Cisco tells us that 80% of total Internet traffic is video. Jason and Jeff discuss what’s driving the video explosion and the 7 types of videos firms need to market themselves successfully.

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As the central node on the world’s information network, Google has literally re-shaped the way we think. In this episode we talk about the role of Google in professional services marketing and how the technology is evolving to be even more useful for marketers yet more powerful for Alphabet.

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We’ve talked about marketing heroes—now we talk about the villains. In this episode, we share some of the marketing fads and campaigns that have influenced society and our culture and affected marketing in ways that we find frustrating.

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Jason and Jeff continue the discussion on the people who have influenced them in their careers and in their thinking on marketing and business.

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Have you ever considered turning one of your services into a product? In this episode, Jason and Jeff share reasons why you might consider it, how to do it, the challenges associated with it, and recommendations for doing it successfully.

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Whether you’re the marketing leader of a firm that was just acquired or of the firm that did the acquiring, Jason and Jeff share what you should be thinking about to make sure the integration is successful.

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There comes a time when you just have have to put a practice to rest. But how do you know when that time has come? And how can you go about it? Jason and Jeff talk through how a professional services firm can go about killing a practice that’s no longer viable.

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In the second episode of a three-part series on launching and ending services in professional services firms, Jason and Jeff talk about how practice leaders can take a successful engagement and turn it into a tangible service that a firm can build at scale and get growth opportunity from.

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Many professional services firms run into mistakes when they try to launch a new service, most of which could be a avoided with a little due diligence. Jason and Jeff discuss what due diligence should look like and how it can help firms avoid a lot of wasted time, energy and money.

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If you had to name the people who have had the most influence on you in the world of marketing and business, who would be on your list? Jason and Jeff share the people on theirs.

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