This week the PMP talks w/ Brentos Fernandez, Head of Creative for Listen. Listen is a venture capital firm based in Chicago that focuses on investing in early-stage companies that have the potential to put a dent in culture. From the cosmic space jackets of Oros to the Goop of Cannabis, Miss Grass, Brentos and his team invest millions of dollars to help these cool kid brands scale by helping them articulate what makes them matter through the art and science of brand building. Brentos...

Scott Jones, Senior Producer/Writer at Disney Channel Global Marketing is one of the creative minds behind the content and on-channel promotion of Disney icons like High School Musical, Gravity Falls, Ducktales, and Descendants. Scott has been creating short-form videos since before it was cool and he shares a ton of smart thinking around what goes into the mashups, music videos, and marketing behind Disney's TV magic. We discuss the free-range creativity of college, how he found his home...

Anna Jordan Douglass, the founder and Chief Creative Officer of Makefully, a studio & consultancy specializing in research, design and production of educational media, technologies & learning environment for kids. A former VP of digital development & Interactive at the iconic Jim Henson Company, A PhD of creative education from University of Wisconsin & now at Makefully she’s working with every big name in children’s entertainment & education to bring kids directly into...

Rosie Yakob is a thinker, maker & founder of the creative consultancy Genius Steals and the lead camp counselor for The School of Stolen Genius, an online community of creative minds with members all over the world. I finally get a chance to sit down with one of my favorite Pop-Marketers over a couple of pots of coffee to catch up on how the team at Genius Steals have been dealing with being grounded in the states after living the nomadic life over the last 6 years and how they've been...

Talking Mondo, the pop culture phenomenon that gives fans physical representations of their fandom through posters & vinyl records. Also a rundown of how Hollywood is working/or not working within the pandemic and the future of Hollywood production. Paul Hogan is a director, creative motion designer, and illustrator. He is a multi-disciplined director and creative who approaches everything with a visual mindset and a sense of wonder and humor. In this episode with Paul, he will...

Joe talks with Jason Elm about his rad career running and building creative campaigns for big brands and even SuperBowl ads. Jason finally gives Joe the skinny on his 6 years running the Sony PlayStation account and we get a really cool window into the PS3 era and what it's like running creative point on one of the largest fandom's in the world. Deeply caring about the people he works for with who they create for, Jason will dive deep with us in the world of creative marketing and the...

“Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.” We are joined by Eric Melin an award-winning business communicator and senior social media community manager. Best known as the 2013 World Air Guitar Champion, and a tireless ambassador for the sport of competitive air guitar, one of Eric’s dream is to achieve world peace. In this episode, Eric will walk us through the amazing world of competitive air guitar, it’s nature, and how fascinating the sport is which has been enjoyed by thousands of...

Joe & Jeff talk about how Jeff found himself in the world agency PR and how he became a young adult fiction writer. A man between worlds, this episode is a raw and wonderful peek into how a pop-marketer lives between worlds. You can find Jeff's new book SCORPION on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Scorpion-Mayfly-Jeff-Sweat/dp/1250139228/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=scorpion+book+jeff+sweat&qid=1598326884&sr=8-1 His PR consulting agency Sweat+Co and Agencies Under...

This is our final Pop-Marketing Podcast on this feed, please go to our new link and subscribe! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pop-marketing-podcast/id1518917910 Are you a media literate person? Michelle Ciulla Lipkin is the Executive Director of NAMLE, the National Association for Media Literacy Education. We talk about what media literacy is and how 2020 shown us why it's a critical skill set for a generation growing up online. If you work in media in any capacity, this episode...

Just one more week before this podcast link goes silent, but no fear, The Pop-Marketing Podcast has a new home here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pop-marketing-podcast/id1518917910 Or just search for The Pop-Marketing Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts! This week on The PMP Joe talks w/ John Kreicbergs about pivoting into virtual events with Planet Comicon, The Musicology of 19th century Russia & the beautiful ways that despite creativity finds a way to flourish,...

A sneak preview of an episode of The Pop-Marketing Podcast with Joe Cox. Subscribe or follow us here! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pop-marketing-podcast/id1518917910 Joe talks with OG Pop-Marketer & creative entrepreneur, Andre Filip about working and living in the Pop-Marketing mecca of Los Angeles. Andre talks about beginning his career at an iconic entertainment ad agency, creating a culture of breaking ideas down to build them up, how to make great ideas at the speed...

A sneak preview of an episode of The Pop-Marketing Podcast with Joe Cox. Subscribe or follow us here! Only 2 more episodes until we transition to our new home. https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-pop-marketing-podcast Joe speaks w/ Paranormal Pop-Marketer Tim Canton about everything from brand experiential in a post-Covid19 world, paranormal in popular culture, & some inside scoop of building ARG for Stranger Things & Stephen King's IT. Tim drops some Pop-Marketing principles on you...

