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This Week: Dan Goldgeier, Jason Lonsdale, and Cyndee Woolley join Bob to discuss whether the entire ad model is broken, why being too brand-safe may be hurting us, the new podcaster pitch, diversifying YouTube revenue, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Rose Cameron, Saul Colt, and Joseph Jaffe joins Bob to discuss how AI impacts the marketing funnel, why retail media is still floundering, creator stores, the dip in YouTube views, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Ian Baer joins Bob to discuss free-speech politics confronting advertisers, LinkedIn's conundrum, YouTube focuses on home shopping, unpacking the supposed TikTok deal, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Craig Daitch, and Jerlyn O'Donnell join Bob to discuss pharma under scrutiny, woke-baiting, the promise of RSL, Google's partnership with Criteo, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt and Duane Forrester join Bob to discuss Google getting off light, AI really is replacing us, Cracker Barrel's capitualation, brand-sponsored films winning at film festivals, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Jonathan Sackett and Colby Vogt join Bob to discuss solving AI's shopping dilemma, neurodivergency among creatives, Intel outsources marketing to Accenture and AI, holding social liable, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Joseph Jaffe, Peter Levitan and Mary Rodgers join Bob to discuss whether Cannes is pushing away ads, Nintendo's ignore-it strategy, Prime Day as a bellwhether, Pinterest makes everything shoppable, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt and Jeremy Goldman join Bob to discuss brands exiting Pride events, how AI is powering go-direct strategies, whether boredom makes you more creative, a look at unskippable ads, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Jason Keath and Lieu Thi Pham join Bob to discuss life after the click, Google's Veo 3, what's wrong with disruption, pressure to be a creator, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Emily Binder, Monty Hagler, Jason Lonsdale and Augie Ray join Bob to discuss Jaguar's rebrand in hindsight, why sustainability isn't enough, YouTube's new ad placements, Netflix's new ad offerings, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Michelle Excell and Lisa Laporte join Bob to discuss making a brand "less American," Google's perils continue, combatting dupe culture, unpacking TikTok's assurances, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Farrah Bostic, Jo Darby and Ron Tite join Bob to discuss the growing importance of digital creators, Meta goes after agency business, navigating tariffs, privacy of ChatGPT's reverse image search, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Joseph Jaffe and Janell Townsend join Bob to discuss what is your phone really doing, new worries about AI, Meta's love/hate with Instagram, YouTube at 20, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Dan Goldgeier and Samuel Monnie join Bob to discuss Google's latest loss, the tariff impact begins, OnlyFans seeking a wider audience, whether pets are better influencers than humans, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Michael Farmer, Ben Kunz, and Jonathan Sackett join Bob to discuss "conversational" marketing, adland's sustainability problems, Meta's antitrust case begins, Instagram's search problems, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Tedd Aurelius, Farrah Bostic and Zontee Hou join Bob to discuss the wave of US tariffs, TikTok gets another extension, Amazon tests a questionable new service, Facebook looks at bringing ads to notifications, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Ian Baer, Eli Goldman, and Jonathan Sackett join Bob to discuss whether the US made it's case against Google, the ownership vs licensee law, CNN's flirtation with a paywall, a reckoning on gambling ads, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Dan Goldgeier, Jerlyn O'Donnell, and Adam Pierno join Bob to discuss learnings from Tupperware's bankruptcy, AI visibility optimization, cannabis for college sports, the roll-out of YouTube paused-video ads, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
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This Week: Peter Levitan, Samuel Monnie, Janell Townsend join Bob to discuss film marketers pushing TV away, an ad with every AI query, manipulating chatbots, Stoneyfield's push to end political divides, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Allen Adamson, Farrah Bostic, and Saul Colt join Bob to discuss if brands are politically polarized, working with your AI replacement, Ford set to push ads in cars, our devices really are surveilling us, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt and Janell Townsend join Bob to discuss whether consumer spending is tanking, over-enthusiastic influencer language, Google ends endless scroll, YouTube finally allows tagging users in comments, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt and Sunir Shah join Bob to discuss whether marketers really care about customers, X's Elon factor, is brand safety really a problem, registering influencers, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Jo Darby, and Joseph Jaffe join Bob to discuss Apple's AI strategy, the Be Real deal, the struggle to prove AI's ROI, Uber's new Journey Ads, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Farrah Bostic, Saul Colt, and Jonathan Sackett join Bob to discuss whether we should fear Reddit, DOOH making a splash, Google already scaling back AI summaries, Instagram tests unskippable ads, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Allen Adamson, Rose Cameron, and Samuel Monnie join Bob to discuss Google radically changing search, TikTok's look toward