In this episode, Joe and Robert discuss the recent reader revenue moves from both CNN and the Guardian, while Facebook may or may not have anything to fear from ad blockers. In other news, the boys discuss whether content marketing is in crisis…or pe…
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PNR 207: Blogging Research – Longer and Less Frequent for the Win
In this episode of This Old Marketing, Joe makes a big announcement about his future and the future of the podcast, while the future of advertising isn’t quite settled. LinkedIn has a huge opportunity with original content but might not take it and the…
PNR 206: Marketing Associations to Blame Publishers for Allowing Bad Ads
In this episode of This Old Marketing, Joe and Robert discuss the new initiative from three marketing associations that put the blame for bad online advertising directly on the shoulders of publishers (excuse me). In other news, media companies still r…
PNR 205: Mercedes Launches Revenue-Based Content Model
In this episode, Joe and Robert discuss the Brandwatch/Buzzsumo acquisition, while Snapchat adds location-based services. Mercedes launches their own “killing marketing” model for their integrated content brands, and there is one article format that ri…
PNR 204: Is Google’s Subscription Gift to Publishers a Trojan Horse?
In this episode of This Old Marketing, Joe and Robert discuss Google’s olive branch to publishers and why it may not mean what we think it means. Amazon gets into the advertising business, while Blue Apron doubles down on podcasting. Rants and raves in…
PNR 203: Google and Amazon Prepare for Internet War
In this episode of This Old Marketing the boys discuss the week that was Advertising Week. Google and Amazon begin the war to end all wars, while Twitter is wasting everyone’s time going to 280 characters. Rants and raves include Time’s new membership…
PNR 202: Mayo Clinic Invests in Voice Search with Amazon
In this episode of This Old Marketing, Google buys HTC, talent is drying up in advertising, and the Mayo Clinic figures out how to dominate Alexa’s voice search results. Rants and raves include predictive analytics and this week’s This Old Marketing ex…
PNR 201: Advertising Groups Loathe Apple’s New Browser Policy
In this episode of #ThisOldMarketing, Joe and Robert discuss Apple’s new browser settings that have the advertising associations crying wolf. Google kills their “first click free” setting for all pay walls and Rolling Stone gets put up for sale. Rants …
PNR 200: Special 200th Anniversary Episode + Content Marketing World 2017 Wrap Up
A very special 200th anniversary show featuring some clips from the past and how the show made it this far (we really can’t believe it). After a walk down memory lane, Joe and Robert focus on the orange week that was Content Marketing World and all the…
PNR 199: Optimizing Ad Tech Is a Waste of Time
In this pre-Content Marketing World episode, Joe and Robert discuss the possibility of Google buying Marketo, and why the big money will continue to go to Marketing Tech (and away from Advertising Tech). Trade Desk tries to fight the ad fraud battle, a…
PNR 198: Advertising Industry Prepares for Plummet
In this episode of #ThisOldMarketing, Joe and Robert discuss the latest quarterly results from WPP and how the slowing of advertising could mark something more than a cyclical blip. Add to that, Google begins to reimburse clients and agencies for ad fr…
PNR 197: Could Apple Go Wrong with Its Billion Dollar Content Investment?
This week, Joe and Robert cover Apple’s $1 billion dollar investment in original content…plus the rise and fall of fidget spinners and newsjackers on the eclipse. Is Facebook failing (or is the research behind it?) and do publishers realize how much …
PNR 196: Facebook, Google, Netflix & Disney Begin War over Content
In this episode, Facebook launches YouTube competitor Watch, while Netflix begins a buying spree for content brands. Disney pulls its content from Netflix and Google may possibly still buy Snap. In other news, Quartz has figured out how to deliver real…
PNR 195: Marketers, Not Publishers, Will Win with Long-Form Content
In the news this week: Apple hits record earnings, Google launches new SnapChat-like ad format, and AI bots begin to create their own language. Detailed analysis includes the marketing opportunity behind long-form content, while Hasbro’s deal with Lion…
PNR 194: Brands & Billionaires Continue to Buy Up Media
In this new-look episode, Joe and Robert cover Lauren Jobs and her purchase of The Atlantic, Facebook’s earnings release and what P&G did with $140 million dollars in marketing. The boys then go in-depth on how Hearst is experimenting with ecommerce an…
PNR 193: Amazon, Facebook and Google All Launch New Content Plays
The boys take aim at Amazon’s new social platform Spark (thumbs down), Google’s news feed (thumbs up) and Facebook’s addition of branded sub-groups (jury’s still out). Rants and raves include building something instead of measuring, and the craze to fo…
PNR 192: No, Not Everyone Should Do Content Marketing
Joe and Robert cover why a number of publishers are cutting their own advertising and how Fender is taking a page from “Killing Marketing” and developing their own guitar lessons. Joe cuts in early for a rant about Gary V’s latest post and why it’s bad…
PNR 191: The Solution to Facebook’s Fake News Problem
It’s a miracle! In this episode of This Old Marketing, Joe and Robert actually arrive at a probable solution to Facebook’s fake news problem. If only Mr. Zuckerberg were listening. In other news, the boys discuss research around artificial intelligenc…
PNR 190: Could Digital Advertising Be Ready to Pop?
In this episode of This Old Marketing, Joe and Robert discuss the state of digital advertising based on multiple reactions from the Cannes Advertising Awards in France. In other news, yet another article discusses loathing the term content marketing. N…
PNR 189: Special Episode – How We Create Content
In this very special episode of This Old Marketing, Joe and Robert detail how they write, manage their day, search for content ideas, create PowerPoint presentations and much more. The boys also include some predictions for the last part of the year, (…