Promise keeping is an action that speaks to customers. Repetitive, and empty promise making becomes meaningless noise. We urge you to fix things before customers say enough is enough.Support the show

Shoot us a Text.Episode #1155: Overfuel calls out dealership websites for failing performance tests, RunSafe says cybersecurity is now a dealbreaker for buyers, and ChatGPT becomes a top traffic driver for retailers — while Amazon charts its own AI pathShow Notes with links:​​Overfuel's second annual study of top 50 dealer group websites reveals a major gap in digital performance. Despite increasing online shopper behavior, nearly every site failed to meet Google's Core Web Vitals — for the second year in a row.Just 0.4% of 1,910 dealership sites passed Google's Core Web Vitals on both mobile and desktop.That's barely up from 0.0% in 2024, when no sites passed both benchmarks.The majority of failures came from outdated tech, bloated page designs, and poor optimization.Jay Wolfe Honda was one of only seven that passed both tests, boosting organic traffic by 29%.“Too many dealers are overspending on ads just to push traffic into broken experiences,” said Overfuel President Alex Griffis.Cybersecurity is now steering consumer decisions, with nearly 9 in 10 drivers saying it directly impacts whether they'll buy a connected vehicle. A new report from RunSafe Security shows rising concern — and confusion — about how safe today's tech-heavy cars really are.87% of drivers say cybersecurity influences their car-buying decision; 70% would buy an older car to avoid risk.Confidence is low: only 19% feel “very confident” their vehicle is secure.Infotainment systems are seen as the weak link, with OTA updates and AI features raising new concerns.83% of drivers want transparency into software supply chains, fearing third-party components.Andreas Biehl, Head of Mercedes-Benz Apps and MBUX: “We have the responsibility for user experience, but also to launch and run the whole product through comprehensive security and data-compliance processes.”ChatGPT is now driving meaningful traffic to major e-commerce players, signaling a shift in how consumers discover and shop for products online — and not everyone is playing along.In August, ChatGPT drove 20% of Walmart's referral traffic, 15% for Target, and over 20% for Etsy.OpenAI's own study says 2% of ChatGPT queries — about 50 million a day — involve shopping.Amazon blocked ChatGPT from crawling its listings, losing nearly 18% of its AI-driven traffic month-over-month.Amazon is betting on its own AI bot “Rufus” while retailers like Walmart are welcoming outside traffic.“This traffic will not be free in the future,” said analyst Juozas Kaziukėnas. “But for now, it's a gold rush.”0:00 Intro with Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier3:51 Dealership Websites Fair Google's Core Web Vitals6:44 87% of Car BuJoin Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier every morning for the Automotive State of the Union podcast as they connect the dots across car dealerships, retail trends, emerging tech like AI, and cultural shifts—bringing clarity, speed, and people-first insight to automotive leaders navigating a rapidly changing industry.Get the Daily Push Back email at https://www.asotu.com/ JOIN the conversation on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asotu/

Many products require subcontractors to play a vital role producing what has been designed. If the final product quality is compromised, we have to alert these partners, and ask for them to modify their production in order to achieve success. Is there a disconnect in product production, or is the REAL disconnect hidden in the lack of clear expectations we gave our production partners?Support the show

Lost customers are the death of most young businesses. Finding out why customers are defecting is essential to long-term sustainability. How do you find out? Talk to your customers, and spend time thinking about things as if you were the customer. Sweeping the reason or reasons under the rug will surely send the business to the boneyard. As business owners, we MUST figure this out, and then we must change to customer-pleasing products and services.Support the show

“SPINIPULATORS” combine spinning plus manipulating to wreak internal, and external havoc. These truth-distorters vomit false narratives designed to elevate themselves at the expense of other teammates. We can knock them off their perch with facts. Document timelines, conversations, and emails. If you persistently follow these three suggestions, you will eventually defeat most of these crafty narcissists.Support the show

Most customers are smarter than we give them credit for. Perpetual excuse- making vendors put themselves at high risk for a short business life. Many buyers can easily detect vendor BS, and the quick penalty is a lost customer. Sadly, often times these unhappy buyers will share their frustrations with many other people. If you are a vendor/supplier, maybe it's time to focus on results? Maybe it's time to stop making excuses?Support the show

