Marketing Sucks
Marketing Sucks is the podcast for business owners who are looking for practical, fun, and strategic ways to get noticed online, and don’t want to sit through 30 minutes of filler to get to the good stuff.
Each week, Grind Social Media + Co founder Amanda Casinha sits down with the industry’s most interesting and unconventional ad experts, funnel developers, content creators, and changemakers to explore their off-the-beaten-path strategies and experiences in the world of marketing and business — and dig into real stories of failures, strategies, and how they got their jaw-dropping results.
Marketing Sucks
Latest Episodes
Q4 Marketing Planning: Why Your Holiday Campaigns Need to Start in Summer
This week on Marketing Sucks, Amanda and Phil are talking about why thinking about Christmas in the summer might suck, but scrambling through Q4 sucks even more. In this episode, they break down why July and August are the perfect time to start...
Future Demand Marketing: Why Performance Marketing Alone Won’t Grow Your Business
This week on Marketing Sucks, Amanda and Phil are talking about why performance marketing alone is not enough to build a business that lasts. After seeing James Hurman speak in Toronto about his book Future Demand, they break down the differenc...
Leaving Corporate for Entrepreneurship: Phil Ginther on One Year of Business Ownership
This week on Marketing Sucks, Amanda sits down with co-host, husband, and Grind Media Group partner Phil Ginther to celebrate his one-year anniversary of leaving corporate life and stepping into entrepreneurship. In this honest, funny, and very...
Influencer Marketing Strategy: Dos, Don’ts, and Common Mistakes
This week on Marketing Sucks, Amanda is joined by Chelsea Clark, founder and CEO of Momfluence, to break down what brands get wrong about influencer marketing and what actually makes creator partnerships work. From unrealistic expectations and ...
Visibility Fatigue and Self-Doubt: Why Showing Up Online Feels So Hard for Women in Business
This week on Marketing Sucks, Amanda is joined by award-winning psychotherapist Natacha Pennycooke for a real conversation about visibility fatigue, self-doubt, comparison, and the emotional cost of constantly showing up online. They unpack why...
