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Ep 35: How Do We Sound? How Audio is Changing the Ways We Engage with The New York Times

Leads2ScaleAug 02, 2019

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Ep 46: Truth, Joy and How Positivity Will Win the Day with James Lamon (Head of Content, BuzzFeed UK)

Ep 46: Truth, Joy and How Positivity Will Win the Day with James Lamon (Head of Content, BuzzFeed UK)

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features James Lamon, Head of Content at BuzzFeed UK.


During the conversation, James how BuzzFeed thinks about its responsibility online and the checks and balances they have in place to continue delivering truthful and joyful content to their audience, and how the creative process has changed at BuzzFeed and how he has adapted


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Nov 20, 201931:51
Ep 45: The Trust Factor in Influencer Marketing with Adam Williams (CEO, Takumi)

Ep 45: The Trust Factor in Influencer Marketing with Adam Williams (CEO, Takumi)

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Adam Williams, CEO at Takumi. 


During the conversation, Adam discussed his time at Spotify and the early days of the music streaming business, how he found his way into the world of influencer marketing, and how trust is such an important factor in combating fraud in the influencer marketing space.


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Nov 13, 201925:05
Ep 44: The Next Wave of Content Creation and Consumption with James Fabricant, CEO & Founder at TuneMoji

Ep 44: The Next Wave of Content Creation and Consumption with James Fabricant, CEO & Founder at TuneMoji

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast was recorded live during Social Media Week London 2019 and features James Fabricant, one of the very early employees at MySpace International and the current CEO & Founder of TuneMoji.


During the conversation, James discussed how social has influenced music fandom with artists and labels needing to include various forms of digital content (including GIFs) as part of their engagement strategy, how digital has changed how artists create and fans experience music, and how short-form audio has paved the way for a new meme culture that truncates storytelling to short, digestible snippets.


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Nov 05, 201929:32
Ep 43: Integrating the Customer Experience with Obele Brown-West, EVP, Weber Shandwick

Ep 43: Integrating the Customer Experience with Obele Brown-West, EVP, Weber Shandwick

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Obele Brown-West, Executive Vice President, North America Digital Client Experience Integration Lead at Weber Shandwick.

During the conversation, Obele discussed the state of digital marketing today and the biggest challenges we face, what it means to be digitally-centric in terms of how you support your clients, and how as marketers need to respect customer’s attention and spend more time on the quality and value of the experiences we provide.

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Oct 16, 201942:14
Ep 42: Exploring The Context Marketing Revolution with Mathew Sweezey, Salesforce

Ep 42: Exploring The Context Marketing Revolution with Mathew Sweezey, Salesforce

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Mathew Sweezey, Principal of Marketing Insights at Salesforce and author of the forthcoming book, Context Marketing Revolution.

During the conversation, Mathew discussed the trajectory of his career that led to his current role at Salesforce, why he describes the modern media environment today as infinite, why he feels optimistic about the role of AI in helping deliver a better consumer experience, and why being human-first and experienced-driven in marketing means everything to him.

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Oct 08, 201951:56
Ep 41: The Psychology of Influence with Nathalie Nahai, Host of The Hive Podcast

Ep 41: The Psychology of Influence with Nathalie Nahai, Host of The Hive Podcast

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features international speaker, best-selling author and host of The Hive Podcast, Nathalie Nahai.

During the conversation Nathalie discussed:


  • Her 2013 book, “Webs of Influence: The Psychology of Online Persuasion” and what had changed in the four years between the 1st and 2nd edition, which was recently re-published.
  • We talked about her current work researching the psychology of social media influencers;
  • and how the insights she has gained from this research can help guide marketers as they think about how consumer engage needs to evolve in the future.