Calculating all the variables that go into a establishing a standard cost is anarduous process. Like it or not, this is where we have to put on our lab coats, and become a doctor of details. Bypassing certain cost components can be deadly to a small company. Are you being a doctor of details?Support the show

This is it, Folks!The Series Finale!Join Tim, Adele, and Marcin as they break down the Final episode of Home Movies "Focus Grill"Episode breakdown begins @ 22:10FREE STICKERS AVAILABLE! Email us at RHMpod@Gmail.com and tell us where to send them!Check out our Link Tree at https://Linktr.ee/RHMpodCheck out Elrdic Journeys at https://www.youtube.com/@eldricjourneys/featuredSupport us at https://tiptopjar.com/RHMpodThere you can Like/Follow/Subscribe, Send us a Email, Or leave us a 5 Star Review. I will read 5 Star Reviews on the Podcast. Huge thanks to the Happy Corner Podcast for the use of their studio and equipment. Thanks to Nik for the refreshed Logo & Chris Bongat for creating our Theme SongWe have no affiliation with Adult Swim or Home Movies.

Do you charge customers for warranty, shipping and handling? If so, are you sure that's the way you wanna do things? When customers pay for mistakes they didn't make, they usually disappear into thin air. Think about it! Do you really want to partake in this upside down behavior?Support the show

DO NOT DRINK THE CHOCOLATE MILK!THE CHOCOLATE MILK HAS GONE BAD!But, do Join Tim, Adele, Marcin and special guest Craig Blaze as they break down the penultimate episode "Temporary Blindness" Episode breakdown begins @ 26:02FREE STICKERS AVAILABLE! Email us at RHMpod@Gmail.com and tell us where to send them!Check out our Link Tree at https://Linktr.ee/RHMpodSupport us at https://tiptopjar.com/RHMpodThere you can Like/Follow/Subscribe, Send us a Email, Or leave us a 5 Star Review. I will read 5 Star Reviews on the Podcast. Huge thanks to the Happy Corner Podcast for the use of their studio and equipment. Thanks to Nik for the refreshed Logo & Chris Bongat for creating our Theme SongWe have no affiliation with Adult Swim or Home Movies.

Employee buy-in can be much deeper, and more productive if management leads by example. The days of executives telling employees to do one thing, and then they do another are long gone. Managers who grab an order and row with the team become an inspiration to the entire organization. Is it time to row with the team at your company?Support the show

WEE-OW! Join Tim, Marcin, and Adele as they break down S4 E11 Definite Possible Murder!Episode breakdown begins @ 18:50FREE STICKERS AVAILABLE! Email us at RHMpod@Gmail.com and tell us where to send them!Check out our Link Tree at https://Linktr.ee/RHMpodSupport us at https://tiptopjar.com/RHMpodThere you can Like/Follow/Subscribe, Send us a Email, Or leave us a 5 Star Review. I will read 5 Star Reviews on the Podcast. Huge thanks to the Happy Corner Podcast for the use of their studio and equipment. Thanks to Nik for the refreshed Logo & Chris Bongat for creating our Theme SongWe have no affiliation with Adult Swim or Home Movies.

Do you advocate for customers? How often? To what degree? Do customers bear witness to instances where you deliver on advocating for them, or do they just hear empty words? We all have inter-company directives, goals, and objectives, but the employees don't chip in and pay invoices for the goods and services we provide to customers. So, why don't we put the customer needs above ours? Afterall, customers pay the invoices that fuel our paychecks! Sometimes priorities can be really simple!Support the show

“I'll explain our price once, but I'll never apologize for our quality.” The words of Terry McManus were defensible. So many business people operate in a “Word Salad World” where empty statements cannot be converted into provable claims. First of all, is your product or service good enough to charge a premium price? Secondly, if so, can your company prove it? Have fun defending your premium price!Support the show

Grab your Marbles and your favorite Rubber Band as we breakdown S4 E10 Cho and the Adventures of Amy Lee!Episode breakdown begins @ 19:50FREE STICKERS AVAILABLE! Email us at RHMpod@Gmail.com and tell us where to send them!Check out our Link Tree at https://Linktr.ee/RHMpodSupport us at https://tiptopjar.com/RHMpodThere you can Like/Follow/Subscribe, Send us a Email, Or leave us a 5 Star Review. I will read 5 Star Reviews on the Podcast. Huge thanks to the Happy Corner Podcast for the use of their studio and equipment. Thanks to Nik for the refreshed Logo & Chris Bongat for creating our Theme SongWe have no affiliation with Adult Swim or Home Movies.

