Episode 33

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Published on:

9th May 2021

033 with Jeremy Knauff CEO of Spartan Media

Jeremy Knauff is a Marine veteran who ran a successful marketing agency until a health crisis nearly killed him and destroyed his business. He rebuilt from that devastating loss by developing a process that his agency now uses to turn clients into the authority in their industry.

Episode Highlights:

  • 01.25- Trials and tribulations of Jeremy Knauff
  • 02:30- Jeremy Knauff went through a health crisis
  • 03:34- Jeremy developed a process to turn people into authorities in their industry
  • 11:07- Veteran's are great at doing the job but are not great at demonstrating capabilities and self-promotion
  • 12:21- Adapt and overcome 
  • 13:43- Leveraging the digital landscape to becoming an authority 
  • 17-43- Becoming an authority by sharing knowledge and experience, and building a community
  • 20:42- The foundation of building authority in an industry
  • 23:57- The Spartan Media 


Key Points:



  1. Learn from failures and build resilience from them. If you can't work the same way that you used to, find smarter ways to do things.
  2. Get out there whether it's digital or in the physical world, to demonstrate capabilities and heighten self-promotion
  3. Sharing your knowledge and experience, and building a community around your brand, are the key to becoming an authority


Quotes:

  • “We learn so much more from our failures than we ever will from our success”- Jeremy Knauff
  • “In the marketing industry, if you don't have case studies or clients that you can use as an example,  you're nobody”-Jeremy Knauff
  • “The bottom line is there's a lot of opportunities out there if we're willing to take it.”-Jeremy Knauff
  • “Regardless of the circumstances, focus on your goal, adapt, and overcome.”- Jeremy Knauff
  • “Leverage the digital world to find and learn new knowledge and skills, stay up to date on it and keep refining because that's how we're going to be good at it. “- Jeremy Knauff

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Jen Amos

Jen Amos is an award-winning podcaster and entrepreneur. She first found podcasting in summer 2019 as a way to work through depression and bouts of loneliness after moving from San Diego, CA (her home of 20+ years) to Hampton Roads, VA in pursuit of new business ventures.

Jen actively seeks to find common ground through conversation and storytelling to foster connection, community, and collaboration. She is known for her active listening skills, candidness, and ability to uncover insightful stories and universal lessons while conversing with her guests. Her favorite topics to cover on her podcast shows involve military families, entrepreneurs, and Filipino American culture. Since summer 2019, she has conducted 600+ podcast interviews.

Jen received her Bachelor’s in Journalism with an emphasis in Public Relations at San Diego State University. For more than a decade, she has made a living in sales and entrepreneurship with experience in the legal industry, online marketing, and now financial services.

During her leisure time, she enjoys exercising, watching and studying her favorite shows, and volunteering at her church.