The Story Power Marketing Show

Dave Valentine built 10 businesses that have collectively driven over $1 billion in revenue for 1,200+ clients—including Fortune 100 giants like Target, Time Magazine, and American Express. He now leads a global agency from a house by a river in the mountains—complete with three waterfalls—where strategy meets serenity. Merging conscious capitalism with unconventional marketing, he guides businesses toward growth that’s not just ex...

Scott Desgrosseilliers is the founder and CEO of Wicked Reports, a leading first-party marketing attribution platform for high-growth eCommerce brands. With over a decade of experience analyzing billions in ad spend, Scott helps marketers cut through the noise to find what’s really driving ROI. He’s the creator of the 5 Forces System, a proven framework that turns messy marketing data into clear, confident decisions.

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Glenn recently retired as the EVP and GM of NWS and the co-founder of Gap Wireless Inc., where he spent his career at the intersection of sales, marketing, and business leadership. With a proven track record in driving growth in the telecom and tech distribution industries, Glenn is also the author of Never Sit in the Lobby: 57 Winning Sales Factors to Grow a Business and Build a Career. He has now embarked on a new journey ...

Jessie Fernández is a highly skilled marketing strategist with extensive experience working with brands across the United States, Europe, and Latin America. With expertise in branding, multichannel campaigns, and go-to-market strategies, Jessie has a solid foundation in media, print, and television and has been recognized as an award-winning professor of marketing in Honduras. Currently, Jessie works as a marketing coach and serves...

Dr Raewyn Sleeman is a renowned Canadian business strategist, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker with over 20 years of experience in the world of small business development and growth. She holds a doctorate in Business Administration, with a focus on small business marketing strategies. Having built multiple businesses herself, Dr Sleeman knows first-hand the obstacles entrepreneurs encounter and the strategies required to over...

Co-Founders of Tipton Franklin Marketing Strategies, Angela and Travis redefine the possible for AgTech and Biotech businesses. Together they deliver bold marketing strategies with an ethical approach and measurable results.

Tom talks to them about using AI to fuel marketing growth in agtech and biotech industries. They dive into their strategic approach to AI adoption and discuss AI's potential, security concerns, and various a...

Kasim Aslam is a serial entrepreneur who has built multiple 7- and 8-figure businesses, including two successful exits. He is the co-founder of Driven Mastermind, creator of Digital Marketer's Paid Traffic Certification, and author of three bestselling books, including You vs Google, a #1 international bestseller in marketing and advertising. Named one of the top 50 Digital Marketing Thought Leaders in the U.S., Kasim is also t...

Sam Nelson is the CEO of Downstreet Digital, an award-winning, digital marketing agency specializing in high-impact advertising and branding. With nearly 15 years of experience in digital strategy, Sam has led campaigns for national food chains, major media organizations, and high-stakes political races.

Sam shares valuable insights from his political and marketing experience, emphasizing the importance of understanding and addressi...

Amber Briggle is the CEO of B-Well Enterprises and the founder and owner of Soma Massage Therapy, a multi-award-winning business and the nation's most exciting new franchise opportunity. Amber became a massage therapist in 2004 and began Soma Massage Therapy in 2011. Through tenacity and determination she has literally built (and rebuilt, thanks to the pandemic) a thriving massage therapy business and a promising new franchise ...

Sara Nay is the CEO at Duct Tape Marketing. Since her start in December 2010, she has consulted and advised thousands of small business owners on how to build, grow, and scale a profitable business. She has a passion for helping small business owners focus on their zone of genius and build a team around them to support their growth goals.

She and Tom discuss the common marketing challenges faced by small business owners and how busi...

Atiba de Souza is your secret weapon when your team is underperforming. As a CEO Strategist and Team Productivity Expert, he transforms struggling organizations into productivity powerhouses through proven leadership frameworks that deliver immediate results.

Atiba shares his unique CASE method and other tactical strategies that help business owners delegate more effectively, eliminate bottlenecks, and boost employee efficiency. He ...

Corey has 15 years of in-house agency experience, including as Scorpion's CMO, where he helped grow revenue from $20M to $150M in 6 years. He just published his bestselling book: Anyone, Not Everyone: a Proven System for Agencies to Escape Founder-Led Sales. Today, he helps digital agency founders scale revenue and profits with Deep Specialization.

He and Tom dive into strategies to escape ...

Annie M. Wyatt is the author and illustrator of A Horse in the Castle. Her passion for creating children’s books stems from a lifelong love of reading, a joy that has continued into adulthood. As a mother of two young children, she has witnessed firsthand the magic a captivating book can bring to young minds. She currently leads a marketing team for a large corporation, though her greatest joy comes from sharing her books wi...

Nikki Lindgren, an agency founder and startup advisor, is reshaping the landscape of beauty and lifestyle brand marketing with a human-centric approach. Over two decades, she has left her mark on the strategies of more than 228 brands.

Nikki has overseen the management of over $100 million in digital media. Her extensive experience spans everything from search engine marketing and paid social to display advertising and influencer/bl...

Professor Pete Alexander is the President of the greatest interior landscaping company in the San Francisco Bay Area - Office Plants by Everything Grows. In addition, he has served as an adjunct college professor for several universities, where he has helped inspire thousands of students to develop and apply key concepts of marketing specifically to their area of interest. He's also a TEDx speaker and best-selling author on red...

Over his 20 career, Ondar Tarlow has worked with both industry leaders and nonprofits to solve complex marketing challenges with measurable results. He’s known for engaging audiences through data-driven insights and witty, creative storytelling to achieve results. Now he uses his experience to help companies supercharge their marketing and drive real growth with bold, unforgettable strategies.

In this episode, he and To...

Chris is the Conversion Alchemist. A SaaS message-market fit specialist and conversion copywriter, he worked for 10 years as a software engineer in industrial automation. Then he took a sharp turn to enter the digital marketing world as UX lead at the usability testing startup Conversion Crimes (and previously at the conversion design agency Zeda Labs). Chris has been working as a copywriter and CRO specialist for online bran...

Robert is the President of MultiVision Digital and has over 20+ years of background in video marketing, Saas-based marketing, and sales tactics. MultiVision Digital provides the full spectrum of video strategy, video production and video marketing services that businesses need to drive action across the entire buyer's journey. They've produced over 1600+ business videos since inception.

In this episode, Tom and Robert get in...

After founding and running a business software company for nearly 40 years, JR thought he was going to ride off into the sunset and retire. Instead, he started the BrushFires Ministry, using his ability to build unified teams to help others discover their strengths and weaknesses.

In this episode, JR shares his journey from running a successful business software company to responding to a deeper calling in 2015. He highlights how he...