The Velocity Marketing Podcast: Recent Episodes
Mike McGrail
The Velocity Podcast is a weekly show by Mike McGrail. It looks at the world of digital marketing, social media and beyond. Each episode covers key stories and news from social media and digital marketing, recommends cool digital tools , excellent content to learn from, advice for improving your marketing from Mike and much more.
Hi, Mike here. You may be wondering what the heck has happened to the podcast?! Or, you may not care. Either way, it's asleep, as I have launched The Different Minds Podcast, within which I interview people that think a little bit differently. I recently interviewed Rand Fishkin and Oli Gardner for the show, which you'll enjoy, I promise! Check it all out at differentmindspodcast.com!
In this episode, I interview Kyle Racki, the CEO of Proposify. We go deep on the startup journey, covering marketing, team structure, challenges and a lot more, must listen! Show notes at bit.ly/velocity32.
In this episode I speak to the awesome Randy Frisch, the co-founder and CMO at Uberflip! Listen for insight on:
- Owning the customer journey via content
- Aligning marketing and sales
- Ensuring consistently great content creation
- The future of content marketing
- Whether fruit should be allowed on pizza!
- And a whole lot more!
After a long hiatus, the Velocity Marketing Podcast is back! Find out why there was a pause, what Mike's been up to and hear him talk about the problems with startup marketing, what clients want and more!
In this episode, I interview Talia Wolf, a CRO (Conversion Rate Optimisation) specialist and founder of Conversioner and Banana Splash. The interview is a must listen for anyone who's looking to make the most of their web/app traffic and push visitors to taking the actions you want them to! Regardless of your experience level, you'll learn something from Talia. We cover the psychology of marketing, how colour can effect decisions, what and why to A/B test, why you probably don't need a mobile app and much more.
In this episode, I interview Gala Gill, a Marketing Consultant based in Poland. I first discovered Gala via Snapchat and was immediately taken by her use of it to deliver digital marketing news and advice. Gala uses Snapchat like a pro, and I wanted to draw that knowledge from her and deliver it to you. Listen up for advice on being a Snapchat user people want to watch, Snapchat marketing and much more!
In this episode, I interview Morgan Brown, COO at Inman, grower of startups, Snapchat legend and to top it all, a best-selling author! Hear us talk about the rise (and future) of Snapchat, how to use marketing to grow your business, the fall of Twitter, why data is no good without action and a load more!
Show notes at bit.ly/velocitymorgan
An interview with digital marketing legend, Jay Baer! I talk to Jay about his latest book, Hug your Haters, staying at the forefront of digital marketing, failed social networks of the past and present and much more!
I talk about how my marketing mind has flipped, the ability to sleep, answers a listener question re where to blog, sing Snapchat's praises and make an offer to proof your blog posts! 15 mins of rapid-fire listening!
In this episode I talk about my new career path at Administrate, mapping out your current marketing strategy Vs where it needs to be, Facebook custom audiences and the Gourmet Burger Kitchen Twitter storm. Oh, and Snapchat.
I chat to one of my favourite marketers, Dave Chaffey about the digital marketing world in 2015 and what we can expect in 2016. Packed with excellent advice and guidance on resources and tools! Show notes at bit.ly/davechaffey
Happy thanksgiving! 20 minutes of digital marketing and tech news, views and opinion! What happens when Slack went down? Why did Twitter cut tweet counts? Black Friday coming at you! Also, what happens when you slash your LinkedIn connections?
In this week's episode I look at Twitter's earning call, talk about Slack's effect on email usage and Facebook using 2G web access. I answer a user question about buying Twitter followers and encourage you to be tracking your social activity with UTMs. It's a short, sharp show that delivers the latest news, views and advice across social media, digital marketing and beyond. Oh, and there's music from Iggy Pop, Cream, Queen and Dire Straits. Nice. All wrapped up in less than 25 mins!
The latest social media and digital marketing news (like, today's!) the big news from the Twitter Flight conference, looks at new B2B ads from Facebook and Yahoo's deal with Google. Also news from today including Facebook's new public search function and Zuck's new school. I also have a chat with Briony from Yelp Glasgow on her experience of Instagram ads to date and answer a listener question about marketing the same business in B2B and B2C. There's a heck of a lot more than that too! Oh and it all happens in less than 30 mins. Social media and marketing news, views and a little bit of music. See below for show notes!
This week's show covers the new news app from Facebook, 'Notify', I share why I'm probably about to disconnect from you on LinkedIn, emplore marketers to get on the social ad via email targeting bandwagon, answer a listener question about making the most of time on social media and a heck of a lot more! Oh and it all happens in less than 20 mins. Social media and marketing news, views and a little bit of music.
This week's show discusses the new 'reactions' feature from Facebook, Twitter's Moments and the slick new changes to Medium. I also look at the best way to plan social media content, answer a listener question re the return of Jack Dorsey to Twitter, look at at a cool story in tech this week and have a general blether about all things marketing.
This week's episode looks at Twitter's plans to scrap the 140 character limit (don't do it!), Fino takes us through Facebook's new profile pages, we take a deep-dive into Instagram advertising, answer a user's question re how to make Twitter better and Mike makes a plea for interaction. A 25 minute whirl around the world of digital marketing, social media and beyond!
In this interview special, Mike talks to the mighty Cyrus Shepard from Moz about all things SEO, marketing, hiking, Mars, whisky and much more! 30 mins of insight and chat! Shownotes - bit.ly/velocitycyrus
In this episode, Mike wraps up the latest social media and digital marketing news, observes two selfie-obsessed beach girls, answers a listener question re Taboola and Outbrain and much more! All packaged up in a 20 min show! BOOM!
