Podcast
The Growth Machine
Hosted by Shane Miller · EN
Unlock the real‑world playbooks behind today’s fastest‑growing digital‑marketing agencies. On The Growth Machine, we sit down with the founders, CMOs, and growth architects who’ve cracked the code on scaling revenue, delighting clients, and building cultures that last. Every episode delivers unfiltered stories, actionable tactics, and hard‑won lessons you can plug into your agency—or any business—right away.
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Home Improvement Marketing: Scaling Through Industry Expertise with Keston Leader
2w ago00:19:59Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Growth Machine, host Shane Miller interviews Keston Leader, Founder and CFO of GrowthBoss. Together, they explore what it takes to build a modern marketing agency that prioritizes long-term partnerships over transactional services. Keston shares how GrowthBoss carved out a competitive advantage by specializing in the home improvement and landscaping industry, combining real-world industry experience with data-driven marketing to help clients achieve sustainable growth. GrowthBoss website: https://growthboss.co
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Video Content Strategy: Building Early Advantage Through Digital Media with Jim Silver
May 1600:19:37Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Growth Machine, host Shane Miller interviews Jim Silver, founder of FamFluence, a family-focused creator talent management company. They explore Jim’s decades-long journey from the toy and media industry into digital innovation, highlighting how early conviction in video content and online shopping helped shape his approach to building businesses ahead of market adoption. Jim shares how he consistently identified shifts in consumer behavior long before they became mainstream, including the move toward e-commerce and the evolution of physical retail into showroom-like experiences. The conversation also unpacks the resistance he faced when forecasting these changes, the importance of trusting long-term signals over short-term skepticism, and how his background in toy media, licensing, and entertainment shaped his ability to anticipate industry transformation. FamFluence website: https://famfluence.com
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Consultative Sales Growth: Building Trust-Driven Agency Systems with Will Haire
May 900:19:17Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Growth Machine, host Shane Miller interviews Will Haire, co-founder and CEO of BellaVix. They discuss the realities of scaling e-commerce brands on Amazon and Walmart, the importance of marketplace management, and how specialization helped BellaVix evolve into a leading Amazon-focused agency. Will shares insights on why brands need to proactively control their Amazon presence before third-party sellers damage customer experience and reputation, as well as how consultative sales, niche content creation, and long-term follow-up systems have fueled agency growth. The conversation also explores the balance between creativity and data in marketing, adapting sales conversations based on the buyer, and why giving away expertise through content can become a powerful inbound growth strategy for modern agencies and e-commerce businesses. BellaVix website: https://www.bellavix.com/
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Expanding Digital Engagement Platforms: Scaling Beyond Betting Into New Verticals with Dan Recht
Apr 2500:19:21Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Growth Machine, host Shane Miller interviews Dan Recht, Vice President of Sales at MetaBet. They explore how MetaBet operates at the center of the sports betting ecosystem, providing automated engagement tools that help publishers, media companies, and affiliates monetize sports content through real-time data and embedded widgets. Dan breaks down the complexity of the rapidly evolving sports betting landscape, where regulations differ by state, legislation changes frequently, and new market models continue to emerge. The conversation also dives into how MetaBet is expanding beyond traditional sports betting into new verticals such as streaming, ticketing, and apparel, using the same core technology to drive engagement across industries. MetaBet website: https://www.metabet.io
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Revenue Operations Growth: Scaling B2B Systems with Precision and Expertise with Rebecca Gonzalez
Apr 1800:23:07Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Growth Machine, host Shane Miller interviews Rebecca Gonzalez, CEO of Orange Marketing. They explore how Orange Marketing built its reputation as a HubSpot Diamond Partner by specializing in B2B CRM implementation, remediation, and long-term revenue operations support. Rebecca shares how many companies struggle with HubSpot systems that have been running for years without proper oversight, leading to confusion, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities, and explains why structured audits and prioritized task lists are often the first step to restoring performance. The conversation also dives into the importance of customizing CRM setups to match each organization’s workflows rather than relying on one-size-fits-all templates, along with insights into modern growth strategies such as investing in events, press releases, webinars, and podcasting to expand brand visibility when organic pipelines slow.Orange Marketing website: https://www.orangemarketing.com