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Oct 02, 201949:08
Ep 40: Conversational Commerce: The Next Frontier in Mobile Messaging with Jake Lazarus, Co-Founder & CEO of OpenMessage
Sep 23, 201941:55
Ep 39: How to Massively Scale Your Business through Customer-Centricity with Penny Wilson, Chief Marketing Officer at Hootsuite
Sep 13, 201928:55
Ep 38: Getting to the Humanity of a Brand with Josh Dean, Chief Marketing Officer at S’well
Aug 30, 201901:03:33
Ep 37: The Neuroscience of Storytelling with Aoife McGuinness, Neuroscience Consultant at HeyHuman
Aug 23, 201935:30
Ep 36: How to Will Your Ideas into Existence with Ultra-Marathoner Charlie Engle
Aug 15, 201953:29
Ep 35: How Do We Sound? How Audio is Changing the Ways We Engage with The New York Times
Aug 02, 201947:36
Ep 34: Reddit’s Community Approach to Brand Marketing with Will Cady, Head of Brand Strategy at Reddit
Jul 25, 201931:46
Ep 33: Brands, Creators and How to Change the World with Ian Schafer, Co-Founder & CEO, Kindred
Jul 17, 201901:01:37
Ep 32: From FYRE Fiasco to Force for Good: How Andy King is Embracing Virality

Ep 32: From FYRE Fiasco to Force for Good: How Andy King is Embracing Virality

This week’s episode we have another conversation that was recorded live during our Social Media Week Los Angeles event and features the incredible Andy King


You might recognize the name as Andy became an internet celebrity thanks to his infamous appearance on Netflix’s FYRE Festival documentary, “Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened.” Following the Netflix documentary Andy found himself in the middle of a social media blitz after, which quickly turned him into a meme overnight...something that was completely foriegn to Andy because at the time he didn’t even know what a meme was!


During the conversation Andy discussed his career before FYRE and how he first got involved with the organizers, how he embraced becoming an overnight viral celebrity, his impression of the Influencer space and how it is changing culture, and how he is using his new found celebrity for good. 


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Jul 11, 201950:52
Ep 31: How to Overcome Challenges in the Highly Regulated Cannabis Industry with Sheena Shiravi (Director of Consumer Communications, Eaze)

Ep 31: How to Overcome Challenges in the Highly Regulated Cannabis Industry with Sheena Shiravi (Director of Consumer Communications, Eaze)

In 2018, first-time cannabis consumers grew by 140% thanks to adult use legalization.


As new buyers continue to enter the scene, Eaze has kept a watchful eye on consumer purchasing and wellness behaviors as part of its mission to enhance education, provide safe access, and drive smart policy decisions.


During this Social Media Week Los Angeles fireside conversation with Director of Consumer Communications, Sheena Shiravi, she discussed some of the biggest challenges of marketing in a highly regulated industry, how Eaze is leveraging social and the challenges they have to face as compared to traditional brands, the biggest misconception people have about cannabis consumers, and much more. 


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Jun 28, 201947:42
Ep 30: Everything On-Demand with Postmates SVP of Marketing and Communications Eric Edge

Ep 30: Everything On-Demand with Postmates SVP of Marketing and Communications Eric Edge

This week’s episode of Social Media Week's Leads2Scale podcast features Eric Edge, SVP, Marketing and Communications at Postmates.


During the conversation, Eric discussed his past roles at Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest, what attracted him to his latest role at Postmates, how he sees the on-demand space today, how they view competition and continue to innovate, how the brand is evolving in the eyes of their customers, and what he thinks the big tech platforms need to do to regain consumers trust


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Jun 04, 201939:03
Ep 29: Humanizing Enterprise Collaboration with Robert Harles, Managing Director, Social Media & Emerging Channels, Accenture Digital

Ep 29: Humanizing Enterprise Collaboration with Robert Harles, Managing Director, Social Media & Emerging Channels, Accenture Digital

This week’s episode of Social Media Week's Leads2Scale podcast features Robert Harles, Managing Director & Global Lead, Social Media & Emerging Channels, Accenture Digital.


During the conversation, Robert discussed his early days in Management Consulting how it has helped shape and define his career, his experience working with some of the biggest brands in the world, focusing on social media and enterprise collaboration, and we spent time talking about his current role at Accenture, their recent acquisition of Droga5, and how having one of the most respected creative agencies in the world will shape their business going forward. 


