CEO M.I.S.C.H.I.E.F. Maker
Let's create some brand mischief together with the CEO M.I.S.C.H.I.E.F. Maker podcast. We are so tired of listening to shows that generically skim over the meat of business and marketing without planting a flag on their turf that represents the reality of life. Each guest Mary Kathryn Johnson interviews will share their experience with the Mindset Shifts (published on Mondays), Impact & Innovation (published on Wednesdays), and Strategy & Tactics (published on Fridays) that have contributed to their success. Only we help our listeners understand business and marketing from the Mindset required, to the Innovation...
CMM 199: How to Create Your Strategy for Clean Data, Insightful Customer Journeys, and Short Sales Cycles Using AI
Ashley Gross of AI Workforce Alliance and ChiefAIOfficer.com shares her specific strategy and tactics to solve the top 3 business problems every business experiences at some point in the business lifecycle.
CMM 198: How to Experiment and Innovate in Marketing to Maximize Results from AI
What do hermit crabs, single parenting, and statistics have in common? Ashley Gross shares a very detailed story from her youth that led to her ability to transform her corporate job into an entrepreneurial and community movement.
CMM 197: How a Need for Maternity Leave Produced $25 Million using AI
Ashley Gross of AI Workforce Alliance, and ChiefAIOfficer.com shares her mindset shift in corporate America that led to her use of AI to streamline her job, and spend time with her newborn son.
CMM 196: The Mental Conditioning Framework to Start Living Life More Powerfully Through Joy
Chris Dorris shares how to convert your complaints to expressions of gratitude through his catch, own and replace framework.
CMM 195: What Work Can You Do to Grow Innovation?
Chris Dorris shares how the inner work that goes beyond simply what is, and shows you what else is possible results in innovation.
CMM 194: How to Develop Your Mental Toughness SuperPower
Chris Dorris, The Mental Toughness Coach shares his tips for the mindset shift that starts you on the path to developing your mental toughness SuperPower.
CMM 193: How Differentiated Positioning Leads to Unique Stories and The Most Important Tactic to Create Demand
Andy Cunningham shares some key principles from her book, Get To Aha, that uniquely drive success. When a company embraces and expresses its distinctive DNA, they are truly thinking something different
CMM 192: How to Use Apple Innovation to Fuel Your Personal Innovation Like Andy Cunningham
MKJ’s conversation with Andy Cunningham, author of the book Get To Aha, showcases the innovation required to create new experiences within a job, field, or brand. These new experiences are birthed from true innovation.
CMM 191: The Mindset Shift Required to Go From PR Account Manager to Mac Launch Aha with Andy Cunningham
Andy Cunningham shares the mindset she adopted and grew that allowed her to desire, then follow her switch from PR to tech marketing and positioning leader. And, the two mentors, Regis McKenna and Steve Jobs, who opened her eyes along the way.
CMM 190: Tips to Create Content Based on a Specific Term or Idea to Skyrocket Your SEO
Steven Schneider, Co-Founder of TrioSEO shares his specific tips to quickly increase SEO success for any type of business.
CMM 189: How to Combine Short Term, and Long Term Strategies to Innovate Your Business
MKJ’s guest, Steven Schneider of TrioSEO shares his journey from Finance focused college student to blog writer for SEO, to SEO Agency owner, and how honesty, and openness helps him innovate.
CMM 188: How One Mindset Shift Can Lead to Continued Success
Steven Schneider of TrioSEO shares his mindset shift path from college student with plans for a corporate job led to entrepreneur to SEO agency business partner with Nathan Hirsch of FreeUp, and Outsource School.
CMM 187: The Contrary Strategy That Starts With the Heart, and Creates a Platform for Success
Josh Elledge shares the impact the book, The Go-Giver by Bob Berg and John David Mann, had on Josh as he created the exact strategy and tactics that have allowed his business to enjoy only inbound marketing for the past four and a half years.
CMM 186: How to Innovate Your Business to Get High Quality Consistent Connections That Create Strong Relationships
Josh Elledge shares how he innovates connections and podcasting to become uncompetitionable, and shows you how to do this, too.
CMM 185: How to Shift Your Mindset using Integrity and Giving, Which Allows You to Choose Your Clients
Josh Elledge joins MKJ in the Mischief conversation to share his experience with Adrian Kronauer, the journalist behind the story Good Morning Vietnam, and how he helped Josh cultivate strong integrity in business.
CMM 184: How To Create The Habits That Will Get You What You Want
Willpower is not enough. Ronnie Loaiza shares how to stack small successful habits to achieve anything you want out of life.
CMM 183: The Role Curiosity Plays In Innovation
MKJ explores with her guest, Ronnie Loaiza, how her curiosity as a journalist contributed to her current exploration of life and habit coaching.
CMM 182: How To Develop A Habit Of Positive Mindset Shifts
Ronnie Loaiza, Life & Habit Coach joins the conversation with MKJ to discuss the mindset shifts required to move forward in life.
CMM 181: What Strategies Will Future Proof Your Business?
Peter Lisoskie shares three strategies business owners and entrepreneurs can use to create demand for their products and services, and build relationships at scale that lead to revenue growth through alignment.
CMM 180: How to Innovate Your Business in the Current Relationship Economy
MKJ’s guest, Peter Lisoskie shares his experience and knowledge in brain science to help business owners grow using the interactive video relationship framework.
