Rob Cairns

Episode 14 Email Marketing Still Matters - Rob Cairns Personal Website Show Highlights In this podcast excerpt, Rob Cairns emphasizes that email marketing remains a powerful tool for business growth in the modern digital landscape. By transitioning his newsletter to Subs...

E-Mail marketing still matters

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Episode 632 Why You Need a Website With Ryan Waterbury - Stunning Digital Marketing Show Highlights In an era dominated by AI and social media “walled gardens,” Rob and Ryan discuss the dangerous trend of businesses relying solely on social platforms. They break down why owning your ...

Ryan Waterbury and I talk about why you still need a website in the days of AI.

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Partnership Thoughts - Rob Cairns Personal Website Everyday I wake up to an email from a company wanting a “partnership”. This is a word many people like to toss around in the agency world. What these emails do not tell you is what they really want is...

My thoughts on partnershi[p requests.

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Podcasts - Rob Cairns Personal Website Best of Markham Podcast Agency Trailblazer Podcast – Marketing Till You Drop This Week in WordPress Sept 29, 2025 This Week in WordPress Aug 12 2025 This Week in WordPress July 29 2025 Inside Marketin...

I just added 2 podcast appearences to my podcast page.

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Episode 631 How to Scale a Business Without Burnout with Chris Kile - Stunning Digital Marketing Show Highlights This podcast episode features an interview between Rob Cairns and Chris Kile regarding strategies for scaling a business while avoiding burnout. Kile shares his personal journey from a...

How to build and scale your business Without Burnout with Chris Kile

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As an Agency Do You Maintain Your Own Website? - Stunning Digital Marketing Today is a day where I am working on my own business. Notice how I said working on my business, not working for my business. There is a big difference. One of the things I have not done in a while i u...

Do you maintain your own website.

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Episode 630 Why Build a Personal Brand With Anthony Gaenzle - Stunning Digital Marketing Show Highlights In this episode, Rob Cairns sits down with marketing strategist and author Anthony Gaenzle to discuss the “sea of sameness” in the corporate world and why human connection is the ultim...

Anthony Gaenzle and I talked about why you need a personal brand.

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Episode 13 Consitency in Marketing - Rob Cairns Personal Website Show Highlights In this episode, Rob Cairns, founder and CEO of Stunning Digital Marketing, dives into the one thing many business owners overlook: consistency. Whether it’s your newsletter, podcast, ...

Consitency in Marketing.

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Episode 629 AI and the Future of Marketing Strategy With RJ Taylor - Stunning Digital Marketing Show Highlights In this episode, Rob Cairns and RJ Taylor dive deep into the evolving landscape of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within digital marketing. They discuss how AI has shifted from a novelty...

RJ Taylor joined me to talk about AI and the future of marketing.

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@jimconnolly.com So nice to connect with you here too Jim!

Episode 628 Musings from an Arkansas Storyteller: On Coffee, Community, and Stories that Connect Us. - Stunning Digital Marketing Show Highlights In this episode, host Rob Cairns sits down with regular co-host and marketing expert Todd Jones to celebrate the launch of Todd’s new book, “Musings from an Arkansas Storyteller: On Co...

@tejones.bsky.social and I talk about his new book.

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Because they can be a big help to your business!

Episode 627 SEO Beyond Your Website With Warren Laine-Naida - Stunning Digital Marketing Show Highlights This episode of the SDM Show features a deep dive into SEO strategies that extend beyond your traditional website structure. Rob Cairns and Warren Laine-Naida discuss how podcasts, vid...

SEO Beyond The Website With Warren Laine-Naida

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Episode 12 The Art of Active Listening - Rob Cairns Personal Website Show Highlights In this episode, Rob Carens, Founder, CEO, and Chief Technologist at Stunning Digital Marketing, discusses a critical component of communication that is often overlooked in customer se...

The Art of Active Listening.

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All About Reviews In today’s digital world, reviews matter.

In today's Subtack I talked all about reviews.

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Episode 625 Preparing for 2026 With Ryan Waterbury - Stunning Digital Marketing Show Highlights Host Rob Cairns is joined by digital marketing expert Ryan Waterbury to discuss the strategic mindset needed for 2026. Rather than focusing on vague New Year’s resolutions, the duo div...

Preparing for 2026 with Ryan Waterbury

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Episode 624 Marketing Word of The Year With Bridget Willard - Stunning Digital Marketing Show Highlights In this episode, Rob Cairns sits down with Henry DeVries, an author, publisher, and marketing expert, to discuss the transformative power of writing a book to grow a professional servi...