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Apr 29, 201954:21
Ep 28: Running Through Sprinklers Naked While Drunk at Night w/ Dan Bennett, Worldwide Chief Innovation Officer at Grey

Ep 28: Running Through Sprinklers Naked While Drunk at Night w/ Dan Bennett, Worldwide Chief Innovation Officer at Grey

This week’s episode of Social Media Week's Leads2Scale podcast features Dan Bennett, Worldwide Chief Innovation Officer at Grey.


During the conversation, Dan discussed his early career at Agency.com and his time at TBWA\Chiat\Day, JWT, and McCann, why he joined Grey and what he’s focused on today in regards to how he is driving change from within his organization and also more broadly in the industry, why innovation is an overused term and what it really means from an execution standpoint, he also spent some time discussing the unique partnership between Social Media Week and Grey


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Apr 23, 201945:07
Ep 27: Changing the Fabric of Conversation with Travis Montaque, CEO and Founder of Emogi

Ep 27: Changing the Fabric of Conversation with Travis Montaque, CEO and Founder of Emogi

This week’s episode of Social Media Week's Leads2Scale podcast features Travis Montaque, Founder & CEO at Emogi, a content engine for communication services that helps people have better conversations.


During the conversation, Travis discussed his early career in investment banking and what led to him starting a tech company, why he thinks visual communication and emoji’s, gifs and stickers have become so embedded into how we communicate today, how he sees these new forms of communication shaping culture and language, some of the ways in which brands are now beginning to leverage the Emogi platform and how he sees this evolving in the next few years, and much more!


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Apr 18, 201942:59
Ep 26: High Performance UGC for Brands with Jeff Ragovin, Chief Growth Officer at Social Native

Ep 26: High Performance UGC for Brands with Jeff Ragovin, Chief Growth Officer at Social Native

This week’s episode of Social Media Week's Leads2Scale podcast features Jeff Ragovin, Chief Growth Officer and Investor at Social Native, the #1 Platform for high performing branded content on demand.


During the conversation, Jeff discussed his early work at Acxiom and Acronym and the leap he made into the startup world with Mike Lazerow and Buddy Media, the early days of getting Buddy Media off the ground and how ended up selling to Salesforce for $800M, and his latest venture, Social Native and how they are enabling brands like Crocs and Intel to deliver UGC driven campaigns.


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Apr 12, 201952:49
Ep 25: How Video Can Drive eCommerce Conversions with Rachel Tipograph, Founder & CEO of MikMak

Ep 25: How Video Can Drive eCommerce Conversions with Rachel Tipograph, Founder & CEO of MikMak

This week’s episode of Social Media Week's Leads2Scale podcast features Rachel Tipograph, Founder & CEO of MikMak, a next generation eCommerce platform.


During the conversation, Rachel discussed her time at GAP and some of the strategic initiatives she led during her time, the journey between leaving GAP and starting MikMak, How brands are leveraging the platform, her thoughts on Facebook’s recent announcements and what Instagram’s new checkout feature means for eCommerce companies.


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Mar 29, 201943:53
Ep 24: Scaling a Digital Lifestyle Brand with Fatherly’s CEO Michael Rothman

Ep 24: Scaling a Digital Lifestyle Brand with Fatherly’s CEO Michael Rothman

This week’s episode of Social Media Week's Leads2Scale podcast features Mike Rothman, Co-Founder & CEO of Fatherly, a digital lifestyle brand that provides news, expert advice, product recommendations and other resources for parents. 


During the conversation, Mike discussed the beginning of his professional journey and experience as one of the founding employees of Thrillist, how his 10 years helping to scale the Thrillist digital media business provided him with the insights he needed to launch Fatherly, and how they are evolving their business into IRL activations and ecommerce.


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Mar 22, 201946:26
Ep 23: The Path Towards Greater Intelligence with Tania Yuki, Founder and CEO at Shareablee

Ep 23: The Path Towards Greater Intelligence with Tania Yuki, Founder and CEO at Shareablee

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Tania Yuki, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Shareablee, a social intelligence platform.  


During our conversation, Tania discussed what inspired her to leave her cushy gig at a big media company to start Shareablee, how Shareablee differentiates itself from the competition, how she is thinking about the role of AI in regards to automation, what emerging trends she is seeing in the data and analytics space, and much more. 


