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
Numbers Don't Lie: Real Results from Contractors Running Podium's AI
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0:08Dylan KirkHOST
I'm your host, Dylan Kurt.
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0:09Dylan KirkHOST
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.
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0:17Dylan KirkHOST
So just to kick us off, could you maybe introduce yourself?
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0:21NicolinaGUEST
Yeah.
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0:21NicolinaGUEST
Hi, I'm Nicolina.
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0:23NicolinaGUEST
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.
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0:34NicolinaGUEST
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.
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0:43NicolinaGUEST
So I love telling stories about our customers.
Episode 99: They Didn't Ghost You. You Were Too Slow.
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0:05Leslie TraceyHOST
We have Shannon Blake.
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0:07Leslie TraceyHOST
She is the Director of Aesthetics Partnerships at Podium.
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0:10Leslie TraceyHOST
And she has led the Director of Partnerships position for the past six and a half years at Podium.
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0:17Leslie TraceyHOST
And they were just an operating system for aesthetic practices.
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0:20Leslie TraceyHOST
So, you know, today we're going to talk about this, guys.
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23:51Shannon BlakeGUEST
You know, it just
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23:52Leslie TraceyHOST
depends.
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23:53Leslie TraceyHOST
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.
Ep 364 What's Trending in Aesthetics (Chapter 19) | Dr Jake Sloane & David Segal
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1:18David SegalHOST
So any housekeeping or messages before we kick off?
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1:22Jake SloaneHOST
Well, you're doing a webinar with Podium.
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1:24David SegalHOST
Yeah, exciting.
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1:25David SegalHOST
Yeah, that's coming up in a couple of weeks.
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1:27David SegalHOST
It's a webinar for Podium, as you said.
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1:29David SegalHOST
So if you don't know who Podium are, they're a software company or CRM system.
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1:33David SegalHOST
They work across five different sectors and one of those sectors is healthcare.
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1:36David SegalHOST
So they're quite interested in the aesthetic space and have quite a number of accounts across the world.
Are We Building the Dealership of the Future… or Just Bolting AI Onto the Past? | Ed Tapley, Podium
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0:29Cameron CresswellHOST
Welcome back to the Automotive Talent Show.
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0:31Cameron CresswellHOST
I'm Cameron Creswell, and today I'm joined by Ed Tapley from Podium.
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0:35Cameron CresswellHOST
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.
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0:52Cameron CresswellHOST
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.
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1:09Cameron CresswellHOST
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.
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1:20Cameron CresswellHOST
Lots to think about.
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1:22Cameron CresswellHOST
Let's get into it.
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1:23Cameron CresswellHOST
Ed Tapley from Podium, welcome to the Automotive Talent Show.
Own 15% Of Your Market Before You Even Think About A New One | Aaron & Zac
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38:45Zac DearingGUEST
Sure.
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38:45Tommy MelloHOST
Like, we just heard about Podium.
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38:46Zac DearingGUEST
Yeah.
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38:47Zac DearingGUEST
Yeah.
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38:47Tommy MelloHOST
Podium just got booted off because they're trying to create their own kind of ERP, CRM.
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38:51Zac DearingGUEST
Sure.
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38:51Zac DearingGUEST
Yeah.
Ulrich on Digital Dealer, McVeigh on Leadership Balance, Yates on AEO | Daily Dealer Live
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36:52Mike YatesGUEST
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.
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37:03Mike YatesGUEST
Uh, we added Podium back in April.
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37:05Sam D’ArcHOST
Okay.
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37:05Mike YatesGUEST
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.
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37:15Sam D’ArcHOST
Mm.
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37:15Mike YatesGUEST
And learned that very recently in Podium.
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37:19Mike YatesGUEST
We saw this real drop-off or drop in, uh, response times-
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37:24Sam D’ArcHOST
Yeah
Why Legacy FSMs Can't Keep Up With Podium's AI Operating System
Why Legacy FSMs Can't Keep Up With Podium's AI Operating System
Aug 25 · 19 Mentions
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0:12KyleHOST
That's why I'm excited to welcome Jim Christian to the podcast.
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0:15KyleHOST
He is the head of product HVAC for Podium.
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0:19KyleHOST
Thanks for joining us, Jim.
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0:21Jim ChristianGUEST
Hey, Kyle.
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0:21Jim ChristianGUEST
Thanks for having me here today.
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0:22Jim ChristianGUEST
Super excited to chat with you about everything going on at Podium.
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0:26KyleHOST
Let's just start with an introduction.
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0:27KyleHOST
Kind of gave your name and title there, but sometimes that doesn't tell the whole story.
EP 12:08 Stop Running Your BDC Like a Call Center: Fixing the Disconnect Between Your Internet Department & Sales Team
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24:46Sean V. BradleyHOST
So what you guys have built is a hybrid still because it has multiple entities, which is the right way to do it.
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24:54Sean V. BradleyHOST
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.
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25:09Sean V. BradleyHOST
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.
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25:48Sean V. BradleyHOST
And then we provided you guys with a lot of resources besides the onsite 40 hours bootcamp training.
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43:19Sean V. BradleyHOST
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.
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43:30Sean V. BradleyHOST
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.
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43:45Sean V. BradleyHOST
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.
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43:57Sean V. BradleyHOST
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.
The Swivel Chair Problem Holding Back Enterprise AI With Clio
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2:10John ForemanGUEST
Uh, I've been doing this for a long time.
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2:12John ForemanGUEST
I was previously chief product officer at a company called MailChimp, as well as a pro- a company called Podium.
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2:20John ForemanGUEST
So I've been working doing software development in kind of the business to business software space for a very long time.
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2:30Neil C. HughesHOST
Awesome.
Meet The Secret Agent Running This Dealer's Operations | Industry Spotlight
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7:27Sam D’ArcHOST
Uh, what, what are a few of those areas, John?
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7:30John KeohaneGUEST
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.
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7:41John KeohaneGUEST
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.
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7:48John KeohaneGUEST
And I liked Podium as a partner, so I thought we could talk about it.
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7:52John KeohaneGUEST
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.
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7:58Sam D’ArcHOST
Yep.
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9:53John KeohaneGUEST
And then, again, because we live in a world of different portals-
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9:56Sam D’ArcHOST
Yeah
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