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Wired Together

Jason and Melanie Winter

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โ€‹โ€‹Wired Together is a podcast about building a life, a business, and a partnershipโ€”one conversation at a time. Hosted by Jason and Melanie Winter, a husband-and-wife team based in rural Virginia, the show explores the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, marriage, and modern small-town living. With a focus on honest dialogue, relatable experiences, and thoughtful storytelling, each episode highlights the challenges and rewards of working together, adapting to change, and staying con ...
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โœ… Meet Kaizenโ€”the 1% agency that's changing how businesses approach digital marketing. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’  We're not your typical marketing agency. We're business owners, data scientists, creators, and copywriters united by one mission: growing revenue for every business โ€ฆ
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In this episode, we canโ€™t talk about Braceyโ€™s story without rolling down the tracks of our rich railroad past. Our special guest, Randolph Hite, takes us on a trip down memory lane, sharing stories of what Bracey used to be, something about a snowball, the changes brought by the dam and lake, and the people who have kept the community special. Withโ€ฆ
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โœ… Community Over Camera The Key to Video Marketing ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’  What happens when you realize that staying "out of sight" means being "out of referrals"? Vikram Rajan built VideoSocial after discovering that even confident public speakers struggle with the consisteโ€ฆ
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โœ…From 3 Books to Bestseller: The Marketing Strategist Behind 350+ Book Launches | Keren Camou ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’  Meet Keren Camus, the serial entrepreneur and neurolinguistics expert who has launched over 350 books and transforms authors from "real-life influencers" intoโ€ฆ
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AI didnโ€™t appear overnight โ€” itโ€™s been part of computingโ€™s DNA since Turingโ€™s universal machine. In this episode Jason and Melanie trace AI back to the 1930s, wrestle with the question โ€œCan AI lie?โ€, and talk about how machines and humans make decisions differently. Plus โ€” play along with our podcast game Founders vs. Fictionals (prompt on Winterneโ€ฆ
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Fear thrives in the unknown โ€” but freedom begins when we learn, explore, and understand. In this episode, we share how fear has been used as a tool of control in technology, culture, and even faith, and why choosing knowledge over fear opens the door to creativity, connection, and hope. From Y2K scares to AI myths, from parenting lessons to troubleโ€ฆ
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โœ… A-Players and SOPs: The Foundation of Agency Growth | Alec Winter ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’  Meet Alec Winter, founder of Creators Collective, who went from living in his mom's basement after a failed VR startup to building a 45-person marketing agency dominating niches like aโ€ฆ
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โœ… The Revenue Flywheel: From Operations to Retention | Italo Leiva ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’  "Failure isn't failure unless you quit." In this episode, we sit down with Italo, founder of Pedal, who transformed early business disappointments into a revolutionary approach to revenโ€ฆ
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What do cats and computers really have in common? In this roast-style episode of Wired Together, Jason and Melanie (with AI chiming in) compare felines to technologyโ€”sleepy, self-cleaning, full of attitude, and maybe even plotting world domination. Weโ€™ll share laughs, some surprising history (including how cats helped inspire early AI research), anโ€ฆ
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โœ… Beyond Food: Creating Memorable Experiences for Restaurants | Shardul Kiri ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’  "You can have amazing food and a bad experience, and customers will never return." In this value-packed episode, Shardul Kiri, founder of Cultivate Hospitality, shares the couโ€ฆ
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โœ… Beyond Business Cards | Dustin Mack ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’  "I've never seen so many 6'4", 250-pound grown men crying on the curb than in door-to-door sales." In this compelling conversation, Dustin Mack reveals how the emotional resilience built through years of sales rejeโ€ฆ
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This week on Wired Together we sit down with Michelle Harris, co-owner of Dance It Out Studios in La Crosse, VA. From balancing business and family life along with her husband to building community through dance, Michelle shares what small-town entrepreneurship really looks like. We talk surprising lessons learned, the role of tech in running a stuโ€ฆ
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โœ… Beyond Vanity Metrics: The Path to Social Media Success | Scott Eddy ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’  "People take time out of their day to comment on how beautiful your swimming pool is, how delicious that meal looksโ€”and you don't have the audacity to say thank you? Weren't you tauโ€ฆ
