Strategic Marketing without the Overhead

About this episode

In this episode, Neil Wilkins interviews Joel Miller about strategic marketing and the advantages of intentional leanness in business growth.

Strategic Marketing without the Overhead, with Joel MillerJoel Miller is the builder of a 17-year marketing agency that defies Silicon Valley logic. Joel believes that growth is not a ‘scale or die’ approach, but rather that intentional leanness can be a competitive advantage, not a limitation. In this conversation we are going to challenge that sustainable growth has nothing to do with headcount, hustle culture or sacrificing your life to scale.Visit The Sky Floor https://www.theskyfloor.com/subscribe/More content like this Neil Wilkins Online https://neilwilkins.online/category/marketing-career/Subscribe to the Neil Wilkins Podcast https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/neilwilkins/

People in this episode

Guest: Joel Miller

Topics covered

• strategic marketing
• lean growth
• sustainable growth
• marketing agency

Keywords

• Silicon Valley
• headcount
• hustle culture
• competitive advantage

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Sky Floor

Books & works: the Neil Wilkins Podcast

Places: Silicon Valley

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