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🗓️ 1 September 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Public speaking can feel terrifying or electric depending on who you are, and that’s exactly what makes this episode so fun. Jay Schwedelson and Daniel Murray swap raw, honest tips on what actually works when you’re about to face an audience—whether it’s a Zoom call, a boardroom, or a 12,000-person conference stage. From practicing in chaos to ditching those dreaded agenda slides, they get real about how to keep both yourself and your audience engaged.
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Best Moments:
(01:00) Jay opens up about his new book, imposter syndrome, and why all proceeds go to cancer research
(02:16) Daniel shares why he always rehearses the morning of a talk to calm nerves
(03:00) Jay explains why you should practice speeches with background noise to prepare for real-life distractions
(04:15) Daniel talks about using word cues instead of memorizing to stay flexible on stage
(05:19) Jay calls out the boring “seven things I’ll cover” slide that loses audiences instantly
(06:18) Daniel stresses trimming tips down to avoid rushing and keep talks tight
(07:15) Jay warns against using unexplained acronyms that can alienate people in the room
(09:05) Daniel admits to sweating it out pre-stage while Jay thrives on energy and conversation to stay loose
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0:00.0 | Welcome to a new special series called The Bathroom Brink. |
0:05.0 | That extra 10 minutes, you either have to listen to marketing tips or use the bathroom or both. |
0:10.0 | But I don't recommend both, but that's your choice. |
0:13.0 | This collab is going to be super fun. |
0:14.0 | We have Daniel Murray from the Marketing Millennials and me, Jay Schwettleson, from Do This Not That podcast and subjectline.com. |
0:21.5 | Each episode in the series, we are going to go over quick tips about different marketing topics. |
0:26.5 | And if you want to be in the bathroom, fine. |
0:28.8 | Just don't tell us about it. |
0:30.1 | Thanks for checking it out. |
0:33.8 | We are back with another episode of the Marking Millennials podcast. |
0:38.1 | And today I'm here with bestselling author Jay Schwartelsen. |
0:41.9 | He just recently wrote a book. |
0:43.7 | He also just recently got shouted out by the CEO of HubSpot for being a great |
0:50.3 | inbound speaker because we're going to speak about speaking today. |
0:52.6 | But how does it feel to have a |
0:54.7 | bestselling book? It's just achievement. I will tell you. The book is called stupter people have done it. |
1:00.5 | It's up for pre-sale. All proceeds, all net proceeds are going to charity, the V Foundation for Cancer |
1:05.2 | Research. That's really the only reason I'm doing it. I don't think I've ever had more imposter |
1:09.7 | syndrome or felt more uncomfortable about |
1:11.1 | doing something in my life than doing this book because I'm borderline illiterate and I don't even |
1:18.3 | know. So we'll see how it goes. But what about you? Would you ever write a book? |
1:22.2 | I've thought about it, but I'm again, illiterate like you. So it's probably It will take me years to write a book. The thing about Jay, you should know is that if he has an idea, he just like does it. And like, if it works, it works. If it does it, it doesn't. So like, he's like, I'm going to write a book. Okay. Let me just write a book and just let me do a hundred other things as well as write a book. |
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