Join Andrei and our guest on today’s episode, Sean Campbell, as they will be discussing Sean's background & story, inbound marketing and important aspects for growing a pipeline, Sean's secrets and frameworks used when consulting clients, actionable points for service businesses looking to scale in 2021, and also Seans's platforms and promo. Sean Campbell is the CEO of Cascade Insights, an author of several books on technical as well as business topics and a well-regarded conference speak. He is the best person we could have in matters of knowledge when it comes to surviving and thriving as a service firm owner or the leader of a practice area inside a larger services firm.   Connect with Sean: Website: www.cascadeinsights.com LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seancampbell/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/seanallencampbell/ Twitter Handle: https://twitter.com/sean_campbell   Connect with Andrei: Marketiu: https://marketiu.com / https://marketiu.ro   Andrei on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreitiu/  Marketiu on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/marketiu  Marketiu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/marketiuagency  Marketiu on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marketiuagency/  Email at hello@marketiu.ro   Listen to the episode on your favourite platform: ▶️ Watch the episode on YouTube: https://bit.ly/The-Marketing-Innovation-Show-YouTube ▶️ Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/The-Marketing-Innovation-Show ▶️ Podbean: https://bit.ly/The-Marketing-Innovation-Show-Podbean ▶️ Spotify: https://bit.ly/The-Marketing-Innovation-Show-Spotify ▶️ Deezer: https://bit.ly/The-Marketing-Innovation-Show-Deezer ▶️ Stitcher: https://bit.ly/The-Marketing-Innovation-Show-Stitcher ▶️ Castbox: https://bit.ly/The-Marketing-Innovation-Show-Castbox   Episode transcript: Andrei Tiu  0:13   Hello there. This is Andrei and you are on The Marketing Innovation podcast show. Our special guest today is Sean Campbell, who is the CEO for Cascade Insights, which focuses on B2B market research. He's mentoring companies on how to build a marketing pipeline that won't break the bank and grow sustainable companies with consistent revenue streams. And today, in this episode, we'll discuss growing a modern service business. So without further ado, hi, Shawn. How are you? How's the morning going?    Sean Campbell  0:39   Awesome. Thanks for having me on.    Andrei Tiu  0:42   That was short. It's a pleasure to have you here. How are you? How's the how's life? How's the morning going? I know you had a busy one. So how's the energy?    Sean Campbell  1:26   Yeah, things are great. It's gonna be like 109 on Saturday here in Portland. So which is really, really hot for Portland, like super hot, most of the West Coast of the US is just going to get kind of baked. So I'm hoping our conditioner doesn't die and all the rest of that kind of stuff over the weekend. But things are great. You know, I mean, honestly, it's been a good year for us so far, you know, overalls, business, and, you know, life's Good.   Andrei Tiu  1:54   Good stuff. Good stuff. Yeah, I mean, beach weather all around the globe, I think, you know, we depends on which area of the world you are right now. I mean, you probably have a better time really COVID. And maybe you are a bit more free to travel or there are some areas that things are not that good. But for example, you know, UK is kind of uh, at the moment. Right, right. But some of Europe is doing pretty well. How are things for you, Sean? In Portland.    Sean Campbell  2:23   Just with COVID? And that kind of thing in general?    Andrei Tiu  2:25   Oh, yeah. You know, like, travelling restrictions. And, you know, life, in general, isn't back to normal?   Sean Campbell  2:30   Yeah, I mean, Portland's interesting. Oregon, kind of locked down really early. Like, because we were surrounded by California to the south and Washington to the north. Washington had a pretty aggressive policy as a state. And then Califo