The Modern Marketer

Hosted by Eddie Garrison

Business Marketing

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Jun 2026

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Welcome to The Modern Marketer Podcast, your go-to destination for the latest news, updates, and proven tactics to elevate your brand’s marketing game. Join host Eddie Garrison as he dives into actionable tips, cutting-edge strategies, and innovative approaches designed to help your business grow. From mastering your marketing strategy, to optimizing it across all verticals, The Modern Marketer delivers the insights you need to stay ahead in today’s fast-paced world. Tune in and let The Modern Marketer Podcast guide your brand to marketing success!

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June 6, 20269 min

Creating Messaging That Matches Customer Awareness Levels

Why do some marketing campaigns generate results while others fall flat, even when the product, service, or offer is strong?The answer often comes down to one critical factor: whether your message matches your audience's level of awareness.In this episode, we explore the five stages of customer awareness and how they influence buying decisions. You'll learn why speaking to customers who aren't ready to buy can hurt conversions, how to create content that resonates at every stage of the buyer journey, and how to align your messaging with what prospects need to hear next.Topics covered include:• The five levels of customer awareness • Why marketing messages fail to connect • How to create content for each stage of the buyer journey • Matching marketing channels to customer intent • Creating calls to action that drive higher conversions • Practical examples you can apply to your own marketing strategyWhether you're a business owner, marketer, agency leader, or entrepreneur, this episode will help you create more relevant messaging, improve engagement, and move prospects from awareness to action.Key Takeaway: The best marketing doesn't start with what you want to say. It starts with understanding what your customer is ready to hear.

May 25, 20268 min

How to Find Your Real Competitive Advantage

Most businesses think their competitive advantage is price. They're wrong.In this episode of The Modern Marketer Podcast, we break down one of the most common misconceptions in business and marketing: the belief that lower prices create a stronger competitive position.You'll learn why competing on price often leads to shrinking margins, weaker customer loyalty, and a never-ending race to the bottom. More importantly, you'll discover what actually makes customers choose one business over another.We explore the three most sustainable sources of competitive advantage:• Why specialization makes you easier to choose• How a unique perspective can separate you from competitors• The role proof plays in building trust and accelerating buying decisionsIf you're tired of competing on price and want to build a business that stands out for the right reasons, this episode will help you identify and strengthen the advantages that competitors can't easily copy.Key Takeaways: Why price is rarely a true competitive advantage The difference between positioning and pricing problems How specialization increases perceived expertise Why unique perspectives create memorability The importance of proof in building trust and preference How to become the obvious choice in your market Listen now and discover how to create a competitive advantage that drives long-term growth and profitability.

May 9, 20267 min

How to Prioritize Marketing Channels With a Limited Budget

In this episode of The Modern Marketer Podcast, Eddie Garrison breaks down how businesses can prioritize the right marketing channels when budgets, time, and resources are limited.With so many platforms competing for attention, many brands fall into the trap of trying to do everything at once, leading to inconsistent messaging, wasted spend, and weak results. This episode explores how to cut through the noise and focus on the channels that actually drive growth, engagement, and revenue.You’ll learn: How to identify the marketing channels that deserve your investment Why focus beats being everywhere The difference between vanity metrics and real business impact How to align your marketing strategy with customer behavior Which channels create long-term leverage and sustainable growth A simple framework for making smarter marketing decisions with limited resources Whether you’re a business owner, marketing leader, or entrepreneur trying to maximize results without overspending, this episode will help you build a more focused and effective marketing strategy.Listen now and learn how to make your marketing work smarter, not louder.

April 20, 20268 min

The 4 Layers of a Complete Marketing System

Most businesses aren’t struggling because they aren’t doing enough marketing. They’re struggling because their marketing is incomplete.In this episode of The Modern Marketer Podcast, we break down the 4 essential layers of a complete marketing system and why missing just one can keep your results inconsistent, unpredictable, and stuck.You’ll learn how to move beyond random tactics and start building a structured system that actually drives growth.Inside this episode:Why “busy” marketing often leads to little or no growthThe 4 layers every high-performing marketing system must haveHow to identify where your current strategy is breaking downWhat to fix first to create more consistent leads and conversionsHow to turn your marketing into a scalable, predictable engineIf your marketing feels scattered, inconsistent, or underperforming, this episode will give you the clarity and structure you’ve been missing.It’s time to stop guessing and start building a system that works.

April 3, 20266 min

How to Build a Marketing Strategy That Actually Connects to Revenue

Most marketing strategies don’t fail because of poor execution. They fail because they were never tied to revenue in the first place.In this episode of The Modern Marketer Podcast, Eddie Garrison breaks down how to build a marketing strategy that moves beyond activity and directly drives business growth. This is a practical, no-fluff approach to aligning marketing with what actually matters: pipeline, conversions, and revenue.You’ll learn why the disconnect between marketing and sales is the root cause of underperformance, how to shift from tactics to true strategic thinking, and why starting with revenue math changes everything. Eddie walks through how to reverse engineer your funnel, prioritize high-impact channels, and eliminate distractions that dilute results.He also covers the metrics that actually matter, why vanity metrics are misleading, and how to build a system that compounds over time instead of relying on one-off campaigns.If your marketing feels scattered, inconsistent, or disconnected from real business outcomes, this episode will give you a clear framework to fix it.

