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.

Monetizing through Twitter, Spotify and Instagram

March 5th, 2020

Monetizing through Twitter, Spotify and Instagram is covered in this new Marketing Companion episode.

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Is there still a place for blogging?

February 20th, 2020

In a world saturated with information, is there still a place for blogging?

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Need new power for your content marketing? Add a celebrity hologram!

February 6th, 2020

Could adding a celebrity hologram create the ultimate content marketing experience? New technology will enable this.

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Putting tech fear in its place

January 23rd, 2020

Tech fear has creeped into every aspect of our world but it’s time to dispense hope.

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Assessing a decade of social media marketing with Jay Baer

January 9th, 2020

A few weeks ago, my friend Jay Baer and I started reminiscing about the last ten years. Can you believe we’re at the end of a decade? In many ways, […]

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Six unusual marketing megatrends that will impact your business

December 23rd, 2019

It’s time for marketing megatrends! Here are six thought-provoking ideas about the future.

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Why your social media success depends on parasocial relationships

December 12th, 2019

We have known about parasocial relationships since the 1950s but the concept has new meaning in the realm of podcasting.

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If marketing is essential, why are marketing jobs going away?

November 25th, 2019

Why are marketing jobs going away and marketers in a desperate fight for survival. If marketing is so important, why is the function being displaced?

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Facebook. Fake news. There are no easy answers.

November 14th, 2019

The ethics and legal implications of Facebook and fake news is very complex. But there are three changes that can help.

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