On Episode 63, we're back with Karin Conroy, founder and creative director of Conroy Creative Counsel. Last time, Karin introduced the concept of whole-brained marketing. In this second part of our discussion, we examine trends Karin is following, and things like chatbots. Oh, and I declare that SEO …
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Marketers: Time to Use Your Noggin
On Epsiode 62, we have Karin Conroy, founder and creative director of Conroy Creative Counsel. She champions an approach called whole-brained marketing. Her business focuses on web design and digital marketing for law firms. But she found that many lawyers needed to modernize their marketing, and …
A Language Manifesto for Marketers (and Everyone Else, too)
On Episode 61, I've got Ben Afia back in. I’ve known him for a decade and he has trailblazed the world of tone of voice. You may remember him from the other times he’s been on. He always talks sense about tone of voice. This time, he has a language manifesto. I knew when I saw he’d posted it, that …
From the Archives: Marketing in the #FakeNews Era
We're taking one more episode to peer back into the archives--this time with Peter Horst, longtime CMO and new author when we chatted in the fall of 2018. He'd just come out with a book called "Marketing in the #FakeNews Era." To say it was timely was an understatement. With decades of experience as …
From the Archives: Death by PowerPoint
We're still digging into the archives. This time, we've come up with a short chat I had with Duncan Chapple, the world's foremost authority on analyst relations. He's a great guy, and when he was in Cambridge, Mass. for a conference back in late 2017, I grabbed a few minutes with him to chat about …
From the Archives: You and Me, Not B2B
We're digging into the archives for the next few days. This time, we return to ground zero for Confessions of a Marketer and give you Episode 1. I was new at this, and wanted a first guest who I knew well. And I also wanted to be confident that the guest could chat for more than a few minutes. That …
Special: Beyond the Redline–Opportunity Zones Up Close
A look at an episode of The Innovation Podcast: We're focused again on Opportunity Zones--this time with Lane Jost. Lane is an expert in both corporate social responsibility and corporate sustainability, having held leadership roles over the last 10 years in the consulting, financial services and …
Hey Siri, What’s Up at the Intersection of Marketing and Technology?
On Episode 60, we have Tiesha Miller, VP of growth and marketing technology at iCrossing. We start our discussion about a couple of words in her title, then dig into how she advises clients to utilize technology, how GDPR and other legislation in the offing will affect the business, and also what …
Special: Innovation at Ultimate Guitar
A look at an episode of the Innovation Podcast: How do you create, bootstrap, innovate and keep going at a startup based in Kaliningrad, Russia? We were curious, so we talked with Daniel Ray, director of the innovation labs at Ultimate Guitar and MuseScore. Daniel has a fascinating background in …
Marketing Tiger
On Episode 59, I’ve got Eric Smallwood of Apex Marketing Group in to chat about the marketing value of Tiger Woods winning the Masters. Eric was quoted far and wide about the marketing value of Tiger’s Masters win. I got in touch with him to get to the root of the numbers. We had a great discussion …
Stronger Marketing with Data
On Episode 58, we're talking with Chris Clegg, president and research director of PortMA, which is short for Portland Marketing Analytics. His firm works with some of the world’s biggest brands on using data to drive communications strategies and make better marketing decisions. Chris posted on …
Marketing After the Attention Economy
On Episode 57, Cahill Puil is back to look at world beyond the attention economy. What’s next? How can we deal with the piles of data and sort the wheat from the chaff, what can marketers do to remain relevant, and what trends is Cahill watching? You’ll want to stay with us for this one. Cover and …
Short Attention-Span Marketing
On Episode 56, Cahill Puil joins me for a chat about short attention-span marketing, or the attention economy. Cahill thinks the attention economy is nearing an end, and we’re moving to, as he puts it, the visiconomy. We’re inundated with information—messages flying at us every minute of every …
An Appeal to Chief Marketing Officers
On Episode 55, Alex Withers is back with an appeal to his fellow CMOs. There are five points, all drawn from the data in the In-House Creative Management Report, that Alex feels CMOs need to take to heart. Some very valuable info here, and some advice on shouting louder than your spend. Episode …
In-House Creative Management
On Episode 54, we're talking in-house creative management with InMotionNow (https://www.inmotionnow.com) CMO Alex Withers (https://www.linkedin.com/in/awithers/). Last year, in Episode 17 (https://www.confessionsofamarketer.com/17), we chatted with Alex about why CMOs should listen to creative. It …
Marketing Isn’t About You
On Episode 53, we've got Adam Fairhead—founder of Fairhead Creative—here to discuss his new book. Adam’s firm, Fairhead Creative, focuses on cause-driven companies. And he bills his new book as a marketing and communication blueprint for companies with a cause. It’s called Marketing Isn’t About You: …
Special: Opportunity Zones, Part 2
A look at an episode of the Innovation Podcast: This week, Garnet and I continue our chat with Peter Stuart of Outlier Capital about Opportunity Zones -- we learn the three most important things to know about them, how Peter is capitalizing on them at Outlier Capital, some common mistakes, and we …
Rebel Talent
On Episode 52, we talk with Francesca Gino, the Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She has been honored as one of the world’s top 40 business professors under 40 by Poets and Quants. And she has a new book out called Rebel Talent—Why It Pays to Break the …