February 21, 20267 min

What to Fix First When Your Marketing Stops Working

If your traffic looks normal but revenue is dropping, this episode will help you stop reacting and start diagnosing so your marketing can scale efficiently again.Host Eddie Garrison breaks down what businesses should actually fix first when marketing performance drops.When leads slow down, most teams react by adding more tactics. More ads, more content, more platforms. But activity rarely solves the problem because the issue is usually not effort. It is friction inside the system.This episode walks through a clear diagnostic framework to identify the real constraint before changing campaigns. You will learn how to determine whether the problem is demand, visibility, conversion, offer clarity, or follow up, and why fixing them in the wrong order increases acquisition costs.Instead of guessing, you will understand how to trace the customer path from discovery to decision and repair the exact point where momentum breaks.

February 8, 20267 min

How to Turn Your Google Business Profile Into a Lead Machine

In this episode of The Modern Marketer Podcast, host Eddie Garrison breaks down one of the fastest and most overlooked ways businesses can generate real marketing results without increasing ad spend or waiting months for SEO to work.If your marketing feels slow, expensive, or invisible, your Google Business Profile may be the missing link.Eddie walks through a practical, no-fluff strategy for turning a Google Business Profile into a high-intent growth asset that drives calls, website visits, and local visibility quickly. You’ll learn why this channel delivers faster wins than most marketing tactics, how small optimizations can create immediate momentum, and which features have the biggest impact on trust and conversions.This episode covers: • Why Google Business Profile captures ready-to-buy demand • The fastest visibility levers most businesses ignore • How categories, services, photos, and reviews influence rankings and trust • Simple ways to reduce friction and increase conversions • How consistency compounds results over timeWhether you’re a local business owner, marketer, or growth leader, this episode provides a clear, actionable framework for getting quick wins where intent is highest.No hype. No heavy tech. Just smart, modern marketing that works.

February 1, 20268 min

Customer Engagement Strategy: How to Build Relationships That Drive Growth

With acquisition costs rising and trust in traditional advertising declining, brands can’t afford to rely on constant new traffic. The advantage today comes from retention, loyalty, and lifetime value. Host Eddie Garrison walks through what a true customer engagement strategy looks like, how to map it across the entire customer lifecycle, and the practical systems that turn one-time buyers into long-term advocates.You’ll learn:What customer engagement actually means (beyond email and social)How retention outperforms acquisition financiallyThe 5 stages of the engagement lifecycleTactical plays like lifecycle campaigns, onboarding optimization, proactive support, and community buildingThe metrics that matter — and the vanity metrics to ignoreCommon mistakes that quietly increase churnIf you want fewer one-and-done customers and more repeat buyers, referrals, and predictable revenue, this episode gives you the blueprint.Because modern growth isn’t about shouting louder — it’s about building relationships that last.

January 25, 20268 min

Why 37% of Consumers Now Start With AI Instead of Google

Search is no longer just a tool. It is becoming the decision layer between people and brands.In this episode of The Modern Marketer Podcast, host Eddie Garrison breaks down new research showing that 37% of consumers now begin their searches with AI instead of Google and why this shift is redefining SEO, brand visibility, and how buying decisions are formed.You’ll learn how AI is replacing traditional search as the first point of discovery, why users prefer AI-driven answers over link-based research, and how this changes the entire customer journey, from awareness to purchase. Eddie explains the rise of “answer optimization,” the growing importance of brand consistency and authority across the web, and the new competitive risk facing companies that rank well but fail to influence AI recommendations.This episode also outlines practical steps brands can take to remain visible and credible in an AI-first world, including how to position your company clearly, strengthen authority beyond backlinks, and ensure your brand is understood by the systems increasingly shaping consumer decisions.If your growth strategy still assumes Google is the starting point, this conversation will challenge that assumption and show you where the next real advantage is forming.

January 18, 20269 min

Little Treat Culture: How Everyday Moments Build Real Loyalty

In an era of AI, automation, and hyper-optimized customer journeys, brand loyalty is no longer built through big campaigns or flashy experiences. It’s built in the quiet moments in between.In this episode of The Modern Marketer Podcast, host Eddie Garrison explores the rise of “little treat” culture, the small, human-centered interactions that make customers feel understood, respected, and valued. From thoughtful onboarding and frictionless design to empathetic error handling and timely insights, these micro-moments are reshaping how trust and memory are formed in modern brands.You’ll learn:Why large campaigns are losing their influence on loyaltyHow AI raises expectations but doesn’t create emotional connectionWhat “little treat” moments look like inside real customer experiencesWhy memory is becoming the most important conversion metricHow to design systems that feel human, not mechanicalIf your brand is optimized but forgettable, this episode will challenge how you think about differentiation, customer experience, and long-term growth.Because in an AI-driven world, human moments are the currency of loyalty.