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The Marketing Companion — 351 episodes

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Lilypath's Dan Nestle on LinkedIn as AI Branding For You!

2

The Director Behind the World's First AI Film at Tribeca Has a Message for Every Marketer

3

Customer Experiences and AI - The Next Competitive Moat

4

Shhhhhh! Don't Tell, But We're Sharing the 5 Top Community Building Secrets

5

First or Fast Follower? 3 AI-Era Rules for Marketers

6

OpenClaw: Sandy Carter and Shawn Reddy Shows Marketers How to Set Up AI Agents That Actually Work

7

The 7 Things Marketers Need to Know About AI Search

8

Why Marketing Will Never Be the Same Again (2026 Edition)

9

A fond farewell

10

Humane versus human marketing

11

Sustaining a personal brand in trying times

12

Truth is now a luxury

13

The OG Marketing Ideas We Need Today

14

The AI Solopreneur

15

Case studies in AI for lead generation

16

How AI is Changing Your Customers

17

How AI impacts the sales process

18

Our children, their education, and AI

19

AI Signals to influence the purchasing decision

20

Attention Economy 2.0

21

Create an AI Bot to Build Your Business

22

AI marketing agents gain ground

23

Content and compromise

24

The Curse of Authenticity

25

The Frontier Agency Model

26

How to be an AI Forward Company

27

How do you work through the suffering?

28

The Crisis of Imagination

29

Staying ahead of the learning curve

30

The personal brand pivot

31

The AI impact on SEO

32

We must disrupt marketing now

33

AI and cognitive decline

34

The Most Human Company Wins

35

Big marketing ideas for 2025

36

The key to success isn't having the best answers. It's having the best questions

37

The magic of NotebookLM

38

Three questions that will change your career

39

Protecting children in the digital world

40

An inside view of LinkedIn success

41

Burning a community to the ground

42

The Making of a Signature Story

43

Influencer product launches

44

The mystery of social objects

45

Does AI Have a Marketing Problem?

46

Brand Communities: State of the Nation

47

A search for personal peace

48

How curiosity fuels marketing

49

Beyond imposter syndrome

50

What business are you in? Really?

51

Philosophical Quandaries About AI

52

The future of social listening

53

The Human side of AI

54

Big ideas from the marketing retreat

55

When to stop and start your content projects

56

Unraveling the global sports industry

57

A backlash against "purpose" in marketing

58

Getting started with AI for your business

59

The next generation of consumers is here

60

A new look at loyalty

61

My biggest business mistakes

62

Breaking all the rules of eCommerce

63

From Paycheck to Purpose: Why I Stopped Growing My Business

64

The freakiest podcast ever

65

The creator-based commercial strategy

66

The business case for Personal GPTs

67

Six pillars of our marketing future

68

The beauty of messy marketing

69

The generosity strategy

70

Scaling human-powered marketing

71

Gen Z Exposed

72

The personal impact of AI

73

The unified theory of content success

74

The AI hierarchy of content

75

Master the Art of Business Narrative

76

Public speaking in the marketing mix

77

The greatest content marketing experiment in history

78

The future of loyalty

79

What is the gist of YOU? Relevance in the AI world

80

The luxury brand enigma

81

What the "Whole Self" Movement Means to Marketers

82

The new and now of social media marketing

83

AI and cultural impact

84

Cracking the Gen Z Code

85

Creativity and the true threat of AI

86

Nonprofit marketing insights

87

My biggest accomplishment

88

Marketing that heals!

89

The Tom Peters interview

90

Big marketing ideas of the year

91

ChatGPT changes marketing forever

92

Reimagining content marketing

93

Building relationships in a fast-moving world

94

Status drives marketing

95

New use cases for NFTs

96

GenZ is hiding from us

97

The next two years in marketing

98

Fresh take on the four Ps of marketing

99

How to do self-promotion well

100

Values-based marketing in transition

101

Marketing jobs state of the market place

102

The solution to crappy customer service

103

Web3 and the future of CRM

104

A case study in marketing community

105

Consulting best practices

106

A new marketing framework

107

TikTok insider secrets

108

Conversation as marketing strategy

109

Connecting to customers in the metaverse and beyond

110

Marketing a boring company

111

Influence Marketing: State of the Nation

112

Is persuasion possible?