Schemes and scams are a fast track to the business boneyard! Customer are way more intelligent than scammers give them credit for. Maybe it's time to do a full company-scrape for any unwanted schemes and scams being conducted by your personnel? If you are intentionally misleading customers, it's just a matter of time before it all caves in on you. Maybe today is a good time to start deploying honesty, integrity and truth-telling?Support the show

During my career I have witnessed dozens of executives avoid managing tough business situations. Why? I'm not totally certain, but most of the times it seems rooted in mistaken identity. In other words, they see their obligation to manage as an eventual path to confrontation. Not liking confrontation, the executive turns away, avoids managing altogether, and the problem festers and mushrooms. If this is your company, maybe it's time to redefine the expectations of leadership?Support the show

Put on your seatbelt...Put on your seatbelt...Put on your seatbelt...And get ready for the wild ride that is S4 E9 Those Bitches Tried To Cheat Me, With Tim, Adele, Marcin, and Special Guest Nik!!!Episode breakdown begins @ 21:54FREE STICKERS AVAILABLE! Email us at RHMpod@Gmail.com and tell us where to send them!Check out our Link Tree at https://Linktr.ee/RHMpodSupport us at https://tiptopjar.com/RHMpodThere you can Like/Follow/Subscribe, Send us a Email, Or leave us a 5 Star Review. I will read 5 Star Reviews on the Podcast. Huge thanks to the Happy Corner Podcast for the use of their studio and equipment. Thanks to Nik for the refreshed Logo & Chris Bongat for creating our Theme SongWe have no affiliation with Adult Swim or Home Movies.

Proactivity is a wonderful business quality, but sometimes unique situations require reactions to solve an issue. Contingency plans can't always be planned out, but many times that can. Has your company ever examined the various contingencies that can be mapped out to help mitigate future calamities? Maybe today is a good time to start planning out contingencies? Turn the mission into a fun collaboration process. The curve balls are sure to come. Why not be ready for some of them?Support the show

“When you're wrong, admit quickly and emphatically.” Dale Carnegie's sagewisdom remains as powerful today, as when he uttered them 90 years ago.Humility is an endearing human trait that is dissolving away in modern business.How about going a little “old school” to show customers you own your mistakes?Your buyers will reward your honesty and humility. Why? Because you are notblame-shifting like other vendors!Support the show

Who's Potato?My Potato!High PotatoLow1, 2, 3 and here we go...First hand up has to enjoy this episode of Re-watching Home Movies as we go over S4 E8 Honkey Magoo!Episode breakdown begins @ 20:07FREE STICKERS AVAILABLE! Email us at RHMpod@Gmail.com and tell us where to send them!Check out our Link Tree at https://Linktr.ee/RHMpodSupport us at https://tiptopjar.com/RHMpodThere you can Like/Follow/Subscribe, Send us a Email, Or leave us a 5 Star Review. I will read 5 Star Reviews on the Podcast. Huge thanks to the Happy Corner Podcast for the use of their studio and equipment. Thanks to Nik for the refreshed Logo & Chris Bongat for creating our Theme SongWe have no affiliation with Adult Swim or Home Movies.

“If you can't measure it, you can't manage it.” Harold Geneen's simple, yetpowerful words can be a bright light in a dark room. Company performance, and customer perception has to be convertible into metrics that can paint a factual picture. Without them, it's like trying to navigate a path in a dark hallway!Support the show

Using acronyms can often sound like cryptic, mumbo-jumbo to the customer ear.Perhaps it is time to exchange unfamiliar acronyms with names, and descriptionsthat customers can actually understand, and relate to?Support the show

