Marketing Expedition Podcast with Rhea Allen, Peppershock Media

Danny Kirk is a bootstrapped serial founder transforming how brands leverage Reddit for organic growth, AI search optimization, and strategic growth hacking that delivers real results. Danny is the founder of ReddiReach, a marketing agency that specializes in getting your brand recommended by AI using Reddit and GEO.

00:00 - 00:16 "So right now, fewer than 5% of brands are actually doing anything about AI search or Red...

Anna Tran is a Strategic PR Consultant, co-founder and the public face of the PR division at Level Up with Anna.

She helps coaches, consultants, financial professionals, and corporate brands get featured in top-tier outlets like Forbes, USA Today, and Business Insider.

Known for her strategy-first approach, Anna turns media exposure into lasting authority and real business relations.

With a strong track record in high-impact sto...

Sara Nay is the CEO of Duct Tape Marketing, where she helps small businesses turn marketing strategy into scalable systems their teams can actually execute. Since 2010, she’s worked with thousands of business owners and fractional CMOs, blending big-picture strategy with scalable operations. A passionate trainer at heart, Sara’s mission is to empower others to lead from their zone of genius and build marketing teams that can actual...

A rebel with a cause and creative force who transforms both brands and leaders–Amy Vaughan brings 15+ years of enterprise creative leadership to purpose-driven innovation. As an award-winning Creative Director, she's created campaigns for global brands including Ford, P&G, Walmart, and Humana, consistently pushing boundaries while delivering measurable impact.

Today, Amy serves multiple missions: As CEO of Together Digital...

Wilson Zehr is an accomplished entrepreneur, academic, and thought leader in the fields of marketing, innovation, and business strategy. With over 25 years of experience in the technology and telecommunications industries, he has founded or participated in 6 large-scale technology startups, raising over $60 million in venture capital funding in his career.

00:00 - 00:36 "I had a friend who used to, who was oddly enough, he was...

Shellee Howard is the Founder and CEO of College Ready and CR Future Now, a Certified Independent College Strategist, and a best-selling author. A member of HECA and SOFA, she helps students gain admission to their best-fit colleges—often debt-free. As a mother of four, Shellee has firsthand experience with college success. Her son graduated debt-free from Harvard, earned his MD from UCSD, and is now an Orthopedic Surgery Resident ...

Todd and Leah Rae Getts are founders and owners of Digital Trailblazer, and specialize in helping coaches, agencies, course creators, and experts get more traffic and exposure so they can grow and scale bigger and faster. Now, as award-winning marketers and sought-after speakers, Leah and Todd have been featured on stages, masterminds, podcasts, and other interviews, sharing their expertise in building profitable online businesses ...

Jill Lublin is a 25+ year Media Magnet. She is a world-renowned publicity expert, international speaker, and 4x Best Selling author. Jill has made thousands of stage appearances alongside celebrities such as Tony Robbins, Barbara Corcoran, and Jack Canfield, to name a few. She has worked with over 100,000 clients implementing her signature formula for getting media attention, creating next-level visibility in the marketplace that r...

00:00 - 00:25 "The way I look at the world is in terms of mindset, self-mastery, and service, or creating. And I think that our ability to create things depends on our self-mastery and our self-reliance. And our ability to master our lives depends on our awareness of ourselves and reality and understanding how the world really works.” — Jacob De Arman

00:26 - 00:44 Welcome to Peppershock Media’s Marketing Expedition Podcast

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Garrett Nann is a results-driven digital marketing expert and entrepreneur specializing in paid advertising, SEO, and data-driven growth strategies. As the Co-founder of POP Advertising Partners, he manages over $1 million per month in Google Ads and spearheads national SEO campaigns for eCommerce and B2C brands, helping businesses maximize their online presence and customer acquisition.

Garrett’s journey in marketing began wit...

Corey Morris is an experienced industry speaker, best-selling author, and the owner/leader of VOLTAGE digital marketing agency. His new book, The Digital Marketing Success Plan (available on Amazon), published in July 2024 and details why companies need a documented, objective, and accountable digital marketing plan in today's era of unprecedented change in the digital marketing industry. He provides the context for why having...

Wanda Allen is an international speaker, coach, corporate trainer, author, and award-winning business owner. She's the author of Follow Up Savvy and Follow Up Sales Strategies. Wanda had a 25-year corporate career where she held the position of senior vice president for 15 years. She has a sales background and worked with sales teams throughout her corporate career. She gained extensive training in business development, maintaining...

Larry Mietus (Chief Excuse Obliterator) is the Founder of Speaking of Strategy. He is an engaging speaker, business consultant, author, podcaster, and educator with a wealth of practical, hands-on experience. His expertise encompasses leadership development, organizational design, employee engagement, and sales and marketing strategies. His clients run the gamut from "Mom and Pop" businesses to international enterprises. He is a fr...

Peter Murphy Lewis is the founder of StrategicPete.com and a fractional Chief Marketing Officer who helps CEOs turn overwhelming marketing data into clear paths for revenue and growth. His expertise spans industries like software, travel, media—even zoos and banks, which are more alike than you might think.

Peter has hosted two TV shows, recently produced and narrated a documentary, and leads his unique life from a literal zoo where...

Ondar Tarlow is a seasoned marketing executive with 20+ years of experience in brand strategy, digital transformation, and lifestyle marketing. Now a consultant for motorsports, finance, and lifestyle brands, he partners with organizations like Fast Lane Drive to fuse passion and performance. His creative work, including sponsorships with the LA Chargers, Anaheim Ducks, and BeachLife Festival, reflects his talent for building memor...

Louis Katz is a keynote speaker, coach, and founder of The Courage Inside, where he helps leaders and teams build courageous companies—one bold step at a time. With a unique blend of business acumen, street photography, standup comedy, and a knack for storytelling, Louis inspires audiences to ditch fear-based decisions and embrace everyday courage as a driver for innovation, culture, and growth.

A former IT company president t...

Maxwell Nee is the Chief Revenue Officer of ScoreApp, a Quiz Marketing Platform with 6,000 paying clients. He's also a multi-award-winning entrepreneur, bodybuilder & dancer. He’s been featured on TV, Radio, Forbes, Singapore’s The Business Times & The Australian Business Review.

00:00 - 00:17 "We have a mantra in our business that we want to force our clients to be successful. So we're always tuning in and filtering thr...

Jason Kramer founded Cultivize, a CRM consulting firm specializing in lead-nurturing strategies and technology. With 15 years of experience running a creative agency, Jason identified revenue gaps in marketing and sales funnels for distributors, service providers, marketing agencies, and manufacturers. He launched Cultivize to provide customized CRM solutions, empower businesses to improve productivity, amplify lead conversions, an...

Internationally-recognized mentor, speaker, and author, Jenny Calcoen, is the CEO and Founder of Inner Earthquake, a boutique consulting and coaching practice dedicated to empowering women. After a successful 26-year corporate career in senior leadership, Calcoen now mentors, coaches, and teaches women philanthropists, executives, and entrepreneurs to step into a bigger version of themselves, and to be unshakable, no matter what ha...