Grounded Content Creators & Guests

With a lifetime of experience telling stories in video and film, Marion launched the Spartan Up podcast with Spartan founder and CEO, the show has grown to a stable of 10 co-hosts, published more than 600 episodes, and has been viewed or listened to more than 30 million times. Today Marion hosts "Grounded Content" podcast & coaches podcasters to find success.

Jessica Kupferman is an internet and digital marketing pioneer who helps content creators grow and monetize a loyal, rabid fan base through understanding connection and the power of influence. She has worked on the branding and messaging for large corporations such as Comcast and Subaru, as well as with hundreds of bloggers, podcasters and online entrepreneurs, by teaching personality-driven social media and sales strategy. She is the co-host and co-founder of the She Podcasts brand, which currently supports over 10,000 female podcasters and has a digital marketing reach of over 50,000 content creators. She started a podcast advertising agency, JK Media Agency, in 2015 and then sold in 2017 to pursue her passion for helping independent podcasters create connection and step into their influence. Currently, she is the Head of Marketing for Rebel Base Media and loves helping their members prepare for success in podcasting.

Chris Brogan is an American author, journalist, marketing consultant, and speaker about social media marketing.

Marz has a proven track record in earned media, podcast guest booking and team management. In one year they successfully booked over 100+ earned media placements and led their team in the booking of 1,000+ earned media placements featuring thought leaders on podcasts. Recognized for their leadership skills, Marz has also been the Executive Producer and Project Manager across multiple podcasts.

Chris Stone is inspired to help inspiring brands and motivated entrepreneurs share their stories and maximize their missions via the power of podcasting, live streaming and digital marketing.He founded Cast Ahead after the success of his own co-hosted podcasts changed his life and truly believes that everyone deserves to be heard by using their own voice in their own way.Chris' goal is to be a team member with passionate entrepreneurs & ambitious businesses by integrating podcasting and/or live streaming into their business goals, educate their customers in a creative way – which will in turn attract more listeners, viewers & customers.He's worked with numerous companies, corporate brands & regional startups to not only drive their podcasts into Apple Podcasts charts – but garnered multiple viable leads for these partners via podcasting & livestreaming that resulted in incremental revenue for their companies.Chris has a long-standing history with audio & music in particular, having started his career at Sony Music in the 90’s before deciding to Cast Ahead into the future.

She's always jonesing for a story. She started bird-dogging stories for The Jerry Springer show and never looked back. She's hooked on telling the stories of outsiders. Maybe that’s because there weren’t many Jews where she grew up, and she knows how they feel. She tells the stories that no one else will tell. At least not the way she does it. It’s kinda her thing. And then she gets her daddy’s advice about what she's uncovered. Golden.Do yourself a favor and listen to the podcast, Better Call Daddy, on your favorite platform. The people are real, and their stories are amazing.

Bill Phillips is the founder & president of the Bill Phillips Editorial Consulting, former editor-In-chief of Men’s Health Magazine, writer and best-selling author of the book, The Better Man Project.

Jeffrey Madoff is a director, photographer, writer, Professor, and Founder & CEO of Madoff Productions.

Michael Schein is a writer and author of the book, The Hype Handbook.