Marketing 4 Business

Scott Wilson
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The Marketing 4 Business Podcast gives business owners the insights and strategies they need to succeed. M4B episodes feature a mix of interviews with successful business owners, during which we discuss their business, marketing, and mindset. Plus, you will get actionable direct response marketing advice and real-world examples of what works from your Marketing 4 Business Podcast host Scott Wilson.

  1. 2d ago

    Retail Isn't Dead: How One Boutique Ends Every Season With Almost Nothing Left

    Most clothing stores finish the season with hundreds of unsold items. Debbie Albrecht finishes hers with 20 to 30. In this Marketing 4 Business episode, Scott chats with Debbie Albrecht, owner of So You! Boutique in Rangiora. She talks about building a retail business that has survived earthquakes, COVID and recession by putting confidence ahead of the sale. Known to her customers as the colour lady, Debbie has turned 20+ years of colour and styling expertise into a point of difference that drives smarter buying, loyal customers and almost no dead stock. She shares lessons any business owner can use, including: Why her store has had only 20 to 30 pieces left each season for the past six years, and what most retailers get wrong when buyingHow knowing a customer's colours and clothing personality turns a lost sale into a multi-piece purchaseWhy "great customer service" doesn't cut it as a point of differenceThe management course that showed her how most owners communicate with staff, and what she changedHow a $65 workshop that turns 12 pieces into 60+ outfits keeps filling her colour consultation bookingsWhy she teaches her retail know-how to other store owners, competitors includedPlanning stock six months ahead so new arrivals are ready to sell the day they landHow a self-described "technically challenged" owner got comfortable on video If you're a business owner trying to stand out in a tough market, sharpen your point of difference, or turn customers into a loyal community, this episode is well worth your time. Download the Local Business AEO Playbook HERE. A free, step-by-step guide showing you how to position your business to be recommended by AI. If you found this episode valuable, please share it with another business owner who could benefit. Don't forget to follow Marketing 4 Business on your favourite podcast platform, and if you enjoyed the episode, we'd really appreciate a five-star review. Your support helps us reach more business owners with practical marketing insights. Connect with us: Follow the Marketing 4 Business podcast on Instagram HERE. Follow Digital Influence on Instagram HERE. Visit Digital Influence's website HERE. Book a complimentary marketing strategy session HERE. Connect with Scott Wilson on LinkedIn HERE. Visit So You! Boutique HERE. Have Fun & Take Action

  2. Sep 30

    Clear the Runway: How to Turn Top Performers Into Great Leaders

    You promoted your best person. So why does it feel like something has gone wrong? In this Marketing 4 Business episode, Scott welcomes back Amy Jones, leadership coach and founder of Human Impact leadership, to unpack why capable people struggle when they step into leadership, and what business owners can do about it. Amy works with teams across New Zealand and now Australia. She shares practical tools from her Emerging Leaders Programme, including: Why leadership is 80% psychology and 20% skillThe heart emoji that came up in an exit interview, and what it taught Amy about leading across ages and channelsHow to make conflict healthy, and "kill the monster while it's little"Why new leaders dive in and do the work, and how that pattern leads to burnout as teams growClearing the runway: how leaders spot and remove roadblocks, including when the roadblock is themWhy you should build the leader before the role existsThe mindset trap of only training people who are underperformingWhy time and energy matter as much as money for business owners If you're a business owner trying to grow leaders who take ownership, keep good people longer, or get your time back, this episode is well worth your time. Download the Local Business AEO Playbook HERE. A free, step-by-step guide showing you how to position your business to be recommended by AI. If you found this episode valuable, please share it with another business owner who could benefit. Don't forget to follow Marketing 4 Business on your favourite podcast platform, and if you enjoyed the episode, we'd really appreciate a five-star review. Your support helps us reach more business owners with practical marketing insights. Connect with us: Follow the Marketing 4 Business podcast on Instagram HERE. Follow Digital Influence on Instagram HERE. Visit Digital Influence's website HERE. Book a complimentary marketing strategy session HERE. Connect with Scott Wilson on LinkedIn HERE. Connect with Amy Jones on LinkedIn HERE. Have Fun & Take Action

