Customizing Tailored Brands: Matt Repicky on Marketing Men’s Fashion

Matt Repicky, Chief Brand Officer of Tailored Brands – known for Men’s Wearhouse and Jos. A. Bank – shares what he’s learned about making iconic brands more culturally relevant. With a career trajectory that included Accenture to Amazon, a stint in Pharma, even leading global brand marketing for the Barbie brand at Mattel, I call […]

CNN and NPR Executives on Amplifying Trust Thru Audio

Steve Lickteig has the monumental task of ensuring that CNN’s podcasting content is as compelling and trustworthy as its news broadcasts. Gina Garrubbo leverages the value of NPR being one of the most trusted brands in the world to entice sponsors. These two highly respected executives spoke with me spontaneously during the recent Podcast Movement […]

How Podcasting Drives Brand Love and Builds Connections

In this bonus episode of Insider Interviews, I’m narrating an article I published in trade pub, The Customer, on how podcasting drives real love… and emotional connections. I’ll describe a  personal story about how my podcast actually helped a friend find love! But it’s really more about the importance of humanizing content and creating brand […]

How to Maximize Streaming Revenue and Creator Power — Lessons from a Digital Native and a Media Maven

At an age when most are consumed with after-school activities, 17-year-old Braden Blacker is consumed with generating a billion-views a month. The entrepreneurial high schooler is disrupting the creator marketing industry, helping manage staggering monthly viewership for top influencers like The Botez Sisters and Sketch, across platforms like YouTube and Twitch. Listen to Braden to […]

Navigating CTV and Thriving with AI – POVs from the Pundits

Can AI revolutionize media without sacrificing creativity and jobs? My latest episode was recorded spontaneously at the Streaming Media Conference in New York, starting with media cartographer Evan Shapiro to explain and caution us about the current media landscape, especially regarding connected TV challenges. Evan, who helmed and shaped the conference, walks the innovation talk, […]

Triton Digital CEO John Rosso on Epi 20

Triton Digital CEO John Rosso on Navigating Today’s Audio Waves

To learn about how audio and advertising is evolving — in an enjoyable way — there’s really no one better to hear from than John Rosso. While I’ll forever be grateful that perhaps helping him pivot to avoid a close encounter with potato salad (you’ll just have to listen to understand) led me to work […]