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The Marketing Boost is a podcast for business owners, marketers, and entrepreneurs who want real talk about what it takes to grow. Hosted by Leon Hitchens, each episode features candid conversations with business owners from San Antonio and beyond, covering the strategies, challenges, and lessons that actually shaped their success. Whether you're running an agency, building a startup, or trying to... more

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Ryan Beltran joins the show to discuss ChainCraft, a platform merging AI and blockchain to make game creation and digital asset ownership frictionless. By treating blockchain as background infrastructure rather than a tech barrier,... more

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Vincent Oliver joins Leon to explain why the "AI Agent" craze is often a trap for small businesses. They discuss the shift toward Marketing Engineering, where AI is used to build cheap, reliable custom code rather than expensive, unpredi... more

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In this episode of The Marketing Boost, Leon sits down with longtime friend Jon Garcia, the creator behind the viral TikTok account StrikingEye. After leaving an eight-year career at Geekdom and facing personal loss, Jon turned to co... more

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Matthew Kanakidis didn't set out to build a tech empire; he just wanted a place to live. After getting scammed while looking for an apartment at UTSA, he realized the leasing industry was stuck in the Stone Age.

Today, as the CEO of RentBamboo, Matt... more

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▶️ In this episode of the Marketing Boost, we sit down with Franklin Morris, founder and CEO of KeepTabz, an AI-powered competitive intelligence platform. Franklin shares his journey from being a VP of Marketing at a venture-scaled business to launch... more

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Zac Brown returns to the show to discuss the bold transition from Nonprofits HQ to GiveKit. While the original name was SEO-friendly, it lacked brand recall and was difficult for customers to communicate. Zac explains how they executed a complete nam... more

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 In this episode of The Marketing Boost, host Leon Hitchens sits down with John, founder of PacAPit, to dive deep into the journey of turning a simple riverside idea into a patented, flat-packing fire pit loved by overlanders, scout... more

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In this episode of The Boost, Leon sits down with Maria, founder of Hess Street Foods, to explore how a generational recipe and deep cultural roots sparked a thriving culinary business. What started as a homemade chorizo recipe passed down from Maria... more

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Ryan Beltran
Founder/CEO of ChainCraft
ChainCraft
Episode: Episode 32: AI is Just a Paintbrush: Building the Future of Gaming with ChainCraft
Vincent Oliver
Founder of Oliver Revenue Solutions
Oliver Revenue Solutions
Episode: Episode 31: The Revenue Architect: Vincent Oliver on Why Your AI Agent is Overpriced
Jon Garcia
Creator of StrikingEye; photographer, videographer, documentary producer
StrikingEye, White Cloud Media Group
Episode: Episode 30: How Jon Garcia Built ‘StrikingEye’ and Found His Purpose
Matthew Kanakidis
Co-founder and CEO of RentBamboo
RentBamboo
Episode: Episode 29: From Apartment Scam to Startup CEO: The RentBamboo Story
Franklin Morris
Founder and CEO of KeepTabz
KeepTabz
Episode: Episode 28: Keeping Tabs on the Competition with Franklin Morris
Zac Brown
Founder/CEO of GiveKit, formerly Nonprofits HQ
GiveKit
Episode: Episode 27: How GiveKit Rebranded from Nonprofits HQ in Just 14 Days

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Leon Hitchens
Host of The Marketing Boost

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Episode 29: From Apartment Scam to Startup CEO: The RentBamboo Story
Q: What has been the approach to building the sales engine and learning from conversations with property managers?
We built a disciplined process of testing messaging and offers, using insights from conversations to refine our product and messaging, and we continuously iterate with a strong emphasis on ROI metrics like lease conversions and time-to-close.
Episode 29: From Apartment Scam to Startup CEO: The RentBamboo Story
Q: How did you start reaching out to leasing companies and what was the progression to scale?
We initially did a lot of cold calling to engage leasing offices, then shifted to cold email campaigns targeting upper-level executives, which allowed us to scale while maintaining connection to decision-makers.
Episode 30: How Jon Garcia Built ‘StrikingEye’ and Found His Purpose
Q: How are you thinking about monetization and scaling while staying authentic?
Jon describes monetization as a gradual process tied to quality content, community engagement, and selective client work. He references inbound opportunities with local brands (e.g., The Quarry Golf Course) and plans to expand into YouTube, newsletters, and a potential creative-agency model, while avoiding audience-monetization strategies that compromise storytelling integrity.
Episode 30: How Jon Garcia Built ‘StrikingEye’ and Found His Purpose
Q: How did you get into StrikingEye and what exactly is it?
The host explains that StrikingEye started as a TikTok page where Jon shares lost and lesser-known San Antonio history, sourced from deep research and built into narrative scripts. The project grew from a personal search for purpose after leaving a long-term role, evolving into a storytelling-focused brand that combines photography, video, and documentary work.
Episode 28: Keeping Tabs on the Competition with Franklin Morris
Q: How do you think about pricing and market signals in relation to your product roadmap?
Pricing changes and market signals should inform the roadmap, but not drive it blindly; the product should adapt to the ICP and the market, using signals to guide feature prioritization rather than reacting to every move, with emphasis on what actually matters to mid-market and smaller companies.

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This show delivers pragmatic conversations with founders, marketers, and makers who are building in and around San Antonio, often weaving in broader tech, AI, and marketing themes. Recent episodes cover how blockchain-based gaming envisions user-owned assets and creator royalties; practical approaches to AI integration for small to mid-sized businesses; storytelling and content as a business model for local culture; AI-enabled real estate leasing and sales processes; competitive intelligence for startups; rapid branding and go-to-market discipline during rebrands; and hardware entrepreneurs building community-focused products. Across the mix, the host emphasizes actionable tactics, practical product development, and the human side of entrep... more

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