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Podium Inc.

Podium Inc.

Podium Inc. provides a software platform that uses AI for lead generation and lead management, offering tools such as an AI employee that responds to customer inquiries, qualifies leads, and books appointments for local businesses. Its services are marketed to industries including auto dealerships, home services, aesthetics and wellness, and retail.www.podium.com

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Sep 17, 2026

Dylan KirkHOST
0:08
I'm your host, Dylan Kurt.
Dylan KirkHOST
0:09
Today, we got a guest from Podium to be here to break down what home service businesses are actually seeing from AI and kind of what's making the biggest impact.
Dylan KirkHOST
0:17
So just to kick us off, could you maybe introduce yourself?
NicolinaGUEST
0:21
Yeah.
NicolinaGUEST
0:21
Hi, I'm Nicolina.
NicolinaGUEST
0:23
I run product marketing for home services at Podium, which means my job is to stay really close to what our customers who are HVAC owners, plumbers, electricians are really dealing with.
NicolinaGUEST
0:34
So I work with our product team and our marketing team, and I basically create the messaging and the story across all of our marketing channels and materials that will resonate with them.
NicolinaGUEST
0:43
So I love telling stories about our customers.
Leslie TraceyHOST
0:05
We have Shannon Blake.
Leslie TraceyHOST
0:07
She is the Director of Aesthetics Partnerships at Podium.
Leslie TraceyHOST
0:10
And she has led the Director of Partnerships position for the past six and a half years at Podium.
Leslie TraceyHOST
0:17
And they were just an operating system for aesthetic practices.
Leslie TraceyHOST
0:20
So, you know, today we're going to talk about this, guys.

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Shannon BlakeGUEST
23:51
You know, it just
Leslie TraceyHOST
23:52
depends.
Leslie TraceyHOST
23:53
And so I know that there's been, so an open AI did a case study of Podium's AI agent and it showed a 45% increase in lead conversion and a 30% increase in revenue for practices that adopted it.
David SegalHOST
1:18
So any housekeeping or messages before we kick off?
Jake SloaneHOST
1:22
Well, you're doing a webinar with Podium.
David SegalHOST
1:24
Yeah, exciting.
David SegalHOST
1:25
Yeah, that's coming up in a couple of weeks.
David SegalHOST
1:27
It's a webinar for Podium, as you said.
David SegalHOST
1:29
So if you don't know who Podium are, they're a software company or CRM system.
David SegalHOST
1:33
They work across five different sectors and one of those sectors is healthcare.
David SegalHOST
1:36
So they're quite interested in the aesthetic space and have quite a number of accounts across the world.
Cameron CresswellHOST
0:29
Welcome back to the Automotive Talent Show.
Cameron CresswellHOST
0:31
I'm Cameron Creswell, and today I'm joined by Ed Tapley from Podium.
Cameron CresswellHOST
0:35
Ed's spent the last several years sitting right at the intersection of sales, marketing, service, and AI in the automotive space, and he's watched Podium's AI sales agent, Jerry, help sell tens of thousands of cars across hundreds of dealerships here in Australia.
Cameron CresswellHOST
0:52
We get into why this wave of AI s- feels genuinely different from the tech shifts that have came before it, what it actually looks like when a dealership rebuilds its processes around AI rather than just bolting it on, and some pretty eye-opening results from dealers who've made that shift.
Cameron CresswellHOST
1:09
Ed also shares his take on where the industry's headed over the next three years and what leaders should be doing right now if they feel like they're starting behind.
Cameron CresswellHOST
1:20
Lots to think about.
Cameron CresswellHOST
1:22
Let's get into it.
Cameron CresswellHOST
1:23
Ed Tapley from Podium, welcome to the Automotive Talent Show.
Zac DearingGUEST
38:45
Sure.
Tommy MelloHOST
38:45
Like, we just heard about Podium.
Zac DearingGUEST
38:46
Yeah.
Zac DearingGUEST
38:47
Yeah.
Tommy MelloHOST
38:47
Podium just got booted off because they're trying to create their own kind of ERP, CRM.
Zac DearingGUEST
38:51
Sure.
Zac DearingGUEST
38:51
Yeah.
Mike YatesGUEST
36:52
Um, I think what I've found, and, and we're still with Numa, and, uh, but I've found with Numa, and we also, uh, added a, an AI chat tool.
Mike YatesGUEST
37:03
Uh, we added Podium back in April.
Sam D’ArcHOST
37:05
Okay.
Mike YatesGUEST
37:05
I think what I've learned with both Podium and Numa is that there needs to be a really clear process when the handoff to the human happens.
Sam D’ArcHOST
37:15
Mm.
Mike YatesGUEST
37:15
And learned that very recently in Podium.
Mike YatesGUEST
37:19
We saw this real drop-off or drop in, uh, response times-
Sam D’ArcHOST
37:24
Yeah
KyleHOST
0:12
That's why I'm excited to welcome Jim Christian to the podcast.
KyleHOST
0:15
He is the head of product HVAC for Podium.
KyleHOST
0:19
Thanks for joining us, Jim.
Jim ChristianGUEST
0:21
Hey, Kyle.
Jim ChristianGUEST
0:21
Thanks for having me here today.
Jim ChristianGUEST
0:22
Super excited to chat with you about everything going on at Podium.
KyleHOST
0:26
Let's just start with an introduction.
KyleHOST
0:27
Kind of gave your name and title there, but sometimes that doesn't tell the whole story.
Sean V. BradleyHOST
24:46
So what you guys have built is a hybrid still because it has multiple entities, which is the right way to do it.
Sean V. BradleyHOST
24:54
Dealer Synergy helped with everything from the CRM setup, consulting with you guys with the AI strategy, with Podium, as well as with the HR strategy, processes, word tracks, training, et cetera.
Sean V. BradleyHOST
25:09
And I have to say, which is interesting, is that we've modified the process a um a little bit because of your background and it's working really well i wanted to just shout you out and your team because you just gave us a hell of a video review the other day we just published because we've only been working with you guys for what about three or four months already and you guys last month like literally shattered records so let's start that was the background let me there's a question coming here so Dealer Synergy helped you guys with some of the recruiting, interview viewing, the HR side of things, pay plans, job descriptions, process stuff.
Sean V. BradleyHOST
25:48
And then we provided you guys with a lot of resources besides the onsite 40 hours bootcamp training.

