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The Marketing Architects — 272 episodes

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From the Archive: The Effectiveness Principles You Need To Know

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Nerd Alert: What Is Your AI Agent Buying?

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Does Targeting Work on Mass Marketing Channels?

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Nerd Alert: Why Branding Strategy Matters

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No More Mild Marketing

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Nerd Alert: Life After Brand Death

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The Business Case for Brand Trust

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Nerd Alert: Brands in Unsafe Places

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The Science of Ad Personalization

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Nerd Alert: When to change your messaging

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TV Like Digital? Debunking the Biggest CTV Myths

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When CPM is King

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Nerd Alert: What 100 studies taught us about marketing

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From the Archive: The 95/5 Rule: Rethinking Reach and Timing

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Nerd Alert: How Brands Grow: The Book That Changed Marketing

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The Hidden Cost of Media Flighting

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Nerd Alert: How Tiny Brands Grow

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What Your CFO Really Thinks About Marketing

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Nerd Alert: The Ad Load Problem

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The Marketing Order of Operations (MOO)

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Nerd Alert: The Science of Sustainability Advertising

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Where Brand Actually Happens

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Nerd Alert: The Power of Imagery in Advertising

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When is Premium Media Worth the Price?

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Nerd Alert: Targeting Without Tracking

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Distinctive or Distracting? A Super Bowl Ad Effectiveness Review

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Nerd Alert: The Science of Ads that Stick

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Streaming TV and the Effectiveness of Modern TV with Nikki Erkkila

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Nerd Alert: How Mood Changes the Market

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The Fragmented Media Challenge

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Nerd Alert: The Power of Priming in Marketing

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The Risks of Brand Activism with Professor Tyler Milfeld

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Nerd Alert: The Statistical Significance Trap

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Creative Effectiveness in 2026 with Steve Babcock

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Nerd Alert: The Availability Gap in B2B Marketing

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How Established Brands Can Still Grow

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Nerd Alert: What Drives Brand Recall?

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What Every Brand Should Know About AI Search with Josh Blyskal, Profound

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How the Right Music Can Grow Your Brand

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Reach More, Waste Less: The Math Behind Smarter TV Advertising

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Nerd Alert: How Your Brand Can Win the Holidays

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The Long & Short of Measurement with Matt Hultgren

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Nerd Alert: Do Retailer Exclusives Actually Work?

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Confessions of a Reformed Performance Marketer with Ryan Sullivan, GoodRx CMO

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Nerd Alert: You Won't Like This Episode

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Debunking "Attention" with Marc Guldimann

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10 Ways to Not Be a Boring Brand Next Year

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Nerd Alert: Skippable vs. Non-Skippable Ads

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Finding the Efficiency/Effectiveness Balance

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Nerd Alert: When Sports Advertising Works

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So You Think You're Distinctive?

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Nerd Alert: When Ads Hit Their Breaking Point

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Why AI Won't Kill "Brand"

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Nerd Alert: Why We Can't Stop Watching TV

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Perfecting Digital Marketing Effectiveness with Kevin Goodwin

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Nerd Alert: The Paradox of Choice

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The Effectiveness of Audio

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Nerd Alert: The Downsides of Being a 'Lifestyle Brand'

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The Practicalities of Combining Brand and Sales

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Nerd Alert: The Power of an "Underdog" Brand

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How to Capitalize on Live Sports Season

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Nerd Alert: How AI Reveals Hidden Consumer Preferences

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How Marketing Earns Respect in the Boardroom with Kimberley Gardiner, CMO at Tractor Supply

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Nerd Alert: Do Most New Products Really Fail?

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The Problem with "Purpose" with Nick Asbury

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Nerd Alert: When Ads Make Us Cringe

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Building Brands That Buyers Remember with Jenni Romaniuk

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Nerd Alert: What Makes an Ad Authentic

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What Behavioral Economics Misses About Real-World Marketing

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Nerd Alert: First Impressions Are Everything in Advertising

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Branded House vs House of Brands: What the Research Recommends

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Nerd Alert: When Brand Nicknames Help or Harm

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The Science of Budget Setting

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Nerd Alert: How Advertising Builds Brand and Sales Simultaneously

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The Forgotten Half of Growth: Physical Availability Explained

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Nerd Alert: What Marketers Get Wrong About Their Own Brands

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Where Did All the CMOs Go?

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Nerd Alert: Why Your Hyper-Targeted Ads Might Be a Waste

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The Brand Metrics That Matter with Kantar's Mary Kyriakidi

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Nerd Alert: When Being Simple Hurts Your Brand

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How Brands REALLY Grow with Dale Harrison

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Nerd Alert: Don't Age Out Your Audience

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The Dangers of "Wrong-Termism" with Liam Moroney

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Nerd Alert: Why Every Brand Needs a Sonic Logo

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Selling in Marketing Effectiveness with Simon Peel

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Nerd Alert: Rituals as Brand Strategy

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How Does Advertising Actually Work?