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Mar 08, 201954:36
Ep 22: This is Seth Godin

Ep 22: This is Seth Godin

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features best selling author, entrepreneur, and Marketing Hall of Fame member Seth Godin


During the conversation, Seth discussed why he believes tension is so important in marketing, what he thinks is at the heart of great storytelling, why empathy is overlooked as a core strength of any great marketer, and much more.


Seth will also be speaking at Social Media Week New York on May 2. Learn more about his closing keynote session here


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Feb 28, 201950:28
Ep 21: What's Next For Video Marketing with Jason Hsiao, Co-Founder & Chief Video Officer of Animoto

Ep 21: What's Next For Video Marketing with Jason Hsiao, Co-Founder & Chief Video Officer of Animoto

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Jason Hsiao, Co-Founder & Chief Video Officer, Animoto


During the conversation, Jason discussed his early work at MTV and Comedy Central, his foray into digital video in the mid-two thousands, how Animoto started out and has evolved over the years and how he has kept pace with the rapid changes in video technology and consumer behavior.


Jason will also be speaking at Social Media Week in New York on May 1 and you can learn more his session by visiting socialmediaweek.org/newyork.


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Feb 22, 201944:10
Ep 20: Nike, Instagram Stories and Keeping it Real with Bryant Kohler, Head of Brand at Conscious Minds

Ep 20: Nike, Instagram Stories and Keeping it Real with Bryant Kohler, Head of Brand at Conscious Minds

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Bryant Kohler, Head of Brand at Conscious Minds, a content agency that believes Storytelling is the currency of human connection.”


During the conversation, Bryant discussed some of his past and current work with adidas and Nike, how he is adjusting to the evolution of platform storytelling, what he sees are the near-term things that need to be addressed in Influencer Marketing.


Bryant also spoke about a documentary that their sister company Conscious Productions produced called Social Animals that premiered at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival and which peeks into the digital and real worlds of today’s image-focused teenager, where followers, likes and comments mark success and self worth. 


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Feb 15, 201952:23
Ep 19: Employees as Influencers with Rani Mani, Head of Global Social Influencer Enablement Employee Advocacy, Adobe

Ep 19: Employees as Influencers with Rani Mani, Head of Global Social Influencer Enablement Employee Advocacy, Adobe

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Rani Mani, Head of Global Social Influencer Enablement & Employee Advocacy at Adobe where she is currently working across Adobe teams to infuse influencer relations into their strategic planning.


During the conversation Rani discussed what got her interested in the role, how Adobe has built, managed and sustained their influencer programs, her upcoming session at Social Media Week New York, and much more.


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Feb 14, 201941:47
Ep 18: Advertising with Your Permission with Brian Wong, CEO & Co-Founder of Kiip
Feb 08, 201946:38
Ep 17: Navigating The Post-Trust Era w/ Shiv Singh, Co-author of Savvy
Feb 01, 201901:11:15
Ep 16: Blowing Sh*t Up with the Michael Bay of Business - Cindy Gallop, CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn
Jan 30, 201950:07
Ep 15: 20 Years of Storytelling Evolution with Digby Lewis, Executive Director, Content at Iris

Ep 15: 20 Years of Storytelling Evolution with Digby Lewis, Executive Director, Content at Iris

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Digby Lewis, Executive Director of Content at Iris, a marketing agency and creative network that works with some of the world’s biggest businesses including Samsung, adidas and Shell.


Digby has over 20+ years in the industry and currently leads the charge for Iris’ global roster of clients, working alongside platform specialists, social creators and editorial to make the next big thing none of us have heard of yet.


During the conversation, Digby discussed his time at MTV and how the rise of the internet and YouTube disrupted the music, magazine and TV industries, how he has helping to prepare his clients for the next wave of disruption, why brands should allow creatives to go off script when it comes to podcast advertisements, and much more.


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Jan 22, 201951:36
Ep 14: AI-Powered Social Listening w/ Aurelien Blaha, Chief Marketing Officer of Digimind

Ep 14: AI-Powered Social Listening w/ Aurelien Blaha, Chief Marketing Officer of Digimind

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Aurelien Blaha, Chief Marketing Officer of Digimind, a social media monitoring and competitive intelligence software company.