long-form, hyper growth for the Netflix ad tier, saying goodbye to Twitter.com, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Ian Baer, Augie Ray, and Janell Townsend join Bob to discuss why OpenAI needs a search engine, an honest look at that iPad Pro ad, deadbots, the Disney+ deal with Walmart, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt and Dave Delaney join Bob to discuss a tale of two earnings calls, the TikTok battle gets real, how influence is evolving now, Spotify leaves the IAB, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Mitch Joel, Matt McDermott, and Samuel Monnie join Bob to discuss the dilemma of mass personalization, the impact of "grid zero" on marketers, EU regulators reject Meta's solution, Netflix stops reporting subscriber numbers, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Emily Binder, Saul Colt, and Jo Darby join Bob to discuss LinkedIn's growth, whether purpose is lazy strategy, Nike's hard retail lessons, WPP's AI partnership with Google, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Farrah Bostic, Joseph Jaffe, and Adam Pierno join Bob to discuss the AI battle for search, Meta's "many" advantages, TikTok Shop driving tons of retail, whether chatbots are better at convincing you than humans, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Jeremy Goldman, and Jonathan Sackett join Bob to discuss mobile threatening digital, the role of visualization, blogging today, Sam Altman's scary prediction, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Jo Darby and Tamara Prewitt join Bob to discuss rethinking agency value, unpacking a TikTok ban, why more data isn't the answer, Midjourney's election restriction, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Ben Kunz, and Samuel Monnie join Bob to discuss understanding recent agency layoffs, choosing between Instagram and TikTok, Canada regulates gambling ads, Connecticut's plan to save local media, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Chris Baccus, Augie Ray, and Janell Townsend join Bob to discuss increasingly invasive digital advertising, Google's plan to replace journalism with AI, intelligence gathering through ads, the launch of Aria, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Ian Baer, Rose Cameron, and Mike Monello join Bob to discuss Walmart buying Vizio, whether AI copywriting is more effective, the Reddit IPO, Amazon ending FreeVee, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Farrah Bostic, Saul Colt, and Joseph Jaffe join Bob to discuss this year's analysis of the Super Bowl ad game , plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Joseph Jaffe, Jonathan Sackett, and Tamsen Webster join Bob to discuss brands ditching X for SB convos, the final implosion of local news, understanding deinfluencers, TikTok to make all content shoppable, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Rose Cameron, Saul Colt, and Peter Levitan join Bob to discuss influencer farms, Disney's bet on gambling, learning from DeSantis's birthday ad, the entertainment strikes and influencers, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Jo Darby, Matt McDermott, and Jonathan Sackett join Bob to discuss Cannes winners and losers, ending sexual harassment at the festival, Gannet suing Google, Twitter starts paying bills again, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt and Colin Glaum join Bob to discuss B2B's "unlikable" ads, Twitter's "turnaround" story, Reddit's mod strike, why we don't see 10,000 ads a day, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Joseph Jaffe and Scott Monty join Bob to discuss Apple's Vision Pro headset, faces vs. logos, the problem with engagement marketing, Unilever pledges to support disabled creators, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Rose Cameron, Saul Colt, and Jerlyn O'Donnell join Bob to discuss the perils of Pride, branded ecosystems, content over saturation, YouTube best for influencers, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Ben Kunz, and Peter Levitan join Bob to discuss free TVs for ads, Tesla's reversal, why there's no cookie replacement, math for creatives, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Farrah Bostic and Janell Townsend join Bob to discuss Twitter's new CEO, the impact of the writer's strike, a look at the upfronts, the ongoing debate over in-house agencies, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Brandi Boatner, Saul Colt, and Dan Rodriguez join Bob to discuss A.I. for political ads, the future of agencies, whether the gig economy and Web 2.0 are officially dead, Twitter's latest monetization scheme, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Joseph Jaffe, Jonathan Sackett, and Joey Scarillo join Bob to discuss the Snap's revival, post-pandemic retail, sustainable accountability, W+K's B Corp move, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Mitch Joel and Samuel Monnie join Bob to discuss the Bud Light controversy, what Elon has up his sleeve, AR for everyday use, why QSR is stepping into the home delivery space, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Christopher Baccus, Saul Colt, and Mike Monello join Bob to discuss AI for Influencers, Twitter's continuing backwards slide, the NYT slams online ads, Dentsu opens a Ukrainian office, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Joey Scarillo and Keith Stoeckeler join Bob to discuss, social going pay-to-play, the podcast boom going bust, why livestream selling still doesn't work in the U.S., brand ads as abstract art, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Rose Cameron, Saul Colt, and Greg Verdino join Bob to discuss, banning TikTok, no copyrights for A.I. content, combating consumer pessimism, more bad news for Twitter, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Ben Kunz, Tim Leake, and Cathy McPhillips join