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
How to Grow Your Email List and Revenue in 2026
You heard it here first: 2026 will be the year of email marketing. Not only is it the fastest way to be seen by your audience, it converts 4x higher than any other channel. If you’re not already on the bandwagon and growing your list, this episode of Marketing Sucks is required listening.
Tune in as Phil and I explore the forgotten art of email and how to use it to make your revenue explode this year. We talk about how to write a newsletter CTA that doesn’t suck, how to warm up new subscribers, and the sequences and automations you need to set up. We also share some of our hottest lead magnet tips, so you can toss that tired PDF (sorry, not sorry) and create something people will actually WANT.
Marketing sucks. Let’s learn together. Hit play to discover:
- Why most brands rely heavily on email for sales-specific content
- The unique perks of email marketing other channels don’t offer
- The #1 reason your list isn’t growing (and the crazy simple fix)
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Timestamps:
00:12 Intro
01:30 My email numbers
03:21 Why email?
04:54 Why lists don’t grow
06:55 Building a funnel
09:20 Lead magnets
12:47 Sequences
14:04 Automation & personalization
16:32 Emails to send
18:16 Action items
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