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Architecting Intelligence: A Long-Term Approach to AI in Telecom with Frank Ploumen

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The ROI of Customer Experience: Turning Loyalty into Growth with Jon Picoult

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The Satellite Threat: Amazon’s $11B Bet on Your Customers

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The Builder Era: The AI Shift You Can’t Ignore

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Using AI vs. Building With It: The Divide That Will Define Careers

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Escaping the Commodity: How Experience-First Brands Win in Crowded Markets

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You Don't Actually Know Your Subscribers: The Segments You are Missing

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The 1000 Mbps Big Mac: When the Product Isn’t the Experience

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The AI Revolution: The Rise of Marketing Intelligence

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The Perpetual Innovation Machine: AI Lessons with Vele Galovski

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Beyond Speed & Price: Lessons from Australia’s Open‑Access Market with Anthony Bortolotto

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Workforce by Design: Preparing the Next Generation Workforce with Jeannine Lyons

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The Human Premium: Redefining the Broadband Workforce in the AI Era

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Stuck in the Past: The High Cost of Outdated Positioning

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The New Digital Divide: Where Rural Operators Win with Jeff Johnston

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Disrupt or be Disrupted with Charlene Li

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The Broadband Revolution: Insights for 2026 with John Durocher

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The Accidental Marketer: The Future of Marketing with Chief Marketing Officer Amrit Chaudhuri

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The Discount Trap: How to Shield Your Brand from Price Wars

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Reimagining the Road Ahead: How Rivian Designs a Seamless Customer Path

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Buffering Ping: Defying Commoditization in Broadband

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Your Digital Dynasty: Expanding Your Network with Seth Thompson

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Iterate to Innovate: Building E-Commerce with Steve Mammone

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Buffering Ping: How Automotive Companies are Turning Service into Marketing

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AI in Action: Implementing AI for Meaningful Outcomes with Drew Beverage

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New Game New Rules: The Future of Broadband Takes Shape

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ConneXions25: How Nex-Tech Helps BSPs Tell Their Story in a Connected World

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ConneXions25: How SCTelcom is Innovating to Redefine Sales and Customer Experience

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ConneXions25: Building a Winning Sales Culture with eTex Communications

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ConneXions25: How Elevate is Making Legendary Internet Real

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ConneXions25: How Cablelynx is Reimagining Customer Experience and Cutting Through the Noise

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A Year of Buffering: From AI to Customer Experience, and Everything In Between

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Crafting Connections: Defining the Experience Beyond Speed

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The Agentic Browser: How Gemini is Reshaping the Marketer’s Funnel

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Buffering Ping: Shop and the Art of Frictionless Shopping

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We’ve Always Done It This Way: 10 Outdated Plays Still Haunting BSPs

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The World Broadband Tour: Global Trends That Shape Local Markets

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Insights to Impact: Turning Data into Direction with Candy Riem and Megan Powell

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The Buyer’s Lens: How Your Customers Rewrite Your Message

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Fearless Launch: Standing out with Differentiated Services with Roger Lewis

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Buffering Ping: Your Brand’s Next Move Might be on Reddit

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Lost Dollars: The Hidden Financial Impact of a Lost Journey

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Beyond the Prompt: Living in a Post-Prompt World with AI

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Buffering Ping: Every Crumbl Touchpoint is a Treat

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The Prompt Playbook: How to Fine-Tune Your AI Skills

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Brand Refresh: How Cablelynx Transformed Its Identity with Laurie Ringler

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Landing Logic: Targeted Pages for Targeted People with Joe Kohegyi

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From Data to Decisions: Real-Time Data for Real-World Marketers with Cory Munchbach

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From Reviews to Revenue: How Gen Z is Shopping Smarter

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Smart Towns, Smarter Marketing: How Home Telecom is Shaping the Future of Broadband

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Forget the Ladder: How Gen Z is Redefining the Career Journey

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Driving Decisions: The Psychology of Choice

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Unlocking High Performance: Insights from Alyene Schneidewind

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From Utility to Experience Provider: Transforming Your Business with Bridget Watkins

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Electric Roots: Gibson Connect’s Journey to a Broadband Experience Provider

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What Would You Say You Do Here?: Turning Data into Actionable Campaigns

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Beyond the Network: Protecting Your Community with Chris Lovell & Andrea Perry

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Search Party: Are You Playing Hide and Seek with Your Customers?