Bob to discuss bank collapses, a fascinating A.I. experiment, resigning ourselves to walled gardens, a SxSW recap, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Ben Kunz, Matt McDermott, and Jonathan Sackett join Bob to discuss, more reasonable A.I. worries, choosing ease or speed in customer experience, the disappointment over 5G hype, doing more to protect kids online, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Jo Darby, and Joseph Jaffe join Bob to discuss, trouble for Meta's copying, AI making the impossible possible, understanding econometrics, the expansion of mobile tap-to-pay, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Jay Baer, Farrah Bostic, Saul Colt, and Julian Zilberbrand join Bob to discuss the 2023 Super Bowl ad game, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Ian Baer, Ron Tite, and Janell Townsend join Bob to discuss a call to revise how we calculate brand size, how agencies are using ChatGPT, the end of an exclusivity deal, Twitter's RevShare plans, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt and Jonathan Sackett join Bob to discuss Google faces antitrust suit, whether the DTC glory years are over, TikTok's "lashgate," the obvious M&Ms stunt, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Mitch Joel, Tamara Prewitt, and Leigh Reyes join Bob to discuss B2B use of consumer marketing tactics, the subscriptions problem, Cannes Lions' move to suss out sustainability/DEI, Sony's new patent, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt and Jo Darby join Bob to discuss CES-inspired ad trends, the state of influencer brands, Instagram backing away from storefronts, Twitter selling usernames, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Matt McDermott, and Samuel Monnie join Bob to discuss clean rooms for ad targeting, why SMBs are hot for TikTok Shop, how ambassadors beat influencers, big shifts in 2023 media planning, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Joseph Jaffe, and Lisa Laporte join Bob to discuss the biggest stories of 2022.
This Week: Saul Colt, Dan Goldgeier, and Sunir Shah join Bob to discuss how ads are now fully in bed with streaming, the launch of Amazon Inspire, Q1 doom and gloom, eSports' revenue issues, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Farrah Bostic, Rose Cameron, and Adam Pierno join Bob to discuss R/GA's new work model, a record-breaking Black Friday, Twitter's BOGO offer, why Alexa has failed to woo advertisers, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Duane Forrester, and Sloane Kelley join Bob to discuss the World Cup's PR debacle, publishers ditching ad auctions, suing influencers, what Facebook took from your profile, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Emily Binder, Saul Colt, and Joseph Jaffe join Bob to discuss Elon's emerging plans for Twitter, the impact of big tech's layoffs, why a crypto crash puts SB ads in question, the debate over a classic ad, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Tedd Aurelius, Scott Monty, and Colby Vogt join Bob to discuss Elon finally buying Twitter, whether bad times drive bad behavior from tech, Dorsey launching BlueSky, the importance of open web data, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Brandi Boatner, Jo Darby, and Mitch Joel join Bob to discuss GIF marketing today, SNAP's stock woes, Microsoft's partnership with Meta, 5G's importance to retail, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Erica Braverman, Saul Colt, and Mat Zucker join Bob to discuss the Netflix ad tier, "Prime Day 2," TikTok moves toward e-commerce, gaming influencers, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Lisa Laporte, and Steve Wax join Bob to discuss another digital ad dilemma for streamers, orbital ads, understanding the Kardashian fine, why Elon's offer is back, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Allen Adamson and Joseph Jaffe join Bob to discuss BeReal, Meta out of the top 10, ComScore downsizing, CNN makes cuts to podcasting, saying goodbye to Dan Weiden, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Steve Coulson, Michelle Excell, and Jerlyn O'Donnell join Bob to discuss MidJourney and the applications of AI creative, no beer for Thursday Night Football, Apple gets the Halftime Show, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Farrah Bostic, Saul Colt, and Mike Monello join Bob to discuss big tech's TikTok anxiety, direct mail returns again, authentication for marketplaces, the new Customers Ask Alexa tool, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt and Jonathan Sackett join Bob to remember Wendi Cooper, then discuss the truth about social selling, Apple's big move into the ad space, Meta disbanding a key oversight team, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Matt McDermott and Jonathan Sackett join Bob to discuss TikTok and search, the Netflix and Microsoft deal, why Disney will rule the metaverse, Facebook to allow multiple accounts, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt and Janell Townsend join Bob to discuss Google's "breakup" plan, lock-screen ads coming to Android, e-commerce enhancing physical retail, whether Cannes is worth the money for students, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Joseph Jaffe, Cathy McPhillips and Samuel Monnie join Bob to discuss abortion tracking, YouTube's complicated TikTok problem, the end of personal branding, agencies leading clients to better DEI, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Ian Baer and Adam Pierno join Bob to discuss Pride-washing, YouTube evolves, trouble for Chinese influencers, Meta's growing woes, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Wendi Cooper and Greg Verdino join Bob to discuss Sheryl Sandberg's exit, the importance of IRL marketing now, hiring comedians for creative, speculation over Reality