Episodios

  • AI Signals to influence the purchasing decision

    AI Signals to influence the purchasing decision
    Aug 11 2025
    As use of AI soars and customers place more trust in AI, the bots are making decisions for our customers. From vacations to recipes, we're using AI in creative ways to make our lives easier and skip the time to analyze options. But how does AI make the decision? The platforms are getting their information from somewhere. What is the role of traditional content and marketing? The answer will surprise you. In this far-reaching show, Mark Schaefer and Andy Crestodina explore new research on how AI makes decisions and what matters. This episode also contains extraordinary bonus content. Mark Schaefer is a strategy consultant, college educator, keynote speaker, and the author of 10 books including "KNOWN," “Belonging to the Brand,” and "Audacious: How Humans Win in an AI Marketing World." His annual marketing retreat is The Uprising. For more of Mark’s insights every week, subscribe to his award-winning blog. Mark also offers classes in personal branding and professional speaking. Andy Crestodina is CMO and Co-Founder of Orbit Media, an award-winning 55-person digital agency. He has 23_ years of experience in analytics, SEO, content strategy and visitor psychology ...and months of experience in AI. Andy has applied his expertise in SEO and conversions to drive both visibility and lead generation for 1000+ businesses since 2001.
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    45 m
  • Attention Economy 2.0

    Attention Economy 2.0
    Jul 28 2025

    Gini Dietrich is a well-known thought leader, author, and entrepreneur in the corporate communications space. Her PESO marketing framework has become a standard framework for PR and marketing professionals. In this episode, Mark Schaefer's special guest host talks about how the model has evolved in an era where consumer attention "acts differently." She also discusses how she is aggressively integrating AI in her client relations practices.

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    27 m
  • Create an AI Bot to Build Your Business

    Create an AI Bot to Build Your Business
    Jul 14 2025
    Mark Schaefer and Dana Malstaff discuss practical applications to use ChatGPT to build your own private, personal AI advisors to reach clients, expand your reach, and fuel your personal growth. This is an easy and accessible way to create new capabilities for your business without any coding knowledge. Mark Schaefer is a strategy consultant, college educator, keynote speaker, and the author of 10 books including "KNOWN," “Belonging to the Brand,” and "Audacious: How Humans Win in an AI Marketing World." His annual marketing retreat is The Uprising. For more of Mark’s insights every week, subcribe to his award-winning blog. Mark also offers classes in personal branding and professional speaking. Dana Malstaff is a serial entrepreneur, author, and founder of the Boss Mom franchise of media properties and businesses.
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    33 m
  • AI marketing agents gain ground

    AI marketing agents gain ground
    Jun 30 2025
    In this wide-ranging talk with AI marketing strategist Mathew Sweezey, we cover a lot of ground, including AI's need for marketing speed, the human bottleneck, the reality of agents, a softer view of generative AI legal concerns, and reimagining the nature of creativity. Mark Schaefer is a strategy consultant, college educator, keynote speaker, and the author of 10 books, including "KNOWN," “Belonging to the Brand,” and "Audacious: How Humans Win in an AI Marketing World." His annual marketing retreat is The Uprising. For more of Mark’s insights every week, subscribe to his award-winning blog. Mark also offers classes in personal branding and professional speaking. Mathew Sweezey is the Principal Consultant – AI Transformation for the Monks Agency. He has been a leading futurist and thought-leader on AI, Web3, and eCommerce. He is a best selling author, and avid adventurer.
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    34 m
  • Content and compromise

    Content and compromise
    Jun 16 2025
    Are you creating content to build an audience, build a brand, or win the SEO sweepstakes? How does content really work in the world today? It's complicated, but Mark Schaefer and Jay Acunzo have a meeting of the minds in this fast-paced and provocative show. Mark Schaefer is a strategy consultant, college educator, keynote speaker, and the author of 10 books including "KNOWN," “Belonging to the Brand,” and "Marketing Rebellion." His annual marketing retreat is The Uprising. For more of Mark’s insights every week, subcribe to his award-winning blog. Mark also offers classes in personal branding and professional speaking Jay Acunzo consults experts and entrepreneurs to differentiate their messages and content. He hosts the podcast How Stories Happen, where guests dissect signature stories piece by piece, and runs the Creator Kitchen, where experts learn to become stronger storytellers. Learn more at jayacunzo.com
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    36 m
  • The Curse of Authenticity

    The Curse of Authenticity
    Jun 2 2025
    Other than AI, is there any word about marketing more prevalent than "authenticity?" And yet, it might be one of the most misunderstood and abused words out there. In this deeply personal show, Mark Schaefer and Amanda Russell discuss how authenticity can help you, how it can destroy you, and how it might be more of a strategy than a default setting for a personal brand.
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    35 m
  • The Frontier Agency Model

    The Frontier Agency Model
    May 19 2025

    New research from Microsoft provides a glimpse of the near-term future of marketing agency life, including AI bosses, agentic employees, and new organizational charts. And, if you're a small agency, this might be your time to shine! Mark Schaefer and Andy Crestodina riff on the implications of te AI-first agency in this new episode of The Marketing Companion.
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    35 m
  • How to be an AI Forward Company

    How to be an AI Forward Company
    May 5 2025

    As AI marches forward with speed and power, new questions emerge about how humans thrive in a world of super intelligence. We already see AI creeping into workflows, organizational charts and even our personal relationships. Mark Schaefer and Paul Roetzer look at a few of these topics as they help us navigate an AI-First World.

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    31 m