Why Your Marketing Messaging Is Failing and How to Fix It

Why do so many companies invest in marketing tools and still get ignored?

In this episode of the Business Roundtable Podcast, host David Carr, founder of Steward Your Business, sits down with Ben Baker, strategic communications expert and founder of Your Brand Marketing, to unpack why most outreach fails today — and it is rarely about the tools being used. It is about the alignment, or lack of it, behind the message.

Ben brings over twenty-five years of experience helping mid to large size organizations fix broken communication ecosystems, align stakeholders, and build brands that earn long-term trust. Drawing from work across healthcare, manufacturing, B2B, government, and consumer brands, Ben explains why short-term thinking destroys customer relationships and how companies can shift toward messaging that actually builds loyalty and lifetime value.

David and Ben also dig into the difference between brand building and marketing, why most organizations cannot clearly articulate what they do or who they serve, and how to use customer feedback as a genuine growth tool rather than a quarterly checkbox.

If you are a business owner, executive, or leader who wants to stop wasting budget on outreach that goes nowhere and start building messaging that people actually respond to, this conversation delivers practical, no-fluff strategy you can apply immediately. In this episode:

• Why spray-and-pray outreach on LinkedIn and email destroys trust before it starts
• The difference between brand building and marketing and why you need both
• How to define who you are, who you serve, and why they should care
• Why short-term thinking raises customer acquisition costs and kills growth
• How to use A-B testing without blowing your budget
• The right way to collect honest feedback from customers and employees

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Ben Baker website and free e-books: https://www.iambenbaker.com
• Ben Baker on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminbaker

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