Practical Pivots

Steve Pockross
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Nov 24, 2021 • 35min

Content as a Career and the Future of Communities with Superpath's Jimmy Daly

Superpath founder Jimmy Daly talks Slack communities, explains strategies for aligning sales and marketing, and shares lessons from the various stages of his career in content.
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Nov 17, 2021 • 34min

EQ, Emails, and Curiosity as a Superpower with Kait Creamer

Lifecycle marketer Kait Creamer tells what has her hooked on email, the importance of emotional intelligence in marketing, and where she finds creative inspiration. (Hint: it's everywhere.)
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Nov 10, 2021 • 37min

Goodr CEO Stephen Lease on Mentors, Spirit Animals, and Harnessing FOMO

Stephen shares the story of how Goodr took the eyewear world by storm, explains the meaning behind his title of "Chief Executive Octopus," and talks mentors, activism, and fun.
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Nov 3, 2021 • 50min

Churn, Demand, and the Email to Send if You’re Raising Prices with Patrick Campbell

Profitwell CEO Patrick Campbell explains the two pieces of retention, the biggest reason you're losing customers, and how to communicate price changes.
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Oct 27, 2021 • 38min

Four Day Workweeks and Hiring in the Open with Wildbit’s Justine Jordan

Wildbit's Head of Marketing Justine Jordan explains why hiring is a marketing problem, what she learned in her latest hiring experiment, and how the company functions with four day workweeks.
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Oct 20, 2021 • 25min

Add Psychology to Your Toolkit: 9 Thought Leaders on Changing Behavior and Changing Minds

Rory Sutherland, Tim Riesterer, Dave Kellogg, David Cancel, Tamsen Webster, Tim Calkins, Philip Kotler, Suneet Bhatt, and Bob Kulhan share psychology-related insights from past episodes.
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Oct 13, 2021 • 41min

Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning, and Brand Activism with Professor Philip Kotler

It’s not every day you get to hear from a living legend.This episode features the Godfather of modern marketing, Professor Philip Kotler. Professor Kotler has written 80 books, spent 50 years unpacking how and why marketing works, and evangelized core concepts like the 4 Ps.In addition to a masterclass in classic segmentation, targeting and positioning, in this interview Professor Kotler discusses:Why your company should have a higher purposeThe goal of his magnum opus, “Marketing Management”A personal primer to the 4 PsWhy companies should care about social problems What good brand evangelism looks likeTwo examples of great leadershipThe inside scoop on “H2H” marketing
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Oct 6, 2021 • 35min

Data and Storytelling with Cassidy Shield

What does it really mean to be data-driven?Cassidy Shield has applied his training as an engineer, a general manager, and an operator to the world of marketing and sales, transforming a revenue team into a truly data-driven machine. In this interview, he shares how marketers can get the most out of their data as well as:What not to measureWhat marketing’s North Star metric should beHow you know if your organization is really data-drivenHow to understand the story the data is telling youWhen goals are more important than data
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Sep 29, 2021 • 33min

Rejecting Old School Management Theory with Human Capital Strategist Jamie Bennett

Jamie explains the new rules of HR around remote work, diversity and belonging, and time off. She also tells the hardest conversation she's had with a CEO. 
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Sep 15, 2021 • 47min

Tony Horton on P90X, Power Nation, and Keeping Rock 'n Roll Alive

Tony shares his journey from poor high school athlete to global workout icon, how the P90X brand came to be, and the home fitness project he's working on now. 

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