Marketing With Empathy®
Marketing With Empathy® helps brands and nonprofits connect with families — and the moms who influence most household purchases. Host Sarah Panus shares ideas to get your products, services, or mission into the homes of families who need them most. Top 5% of all podcasts and a proud member of the Marketing Podcast Network. Themes: brand storytelling, content marketing, content strategy, mom marketing, storytelling marketing, consumer behavior, marketing, editorial content, StoryBrand, social media marketing, influencer marketing, video storytelling
Episodes
September 30, 2025 • 29 mins
EP 160. PR is more than press—it’s the visibility that builds credibility and drives sales. In this episode, Sarah Panus talks with Amy Bartko, founder of Chatterbox PR & Marketing, about her PR formula: gain visibility to earn credibility and achieve profitability. Amy shares insider tips for landing media, influencer, and celebrity coverage, plus practical steps brands can take to stop being invisible and start getting noticed....
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September 23, 2025 • 29 mins
EP 159. Women 45+ aren’t aging out—they’re powering up, and they move markets. In this episode, Sharon Macey (Mom to MORE®) shows how ditching clichés, using real representation, and messaging function, energy, and joy converts better with midlife decision-makers. We cover how to show up as a partner during reinvention moments (empty nest, caregiving, career pivots, menopause) and what to steal from brands like Dove, Athleta, and...
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September 10, 2025 • 11 mins
EP 158. Ever feel like life is just too noisy to connect—at home or in your marketing? Host, Sarah Panus, shares a personal story that started with a hearing test and sparked powerful insights about distraction, parenting, and what it really takes to cut through the noise as a brand. Tune in for three actionable storytelling tips to help your marketing break through busy, distracted audiences and genuinely connect with today’s fami...
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August 26, 2025 • 27 mins
EP 157. Connect with moms in a way that feels real—not forced. Monica Banks, founder of Mom Creators and Gugu Guru, explains the new playbook for influencer marketing. Discover why brands should think in terms of co-creation (not just paid posts), how to find the right mom creators, and the first steps to building your own mom ambassador community.
SHOWNOTES BLOG: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/monica-bank...
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August 12, 2025 • 21 mins
EP 156. What do moms really need from brands? Spoiler: it's not just more inspiration—it's easier execution! In this episode, host Sarah Panus chats with Virginia Frischkorn, award-winning event planner and founder of Partytrick.com, about the changing needs of moms and how brands can actually help. Dive into real talk about supporting moms at every stage, building authentic brand collaborations, and turning everyday moments into ...
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August 5, 2025 • 35 mins
EP 155. In today’s increasingly polarized market, understanding your customer base can feel like navigating a minefield. Should brands pick a side, stay neutral, or simply avoid “controversial” topics altogether? On the latest episode of Marketing With Empathy®, I sat down with Chris Peterson—co-founder of LifeMind AI and author of Red and Blue Customers: How to Drive Growth and Manage Risk in Today’s Conservative and Liberal Mark...
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July 16, 2025 • 21 mins
EP 154. Why feelings drive sales. Most marketers focus on data—but people buy based on emotion. Guest Emily Lyman, the Founder & CEO of Branch & Bramble agency, breaks down value-based marketing, the 4 core human values, and how to tweak your messaging to connect and convert with more moms and other customer segments.
SHOWNOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/why-feelings-drive-sales-value-based-marketing-...
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May 27, 2025 • 9 mins
EP 153. Messaging fuzzy? Sales slow? Host, Sarah Panus walks through the mistake brands make when trying to fix their message, and how StoryBrand workshops may be just what you need to help you go from foggy to focused in about a week.
SHOWNOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/fix-your-messaging-strategy-fast--storybrand-workshop-options-episode-153/
LEARN MORE ABOUT SARAH’S STORYBRAND WORKSHOPS: https://...
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May 13, 2025 • 21 mins
EP 152. Erik Huberman, CEO of Hawke Media, shares how AI and smart benchmarking are transforming marketing—and what brands need to do to earn moms’ trust and get better results. Discover how Hawke AI uses real-time data to flag wins, spot gaps, and guide your next move.
SHOWNOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/stop-guessing-start-benchmarking-your-marketing-with-hawke-ai-episode-152/
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April 30, 2025 • 27 mins
EP 151. Millions of women are navigating perimenopause and menopause—but most brands are oblivious to what they’re going through. OBGYN, Dr. Cat Brown and marketing lead, Brooke Matthews, of ByWinona.com share what women really experience during these seasons and how marketers can better connect with them through empathy, education, and simplicity.
SHOWNOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/reach-women-goin...
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April 1, 2025 • 31 mins
EP 150. Want to sell to mom entrepreneurs? First, you need to understand their juggle. In this episode, host Sarah Panus is joined by business owner and mom Jacqueline Green, of Behind the Design, to dive deep into the daily struggles, desires, and decision-making process of mompreneurs. Learn what they’re balancing, why they crave simplicity and realism, and how your brand can better serve, support, and sell to them. Packed with r...
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March 18, 2025 • 16 mins
EP 149. Moms care about more than parenting-specific brands. Host, Sarah Panus, reveals eight unexpected industries where moms drive purchasing decisions. Create a clear content plan to reach moms in these markets and drive more leads and sales.
SHOWNOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/8-industries-moms-have-huge-buying-power-episode-149/
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March 11, 2025 • 15 mins
EP 148. Inside look at how Nickelodeon approached marketing to moms and kids; capturing hearts and minds. Moms drive purchases of family experiences. Rob Garay is back to share his experiences working with Nickelodeon Recreation, a sector responsible for overseeing Broadway shows, the Nickelodeon Cruise, Nickelodeon Hotel, and other initiatives beyond television production.
SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-emp...
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March 4, 2025 • 19 mins
EP 147. What's the psychology behind marketing and what questions should we be asking ourselves when we're trying to reach more moms/women versus men? Rob Garay, author of the book Marketing Minds: A Look at Psychology and Marketing, joins Host, Sarah Panus to get Rob’s advice related to the words you use, amount of adjectives, colors and visuals.
SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/psychology-behi...
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February 18, 2025 • 21 mins
EP 146. Local business spotlight: Paul Spring shares his secrets for repeatedly selling out more than 300 children’s events in North Carolina for his Birthday Party Rockstar and Rockstar Bubbles companies. From magic to foam; texting to google reviews; Facebook groups to local mommy blogs; referrals to repeat business – learn how Paul’s successfully selling to more moms.
SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empat...
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February 4, 2025 • 35 mins
EP 145. Moms are on the move all the time, so mobile marketing is important for your brand. Jennie Lewis of Airship, joins Sarah in this episode to talk about ways to improve brand apps and the mobile web experience. What to look for and ask for in the first 30 days + other factors like metrics and cross-channel integrations to consider to better serve your mom customers via their cell phones.
SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage....
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January 28, 2025 • 21 mins
EP 144. “What should we talk about this year?” To help answer this in your content marketing plans, Sarah Panus teaches you how to pick your brand’s 3 storytelling pillars – and shares her own new company pillars. LEARN: Why 3 is the magic number. What phase of the content planning process you pick these? How and where to use them to more easily build an annual content calendar that markets with more empathy.
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January 21, 2025 • 42 mins
EP 143. Award-winning visual storyteller and agency owner, Matt Cornelison of FUNGI Media, shares ways brands can engage moms with enriching video content marketing. Listen to hear about 3 brands doing this well, employees as influencers, the perfect recipe of convenience + enriching or entertaining content, humor moms appreciate, shared content libraries, and ways to repurpose content via videos.
SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpag...
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January 14, 2025 • 24 mins
EP 142. Moms decide what she and others around her eat. Guest, Lisa Mastela, MPH, RD is the CEO of Bumpin Blends, frozen smoothie cubes that caters to moms. Lisa launched the company during maternity leave from her garage & has grown it into a 7-figure business available online, in Costco and 3,000+ stores. Originally launched for pregnant women, Bumpin Blends has expanded to cater to moms and families everywhere. Lisa shares cru...
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November 26, 2024 • 39 mins
EP 141. Women make a majority of decisions in the home industry. There’s a lot of products and services sold in the home industry from interior designers to manufacturers and retailers. So what marketing and storytelling works best in the home industry? Home expert and agency owner, Ericka Saurit, walks us through her E3 Storytelling Framework. How to differentiate your products and services in a sea of sameness, so you can grow ...
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