Coming from a software engineering background, Aurelien made a career shift early on, and has been in the B2B marketing industry for nine years. He recently joined Digimind after working at FINALCAD as Marketing Director for three years.


During the episode, he discussed how the company’s AI-powered social listening technology is helping its clients take marketing to the next level, how Digimind has adopted Account Based Marketing as a way of bringing their sales and marketing teams closer together, and much more.


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Jan 08, 201948:33
Ep 13: The Rise of Messaging Bots

Ep 13: The Rise of Messaging Bots

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Kieley Taylor, Managing Partner, Global Head of Social at GroupM, as well as Mike Blake-Crawford, Strategy Director at Social Chain. GroupM and Social Chain are in many ways very different, but in this episode, Kieley and Mike both picked up on a trend that has become too big to ignore — messaging bots. During the episode, they discussed the potential in messaging bots to reduce the cost of customer care, how messaging bot technology can create a huge opportunity for brands to develop meaningful interaction with customers, and much more. This episode is brought to you by Social Media Week New York 2019! (www.socialmediaweek.org/newyork/attend code: Leads2Scale) Follow Toby and Social Media Week! @tobyd & @socialmediaweek on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.
Dec 13, 201836:23
Bonus Episode: Deep Social Listening w/ Michael MJ Paradiso, VP, EMEA, at NetBase

Bonus Episode: Deep Social Listening w/ Michael MJ Paradiso, VP, EMEA, at NetBase

This special bonus episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Michael MJ Paradiso, VP of Sales, EMEA, at NetBase. Michael joined NetBase a year ago and has more than eight years of experience in B2B sales, team management, and sales leadership. Previously, he has worked for Meltwater, P&G, as well as General Electric. During the episode, MJ discussed what does "deep social listening" mean and how that has helped their clients, how NetBase utilizes all sorts of data to drive social media strategies, and how the company relies on innovation to brace for future challenges in social. This episode is brought to you by Social Media Week New York 2019! (www.socialmediaweek.org/newyork/attend code: Leads2Scale) Follow Toby and Social Media Week! @tobyd & @socialmediaweek on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.
Dec 07, 201829:53
Ep 12: Platform Specific Storytelling w/ David Schneider & David Levin of That Lot

Ep 12: Platform Specific Storytelling w/ David Schneider & David Levin of That Lot

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features David Schneider and David Levin, joint Creative Directors from That Lot, a platform-first social creative agency from the UK. David Schneider is best known as an actor and writer for TV shows and films, and has brought his vast experience to That Lot’s video output; David Levin specializes in nailing tone of voice and creating shareable social formats, and was one of the UK’s first professional tweeter. During the episode, they discussed how the agency has evolved since its founding days, why Donald Trump’s tweets have been tremendously dominating on social media, and the hottest social tools to look out for, like Facebook Watch and Stories. This episode is brought to you by Social Media Week New York 2019! (www.socialmediaweek.org/newyork/attend code: Leads2Scale) Follow Toby and Social Media Week! @tobyd & @socialmediaweek on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.
Dec 04, 201849:22
Ep 11: Social Media Week London 2018 Preview / The Speed of Feed with Facebook's Kat Hahn

Ep 11: Social Media Week London 2018 Preview / The Speed of Feed with Facebook's Kat Hahn

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast is a special SMWLDN preview episode! Our 9th Annual Social Media Week London conference kicks off on November 14th at the QEII Conference Centre in Westminster and we are excited to give you a sneak peek of this year’s event and, as an added bonus, we have included last year’s keynote session featuring Kat Hahn (Head of Creative Shop, Northern Europe at Facebook) discusses the secret ingredients to create content tailor-made for mobile feeds for brands of all sizes who are developing strategies for their Facebook and Instagram feeds. This episode is brought to you by Social Media Week London 2018! (www.socialmediaweek.org/london/attend code: Leads2Scale) Follow Toby and Social Media Week! @tobyd & @socialmediaweek on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.
Nov 12, 201821:31
Ep 10: Origins of Fandom & Why Reddit Matters w/ Victor Pineiro, SVP of Social Media at Big Spaceshi

