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.

What skills do you need to succeed in marketing?

September 17th, 2013

The foundations of marketing success are shifting under our feet. Are we doomed to be in a permanent state of catch-up or can we prepare?

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What does it take to start a blog these days?

September 3rd, 2013

It seems like the world is conspiring to make the world more difficult for bloggers. How do you stand out in a crowded marketplace?

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Will this be the savior of the news media?

August 20th, 2013

A few years from now, we may look back at August, 2013 as the “Jeff Moment” that transformed media as we know it.

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Is Google Glass the future, or does it just make you look like a dork?

August 6th, 2013

Wearable technology like Google Glass seems like an amazing opportunity for marketing, education, entertainment and connection. Or is it?

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The Content Mill: Can Quantity Beat Quality?

July 22nd, 2013

Is there value to a content mill sort of arrangement? Will quantity overwhelm quaity and allow the content mill to thrive?

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The Failure Manifesto and Why it is Hurting Your Business

July 9th, 2013

There seems to be a failure manifesto rukling the social media airwaves these days and it’s time to put a stop to it.

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Introducing the Essential Marketing Companion

June 24th, 2013

For a couple of months, I had been thinking about doing a podcast and finally, decided against it. I just thought that taking on another content-creation project might dilute my […]

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