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Stop Solving the Wrong Problems in Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing
Catch the Full Episode: Episode Overview From the vault, a conversation that still hits home: it’s easy to default to blaming marketing when something in the business isn’t working. John Jantsch sits down with Kevin St.Clergy to talk about a pattern he calls “blind blaming”: defaulting to the most obvious explanation for a problem instead […]
Read more → 20 Aug 2026WordCamp US (WCUS) 2026 just wrapped up after 4 days at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Over 1,100 people from around the world registered to attend, and thousands more watched online through livestreams. Contributor Day and Showcase Day opened the week before two main conference days, featuring over 50 speaker-led sessions across 4 tracks, […]
Read more → 20 Aug 2026WordPress 7.1, “Mary Lou,” is here—celebrating the pioneering jazz pianist, composer, and arranger Mary Lou Williams and her spirit of reinvention and collaboration. This release brings a more flexible, responsive, and collaborative WordPress experience, with new responsive styling controls, a redesigned media editor, richer Notes with mentions and inline feedback, improved image processing, and new Playlist and Tabs blocks.
Read more → 20 Aug 2026Clone of Why Leaders Need Better Perspective, Not More Data written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing
Catch The Full Episode Overview Back from the vault because the AI angle has only gotten sharper since it first ran. John Jantsch talks with leadership expert Cornelia Choe about a concept she calls perspective blindness. Choe explains the common phenomenon of believing you see the whole picture when you’re really only looking at a […]
Read more → 14 Aug 2026How AI Is Changing Trust, Content, and Customer Relationships written by Alex McQueen read more at Duct Tape Marketing
Catch the Full Episode: Overview In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, Sara Nay sits in for John Jantsch and talks with Heidi Ellsworth, president of Roofers Coffee Shop, about how small businesses build trust with customers. Ellsworth has spent more than 30 years in roofing, much of it helping tradespeople and small […]
Read more → 14 Aug 2026The official WordPress Browser Extension is now available for Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers in the Chrome Web Store and for Safari on macOS in the Mac App Store. This new open source extension lets logged-in site users easily hide the admin bar while keeping its most helpful shortcuts in the browser toolbar, provides quick […]
Read more → 13 Aug 2026AI Has Leveled the Marketing Playing Field written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing
Catch the Full Episode: Overview This one’s a throwback from the vault, and it’s aged well given how fast AI keeps moving. Neuromarketing used to belong to companies with big budgets, Roger Dooley says that’s no longer true. In this episode, Dooley returns to the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast to talk about his new book, […]
Read more → 13 Aug 2026WordPress 7.0.4 is now available WordPress 7.0.4 is now available which features a security fix. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can update to WordPress 7.0.4 by downloading it from WordPress.org, or visiting your site’s Dashboard → Updates and clicking Update Now. Sites that support […]
Read more → 7 Aug 2026Why Marketing Agencies Must Shift From Deliverables to Strategy written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing
Catch the Full Episode Overview 9 out of 10 agency clients say their agency helps them succeed. 4 out of 10 also plan to shrink that relationship within a year. Brian Gerstner has the research to explain how both are true, and it’s less dire than it sounds. Gerstner co-founded Agency Core, which surveyed 579 […]
Read more → 7 Aug 2026WordPress 7.0.3 is now available WordPress 7.0.3 is now available which features several security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can update to WordPress 7.0.3 by downloading it from WordPress.org, or visiting your site’s Dashboard → Updates and clicking Update Now. Sites that support […]
Read more → 6 Aug 2026AI Is Rewriting How Customers Choose Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing
Catch the Full Episode Overview 9 out of 10 agency clients say their agency helps them succeed. 4 out of 10 also plan to shrink that relationship within a year. Brian Gerstner has the research to explain how both are true, and it’s less dire than it sounds. Gerstner co-founded Agency Core, which surveyed 579 […]
Read more → 6 Aug 2026The first Release Candidate (“RC1”) for WordPress 7.1 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is still under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended to evaluate RC1 on a test server and site. WordPress 7.1 RC1 […]
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