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
Alain Falys, VR jump-scares, and Apple's show of courage
Jonathan Abrams, Zuck beef, and what the West can learn from WeChat
In this episode, we talk to Jonathan Abrams of Nuzzel about the startup world, mobile engagement, being cross-platform, and how he makes a 100 percent organic acquisition strategy work. We also ask h…
Jon Ferrara, smashing phones, and the death and rebirth of CRM
Stewart and Travis spend an awful long time reminiscing about the terrible, horrible days of using customer relationship management (CRM) solutions in the field and then muse on the future of smartph…
Roland Smart, vide-no, and the new marketing battleground
Peter Dering, Kickstarter, and winning with radical transparency
Travis and Stewart get excited about the new app sharing economy this week. What do we mean by that? Apps within apps, people, and we’ll tell you why you should get seriously pumped about this trend,…
Shira Abel, Footloose, and the problem of marketing debt
This week, Stewart and Travis talk about one important news item: Instagram Stories. That's right - the Snapchat copycat has arrived on our mobile devices, and we break down what it does, what it doe…
Vala Afshar, American yogurt, and improving human performance with mobile tech
Stewart and Travis take a stab at understanding what is going on at Apple in a week where everyone announced their latest results, and we wonder whether Snapchat will grind to a halt soon as it adds …
Brian Solis and how tech is changing our behavior
Technology is accelerating, behaviors are changing, and thankfully there are people like Brian Solis around who can help make sense of it all. We talk to Brian about customer X-perience as well as di…
Peter Shankman, being ADHD positive, and scaling a give-to-get mindset
Stewart and Travis discuss new research that shows an ever-decreasing attention span, and Stewart suggests that nothing short of perfection will do for today's app-loving consumers - shipping an 'alm…
Scott Brinker, Pokemon GO, and mobile table stakes
As Pokemon GO sweeps the nation and makes the news, Stewart and Travis discuss that particular phenomenon and what it means for the future of mobile mixed reality. We then talk about the world of mob…
Andrew Grill, full disclosure, and influencing the influencers
This week, Stewart and Travis become artificially intelligent after speaking with Andrew Grill of IBM about employee advocacy, full disclosure, and influencer marketing in a mobile-first world.
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Talia Wolf, testing outcomes, and jumping from perfectly good planes
This week, Stewart and Travis get excited about YouTube Live, Facebook Live, and every other live video platform while also being honest about why some of them have failed spectacularly. They then ta…
Bryan Kramer, staying human, and the rise of the chat bots
Stewart and Travis muse on Apple's WWDC conference, try to work out why Microsoft bought LinkedIn, and then talk about humans, artificial intelligence, chat bots, and the future of interactions with …
Aunkur Arya, waterproof mascara, and the future of mobile payments
In this week's episode, Stewart and Travis wonder how the U.S. can't roll out decade-old Chip and PIN nationwide, yet they somehow get Apple and Android Pay before the rest of the world. They then in…
Mayur Gupta, marketing, and the battle of the behemoths
When it comes to marketing with technology, tools, and other words beginning with 'T,' Mayur Gupta really knows his stuff. In this episode, we discover how you can choose the right technologies to su…
Sarah Austin, artificial intelligence, and what happens when bots start to lie to each other
Chat bots are all the rage right now, so Stewart and Travis attempt to gaze into the crystal ball and figure out what the future holds. Then, A.I. expert Sarah Austin tells us what is really going to…
Joel Comm, Snapchat, and what if your shadow talked back to you?
Amy Vernon, content marketing, live video, and how Facebook can't count
This week's news focuses on live video, streaming video, regular video, and every other type of video. We then talk to Amy Vernon about content marketing, the mobile audience, and why Peach was the G…
Gary Vaynerchuk on social media
Stewart and Travis dig their teeth into the latest social news and then bring you their own version of the #AskGaryVee show with Gary Vaynerchuk.