If your business is collecting reviews without a clear strategy, you could be leaving visibility, trust, and revenue on the table.

Join Brad Friedman and George Swetlitz as they discuss how reviews, responses, sentiment analysis, and AI can strengthen your reputation management strategy so you can improve visibility, win more customers, and keep them coming back.

George Swetlitz is the Co-Founder of RightResponse AI, a reputation management platform designed to help location-based businesses drive customer growth. RightResponse AI uses advanced AI to help businesses grow by improving review management, delivering deeper review insights, and strengthening understanding of the competitive environment, all focused on driving customer acquisition and retention. George's approach to AI is grounded in operational experience, with a focus on creating practical solutions that deliver measurable results.

A graduate of Harvard Business School, George is a seasoned operator who understands how to grow organizations both organically and through smart systems. His expertise lies at the intersection of applied AI, customer acquisition, and local marketing. always with a focus on results, not theory.

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Paid ads can waste money quickly when tracking is broken, goals are fuzzy, and data never makes it back to the platforms.

Join Brad Friedman and Andy Janaitis as they break down how to build smarter Google and Meta ad campaigns with better measurement, stronger attribution, and more realistic strategies for small businesses so you can spend more confidently and grow profitably.

Andy is the founder and chief strategist of PPC Pitbulls, a boutique digital marketing agency that helps small businesses grow past 7 figures using Google and Meta Ads.

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What if your marketing failed because you tested too much at once?

Too many marketers test too many variables, chase the wrong metrics, and end up with data they can't actually use to make better decisions.

Join Brad Friedman and Kenny Ridgell as they discuss how to apply the scientific method to marketing, simplify reporting, connect marketing to sales, and adapt to AI-driven search so you can make smarter decisions with cleaner data and better outcomes.

Kenny Ridgell is a data-driven marketing entrepreneur who has spent the better part of a decade merging art, science, and innovation into measurable growth strategies for his clients.

He is also the Founder & CEO of Ridge Media, a firm that stands apart by applying the scientific method to the marketing landscape.

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What if the numbers you trust most are sending you in the wrong direction?

If you trust platform-reported results without testing them, you may optimize spend around the wrong metrics and miss what actually drives customers.

Join Brad Friedman and Justin Rashidi as they explore data-driven marketing, digital ads, and Justin's uniquely scientific approach to marketing so you can make better measurement decisions, allocate budget more intelligently, and improve results. If you have ever made marketing decisions based on surface-level metrics, this conversation will challenge how you measure success and help you focus on what really matters.

Justin Rashidi is the founder of SeedX, a consultancy that helps medium to mid-market companies improve performance across data, sales, and marketing. In this episode, he explains how scientific thinking and hypothesis-driven testing can help marketers validate what is really happening inside the business.

With a background rooted in science and engineering, Justin brings a rigorous, data-first mindset to modern marketing. He focuses on helping companies separate platform claims from actual business impact so teams can make smarter decisions about attribution, budget allocation, and growth.

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What if accessibility is the growth lever your business has been ignoring? One in four people in the U.S. has a disability. Is your website ready?

If your website or app is not accessible, potential customers may be standing at your digital door, unable to engage with your business.

Join Brad Friedman and Mike Barton as they explore why digital accessibility matters, where most businesses fall short, and how to build more inclusive digital experiences from the start so you can improve usability, reduce friction, and better serve people with disabilities.

Mike Barton is a marketing and communications leader at AudioEye dedicated to making the internet more accessible for all.

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If your marketing feels polished but forgettable, brand storytelling may be the difference between blending in and building trust that converts.

Join Brad Friedman and David J. Ebner as they explore story-first content, authenticity, video, AI, sales messaging, and SEO so you can create marketing that resonates with the right audience and supports real business growth.

David is the President and Founder of Content Workshop, a story-first content marketing agency. While in graduate school, he assembled a collective of storytellers whose sole purpose was to use their storytelling skills to help brands create and convert an audience. That idea became Content Workshop in 2013. After graduating from the University of Tampa with an MFA in Creative Writing, he authored the Amazon Best Seller: "Kingmakers: A Content Marketing Story."

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Are you thinking about replacing your team with AI? Join Brad Friedman and Sam Malikarjunan to see why this could be the worst move ever.

Sam Mallikarjunan [mall eh CAR jew non], is the Growth Lead at agent.ai, where he helps drive the development and adoption of AI-driven solutions to enhance customer service and sales. With a deep background in growth strategy, Sam previously led innovative initiatives at companies like HubSpot Labs and Flock.com.

He's also a former professor at Harvard University and co-author of Inbound Commerce - How to Sell Better than Amazon. Sam shares his insights on how AI is shaping the future of business.

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Your prospects don't care about your solution. They're asking themselves one question—and you're missing it.

Join Brad Friedman and Ari Galper as they unpack trust-based selling, the idea of a "trust recession," and how business owners can replace pressure-based sales tactics with a more human, trust-building approach so you can improve conversions without chasing prospects.

Ari Galper is a leading voice in trust-based selling and the founder of AriAI, a trust-based AI sales and business growth platform. In this conversation, he explains why traditional selling has become commoditized and why prospects often decide whether to trust you as a person before they ever evaluate your solution.

He also shares his "doctor, not pharmacist" mindset, breaks down how to use trust-based language in sales conversations, and explains why many business owners should focus on fixing conversion problems before trying to generate more leads.

Ari's work is especially relevant for low-volume, high-margin businesses with longer sales cycles, including advisors, attorneys, consultants, and software sales professionals who need stronger conversations, not just more activity.

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