Ep 10: Origins of Fandom & Why Reddit Matters w/ Victor Pineiro, SVP of Social Media at Big Spaceshi

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Victor Pinero, SVP of Social Media at Big Spaceship, a digital creative agency based in New York City. During the conversation, Victor talked about how an agency like Big Spaceship reacts to the negatives of social media, how they think about culture and human behavior, and social media trends that marketers should be taking note of. This episode is brought to you by Social Media Week New York 2019! (www.socialmediaweek.org/newyork/attend code: Leads2Scale) Follow Toby and Social Media Week! @tobyd & @socialmediaweek on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.
Oct 31, 201846:10
Ep 9: Using Data to Enhance the Customer Experience w/ Josh Neckes, Co-Founder at Simon Data

Ep 9: Using Data to Enhance the Customer Experience w/ Josh Neckes, Co-Founder at Simon Data

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Josh Neckes, Co-Founder and President of Simon Data, the first and only enterprise customer data platform with a fully-integrated marketing cloud. During the conversation, Josh talked about the service Simon Data is providing, how it is different from the old ways of marketing, how his company is able to help marketers eliminate all the technological barriers that have long been in the way of their creative ideas, and much more. This episode is brought to you by Social Media Week New York 2019! (www.socialmediaweek.org/newyork/attend code: Leads2Scale) Follow Toby and Social Media Week! @tobyd & @socialmediaweek on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.
Oct 25, 201855:49
Ep 8: Listen & Scale with Todd Grossman (CEO Americas, Talkwalker)

Ep 8: Listen & Scale with Todd Grossman (CEO Americas, Talkwalker)

On this week’s episode, we have Todd Grossman, CEO Americas, Talkwalker, the #1 social media analytics and monitoring platform. During the conversation, Todd spoke about why it’s important for brands to be listening to their customers, how Talkwalker sets themselves apart from the competition, how they are scaling their business, and much more. This episode is brought to you by Social Media Week New York! (www.socialmediaweek.org/newyork/attend code: Leads2Scale) Follow Toby and Social Media Week! @tobyd & @socialmediaweek on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.
Oct 16, 201832:21
Ep 7: Organic Reach is in Decline But That’s Ok, with Paul Kontonis, CMO of WHOSAY

Ep 7: Organic Reach is in Decline But That’s Ok, with Paul Kontonis, CMO of WHOSAY

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Paul Kontonis, Chief Marketing Officer at WHOSAY. In his role, Kontonis is responsible for overseeing the company’s marketing, communications and editorial strategy and initiatives. Paul is a 20-year digital media veteran with an industry-leading expertise in the business, marketing, programming, cross-platform video distribution and monetization of original digital content. During the conversation, Paul spoke about creating captivating branded content, why organic reach is in decline, how WHOSAY acquires new clients, and much more. This episode is brought to you by Social Media Week London! (www.socialmediaweek.org/london/attend code: Leads2Scale) Follow Toby and Social Media Week! @tobyd & @socialmediaweek on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.
Oct 02, 201844:13
Ep 6: Catering to the Needs of Your Audience w/ Sharon Rechter, President of First Media

Ep 6: Catering to the Needs of Your Audience w/ Sharon Rechter, President of First Media

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features On this week’s episode we have Sharon Rechter, President of First Media. First multi-platform, a content publisher dedicated to the savvy millennial woman, with over 1.7 Billion monthly video views Facebook, and over 60 million US TV homes for its TV network, BabyFirst. During the conversation, Sharon spoke about how First Media has adapted their business model to reach new audiences, how they engineer word of mouth to acquire new customers, and much more! This episode is brought to you by Social Media Week London! (www.socialmediaweek.org/london/attend code: Leads2Scale) Follow Toby and Social Media Week! @tobyd & @socialmediaweek on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.
Sep 25, 201823:21
Ep 5: Account-Based Marketing at Scale w/ Aaron Goldman, CMO of 4C

