Tony Zambito discusses his journey into the study of buyer personas, and how businesses can understand their buyers on a deeper level. He touches on content marketing and marketing automation, and advises marketers to think about multiple buying scenarios when strategizing the buyer experience, as it is not one size fits all.

Michael talks about the difference between effective and ineffective content, and provides tips to marketers looking to prove ROI on content marketing. He discusses what makes a great thought-leader and the top three thought-leaders he is following right now.

Entrepreneur and professional artist, Jennifer Gough, speaks with Alan about finding her purpose in her art and how she completely changed her career to follow her passion. Jennifer’s mission is to inspire people to follow their dreams, and make their passions happen. 

Journalist, publicist and marketing genius, Mitch Joel, talks about being a marketer's marketer and how his focus is on teaching marketers how to market, not just advertise. Mitch talks about starting his digital marketing agency, Twist Image, and discusses the tough task of creating content that is not interruption based.

Marketer Maurice Allin speaks with Alan about the anthropology of branding. Brand ethnography is about understanding customer/brand interaction while customer anthropology is about understanding human behaviour in the absence of our brand.

In this episode of AQ’s Blog & Grill, Mike talks about selling his family company, Unitron Hearing, and how it sparked his passion for investing. Mike shares what he looks for in a company when thinking about investing, and provides advice for startups looking for investment.

Jay Baer, New York Times bestselling author of Youtility, speaks with Alan about businesses being useful to their customers and clients, not simply being promotional.

Ann Handley, chief content officer at MarketingProfs, speaks about how storytelling needs to be at the heart of an organization's content marketing, where MarketingProfs finds its content inspiration, and where businesses can find inspiration for their own content. 

Gary Vaynerchuk, the hardest working man in social media, talks about how he takes time to engage with his audience on social media and how content marketing is overflowing on the internet. He touches on his worries that young entrepreneurs think business is easy, the fairness of capitalism and how he built his brand.

Guy Kawasaki, master of business, marketing and branding, speaks with Alan Quarry on AQ's Blog & Grill about the venture capital game, why the investors/startup relationship is like meeting the right woman, and how startups and entrepreneurs can get marketing for free.