Holy [BLEEP]ing [BLEEP], [BLEEP]ers!It's a BRAND [BLEEP]ing New [BLEEP]ing Episode Of Re-The-[BLEEP]-Watching Home [BLEEP]ing Movies! Join [BLEEP]ing Tim, Adele, and Marcin as they break it the [BLEEP] down! What the [BLEEP] is "it"?? Why, it's [BLEEP]ing Season 4 [BLEEP]ing Episode 7 [BLEEP]ing "Curses"Episode breakdown begins @ 19:35FREE STICKERS AVAILABLE! Email us at RHMpod@Gmail.com and tell us where to send them!Check out our Link Tree at https://Linktr.ee/RHMpodSupport us at https://tiptopjar.com/RHMpodThere you can Like/Follow/Subscribe, Send us a Email, Or leave us a 5 Star Review. I will read 5 Star Reviews on the Podcast. Huge thanks to the Happy Corner Podcast for the use of their studio and equipment. Thanks to Nik for the refreshed Logo & Chris Bongat for creating our Theme SongWe have no affiliation with Adult Swim or Home Movies.

Imagine an Octopus with eight sucker-bearing arms, a soft body, and a strong beaklike jaw. Now transfer this image to what happens when a company lies to a customer. Each outright lie (body) ends up requiring many sub-lies (sucker-bearing arms) to support the false story (body). Here is the rub…customers detect lies more often than not. What can we do to stop this? Easy…find the crooked jaws within your company, weed them out, and then start to tell customers the truths they deserve to hear. The health of your business will get better as your company watches the Octopus swim off into the deep waters.Support the show

Features, features, features. What about the benefits? Many companies fail to explain the “WHY” when it comes to listing features. in the features. What if you were to pair every feature with a benefit. “The real benefit to you” is a phrase more customers need to hear. What's in it for the customer?Support the show

Customer transactions travel a road of various micro-experiences (transactional components) that shape buyer's opinions, perceptions, repeat and referral business. Collectively, these components are called Experience Events (EE). Are your identifying these events? Are you managing these events for customer-pleasing delivery? If not, you may unknowingly be waving goodbye to healthy repeat and referral business. Perhaps today can be the beginning of your Experience Event journey?Support the show

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced",[1] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature".[2] Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884),[3] with the latter often called the "Great American Novel". He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner. The novelist Ernest Hemingway claimed that "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn."[4]

I got to try the all-new CarPlay Ultra with Fabrice Esteve, Project Lead for Infotainment at Apple—and it completely changes what driving with CarPlay feels like. From the stunning full-dashboard interface to the smart integration with your car's native features, this is Apple's most ambitious in-car experience yet. In this video, I take you inside the car to show you exactly how it works, what surprised me, and what it means for the future of driving with Apple.

Customer complaints can set up course corrections for companies that are going off road! The keys to getting back on track are 1) listening to the customer (not just hearing), 2) being humble enough to accept the criticism, 3) and being smart enough to fix the problems! In many cases, the complaints have a common thread that make the course correction that much easier to recognize.Support the show

Send us a messageSeven centuries before Jesus ascended the hill on which He preached the Sermon on the Mount, the Prophet Joel described a valley which he called the Valley of Decision. Multitudes were gathered to that call.Up until today, decisions are still being made every day – some of them minor – and some of them major. But of all the decisions of life we find ourselves making – none are more important than whether one will enter the Narrow Gate that leads to Eternal Life – or the Wide Gate that leads to eternal destruction.Lord Jesus revealed these two Gates with the understanding that only one willgrant entrance to Heaven's Kingdom of Eternal Life – and that is the “NarrowGate.” But He also added that only a few will enter by it.As the Return of Jesus draws so very near, the Holy Spirit is raising up His Watchmen on the Wall with the cry of “Choose you this day who you will follow.”Only two gates are open – one to Eternal Life – and the other to eternal death.May the power of God's Grace help you to – Choose wisely!Support the showVisit our website: https://agapelightministries.com/

Welcome to Re-Watching Home Movies! Today, we are delighted to bring you our interview with story board artist Phil Andrews! Phil had so much amazing insight to the show and it was truly an honor to talk to him! We'll be back next week with a regular break down episode!Until then, please check out all of Phil's amazing work @ www.phillipandradeart.com/FREE STICKERS AVAILABLE! Email us at RHMpod@Gmail.com and tell us where to send them!Check out our Link Tree at Linktr.ee/RHMpodThere you can Like/Follow/Subscribe, Send us a Email, Or leave us a 5 Star Review. I will read 5 Star Reviews on the Podcast. Huge thanks to the Happy Corner Podcast for the use of their studio and equipment. Thanks to Nik for the refreshed Logo & Chris Bongat for creating our Theme SongWe have no affiliation with Adult Swim or Home Movies.

