The MindShift Podcast with Darrell Evans

<p>Are you an entrepreneur, founder, or marketer wondering why your marketing isn’t converting as well as it used to?<br /><br /></p><p>Are AI tools making things easier or more confusing?</p><p><br />The MindShift Podcast, hosted by Darrell Evans, a 34-year entrepreneur, business growth strategist, digital marketing expert, early AI adopter, and Founder/CEO of MindShift Digital, delivers straight-talk insights, proven frameworks, and real-world strategies to help you grow smarter in today’s AI-disrupted landscape.</p><p><br />Drawing from 34 years in business and over $300M in client revenue generated, Darrell cuts through the noise to help you adapt, scale, and lead.</p><p><br />You’ll discover answers to questions like:<br /><br /></p><ul><li>Why isn’t our digital marketing working anymore, even though we’re running ads, doing SEO, and posting content?</li><li>What are the best ways to start using AI in marketing without disrupting our business?</li><li>Why is our cost per lead going up while conversion rates are going down?</li><li>Which marketing channels actually drive growth in 2025, and which ones are a waste of time?</li><li>How do we measure real ROI from campaigns, not just vanity metrics?</li><li>Should we build an internal marketing team or hire an agency/fractional CMO for faster growth?<br /><br /></li></ul><p>Each week, you’ll hear practical strategies, timeless principles, and AI-powered marketing insights that help you build predictable growth systems, even if you're a team of one.</p><p><br />Whether you're stuck, scaling, or simply need clarity on your next best move, this show will help you shift your thinking, upgrade your strategy, and take action with confidence.</p><p><br />Subscribe now and join thousands of business leaders ready to lead the future, not get left behind. <br /><br />Join our free newsletter at https://www.darrellevans.net/playbook<br /><br /></p>

367: Founders Who Hate To Create Content Should Do This Instead.

Join the Growth Letter for weekly strategic perspectives on sustainable business growth - https://www.darrellevans.net/subscribe Most founders at your level don't want to be content creators. You didn't build a multi-million dollar business to perform for algorithms. But here's the pattern I see consistently: your expertise, the frameworks, distinctions, and beliefs that made you successful, lives primarily in your head. And as long as it stays there, your business has a scaling problem. In t...

11-12
11:53

366: The Founder Bottleneck: Why Your Team Still Asks "What Would You Do?"

Join the Growth Letter for weekly strategic perspectives on sustainable business growth - https://www.darrellevans.net/subscribe You've built something significant, millions in revenue, solid team, strong reputation. But here's what I've consistently seen over 34 years as an entrepreneur: clients still ask for you specifically. Your team defers strategic decisions back to you. Partners expect you at every important meeting. Feels like a compliment, right? It's actually a structura...

11-05
11:32

365: The 10 Principles That Make Marketing Work (Most Businesses Miss #3)

Join the Growth Letter for weekly strategic perspectives on sustainable business growth - https://www.darrellevans.net/subscribe In this episode, I break down the 10 words that sit underneath every successful marketing campaign we've ever run - the kind that generated over $300 million in revenue for our clients over 14 years. These aren't buzzwords or the latest tactics everyone's chasing. They're timeless principles that don't change when algorithms shift or platforms die. You p...

10-29
31:14

364: The 12 Hidden Marketing Beliefs Sabotaging Your Revenue Growth. Are You Falling for Them?

Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle. Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session. In this episode, I'm calling out the 12 false beliefs that have held back most of the clients we've worked with over the last 15 years, beliefs that are costing you real revenue right now. After helping companies generate well over $300M, here's what I've learned: the toughest...

10-23
11:00

363: How We Fix FAILED Marketing Campaigns With 3 Short Sentences

Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle. Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session. Are you frustrated that your ads, social posts, and marketing efforts just aren't turning into consistent leads and sales, no matter how much time or money you invest? Continuing to ignore this core marketing issue means you’ll keep wasting resources on campaigns that fail to c...

10-15
15:15

362: The $2,070 Investment That Became $200,200 (And Why Most CEOs Miss It)

Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle. Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session. Most CEOs panic when their ad spend exceeds their monthly revenue. But what if that “loss” was actually the start of your biggest growth year yet? In this episode, I break down how one of our clients turned a $21K marketing loss into $200K in profit, and how you can apply the s...

10-08
12:27

361: After 15 years helping businesses grow, these 15 lessons changed everything

Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle. Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session. Most businesses are stuck in a cycle of inconsistent growth, chasing tactic after tactic without real results. I've spent 15 years solving this exact problem for companies across every industry. In this episode, you'll discover: Why strategy before tactics is the only way...