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Sean V. BradleyHOST
43:19
If you set up the knowledge base the right way, you train and feed all the product information, all the inventory information, all the price information, all the value package proposition, all the mission vision values.
Sean V. BradleyHOST
43:30
If you train it that way, plus depending what you're using, you could aggregate the data from your chat feature, from your website, from your online reputation, and even eventually from your CRM notes and conversations.
Sean V. BradleyHOST
43:45
So what happens is instead of using the CRM to automate emails, automate text messages, you could use Podium's AI to automate all of the emails and all of the text messages.
Sean V. BradleyHOST
43:57
Now for me, I would say that if I had the choice of automating CRM or automating AI, I wouldn't even touch the CRM because it's static, it's one dimensional.
John ForemanGUEST
2:10
Uh, I've been doing this for a long time.
John ForemanGUEST
2:12
I was previously chief product officer at a company called MailChimp, as well as a pro- a company called Podium.
John ForemanGUEST
2:20
So I've been working doing software development in kind of the business to business software space for a very long time.
Neil C. HughesHOST
2:30
Awesome.
Sam D’ArcHOST
7:27
Uh, what, what are a few of those areas, John?
John KeohaneGUEST
7:30
Yeah, I mean, the lowest hanging fruit is kind of what I started talking about with the Podium team as something I thought would be pretty easy to solve, um, and that was on the telematics side.
John KeohaneGUEST
7:41
Um, there are turnkey vendors and turnkey relationships you can have with my OEM where this was happening, but I didn't have those relationships.
John KeohaneGUEST
7:48
And I liked Podium as a partner, so I thought we could talk about it.
John KeohaneGUEST
7:52
So, I mean, the, the telematics piece is you've got this BDC portal where you've got just a treasure trove of information about a customer.
Sam D’ArcHOST
7:58
Yep.
John KeohaneGUEST
9:53
And then, again, because we live in a world of different portals-
Sam D’ArcHOST
9:56
Yeah

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