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The MindShift Podcast with Darrell Evans

Darrell Evans, Digital Marketing and Business Growth Strategist for Scaling Brandswww.darrellevans.net

Are you an entrepreneur, founder, or marketer wondering why your marketing isn’t converting like it used to?

Are AI tools making things easier—or more confusing?

Welcome to The MindShift Podcast, hosted by Darrell Evans—34-year entrepreneur, business growth strategist, digital marketing expert, early AI adopter, and Founder/CEO of MindShift Digital.

This podcast delivers straight-talk insights, proven frameworks, and real-world strategies to help you grow smarter, in today’s AI-disrupted landscape. Drawing from 34 years in business and over $300M in client revenue generated, Darrell cuts through the noise to help you adapt, scale, and lead.

You’ll find answers to questions like:

- Why isn’t our digital marketing working anymore, even though we’re running ads, doing SEO, and posting content?

- What are the best ways to start using AI in marketing without disrupting our business?

- Why is our cost per lead going up while conversion rates are going down?

- Which marketing channels actually drive growth in 2025 — and which ones are a waste of time?

- How do we measure real ROI from digital marketing campaigns, not just vanity metrics?

- What’s the best way to align our sales and marketing teams for better results?

- Should we build an internal marketing team or hire an agency/fractional CMO for faster growth?

- Is SEO still worth it in the age of AI and paid media dominance?

- How can we differentiate our brand when our competitors are saying the same things?

- Can we grow our business without hiring more people or increasing overhead?

Each week, you’ll hear practical strategies, timeless principles, and AI-powered marketing insights that help you build predictable growth systems for your business—even if you're a team of one.

Whether you're stuck, scaling, or just trying to get clarity on your next best move—this show will help you shift your thinking, upgrade your strategy, and take action with confidence.

Subscribe now and join thousands of business leaders and marketers ready to lead the future, not get left behind.


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Episodes

20: Throw Out Your Goals and DECIDE

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: In 2010, I started telling people to "throw out their goals and just decide." Some people thought I was a little crazy since I've been a pretty goal-driven guy all my life. But when I explain my viewpoint, most un...

Dec 10, 201927 min

19: 3 Steps to Your Next Breakthrough

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: If you have ever found yourself in a place you didn't expect to be, this episode is for you. Life can be funny, right? One day everything is going right. The next day you're like what the heck just happened. The c...

Dec 03, 201925 min

18: Climbing The Corporate Ladder of Success with Lois Haycock, Founder - My Stiletto Success

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Lois Haycock is a 30+ year retail and e-commerce veteran specializing in project management and business analysis of customer-facing systems and software in male-dominated industries. After raising her kids, Lois ...

Nov 19, 201938 min

17: 4 Ways to Eliminate Toxic People From Your Life (The 4 D’s)

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Chasing big dreams is hard. Dealing with toxic people makes the journey worse. Whether these toxic people are family, friends or foes, you have your work cut out for you. It's important to shield yourself from neg...

Nov 12, 201929 min

16: The Unstoppable Factor with De' Borah Fortune-Stott, Founder - Girlfriends Creating Wealth

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: My guest today believes there is no excuse to accept a life of mediocrity. But In 2007, her world came crashing down in a major way. She describes her situation as going from the mountaintop to the valley to the a...

Oct 29, 20191 hr 2 min

15: 9 Simple Ways to Reduce Stress

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: As an entrepreneur, leader, stress can seem like second nature. We say, "It is what it is." "It's a part of the grind." But is that the right mindset? Ignoring stress or handling it in wreckless ways can work agai...

Oct 22, 201925 min

14: Safe is the New Risky

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Are you someone who has a feeling deep down in your heart that you were meant for more? Is there something inside you that is unsettled in your career, your life, health wealth for fulfillment. Maybe you've been p...

Oct 15, 201922 min

13: Ship It (To Accomplish Your Goals)

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: My take on Steve Jobs's famous quote: "Real artists ship." What really holds us back from getting our ideas out into the marketplace. 3 Things: Fear of Failure Perfectionism Fear of Judgement Let's fix that today....