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Call to Chaos: The Power of “Because” in Marketing

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Marketing Glow-Up: Why Great Products need Great Marketing with Remy Soubry

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Why We Buy: The Science of the Consumer Brain

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Optimizing Your Buyer Flow: Are Your Customers Stuck in a Maze?

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Beyond Mediocrity: Transforming Customer Experience with Jon Picoult

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S-Curve Strategies: Stay Ahead of the Game with Kevin Budelmann

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Talking Like Your Customer: Messaging Tips for Real People

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Workforce Transformation in Broadband with Jeannine Lyons

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Plotting Your Career in Excel: What School Didn't Teach Us with Remy Soubry

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The Future of Customer Experience: Insights from John Durocher

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Becoming Social on Social Media: Insights for 2025

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Winning Strategies: Are Your Promotions Boring?

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2025 Goals: Educate, Segment, Ascend

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Year in Review: The Tools and Trends That Shaped 2024

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The Cost of Distraction: Are you Obsessing Over Your Competitors?

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First Impressions Matter: Does your Website Need a Makeover?

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Marketing is Everything: How Good Marketing Influences Customer Experience

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When Rationality Fails: Exploring the Power of Irrational Decisions with Jade Communications

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Lead or be Disrupted: Can you Walk and Chew Gum?

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Empowering Small Businesses: How RTC and SCTelecom Launched SmartBiz

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Crafting a Winning Strategy: Smithville's Path to Launching Innovative Offers

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Post ConneXions Insights: Beyond Speeds and Feeds

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Disrupting the Status Quo: How SCTelcom Redefined their Business Model

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Connecting Communities: YK Communications Path to Building a Loyal Customer Base

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Introducing Buffering - Powered by Success!

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Fans for Life: Breaking Down Customer Loyalty and Brand Loyalty

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The iOS 18 Playbook: How can Marketers Navigate Privacy, Data and Apple Intelligence?

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Data with a Plot Twist: The Art of Data Storytelling

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The Discount Paradox: The Role of Discounts in Recurring Revenue Businesses

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Awareness to Advocacy: Understanding the Stages of Customer Acquisition

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Churn and Burn: Can Mobile Notifications Keep Customers Engaged?

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Lights, Camera, Action: How Video Will Keep Your Audience from Scrolling Away

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Trial and Error: Making Free Trials Irresistible

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Marketing in the Age of AI: What’s new with Apple, Meta, and Microsoft?

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Beyond the Purchase: What is Your Customer Experience?

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Decoding Dollars: Influencing Perception and Driving Sales

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Decoding Dollars: The Psychology Behind Price

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Climbing the Ladder or Mastering the Craft: What's Your Move?

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Sailing into Blue Oceans: Building a Moat Around Your Business

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Customer Devotion: What is your Brand?

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CRO Playbook: From Clicks to Customers

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Say Hello to GPT-4o

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Spill the Beans: Using Zero Party Data in Your Marketing

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Search Party: Don’t Get Lost with SEO

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Flip the Coin: A/B Adventures in Marketing

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Getting Personal (With Your Marketing)

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Practical Uses of AI for Marketers

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The Rise of the Gen Z Consumers

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Is Everything but Meta Dead?

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Introducing Zack & Gabe, and the Role of AI in Marketing

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Introducing Buffering

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A Deep Dive into Meta Custom Audiences

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Socia Media Trends That Point to the Future

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Are You Using Push Notifications Wrong?

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What is Happening with the "Big Guys"?

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Video Marketing Doesn't Need to be Scary!

115

What does the Internet Know About Me?

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The Psychology of Price

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Is Your Website is Overdue for a Redesign?

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Getting your Marketing Resources right with Cat Minor

119

Getting Social With Your Marketing

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How Much is TOO Much? Using Different Channels Effectively

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To TikTok, or Not to TikTok? Let’s Create Short Form Videos!

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Facebook Does WHAT With my Data?

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Building a Thriving Community with Allison Boudreau

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Does Your Customer Journey Drive off a Cliff?

125

Tools To Make Sure Your Website Doesn't Suck

126

DTC: The Role Models in Experience Marketing?

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Netflix: The Good and Bad of Customer Retention

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Creating a Delightful Customer Experience with Data

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