10-01
20:23

360: Why Your 'Ready-to-Buy' Customers DON'T Buy (And the Secret Trigger That Changes Everything)

Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle. Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session. Getting leads but no sales? The problem isn't your marketing. In this episode, I reveal the psychological threshold that every prospect must cross before becoming a buyer and how modern technology is making this process even longer. The "enough is enough" moment that trig...

09-24
17:03

359: Google Just Killed SEO? The AI Mode Update No One Is Ready For (and How to Survive It)

Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle. Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session. Google just changed the game forever, and most business owners have no idea what's coming. In this episode, I discuss Google's new AI Mode rollout and why it represents the biggest threat to small business customer acquisition in decades. I'll show you exactly what's happ...

09-17
08:11

358: How to Become Emotionally Bulletproof in Business (People Started Asking How I Do It)

Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle. Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session. Ever wondered why some people seem to bounce back from setbacks while others stay stuck, especially when it comes to growing a business? If you’ve found yourself frustrated by slow progress, comparing yourself to others’ highlight reels, or hitting roadblocks with your marketin...

09-10
11:54

357: ChatGPT Told Me Why 99% of Users Fail at Prompting

Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle. Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session. Have you ever wondered why your ChatGPT results just don’t hit the mark, no matter how many prompt hacks you try? If you’ve been using ChatGPT for quick answers or to crank out routine emails but feel like you’re missing out on its real power, or if you’re frustrated by outputs...

09-03
09:56

356: Why Your Prospects Buy From Competitors While You Sleep (The Email System That Fixes It)

Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle. Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session. Are you missing out on sales simply because your prospects slip through the cracks after their first interaction with your business? Let’s face it, most entrepreneurs and business owners leave money on the table by not fully understanding the importance of strategic follow-up a...

08-27
08:00

355: Facebook Lead Forms Were Broken Until They Fixed THIS (Now They Beat Landing Pages)

Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle. Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session. Did you know Facebook and Instagram lead generation just got a game-changing upgrade and it could transform how you attract new clients overnight? If you’ve ever struggled with complicated landing pages, expensive ad costs, or getting quality leads from Meta’s platforms, this e...

08-20
10:55

354: This Client Got $7 Facebook Ad Leads Starting With Just a $10 Per Day Ad Budget

Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle. Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session. Most service-based businesses are wasting money on Facebook and Instagram ads, and they don’t even realize it. After 15 years of running paid campaigns for companies in fitness, B2B services, and digital products, I’ve seen the same mistakes made over and over again: uncl...

08-13
14:41

353: This Dollar a Day Video Strategy Generates Real Estate Leads While Others Fail

Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle. Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session. Are you struggling to stand out as a real estate agent on social media while everyone else posts the same generic content? If you’re tired of blending into the noisy real estate market and want a clear, effective way to attract quality leads, especially in niche areas like pro...

08-06
13:41

352: 4,000 Website Visitors But Only 5 Leads in 6 Months (Here's What Killed Their B2B Lead Pipeline)

Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle. Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session. More and more B2B tech companies are hitting the same wall: revenue that used to flow through referrals and word-of-mouth is drying up. I recently spoke with a company pulling 4,000 website visitors a month but only 5 leads in 6 months. Sound familiar? After 15 years running an...

07-30
12:34

351: She Spent $74K on Marketing with Zero Results Until She Did This One Thing

Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle. Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session. In this episode, I break down exactly what happened when one of our Inner Circle members came to me feeling completely frustrated after spending $74,000 on marketing with little to show for it. Sound familiar? After 15 years of helping companies generate over $300M in rev...

07-23
13:58

350: Stop Doing All The Things: Why Your Marketing Overwhelm is Killing Your Business Growth

Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle. Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session. Feeling overwhelmed by marketing? Posting everywhere and still not seeing results? In this episode, I reveal the exact strategy I’ve used to help solo entrepreneurs and small business owners simplify their marketing—without burning out or wasting time on platforms that don’t co...

07-16
14:15

349: The SEO Secret I've Used for 15 Years That Captures Customers Before They Know They Need You

Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle. Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session. In this episode, I take you behind the scenes of a real growth strategy diagnostic call with a business owner who's doing everything right - crushing SEO, nailing social media, optimizing Google ads - but hit a plateau trying to double their business. What blew me away wa...

07-09
11:21

348: 3 Website Lead Generation Fixes That Grew This Business from 30 to 212 leads per month + 357% ROI

Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle. Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session. In this episode, I break down a real-world case study of a LASIK provider who was doing everything right: ads, SEO, radio, billboards - you name it. But despite a solid reputation and strong traffic, they were stuck at just 30 leads per month. We stepped in, ran a f...

07-02
20:25

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