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Marketing Post-Covid: Bob Graham, Executive Vice President at Facility Solutions Group

On this episode of the Cardwell Beach Marketing Podcast, we talk with Bob Graham, Executive President at Facility Solutions Group, about the future of marketing in a post-Covid-19 world. This episode dives into the ways that new technologies can meet the moment, the importance of communication in a decentralized business model, and how business travel might change after the pandemic.

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Marketing Post-COVID: Amy Scissons, Chief Marketing Officer, International @ Mercer

Marketing Post-COVID: Amy Scissons, Chief Marketing Officer, International @ Mercer

On this episode of the Cardwell Beach Marketing Podcast, we answer the question “What will marketing look like in a post-Covid-19 world?” with Amy Scissons, Chief Marketing Officer for International Regions at the professional services firm Mercer. Together, we dive into the challenges of creating a global marketing strategy, the need for empathy during tough times, and why a shift to a digital-first approach seems inevitable.

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Marketing Post-COVID: Gordon Ho, Chief Marketing Officer, Princess Cruises

Gordon Ho, former Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Sales at Princess Cruises, joins us to discuss the future of marketing in the post-Covid-19 world. Gordon is now the founder of the Xpertainment group at xpertainment.com, a marketing consultancy focusing on the intersection of Experiences and Entertainment. In this episode, we discuss the impact of Covid-19 on the cruise industry, the future of shared in-person experiences, and the importance of developing a community among customers.

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Marketing in a Post-COVID-19 World: Heather Loisel, Chief Marketing Officer @ Ricoh, Skillsoft

On this installment of the Cardwell Beach Marketing Podcast, we ask, “What will marketing look like in a post-Covid-19 world?” We’re joined by Heather Loisel, who has served as Chief Marketing Officer for organizations including Ricoh and Skillsoft. Together, we discuss the challenges facing B2B organizations of different sizes and scales, as well as why future-looking marketing is so powerful at this uncertain moment

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Marketing in a Post-COVID-19 World: Sam Mallikarjunan, Chief Marketing Officer at Flock

On this installment of the Cardwell Beach Marketing Podcast, we ask, “What will marketing look like in a post-Covid-19 world?” We’re joined by Sam Mallikarjunan, an experienced SAAS marketer who has worked with Flock and HubSpot Labs, as well as taught digital marketing at Harvard. Together, we discuss how Covid-19 is changing marketing strategy, how to balance short-term customer acquisition with long-term thinking, and how the post-pandemic world will value marketers with financial acumen.

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How to Survive Trade Show Season, Part One

How to Survive Trade Show Season, Part One

It’s the beginning of a new year. Time to set a fresh round of quarterly goals, fine-tune your branding, and finally put that new internal strategy into place. Oh, and it’s also trade show season. And with that comes the trade show hangover. Remember the last time you attended CES in Las Vegas, or that […]

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A Thought on Prime Day: "Stuff" Still Wins Out

A Thought on Prime Day: "Stuff" Still Wins Out

Consider this: Roughly one out of every three U.S. dollars spent on Cyber Monday is spent on Amazon.com. So when the mid-summer, Amazon-created version thereof was just reported to have been the retailer’s biggest sales day ever…well, even detractors have to give credit where credit is due. An event that started off on a bad […]

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The Car as a Service: Why Renting, Not Owning, is the New Frontier

The Car as a Service: Why Renting, Not Owning, is the New Frontier

When the Smart Car first appeared in the US in 2008, it raised some questions, perhaps the biggest being: would Americans used to trucks, sports cars, and open highways drive such tiny vehicles? While European drivers had been using Smart Cars for years, the driving conditions in Europe—congested cities, high fuel costs, and relative proximity—are […]

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Volkswagen’s Slow Recovery: An Update

Volkswagen’s Slow Recovery: An Update

We’ve spent a lot of time here talking about the ways Volkswagen can begin to recover from a catastrophic emissions cheating scandal—first in an analysis of VW executives’ public messaging and then a deep dive into the problems ahead for the company. Our advice has boiled down to: be transparent. After all, it was likely […]

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Podcasts Are Underserved: An Update

Earlier this year, we looked into the ways that podcasts are a rarity in today’s digital media landscape: an underserved digital niche. Indeed, while it seems like every other form of digital media has a robust ecosystem supporting it—from the boom in streaming music services to the myriad outlets for digital video—podcasts remain the sometimes […]

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I sat down with Brian Erickson, Cardwell Beach Chief Marketing Officer, to talk about the luxury market, a world where some of the normal and tried-and-true rules of retail don’t apply. Take a listen for insights into the way we see the global luxury market both recovering and changing in the year to come.

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