113

Understanding Web3 and its impact on marketing

114

Civil activism and woke marketing

115

15 Marketing Trends in 40 Minutes

116

Money and creativity

117

The weirdest show ever

118

Habits of successful marketing

119

A million new marketing jobs

120

True community and the future of marketing

121

How content works in the world today

122

Influencers are everything

123

A farewell to Brooke

124

Twisting reality for marketing gain

125

Today's new marketing opportunities

126

AI gets real, maybe too real

127

Megatrend: Live Commerce

128

Shifting content platforms

129

Revenge travel and marketing at a crossroads

130

Ten non-obvious market shifts

131

What is the future of Snapchat

132

Pandemic revolutionizes marketing employment

133

The intro takes over

134

Problems with purpose-driven marketing

135

The essence of marketing with Tom Peters

136

How to fix marketing with Raja Rajamannar

137

The most disruptive Gen Z trends

138

The next big advertising innovation

139

A special message from Mark

140

Unlocking business momentum

141

Content marketing pressure

142

Can the internet unite people?

143

The Most Human Podcast

144

Free content? A rant

145

The marketer is an artist

146

Title: Virtual human influencers

147

Synthetic content is coming

148

My shiny best self

149

Comfort marketing

150

Marketing dress for success

151

The ideal marketing skills right now

152

Initiative versus hustle

153

Creativity in a crisis

154

An inside marketing view from Adidas

155

How the pandemic is changing lifestyles

156

Sliding into DMs

157

The kids are in charge

158

Rational marketing in a crisis

159

Hate is good for business

160

A revolution in customer conversations

161

The return of Mark

162

Creating Personal Customer Experiences With Context

163

Remarkable Marketing During A Challenging Climate

164

The huge mega-trend show

165

Embracing the chaos

166

Would you sleep in your pub?

167

The millionth listener show

168

Is there still a place for blogging?

169

Are holograms the next great content form?

170

Machine learning for real-world marketers

171

Ten years of social media with Jay Baer

172

The big huge megatrend show

173

Podcasts and one-way friendships

174

Why are marketing jobs disappearing?

175

The Fake News Episode

176

What will replace Facebook?

177

LESSONS Bonus: How to give your first big speech

178

Key takeaways on the future of marketing

179

LESSONS Bonus: The one word that changed my life

180

To survive a digital onslaught, add emotion

181

LESSONS Bonus: Essential lessons from Peter Drucker

182

How do you stay relevant?

183

LESSONS Bonus: How to remain bot-proof

184

In praise of non-conformity!

185

LESSONS bonus: How to dial up the grit

186

The worst marketing move ever

187

Video everywhere

188

A desperate crossroad for advertising

189

Influencer marketing as performance art

190

New considerations for digital ads and monetization

191

Impact of fake news on your marketing department

192

The true story of trolls

193

Marketing research out of reach?

194

Can values-based marketing go too far?

195

what is the future of social media?

196

A rant: social media lemmings

197

Rebellion Papers: Word of mouth marketing

198

Is it time to break-up the Facebook Monopoly?

199

Saying goodbye to Tom

200

Rebellion Papers: Advertising without the ads

201

A deep dive on social media realities

202

Rebellion Papers: Reimagining marketing in human terms

203

The most valuable marketing skills

204

Rebellion Papers: Co-creating the customer journey

205

The unintended consequences of tech

206

Rebellion Papers: Marketing Anthropologist Martin Lindstrom

207

A Marketing Rebellion has begun

208

Marketing's most inspiring leaders

209

The Alternatives to Advertising

210

Why sentiment analysis is unreliable

211

Three trends pointing to marketing change ahead

212

The AI marketing impact

213

The economics of professionalism

214

Realities of the Entrepreneurial Journey

215

The Triumph of Medium

216

Who rules the internet?

217

Marketing lessons from KISS, Paula Abdul and an actor we don't remember

218

Hidden opportunities for launching successful new podcasts

219

Emotional connection and the modern brand

220

Is the future of retailing a store without sales?

221

Why customers really don't want to engage with your brand

222

A special fifth anniversary show

223

Our favorite marketing books

224

There's no escaping Facebook

225

The brand stand: Mixing politics, social good and sales

226

The New Ethics of Marketing

227

Back to the future: What's old is new again in marketing

228

Spinning social media in a new direction

229

Is social media marketing still a thing?

230

Are we at the end of experiential marketing or the beginning?

231

Influencers gone world, Facebook changes, and "Tech-lash"

232

Staying relevant in a marketing career

233

The marketing agency of the future

234

Cocooning consumers and more amazing mega-trends

235

Are books the ultimate content marketing channel?

236

Is Facebook the most evil company?