  3. Sep 23

    Left School at 15, Bought 460 Houses: Kane Lawson's Business Playbook

    He left school at 15 because he didn't fit in, and has since bought, fixed and sold more than 460 houses. In this Marketing 4 Business episode, Scott chats with Kane Lawson of My New Start about focus, intent, and why most marketing does not fail at the marketing. Kane was the second ever guest on this podcast four years ago, and he is back with 460-plus property transactions, a greenfield subdivision in South Canterbury, and a very direct view on what business owners get wrong. Insights you can put to work straight away, including: Kane on why he tells people not to ring a marketing agency unless they are ready to answer the phoneThe Mag and Turbo franchise owner who swore a campaign didn't work, until the data showed he'd missed 11 of 12 callsScott's rule that marketing always fails at the weakest link, and the client he parted ways with over itKane on the wiper blade stand that gathered dust for 18 months, and why he now runs a case study instead of an emotional studyWhy Kane never turns marketing down: "who am I to judge when someone is going to sell their house?"The one question Kane has drilled into the last four years, and how it shortens every meeting: what is the intent?Write it down and you earn the right to forget it, Kane's system behind the notebooks his team carriesScott on why the old game was getting found and the new game is getting recommended, and what that means for videoKane on self-belief, knowing your capacity, and operating just below your cap instead of burning out above itWhy the best staff Kane ever hired at Mag and Turbo were people others had written off If you are a business owner spending money on marketing, trying to stay focused while everyone pitches you their next idea, or working out how to hand the baton to someone younger, this episode is well worth your time. Download the Local Business AEO Playbook HERE. A free, step-by-step guide showing you how to position your business to be recommended by AI. If you found this episode valuable, please share it with another business owner who could benefit. Don't forget to follow Marketing 4 Business on your favourite podcast platform, and if you enjoyed the episode, we'd really appreciate a five-star review. Your support helps us reach more business owners with practical marketing insights. Connect with us: Follow the Marketing 4 Business podcast on Instagram HERE. Follow Digital Influence on Instagram HERE. Visit Digital Influence's website HERE. Book a complimentary marketing strategy session HERE. Connect with Scott Wilson on LinkedIn HERE. Connect with My New Start on LinkedIn HERE. Have Fun & Take Action

  4. Sep 16

    Radio Was Supposed to Be Dead: Why It Is Still Winning in NZ

    Everyone said radio would be dead by now. It is not, and the reason has nothing to do with the music. In this Marketing 4 Business episode, Scott chats with Kate James, newly appointed General Manager of MediaWorks Canterbury, about what actually makes advertising work for a local business, and what business owners keep getting wrong before they even book a campaign. Kate started out cooking sausages outside appliance stores and car yards on a Saturday, and has spent more than 20 years across promotions, client services, integration and sales. She is refreshingly blunt about what works, what does not, and where media reps should be pushing back harder. Insights you can use straight away, including: Why radio's real job is building trust, not reach, and why that matters more in a market full of "click here, buy this"What to turn up with before you brief any media rep, starting with who your customer actually is, because "anyone from 10 to 80" is not a target marketThe underspend trap: how a budget that is slightly too small wastes the entire thing, and the honest conversation your rep should be having upfrontWhy one station done properly beats four done thinly, every timeThe nationwide advertiser that dropped radio for a pure digital strategy, and why they have come fully back to TV and radioHow digital audio and Rover put targeting by age, gender and location within reach of a local budgetWhy stopping your marketing hands the opportunity straight to a competitor, and why you will not feel it for six monthsThe florist in his 70s who refused to let anyone underspend his budget, because he knew he was buying customers, not salesWhat the best salespeople actually have in common, and why it is not polish If you are a business owner deciding where the next marketing dollar goes, wondering whether radio still deserves a slice, or trying to work out what a decent budget really looks like, this episode is well worth your time. Download the Local Business AEO Playbook HERE. A free, step-by-step guide showing you how to position your business to be recommended by AI. If you found this episode valuable, please share it with another business owner who could benefit. Don't forget to follow Marketing 4 Business on your favourite podcast platform, and if you enjoyed the episode, we'd really appreciate a five-star review. Your support helps us reach more business owners with practical marketing insights. Connect with us: Follow the Marketing 4 Business podcast on Instagram HERE. Follow Digital Influence on Instagram HERE. Visit Digital Influence's website HERE. Book a complimentary marketing strategy session HERE. Connect with Scott Wilson on LinkedIn HERE. Connect with Kate James on LinkedIn HERE. Have Fun & Take Action

  5. Sep 9

    Aaron Mauger: What 46 All Black Tests Taught Him About Leading a Team Under Pressure

