The Work Talk Show

Work Talk Show Reunion and Update

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:30:00 -0000

DJ Waldow and Nick Westergaard reunite on a very special episode of Nick's podcast On Brand. Tune in as we reminisce, share some laughs, and make a special announcement about the show. Subscribe to the Work Talk Show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or wherever you like to listen.

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The Future of The Work Talk Show

Wed, 17 Dec 2014 06:00:00 -0000

We made it! With 100 episodes of The Work Talk Show under our belts, we took another super-sized episode to reflect on the past, present, and future of this podcast. While this show has been an amazing experience that has allowed us to talk to some of the best from the world of work, for right now, we’re putting the show on hiatus. Listen to the episode for the whole story and check back for updates in the future. Thanks for listening!

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Work Talk 100: Ann Handley & Chris Brogan

Wed, 03 Dec 2014 06:00:00 -0000

How do we celebrate 100 episodes of The Work Talk Show? With another special super-sized episode! Our 100th show is nearly twice as long as our regular episodes and features not one but two crazy smart guests. This week, we mark this milestone with return appearances from Ann Handley and Chris Brogan. A lot has changed for both of our guests, and we couldn’t wait to catch up with them.

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The Return of Tom Webster & Tim Hayden!

Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:00:00 -0000

With 99 shows under our belt, we are getting closer to celebrating that big milestone. This week, we welcomed back two previous Work Talk Show guests—Tom Webster and Tim Hayden. Tom has the distinction of being our very first guest here on the podcast and gave us several travel tips that we often reference. And the Tim Hayden? It doesn’t get much better than that! These two also just co-authored a book together—The Mobile Commerce Revolution.

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Allen Nance on Scheduling Everything

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 06:00:00 -0000

Allen Nance has been an email entrepreneur for fifteen years. As the founder and CEO of email marketing software company, WhatCounts, he has led the company to three Inc. 500 designations and 700 clients sending billions of emails around the globe. He is a graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology, blogs at www.allennance.com and tweets from @AllenNance. How does Allen get it done? We couldn’t wait to find out.

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Ron Price on Collaboration

Wed, 05 Nov 2014 06:00:00 -0000

Ron Price is an internationally recognized business advisor, coach, speaker, and author. Known for his creative and systematic thinking, business versatility, and practical optimism, Ron has worked in 15 countries and served in almost every level of executive management. As the former CEO of a multi-million dollar international company, Ron understands the challenges and risks of running a business and building a dynamic team. We couldn’t wait to chat about collaboration.

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Adrian Gostick on Successful Partnerships

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Adrian Gostick is a global thought leader on workplace strategy and the author of several successful books on employee engagement. The Carrot Principle by Simon & Schuster has been a regular New York Times bestseller, and 24-Carrot Manager has been called a “must read for modern-day managers” by Larry King of CNN. His latest book, The Orange Revolution, was a #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller.”

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The Work Talk Show LIVE at #SocialBrand14

Wed, 08 Oct 2014 05:00:00 -0000

This week we have a very special episode of The Work Talk Show podcast! For the past year, Nick has been talking about his industry-leading digital marketing conference, the Social Brand Forum. This year, the event featured a live recording of this podcast with Nick, and Chief Technical Officer Jeff Ostroff joined onstage by guests Reid Travis of Pancheros and Kary Delaria of Allianz Life for a discussion of how social media works at their organizations.

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Julia Gifford on Tracking Time

Wed, 24 Sep 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Julia Gifford manages content marketing for the tech incubator and accelerator, Draugiem Group in Latvia. That’s right! Julia is our first Latvian guest! A self-described “jack of all trades, master of none,” she spends most of her time helping start-ups create content, get publicity, and more. How does Julia manage her own time? Turns out that she helps with an app for that!

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Erik Fisher on Focus

Wed, 17 Sep 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Erik Fisher is a busy guy. He’s the Community Manager for Social Media Examiner as well as a productivity podcaster and author. We like to think of his podcast, Beyond the To-Do List, as a sibling of The Work Talk Show. His book, Hit the Mark!, is about focus. As you can imagine, we couldn’t wait to talk with Erik about focus and how he gets it all done.

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Andrew Davis on Coworking

Wed, 03 Sep 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Andrew Davis’ 20-year career has taken him from local television to The Today Show. He’s worked for The Muppets in New York, written for Charles Kuralt and marketed for tiny start-ups as well as Fortune 500 brands. In 2001, Andrew Davis co-founded Tippingpoint Labs, where he changed the way publishers think and how brands market their products. We couldn’t wait to talk to the best-selling author of Brandscaping about how he gets it all done.

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Stacia Pierce on Routines & Lists

Wed, 27 Aug 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Stacia Pierce is a success coach, author, and entrepreneur who helps women start and grow businesses through her work at LifeCoach2Women. She’s a woman of faith and a mentor to thousands of women around the world. She is also the host of the annual International Women’s Success Conference in Orlando. In 2010, she was a finalist in the OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network My OWN Show contest. We couldn’t wait to talk with her about how she gets it all done.

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BONUS! 3 Exciting Work Talk Show Updates

Fri, 22 Aug 2014 05:00:00 -0000

How excited are we about some new updates to The Work Talk Show? We’re so excited that we had to record a host-only bonus episode just to tell you about these three things. First, we are just 10 episodes away from our 100th episode! We couldn’t have reached this milestone without you, and we want to celebrate with you. Tell us who you’d like to hear on The Work Talk Show’s big 100th episode by contacting us now! Now for those other updates …

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Mack Fogelson on Evolving Roles

Wed, 20 Aug 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Mack is the Founder and CEO of Mack Web, an online community and brand building company. She is a proud blogger for Moz, Conductor, and has been a speaker at MozCon, SearchLove, and other top industry conferences. Mack’s passion is growing a remarkable company, an exceptional team, and making a difference in the businesses we serve. Mack has an M.A. in English, is crazy about her family, and may be an avid Justin Timberlake fan. We couldn’t wait to chat with Mack!

