On this week's episode of The Inbound Success Podcast, digital agency advisor and coach Jason Swenk shares how he replaced the contact us forms on his website with messenger bots and saw dramatic increases in lead generation - and how you can too.

What's a quick, easy, inexpensive, and relatively painless way to establish thought leadership while also generating business? On this week's episode of The Inbound Success Podcast, SEO expert and author Phil Singleton shares how leveraging blog content to create ebooks for publication as Amazon Kindle books can build your personal brand and turn anyone into a recognized expert while generating leads and business.

On this week's episode of The Inbound Success Podcast, Parker Dewey VP of Marketing Michele Aymold shares what she's focused on as she takes the reigns of marketing for this fast growing Chicago area startup. In her case, she's applying lessons learned from her days running marketing for G2 Crowd and is using surveys to gather data on her audience and turn it into fresh content for the company while using lead nurturing funnels to keep Parker Dewey top of mind with survey respondents.

What playbook is one of the world's leading marketers using to market and grow his new SaaS business? In this week's episode of The Inbound Success Podcast, Ian Cleary is pulling back the curtain on the process he's using to launch and grow OutreachPlus, a new email outreach software platform that automates the sending and tracking of highly personalized emails. I was fascinated to hear how he's applying his expertise to his own business - and you will be too!

What does it take to quadruple organic website traffic in one year? For Sales Hacker VP of Marketing Gaetano DiNardi, its all about community-contributed content and a laser-like focus on SEO and keyword strategy. In this week's episode, Gaetano shares exactly what he did to achieve dramatic growth in Sales Hacker's organic traffic, from developing a contributor program, to training his team to optimize posts, to testing new approaches to content promotion on platforms like LinkedIn.

Is it better to invest in inbound marketing or public relations? Actually, that's a trick question! The answer is "both." In this week's episode of The Inbound Success Podcast, Maria Thimothy of inbound agency OneIMS shares how her team is using public relations to get better inbound results for their clients and what it takes to manage PR within an inbound agency (hint: it involves creating an outreach team).

Marketing Advisory Network Founder Samantha Stone talks about why she wrote her book Unleash Possible, and how publishing a book has impacted her career as a marketing strategy consultant and professional speaker. From how long it really takes to write a book to whether to self-publish and how to get listed on Amazon.com, Samantha has candid advice about every aspect of publishing your first book along with insights on how to use it to market your business.

Looking for a quick, inexpensive and effective way to build thought leadership while promoting a personal or corporate brand? In this week's episode of The Inbound Success Podcast, Interview Valet CMO Dan Moyle explains why participating in podcast guest interviews is an impactful strategy for expanding brand awareness and shares the process Interview Valet uses to book interviews and ensure their clients are fully prepared to ace their guest appearances.

In this week's episode of The Inbound Success Podcast, Ryan Hawk shares how he has leveraged his podcast, The Learning Leader Show, to build a personal brand and why a commitment to continuous learning is key to becoming a world class marketer.

What is the secret sauce behind succeeding at 18 out of 23 startups? For Limo University Founder Bill Faeth it is dominating a vertical. Int his episode, he shares insights from his fascinating journey as a serial entrepreneur. From marketing agencies, to educational platforms, restaurants and even glow in the dark mini golf, Bill has launched - and successfully exited - an array of businesses in a variety of industries, and inbound marketing has been the linchpin to his success.