CMM 179: What Mindset Shift Do You Need To Create 21st Century Success?
Peter Lisoskie joins MKJ for the fourth time on her podcasts to discuss the mindset shift from lead generation to demand generation in successful 21st century marketing in business.
CMM 178: How to Pursue Human Connection as the Best Strategy for Success
In this episode, Brian Wallace, Founder of The Innovation Summit, shares how he connected with caring, generous, innovative people as the success strategy not only for his business, but also for the in person conference.
CMM 177: How to Innovate Your Storytelling to Differentiate Your Business
MKJ’s guest, Brian Wallace shares how to go beyond technology, and social media to innovate your storytelling as the goal for your business.
CMM 176: How to Invite New Ideas and Relationships as the Key to Your Future Success
Brian Wallace shares how he views people, places and opportunities to set himself up for business success. MKJ shares how you can do this, too.
CMM 175: How Do You Influence Consumers To Speak About You When Your Brand Is Whatever Your Customers Say It Is?
MKJ and her guest, Aaron Hassen share tips on WOM marketing, demand gen, and human-centered business relationships in an ever increasing world of AI and automation.
CMM 174: Are You Working With A Team That Markets Like An Owner? Here Is Why You Should
Aaron Hassen shares his experience in the Military, and corporate positions to “Market Like An Owner” to help his clients succeed. Is your team doing this for you and your busines?
CMM 173: What Is The Biggest Mindset Shift To Go To Market And Change The World As A Startup?
Aaron Hassen joins MKJ to talk startups, GTM and how entrepreneurs & CEOs can find their dedicated, focused team like the Spartans in the movie 300 to WOW this new generation of consumers.
CMM 172: Uncover How No Expectations, and Active Listening Can Create Scalable Success in Business
Valerie Cobb shares the exact strategy and tactics she uses to grow sales teams, and scale revenue. Use her tools to grow your own business, and share the success.
CMM 171: How Your Mistakes and Empathy Provide Momentum for Innovation in Business
When you use the mistakes, empathy and experience, Valerie Cobb shares how you can create momentum toward true innovation in your business.
CMM 170: What is the Cash Flow Mindset, and How Can You Use it with Valerie Cobb?
Valerie Cobb joins MKJ to share how being driven by cash flow, rather than revenue growth can future-proof your business.
CMM 169: The Strategy of Live-Solving vs. Recorded-Solving, and Which Will Create Greater Success for You
Jim Fuhs shares his strategies for live-solving and recorded-solving to grow your success using streaming video. Join MKJ as Jim takes her on the adventure into the details, and business use cases that will benefit most when using each strategy.
CMM 168: How Jim Fuhs is Innovating Streaming Video By Marketing The Marine Corps Way
Jim Fuhs shares his previous experience in the Marine Corps, and how that has helped him create success with live streaming video. Sounds like a mis-match, but it isn’t, and MKJ is betting that you have just such a mis-match in your past that might be just the thing you need to create success. Listen in to see how you might use it.
CMM 167: How To Transition Your Mindset To Use Streaming Video Effectively
Jim Fuhs shares his adventure from The Marines, to government contracting, to live streaming entrepreneur. He and MKJ discuss how anyone with a side-hustle, or full time entrepreneurial gig can get comfortable with live streaming video.
CMM 166: The Simple, Effective Strategy to Future-Proof Your Business Success Without Ads
MKJ shares her strategy and specific tactics to future-proof your business using interactive videos to scale relationships and revenue. She takes you step-by-step through the process she uses to create 7 interactive videos in just 45 minutes, and share them everywhere her audience consumes her content.
CMM 165: How Can Curiosity Help You Innovate Your Future?
Who is the best person with the problem that is easiest for you to solve? Why are you the best positioned business to solve it? These are just two of the questions MKJ asks to help you innovate your industry to help future-proof your business using your tacit knowledge.
CMM 164: The Mindset Shift That Will Future-Proof Your Business
MKJ shares why the status-quo marketing techniques will be less and less successful in the future, and how Category Design, and being Relatable are taking over. She outlines the specific mindset shifts she has made over the past 2 years, and how her unique point of view is creating success now, and for the entrepreneurs coming up behind her.
CMM 163: How a Positive Reputation, Work Environment, and Cash is the Best Strategy for Success
The strategy and tactics for success that Anthony Nitsos shares on this episode of the podcast include controlled growth and hiring, building a strong reputation, creating a happy work environment, and forecasting for cash. Check it out.
CMM 162: Why Innovating is Like Following a Thread From Past to Future
When Anthony Nitsos outlines his personal innovation in his business for MKJ during this episode of the CEO MISCHIEF Maker, you will be able to see clearly how you can do the same for your own life and business. Listen to this episode if you want to Future-Proof your business.
CMM 161: How to Switch Your Mindset From The Past to The Future
Anthony Nitsos joins MKJ on the podcast to share the unique mindset shift necessary for his success at SaaS-Gurus, and how you can use these techniques to create your own success, too.
CMM 160: How to Use These 3 Tools to Create Adaptive Success in Messaging
Messaging success for business requires three very important tools for predictive success. Hersh Rephun shares these tools, and exactly how he uses them in his own business, and in consultation with his clients. Are you ready to use them yourself?