    He was coached by five men who went on to become Sirs. He says the difference at the top had almost nothing to do with rugby… In this Marketing 4 Business episode, Scott chats with Aaron Mauger, 46-Test All Black, professional coach, and founder of leadership consultancy Black 12, about what actually makes a team perform. Aaron and his wife Amy also own Dux Dine in Christchurch, so this is elite environments and the reality of a small business in the same conversation. Aaron shares insights and lessons you can put to work straight away, including: The eight words Anton Oliver said to a 20-year-old Aaron that took him off cloud nine and straight back to workWhy a team that lacks clarity produces plenty of action and almost no progress, and how to spot it in your own businessThe 3 Cs Aaron runs with exec teams (connection, clarity, consistency), and why clarity is the one that stops people in their tracksWhy the best thing a new leader can do in the first few months is change nothing, plus Scott's story of the CEO who did exactly that and walked out with 57 improvements his people already ownedThe four cornerstones behind that All Blacks era, and how "express yourself" gave players permission to failWhat "better men make better All Blacks" looked like in practice, and what it should change about how you invest in staffWhy one department celebrating while the rest of the business struggles is a sign of a dysfunctional team, not a high-performing oneThe two or three minutes Aaron spends sitting in the car so a hard day at work does not walk through his front doorWhat, so what, now what, and why most meetings quietly stop at the second questionWhy Aaron will tell a player he is not playing before he says anything else, and why softening the message helps nobodyHow Amy spotted Dux Dine for sale on her phone while they sat in the garden, and what Aaron learned about leading by getting out of the way If you are a business owner trying to get your people aligned, handle pressure without passing it down the line, or build an environment where good people stick around and grow, this episode is well worth your time. Download the Local Business AEO Playbook HERE. A free, step-by-step guide showing you how to position your business to be recommended by AI. If you found this episode valuable, please share it with another business owner who could benefit. Don't forget to follow Marketing 4 Business on your favourite podcast platform, and if you enjoyed the episode, we'd really appreciate a five-star review. Your support helps us reach more business owners with practical marketing insights. Connect with us: Follow the Marketing 4 Business podcast on Instagram HERE. Follow Digital Influence on Instagram HERE. Visit Digital Influence's website HERE. Book a complimentary marketing strategy session HERE. Connect with Scott Wilson on LinkedIn HERE. Connect with Aaron Mauger on LinkedIn HERE. Have Fun & Take Action

  6. Sep 2

    How to Actually Use AI in Your Business, with an AI Engineer

    Everyone is talking about AI. Almost nobody is telling business owners what to actually do on Monday morning. In this Marketing 4 Business episode, Scott chats with Blake Harkness, the AI engineer behind Harkness AI, about what AI can actually do inside a normal New Zealand business right now. Blake started a mechatronics degree, watched ChatGPT answer his entire coursework, and pivoted. He now works as a fractional AI partner, runs a 300-strong community called Young Kiwis in AI, and recently went to China on a national delegation to see where this is all heading. No hype, just the practical version: Blake explains how AI took his proposal process from 4 hours to 5 minutes, with a human review at the endWhy you must pay for your AI tools, and the confidential contract story from the States that shows what happens when you do notBlake's rule for connecting AI to your systems: read-only first, add permissions gradually, never go full ham from the startScott shares why he scrapped his AI chatbot and AI phone answering project and hired a call centre of real people insteadThe full breakdown of how a one-man fencing supplier automated Xero invoicing, repeat inquiries and calendar booking using Claude and a set of skillsWhat Blake saw in China: room-service robots riding elevators, AI triage in hospitals, and scan interpretation cut by 80%Why job roles shift rather than disappear, and the two risks Blake sees: using no AI at all, or using AI for everything and learning nothingBlake's 5 steps to get AI ready, including the testing mistake almost everyone makesScott's take on the AI bubble from an investor's seat, and why retail investors usually wear itThe intern who posted 5 Instagram Reels and had a job by day 5 If you are a business owner drowning in admin, unsure which AI tools are worth paying for, or being pitched six-figure AI projects you suspect you do not need, this episode is well worth your time. Download the Local Business AEO Playbook HERE. A free, step-by-step guide showing you how to position your business to be recommended by AI. If you found this episode valuable, please share it with another business owner who could benefit. Don't forget to follow Marketing 4 Business on your favourite podcast platform, and if you enjoyed the episode, we'd really appreciate a five-star review. Your support helps us reach more business owners with practical marketing insights. Connect with us: Follow the Marketing 4 Business podcast on Instagram HERE. Follow Digital Influence on Instagram HERE. Visit Digital Influence's website HERE. Book a complimentary marketing strategy session HERE. Connect with Scott Wilson on LinkedIn HERE. Connect with Blake Harkness on LinkedIn HERE. Have Fun & Take Action

