Dennis Yu




People, lessons, and original recordings

Put your next marketing lesson to work

When you market a business, you need to decide what to test and what to publish. These conversations work through small ad tests, useful content, and search visibility with practical examples. Pick the question you’re working on and follow the full discussion.

4playable conversations
10source-linked moments
1story behind every name

Dennis Yu and Alex Berman together at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India
Dennis Yu and Alex Berman at the Taj Mahal.
Source: Dennis Yu article · Apr. 25, 2025 · Photograph · Evidence: Association

The story stays with the source

Marketing lessons I remember because I can replay them

A photo preserves the place. A recording preserves the lesson. The source line under each story lets you go back to the original.

Watch Full conversations keep the questions, pauses, and useful disagreements.
See Real photographs put the people and ideas back in a place.
Read When someone says something memorable, their words stay attributed and linked.

Watch the work

Four conversations, four different marketing audiences

Each video is embedded from the publisher’s YouTube channel, loads captions by default, and never autoplays.

Teaching conversation

HubSpot Marketing: Dollar-a-Day

HubSpot Marketing gave me a full tutorial slot to explain Dollar-a-Day to its audience.

Open the original YouTube video →

Source: HubSpot Marketing · Date: Feb. 25, 2020 · Format: Video tutorial · Record: Publisher-hosted teaching session

What James said

James Dooley: KGMID SEO and Knowledge Panels

James and I went deep on entity signals and Knowledge Panels. In his introduction he called me “an absolute legend” in that field. I’ll take the compliment; the practical details in the interview are the part worth keeping.

Watch on James Dooley’s channel · Read the transcript →

Source: James Dooley / publisher transcript · Date: Feb. 12, 2026 video upload · Format: Video interview · Record: Interview and James’s quoted introduction

Focused conversation

Neal Schaffer: becoming more Googleable

Neal brought me onto his channel to unpack Google Knowledge Panels and the signals that connect a real person to a visible entity.

Open the original YouTube video →

Source: Neal Schaffer · Date: July 6, 2024 · Format: Video podcast · Record: Host-led Knowledge Panel conversation

A practical sit-down

Alex Berman: the marketing secret behind Dollar-a-Day

Alex and I sat down for a practical walkthrough of Dollar-a-Day. The Taj Mahal photo above is from a different day, but it reminds me that the best marketing conversations rarely stay inside a studio.

Open the original YouTube video →

Source: Alex Berman · Date: Nov. 17, 2024 · Format: Video conversation · Record: Practical Dollar-a-Day walkthrough

Long-form conversations

Conversations that outlive the feed

I linked the original show notes and transcripts under each story so you can keep following the ideas.

Algorithm conversation

Michael Stelzner · Social Media Examiner

Michael interviewed me for a detailed explanation of Facebook’s algorithm and what marketers should do with it.

Read the original show notes →

Source: Social Media Examiner · Date: Nov. 3, 2017 · Format: Podcast and show notes · Evidence: Invited expert appearance

AI and SEO

Mark de Grasse · DigitalMarketer

On DigitalMarketer’s podcast, Mark asked me to weigh in on AI, SEO, and the changing content-creation landscape.

Open Episode 315 →

Source: DigitalMarketer · Date: Apr. 11, 2023 · Format: Podcast episode page · Evidence: Invited appearance/editorial selection

A look back and forward

Stephan Spencer · Marketing Speak

Stephan’s Episode 149 documents a full conversation about the past, present, and future of Facebook advertising, with a transcript and implementation checklist.

Read and listen on Marketing Speak →

Source: Marketing Speak · Date: Aug. 29, 2018 · Format: Podcast, transcript, and checklist · Evidence: Invited expert appearance

What George said

George Leith · Conquer Local

George and I recorded this in person at VendastaCon. In the transcript he calls me a good friend, remembers what I taught him about personal branding, and says the strategies were “bang on the money” for ROI.

See the photograph, player, and transcript →

Source: Conquer Local · Date: Apr. 20, 2018 · Format: In-person podcast, photograph, and transcript · Evidence: Relationship plus explicit topic-specific endorsement

A conference milestone

DigiMarCon’s official featured-speaker record

DigiMarCon included my session in its 2025 featured-speaker brochure. I keep the brochure here because conference programs have a habit of disappearing long before the lessons do.

Inspect the official 32-page DigiMarCon brochure (PDF) →

Source: DigiMarCon · Date: Feb. 11, 2025 PDF metadata · Format: Official event brochure · Evidence: Featured-speaker selection

Sources reviewed September 5, 2026. Every photo, recording, and quote links back to its original context.

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