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Nerd Alert: The Cost of Going Dark

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When AI is Your Buyer with Jonathan Elfreich

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Nerd Alert: Why Animals Work in Ads

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From the Archive: The Battle for Effectiveness with Mark Ritson

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Nerd Alert: The Psychology of Brand Breakups

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The 95/5 Rule: Rethinking Reach and Timing

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Nerd Alert: When Does Retargeting Work?

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Marketing's Dangerous Defaults with Matt Maynard

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Nerd Alert: To ESOV and Beyond

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Marketing Effectiveness on a Budget

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Nerd Alert: Do Consumers Actually Want Privacy, or Just Better Ads?

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Everything Works at Zero with Jordan Rossler

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Nerd Alert: How Marketing Varies by Digital Platform

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When It's Time to Invest in "Brand"

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Nerd Alert: The Bayesian Marketing Attribution Model

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Marketing Moves That Win in a Downturn

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Nerd Alert: How AI Will Change Marketing Structures

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The Differentiation vs Distinctiveness Debate

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Nerd Alert: Does Creative Consistency Matter?

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What Marketers Get Wrong About Targeting

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Nerd Alert: Do Discounts Damage Brands? The Truth About Price Promotions

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The Louder You Are, the More You Grow: Why ESOV Still Works

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Nerd Alert: The Power of Creative Advertising

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The New Rules of Great Video Creative with Steve Babcock

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Nerd Alert: The Science Behind Emotional Advertising

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The CTV Hype Cycle: Separating Fact from Fiction

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Nerd Alert: Why Humor Wins in Advertising

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Advancing Marketing Effectiveness in the USA with WARC's Lexi Wolf

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Nerd Alert: The Psychology Behind Direct Mail Performance

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The Potential of AI Video with Seth Woodall

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Nerd Alert: The Dirichlet Effect: Predicting Brand Loyalty

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Marketing Like a Challenger with Chuck Hengel

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Nerd Alert: The Multiplier Effect: Debunking Brand vs. Performance

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Great Marketing Tells Great Stories

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Nerd Alert: Brand Awareness vs Brand Salience

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Synthetic research vs human insights in marketing

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Nerd Alert: The Problem with Last-Touch Attribution

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How Category Entry Points Shape Buying

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Nerd Alert: How Media Channel Combinations Impact Performance

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Why Digital Advertising Is Failing Marketers with Bob Hoffman

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Nerd Alert: The Extraordinary Cost of Dull

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The Effectiveness Principles You Need to Know

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Nerd Alert: What Makes a Great Super Bowl Ad?

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How to Spot Effective Super Bowl Ads

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Nerd Alert: Digital vs. Traditional Advertising

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The Art and Science of Creative Effectiveness

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Nerd Alert: How Cultural Imprinting Accelerates Brand Growth

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The Truth About Agency Models

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Nerd Alert: How Advertising Improves Pricing Power

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Secrets to TV Advertising Success

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Nerd Alert: How Effective is Paid Search?

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Marketing Predictions for 2025

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Nerd Alert: Why You Should Invest in Attention

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The Most Effective Brands of 2024

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2024's Marketing Wins and Fails

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Nerd Alert: How Consumer Behavior Has Changed

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The Truth About AI in Marketing with Shelly Palmer

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Nerd Alert: Gender Stereotypes in Advertising

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Marketing's Role in Product with Jaime LaMontagne

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Nerd Alert: The Effect of Weather on Consumer Spending

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When Does Ad Fatigue Actually Matter?

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A B2B Marketing Masterclass with Jon-Erik Valetti, Head of Marketing at CARFAX

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Nerd Alert: The "IKEA Effect": When Labor Leads to Love

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Building The “Brand” Case with Tory Pachis, SVP of Marketing at Amica Insurance

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Nerd Alert: Why Do Brands Cause Trouble?

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How Brand Wins in an AI World with Lena Waters, CMO at Grammarly

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Nerd Alert: Loyal Customer or Repeat Purchaser?

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Optimizing Your Media Mix with Richard Kirk

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Nerd Alert: The Effectiveness of Fear

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The Truth About Marketing Effectiveness with Peter Field

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Nerd Alert: How Brand Investments Drive Market Value

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What a Healthy CEO/CMO Relationship Looks Like

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Nerd Alert: How Personality Predicts Ad Response

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How AI is Transforming Marketing Today

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Nerd Alert: How Our Brains React to Advertising

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Classic Brand Marketing with Chelsea Sumrow, First American Title and Insurance CMO

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Nerd Alert: A TV Advertising Reality Check

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Audience Matters with Sarah Jordan, Constant Contact CMO

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Nerd Alert: Ageism Kills Brands

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Timeless Marketing Principles with Jason Ing, Gusto CMO

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Nerd Alert: Growth Potential by Buyer Group

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Marketing as a Science with Professor Byron Sharp

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Nerd Alert: Where A/B Testing Goes Wrong

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The Dangers of Marketing Misattribution

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Nerd Alert: The Halo Effect of TV Advertising

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The Future of Search Marketing

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Nerd Alert: The Truth About CMO Tenure

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Are Brand Extensions Worth the Risk?

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Nerd Alert: How Effective are Influencers?