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Connected Marketing Strategy: Building Scalable Growth Systems with David Butler
Apr 1700:16:00Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Growth Machine, host Shane Miller interviews David Butler, founder and CEO of Produce Produce. They discuss how modern businesses can eliminate inefficiencies and unlock growth by building connected marketing systems rather than relying on isolated tactics. David shares insights from more than a decade of marketing leadership experience, explaining how many companies unknowingly create “leaky bucket” marketing by focusing only on advertising or sales while neglecting essential components like brand, creative storytelling, PR, and communications. The conversation highlights the concept of opportunity cost in marketing—how even profitable companies can leave significant growth potential untapped when their marketing efforts lack alignment—and introduces the idea of building mature marketing functions through structured systems such as the Signal System framework. Produce Produce website: https://produceproduce.co
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Marketing Verticalization: Winning Competitive Niches Through Focused Strategy with Andrew Fox
Apr 1700:23:55Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Growth Machine, host Shane Miller interviews Andrew Fox, CEO and Founder of Foxy Digital. They explore Andrew’s journey through the evolution of digital marketing, from the early days of paid search to the rise of machine learning–driven personalization and modern performance marketing systems. Andrew shares how identifying gaps between what businesses were doing and what they could be doing led him to vet more than 100 marketing solutions and build a focused suite of tools designed to deliver measurable results. The conversation highlights the importance of verticalizing into specific niches to outperform larger competitors, leveraging advanced attribution systems to track true business performance, and using personalized video and long-tail targeting strategies to connect with highly engaged audiences. Foxy Digital website: https://www.foxydigital.ai/
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Product Marketing in B2B Tech: Driving Clarity in Complex Buying Journeys with Ian Hameroff
Apr 1600:18:24Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Growth Machine, host Shane Miller interviews Ian Hameroff, CEO and Founder of Fulcrum Group. They explore how B2B tech companies navigate the challenges of product growth in complex, fast-moving markets and why clarity is often the missing ingredient when momentum begins to stall.Ian breaks down the concept of the “messy middle,” where confusion builds between a product’s capabilities and a buyer’s understanding, and explains how leading teams can overcome this friction by creating sharper positioning and more effective product storytelling.The conversation also highlights how growth-stage companies can either protect existing momentum or reinvigorate stalled performance during key go-to-market moments such as product launches, platform pivots, or expansion into new markets.Fulcrum Group website: https://fulcrum.group
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Ethical Marketing Culture: Building Trust Through Transparency and Client Care with Max Schneider
Apr 800:16:49Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Growth Machine, host Shane Miller interviews Max Schneider, VP of Advertising at beBOLD Digital. They explore how sustainable agency growth depends on more than just winning new business—it’s about building long-term relationships, maintaining transparency with clients, and staying ahead of fast-moving marketplace trends. Max shares insights into why ethical client communication and transparency during the pitch process help drive high employee and client retention, and how a strong internal culture supports long-term growth. The conversation also dives into practical strategies for scaling digital marketplace brands, including understanding macroeconomic shifts, adapting to evolving platform dynamics, and balancing acquisition with retention to create lasting partnerships that extend beyond short-term wins. beBOLD Digital website: https://www.bebolddigital.com/
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The Future of Brand Growth: Leveraging Creators Strategically with Eric Dahan
Apr 800:19:36Tap to summarizeIn this episode of The Growth Machine, host Shane Miller interviews Eric Dahan, founder of Mighty Joy, a Los Angeles‑based creator commerce and full‑funnel influencer marketing agency that helps brands build community‑driven growth and connect with customers through the creator economy. Eric shares deep insights on the future of marketing, including what successful brands need to focus on in the next 12 months to navigate rapid change and why trusted creator relationships are reshaping how businesses grow and cultivate long‑term audience engagement.He also discusses the strategic shifts toward community commerce, building meaningful creator partnerships, and how companies can prepare for a future where attention is fragmented but opportunity is vast. Mighty Joy website: https://www.mightyjoy.com
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