Episodios

  • 9 AI Tools Every Small Business Should Be Using in 2025 (Even If You’re Not Tech-Savvy)
    Sep 27 2025

    🤖 AI is no longer optional — it’s becoming the backbone of how small businesses compete. The good news? You don’t need a huge budget or a tech team to use it.


    In this episode of The Marketing Podcast for Local Businesses, Adam Niazi & Josh Hamit reveal 9 AI tools that every small business should be using in 2025 to market smarter, save hours, and grow faster.


    Here’s what you’ll learn:


    🎵 Suno – www.suno.ai – Create copyright-free background tracks & jingles for ads, videos, and podcasts.
    📊 Gamma – www.gamma.app – Build polished investor decks, proposals, or training slides in minutes.
    🎨 Canva AI – www.canva.com/ai-tools – Instantly design ad graphics, logos, and social posts with smart templates.
    💬 ChatGPT / GPT-5 – chat.openai.com – Brainstorm blogs, FAQs, email campaigns, and customer copy in seconds.
    🎥 Creatify.ai – www.creatify.ai – Repurpose content into short viral-ready video clips.
    📖 Scribe – www.scribehow.com – Auto-generate process docs & staff training guides from screen recordings.
    📝 Fireflies.ai – www.fireflies.ai – Record, transcribe, and summarise meetings without replaying calls.
    ✍️ GrammarlyGO – www.grammarly.com/grammarlygo – Rewrite emails and proposals in the perfect tone instantly.
    Zapier AI – www.zapier.com/ai – Connect tools and automate workflows with personalised triggers.


    💡 You’ll also hear real-world examples — from plumbers writing FAQs, to cafés responding to customers, to shops creating seasonal campaigns without hiring a designer.


    👉 If you’ve been waiting to try AI but didn’t know where to start, this episode gives you a ready-made toolkit to put into action today.


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    16 m
  • The Power of Posting Every Day: How Daily Social Media Turns Followers Into Sales
    Sep 20 2025

    📱 Ding! You just got a notification. But what if that little ping was more than noise? What if it was proof your business is becoming part of your audience’s daily routine?


    In this episode of The Marketing Podcast for Local Businesses, Adam Niazi & Josh Hamit reveal why posting every single day on social media is one of the most powerful — and affordable — ways to grow your business.


    Here’s what you’ll learn:


    💬 Humanise your brand & build trust – Show personality, not polish, and connect with customers like never before.


    Algorithm authority – Why daily posters get pushed further, faster (without paying more for ads).


    📊 Real-time market research – How daily posts reveal exactly what your audience wants.


    🤝 From followers to community – Why consistency creates loyalty, not just likes.


    🧠 Stay top-of-mind – Be the first brand customers think of when it’s time to buy.


    🔥 With stories from Wendy’s roasting tweets to Aldi vs Lidl memes — plus examples from local barbers, tradespeople, cafés, and even MMA clubs — you’ll see how any business can turn daily posting into sales.


    👉 Whether you’ve got 200 followers or 200,000, this episode will show you why consistency beats creativity — and how showing up daily makes customers show up for you.


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    14 m
  • Gemini 2.5 ‘Banana’ - Google’s AI Photo Tool That Could Replace Your Photographer
    Sep 13 2025

    📸 Tired of blurry selfies, awkward stock photos, or AI images with six fingers? Google’s latest AI update — Gemini 2.5 ‘Banana’ — might finally change the game for small businesses.


    In this episode of The Marketing Podcast for Local Businesses, Adam Niazi & Josh Hamit reveal how Gemini Banana can save you thousands in photography costs while making your brand look sharper online.


    Here’s what you’ll hear:


    🔧 The photo problem in local marketing – why stock images hurt your credibility and pro photos cost too much.


    🍌 What Gemini Banana actually does – background swaps, outfit changes, seasonal updates, and product placement that still look 100% real.


    🏪 Real business use cases – from cafés creating seasonal lattes to plumbers generating polished headshots without a studio.


    How Gemini compares to ChatGPT, Midjourney, and DALL·E – and why it’s faster, more realistic, and more “business-ready.”


    ⚖️ The ethical angle – how to use AI photos responsibly without misleading your customers.


    👉 If you’ve ever wished you had a professional photographer on call 24/7 — this might be the closest thing to it.


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    13 m
  • GPT-5 Is Here – And It Changes Everything for Your Business
    Sep 6 2025

    ⚠️ Your competitors could already be using GPT-5 to outthink, outsell, and out-market you and you wouldn’t even know it.


    This isn’t “just another ChatGPT update.” GPT-5 is the moment AI stops being a tool… and starts acting like your business partner.


    In this in-depth episode, Adam Niazi & Josh Hamit reveal exactly what makes GPT-5 different from GPT-4, GPT-3.5, and every version before it and why businesses that act now will have a serious edge.


    Here’s what you’ll hear:


    🧠 Next-level reasoning power – How GPT-5 can take a single goal and map out every step without endless prompts.


    📌 Real-world examples – From cafés to wedding venues, how GPT-5 can run entire marketing campaigns.


    💾 Long-term memory & context awareness – Why it can now remember your brand, tone, and offers across sessions.


    📸 Multi-modal superpowers – How it analyses images, PDFs, spreadsheets, and documents simultaneously.


    📚 Massive context window – How it can process an entire website or product catalogue in one go.


    💬 Human-like adaptability – How it matches your voice for customer service, sales copy, or social media.


    🤖 Agent-style autonomy – How it tackles multi-step projects and improves results without your constant input.