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Mat Atkinson on Distributed Teams

Wed, 06 Aug 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Mat Atkinson is the founder and CEO of ProofHQ, a powerful SaaS application that helps marketing managers and designers manage the process of getting feedback and approval on creative projects. Mat was inspired to start ProofHQ when he saw how much time people were spending emailing PDFs back and forth. Today, Atkinson helps teams with productivity and leads a virtual team of his own. How does he get it all done?

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Rachelle Lucas on Travel as Work

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Rachelle Lucas is a writer, spokesperson, and videographer. A foodie with a zest for life and passion for travel, Rachelle has been blogging since 2007. As her wanderlust grew, she pursued travel writing full-time and has since been to over 34 countries in pursuit of the tastiest meal. In addition to her blog, The Travel Bite, she’s also the Food and Dining Insider for Visit Florida and was recently named by KRED as one of the Top 50 Travel Bloggers in the world.

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Nathan Latka on Scaling Creativity

Wed, 23 Jul 2014 05:00:00 -0000

At age 24, Heyo CEO and Founder Nathan Latka may be our youngest Work Talk Show guest yet. However, Nathan has quite a few accomplishments under his belt. After studying architecture, he pivoted when the housing market dropped off and began helping companies market themselves on Facebook. And that’s how Heyo was born. Just a few years later, they’ve expanded to 25 employees and seen 147% year-on-year growth. How does he do it? We’re glad you asked.

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Dorie Clark on Batching Tasks

Wed, 16 Jul 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Dorie Clark is a marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker, and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review and Forbes. Recognized as a “branding expert” by the Associated Press and Fortune, she is the author of Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future, which is being translated into Russian, Chinese, French, Polish, and Thai. She also consults for diverse clients and is an adjunct professor of business at Duke.

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Liz Presson on Working Remotely

Wed, 09 Jul 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Liz Presson is an entrepreneur who uses community building, both internally and externally, to build better businesses. She was the founding employee of two digital media startups, including iConnect, a subsidiary of iContact, which was sold to Vocus for $169 million in 2012. She also co-founded a community management studio of her own. Now, Liz combines her work in community with her passion for changing the world’s perception of work as the creator of WorkingRemote.ly.

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Tim Brechlin on Getting Weird with Work

Wed, 02 Jul 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Tim Brechlin is the Digital/Inbound Marketing Manager at WhatCounts, an email marketing provider with a virtual team distributed nationwide. For his part, Tim is located in Madison, Wisconsin. On his site, Tim calls himself The Intelligent Fool, a label he says he “shamelessly cribbed” from Albert Einstein. This helps him remember that we can only learn so much of what there is out there in the world. Let’s learn more about Tim.

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Eve Tahmincioglu on the 1950s Work Model

Wed, 25 Jun 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Eve Tahmincioglu is the director of communications and social media guru for the Families and Work Institute. She has written business stories for a host of publications, including the New York Times, Time, Salon.com, and BusinessWeek. She is also a contributor for MSNBC.com. Her specialties include workplace issues, the small business and entrepreneurial world, social networking, retail, autos, and women’s issues and leadership.

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Simon T. Bailey on Jobs vs. Work

Wed, 18 Jun 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Simon T. Bailey’s purpose is to inspire 10% of the world’s population to brilliant action by providing actionable takeaways that produce sustainable results. Directed by Mr. Bailey’s thought leadership honed by a decade of work with 1,000 organizations as part of the famed Disney Institute, his Brilliance Institute designs and delivers fresh insights on leadership, employee performance, and customer experience.

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Beverly Flaxington on Getting Things Done

Wed, 11 Jun 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Beverly D. Flaxington, two-time bestselling and Gold-award winning author, is an international speaker, an accomplished consultant, hypnotherapist, personal and career coach, college professor, corporate trainer, facilitator, behavioral expert, entrepreneur, and business development expert. Her knowledge of human behavior and the most effective ways to make change happen have helped thousands of people and hundreds of organizations.

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DJ & Nick on Changes & New Projects

Wed, 04 Jun 2014 05:00:00 -0000

This week DJ & Nick take a break from the crazy-smart guests to point their microphones at each other for one of our almost-quarterly host-only extravaganzas. And did we have a lot to talk about! Recently, DJ announced that he was quitting his job. During the show, he shared where he’s at and what’s next. Nick also talked a bit about his writing process and new projects in the hopper. So kick back, relax, and enjoy this week’s host-only edition of The Work Talk Show.

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Dan Roam on Visual Thinking

Wed, 28 May 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Dan Roam is the author of the international bestseller The Back of the Napkin, the most popular visual-thinking business book of all time. Fast Company, BusinessWeek, and The Times of London all named it the #1 creativity and innovation book of the year. Dan is the founder and president of Digital Roam Inc., a consulting firm that uses visual thinking to solve complex problems for such clients as Google, Boeing, eBay, Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo, the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Senate.

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Jo Miller on Office Politics

Wed, 21 May 2014 05:00:00 -0000

CEO of Women’s Leadership Coaching, Inc., Jo Miller is creator of the Women’s Leadership Coaching® system, a roadmap for women who want to break into leadership positions in business. Used successfully by thousands of women worldwide, the system identifies the key steps women must take to advance into positions of influence and leadership — especially in industries long considered “a man’s world,” such as technology, finance, and energy.

