Marketing Horizons, a series in the WVU Marketing Communications Today podcast, is forward-thinking, looking ahead, through the front windshield and beyond, into the marketing future. Marketing Legends, another series in the WVU Marketing Communications Today podcast, features marketing thinkers, innovators, practitioners and founders — legends of the marketing world — who will talk about their careers and share their wisdom with the marketers of today. Hosted by Cyndi Greenglass and Ruth Stevens, these podcast series are dedicated to looking ahead to the new ideas, technologies, tools and strategies that are emerging to help marketers navigate over the marketing horizon.
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Episodes
Sep 24, 2018
Sep 24, 2018
23 min
Most of our attempts to persuade are doomed to fail because the brains of your audience is wired to automatically reject messages that disrupt their attention. Most people believe that persuasion is more an art than a science because there is not a single complete scientific model of persuasion. In this podcast, we will learn...
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Sep 12, 2018
Sep 12, 2018
26 min
Host Matthew Cummings speaks with award-winning designer and creative director Nathan Pieratt about the three ways data impacts the creative process: it informs, it adds complexity and it uncovers insights. Pieratt shares stories from his more than 15 years of industry experience to illustrate how data helps determine the right channels, audience segments and messaging. While adding complexity and time to the creative process, data can uncover behaviors that lead to more insights…making the extra time and effort well worth it.
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Aug 27, 2018
Aug 27, 2018
26 min
Programmatic media leverages data and technology to allow advertisers to identify the exact person they are interested in reaching and serves that user a specific ad as they visit various websites. Tzeital Haviland dives deeper into the workings of programmatic media, walking us through its evolution and what marketers should consider when developing a programmatic media strategy. Hosted by Matthew Cummings, topics include:
Aug 15, 2018
Aug 15, 2018
27 min
In our efforts to measure everything, some marketers believe social media metrics are evasive enough to not even try to measure the results.
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Aug 8, 2018
Aug 8, 2018
22 min
Data-driven communication is the buzz word in marketing as we are being held accountable for our efforts and budgets. Math metrics, measurement, and milestones are the vocabulary of today, but does that mean awareness, engagement and loyalty no longer matter?
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Aug 1, 2018
Aug 1, 2018
27 min
WVU Marketing Communications hosts Cyndi Greenglass and Mathew Cummings will interview faculty at the INTEGRATEconference offered by the WVU Reed College of Media. INTEGRATE has hundreds of current and emerging thought leaders attending each year to share the latest trends and best practices shaping the IMC world.
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Jul 24, 2018
Jul 24, 2018
24 min
Well before the current frenzy over “tweets gone wild,” Joe Barnes walked into businesses, for profits and non-profits, and would ask: “What’s your social media policy?” The usual response was: We don’t have one, or “Go talk to marketing about that.” In his travels he realized that nearly every business and organization he walked into, no matter what size, did not have a written social media policy, nor did they clearly understand or even know what the Federal Trade Commission requires in the way of disclosure. That’s why he wrote his book: “Social Media Ethics Made Easy: How to Comply with FTC Disclosure Requirements.” The book is available from Business Expert Press or on Amazon. Our host today is Matthew Cummings.
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Jul 10, 2018
Jul 10, 2018
28 min
Today we will discuss the continued move toward the integration of direct and digital marketing and the balance of online and offline media focused on the consumer. We'll talk about trends in database marketing, and how a creative person can uniquely contribute to the use of insights from the database I also want to touch on the current climate regarding consumer privacy concerns. Host is Cyndi Greenglass.
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