Yali Saar – Co-Founder & CEO of TailorBrands
When you swim long enough you understand that there isn’t a real way to win over other people in the pool, the only thing that matters is beating your own…
Marketing is part art, part science, and part educated guessing. The founders here know all three. They’ve built agencies, launched brands, and figured out how to get people to pay attention. Which, in a world drowning in content, is no small feat.
These interviews cover the full spectrum. SEO. Content marketing. Social media. Brand strategy. Paid acquisition. Influencer marketing back before everyone was an influencer. The landscape keeps changing, and the people featured here have been adapting in real time.
What makes these conversations different from another marketing blog is the source. These aren’t theorists. They’re people who’ve spent actual money on actual campaigns and lived to tell the tale. Some of the tales involve spectacular failure. Those are usually the most useful ones.
You’ll find insights on building marketing teams, measuring what matters, creative strategy, and the eternal tension between brand building and performance marketing. If you’re a marketer, you’ll find people who’ve solved problems you’re dealing with right now. If you’re a founder trying to figure out marketing, you’ll find people who can point you in a direction. Not the direction. A direction. That’s how marketing works.
When you swim long enough you understand that there isn’t a real way to win over other people in the pool, the only thing that matters is beating your own…
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[quote style=”boxed”]Pay attention to the numbers and have clarity about how your personal values are represented within the brand.[/quote] Trent Oliver is the co-founder and CEO of Blue Telescope, where…
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Meet Vladimir Gendelman – Founder and CEO of Company Folders
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