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Simon Salt on Creativity at Work

Wed, 14 May 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Simon Salt is CEO of IncSlingers. He is an Author, Keynote Speaker (Digital, Mobile, and Social Marketing), and Digital Strategist. His first book on Social Location Marketing was published by Que publications in February 2011. His second book, The Shorty Guide to Mobile Marketing, debuted at #3 on the Amazon bestseller list in its category and has remained in the top ten since. We couldn’t wait to chat about his newest book, Out of Office.

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Michael Bowers on Effort

Wed, 07 May 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Michael Bowers serves as the District Director of the Ohio SBDC at Columbus State Community College. He brings 25 years of experience of working with entrepreneurs and small business owners. Michael is the founder of Ideas To Deals, a website committed to providing on-line support to those building small businesses. He is also the Founder/Director of the Ohio Growth Summit, a premier event committed to the support and growth of the small business owner.

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Kevin Allen on Growth and Potential

Wed, 30 Apr 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Kevin Allen is a bestselling author, business growth consultant, and speaker. He has written two books, The Hidden Agenda: A Proven Way to Win Business and Create a Following (2012), which was a Wall Street Journal bestseller, and The Buoyant Leader: A Leadership Course for the Rising Star (2013). Kevin was also the pitchman behind MasterCard’s now iconic “Priceless” campaign and bestselling author of the new book, The Case of the Missing Cutlery.

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Steven Kotler on Flow

Wed, 23 Apr 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Steven Kotler is a bestselling author, journalist, and entrepreneur. His articles have appeared in over 70 publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Wired, GQ, Discover, Popular Science, Outside, Details, and National Geographic Adventure. He is best known for his non-fiction books, including the New York Times bestseller Abundance, A Small Furry Prayer, West of Jesus, and his latest, The Rise of Superman.

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Matt Heinz on Working Unplugged

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Matt Heinz is the founder of Heinz Marketing, a marketing agency that helps its clients all over the world to increase their sales pipelines and marketing strategies. He quit his job to start his own business right during the 2008 credit crunch without a specific blueprint for how he would chase success. The major factor he credits for his success is that he tries at all costs to avoid multitasking.

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Carrie Mess on Working in the Fields

Wed, 19 Mar 2014 05:00:00 -0000

Carrie Mess is a cow, cheese, music, and beer lover from Southern Wisconsin. In addition to working with her husband and his family on their 100-cow dairy farm, she spends her time blogging and speaking professionally, where she’s known as Dairy Carrie. If you’ve thought we’ve talked through some interesting work scenarios before, we raised the bar this week with someone who’s literally in the fields. Curious on how she gets all this work done?

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Chris Taylor on Working in a Cave (Literally)

Wed, 26 Feb 2014 06:00:00 -0000

Chris Taylor is the founder of Actionablebooks.com – a company dedicated to helping business leaders develop themselves and their teams through the application of lessons from leading business books. Through his work at Actionable Books, Chris Taylor reads, writes, and speaks. A lot. And here’s the best part. He does it all from a cave. In Spain. Curious to know more?

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Tamsen Webster on New Routines

Wed, 05 Feb 2014 06:00:00 -0000

As the VP, Strategy for Social Media Explorer and the agency behind it, SME Digital, Tamsen draws from a variety of tools and experiences to help brands make strategic change happen. While she began her career as a change management consultant, Tamsen found herself managing change recently when she switched from a physical office with co-workers to a home office with a virtual team. We couldn’t wait to discuss this and more.

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Nichole Kelly on Your Zone of Genius

Wed, 22 Jan 2014 06:00:00 -0000

Nichole Kelly is the President of SME Digital, the digital marketing division of Social Media Explorer. Her team helps companies figure out where social media fits and then helps execute the recommended strategy across the “right” mix of social media channels. They use a scalable content approach and measure the results to your bottom line. But how does Nichole approach her work?

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Andy Craig on Practicing Our Talking

Wed, 15 Jan 2014 06:00:00 -0000

Andy Craig has an interesting job. He teaches executives to talk more on the weekdays like they do on the weekends — when they are at their best as storytellers — and has hundreds of successful sessions to prove it. He also talks regularly to sales organizations and various associations about the power and importance of elevator speeches and meaningful presentations. With all of this talking about talking, we couldn’t wait to talk with Andy.

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Davyeon Ross on Passion for Work

Wed, 08 Jan 2014 06:00:00 -0000

Davyeon Ross is the quintessential tech entrepreneur making things happen in the Midwest’s Silicon Prairie. He’s also something of an anomaly for combining his personal passion of basketball in not one, but two winning ventures. The first, was Digital Sports Ventures, which went on to be acquired by Digital Broadcasting Group. ShotTracker, his newest start-up, helps players measure their performance. We couldn’t wait to chat about how he gets it all done.

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Pamela Slim on Your Body of Work

Wed, 01 Jan 2014 06:00:00 -0000

Pamela Slim is a seasoned coach and writer who helps frustrated employees in corporate jobs break out and start their own businesses. Her blog, Escape from Cubicle Nation, is one of the top career blogs on the web. She is also the author of the books Escape from Cubicle Nation and the recently released Body of Work. A former corporate manager and entrepreneur herself, she understands the concerns faced by first-time entrepreneurs. We couldn’t wait to chat!

