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A Podcast to Inspire Your Business's Path Forward

The Smart Route podcast is dedicated to fueling business success through innovation, insights, and inspiration.

With a focus on customer storytelling and connecting with industry thought leaders, our episodes chart the unique journeys that modern marketers, salespeople, and business owners navigate. By shining a light on their challenges, solutions, and successes, we aim to provide a roadmap for listeners to plan their path forward.

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Episodes

Scaling Your Business: Transitioning from a Startup to Growth Company

When Laure and Todd Fisher first began CTM, they never imagined they would transition their business from a home-based startup to a $30 million dollar growth company with over 70 employees in just 10 years, without investors. But they did, and now have some practical takeaways for other businesses on the cusp of a similar transition.

How to Grow Your Business with Profitable PPC Advertising

In this episode, John Horn of StubGroup and CTM’s Strategic Partner Manager, Courtney Tyson, discuss three things that make or break a PPC ad campaign, the impact of consumer privacy on marketing innovation, today’s biggest challenges in ad targeting, and how to maximize digital ad returns in an internet without cookies. 

How to Crush SaaS Customer Onboarding

Listen now to Smart Route’s episode with Naomi Aiken and host, Courtney Tyson, to learn practical steps you and your company can take to boost ROI for clients, create achievable onboarding timeframes, and find the perfect balance between automation and personalization.

From Retail to SaaS, Consumer Behavior is Changing E-commerce and Marketing

Building and marketing your brand has never been more crucial to your company’s success. But how do you evolve your brand to meet today’s changes in consumer behavior? Or cultivate customer loyalty in a sea of competition, both on and offline? Explore these questions and more on our 10th Smart Route episode, with fashion retail entrepreneur and boutique owner, Wendy Rabin, and a marketing expert at a local SaaS company, Erika Rollins. Listen in as Wendy and Erika discuss everything from e-commerce and human-to-human marketing to the impact of clothes on confidence.

The Ins and Outs of Google My Business

Google My Business is a powerful tool capable of growing your customer base and attracting new business. But is your profile really driving results? Join us for a conversation with Joy Hawkins, a local SEO expert and founder of Sterling Sky, to discover new ways to boost your search rankings, highlight your business’ best offerings, and the five fields that most impact your business’ search performance.

Meet The Host

Courtney Tyson 

Strategic Partnership Manager, CallTrackingMetrics

Courtney Tyson has spent her career in the media and SaaS worlds, collaborating with marketers and communicators at top corporations and brands. Her passion is partnering with our clients to best understand their business objectives and personal wins in order to help drive success.