The appetite for “DIY” products and services has never been higher. What does your company do to cater to this modern mindset? Assuming no salesperson will aid potential customers, what information are you providing to assist informed decisions? Do you deploy tools of Silent Selling?Support the show

"The Juniper Tree" (also "The Almond Tree"; Low German: Von dem Machandelboom) is a German fairy tale published in Low German by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales in 1812 (KHM 47).[1] The story contains themes of child abuse, murder, cannibalism and biblical symbolism and is one of the Brothers Grimm's darker and more mature fairy tales.

Are you in need of some additional ‘WOW” factors in your business presentations to customers? One of the coolest ways to do this is to search your facts, features, and benefits vault for things you have never communicated to customers. Once discovered, tell and sell your customers in ways that create more compelling “AHA” moments.Support the show

Perception and facts often compete for the truth. Perhaps it is time to start examining the perceptions customer have of your business, and the services that are delivered. Often times companies lose customers just because their bad impressions became a reality that may be void of fact!Support the show

Optography is the process of viewing or retrieving an optogram, an image on the retina of the eye. A belief that the eye "recorded" the last image seen before death was widespread in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was a frequent plot device in fiction of the time, to the extent that police photographed the victims' eyes in several real-life murder investigations, in case the theory was true. The concept has been repeatedly debunked as a forensic method.

Some research suggests the need to create 12 positive experiences in order to negate the effects of one bad experience. 12-1 odds are a mighty hill to climb. Unreturned voice mails contribute to making that hill. Are you sure you want to let voice mails go unanswered?Support the show

Flexibility. Creativity. Willingness. Finding solutions that solve unique issues. Going the extra mile. Never saying never. Do these descriptions sound like your company? If not, imagine what kind of repeat and referral business you could attract by becoming these descriptions. CANDO companies win more friends and influence more people then CAN'T DO companies.Support the show

Mirrors fill a board room during an inter-company meeting. Edicts are laid down, and attendees are told to reflect what the C-level demands. Imagine what would happen if companies abandon that reflective mindset, and exchanged it with an outward-looking mindset? If customers pay the bills, then why don't more companies look through the windows that lead to discovering what customers need and want!Support the show

To some companies, servicing really kicks into high gear after the sale. Why then? Because those companies realize that the repeat and referral pot of gold awaits them, when their paying customers feel they are being cared for after the sale. We encourage you to inject this mindset into your business models.Support the show

We have all witnessed companies that aren't flexible. They defend their legacy procedures as a badge of honor, and claim they have been doing business the same way for decades. For some companies that is their hallmark. For others, it is going to allow the competition to zoom by them. Where do you stand? Do you have some stinkin thinkin that needs to get eradicated?Support the show

GM decides CarPlay isn't necessary anymore, making their already terrible infotainment even worse. Just in case anyone at GM reads this, stop being stupid. On the smarter side of the industry, RAM finally admits mistakes were made and brings back the Hemi with a great comeback commercial.  Check out the awesome new RAM commercial here: https://youtu.be/TseTzC3bQAk?si=9FWLPbSWPEfu19aZ  The Avants Podcast is brought to you by our friends at STEK USA and Carter Seattle! Not an Avants member? https://www.avants.com/member-plans Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!  Leave us a voicemail! 425-298-7873 We're doing give aways! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and we'll pick a random name every 25th review! It'll be worth it!

Imagine if you and your team went hunting for ways to become more streamlined with customers? After all, time is the currency of the experience economy, and saving customer time converts to money saved. Have fun on your hunts! Be bright. Be brief. Be done!Support the show

Does your management style look like this: “Your hired. Come in tomorrow at 4:00, and you can start waiting on those tables of hungry people.” Why do so many brands manage this way? Are you sure these employees know the mission, and all the mechanics that support the mission? Maybe it's time to reprioritize the order in which we teach, train and delegate.Support the show

Is failure always traceable to employee ineptitude or carelessness? Or, is failure the result of risk takers who stick their neck out to try something new? No company gets better unless they fail first. How will your corporate culture process future failures?Support the show

Review. Sort. Pile. Then, when you have time, manage the task later. Or, imagine managing each task as you encounter it? Imagine how much time you would save by steam lining task management?Support the show