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The AI Hat Podcast

Mike Allton
Artificial Intelligence
Marketing
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Digital Marketing
AI Tools
AI In Marketing
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Generative AI
Automation
Productivity
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Marketing Strategy
Marketing Automation
Social Media Marketing
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Shadow AI
Business Strategy

AI conversations for people doing the work. Your best people are brilliant, but they're buried. Research shows high-performing teams lose nearly 70% of the week to Admin Drag, the data entry, re-keying, and status updates that were never the actual job. You're paying for expert judgment and getting expensive busywork. The AI Hat Podcast is where practitioners, not futurists, talk about fixing that... more

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Someone on your team is already using an AI tool nobody approved. And the next vendor demo you sit through will look great whether or not the product holds up on your data.

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Count the tabs it takes to move one renewal. Management system, carrier portal, the other carrier portal, quoting platform, email, Teams, back to the CRM, then a spreadsheet. That is eight, and not one of them is the conversation with the client.

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Your best people are losing most of the week to work they were never hired to do - and the fix isn't another tool.

In this solo episode, Mike Allton opens with a confession: there was a stretch of his career when a guest canceling on his own podcast... more

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Recent Guests

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Vernon Ross
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Dan Knowlton
Co-founder and Marketing Director at Knowlton Marketing
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Episode: Map the Workflow Before You Buy the Tool
Amanda Rubin
Senior VP of Revenue at Frameplay; former EVP of Growth at Enthusiast Gaming
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Episode: Redesign the Work First: Inside a Revenue Team's AI-Connected Stack
Kevin White
Head of Marketing at Scrunch, previously led growth at Twilio Segment, Retool, and Common Room
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Episode: Your Prospects Aren't Googling Anymore - Scrunch's Kevin White on the AI Visibility Crisis
Angela Murphy
Payments Elsa, FinTech AI governance expert
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Episode: Sanctioning the Shadow: A Payments Executive's Playbook for Governed AI
Will Del Principe
Growth & Solutions Engineering Leader at Thoughtly
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Episode: $1M in Sales in 6 Months Using AI Voice Agents - Thoughtly's Will Del Principe on the Agentic Shift
Tara Kinney
Founder and CEO of Atomic Revenue, a RevOps management consultancy
Atomic Revenue
Episode: How a RevOps CEO Identifies a $21M Revenue Opportunity in 24 Hours (Not 3 Weeks)
Aleasha Bahr
Sales strategy and messaging expert, creator of Black Sheep Sales methodology.
Black Sheep Sales
Episode: 80% Lead Conversion Without AI: What Sales Expert Aleasha Bahr Knows That You Don't

Host

Mike Allton
Host of the show, focused on AI-driven revenue and operations improvements.

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 61 ratings
  • Fabulous host great guests

    Mike is a fabulous host who knows how to do a great job. His guests are top-notch as well.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    S3th.me
    United States13 days ago
  • Great podcast!

    Mike is a great host and taps into the right questions to lead a meaningful conversations. Highly recommend

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    RHMorgan
    United Statesa year ago
  • The Go-To-Show For AI

    This is my favorite podcast for all ideas around AI.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Tim Cortinovis
    Germanya year ago
  • If you want to learn about AI this is the SHOW!

    Mike has been a long-standing expert in so many areas of marketing and his latest show, The AI Hat Podcast is no exception!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    GoldieCylon
    United Statesa year ago
  • Great show

    I love how Mike finds a great variety of guests and explores AI and marketing. I try to never miss an episode

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Stelzmas
    United States2 years ago

Listeners Say

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Audience finds the framework around Shadow AI and governance especially valuable for enterprise readiness.
The host is seen as knowledgeable and skilled at guiding meaningful conversations with diverse guests.
Listeners praise practical, actionable AI insights for marketing and revenue teams.
Guests are consistently high-quality and the discussions stay grounded in real-world application.

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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Why AI Automation Fails (And What To Fix First) with Ty Givens
Q: What is your approach when walking into a chaotic operation to audit processes and what's the first step you take?
Start with an investigate phase, shed assumptions, look at external customer communications, policies, and then the internal guidance to align what you tell customers with the company's vision and intentions; develop a clear plan before implementing.
Stop Losing $30K a Month Per Rep: The AI Sales Enablement Playbook with Vernon Ross
Q: How do you measure the impact of AI-enabled content like podcasts on sales outcomes?
Use a retrieval-augmented system to connect content consumption to revenue actions, measure listener-to-trial conversions, and tie that data back to rep performance, enabling weekly automated dashboards that reveal which episodes drove the most engagement and revenue.
Stop Losing $30K a Month Per Rep: The AI Sales Enablement Playbook with Vernon Ross
Q: What do you think is the first automation that a revenue leader should build to deliver quick value without a large budget?
Start with voice-to-text CRM field completion to auto-populate data, paired with AI-generated or AI-assisted task creation, which speeds up data entry and ensures CRM cleanliness, delivering immediate time-savings and a faster path to measurable ROI.
Redesign the Work First: Inside a Revenue Team's AI-Connected Stack
Q: What's the number one mistake revenue leaders make when scaling from 5 to 20 million in revenue?
Amanda explains that many leaders treat revenue as a staffing problem rather than an architectural problem; the key is designing go-to-market systems, clear account lists, and scalable processes that multiply capacity without just adding headcount.
Your Prospects Aren't Googling Anymore - Scrunch's Kevin White on the AI Visibility Crisis
Q: What is one prompt you'd suggest a marketer asks Perplexity today to test AI visibility?
Create a mega-prompt that assesses your brand across multiple sources and contexts, then run it in an enhanced thinking mode to generate a robust diagnostic.

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What is The AI Hat Podcast about and what kind of topics does it cover?

The program focuses on practical AI adoption for revenue teams, operations, and marketing, emphasizing redesigning work before deploying tools. Episodes explore how governance, clear workflows, and a “digital crew” of AI agents can reduce admin drag, improve onboarding, and accelerate revenue outcomes. Expect hands-on frameworks, concrete case studies, and candid discussions about Shadow AI, pilot pitfalls, and how to measure real ROI rather than chasing shiny tools. A standout thread is moving from AI that merely talks to AI that does the work, with governance and organizational alignment treated as prerequisites for scalable success.

Noteworthy is a strong emphasis on governance, ethics, and practical playbooks (workflow-first, stack orc... more

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