Joe Pulizzi and Robert Rose, two of the most well-known experts in the content marketing space, talk about the latest content marketing trends and discuss how businesses can use content to attract and retain customers. Each podcast show features a discussion of content marketing headlines, rants from Joe and Robert on what's going on in the industry, and a "This Old Marketing" example from the past (that we can learn from). Always useful, entertaining and never more than 60 minutes.
The Information estimates that last year's creator economy take is about $2 billion dollars. Does it have room to run?
CNBC and The Drum cover content marketing like it's a brand new thing, while Ame…
After more than 50 years, American Airlines decided to shutter its print magazine American Way. Good decision? Not a chance. Based on data? Probably not.
Americans have hit fatigue status when it com…
Apple unveiled their new privacy policy this week. Among the features is an ability not to track open rates in email newsletters. The boys think this is bad for ecommerce and advertising and good for…
In this episode, Joe and Robert start by dissecting the employment move back to offices. Is this a meaningless blip or will marketing and content creation be altered forever?
Decentralized publishing is starting to become "a thing" with the launch of Mirror.xyz, a site for writers built on top of a crypto economy.
And yes, creator coins are a thing. The tokenization of ev…
At almost the same time AT&T announced that their WarnerMedia buy was a mistake, Amazon seems close to picking off MGM Studios. Why is everyone except telecom companies figuring this out?
And then, t…
Social audio company Clubhouse finally launches in Android, but faces an uphill climb around moderation and trolls.
Hubspot makes a brilliant move in starting a podcast network. Could it be a glorifi…
Verizon changes course again by selling off AOL and Yahoo to Apollo. Joe and Robert think they'll purchase both back for more at a later date.
Rumors are swirling that Netflix may buy Discovery. Smar…
In this week's news, Neutrogena and Old Spice release the details on the creation of their internal brand studios. Is this Marriott all over again or something different? The answer is in promotion a…
Is the biggest part of a paid advertising budget with influencers now? The boys think not.
Science seems to think that the web can survive without advertising. If so, there are huge opportunities for…
DraftKings hires a chief media offer, kicking off their formal program for content marketing and into actually buying media companies.
The latest Pew social media research is out. What do we think? F…
Well, there's a new Facebook data leak, and Facebook is blaming users instead of taking responsibility. The good news? Facebook is updating their feeds so you can have more of what you want. Will it …
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The social audio battle continues this week, …
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In this episode, Verizon announces the launch of a robust Yahoo Plus. All we can say is "ouch."
Roku continues it…
The Oscars are back and guess what? Netflix absolutely crushed it (and yes, we called it years ago).
Facebook is launched a new creator model for writers and journalists that is truly seductive, and …
After a royal analysis courtesy of Robert, the boys dissect Disney's subscription program as they hit over 100 million paid subscribers worldwide.
The conversation pivots to NFTs (non-fungible tokens…
To kick off the show, Joe and Robert detail their "advanced" Clubhouse experience (likes and dislikes) and why it may have legs.
In headline news, Facebook makes a deal with the Aussie press, doing exactly what we said they would do last week. At the same time, Facebook commits to $1 billion for the news industry. A generous g…
This week Joe and Robert cover the big news that, after the passage of a media bargaining law, Facebook bans all media companies from its app. Shock abounds, with a number of sites that are "not" me…
It's our annual "rip apart the Super Bowl ads" show, which may not mean much since viewership sank to a 15-year low.
Twitter announced stellar earnings, including a possible subscription plan roll ou…