    ⚡ If you want AI to work with you instead of for you, this is the must-listen episode to get ahead before your competitors do.


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    10 m
  • How to Track Performance in AI like ChatGPT - Ultimate Hacks!
    Aug 30 2025

    🤖 Your website could be recommended by ChatGPT, quoted by Perplexity, or summarised by Google’s AI Overviews and you might never know it happened.


    No alert. No traffic report. No form submission.


    In this eye-opening episode of The Marketing Podcast for Local Businesses, Adam and Josh reveal how AI is quietly shaping the future of online visibility and why traditional SEO tracking is no longer enough.


    What You’ll Learn:


    ✅ What "AI visibility" actually means and how it differs from rankings

    ✅ Why AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity don't use backlinks, they use trust signals

    ✅ How to test if AI mentions your business — and what to do if it doesn’t

    ✅ Real-world examples of AI audits exposing visibility gaps

    ✅ Tools and techniques to improve your chances of being quoted, cited, or recommended by AI


    You’ll also get a behind-the-scenes look at how AppearInAI.com helps UK businesses show up in AI tools without relying on ads or expensive backlink campaigns.


    This episode isn’t just about SEO. It’s about surviving the shift to AI-led discovery.


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    13 m
  • How to Create a High-Converting Web Page (For Local Businesses That Want More Leads)
    Aug 23 2025

    🚫 If your landing page is rubbish, it doesn’t matter how much traffic you’re getting — you’re not building a business, you’re building a dead end.


    In this no-fluff episode of The Marketing Podcast for Local Businesses, Adam and Josh break down the anatomy of a landing page that actually converts — turning browsers into buyers, clicks into calls, and traffic into leads.


    From getting your strategy right before touching a single design element, to making your CTA impossible to miss — this episode gives you the blueprint used by high-converting websites across the UK.


    What You’ll Learn:

    ✅ The one goal your page needs before you write a word

    ✅ Why your offer matters more than your logo — and how to make it irresistible

    ✅ Real examples of landing page offers that triple conversion rates

    ✅ The science of visual hierarchy, mobile-first design, and instant trust

    ✅ What trust signals, stats, and local cues boost enquiries

    ✅ How to avoid the most common landing page mistakes that destroy leads

    ✅ 5 bonus “conversion boosters” that work on any local business site


    Whether you're a builder, a barber, or a bookkeeping firm — this episode will help you turn your website into your best-performing salesperson.


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    13 m
  • Make An Offer They Can't Refuse! - Inspired by Alex Hormozi & Sabri Suby
    Aug 16 2025

    What if you could double your enquiries, triple your conversions, and make your phone ring more — all without changing your prices or spending more on ads?


    In this episode, we break down the exact formula behind creating offers so powerful, so valuable, and so low-risk that your ideal customer would feel stupid saying no.


    Using frameworks made famous by Sabri Suby (Sell Like Crazy) and Alex Hormozi ($100M Offers), we show you how to ethically engineer desire and remove objections — even in a crowded or price-sensitive market.


    Here’s what you’ll learn:

    • 🎯 The psychology behind what makes an “irresistible” offer

    • 🔥 How to use Hormozi’s Value Equation to boost perceived value and reduce friction

    • 🧲 Why most local businesses are actually repelling customers with vague offers — and how to fix it in one sentence

    • 💸 How to build urgency and scarcity without sounding like a scam

    • 🧠 Real-world examples of high-converting offers in industries like trades, beauty, education, fitness, and more


    Whether you’re a plumber, dentist, gym owner, or agency — this episode gives you the step-by-step method to create offers that convert like crazy.


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    14 m
  • Pricing Psychology: The Secret to Charging More & Selling Faster
    Aug 9 2025

    💰 Want to grow your revenue by up to 25% — without a single new customer?


    In this powerful episode of The Marketing Podcast for Local Businesses, Adam and Josh reveal how small changes in your pricing strategy can lead to massive profit gains. Backed by research from MIT, Harvard Business Review, and McKinsey, you’ll learn why most local businesses are leaving money on the table — and how to fix it.


    Whether you’re a tradesperson, personal trainer, wedding photographer, or run an agency — this episode will show you how to charge what you’re worth (and more), without scaring customers away.


    What You’ll Learn:

    ✅ Why value-based pricing is up to 25% more profitable than cost-plus pricing

    ✅ How “anchor pricing” tricks the brain — and why Apple, gyms, and builders use it

    ✅ The science behind “charm pricing” (£49 vs £50) and how it impacts conversions

    ✅ When premium pricing increases sales instead of reducing them

    ✅ The power of bundling to boost perceived value without discounts

    ✅ How dynamic pricing can maximise revenue — even for local services


    Real-World Examples:– iPhones and kitchen quotes– Personal trainers, wedding photographers, and local dog groomers– Bundles that sell themselves (without ever using “10% off” again)


    Data-Backed Insights From:📚 MIT Sloan Management Review📚 Journal of Consumer Research📚 Harvard Business Review📚 McKinsey & Co📚 PwC Global Consumer Survey


    Final Thought: If your pricing feels like guesswork — this episode is your wake-up call. Don’t just pick a price. Design it strategically to reflect your brand, your value, and your ideal customer.


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    🎯 Keywords: pricing strategy, value-based pricing, how to price a product, pricing psychology, price anchoring, charm pricing, service pricing tips, pricing mistakes, bundling, small business UK, how to charge more, dynamic pricing, customer pricing behaviour, HBR pricing, McKinsey pricing, 2025 small business pricing

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    16 m