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Your Digital Marketing Coach with Neal Schaffer

Your Digital Marketing Coach with Neal Schaffer

Neal Schaffer 449 Episodes Apr 20, 2026

Your Digital Marketing Coach with Neal Schaffer offers expert advice for marketing professionals, agencies, entrepreneurs, and business owners on using Digital First Marketing to grow their businesses. Host Neal Schaffer and his guests cover a wide range of digital marketing topics, including social media, content, influencer, SEO, SEM, email marketing, automation, and AI. Each episode provides actionable takeaways designed to improve digital marketing ROI across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, and TikTok.

Episodes

Stop Treating LinkedIn Like Social Media: Introducing the 4-Cylinder LinkedIn Business Engine
Stop Treating LinkedIn Like Social Media: Introducing the 4-Cylinder LinkedIn Business Engine Apr 20, 2026 974 LinkedIn in 2026 isn't social media — and if you're still treating it like Instagram's boring cousin, you're leaving the biggest opportunity in B2B marketing on the table. Four out of five LinkedIn members drive business decisions, but only about 5% of them post strategically. That's not a crowded room. That's a wide-open one.In this episode, I share the most engaging
10 Social Media Principles That Work for MrBeast's Beast Games, Lord of the Rings, and Your Business
10 Social Media Principles That Work for MrBeast's Beast Games, Lord of the Rings, and Your Business Apr 16, 2026 2632 Most businesses treat social media like a task to check off. Post something, hope it performs, repeat. But according to today's guest, that's exactly why most businesses are getting mediocre results — because social media isn't a task. It's a craft.I sit down with Jon-Stephen Stansel — social media manager turned entertainment industry freelancer and author of The 10 Principles
People Not Prompts: The Marketing System AI Can’t Replicate
People Not Prompts: The Marketing System AI Can’t Replicate Apr 11, 2026 1339 Two years ago, 60% of consumers said they were fine with AI-generated content. Today that number has dropped to 26%. Consumers are rejecting AI content faster than marketers can create it — and the brands that ignore this are paying a steep price.In this episode, I'm sharing the full breakdown of the keynote I delivered at DigiMarCon West in Hollywood — a presentation called People, Not Promp
The Biggest Mistake Marketers Make with Visual Content (And the Simple Fix)
The Biggest Mistake Marketers Make with Visual Content (And the Simple Fix) Apr 6, 2026 2353 I've been saying for years that marketing is increasingly visual — whether it's social media, YouTube, websites, or even AI-generated content. But most of us aren't designers, and we're winging it when it comes to visual branding. My guest today is Jim MacLeod, author of The Visual Marketer, and he's someone I've known for about a decade — back when I co-founded the S
Stop Using AI Like a Search Engine — Build a Flywheel Instead
Stop Using AI Like a Search Engine — Build a Flywheel Instead Mar 25, 2026 1452 You're using AI every day — but is it actually getting smarter about your business? For most marketers, the answer is no, because they're treating AI like a search engine instead of a workspace. In this episode, I break down the AI Workflow Flywheel that I have developed for my own business — a compound-momentum system that makes every AI conversation build on the last, so your output ge
From Funnels to Pinballs: A Human-First Framework for Building Brand Trust in the Age of AI
From Funnels to Pinballs: A Human-First Framework for Building Brand Trust in the Age of AI Mar 19, 2026 2400 In a marketing world increasingly driven by AI-generated content and data dashboards, it's easy to start treating customers like data points instead of people. Phil Treagus-Evans — founder of UK social media agency Giraffe Social and author of Human First Marketing: The Art of Being Seen, Trusted and Remembered — makes a compelling case for why human-first marketing isn't just a philosop
How AI Forced Me to Rewrite My Entire LinkedIn Strategy
How AI Forced Me to Rewrite My Entire LinkedIn Strategy Jan 6, 2026 1158 Note: This is Episode 442, published January 6, 2026.You published a book, it hit #1, and the reviews were phenomenal. In the digital marketing world, that’s usually where you take a victory lap. But then the AI revolution happened. Over the last year, the fundamental ways we build relationships and create content on LinkedIn have shifted so dramatically that I knew a simple "tweak" woul
Agentic AI: Build Your "Micro-Agency" of One
Agentic AI: Build Your "Micro-Agency" of One Jan 2, 2026 3265 Most people are still "chatting" with AI. They put in a prompt, they get an answer, and they move on. But while the rest of the world is dabbling, the top 1% of marketers are building Agentic Workflows. They aren't just using AI to write; they are using it to act.Today, I’m joined by Matt Collette, founder of Sequencr.ai. Matt has a background at Ogilvy and Edelman, and he’s here to
AI Slop and the Long-Long-Tail: Your Biggest Missed Opportunity
AI Slop and the Long-Long-Tail: Your Biggest Missed Opportunity Dec 8, 2025 1460 Most marketers and creators agree on one thing: “AI slop” is bad for the internet. From hallucinated facts to soulless clickbait, low‑quality AI content is blamed for ruining search results and polluting the web. But what if that narrative is missing the bigger strategic picture—and quietly putting your business at risk of becoming invisible in an AI‑first world?In this solo episode, digital marke
The Storytelling Framework Your Digital Marketing Is Missing (And How to Fix It)
The Storytelling Framework Your Digital Marketing Is Missing (And How to Fix It) Dec 4, 2025 2457 Most marketers and experts don’t have a conversion problem—they have a messaging problem. Their websites, emails, and content are packed with facts, features, and “I help…” statements that never touch the emotional brain that actually decides to buy. In the age of AI-generated content and endless noise, it’s the human story behind your offer that cuts through and converts.In this episode of Your D
Ranking in ChatGPT & AI Overviews: The Ultimate AEO vs. GEO Guide
Ranking in ChatGPT & AI Overviews: The Ultimate AEO vs. GEO Guide Dec 1, 2025 2082 Is your business ready for a world where 50% of search queries involve AI?The digital landscape is shifting fast. We are moving from a world of traditional Google rankings to a "Zero-Click" environment dominated by AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Voice Search. If you are still relying solely on old-school SEO playbooks, your content is at risk of becoming invisible.In this episode I break dow
Custom GPTs vs. Projects: The New AI Workflow You Need
Custom GPTs vs. Projects: The New AI Workflow You Need Sep 29, 2025 2541 Are you feeling the pressure to build a "Custom GPT" for every aspect of your business? You might be wasting your time. While the hype cycle tells us we need complex bots, the reality for most small business owners is that we just need better organization.In this episode, I sit down with Phil Pallen, Brand Strategist and author of AI for Small Business. We strip away the enterprise-level

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