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Is "Brand Purpose" Overrated?

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Nerd Alert: The Dynamic Attention Theory

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Proof That Your Brand Matters

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Nerd Alert: Do Sports Sponsorships Work?

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The Myths of Media Quality

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Nerd Alert: How to Reach the ‘Right’ Customers

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Sports Marketing and the Summer Olympics

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Nerd Alert: Cognitive Biases in Marketing

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The Most Powerful Marketing Combinations

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Nerd Alert: The Validity of LLMs for Market Research

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How to use LLMs for Market Research

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Nerd Alert: The Power of Positive Feedback

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Should Competitors Influence Your Marketing?

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How to be a Creative Marketer with Vivienne Wan

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Nerd Alert: Do Loyalty Programs Work?

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The Battle for Effectiveness with Mark Ritson

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Nerd Alert: Can Psychological Targeting Improve Digital Marketing?

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Marketing Research that’ll Blow Your Mind

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Nerd Alert: The Power of Meaningless Marketing

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Why CTV’s the Hottest Marketing Channel of the Year

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Nerd Alert: The Psychology Behind Celebrity Endorsements

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Is the Era of Advertising Over?

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Nerd Alert: What Makes Content Go Viral?

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What Smart Targeting Looks Like

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Nerd Alert: The Three Dimensions of Effectiveness

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The Insane Waste Behind Online Advertising

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Nerd Alert: How Accurate is Marketers’ Intuition?

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Getting Real about Reach

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Nerd Alert: TV’s Role in Effectiveness

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Let’s Get Political (in Advertising)

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Nerd Alert: Advertising’s Impact on Stock Price

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How to Measure Brand Marketing

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Nerd Alert: How Storytelling Creates Brand Love

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What Does Psychology Tell Us About Marketing?

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Nerd Alert: The Sound of Brands

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Marketing for the Future

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Nerd Alert: Nostalgia in Advertising

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B2B Marketing Hard Truths with Peter Weinberg

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Nerd Alert: Is TV Still Effective?

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Marketing Myths Debunked!

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Nerd Alert: Does Behavioral Advertising Benefit Consumers?

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What’s Next for Social Media?

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Nerd Alert: Marketing Research’s Big Problem

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Settling the Brand Loyalty Debate

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The Hidden Costs of Low-Quality Media

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Are Celebrities in Advertising Worth the Price?

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Break the Digital Doom Loop

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The Great Reach vs Frequency Debate

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Understanding Marketing Research with Notre Dame’s Dr. Mitch Olsen

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Media Mix Modeling is Back in Style

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Revolutionizing B2B Marketing with Salesforce’s Colin Fleming

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What’s the Deal with Distinctive Assets?

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From the Archive: Is Brand Awareness Overrated or Effective Marketing?

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Is 2024 the Year of CTV?

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What’s Up with Attention?

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From the Archive: How to Measure Upper Funnel Marketing Channels

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Year in Review with Sleeping Barber and That’s What I Call Marketing

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Cheers to 2024 Marketing Trends

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Mastering QR Codes for Shoppable TV

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AI and the Future of Ad Agencies

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Marketing to the CFO

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Planning a Merry Holiday Shopping Season

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How to Create Sticky Digital Advertising

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Avoiding the Google Tax with SEM

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Research Says You’re Targeting the Wrong People

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Closing the Creativity Gap

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7 Modern Marketing Dilemmas with Kantar’s Mary Kyriakidi

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How to Invest in Emerging Marketing Channels

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What Prevents Your Team from Achieving Marketing Effectiveness?

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Barbie, Lightning Strikes, and High-Impact Marketing on a Budget

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Emotion is Advertising’s Untapped Performance Lever

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How to Speak Marketing to the C-Suite with John Wojcik

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Rethinking B2B Advertising with The B2B Institute’s Ty Heath

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Effective TV Advertising Part 3—Driving Brand and Sales Together

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Effective TV Advertising Part 2—Cost Determines ROI

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Effective TV Advertising Part 1—Reach Over Targeting

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Brand Awareness vs Affinity – Which Drives Brand Growth?

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How Do Earned, Owned and Paid Media Fit in Your Marketing Strategy?

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What Does Creative Effectiveness Really Look Like?

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Is It Time for a Contextual Targeting Comeback?

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How Will AI Change Creative Work?

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How to Build a High-Performing Marketing Team

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What Does Tesla’s Pivot to Advertising Mean for Marketers?

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Navigating the Dark Funnel of Marketing Measurement

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The Untapped Value of B2B Brands

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How to Target Your Audience on Mass Marketing Channels

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How Airbnb Used Brand Awareness to Drive Profitability

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Brand Awareness – Is it Overrated or Effective Marketing?

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Behavioral Advertising – How Does Targeting Really Work?

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What Do Marketers Need to Know About a TikTok Ban?

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How Will AI Reshape Marketing?

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How to Measure Upper Funnel Marketing Channels

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Advertising During a Recession

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Narrow Targeting vs Broad Reach Marketing

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The Danger of Digital Marketing Dependence

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