The Winding Road
This podcast is for people like us. Our career has been what some would call 'non-linear.' When we look for a job, no one - especially recruiters - can put the pieces of our experience together. We want to change careers but aren't sure how. When we land a new role or change careers, that's just the beginning of next-leveling our career. If you're one of us, this podcast is for you. Join Host (and author) Travis L. Scott as he takes what he's learned from two decades of marketing and recruiting to change the way you approach your career and, in the process, change your life.
Episodes
64 episodes
Real-Time Career Pivot Show: Mastering the Art of Juggling a Day Job and a Side Project
Do you ever wonder how to keep the momentum going when juggling a day job and a side project? This week, Nathan and Travis share their experiences with this very thing.While working on a contract with the University of Oxford, Nathan ha...
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Kenny Soto: From Music Theory Major to Top SEO Voice on LinkedIn
Kenny Soto joins host, Travis Scott, on the Winding Road Careers podcast.Kenny is a seasoned marketing leader and growth-focused professional with over eight years of experience in developing and implementing effective digital marketing...
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58:27
Lindsay LaShell: From Teacher to Marketing Agency Owner
Lindsay has had a fascinating career. She started out working for startups during the frenzied dot com era, got burned out right before the "dot bomb" happened and went back to school to earn a teaching certificate.She was a teacher at ...
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Episode 62
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49:40
Gaby Israel Grinberg- Early Career Learnings and Employer Transparency
Gaby Israel Grinberg is the Co-Founder and Chief Experience Officer at Proofpoint Marketing. She is also the co-host of the podcast,
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Episode 61
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41:42
Dan Cafiero Interview: Making an Adjacent Career Change
Sometimes we think of a career change as being a 180 from what we were previously doing. However, a common pivot is to make an adjacent change.An adjacent career change is moving into something that already 'touches' what you're already...
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Episode 60
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43:55
April Rinne - Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change
April Rinne is a futurist and the author of Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change.If there's anything that's been a constant over the past few years for just about everyone, i...
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Episode 59
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58:37
Joel Lalgee - Part 2: How to Land an Interview After You've Made a Career Change
In Part 1 of my interview with Joel, he talked about how he's built a huge following on social that now gets him paid to produce content.In Part 2, we shifted gears to talk about his...
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Episode 58
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22:23
Joel Lalgee- Part 1: How to Build a Huge Following on Social
In Part 1 of my interview with Joel Lalgee, he breaks down how he has grown his LinkedIn following to over 190K followers in just a few years. Not only has he built a huge follo...
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Episode 57
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40:57
Brannan Sirratt: How to Become a Better Writer (or Copywriter)
All anyone can talk about right now is AI and ChatGPT which leads me to the question: Is it even worth it to try to become a better writer?The short answer is: yes.If you agree and want to become better at copywriting or w...
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Episode 56
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49:03
Robbie Samuels: Croissants vs Bagels - How to Network Better at Conferences
Have you ever left a conference feeling like you could have done a better job at meeting people? Yeah, me too. That's why I wanted to talk with Robbie about his book Croissants vs Bagels where he talks about this very thi...
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Episode 55
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46:32
Alexis Scott: Things to Think About When Pivoting from Sales into a Marketing Role
Making a pivot is always challenging. The differences between sales and marketing can make this pivot even more challenging. Alexis Scott breaks down how she made the pivot and what she's learned along the way.C...
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Episode 54
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37:08
Emily Mireault: Creating LinkedIn Content to Land Your Next Job
Like many marketers right now, Emily Mireault became a RIF casualty and was suddenly in the market for a new role. After applying to numerous roles in the traditional "spraying and praying" fashion, she decided to do something different...
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Episode 53
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Mallory Lee: Taking a Sabbatical and Career Transitions
Changing jobs and companies is tough. Most of the time, we jump from one right into the other with barely a break. Mallory Lee wanted to change that, so during her interviews, she asked to take a mini-sabbatical between roles- and ...
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Episode 52
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Ryan Gunn: Navigating a New Marketing Role
In this episode of the Winding Road podcast, I welcome Ryan Gunn, a senior marketing operations consultant at Aptitude 8, a consultancy focused on marketing automation and HubSpot. Ryan reflects on his whirlwind first three months on the ...
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Episode 51
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34:51
Jenny Blake: The Power of Serendipity
Welcome to this week's episode of the Winding Road Podcast; today’s guest is Jenny Blake.We say hello to Jenny again to talk about serendipity because our last conversation got caught short (listen to Ep_41); we chat about what we think ...
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Episode 50
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36:04
How to Land Your Next Job Without a Resume
If you have a non-linear career path, you're all but guaranteeing that you're throwing your resume down a black hole when you apply to jobs and lead with your resume. In this episode, I give you the framework to never have to do th...
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Episode 49
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30:32
Dorie Clark: Taking a Long Game Approach to your Career
Welcome to this week's episode of the Winding Road Podcast; today’s guest is Dorie Clark.Dorie has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50. She is a keynote speaker and teaches executive education at Duk...
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Episode 48
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35:45
Evan Dunn: How to Grow Your Marketing Career with Twitter
In today's podcast, we chat with Evan Dunn Director of Growth Marketing at Syncari.From social work to writing poetry and creative writing to marketing Evan has had a unique career journey . Evan believes in creating conversations that g...
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Episode 47
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36:17
Stacey Danheiser: How to Become a Marketing Linchpin at Your Company
In this week's episode, I chat with Stacey Danheiser who pivoted from marketing within Fortune 500 companies to building and running her own company. This episode is like free mentoring and is a must listen for new and experienced m...
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Episode 46
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45:30
Heather Robinette: Pivoting into RevOps
In early 2021, Heather took a Director of Marketing role at a startup only to find herself laid off about 60 days later because the company wasn’t ready for marketing.This was the best thing that had ever happened to her because it force...
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Episode 45
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41:57
Robbie Swale: How to Keep Going When You Want to Give Up
How to keep going when you want to give up. That’s what many of us want to know when we’re in the middle of a career pivot or just starting out in marketing or marketing ops.Robbie Swale is the author the book by that exact nam...
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Episode 44
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45:58
Mason Cosby: Growing Your LinkedIn Connections by 10x
This week's podcast is with my good friend Mason Cosby. We chat about Mason's winding road from wanting to be a Pastor to now helping others get their dream jobs by utilizing Linkedin as a networking powerhouse.Mason is the Marketi...
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Episode 43
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1:01:56
Dayna Del Val: Pivoting Within Constraints / Do You Really Need to be on Social Media
I wanted to talk about pivoting within constraints, whether self-imposed or not self-imposed but my guest and I went off on a compelling tangent about whether or not you need to be on social media to survive as a business.In th...
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Episode 42
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54:28
Jenny Blake: Getting More Free Time
Let's face it, for some of us, time is more valuable than money. We would take a pay cut to gain more time. But what if you're trying to pivot into a new field and you need to carve out time to learn? What if you've spun...
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Season 7
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Episode 41
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33:41
Ep 40 - Fast-Tracking Your Marketing Career with Chris Roche
Chris Roche has gone from an intern to CRO to founding a successful business (Catalyst Consulting)- all in about 6 years.In this episode, he shares how he moved up the marketing career ladder so fast. He also shares in...
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Season 7
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Episode 40
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46:25