  7. Aug 26

    21 Business Lessons I Have Been Saving Up For This Conversation

    You are busy. Your business is not growing at the rate it should. Those two things are connected, and this episode explains how. Scott has been saving up business lessons. 21 of them, held back until the right person walked through the door. In this Marketing 4 Business episode, he sits down with Darren Pratley, business coach and speaker, who walks into companies across New Zealand and asks the question most owners avoid: what actually creates your success? No interview structure. Just 21 lessons, one at a time, with two people who do not always agree. Lessons you can put to work this week, including: Why Darren tells smaller businesses to focus on profit over cash flow, and the question the bank asks first that explains it.Scott's counter: cash keeps you alive during the year, profit is what you show at the end of it.The three week diary test that reveals whether your success is planned or just hoped for.Why Scott pulled AI off his phone lines and put a real call centre back on, and where Darren openly disagrees with him.The scoreboard question Darren asks in every business he walks into, and why it is not a financial question.57 touchpoints, and how one CEO used clarity alone as his competitive advantage.Why Scott tells clients to let go of marketing results for the first 12 months, and what happens at month 13.Darren's 10 calls a day rule, worth millions over his career, and the exact opening line he uses. If you are a business owner who keeps finishing the week exhausted with nothing moved forward, this is the hour that fixes it. Pick three lessons, act on them this week, and see what changes. Download the Local Business AEO Playbook HERE. A free, step-by-step guide showing you how to position your business to be recommended by AI. If you found this episode valuable, please share it with another business owner who could benefit. Don't forget to follow Marketing 4 Business on your favourite podcast platform, and if you enjoyed the episode, we'd really appreciate a five-star review. Your support helps us reach more business owners with practical marketing insights. Connect with us: Follow the Marketing 4 Business podcast on Instagram HERE. Follow Digital Influence on Instagram HERE. Visit Digital Influence's website HERE. Book a complimentary marketing strategy session HERE. Connect with Scott Wilson on LinkedIn HERE. Connect with Darren Pratley on LinkedIn HERE. Have Fun & Take Action

  8. Aug 19

    Hiring Young Marketers: What They Cost, What They Want, and Why They Can Spot Your AI Ads

    They set a goal of 100 members by the end of 2026. They hit 750 in six months. In this Marketing 4 Business episode, Scott chats with Milo Coldren and Rore Morgan, third-year students and co-founders of the UC Marketing Society, about what the next wave of marketers actually wants from an employer, what internships should really pay, and where AI is quietly damaging brands. If you employ young people, are thinking about an intern, or want an honest read on how AI is landing with the people who grew up with it, this one is worth your time. Including: What a marketing internship actually costsWhy a degree on its own no longer gets you hired, and why students need experience before they graduateWhy dropping the membership fee took the society from 70 members to 750, and what that says about barriers to entryWhat young marketers really want from a job, and why "the same day twice" is the fastest way to lose themWhy AI-generated imagery is turning customers off, and the one thing Rore says you never hand over to AIThe AI chatbot experiment that cost Digital Influence a deal, and why Scott went back to a call centreHow one agency owner cut website builds from 45 days to 3 hours with a single source of truth, and why he's now hiring more account managers, not fewerWhy Turnitin's AI checker doesn't work, and how universities are still figuring out the rulesThe free certifications students can do right now to stand outThe plastic toothpick cold call that taught Scott the biggest marketing lesson of his career: people buy what they want, not what you think they needHow Lucas got hired at 17 by saying yes to 10 hours a week, and how to de-risk yourself for an employer If you are a business owner trying to hire young talent, work out whether an intern is worth it, or figure out where AI belongs in your marketing and where it absolutely doesn't, this episode is well worth your time. Download the Local Business AEO Playbook HERE. A free, step-by-step guide showing you how to position your business to be recommended by AI. If you found this episode valuable, please share it with another business owner who could benefit. Don't forget to follow Marketing 4 Business on your favourite podcast platform, and if you enjoyed the episode, we'd really appreciate a five-star review. Your support helps us reach more business owners with practical marketing insights. Connect with us: Follow the Marketing 4 Business podcast on Instagram HERE. Follow Digital Influence on Instagram HERE. Visit Digital Influence's website HERE. Book a complimentary marketing strategy session HERE. Connect with Scott on LinkedIn HERE. Connect with UC Marketing Society on LinkedIn HERE. Connect with Milo Coldren on LinkedIn HERE. Connect with Rore Morgan on LinkedIn HERE. Have Fun & Take Action

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The Marketing 4 Business Podcast gives business owners the insights and strategies they need to succeed. M4B episodes feature a mix of interviews with successful business owners, during which we discuss their business, marketing, and mindset. Plus, you will get actionable direct response marketing advice and real-world examples of what works from your Marketing 4 Business Podcast host Scott Wilson.

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  • Creator
    Scott Wilson
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    215
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