What is the marketing word of the year with Bridget Willard.

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Some Words And A Tip To Share I came in last night to some really kind words about The SDM Show podcast, I really wanted to share them with you this morning.

Some words and a tip to share.

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Episode 623 Why A book To Promote Your Business With Henry Devries - Stunning Digital Marketing Show Highlights In this episode, Rob Cairns sits down with Henry DeVries, an author, publisher, and marketing expert, to discuss the transformative power of writing a book to grow a professional servi...

Henry Devries joins me to talk about why you need a book for your business.

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Episode 622 Complexities of AI With David Wilder - Stunning Digital Marketing Show Highlights Rob Cairns sits down with David Wilder, a media strategist and founder of Trust Point Exposure, to tackle the complexities of AI in 2025. They discuss the rapid transition of AI into t...

Talking about the complexities of AI With David Wilder.

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Episode 11 Privacy is Everyone's Responsibility - Rob Cairns Personal Website Show Notes In this episode, Rob Cairns, founder, CEO, and Chief Technologist at Stunning Digital Marketing, discusses a recent ruling by the Privacy Commission in Canada involving Staples. The case se...

Privacy is everyone's responsibility.

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Episode 621 The Art of Content Creation With Jake Isham - Stunning Digital Marketing Show Highlights In this episode, host Rob Cairns sits down with content creator and filmmaker Jake Isham to discuss the evolution of storytelling, the impact of AI, and practical advice for entreprene...

The Art of Content Creastion With Jake Isham

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Episode 620: 2025 Copywriting Year In Review With Todd Jones - Stunning Digital Marketing Show Highlights In this podcast episode, host Rob Cairns and guest Todd Jones review the state of copywriting and digital marketing throughout 2025. They discuss the practical use of artificial intell...

2025 Copywriting Year in Review With @tejones.bsky.social

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Business Thoughts At The Start of 2026 - Rob Cairns Personal Website We are now 13 days into 2026. I am sitting at my desk re-evluating a lot of things in my business. I do not believe in resolutions. I do believe in smaller goals that lead to bigger goals. It is much ...

Business Thoughts for 2026

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Episode 619: 2025 SEO Year in Review With Warren Laine-Naida - Stunning Digital Marketing Show Highlights In this podcast episode, Rob Cairns and Warren Laine-Naida review the evolving landscape of SEO as 2025 comes to a close. They highlight how artificial intelligence has fundamentally c...

2025 SEO Year In Review With Warren laine-Naida

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Episode 618: 2025 Marketing Year In Review With Bridget Willard - Stunning Digital Marketing Show Highlights n this podcast episode, host Rob Cairns and marketing expert Bridget Willard conduct a comprehensive review of the 2025 marketing landscape. They emphasize that small businesses must p...

Bridget Willard and I talked Marketing in review for year 2025.

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Episode 616 The Future of Work – Augmenting Humans with Practical AI With Derek Crager - Stunning Digital Marketing Show Highlights Episode 616 All About AI hosted by Rob Cairns of The SDM Show. Cairns is joined by guest Derek Crager, the founder of Practical AI, to discuss the current state and future of artificia...

he AI arms race is moving fast—Gemini 3 vs. GPT-5 is just the start. 🥊

Rob Cairns & Derek Crager discuss why the real win isn't "replacing" humans, but "augmenting" them with hands-free "Pocket Mentors."

Think with humans, not for them.

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Episode 615 Build a Foundation Before Your Market - Stunning Digital Marketing Show Highlights Episode 615 Build a Foundation Before You Market is a solo show hosted by Rob Cairns of the SDM Show. Cairns, who is the founder and CEO of Stunning Digital Marketing, emphasizes the c...

Before you chase leads, check your foundation:

Do your forms actually work? (and block spam?)

Are your plugins updated & backups running?

Do you have analytics installed?

Get the house in order first.

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Episode 10 How I Ended up in Technology - Rob Cairns Personal Website Show Highlights The provided text is an excerpt from a podcast episode where the host, Rob Cairns, the founder and CEO of Stunning Digital Marketing, discusses the formative influences that led him to...

How I ended up in Technology

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Episode 614 Digital PR and Link Building in the AI Era With Chris Panteli - Stunning Digital Marketing Show Highlights The SDM Show, hosted by Rob Cairns, featuring guest Chris Panteli. The conversation centers on the topics of digital Public Relations (PR) and link building, particularly in the contex...

Our latest podcast talkasing Digital PR and Link Building in an AI world.

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