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Holiday Greeting from The Work Talk Show

Wed, 25 Dec 2013 06:00:00 -0000

We had every intention of recording a “real,” “host-only holiday edition” episode this week. But, alas, time got away from us (and travel impeded technical logistics). So, well, we decided to each record a short greeting/thank you from our iPhones. We patched it together, and it turned into this! Oh, and in case you are wondering, we each took those selfies yesterday. Nick with his “Winter Beard” in cold Iowa and me with my fresh buzzcut in (always!) sunny California.

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Kerry O’Shea Gorgone on Maximizing Time

Wed, 18 Dec 2013 06:00:00 -0000

Kerry O’Shea Gorgone is a speaker, writer, attorney, and educator. She hosts the weekly Marketing Smarts podcast for MarketingProfs. She is also a contributing writer for numerous sites, including MarketingProfs, Huffington Post, Mark Schaefer’s {grow} blog, and Social Media Explorer. With all of these digital irons in the fire, we couldn’t wait to ask Kerry how she juggles all of this.

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Bryan Kramer on Traveling and Napping

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 06:00:00 -0000

Bryan Kramer is a Social Business Strategist and CEO of PureMatter, where he’s led his agency to consistent growth over the last 10 years, earning a spot as one of Silicon Valley’s fastest growing private companies by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. Bryan was recently listed globally as the 43rd most talked-about marketer by senior marketers in a report study via LeadTail. As such, we couldn’t wait to talk with him about how he gets it all done.

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Jim Tobin on Managing Growth

Wed, 04 Dec 2013 06:00:00 -0000

Jim Tobin is the founder and president of Ignite Social Media, one of the world’s leading social media marketing agencies. Ignite Social Media designs and executes social media marketing programs for many of the world’s largest brands, including Microsoft, Samsung, Chrysler, Nike, Disney, E&J Gallo, and Carlson-Rezidor Hotel Group. Jim is also the author of two books and a parent to three kids. How does Jim get it all done? We’re glad you asked. Let’s listen and learn!

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Thor Muller & Lane Becker on Partnerships

Wed, 27 Nov 2013 06:00:00 -0000

As co-founders of online customer service community platform Get Satisfaction and co-authors of the New York Times Bestseller Get Lucky, Thor Muller and Lane Becker know a thing or two about working together. While they are both working on “solo projects” currently, this dynamic duo took a moment to sit down and chat with us about how they get stuff done together and apart. Enjoy!

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Mitch Matthews on Dreaming Big

Wed, 20 Nov 2013 06:00:00 -0000

Mitch Matthews is a leading authority on innovative thinking, human performance, and goal achievement. But he’s probably best known simply as “The Big Dream Guy.” This is due in part to his passion for inspiring people to think about their big dreams and put a plan in place to achieve them. In 2006, Mitch and his wife started something called the BIG Dream Gatherings. We were excited for some time to chat with this big dreamer.

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The One Where the Hosts Lose the Guest!

Wed, 13 Nov 2013 06:00:00 -0000

How much fun can two hosts have on a podcast with no guest? It turns out, quite a bit. This week we took a break from our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a host-only discussion where we cover working from home versus working on-site, a couple of new podcasts we’re both working on, and our own favorite apps that we can’t live without. Let’s get started!

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Rand Fishkin on Authentic Process

Wed, 06 Nov 2013 06:00:00 -0000

Rand Fishkin is the CEO of Moz. He co-authored the Art of SEO from O’Reilly Media, co-founded Inbound.org, and was named on PSBJ’s 40 Under 40 List and BusinessWeek’s 30 Best Tech Entrepreneurs Under 30. Rand is an addict of all things content & social on the web, from his blog on entrepreneurship to Twitter, Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Foursquare. We couldn’t wait to sit down with Rand and chat about how he gets it all done.

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Jon Miller on Team Dynamics

Wed, 30 Oct 2013 05:00:00 -0000

Jon Miller leads strategy and execution for all aspects of Marketo’s communications, thought leadership, and content marketing programs. Before co-founding Marketo, Jon was VP of Product Marketing at Epiphany and held positions at Exchange Partners and Gemini Consulting. In 2010, The CMO Institute named Jon a Top 10 CMO for companies under $250 million in revenue. In addition to all of this, Miller is DJ’s boss! We couldn’t wait to hear how Jon gets it all done.

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Marcus Nelson on Self-Expression at Work

Wed, 23 Oct 2013 05:00:00 -0000

Marcus Nelson is a lot of things. A half-Kiwi/born-Texan and raised in the Midwest, Nelson now makes his home in the Bay Area. He’s the founder of the new social brand empowerment tool, Addvocate. He’s also a dad to three and an advisor to many start-ups, as well as an in-demand public speaker. Marcus gets a lot done while also working closely with how technology has impacted employees and brands. As such, we couldn’t wait to chat with him.

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David Meerman Scott on Laddering

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 05:00:00 -0000

David Meerman Scott is a marketing strategist, advisor to emerging companies, bestselling author of eight books, including three international bestsellers, and a professional speaker on topics including marketing, leadership, and social media. As a recovering marketing VP who now earns his living by speaking and writing books, David has gotten work done in a variety of ways. He was kind enough to sit down with us and share a few of his secrets.

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Mark W. Schaefer on Work with a Pulse

Wed, 09 Oct 2013 05:00:00 -0000

Mark W. Schaefer is a globally-recognized blogger, speaker, educator, business consultant, and author who blogs at {grow} — one of the top marketing blogs in the world. Mark has worked in global sales, PR, and marketing positions for nearly 30 years and now provides consulting services as Executive Director of U.S.-based Schaefer Marketing Solutions. As you can imagine, we couldn’t wait to hear how he gets it all done.

