The Story Power Marketing Show

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...

Kirsten understands that time is the most valuable asset for business owners. That's why she helps them transition from being invisible to gaining visibility with the right audiences. Through strategic video marketing and podcast guesting, Kirsten empowers business owners to build authority and generate quality leads. Plus, with the support of a VA, business owners can free up their time to focus on growing their income.<...

Craig Taylor, CISSP, is the co-founder of CyberHoot, a cybersecurity training company focused on teaching cyber literacy to SMBs, MSPs, Enterprises, and Educators. With over 30 years of cyber experience, Craig integrates his background in psychology and positive reinforcement techniques to build effective cyber literacy programs that change behaviors. His approach helps learners develop secure digital habits.

In t...

Mark started as an entrepreneur who founded two staffing companies he later exited successfully for 7 figures each. Today, he channels his 35 years of experience into teaching, coaching, speaking, and developing courses aimed at helping others find their purpose in life. His unique approach, characterized by humanity, empathetic communication, and “kind” candor, has helped him change hundreds of lives.

Mark shares his philosophy of ...

Ralph Velasco has been a full-time travel photographer and international tour organizer for 16+ years, having created and led over 120 highly-rated international tours in well over 30 countries on 7 continents (plus over 100 domestic tours in the U.S.)

He's spoken all over the world and in the U.S. at the Travel & Adventure Shows and the New York Times Travel Show, as well as travel blogger conferences (in...

Lindsay Scherr Burgess is the Founder and Moss Boss of Green Wallscapes, a company that brings spaces to life with no-hassle preserved moss, walls, logos, lettering and art.

She has done over 1000 projects in over 35 states, Canada, and the Caribbean and employs a team of mostly female artists in her West Palm Beach studio. Her company’s work has been called “a lavish expression of botanical joy” and has been featured in Architectur...

Christopher Filipiak is a consultant and coach who specializes in helping CEOs transform their sales approach. With his background in engineering, data analytics, and Fortune 100 consulting, Christopher offers a unique and holistic method to sales that integrates strategy, execution, and mindset transformation.

To enhance sales he emphasizes viewing it as an act done 'for someone' rather than...

Jason Croft has built his career on amplifying voices that often go unheard in a landscape dominated by self-proclaimed experts. With over 30 years of global content creation experience, including award-winning films and exotic animal shows, he now focuses on transforming accomplished leaders from "unknown experts" into recognized authorities in their fields.

As the founder of Media Leads and host of Strat...