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The Human Element in SEO for SMBs: A Conversation with Tianna Mamalick
Tianna Mamalick has spent 12 years doing SEO exclusively for small businesses. In this episode she cuts through the noise on AI content, service pages, sales conversation mining, and why human-written content is still winning the rankings game.
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The Costanza Theory: How Doing the Opposite Drives Success for Bill Kasko
Bill Kasko built Frontline Source Group over 21 years by doing the opposite of everything his industry told him to do. In this episode he shares the Seinfeld-inspired philosophy behind his success, why AI is making businesses lazy, and how the search landscape is fragmenting in ways most business owners aren’t prepared for.
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Breaking the Consultant Hustle Cycle with Rachel Minion
Rachel Minion built her consulting practice around one core insight: the feast-or-famine cycle isn’t inevitable — it’s a systems problem. In this episode she breaks down how she automated 80% of a key role, what makes case studies actually convert, and how she’s helping clients hit 42-52% year-over-year growth without hiring anyone new.
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What a Nonprofit Consultant Taught Me About Why Your Marketing Isn’t Working
Bruce Ashford of The Ashford Agency joined the Unscripted Small Business Podcast to break down why most small business marketing fails — and it’s not a tactics problem. It’s a message problem.
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Mason McCumber on AI Agents, Agentic Workflows & Building Smarter Business Systems
Mason McCumber, SEO and AI consultant at buildwithmm.com, shares why most business owners are still driving the AI themselves — and why the real shift is becoming the dispatcher. Practical frameworks for agentic workflows, long-term AI memory, and knowing when automation beats AI entirely.
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Marc Pitts of DiscountVapePen.com on SEO Survival in a Regulated Industry
🎙️ Unscripted Small Business Podcast Marc Pitts of DiscountVapePen.com on SEO Survival in a Regulated Industry The founder who had to become an SEO practitioner because paid ads were cut off — on 13 years of building an e-commerce brand in one of the most regulated categories in the country. ▶ Listen to the Episode…
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Running a Botanical Wellness Brand: What One Founder Learned About Products, Regulations, and Building a Business Without a Playbook
🎙️ Unscripted Small Business Podcast Running a Botanical Wellness Brand: Products, Regulations & Building Without a Playbook Mark Gilliland of Kyoto Botanicals on six years building a THC-free hemp CBD brand without a paid media option — and why momentum is his most important business strategy. ▶ Listen to the Episode What does it take…
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Building a Spa Empire: Denise Dubois on Beauty, Wellness & Sustainable Business Growth
🎙️ Unscripted Small Business Podcast Building a Spa Empire: Denise Dubois on Beauty, Wellness & Sustainable Business Growth The founder who opened her first spa in 1987 on the 90/10 rule of aging, why consistency is the only strategy that works in wellness, and how membership models change the game for small business sustainability. ▶…
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Dominating Cookeville Home Renovation, Additions & Remodeling : H&H Construction
🎙️ Unscripted Small Business Podcast Dominating Cookeville Home Renovation, Additions & Remodeling: H&H Construction The husband-and-wife team behind H&H Construction on why every job matters, why construction is like a marriage, and the design philosophy that starts with how you want your space to feel. ▶ Listen to the Episode A conversation with the husband-and-wife…
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The Collaboration Formula That Beats Working Hard (VCR = Vision + Capability × Reach)
🎙️ Unscripted Small Business Podcast The Collaboration Formula That Beats Working Hard — Chad T. Jenkins & the VCR Formula Founder of SeedSpark on Vision + Capability × Reach, why you have a WHO deficiency, and how collaboration is the fast pass to entrepreneurial growth that 50 companies couldn’t teach him. ▶ Listen to the…