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7 ways you know you run a small rural tech company. From bean-season schedule shifts and porch wasp patrols to furniture with a past, bartering (yes, pound cake counts), and pausing to pray when the sirens roll byโ€”this oneโ€™s our love letter to small-town hustle. We also unveil BraceyVirginia.com. ๐ŸŽง Wired Together is produced by WinternetWeb Technolโ€ฆ
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โœ… Why This Marketing Agency Thinks Like Scientists, Not Salespeople | Nathaniel White-Joyal ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’  "Our specialty is in failing the least, but it's still a lot of failure. To run good tests, you have to have failures." In this test-driven conversation, Nathanโ€ฆ
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โœ… Five Pillars ofRecurring Revenue | Jonathan Mentor ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’  "If you haven't gone through that three, four, five-month period where you're thinking 'How am I gonna eat?' you're not ready. That's where you get all your stripes." In this electrifying conversatioโ€ฆ
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โœ… Bridging Marketing & Sales for B2B | Jacqueline Basulto ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’  โ€œIn B2B, it's almost always that there's a disconnect between the marketing team and the sales team. Most of the time, they've never even met." In this practical conversation, Jacqueline Basultoโ€ฆ
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This week on Wired Together, we welcome legendary South Hill radio personality Greg Thrift โ€” proof that even in an age of automation, personality still wins. From his first day behind the mic to the big tech shifts that changed radio forever, Greg shares laugh-out-loud stories, behind-the-scenes memories, and a few truths about keeping community coโ€ฆ
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โœ… Why 'What's Old is New Again' in Tech Marketing | Courtney Kehl ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’  In an era of diminishing attention spans and increasing technological complexity, successful B2B tech companies are returning to something surprisingly traditionalโ€”emotional connection wโ€ฆ
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โœ… Award-Winning Social Media Success: Jake Hay of PopShorts ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’  "We see an average of 60% efficiency in our paid media spends when using influencer content." In this data-driven conversation, Jake Hay of PopShorts reveals how the most successful influencerโ€ฆ
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In this episode, we debut our brand-new tech game: Roast or Toast ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿฅ‚ โ€” where we take a stroll through gadgets past and present and decide which deserve applauseโ€ฆ and which need to be retired for good. From floppy disks to VR headsets to the trusty flip phone, youโ€™ll laugh, reminisce, and maybe even argue with us in your car. ๐Ÿ‘€ Next Episode Preview:โ€ฆ
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โœ… The Engagement-First Strategy for Social Media: Caitlyn Lopez ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’  "We're in the age of the real people. I just saw a Broadway actress removing her green Wicked makeup with a beauty product, and it went viral." In this forward-thinking conversation, sociaโ€ฆ
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โœ… From YouTube Beauty Videos to Million-Dollar Mindset Coach: Dr. Tracy Timberlake ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’  Long before "influencer" was a career path, Dr. Tracy Timberlake was building her personal brand on YouTube answering simple beauty questions. Today, she helps educated โ€ฆ
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โœ… Why Most Beautiful Websites Still Fail to Convert (And How to Fix It) | Nicholas Reed of 253 Media ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’ "Your website's never done. As your business grows, your website needs to grow too." In this value-packed conversation, former ad agency owner Nicholas โ€ฆ
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Itโ€™s game time on Wired Togetherโ€”and this isnโ€™t your typical tech talk. Weโ€™ve programmed our very own AI gameshow host to lead us through a rapid-fire challenge where we have to guess: Is this mysterious tech term from the past or the present? In this special episode, we dive into our first-ever interactive game segment, mixing tech trivia, laughs,โ€ฆ
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โœ… How Fortune 100 Companies Are Optimizing & Eliminating the Billions in Ad Waste: | Tom Denford ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’ "Brands spend about a trillion dollars each year on advertising. If you were to rank that in terms of country GDP, they'd be a top 20 country in the world."โ€ฆ
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โœ… How Strategic Storytelling Created $7 Billion Brands in Just 3-5 Years | John Bohan ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’ "Marketing moves slowly, but storytelling can be your differentiating factor that scales your business to a billion dollars in 3-5 years." In this forward-thinking conโ€ฆ
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In this episode of Wired Together, Jason and Melanie get candid about the highs, lows, and hilarity of running a business as a married couple. From stepping on each otherโ€™s toes (literally and figuratively) to the unexpected moments that reminded them why they do what they do, they share real stories from their journey with WinternetWeb. Youโ€™ll heaโ€ฆ
