Welcome to the world’s most entertaining marketing podcast.

With a spicy blend of good fun and powerful insight, The Marketing Companion has been the world’s most entertaining business podcast for more nearly a decade!

Mark Schaefer is a globally-recognized marketing author, futurist, college educator, consultant, and keynote speaker. Every other week, Mark brings one of his “marketing companions” alongside him to do a deep dive into the trends of today that forge the marketing innovations of tomorrow.

The Marketing Companion –among the top 1 percent of all podcasts on iTunes — is always fun, always interesting, and always on-target with insights and ideas that will turn up your marketing intellect to an “11.” Find a topic in the guide below or push one of the subscribe buttons to get episodes delivered free to your email account every other week.

Where does social media fit in the marketing mix?

February 25th, 2014

Is social media today really about connecting or has it become another form of advertising?

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Tips for incorporating public speaking into your marketing mix

February 11th, 2014

Public speaking is an increasingly important part of the marketing mix. This podcast covers ideas to be a more effective marketing speaker

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When did leadership become a dirty word?

January 28th, 2014

The Marketing Companion podcast episode covers leadership changes at Zappos, the personal impacts of Content Shock and content curation as a strategy

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Strategies to help your business overcome information overload

January 14th, 2014

Ideas to overcome the information density that is increasing business marketing costs

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Understanding the moving target of Facebook reach

December 31st, 2013

New data suggests that the harder we work, the fewer people may be actually seeing our brand’s Facebook posts. Let’s make some sense of this trend

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Six extraordinary marketing trends for 2014

December 17th, 2013

Six extraordinary marketing trends for 2014 are highlighted in this podcast from Marketing Companion hosts Mark Schaefer and Tom Webster

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Sponsored Content: Edge of integrity or the salvation of advertising?

December 3rd, 2013

Sponsored content is the hottest topic in marketing. But will it bring redemption or corruption to our field?

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Why research firms are screwing up content marketing

November 12th, 2013

Subtle but important change going on in the world of research with profound implications for what we can see and believe on the social web.

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The future of podcasting. Will video kill the radio star?

October 29th, 2013

The future of podcasting — Will video kill the radio star? In this Marketing Companion episode, Mark Schaefer and Tom Webster look at fascinating new research on podcasting.

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