VB Engage - Mobile, Marketing, & Technology Podcast from VentureBeat
A brutally honest look at marketing and mobile engagement, plus interviews with some of the brightest minds around technology, social media, marketing technology, MarTech, and customer experience. Hosted by VentureBeat's Stewart Rogers and Travis Wright.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 79
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2017
Ben Parr, future bots, and disagreeing with 1,600 AI experts
This week, Travis and Stewart talk about the future of A.I., and Stewart has a big issue with a study of over 1,600 experts, wondering how they could collectively be so wrong.
We then interview the a…
Rishi Dave, VR ads, and how AI might not replace marketers
This week, Travis and Stewart discuss Google's latest lab project - VR ads. Apparently, we can't escape ads in even our virtual realities. We also talk about some smart A.I.-powered video solutions, …
Damien Mahoney, Amazon, and how A.I. will affect user-generated content
This week, Travis and Stewart interview Damien Mahoney, who tells us everything we need to know about user-generated content, machine learning, A.I., and what the future holds for consumer engagement…
David Berkowitz, future social, and the week AI took over
This week, Travis and Stewart talk about artificial intelligence. A lot. In fact, it appears marketing is being taken over by A.I., machine learning, and cognitive computing this week, as every piece…
T.J. Leonard, WWDC, and why blocking ads isn't the answer
This week, Travis and Stewart interview TJ Leonard on why video content is so engaging, and what marketers can do to leverage the opportunity.
In the news segment, they discuss what Apple's WWDC even…
Taylor Freeman, digital ghosts, and the future of reality
This week, Travis and Stewart discuss the latest A.I. startups, including Replika - a spin-off of the Luka bot that creates a "digital ghost" of your friends. We also talk about Demandbase's new (mas…
Kristian Segerstrale, maniacal laughter, and what Google I/O means for marketers
In this week's episode, Stewart and Travis discuss how Google's announcements at its I/O event will affect marketers and marketing this year, and we also discuss how AI is helping B2B markets.
We the…
Adelyn Zhou, voice ads, and the current state of chatbots
This week, Travis and Stewart are lucky enough to interview Adelyn Zhou of Topbots. We get schooled on the latest in A.I., how smaller businesses can get involved (it isn't just for Fortune 500 types…
Sujan Patel, massive growth, and the week A.I. took over marketing
In this week's episode, Stewart and Travis interview the amazing Sujan Patel, who hits us with so many growth hacking and content marketing techniques it leaves us spinning.
And in the news, it is A.…
Noah Kagan, our podcast-iversary, and 1.5 million reasons to love A.I.
In this week's episode, Stewart and Travis finally hit the one year mark with VB Engage. To celebrate, they've launched a fantastic competition to win a Huawei tablet, details of which you can find i…
Jon Miller, sales spam, and the F8 of Facebook
In this week's episode, Stewart and Travis discuss (almost) everything announced at Facebook's F8 Developer Conference, including its new chatbot discovery tools, A.I., augmented reality, and 360-deg…
Everette Taylor, app wars, and the truth about growth hacking
In this week's episode, Stewart and Travis interview the amazing Everette Taylor, a serial entrepreneur who went from being homeless to co-founding GrowthHackers, creating GrowthPup, and his current …
John Rampton, pay-to-play, and how A.I. affects marketing forever
In this week's episode, Stewart and Travis reveal details of three - yes three - brand-new A.I. or machine learning-powered marketing technologies. In customer service, social media, and the fascinat…
Spencer Liu, community, and how machine learning identifies narcissists
In this week's episode, Travis and Stewart interview Spencer Liu about the importance of community, how to build one in a smartphone-driven world, and what how mobile games can benefit from bringing …
Michael Stelzner, social media, and using A.I. to measure your emotions
In this week's episode, Travis and Stewart talk about a new A.I.-powered startup that measures viewers' emotions as they watch YouTube videos, and they discuss the latest in social media advertising,…
Olga Kay, chatbot fatigue, and the power of finding your niche
In this week's episode, Stewart and Travis discover that A.I. and chatbots are a rollercoaster. On the ride to the top, a new bot marketing company promises to close the loop and help chatbots pay th…
Stephen Gold, cognitive computing, and taping up your webcam
In this week's episode, Travis and Stewart interview the CMO of IBM Watson, Stephen Gold. We talk about cognitive computing, A.I., machine learning, and more, discovering how long we have before the …
Mark Asquith, Snapchat exodus, and building communities that stick
In this week's episode, recorded on the day of the Snap IPO, Stewart and Travis discuss the supposed exodus of influencers using Snapchat, and whether those with a huge following are that valuable to…
Mitchell Reichgut, honest ads, and the future of conversational commerce
In this week's episode, Stewart and Travis interview Mitchell Reichgut about honesty in mobile ads, consumers and the "race to X," and what the future holds for mobile engagement.
In the news, we tal…
Itai Lahan, Snapchat for brands, and artificially intelligent design
In this week's episode, Stewart and Travis discuss the impact A.I. is having on the way websites are designed. A.I. is now building millions of creative elements for us, and we're starting to move aw…