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Jeffrey Gitomer on Generating Ideas

Wed, 02 Oct 2013 05:00:00 -0000

We’re celebrating the one-year anniversary of The Work Talk Show podcast with a guest who needs no introduction — Jeffrey Gitomer. You probably know him from one of his many best-selling books such as The Sales Bible or his new book The 21.5 Unbreakable Laws of Selling. Or maybe you’ve heard him speak at one of the 100 (!) presentations he gives each year. Off the wall and on the money, Gitomer gets a lot done and tells us how on this week’s episode.

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John Morgan Strikes Back!

Wed, 25 Sep 2013 05:00:00 -0000

There are some guests to our virtual studios that can’t be contained by one visit alone. That was the case with author, keynote speaker, and consultant John Michael Morgan. He first joined us last year when he told us about his two-hour power working. After a recent lunch with Nick, John shared some research he’d done on the history of getting work done. This alone was reason enough to have one of our favorite guests back for a repeat appearance.

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Mish Slade & Rob Dix on Working Anywhere

Wed, 18 Sep 2013 05:00:00 -0000

Mish Slade and Rob Dix — or simply “Mish and Rob” — focus on making it anywhere. What is it, you may ask? For this adventurous couple it is their work and so far the anywhere has been New York, Boulder, Washington DC, Paris, London, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Penang, Berlin, Sofia, and Madrid. While we were exhausted just reading that (!) we were thrilled that these two stopped by to share their secrets with us.

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Jason HeadsetsDotCom on Opportunities

Wed, 11 Sep 2013 05:00:00 -0000

How enterprising is Jason HeadsetsDotCom? Enterprising enough that he not only sells which shirt he wears each day — maybe you’ve heard of IWearYourShirt.com — but he’s also sold the naming rights to … his own last name! That’s the quick story of how Jason Sadler became Jason HeadsetsDotCom, however, we were fortunate enough to get an all-access pass with this entrepreneurial force when he stopped by our virtual studios.

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Bryan Nielson on the Circles of Work Hell

Wed, 04 Sep 2013 05:00:00 -0000

As Chief Marketing Officer at AtTask, Bryan Nielson spends his time marketing work management solutions for organizations. By helping global teams organize, AtTask has identified what they call the “Circles of Marketing Work Hell” including, among other areas, handling your inbox. As you can imagine, we had to hear more about this.

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Charlie McDermott on Chasing Your Tail

Wed, 28 Aug 2013 05:00:00 -0000

As a speaker, author, and founder of the Business & Entrepreneur Network, Charlie McDermott helps small business owners clear the path to building valuable, scalable, and “saleable” businesses through automation and the creation of direct-response marketing assets. This serial entrepreneur even put his skills to work to help market his son as an actor in Hollywood. As you can imagine, we had a lot to talk about when Charlie stopped by The Work Talk Show.

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Amy Schmittauer on Priorities

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 05:00:00 -0000

Amy Schmittauer is President and CEO of Vlog Boss Studios, parent company of Savvy Sexy Social. In addition to “making a lot of freaking videos,” Amy helps businesses create a strategy to organically grow online presence and social relationships. As a content creator for both her own business and her clients, Amy shares a struggle that many of us grapple with — how to plan her time and serve both optimally. Amy shared her secrets with us on this week’s episode.

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Tim Hayden on Making Work Mobile

Wed, 14 Aug 2013 05:00:00 -0000

With more than 20 years of marketing and business leadership experience, Tim Hayden has been a founding member of new ventures (NION Interactive, GamePlan, 44Doors) and been a catalyst for change in some of the world’s largest brands (Dell, Bacardi, AMD, ExxonMobil, Hilton Worldwide, Kraft Foods, Edelman, and others). Among Tim’s many specialties is an expertise in mobile technology. As you can imagine, this has a big impact on how we get work done today.

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Summer Vacation Spectacular!

Wed, 07 Aug 2013 05:00:00 -0000

Why are we calling this week’s show the Summer Vacation Spectacular? The reason behind this is simple. It’s summer and we both just took family vacations which, as we all know, can be challenging as you define your own sense of personal and professional blend. We thought we’d take a host-only show and explore this topic with each other. Why spectacular? Because this is the longest show we’ve ever recorded in the history of The Work Talk Show. Enjoy!

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Alan Weiss on Real Wealth

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 05:00:00 -0000

You don’t become known as the Million Dollar Consultant by not understanding how to get things done. Alan Weiss is a consultant, speaker, and author. His consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, has attracted clients such as Merck, GE, and Mercedes Benz. His books have been translated into many languages, including his groundbreaking text, Million Dollar Consulting. With all of these accomplishments, you might be surprised at how Alan defines real wealth.

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Dan Levi on Homing from Work

Wed, 24 Jul 2013 05:00:00 -0000

We’ve all heard of working from home but a new term is gaining traction today, homing from work. As you can imagine, just as we take more of our work home a trend is emerging showing that employees are bringing more of their home lives to work as well. Dan Levi, Chief Marketing Officer of Captivate, is at the forefront of this emerging data. The savvy marketer and self-described “media junkie” joined us to take a look at this trend on this week’s episode.

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Michael Stelzner on Kids

Wed, 17 Jul 2013 05:00:00 -0000

One topic we continually touch on during episodes of The Work Talk Show is one that is near and dear to Michael Stelzner’s heart. As the founder of Social Media Examiner and the host of the Social Media Marketing podcast, Stelzner is a busy guy who balances work with family. When he realized how fast his three kids were growing up, he decided to take action with the same tools he used to create Social Media Examiner. Mike stopped by to share on this week’s episode.

