Jack Monson
Host of Social Geek
Jack Monson is the President of Brand J the leading franchise development marketing agency. This division of BizCom Associates has told the stories of more than 400 franchise brands via videos, articles, social channels, websites, podcasts, and paid advertising.
Jack is also the owner and host of Social Geek, a Top 25 Marketing podcast on Apple and the number one podcast in Franchising. Social Geek is celebrating its 16th year with nearly 1.5 Million downloads.
He has been working with franchise systems and enterprise brands in digital marketing for two decades after working in radio and public relations in Chicago.
Jack currently serves as the Chair of The International Franchise Association’s Marketing & Innovation Committee and a member of IFA’s Supplier Forum Advisory Board and writes a regular column for Franchise Update Media.
Jack Monson has hosted 1163 Episodes.
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Newsworthy Blogging
April 7th, 2011 | Season 2 | 1 hr 59 secs
Blogging is all about communication. Anyone can become an online publisher and build an online community.
Join us as we discuss what is newsworthy in bloggi
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Podcamp Nashville 2011 Review
March 31st, 2011 | Season 2 | 1 hr 11 secs
Our guest, Thomas Scott from Brand Journalists attended Podcamp Nashville last week. His blog post describes the Podcamp as a free and interactive forum for blo
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Social Web Communications
March 24th, 2011 | Season 2 | 1 hr 38 secs
This week our guest is David Murray, Director of Social Web Communications for re:group. re:group, inc., is a privately held, national brand marketing firm loca
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Time to "Poke The Box"
March 17th, 2011 | Season 2 | 1 hr 16 secs
The Domino Project created a worldwide street team. AK Stout is one of the members of the team and Domino Project. The team consists of individuals who are on a
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What's Google Places and Merchant Circle?
March 10th, 2011 | Season 2 | 1 hr 1 min
Watch this YouTube video of AK as she describes the importance of using Google Places and Merchant Circle and why it should be part of your online presence as a
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What Happened at IFA In Vegas Is Shared!
February 24th, 2011 | Season 2 | 1 hr 1 min
Ken Walker, CEO of Driven Brands declared "Franchising Is Back!" to IFA attendees at the 51st annual convention held in Las Vegas.
Deb Evans attended the conv -
Business Development With LinkedIn
February 17th, 2011 | Season 2 | 1 hr 19 secs
On Thursday, February 17th while Deb is traveling back from the International Franchise Association Convention, AK will be joined by guest co-host Dana Lopez of
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Virtual Attendance to #IFA
February 10th, 2011 | Season 2 | 1 hr 16 secs
On February 10th AK and Deb welcome guest, Greg Pitkoff, Managing Director of GRiP Communications.
Greg has been working in the franchise community for nearl
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Innovative Social Shopping
February 3rd, 2011 | Season 2 | 1 hr
AK Stout will be traveling to a speaking engagement on Feb 3rd and not available for Social Geek Radio. She will be missed but Deb welcomes BJ Emerson as co-ho
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Empowerkit - Converting Website Visitors To Customers
January 27th, 2011 | Season 2 | 1 hr 1 min
Chris Anderson joins AK Stout and Deb Evans to discuss how independent business owners can attract and convert customers online through their own blogs, website
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Measuring Franchisee Satisfaction
January 20th, 2011 | Season 2 | 1 hr 32 secs
Join AK Stout and Deb Evans as they chat with Michelle Rowan, COO of Franchise Business Review. Franchise Business Review (FBR) is a market research company in
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What Is It Like To Attend CES?
January 13th, 2011 | Season 2 | 1 hr 1 min
This week AK Stout and Deb Evans welcome Justin Brackett as special guest. Who is Justin Brackett you ask. He is: A Social Media Evangelist. Entrepreneur. Blog
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Social Geek Radio 2011 Kickoff
January 6th, 2011 | Season 2 | 59 mins 37 secs
Deb Evans welcomes new co-host AK Stout, founder/owner of Saying It Social, LLC. With a degree in Marketing, AK prides herself in finding ways to utilize her kn
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Social Technology Strategic Planning
December 16th, 2010 | Season 1 | 1 hr 6 secs
We are coming to the end of 2010 and time to plan for 2011. What will you Social Technology Strategic Plan look like? Do you have a social media road map? Are y
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Social Media Policies and Best Practices
December 9th, 2010 | Season 1 | 1 hr 26 secs
Our guest this week is Tracey E. Diamond, Esq from Hyland Levin Attorneys At Law. Tracey practices in the areas of employment law, human resources counseling an
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Twitter Marketing An Hour A Day...really!
December 2nd, 2010 | Season 1 | 1 hr 1 min
Our first guest for the month of December will be Hollis Thomases.
Hollis has built a reputation as online marketing’s “Voice of Reason.” In January 2010, T