Your Digital Marketing Coach with Neal Schaffer

Are you feeling the pressure to build a "Custom GPT" for every aspect of your business? You might be wasting your time. While the hype cycle tells us we need complex bots, the reality for most small business owners is that we just need better organization.

In this episode, I sit down with Phil Pallen, Brand Strategist and author of AI for Small Business. We strip away the enterprise-level jargon and focus on the practical,...

Are you frustrated that your AI-generated content sounds robotic, generic, or just "off"? You might be suffering from the "Vending Machine Syndrome"—feeding ChatGPT a coin (a prompt) and hoping for a gourmet meal.

In this episode, I share the insights from my recent workshop at Chapman University, where I taught future entrepreneurs how to create targeted, compelling content in under 30 minutes. The secret isn&ap...

Are you stuck on the social media hamster wheel? Most entrepreneurs feel the pressure to post constantly, chase trending audio, and "feed the algorithm" daily—often with little ROI to show for it. But what if you could cut your content creation time by 80% while actually increasing your leads?

In this episode of Your Digital Marketing Coach, I sit down with agency owner and strategist Katie Brinkley to dismantle the "...

Most marketers treat YouTube like Facebook or LinkedIn - posting content and hoping to drive traffic back to their website. This approach fails because YouTube is fundamentally different. It's a recommendation engine, not a traditional social platform.

In this episode, you'll learn why successful YouTube creators think differently than marketers, discover the research strategy that reveals what content YouTube actually pro...

Ever wonder how someone goes from frustrated agency employee to building a trusted content empire? Derek from NapLab shares his remarkable journey of turning a terrible mattress shopping experience into a business that replaced his salary in just two months.

In this episode, you'll discover Derek's "create what you wished existed" approach to content strategy, why he started testing mattresses in a cramped one-be...

Tired of spending hours researching agencies only to end up more confused than when you started? In this episode, I reveal my solution to one of marketing's biggest time-wasters: finding the right agency partner.

After years of getting asked "Neal, who would you recommend?" for everything from SEO to video production, I decided to do something about it. I partnered with Clutch, the leading B2B service provider platfor...

Sales and marketing teams at war? You're not alone. While most companies treat these as separate functions fighting for resources, the winning businesses have cracked the code on true revenue alignment.

In this eye-opening episode, I sit down with A. Lee Judge, author of "CASH" and founder of Content Monster, who reveals the uncomfortable truth about why some companies are eliminating CMO positions entirely and replac...

Struggling to compete with content creators for attention on social media? What if I told you that one innovative company decided to turn their entire team into creators instead of hiring expensive influencers?

In this revealing episode, I break down how Buffer revolutionized employee advocacy by moving beyond "please share our company posts" to "please build your own personal brand." The results? 90% participati...

Tired of cold emails that get ignored? What if I told you that sending gourmet cookies could be more effective than your entire digital marketing budget?

In this eye-opening episode, I sit down with Corey Quinn, former CMO at Scorpion and author of “Anyone Not Everyone,” who reveals how gift-based outreach became their company’s #1 sales channel - outperforming a $6 million marketing budget that included ads, content, and ...

Are you getting generic, robotic outputs from ChatGPT that sound like everyone else's AI-generated content? You're not alone—and you're definitely using AI wrong.

In this episode, I'm revealing my ASKNEAL™ framework, a revolutionary 7-step system I developed while revising my bestselling book "Maximizing LinkedIn for Business Growth." This isn't just another AI hack—it's a complete methodology...

In today’s show, we’re going deep into one of the hottest topics for any entrepreneur right now: how to really use AI to grow your brand and business. Many of us know the power of AI, but we don’t always know where to start or how to keep our work from sounding robotic. That’s why this talk with John Suarez, co-author of The Marketer’s Manual on Generative AI, is so important. You’ll hear simple ways to plug AI into your daily task...

Today we’re going to talk about something that can change the way you grow your brand — how you follow up. 

So many people focus on getting new followers, but the real gold lies in the people you’ve already talked to. 

It’s easy to lose track of warm leads, superfans, and partners when your messages are buried in your DMs and emails, which is why organizing your contacts and creating a system for follow up is so important. 

When you h...

In this episode, I’m bringing you an eye-opening conversation with Bruce Clay, the man many call the Father of SEO. 

We explore how search engine optimization has evolved over nearly three decades and how AI is changing the rules once again. 

Bruce shares why SEO is more than just keywords — it’s about owning your place on the search results page, understanding intent, and working across teams to grow your traffic. 

If you want your b...

Welcome to a very important episode of the Your Digital Marketing Coach podcast. Today I’m diving deep into one of the biggest changes happening in digital marketing right now: the silent collapse of traditional SEO. For years, search engines—especially Google—have been a major source of traffic for businesses. But with the rise of AI tools and new ways people search for information, that traffic is shrinking. This episode will hel...

In this episode of the Your Digital Marketing Coach podcast, we’re taking a deep dive into a platform that’s often overlooked in digital marketing — YouTube. With so much talk around LinkedIn, TikTok, and even AI-driven search, it’s easy to forget that YouTube is the second largest search engine and a massive opportunity for both B2C and B2B marketers. My guest, YouTube expert Dane Golden, shares why YouTube is more than just a pla...

If you’re creating content without repurposing it, you’re leaving value — and reach — on the table. In this episode, I break down my complete framework for turning a single piece of long-form “anchor content” into over 50 separate pieces of content across social, blogs, newsletters, and video platforms. Content is your most powerful digital marketing tool, but only if you treat it like the asset it truly is. This episode is for any...

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Mary Beth McCabe, a university professor and co-author of one of the most widely used mobile marketing textbooks in the world. We dive deep into what it truly means to have a mobile-first mindset in your digital marketing. This isn't just about having an app—it's about how mobile impacts everything from messaging, email, and social to analytics and even AI. Whether you’re a small busin...

In today's episode of the Your Digital Marketing Coach podcast, I’m diving into something most people take for granted—the social media dashboard. You might still be using a tool built for posting links and photos, but today’s platforms demand more, especially with the rise of short-form video. This is a big deal, because the way you manage and share content can make or break your marketing efforts. I’ll share my personal jour...

Your website is your digital storefront — so are you tracking the right things to make sure it's actually working for your business? 

In this episode of the Your Digital Marketing Coach podcast, I talk with analytics expert Philippa Gamse about what most marketers are missing when it comes to website data. 

Whether it's unclear calls to action, poor form conversion, or people dropping off your videos early, your analytics h...