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ACe Callwood on the Sounds of Productivity

Wed, 10 Jul 2013 05:00:00 -0000

Why do so many entrepreneurs and distributed workers spend their days logging time from our nation’s best coffee shops? ACe Callwood knows why. As the co-founder of the innovative web service Coffitivity, Callwood not only understands that this level of ambient noise makes us more productive, he’s found a way to bottle it up and bring it to us regardless of our coffee status. As you can imagine, this was more that enough to get our caffeinated wheels spinning.

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Mitch Joel on Career Squiggles

Wed, 03 Jul 2013 05:00:00 -0000

How awesome is Mitch Joel? Awesome enough to stop by The Work Talk Show virtual studios for the second time in less than a year. This time the Twist Image president, Six Pixels of Separation blogger, and podcast host was here to talk about his newly released book Ctrl Alt Delete. The book is about rebooting both your business and your life. It builds on some of the big themes Joel first brought up last fall, including why you should embrace your squiggles.

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Daniel Pink on Writing with Discipline

Wed, 26 Jun 2013 05:00:00 -0000

As the author of five provocative books, including the long-running New York Times bestsellers, A Whole New Mind and Drive as well as his new book To Sell Is Human, Daniel H. Pink knows a thing or two about the practice of writing. In fact, he considers the work he puts into his writing akin to the manner in which an athlete practices a sport. Pink was kind enough to sit down with us and share a bit about the discipline he uses to power his work.

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Blair Enns on Remote Perspective

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:00:00 -0000

As the founder of Win Without Pitching, Blair Enns is a business development consultant working with creative firms worldwide. As a speaker and author, Enns endeavors to be the sand in the profession-wide pitch machine, questioning firms and clients alike on the sanity of the pitch-based approach. He not only operates outside of the lines, he also lives outside the lines in the remote mountain village of Kaslo, British Columbia.

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Jason Keath on Personal Work Algorithms

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 05:00:00 -0000

Jason Keath’s focus is on researching how marketers succeed and the best ways to teach others those insights. As the Founder and CEO of Social Fresh, the social media education company, he curates some of the smartest voices in online marketing. Jason works as a social media speaker, consultant and analyst, having presented to thousands of marketers at events like Blogworld and Internet Hungary among many others. He’s also this week’s guest on The Work Talk Show.

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Tim Washer on Humor at Work

Wed, 29 May 2013 05:00:00 -0000

Tim Washer is a Webby-nominated video producer and corporate humorist. He mines years of conference-call fodder from former corporate roles including IPG vice president, Accenture change management consultant, and IBM’s head of social video for the Smarter Planet campaign. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin where he majored in PowerPoint. With a background like this, we couldn’t wait to get Tim on The Work Talk Show.

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Dayna Steele on Work That Rocks

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:00:00 -0000

Dayna Steele is a rock radio Hall of Famer, CEO of YourDailySuccessTip.com and author of the 101 Ways to Rock Your World book series. She writes for Fast Company, consults Fortune 500 companies and has spoken to executives at Disney, NASA, Purdue, ERA, Shell, and more. In short, Dayna creates rock stars. Are you curious yet? We were too, that’s why we couldn’t wait to sit down with Dayna and pick her brain on this week’s show.

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David Shaw on Defining Work

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:00:00 -0000

“Work is no longer a place — it’s something we do.” With this striking new definition, we kicked off a fascinating chat with David Shaw, Workplace Technology Specialist at 404, that covered productive office spaces, introverts vs. extroverts, meeting rules, and more. The world of work has changed dramatically, and yet our physical work environments still suffer from stationary constructs. Luckily, Shaw has a few ideas on that.

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Liz DiAlto on Why Willpower Sucks

Wed, 08 May 2013 05:00:00 -0000

Fitness and lifestyle coach, speaker, and sought-after fitness personality, Liz DiAlto is on a mission to help millions of women across the globe get the bodies and lifestyles they crave. At the core of everything Liz creates is a belief that willpower sucks and simplicity, motivation, and enjoyment are the non-negotiable keys to achieving success. As you can imagine, a lot of this relates to how we get work done, as she discussed on this week’s Work Talk Show.

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Dan Martell on How to Spend Time

Wed, 01 May 2013 05:00:00 -0000

As the CEO/Founder of Clarity and an angel investor in multiple ventures, Dan Martell is passionate about how we spend our time. With an entrepreneurial streak that includes co-founding Flowtown and Spheric Technologies, Martell now has set his sights on solving a problem that’s a challenge to many — how to give and receive relevant advice over the phone. Clarity’s goal is to positively effect a billion people over the next 10 years. Here’s how…

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Jonathan Fields on Good Life

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0000

As his bio says, Jonathan Fields is a dad, husband, New Yorker, author and speaker, serial wellness-industry entrepreneur, recovering S.E.C./mega-firm hedge-fund lawyer, slightly-warped, unusually-stretchy, spiritually-inclined, obsessed with creation, marketing and innovation consultant, venture partner and book-marketing educator. It’s no surprise that someone this busy would be a guest on this week’s edition of The Work Talk Show!

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Christopher S. Penn Schedules Everything

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0000

Chris Penn wears many hats. He’s Vice President of Marketing Technology at SHIFT Communications, a digital PR agency, a co-founder of PodCamp with Chris Brogan, a co-host of the Marketing Over Coffee podcast with John Wall, a professor of Internet Marketing and Advanced Social Media at the University of San Francisco online. On top of all of that he was DJ’s boss at one point. As such, it was inevitable that Chris stopped by the Work Talk Show.

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Matt Stryker on Planning Moments

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0000

As Manager of Smarter Commerce Strategy and Solutions at IBM, Matt Stryker has a long, rich history of working remotely. From his time at IBM to his previous life on the agency side, Stryker was kind enough to share his thoughts on what’s changed about being a part of virtual team. Join us for this week’s episode of The Work Talk Show.