237

Three touchy subjects

238

The Humor Show

239

The end of lazy marketing

240

Marketing dominance through content curation

241

The politics of content marketing

242

Advertising industry in a meltdown

243

Personal marketing successes and failures

244

Amazon's new social network primed for success?

245

A new marketing channel emerges

246

Influencer Marketing Grows Up

247

Should you believe the "Meeker Report?"

248

Achieving escape velocity with your marketing message

249

Artificial intelligence, real marketing

250

The content monetization minefield

251

The real data behind content marketing secrets

252

Your content: When is it time to pivot or quit?

253

A special 100th episode

254

The audio revolution and the opportunity for smart marketers

255

New media influencers are changing marketing forever

256

Fame, fortune and the art of becoming known

257

What does digital transformation mean to marketing?

258

Is the Age of Apple over?

259

Streamification, Smart speakers and other marketing changes to watch

260

The Internet of Things and the future of marketing

261

Conversational marketing and the gig economy

262

Understanding the US election and its implications

263

The content dominance strategy

264

The marketing skills you need to succeed today

265

The Elements of Persuasion

266

Courageous marketing

267

Content quantity wins out over quality

268

The enigma of critical thinking and marketing today

269

The importance of being known

270

Why Content Shock is coming to an ad near you

271

Should Facebook be regulated?

272

The new psychology of content consumption

273

Marketing mega-trends

274

The greatest social media opportunity? You might be surprised!

275

Cutting through the marketing noise

276

A modern marketing wish list

277

The epic switch from social networks to private networks

278

Facebook chases down Snapchat

279

Why Twitter matters

280

Snapchat For the Win

281

Silver lining in the bad news about content marketing

282

Unlocking the new secrets of customer service

283

Words that inspire and the stories behind them

284

Achieving the digital mindset

285

The internet we need to save

286

Twitter strategy, politics and authenticity gone mad

287

What's next for marketing in 2016

288

Every way to monetize content

289

Stats-A-Palooza

290

The Rant Show

291

Sales and marketing transformation in the digital world

292

Competitive pressures on content marketing

293

Critical marketing lessons from 2015

294

The shifting sands of Facebook marketing

295

Telltale signs that it's time to end your business

296

The Influence Marketing Show

297

The real story about real-time marketing

298

The future of content strategy

299

Why privacy is about to become the hottest marketing issue

300

In defense of Facebook

301

How we keep up and improve as marketers?

302

Do marketing personas still matter?

303

The rise of new content forms

304

The new realities of podcasting

305

The late, great era of social media engagement

306

Cracking The Content Code

307

Company culture and your future marketing success

308

Don't Block Me, Bro!

309

Social Media in the Workplace

310

The world's most under-utilized social media platforms

311

Haters, trolls and malcontents

312

Nothing but the funny bits

313

Our most valuable content lessons

314

What's next in digital marketing?

315

How Facebook influence is creeping into the real world

316

Is Personal Branding Effective, or A Waste of Time?

317

The Mobile Commerce Revolution

318

Ello and the economics of social networks

319

Authenticity and the Human Brand

320

What are the boundaries to inbound marketing?

321

Coming clean on Facebook reach

322

The Time for Twitter is Now

323

Would you erase yourself from Google Search?

324

If I were the King of Facebook

325

Using Disruption as a Business Strategy

326

Technologies that will disrupt marketing strategies

327

The Invisible Blogger

328

Lifehacks for the Modern Marketer

329

Where do we go next with Google+ ?

330

Digital Marketing: Are the Bad Guys Winning?

331

New insights on digital radio, Facebook and Google+

332

Marketing conferences: The good, the bad, the ugly

333

The influence marketing episode

334

Where does social media fit in the marketing mix?

335

Tips for leveraging public speaking in your marketing mix

336

Leadership is not a dirty word

337

Overcoming Content Shock: Beating information density

338

Facebook reach, a massive breach and influence marketing steps up

339

Six mind-blowing marketing trends

340

The perils and promise of sponsored content

341

How data is screwing up content marketing

342

A Forecast for Podcasting: Trends, Predictions and Google Pants

343

The biggest business opportunity in marketing today

344

The future of Twitter

345

What skills do you need to succeed in marketing?

346

What does it take to start a blog today?

347

Will Jeff Bezos lead the next media revolution?

348

Google Glass: Is this the future, or does it just make you look like a dork?

349

The Content Mill: Is Quantity Killing Quality on the Web?

350

The Failure Manifesto and Why it is Hurting Your Business

351

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