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โœ… How a Book Separates You From Every Competitor in Your Industry | Becky Robinson ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’ In a marketplace crowded with content, one asset still stands as the ultimate authority builderโ€”a well-crafted book. In this value-packed episode, Becky Robinson, founderโ€ฆ
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โœ… Breaking Through Cannabis Compliance Walls: Kerri Accardi of 420 Media Agency ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’ "We aired during the Super Bowl in 2019" - not a claim many cannabis marketers can make, but for Kerri Accardi of 420 Media Agency, it's just one milestone in her revolutionโ€ฆ
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In this episode of Wired Together, weโ€™re rockinโ€™ and rollinโ€™ with our favorite artificial intelligence as a third mic. Join Jason and Melanie as they explore how AI fits into the big pictureโ€”from the printing press to the smartphoneโ€”and what it means for humanity today. We dig into emerging tech, practical uses, public fears, and even ask AI what iโ€ฆ
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โœ… The Story-Driven Way to Build an Exceptional Brand | Pete Deutschman of The Buddy Group ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡@kaizenmarketing8420 ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’ In this value-packed episode, we sit down with Pete Deutschman, founder of The Buddy Group who has helped major brands like McDonald's, YouTube, and Virgin Voyagesโ€ฆ
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In this unscripted debut, Jason and Melanie Winter dive into the realities of running a tech business as a married couple in a small town. From the beauty of client relationships to midnight server drama, this episode is part origin story, part love letter to small business โ€” with AI riding shotgun. ๐ŸŽง Wired Together is produced by WinternetWeb Techโ€ฆ
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โœ… From Stage to Screen | Maddie Bumay's 6-Step Framework for Viral Business Content ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’ In this episode, Kyle sits down with Maddie Beumee, founder of Live Like Mad and former professional theater performer who's built a revolutionary system for empowering hesitant business owโ€ฆ
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โœ… The Hidden Connection Between Marketing & Revenue: 25 Years of B2B Success Secrets | Melanie Kennedy ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’ In this value-packed episode, we sit down with Melanie Kennedy, founder of Strategic Media and professor at University of Oregon with 25+ years of experience working withโ€ฆ
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โœ… From Music Composer to Media Mogul: Building a 21st Century Content Empire ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’  Meet David Wolf, who transformed his background in music production into a thriving media company producing 200+ audiobooks annually. Learn how his white-glove approach helps non-technical authorโ€ฆ
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โœ… From Freelancer to 8-Figure Amazon Expert: The Secret to Sustainable Growth ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’ After managing everything from supplements to scientific equipment, Elizabeth Green shares why most Amazon sellers struggle with profitability. Learn how founder-led brands are competing against โ€ฆ
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โœ…The Missing Link Between Social Media and Sales | Why Phone Calls Still Matter ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Watch The Video & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’ "A social media post can't guarantee a touch point." Business development expert Frank Felix shares why most companies are losing money on customer service, how to scale without increasing overโ€ฆ
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โœ… Why The Rock's Tequila Sells Out Instantly: The Power of Personal Branding in 2024 ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Listen to this podcast & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’ Meet Kyle Loftus, the brand storytelling expert who helps businesses tap into the same personal branding secrets used by Dwayne Johnson and MrBeast. Learn why flashy transitions andโ€ฆ
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โœ…Amplify, Cultivate & Elevate: The ACE System - The Small Business Marketing Formula for Success ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Listen to this podcast & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’  Meet Heather McGlone, who turned her own marketing struggles into a solution for solopreneurs and established businesses alike. Learn why it's "impossible to be in busiโ€ฆ
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โœ… Stop Using AI for SEO Until You Watch This | Expert Reveals What Really Works ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Listen to the podcast & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’ "Google just deindexed sites getting 1 million visitors." Former banking executive Lee Black shares why most SEO agencies fail their clients, how his agency achieves guaranteed results, aโ€ฆ
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โœ…Stop Making Funny Videos That Don't Sell! The Truth About Creative Marketing ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ Listen to the podcast & Donโ€™t Forget to Like, Comment, Subscribe, & Share ๐Ÿงก ๐Ÿ’ From GoPro executive to creative agency founder, Nick Stagge shares why most marketing agencies are solving the wrong problem. Learn how his "Pando Forest" philosophy helps brands tell authโ€ฆ
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