Oct 08, 201924 min

12: A New Way to Achieve Financial Freedom with Anthony Faso, Founder - Infinite Wealth Consultants

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Faced with doubt and concern over his clients and his family's financial future, Anthony Faso opened his mind to new ways to achieve financial freedom without the risk of Wall Street. Anthony Faso is a self-procla...

Oct 01, 201954 min

11: Productivity Tips for Entrepreneurs with Amber De La Garza, The Productivity Specialist

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: With demands, overwhelm and stress taking over her life. Amber had to figure out how to make time for what mattered most. Today, Amber De La Garza is The Productivity Specialist! She is a sought-after coach, train...

Sep 24, 201946 min

10: How to Overcome Failure with Jeremy Kean, Serial Entrepreneur

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: After finding himself in bankruptcy, he had to overcome failure and went on to build a thriving business around laundry detergent. Diagnosed with ADHD at 18, he went on to build a successful career in real estate ...

Sep 17, 201953 min

9: Mindset for Success with Stormie Andrews, Co-founder - Yokel Local

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Stormie Andrews is the Co-Founder of Yokel Local Internet Marketing Host of the Powerhouse Experts Podcast and creator of The World's Best Buyer Persona. He is an award-winning author for "Power of the Platform, S...

Sep 10, 201949 min

8: Doing What You Love with Eric Evans, Founder - Specimen Training

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Eric Evans has been an athlete his entire life. He also happens to be my brother. He's won a state football championship, set an American record in powerlifting, won multiple national weightlifting championships, ...

Sep 03, 201955 min

7: Becoming Healthy and Happy with Roz Harris, Founder - The Fit Chicks Movement

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Fresh out of college, Roz Harris landed her dream job on Wall Street. 7 years later, she hated it. She pivoted and went back to school and earned her MBA from Darden. It was during that time, she found her true pa...

Aug 27, 201952 min

6: Fighting Fires with First Responder, Nino Galloway

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: What does it take to run into a burning building when everyone else if running out? How does someone stay motivated to do the hard work in service when they are also putting their life on the line. Today's guest i...

Aug 20, 201946 min

5: Navigating Career Change From Success to Significance w/ Marcel Baker

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: How do you make a career change when you’re successful and have a great salary but you know it’s not your passion? If you’ve ever had a feeling that you’re not doing what you were called to do, then you’re not alo...

Aug 13, 201945 min

4: Don't Let Anyone Tell You You Can't Do Something with Will Reed, CEO - Flight Tyme Pro Performance Training

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: We all face critics (or haters) who tell us we can't do something. What do you do when that critic stands in the direct path of your goal? On this episode, Will Reed, Founder of Flight Tyme Pro Performance talks a...

Aug 06, 20191 hr 2 min

3: Why Traditional Schooling Fails Our Young Men

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: How can we empower youth, especially minorities to shape a successful identity amidst adverse circumstances? Without guidance and a structured approach, young individuals may continue to struggle with identity for...

Jul 23, 201937 min

2: Defying the Odds: The Story of a Wheelchair Athlete’s Rise to Fame and Transforming Lives of People With Disabilities.

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Have you ever wondered how someone can turn a life-altering trauma into a triumph that inspires millions? In today's rapidly changing society, many of us face unexpected challenges that can derail our dreams. Regg...

Jul 22, 201947 min

1: Why Focusing on Your Inabilities Might Be Holding You Back

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Have you ever felt stuck at a crossroads, unsure how to leverage your innate abilities to fuel a significant life change? In this premiere episode of The MindShift Podcast , Darrell Evans shares the transformative...

Jul 22, 201942 min

The MindShift Podcast Trailer

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want my team to help you market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: A podcast for entrepreneurs. Real stories and real strategies on how entrepreneurs navigate the road from inspiration to realization and when life knocks them down, from breakdown to breakthrough. Host, Darrell Evans is a serial ...

Jul 22, 20196 min
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