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Amy Porterfield on Creating Work You Love

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0000

When you run a successful internet marketing business, host a top-ranked podcast, write books, conduct webinars, have a rich, full personal life and a work history that includes working for Harley Davidson and Tony Robbins, you really can’t fit all of the great things you have to share into a single podcast. This was our struggle this week as the generous and talented Amy Porterfield stopped by The Work Talk Show’s virtual studios.

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Alex & Michelle Schenker: Side by Side

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:00:00 -0000

Working together takes on a whole new meaning when you are married as well! Alex and Michelle Schenker lead the Cover Story Media team as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer. On top of all of this, their team is located at points throughout the world. So, how does this work? As you can imagine, we had a lot of questions. Luckily, Alex and Michelle had a lot of answers.

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Jess Ostroff on Virtual Assistants

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:00:00 -0000

Ever have that feeling when your work is overwhelming you? Maybe you need a virtual assistant or VA. What’s a virtual assistant, you say? A great person to answer that question would be Jess Ostroff, this week’s guest on The Work Talk Show. As founder and Director of Calm at Don’t Panic Management, Jess specializes in helping people maximize their work time. We know you’re curious now …

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Julien Smith on Working Hard

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:00:00 -0000

As a best-selling author, professional voice actor and radio broadcaster, and consultant to some of the largest corporations in the world, including Microsoft, American Express, and Heineken International, Julien Smith has a lot of irons in the fire. Admittedly, he says that he’s “pretty good at working hard.” He attributes this to his rigorous method of working. Julien was kind enough to share this with us on this week’s show.

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Our View: Yahoo! Ends Telecommuting

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 06:00:00 -0000

Last week Yahoo! President and CEO Marrisa Mayer made waves when she announced that the tech giant would be discontinuing their telecommuting policy. Talk about a Work Talk moment! Sadly we don’t have Ms. Mayer on the show this week (an invitation still stands) but we have the next best thing. Previous guest and tech CEO Eric Boggs sat down with us to talk about the fallout from Yahoo!’s decision.

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Heather Whaling on Organizing Life

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:00:00 -0000

As founder and president of Geben Communication, Heather Whaling leads a savvy digital PR firm that earns clients coverage in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, and Tech Crunch. She also blogs about public relations at prTini.com and writes for Mashable and AmericanExpress Open Forum. If that’s not enough, Heather’s life is about to get even more complex (more on that in a bit). Learn how she gets it all done on this week’s episode.

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Eric Boggs on Inboxes & What’s Important

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:00:00 -0000

When it comes to work and productivity, there’s no such thing as a one-size-fits-all approach. You have to do what works for you. Eric Boggs knows a thing or two about getting work done. The Argyle Social founder and former CEO works almost exclusively from his email inbox and his mind, with simple rules for keeping track of what’s important. Boggs took a moment to share that with us on this week’s show.

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Craig Jarrow on Time Management

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:00:00 -0000

Four years ago, Craig Jarrow turned his lifelong passion for time management into the blog Time Management Ninja. This community helps people everywhere win the battle against wasted time, disorganization, and other evil things that rear their head in the workplace today. As someone who is a master of managing time, we were honored that Craig allocated some of this scarce resource to share his secrets on being a time management ninja with us.

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Justin Levy on Setting Up Your Day

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 06:00:00 -0000

In his role heading up global social media for the Online Services Division at Citrix, Justin Levy has a lot to say about how we get work done today. Indeed, his responsibilities at Citrix include serving as editor-in-chief of the company’s off-branded community, Workshifting, which examines many of the issues discussed on this podcast in great detail. We sat down with Justin and talked about how he sets up a day that includes both professional productivity and personal fitness.

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Guy Kawasaki on Productivity Processes

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:00:00 -0000

Guy Kawasaki is a world-famous author, publisher, and entrepreneur. In fact, his new book is called APE: Author-Publisher-Entrepreneur. In addition to all of this, Kawasaki is the co-founder of Alltop.com, co-founding partner at Garage Technology Ventures, and maintains a robust speaking schedule. In the midst of all of this Guy took some time to stop by our virtual studio to talk about how he does it all.

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Danielle Smith on Juggling Work & Family

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:00:00 -0000

Danielle Smith is an extraordinary mommy. Actually, Danielle Smith is the Extraordinary Mommy and primary author/founder of the blog of the same name as well as Danielle Smith Media. The consummate juggler, she also creates video content for sites such as Babble and SheKnows and is the author of Mom Incorporated: A Guide to Business + Baby. While in Las Vegas for NMX, Danielle took some time to talk with us about how she keeps it all going.

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Matt Ridings on Structure without Structure

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:00:00 -0000

As a strategist, speaker, and writer, Sideraworks CEO Matt Ridings keeps busy running an intensive and visual consultancy helping clients build social businesses. Adding to this is the fact that Ridings and his company are in two different cities, which comes with a unique set of challenges. During the New Media Expo in Las Vegas, Matt took some time to talk with DJ and Nick on structuring a business without the traditional structure most businesses have.

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Jason Falls on Being Present in Work & Life

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:00:00 -0000

Jason Falls’ work life has consisted of a multitude of scenarios. From a 9 to 5 agency job, to an independant consultant hopping from coffee shop to home office, to a downtown office with a small team at Social Media Explorer, to his new gig leading digital strategy at CafePress, Falls — like Johnny Cash — has been everywhere, man. From a temporary conference room office overlooking the factory floor, Jason took a few moments to talk with us about focus.

