Marketing and demand: what operators said this week

Marketing tactics operators tested, with the numbers they reported. The 12 strongest moments from named speakers, word for word, each playable from the second it was said. Updated .

“We just did a big ad campaign and we hired a celebrity. We talked about being your, you know, being your best friend and really tried to go a different angle where we, we appealed to the humanity of people, not just agents and brands, you know, AI.”
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Jamie Domenici
MarTech Podcast ™ // Marketing + Technology = Business Growth ·
Why it worked Share this moment
Another view · “Most money in a political campaign goes to broadcast television commercials… not that many people watch broadcast TV anymore… people are watching their TV on streaming.” Bradley Tusk on Prof G Markets · Listen
“Long form content for short form content and batter it into the production… AI ingests entire video and clips it.”
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Gary Vee
The GaryVee Audio Experience ·
Growth tactic Share this moment
“Obviously, some campaigns that it can show you, obviously, $21,000, $30 a lead, $50 a lead.”
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Mauricio Cardinal
AI & Marketing for Home Service Pros ·
Hard number $30-$50 per lead (and a $21,000 figure mentioned) Share this moment
Another view · “My kind of hierarchy for KPIs… is being recommended, mentioned, and then cited.” Peter Rota on Found in AI: AI Search Visibility, SEO, & GEO · Listen
“I can tell Claude to go and, you know, create a mailing campaign and instantly push and review it to these people in my mailing system.”
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Nick Kidd
The Insurance Podcast ·
Automation Share this moment
Another view · “Watermarks… will tell you either Claude was here or not, and Pangram will be able to tell you with higher granularity of like, what was the degree of AI assistance?” Max Spiro on What's Your Problem? · Listen
“You could just go into the software and pick out one of our new campaign packs… hit a button and install that into your Acton instance”
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Vicki Valdez Acton Software
Insurance Journal Podcast ·
How they work Share this moment
Another view · “For broader question ... you would want that to go on to a landing page ... just so it can capture that broad intent” Ian Silva on NeuralAdX GEO & AI Search Strategy Podcast · Listen
“It tells you… this piece of content isn’t optimized for an agent to read… it reduced your referrals by 65%.”
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Devin Kunysz
The CPG Guys ·
Tool reduced referrals by 65% Share this moment
“The bond market is a multiple of the size of the equity market. Oh, yes. 3x, 4x, something like that?”
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Robin Wigglesworth
Masters in Business ·
Hard number 3x, 4x Share this moment
“We've got roughly about 200 different brands in our marketplace and that's continuing to grow.”
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Heather Lane Ulta Beauty
The Chain Podcast ·
Data play 200 brands Share this moment
“I’m going to sit down for two days and do two months worth of content and then use that schedule feature on Instagram.”
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Samantha Wills
The Pay Off with Sylvia Jeffreys ·
How they work 2 days to create 2 months worth of content Share this moment
“I travel and I go to every single one of these different organizations for the disabilities in every state. And I give them the demonstration. And we have a 30% demo to pre-order conversion rate.”
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Jack Walters
The Pitch ·
Why it worked 30% conversion rate from demo to pre-order; 100 demos Share this moment
“We've deliberately kept the room small because I want these events to be like a genuine conversation.”
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Michael Yardney
Property Investment & Wealth Creation Australia | The Michael Yardney Podcast ·
Growth tactic Share this moment
“My website, we spend five or $6,000 a month just on ads. We make 150 grand off of that.”
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Rick Tremor
Real Business Owners ·
Business model $5-6k/month ad spend; $150k revenue Share this moment

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