Welcome to the The Freedthinker, a marketing podcast hosted by Marcus J Freed. It's where we talk to business owners and thought leaders, looking at cutting-edge marketing techniques, what’s working in today’s business climate, how to market on a shoestring, and essential skills to get heard above the noise of the competition.

Freedthinking is a marketing agency based in Los Angeles and London, and can be found at www.freedthinking.com. We help companies get seen & heard by potential customers. Our approach is do *whatever it takes* to market your business - using both traditional and cutting-edge techniques - websites, promo videos, blogs, podcasts, social media-management, digital advertising - and of course harnessing the power of AI as it continues to evolve.

OUR MARKETING SERVICES
Promo Videos: https://www.freedthinking.com/promotional-videos
Digital Ads: https://www.freedthinking.com/digital-ads
Websites, Copywriting & Consulting: https://www.freedthinking.com/growth-marketing

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THE FREEDTHINKER PODCAST ON OTHER PLATFORMS:
APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-freedthinker/id1705696941
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/1JvB8dynCJmeagNjQ3T0VO?si=d5e640fb531f4515
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AMAZON/AUDIBLE: https://shorturl.at/cAJPY
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/freedthinking
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/freedthinkingconsulting

TODAY'S GUEST: RON DAWSON
Ron Dawson is a Brand & Content Marketing Strategist, an expert who runs BladeRonner Media. He has a background in branding, marketing, business development, finance, and media production experience, plus a proven content marketing record. Ron has worked a lot within the movie industry, whether it’s as an award-winning video editor with 18 years experience, as Senior content marketing manager for Frame.io, or as Marketing Strategist for We Make Movies. He's also very active as a podcaster, and you can check out his many video insights on TikTok!
https://bladeronner.media/


We discussed:
- How to grow your social media following for business.
- Why it’s important to create content that is specific to your social media platform.
- SEO in the age of AI
- Prompts for AI when it comes to writing blog posts, and how you can use AI to kick-start the writing process.
- Being aware of the limits of AI and ChatGPT when it comes to creating original marketing content.
- Google ranking for your blogs, and how duplicate content can affect your visibility.
- Getting the name of your business out there.
- Google advertising.
- Knowing your ideal customer and tailoring content specifically for them.

Freedthinking is a growth marketing agency based in Los Angeles. Discover more at www.freedthinking.com.

Instagram: @freedthinking and @marcusjfreed