In this episode, Mike looks at the continuing Peace Day beef between Burger Kind and McDonalds, an amazing Twitter campaign from Diet Coke, recommends some new socialmedia marketing tools, answers a listener question, and a whole lot more! All wrapped up in 20 minutes!
This week's rapid rundown of digital marketing and tech news looks at Facebook's first ever billion active users in a day, the launch of 'M', Instagram's big photos and much more! Mike answers a listener question on social media marketing without content and tears a strip of the McDonald's CEO.
Mike McGrail looks at some of the biggest storied of the week from the world of marketing, technology and business. Including Tinder Vs Vanity Fair, Alphabet, Periscope viewing figures and more. Show notes - http://bit.ly/velocitypodcast14
In this interview special, I chat to Finbarr Taylor, founder of Shogun. Finbarr is a fellow Scot that after graduating decided to head to Silicon Valley to start his career. I quiz him about his impressive journey to date, the pros and cons of startup culture, life in 'the valley' and much more!
The latest digital marketing news and views including the Facebook Page buy button, Reddit CEO mouthing off, advice on social media content scheduling and much more.A rapid 20 minute show from Mike McGrail of Velocity Digital. Show notes at http://bit.ly/velocitypodcast13
The latest digital marketing news and views including the launch of Facebook See First, Meerkat cuddling up to Facebook, advice on making great social media ads and much more! A rapid 20 minute show from Mike McGrail of Velocity Digital. Show notes at http://bit.ly/velocitypodcast12
Mike McGrail chats about the Reddit revolt, Twitter's new persona targeting for advertising and brings more of the latest digital marketing news and views to your ears in a rapid20 minute format. Show notes - http://bit.ly/velocitypodcast11
Mike McGrail chats about the wider adoption and wider failure of Instagram advertising, Twitter dropping the DM character limit, gives advice on Twitter advertising and brings the latest digital marketing news to your ears in a rapid 20 minute format.Show notes -http://bit.ly/velocitypodcast10
In this interview special, I speak to Chris Marr from The Content Marketing Academy about all things content marketing, social media, podcasting, growing an online community and much more. A must listen for all marketers, business owners and beyond. Enjoy! Show notes - http://bit.ly/chrismarr
This episode covers the latest digital marketing news, including Twitter Audience Insights, announcements from Google I/O 2015 and much more! The rest of it is basically jam-packed with digital marketing advice and insight! A podcast for marketers, business owners and the generally curious! Show notes at http://bit.ly/velocitypodcast8
This episode covers the latest digital marketing news, talks about awful blog design and includes an interview with Steven Drost, CEO and a co-founder of Stipso - some amazing social media and content marketing advice here! The rest of it is basically jam-packed with digital marketing advice and insight! A podcast for marketers, business owners and the generally curious! Show notes at http://bit.ly/velocitypodcast7
This episode covers the latest digital marketing news, talks about the amount of losers on LinkedIn and includes an interview Sam Poullain, Social Media manager for Skyscanner during which he delivers amazing social media marketing insight and kicks me! The rest of it is basically jam-packed with digital marketing advice and insight! A podcast for marketers, business owners and the generally curious! Show notes at http://bit.ly/velocitypodcast6
This episode covers the latest digital marketing news, includes an interview with the owner of Civerinos, who's social media activity for the pizza restaurant is excellent and Mike answers a listener question regarding Periscope. The rest of it is basically jam-packed with digital marketing advice and insight! Show notes at http://bit.ly/velocitypodcast5. A rapid 25 minute listen for marketers, business owners and the generally curious!
This episode of the Velocity Marketing Podcast delivers the latest social media news, including Facebook news feed algorithm change, video calling being added to Facebook Messenger, Wordpress Emoji and much more! Mike McGrail also gives insight on Facebook content impact, working motivation and Twitter listening techniques. A rapid 20 minute listen for marketers, business owners and the generally curious! Shownotes at bit.ly/velocitypodcast4
The latest Velocity Marketing Podcast looks at Google's mobilegeddon, Twitter DMs and much more!. The host, Mike McGrail discusses the problems with dark social media traffic, recommends some reading and answers a listener question about personal branding through blogging. Packed with insights from his work in digital marketing, social media and beyond! A rapid-fire 15 minutes.
The latest Velocity Marketing Podcast looks at the launch of LinkedIn Elevate, Twitter cutting the firehose and Facebook's new ad network patent. The host, Mike McGrail also discusses the problems with social media analytics, why he finds podcasting impersonal and gives you insights from his work digital marketing, social media and beyond! A rapid-fire 15 minutes. Shownotes at http://bit.ly/velocitypodcast2
This is a special podcast episode with insight and news from the brilliant #BrightonSEO conference that took place on Apr 9-10th 2015. Mike summarises some of the key takeaways and asseses the swag! Shownote include slidedecks, available at http://bit.ly/brightonseospecial.
Rapid-fire digital marketing/social media news, tips and insights! This week looks at Facebook usage amont teens, the upcoming Mobile Friendly ranking change from Google, recommends a system for slick client communications and much more! Hosted by Mike McGrail.
This is the episode I'm calling Context. Why am I doing a podcast? Who am I? How have I got the experience to share insights with you via this podcast. That context is important. It's not all about me though! I've also given my opinion on digital marketing in 2015 so far. The next episode will be standard format - 15 mins of social media and digital marketing news, tips, insights and much more! Show notes are here.