OS, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt and Mitch Joel join Bob to discuss advertising's role in the gun debate, brands lobby against new Texas social media law, banning fossil fuel ads, Pepsi exits the Super Bowl (again), plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Rose Cameron and Mike Monello join Bob to discuss gaming and the metaverse, breaking up Google, why Amazon can't get you to buy groceries on your Echo, how streaming won the upfronts, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Chris Baccus, Ian Baer, and Lisa Laporte join Bob to discuss the crypto collapse, Apple's ad report, how advertising won the streaming wars, whether Musk will ever buy Twitter, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Wendi Cooper, and Janell Townsend join Bob to discuss the Amazon ad advantage, cratering NFTs, the wisdom of the SNAP/Cameo deal, the big plan for One Times Square, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt and Jonathan Sackett join Bob to discuss Elon Musk buying Twitter, Meta's bleak metaverse outlook, Amazon using voice recordings for targeting, whether people are truly tired of eco-unfriendly ads, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Joseph Jaffe, Sam Monnie, and Ron Tite join Bob to discuss streaming scheming, overly stimulating digital ads, game consoles looking for ad revenue, whether Earth Day needs a rebrand, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Joseph Jaffe, Matt McDermott, and Jonathan Sackett join Bob to discuss Elon's Twitter foray, learning from Web 1.0 and 2.0, Quartz ends its paywall, whether inclusivity still needs some exclusivity, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Farrah Bostic, Saul Colt, Michael Diamond, and Dan Goldgeier join Bob to discuss the closing of The Creative Circus, gaming reluctance, Vizio's invasive ads, Google multi-search, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Rose Cameron, Saul Colt, and Jeremy Goldman join Bob to discuss the Apple's banking aspirations, YouTube to host podcasts, April Fools Day stunts, dropping your "Z," plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Joseph Jaffe, Scott Monty, and Greg Verdino join Bob to discuss the Digital Markets Act, whether mood boards are ruining creativity, why FB ads are rebounding, the power of women in ads, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Allen Adamson, Saul Colt, and Wendi Cooper join Bob to discuss what it takes to be a CMO, NFTs coming to Instagram, Amazon's real plan for MGM, the psyche behind tattooing brands, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Mitch Joel, Jonathan Sackett, and Janell Townsend join Bob to discuss Reddit as an ad platform, aspiration vs affirmation, taglines in the doghouse, how to date an agency, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Jay Baer, Joseph Jaffe, Tamsen Webster, and Tom Webster join Bob to discuss the private sector's Russia blockade, podcasting's dynamic insertion future, cross-promoting sports betting, the baseball lockout, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Ben Kunz, and Lisa Laporte join Bob to discuss advertising during wartime, the surge of Advanced TV tech, combatting election texting, Cameo's other profitable business, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Farrah Bostic, Dan Goldgeier, and Farrah Bostic join Bob for the annual "analysis of the analysis" of the Super Bowl ad game, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Wendi Cooper, Augie Ray, and Jonathan Sackett join Bob to discuss pre-game analysis, enhancing streaming advertising, NUDGE, Apple's payment checkmate, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Michael Diamond, Samuel Monnie, Janell Townsend, and Marc Whitehead join Bob to discuss Meta's stock drop, rethinking data, getting BHM right, the green M&M controversy, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Sloane Kelley, Adam Pierno, and Mat Zucker join Bob to discuss AI ad-bots in the metaverse, Google Topics, Microsoft's ad game, cringey brand social accounts, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt, Mitch Joel, and Liz Mayer join Bob to discuss areas of growth for Netflix, the case for and against ad tracking, whether your brand needs a podcast, a post mortem on YouTube Originals, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Saul Colt and Colin Glaum join Bob to discuss taco subscriptions, content's waning SEO impact, plant-based meat in 2022, the truth about CEOs against ad targeting, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Joseph Jaffe, Jerlyn O'Donnell, and Jonathan Sackett join Bob to discuss the agency hiring dilemma, Verizon to track at the network level, CES in-person, Spotify's response-card ads, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This week: Farrah Bostic, Saul Colt, Lisa Laporte, and Samuel Monnie join Bob for the 2021 Year End Review.
This Week: Rose Cameron, Michael Diamond, Tamara Prewitt, and Leigh Reyes join Bob to discuss the move toward brand personification, lay-away's digital rebirth, Twitter post Jack Dorsey, Facebook ends crypto ad ban, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Christopher Barger, Mitch Joel, and Scott Monty join Bob to discuss Apple allowing outside repairs, Singles Day here, VR tribalism, iMessage's tough decision, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Jeremy Goldman, Samuel Monnie, and Janell Townsend join Bob to discuss blocking entire ad categories, whether ageism is improving, Twitter Blue, made in America, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.
This Week: Emily Binder, Saul Colt, and Joseph Jaffe join Bob to discuss Walmart's Botmock play, retailers as omnichannel media sellers, managing WFH, Performance Max's global rollout, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.