A successful marketing quiz serves the user first and foremost. How do we design a quiz to solve a customer issue and think beyond just generating leads?

People like to talk about themselves. Let them. If you can open the conversation, you can start building the trust that you need to ultimately lead a customer to choose you.

There's one question you can ask to find out if your messaging is getting through. I call this The Ambient Awareness Test.

How will we get our good ideas across if we are turning people off in the way we present ourselves to the world? Are we inadvertently giving people the wrong impression?

Your "media fit" is at the intersection of 1) what you can produce and 2) where your audience congregates. Given that, what's the best platform for you and your brand?

Speaking with clarity and empathy works. Here's a great example of that: How Jessica Valenti changed my mind about cancel culture.

If we want to create positive change in the world, it will take strong ideas expressed with clarity and empathy. To that end, I'm launching a new project called "Consider the Source" that audits the way we consume, share, and produce media.

With a little planning up front, you can use your podcast to generate an audiobook: A new format you can sell for minimal ancillary effort.

It feels like a chance to reset. How will that affect our media diet - what we consume, what we share, and what we produce?

In promoting your podcast, it pays to be efficient. Automation is a key part of this, in syndication, social promotion, and email marketing. Here's how to get set up.