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How to Turn Happy Customers Into Your Best Sales Channel
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- Day One®
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- Mar 17, 2026
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- 1735
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Summary
Win $2,000 in credits with the Day One Network — take our 2-minute audience survey before 30 June: dayone.fm/survey Most founders who've tried PR will tell you the same thing: it was a waste of money and they never got in the media. But when Marie Dowling digs deeper, the real answer is usually that they weren't involved enough to make it work. In this episode, Alan is joined by Marie Dowling, founder and CEO of Newsary, a hybrid AI and human PR platform built for startups and small businesses. Marie walks through how Newsary works, why PR is becoming the new SEO, and how she landed enterprise client Flixbus, generating over 300 pieces of Australian media coverage. Alan challenges Marie to think beyond founder-led sales, pushing her to consider referral incentives, agency partnerships, and her LinkedIn audience as scalable distribution channels. If you're a founder who's written off PR, this episode might just change your mind. Time Stamps 02:13 – Meet Marie Dowling and her path from PR agency to founder 04:37 – Why bigger clients mean less interesting press releases 06:09 – What Newsary does and who it's for 07:02 – The pivot: from "how to write" to "what is a good story" 08:01 – Why PR is the new SEO 09:09 – How Newsary works: interview-style, not AI-generated 11:05 – Pricing: what Newsary costs vs. a traditional agency 12:32 – How Marie finds customers (and what they all say about PR) 13:39 – The real reason most PR fails: founder involvement 15:14 – Alan's challenge: scaling beyond founder-led sales 18:03 – The Flixbus campaign: 300+ pieces of coverage 19:14 – Who's behind Newsary: the team and advisors 20:16 – Co-hosting industry events: lessons learned 23:18 – Platform rebuild and January launch plans 25:10 – Marie's one ask of listeners Resources Mentioned 💸 New…