Steve Davis
Peddling Your Wares When The Tour Down Under Pedals Through Your Town
The TDU or Santos Tour Down Under, is one of those sporting events that attracts a number of fit, high-income individuals and families who enjoy lining the streets to watch the world’s top cyclists in action. While their attention will…
S03E08 – What Would Arnold Schwarzenegger Do?
Ask yourself, “What Would Arnold Schwarzenegger Do?” Join us for mind-changing strategies, life lessons, practical business principles, and tech insights. Hasta la vista, baby! In this blockbuster episode of the Talking About Marketing Podcast, Steve and David Olney delve into…
Weekend Sunrise – Behind The Scenes Of Being On TV
When people around Australia saw Belle Baker from Adelaide Hills & Fleurieu Farm Services on Weekend Sunrise one Sunday morning recently, little did they realise how much planning and energy went into making that four minutes of screentime actually happen.…
Join The AI Obedience School And Avoid Accidents In The Office
Amid the hype and enthusiasm surrounding AI tools, there is an emerging issue: business owners and leaders are getting drawn into the shiny new tech space and instead of using “freed up” time to look after themselves or their clients,…
S03E07 – The Slot Machine Of Human Status
Pull that handle. Do coins trickle down? Not every time. And that is what hooks humans into addiction. And so it is with social media, says Will Storr. In this seventh episode of the third series of Talking About Marketing,…
Airbnb Does Not Want Us Staying On Eyre Peninsula This Holiday Season
UPDATE: This story now has a happy ending. See below. There’s an old saying in marketing that the first impression is the last impression. With the increasing sophistication of digital platforms, particularly in the hospitality and tourism industry, it’s easier…
Creating A Content Marketing Calendar For Humans
In the noisy, fast-paced world of digital marketing, it’s easy for small business owners and leaders to be trapped on the hamster wheel of “churning out” content (because a guru or an AI tool said to), or do nothing because…
See, Believe, Explain, Achieve
I just finished listening to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new book, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life. As well as being thoroughly entertaining, because it is full of great stories from his life that Schwarzenegger reads himself, the book is genuinely useful.…
S03E06 – Competence Before Confidence Especially With Peter Goers
In the 80s it was “fake it ’til you’ve made it” but David Olney argues start with competence and confidence will follow. Steve notes that’s a great way to approach an interview with Peter Goers on ABC Adelaide. In this…
The Genesis of “The High Table”: A Journey into Meaningful Community Building at Talked About Marketing
David Olney and I, inspired by thinkers like Owen Eastwood, Mark Schaeffer, and Charles Vogl, have launched an experiment in community building named “The High Table.” The project draws its ethos from our podcast, Talking About Marketing, and aims to…