Sep 30
How WeWard Hit 20M Users Without Paid Ads — Yves Benchimol, WeWard
On the podcast: growing for four years on press and organic alone, affiliate deals as an underexplored revenue stream, and why deciding to pivot is the hardest part.Top Takeaways:🗞️ A PR retainer can beat paid UA for a mass-market app A $3–5K monthly retainer produced months wit ... Show More
1h 5m
Sep 16
Why BoldVoice Charged From Day 1 and Ignored the Duolingo Freemium Playbook — Anada Lakra
On the podcast: scaling to $10M ARR with a team of ten, having every employee do two user interviews a week, and why their hard paywall "win" backfired.Top Takeaways:🧪 Trial-start rate is the wrong scoreboard A hard paywall and a no-exit discount both lifted trial starts, then r ... Show More
1h 4m
Sep 2
Scaling Meta Ads from zero to $100K a month — Ethan Ethier, Built With Science
On the podcast: scaling Meta ads from zero to $100,000 a month, why they waited a year after launch before buying ads, and how a pricing page experiment shifted users toward annual subscriptions.Top Takeaways:📉 A big audience buys you a launch spike, not a growth engine Even 7 m ... Show More
1 h
Aug 2025
Practical Entrepreneurship for Marketers
In this episode of the DMI podcast, host Will Francis speaks with Faisal Laljee, entrepreneur and growth strategist, about the intersection of entrepreneurship and marketing. Faisal shares his insights on risk-taking, growth hacking, customer acquisition, and building brands that ... Show More
45m 27s
Sep 2024
Bold Moves Lead To Big Wins For Entrepreneurs, with Lisa Larter
Lisa Larter has a strategic marketing firm, providing consulting services around strategy and business advisement. Like many entrepreneurs, Lisa started off thinking she had to do everything herself. In this episode, she shares the wisdom she’s gained from using her growth mindse ... Show More
17m 12s
Oct 2025
592: London School of Economics Lecturer on AI, Strategy, and the Future of Marketing
This week's podcast features Jenna Tiffany, London School of Economics lecturer, sharing actionable insights on why most marketing misses the mark and what real value looks like in an AI-driven business environment. Key discussion points include: The real reason marketing sometim ... Show More
54m 47s
Nov 2023
Why Startup Marketing Isn't What It Used To Be -- Melissa Kwan // eWebinar
<p>Melissa Kwan, Co-Founder and CEO at eWebinar, talks about startup marketing. Before data restrictions and privacy concerns, startup marketing typically involved investing in Facebook ads to drive brand awareness and gain customer insights. Now that Facebook has started to prio ... Show More
19m 42s
On the podcast we talk with Lisa about marketing an app with no revenue, the challenges of adding new revenue streams, and the importance of brand marketing in a post IDFA world.
Our guest today is Lisa Kennelly, Chief Marketing Officer at Fishbrain, the #1 app for people who love fishing. At Fishbrain, Lisa manages a team of 20 people, and is responsible f ... Show More
<p>In this episode of the DMI podcast, host <a href="https://willfrancis.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Will Francis</a> talks to serial entrepreneur and digital marketing advisor <a href="https://digitalmarketinginstitute.com/blog/authors/maeve-kneafsey" target=" ... Show More
