About this episode
Austin Holmes is the founder of Publicity for Good, the number one communications firm for purpose-driven brands, with nearly 10 years of building brands, managing media, and helping companies scale through the power of awareness and positioning. With two acquisitions on the horizon and a following of 20 million across one potential deal, Austin knows what it takes to go from grinding it out to breaking through. In this episode, Austin and Jackson dig into why most entrepreneurs are addicted to conversion tracking at the expense of brand awareness, the hidden attribution problem killing ad budgets, and why publicity done right can change everything overnight.🔔 Subscribe for weekly entrepreneur interviews and real business strategies.0:00 - Introduction: meet Austin Holmes, founder of Publicity for Good 1:00 - PR, advertising, and why most businesses aren't ready to scale 3:00 - CPG brands vs. personalities: different needs, different strategies 5:00 - 10-year overnight success: Cardone Ventures and hiring in Brazil 7:00 - Two acquisitions coming: doubling agency size and 20M followers 9:00 - AI tools, API comparisons, and the AI Marketplace launch 11:00 - Grant Cardone: virtues, vices, and what James Allen teaches us 14:00 - Jake Larsen, Video Power Marketing, and Jackson's origin story 18:00 - The NordicTrack campaign: $15K in ads, $430K in sales 20:00 - The attribution trap: why conversion addiction kills brands 22:00 - Laserway: from 8 to 40 locations by changing one number 24:00 - Branding vs. tracking: what Facebook, Google, and Geico understand#VisionProsLive #AustinHolmes #PublicityForGood #BrandAwareness #PRStrategy #EntrepreneurMindset #MarketingStrategy #PurposeDrivenBrands #BusinessGrowth #JacksonCalame