In the 2nd part of our interview w/ Justin Lines, we get into the details of how he accomplished his research and the insights that came from it, the wizard vs muggles mentality of strategists & 2 different archetypal audiences that marketers create for, the magician & the rockstar audience. All of Justin's research on comedy & marketing strategy can be found at his website for free! https://justinlines.com/ Find out more about Joe and Pop-Marketing...

How do comedians reveal the funny? And how can this make you a smarter marketer? Justin and Joe talk about Justin’s research with the University of Edinburgh on the equation of what makes comedy funny and how marketers can use this to make their content & strategies more interesting. Where to find Justin: LinkedIn: Justin Lines Twitter: @justinlines1 Instagram: @linesbro To get his research: justinlines.com Kantar: consulting.kantar.com Where to find Joe: LinkedIn: Joe Cox Twitter:...

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Welcome to 2020 everyone! We may be a month into the new decade, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t prepared to make waves in it as well! On this episode of Explicit Content Podcast, friend of the show Chris Clews returns for another round of everyone’s favorite game: 80s popular culture in marketing. Joe and Chris talk about Super Bowl ads (go Chiefs!) and how people like Molly Ringwald and Bill Murray are still relevant today. Not only that, but they roll nicely into how the 1980s will heavily...

Joe interviews destination branding expert ,The Bearded Marketer himself, Stefan Pettersson. The David & Goliath of destination marketing. How a good startup is like a rock band and the world of the hipster travel industry. Joe and Stefan talk at length about destination marketing, how phenomenon like “Paris Syndrome” affect tourism, and where Santa might actually live. Here are all the places you can find Stefan: He and his wife’s site: www.gameng.se Corkscrew Thinking:...

Joe talks with Dr. Kevin Payne psychology & the social science of marketing. Kevin is the founder of Chronic Cow, a company aimed at assisting people living with a chronic illness, and also the author of “Your Life, Well Lived,” which illustrates how one can live the best version of their lives with chronic illness, as well as countless other insights. During this interview, Joe and Dr. Payne talk about the human identity, the accessibility of people’s personal data, chemical reactions...

Host: Joe Cox Guest: Adam Forstadt Hello everyone and thank you for tuning in to another week of the Explicit Content Podcast. This week, Joe interviews Adam Forstadt, Executive Content Director at SJR in Los Angeles. Starting with creating short 20-minute comedy skits for his college’s TV station, Adam eventually found his way into marketing. In this episode, Joe and Adam talk about a variety of topics which include, but are not limited to social media, nostalgia in marketing, the value of...

Host: Joe Cox Date: I’ll let you fill this in Headline: How 80's Pop Culture Made Me A Better Marketer (Interview w/ Chris Clews) Link: Short Link: Tags: Show Notes Hello, everyone, and welcome to another week of the Explicit Content Podcast! This week, we have a nostalgia trip for all you 80s babies/teens. Chris Clews, author of “What 80s Pop Culture Teaches Us About Today’s Workplace” volumes one and two, gets interviewed by Joe about Chris’ inspirations and aspirations. Inspired at...

Explicit Content Podcast – Show Notes Host: Katie Martell Date: 11.08.2019 Headline: Carlos & Katie Talk Influencers and why that word needs to die already Link: Show Notes Welcome back to another week of the Explicit Content Podcast! Katie Martell hosts this episode from the Adobe Summit 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In this week’s installment, Katie interview Carlos Gil, author of End of Marketing and renowned strategist, marketer, and speaker. Carlos and Katie dig deep into why the...

Hosts: Jeff Julian https://twitter.com/jjulian?lang=en Joe Cox https://twitter.com/joenormal Explicit Content Podcast is Back! Jeff & Joe kick off the show and update everyone on what to expect this season. Jeff & Joe will be tag teaming the hosting duties this season but expect to hear some of the same content marketing superstars from season’s past and new interviews from all over the interwebs. From Augmented Reality Artists to Social Scientists, fasten your seatbelts for...

On today’s Explicit Content Podcast I am talking to Luke Hurd who by day works as a Digital Immersion Director at Signal Theory & augmented reality filter creator artist with over 100k followers on Instagram.  He’s created 27 AR filters, some of them being used over a million times. He’s amongst a small group of elite creators around the world to bring this new expression into Instagram and just last month he was invited to Facebook’s F8 developer summit and featured on Mark Zuckerberg’s...

In this episode of the Explicit Content Podcast, Jeff Julien and Andy Crestodina talk Marketing Tech and help marketers understand why they should be excited for what these technologies will unlock for the modern marketer. As tech stacks get more complex and harder to implement, Andy and Jeff pull the curtain of mystery off of the subject and help you cut through all of the noise and help you prioritize what you need. What in marketing tech has you excited right now? Andy: Calendly is...