{"podcast":{"title":"Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips","slug":"marketing-school-digital-marketing-and-online-marketing-tips-3891700","podcast_index_feed_id":3891700,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ESHO5419936864","website_url":"https://www.marketingschool.io/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c33275d8-1d35-11ef-8dc9-63277e600456/image/ec510512aa9bccd8d846b8b8d546688f.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Eric Siu and Neil Patel","episode_count":3362,"summary":"Neil Patel and Eric Siu bring you daily ACTIONABLE digital marketing lessons that they've learned through years of being in the trenches. Whether you have a new website or you're an established business, you'll learn the latest SEO, content marketing, social media, email marketing, conversion optimization and general online marketing strategies that work today from people that actually practice marketing and operate business. Approaching 100M downloads with 2,500+ episodes, you're sure to find something that will help you grow faster. Also don't forget to subscribe to our Marketing School Youtube channel to get more marketing goodness. 94849990-341d-11f1-a99b-e154abd40242","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T12:29:37.238395+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketing-school-digital-marketing-and-online-marketing-tips-3891700"},"episode":{"title":"Your Website Has to Sell Before the Sales Call","slug":"your-website-has-to-sell-before-the-sales-call","published_at":"2026-07-15T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketing-school-digital-marketing-and-online-marketing-tips-3891700/your-website-has-to-sell-before-the-sales-call","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketing-school-digital-marketing-and-online-marketing-tips-3891700","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ESHO8485979855.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ESHO8485979855.mp3","summary":"Growth Newsletter: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe Need marketing help? Visit: https://www.singlegrain.com/ and https://npdigital.com/ Want to recruit great marketers? Find them here: https://marketingschool.io/hire Neil and Eric argue the B2B website is turning into a sales rep, a proof engine that has to sell before the sales call. From there the conversation turns to investing and business economics: betting on SpaceX, treasury strategy, debt versus venture, and the mechanics of buying distressed businesses. A candid look at how operators think about risk, leverage, and where durable value gets created. Key takeaways ◾Your website has to sell before the sales call ◾Debt vs venture changes who controls the outcome ◾Distressed businesses can be the best entry point Chapters 00:00 Websites are becoming sales reps 02:09 Betting on SpaceX 05:53 Debt versus venture 10:49 Buying distressed businesses 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗟 Welcome to Marketing School, one of the top business podcasts with over 61 million downloads. Each episode delivers actionable marketing tips and strategies from two entrepreneurs who truly practice what they preach. The show is hosted by Eric Siu, founder of Leveling Up and Single Grain, and Neil Patel, co-founder of Neil Patel Digital and recognized by Forbes as a Top 10 Marketer. 🎙️ Learn More About the Hosts Eric Siu – Leveling Up: https://www.youtube.com/@LevelingUpOfficial Neil Patel: https://www.youtube.com/@neilpatel","meta_description":"Growth Newsletter: https://levelingup.beehiiv.com/subscribe Need marketing help? Visit: https://www.singlegrain.com/ and https://npdigital.com/ Want to re…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1239,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/marketing-school-digital-marketing-and-online-marketing-tips-3891700/episodes/your-website-has-to-sell-before-the-sales-call/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketing-school-digital-marketing-and-online-marketing-tips-3891700/your-website-has-to-sell-before-the-sales-call.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}