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.

Is there a business disruption strategy?

July 1st, 2014

All the world wants to be disruptive, it seems. There are even disruption conferences. But can this really be a business disruption strategy?

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Two technologies that will disrupt marketing strategy

June 17th, 2014

Mark Schaefer and Tom Webster discuss two technologies that will disrupt marketing strategy on this episode of The Marketing Companion

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Authorship and the Invisible Blogger: Are you writing yourself out of success?

June 3rd, 2014

This episode of The Marketing Companion offers a new perspective on blogging and how our authorship is getting buried by changes on social media and the internet.

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Lifehacks for the Modern Marketer

May 20th, 2014

How do you get it all done? If I had a nickel for every time I heard this question … well, I wouldn’t be rich (let’s be honest) but I […]

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How to fix Google Plus

May 6th, 2014

With Google+ in turmoil, the company’s fatal flaw is exposed. Here is a plan to fix it!

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Are the bad guys winning?

April 22nd, 2014

Spam killing blog comment sections. Blogs being hacked. Customer data breaches. Are the bad guys winning?

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New insights into online radio, podcasting and Google +

April 8th, 2014

Is Google+ finally a “real thing?” How is mobile and digital radio changing content consumption patterns? All this and more in a new podcast

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The good, the bad, and the ugly of #marketing conferences

March 25th, 2014

Attending a marketing conference represents a big commitment and time and money. What to look for in a marketing conference.

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Influence Marketing is hot and about to get hotter

March 11th, 2014

With traditional media channels getting strangled, more brands are turning toward the power of influencers and advocates. Influence marketing is hot

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