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We help leaders use media that actually works.

Sometimes that’s a podcast. Sometimes it’s giving your team a voice. Sometimes it’s knowing what not to do.

The point: turn conversations into lasting assets that build trust, attract talent, and grow your business.

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The Real Value of Podcasting in 2026

Most businesses still judge podcasts by the wrong scoreboard. They ask how many downloads a show gets, how many subscribers it has, or how much sponsorship revenue it can generate. Those numbers matter, especially for shows trying to become large media businesses. But for most companies, founders, advisors, consultants, and

How Micro-Influencers Are Changing Sports Marketing

NIL is no longer just a college sports headline. It is becoming a real-world lesson in sales, marketing, outreach, personal brand, and entrepreneurship. Brent Wall sees that shift up close through Student Athlete Score, a platform built to help athletes, universities, and brands better understand the value of athlete attention.

Why Real Conversations Still Matter in the Age of AI

Podcasts, LinkedIn, newsletters, panels, and AI are changing how ideas spread. Onsides founder, Dave Yoo, has spent more than 20 years in the Bay Area startup world, and he sees media differently now. It is not just about promoting a company. It is about creating enough real content that people,

The Future of Podcast Conversations - a short podcast that gets deep into the topic of why podcast and where its going

AI and the Future of Podcast Conversations

In this conversation with David Selinger, CEO and Co-founder of Deep Sentinel, we explore how podcasting opens up something data alone can’t — human depth. Selly talks about why he appears on podcasts regularly (roughly one a week), how it builds trust, and why it’s often the best way for

The Dreaded Em-Dash

The Dreaded Em-Dash

It has come to my attention that many people now believe the use of the em-dash (this—is an em-dash) is a clear sign that something was written by AI.  It’s to the point that authors are actually having their work rejected or disparaged because of the use of em-dashes. And

ROI of podcasting

The Real ROI of Podcasting

In this conversation with legendary New York City real estate broker Bob Knakal, we dive into the misunderstood value of podcasting as a business tool. Bob challenges the conventional definition of ROI—reframing it as Return on Involvement. With decades of experience and over 100 podcast appearances, he explains why visibility isn’t

search isn’t dead

AI Didn’t Kill Search. SportsEpreneur Proves It.

In June and July, it felt like search was on life support. On SportsEpreneur, our traffic dipped about 30%—and others we spoke with reported drops as high as 70%. At first glance, it looked like AI was eating search alive. But then we dug deeper. Google Search Console still showed

Um, Is This Supposed to Have a Plot? - Editor's Question

Um, Is This Supposed to Have a Plot?

Hi, it’s me, Eric’s editor, here to share some more insights on the craft of writing and editing. The title of this post, for example, is a real editor’s question—except I didn’t ask it. It’s something my editor asked me about an early draft of one of my books. Just

Don't Skip the Good Part

Don’t Skip the Good Part

I read something the other day that struck me immediately as exactly right, even though I hadn’t thought of it that way before. AI is being offered as a service to save the wrong kind of labor. Not entirely, of course. There are AI tools being developed that can be