My First Million

Killer marketing secrets that always work (ft. Ogilvy Adman, Rory Sutherland)

Published 27 July 2026Duration: 1h 18m
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$1M Attention Guide: 15+ ways to get eyeballs on what you're building https://clickhubspot.com/tkwc Episode 845: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to marketing legend Rory Sutherland ( https://x.com/rorysutherland ). β€” Show Notes: (0:00) Intro  (1:44) Horsepower (12:15) Reverse benchmarking (17:38) Pay attention to what irritates you (21:47) Ogilvy secrets (27:28) Marketing hacks used by Apple, UBER, McDonald's (36:35) direct response marketing 101 (1:08:50) Recommended reading β€” Links: β€’ Alchemy - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F1HOAWA  β€’ Illusion of Choice - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0857199749  β€’ Nassim Taleb books - https://www.amazon.com/stores/Nassim-Nicholas-Taleb/author/B000APVZ7W  β€’ Ogilvy on Advertising - https://www.amazon.com/dp/039472903X  β€’ Writing That Works - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060956437  β€’ When More Is Not Better - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1647820065  β€’ Scientific Advertising - https://a.co/d/0ixEJA1B  β€’ The Choice Factory - https://a.co/d/0ixa769O  β€” Check Out Sam's Stuff: β€’ Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm β€” Check Out Shaan's Stuff: β€’ Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  β€’ Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. β€’ Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/  Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC β€’ I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

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