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Seth Godin on Choices

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 06:00:00 -0000

We are kicking off 2013 with one of the biggest guests in the short history of The Work Talk Show! In this episode we were fortunate enough to be joined by marketing visionary, author, blogger, and entrepreneur Seth Godin. While many are familiar with Godin’s blog, books, and other projects, we wanted to dig deeper and learn how Seth does the work. What followed was an insightful discussion on how one of the new economy’s most prolific producers ships.

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DJ & Nick’s Holiday Host Show

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 06:00:00 -0000

What happens when it’s the busy week before the holidays? You, our wonderful audience, gets a host show! That’s when DJ and Nick kick back without one of our crazy smart guests and take a look a how the two of us get work done. Going into holiday break with excited kids and home offices is a recipe for some signature work talk moments.

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Mitch Joel on Blend vs. Balance

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:00:00 -0000

In addition to a healthy diet of writing, speaking, blogging, and podcasting, Mitch Joel also finds time to serve as president of Twist Image, a digital agency with over 100 employees and two offices in Canada. As a seasoned digital nomad and travel commando, it’s not hard to imagine him as the inspiration for George Clooney’s character in Up in the Air. Mitch does all of this to achieve optimal “blend” in his life as opposed to the “balance” many work to attain.

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Peter Shankman on Making Work Fun

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 06:00:00 -0000

Peter Shankman has followed a simple rule when it comes to his work — he wants to have fun doing it. From founding Help A Reporter Out (HARO) to being a small business evangelist for Vocus to jumping out of the occasional plane, Shankman does it all with a potent combination of creativity, ADHD, and an unbridled sense of adventure. Before hoping on a plane destined for the other side of the world, Peter took a few moments to pop by The Work Talk Show.

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Daniel Coyle on the Practice of Writing

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:00:00 -0000

In his New York Times bestselling book The Talent Code, author Daniel Coyle talks about how the digital age has helped us master skills both better and faster by making models of how people do things accessible via mediums like YouTube and blogs. As you can imagine, this has a big impact on how we work too. In a recent visit to The Work Talk Show, Daniel shared insights on how we’re inventing our work lives, how we writes, and what we can learn from others.

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Gini Dietrich on Building Relationships

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 06:00:00 -0000

As the founder and CEO of the integrated marketing communications firm Arment Dietrich, the author of the popular PR blog Spin Sucks, as well as the new book Marketing in the Round, you could say that Gini Dietrich knows how to stay busy. She not only keeps herself occupied, she also leads a growing agency and spends a lot of time “building relationships through her fingertips.” Recently Gini took some time to share her work secrets with DJ and Nick.

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John Jantsch on Making Work Worth It

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:00:00 -0000

From Duct Tape Marketing to The Referral Engine, John Jantsch has spent his career helping marketers build their businesses. With his latest book The Commitment Engine, he explores the larger issue of how we can make our work worth it — a key topic of discussion on The Work Talk Show. John generously shared how he’s built his own business along the way with tips on working with family, productivity habits, and finding balance.

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John Morgan on 2-Hour Power Working

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:00:00 -0000

How does author and Fortune 500 consultant John Michael Morgan get work done? Two hours at a time, as it turns out. Hailed as “the Chuck Norris of branding,” John has the unique distinction of having worked from home all of his professional life. As such, John has many life hacks and work habits figured out that he was kind enough to share with us. Go ahead and give it a listen. You may discover a tip or two from John worth stealing.

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Jay Baer on Planning the Work

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 06:00:00 -0000

This week DJ and Nick welcomed Jay Baer to The Work Talk Show’s virtual couch. The Convince & Convert blogger, strategist, speaker, and co-author of The Now Revolution shared his thoughts on working with remote teams, planning his next book, and how he gets work done. His secret? It sounds a lot like the old adage of planning the work and then working the plan. Along the way, Jay also shared several useful tools he uses.

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Ann Handley on Virtual Teams

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 05:00:00 -0000

We have a special treat just for you on this week’s LIVE episode of The Work Talk Show. Recorded at the Iowa River Landing as part of the Social Brand Forum, DJ & Nick were joined by none other than MarketingProfs’ Chief Content Officer Ann Handley. In addition to being a best-selling author, speaker, and marketer, Ann also leads the entirely virtual team at MarketingProfs. What tips and tools keep this 30+ person team on-track? You’ll have to listen to find out.

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Krista Parry on Defining Success

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:00:00 -0000

This week’s guest joined us from the ski slopes of Park City Mountain Resort in Utah. As Director of Engagement for one of the top tourist destinations, Krista Parry is responsible for building relationships for a business with some extreme peaks in every sense of the word. Before she hit the road on a work/play vacation with the family, Krista spoke with us on not judging, defining success, and everything we can learn from NBC’s Parenthood.

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Chris Brogan on Getting Work Done

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:00:00 -0000

In the second installment of our new weekly podcast, we had a great conversation with Chris Brogan. As the President and CEO of Human Business Works, author of books including his new title with Julien Smith The Impact Equation, and a blogger and speaker, Chris has a lot on his plate. Or plates, rather. Recently he took some time to sit down and chat with us about his weekly emails, religion (you read that correctly), and, of course, how he gets work done.

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Tom Webster on Minimizing Variables

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 05:00:00 -0000

For the first episode of The Work Talk Show, we were honored to be joined by Tom Webster, Vice President of Strategy and Marketing at Edison Research. In addition conducting quantitative and qualitative research worldwide, Edison is also the sole provider of exit-poll information to all major news outlets. As you can imagine Tom is a busy guy. In our first show, Tom tells us how he works through minimizing variables and maximizing airport time.

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