Ep 5: Account-Based Marketing at Scale w/ Aaron Goldman, CMO of 4C

This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Aaron Goldman, Chief Marketing Officer of 4C. 4C is a data science and media technology company that improves marketing effectiveness and efficiency for brands, agencies, media companies like eBay, NBC and Sony Pictures. During the conversation, Aaron talked about how 4C is connecting TV data to the digital ad buying experience, the potential symbiotic relationship between brands, social, and analytics companies, plus he shared a ton in regards to how they approach B2B marketing, including their approach to account-based marketing. This episode is brought to you by Social Media Week London! (www.socialmediaweek.org/london/attend code: Leads2Scale) Follow Toby and Social Media Week! @tobyd & @socialmediaweek on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.
Sep 13, 201834:09
Ep 4: Finding the Right Customers with Geoff McQueen, CEO of Accelo

Ep 4: Finding the Right Customers with Geoff McQueen, CEO of Accelo

Geoff McQueen is the CEO & Co-Founder of Accelo, a cloud-based software management tool with the goal to make your business more profitable and you less stressed. Featured in this episode, Geoff talks about finding the right customers, what platforms Accelo is focusing their content efforts on, near-term disruptions for the industry, and much more. This episode is brought to you by Social Media Week London! (www.socialmediaweek.org/london/attend code: Leads2Scale) Follow Toby and Social Media Week! @tobyd & @socialmediaweek on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.
Sep 05, 201837:24
Ep 3: Influencer Marketing at Scale, with Amy Luca, CEO of theAmplify

Ep 3: Influencer Marketing at Scale, with Amy Luca, CEO of theAmplify

Amy Luca is the CEO of theAmplify, an industry leading influencer marketing platform that produces amazing content for some of the biggest brands in the world including Axe, Taco Bell, CoverGirl, Campbell’s and many others. Featured in this episode, Amy discusses the path that lead to her role at theAmplify, how they are streamlining the content creation process with Influencers, the origins of BrandTech and what’s she’s excited about in terms of the future of Influencer Marketing. This episode is brought to you by Social Media Week London! (www.socialmediaweek.org/london/attend code: Leads2Scale) Follow Toby and Social Media Week! @tobyd & @socialmediaweek on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.
Aug 28, 201827:10
Ep 2: Business Messaging, AI and the Future of Customer Service with Joshua March, CEO of Conversocial

Ep 2: Business Messaging, AI and the Future of Customer Service with Joshua March, CEO of Conversocial

Joshua March is the founder and CEO of Conversocial, a leading social customer service solution used by hundreds of the world’s biggest brands to deliver enterprise-scale customer service through social media and mobile messaging platforms Featured in this episode, Joshua discusses how they scaled their business as an early adopter of social media as a customer service channel, why he’s excited about messaging apps like WhatsAPP and Apple Business Chat in regards to their role in business communications, and much more! This episode is brought to you by Social Media Week London! (www.socialmediaweek.org/london/attend code: Leads2Scale) Follow Toby and Social Media Week! @tobyd & @socialmediaweek on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.
Aug 21, 201827:10
Ep 1: Pivot, then scale with Matt Britton, CEO of Suzy

Ep 1: Pivot, then scale with Matt Britton, CEO of Suzy

Matt Britton is a true pioneer in our industry, having built and sold a number of businesses, including MRY which he sold to the Publicis Group. In his current role as CEO of Suzy, Matt is building something truly unique in the marketing technology space. Featured in this episode, Matt discusses the most significant and impactful shifts in the industry, what inspired him to start his first company, how he pivoted Crowdtap and what he is planning to do with Suzy and how 5G is going to change the game for smart devices and video consumption in the near future. This episode is brought to you by Social Media Week London! (www.socialmediaweek.org/london/attend code: Leads2Scale) Follow Toby and Social Media Week! @tobyd & @socialmediaweek on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter.
Aug 14, 201840:48
Ep 0: Welcome to Leads2Scale

Ep 0: Welcome to Leads2Scale

Leads2Scale aims to provide you with practical insights and emerging trends in social media with the goal of helping you achieve your marketing objectives, scale your audience and generate more more leads.
Aug 13, 201803:14