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Using the PESO Model© as Your Marketing Operati...
On this week’s Spin Sucks podcast, Gini Dietrich digs into IBM’s new CMO Revolution study and what it means for the future of marketing leadership.
17 min
2
GEO, Trust, and the PESO Model: Why It Still Wo...
PR is powering AI visibility—and communicators are more essential than ever.
14 min
3
Why Comms Pros Are the New Visibility Engineers
Your job title hasn’t changed. But your responsibilities have.
21 min
4
Why Speed Matters in Crisis Comms: Lessons from...
What do you get when you combine a Coldplay concert, a viral Kiss Cam moment, a silent startup, and Gwyneth Paltrow?
19 min
5
Invisible to AI = Invisible to Customers: The N...
In this episode of the Spin Sucks podcast, Gini Dietrich unpacks the discovery crisis—how AI is quietly reshaping the buyer journey, and what it means for brands that haven’t integrated their content strategies.
24 min
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In the Age of AI Search, PR Holds the Keys to V...
Generative AI search is rewriting how people find, trust, and engage with information—and communicators are uniquely positioned to lead in this new world.
12 min
7
How to Implement the PESO Model© in a Zero-Clic...
Gini Dietrich discusses how you can adapt the PESO Model© to function in a zero-click, zero-share world and how to structure your strategy for discover, trust, and measurable traction.
19 min
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Why the PESO Model© Still Wins in the Age of Ze...
In this episode, Gini Dietrich breaks down why AI-generated answers, algorithm-controlled feeds, and private, hidden sharing have fundamentally changed how audiences discover and trust your content. We’re living in a zero-click, zero-share, zero-visit world—and traditional marketing tactics are losing visibility fast.
16 min
9
How to Train Your Communications Strategy
What does it mean to work smarter not harder when it comes to your communications strategy? Often a 'more is more' strategy feels like the way to go - adding content and tasks and tactics, but you'll get much better results if you focus on alignment instead of addition, and that's what Gini Dietrich is talking about this week on the Spin Sucks Podcast.
19 min
10
Turn Chaos into Order with The PESO Model©
The expectations for marketing and communications teams are higher than ever, and old systems aren't going to cut it. This week on the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is talking about how the PESO Model© turns disconnected tactics into aligned strategy, vanity metrics into business results, and overwhelmed teams into confident, focused operators.
21 min
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Drawing the Line Between Helpful Automation and...
It seems like AI content is everywhere these days - in your inbox, on LinkedIn - even in major publications. And for all the many amazing ways AI can help make you more effective, it needs to be supervised. Closely. On this week's episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is talking about how to walk the line between getting value out of AI tools, and losing the credibility you've worked so hard to build.
17 min
12
Be a Business Partner, Not a Vendor
In an environment that is constantly changing, you need to make sure that you are in partnership with your clients, and providing the strategy and insight they need to grow. This week on the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is walking you through exactly how to change your relationship from vendor to business parter.
19 min
13
Making Your Data Stories Relatable and Actionable
15 min
14
The 4 Types of Data Stories You Need to Know
17 min
15
Creating the Story Your Numbers Are Telling
This week on the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is talking about how you can take your client's data and uncover the why behind the number by asking the questions they haven't asked yet.
12 min
16
How to Measure Outcomes, Not Just Activity
The PESO Model© will help you build an integrated communications strategy, but if you're not measuring the right things - the outcomes it's creating - then you're going to have a hard time proving it. This week on the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is talking about how to stop measuring your activity, and start putting some real numbers around the outcomes you're creating.
18 min
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The PESO Model©: It's All About Integration
Doing a little bit of everything - picking and choosing tactics - is NOT using the PESO Model©. This week on the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is talking about the real power of the model: the integration. When you have a fully integrated PESO Model© strategy, then you have a replicable system that works in your sleep, with each element re-inforcing all of the others, and *that* will never be achieved by choosing and deploying individual tactics.
15 min
18
Rethink, Refine and Future Proof Your Communica...
As economic uncertainty and the pace of technological change increases around the world, the communications plans you made late last year might already need an update. On this week's episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is talking you through how you should be reviewing and updating your communications plans in light of this constantly changing environment.
15 min
19
The Evolution and Elevation of the PESO Model©
16 min
20
What AI Can Do and Why it Can't Replace You
15 min
21
The Enterprise Integration Gap
20 min
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[Replay] The 5 Kinds of Stories You Need to Tell
16 min
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The Shift In Thinking That Creates Strong Brand...
Most brand stories miss the mark becuase they're focused on the wrong thing, don't resonate with the intended audience, or lack consistency accross different channels. But there is a way to do it right, and that's exactly what Gini Dietrich is sharing this week on the Spin Sucks Podcast.
14 min
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[Replay] Winning Business without Proposals
8 min
25
Vertical Stories Need to be on Your Radar
You've seen them on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube - they're an increasingly popular and important method of connecting with the people interested in the companies you represent. On this week's episode of the Spin Sucks podcast, Gini Dietrich is talking about how to use this format, and how to integrate it into your PESO Model© strategy.
14 min