Joseph Jaffe is Not Famous

No introduction can do Cindy Gallop justice. Not even her Wikipedia entry: Lucinda "Cindy" Lee Gallop (born 1 February 1960 – sorry!) is an English advertising consultant, founder and former chair of the US branch of advertising firm Bartle Bogle Hegarty, and founder of the IfWeRanTheWorld and MakeLoveNotPorn companies. According to the TED blog, Gallop's TEDTalk "Make Love Not Porn" was one of the "most talked about presentations" at the 2009 TED conference. She joined me today on CoronaTV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I call THE John Durham, “Professore,” but really the only title to give him is “friend.” John is a legend in the Venn Diagram world of marketing, media, digital and creativity. In fact, that’s where we met. It’s also his birthday, so why would I have wasted a great opportunity to have a CoronaCocktail together to celebrate? Listen to our discussion about the ever evolving agency-brand world over the next 12 months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s so much talk these days about technology, digital, mobile or social media and that’s fine. The problem is that it’s often tactics in search of strategy. So many self-proclaimed experts or gurus claim expertise in building your brand – personal or professional – using bells, whistles, gizmos and gadgets. They all gloss over an all-important word: brand. What is a brand? What are the fundamental of brand, branding and brand building and how are they changing or evolving amidst a new business Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where do you start with David Armano? He’s one of the best. Period. I don’t know exactly when we connected for the first time, but it was way back when blogs mattered and when it came to blogs, Logic + Emotion stood apart from all the others. Behind the blog is the man. The man who understood the intersection between technology and humanity; creativity and data; social and media. Uncanny timing, but he just announced he is leaving Edelman after almost 11 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Bowden is a renowned keynote speaker and expert in body language. When the pandemic hit, Mark put out a bunch of incredibly helpful and insightful videos on how to present and present yourself in a virtual environment. I was mesmerized and instantly hooked and simply had to have him on the show. He has a unique and quirky style and I get the feeling everything thing he does and every little detail is thought through and deliberate. Translation: a real pro! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Words matter. Now more than ever. On this episode, I welcome Chris West, who is the CEO and founding partner of Verbal Identity, a company that works with CEOs and brand leaders around the world to help them create One Vision and One Voice. As an author, the written word is so important and in an age of memes, hashtags and iconic visual social media (Instagram), there is more to content strategy than just a tagline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ask around the speaker circuit about who is on the top of their game and more often than not, the name that comes back is “Ron Tite.” This was the first time I met him...and I couldn’t have been more excited. There is so much we discussed from how standup comedy can help business leaders (Dave Delaney approves) to looking at disruption through the lens of a coup d’état (Gesundheit) to creative losing its soul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Ted and I as we tackle small topics like the November election, Trump, our two concurrent viruses (Corona and racism), the problem with social media and if there’s time return on relationship #noletup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a Sunday in CoronaVille, which means a show with a bit of a potpourri fragrance and one dedicated to the spirit of ingenuity and entrepreneurship. I have Marc Schneider, who is the founder of Future Self Academy and if that rings a bell, it should: FSA is the company that turned Flip the Funnel into a mobile-centric, gamified online course. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott McKain is a pro. A real pro. Given I met him for the first time in Las Vegas, I’m going to refer to him as the Wayne Newton of the professional speaking circuit. Slick. Timeless. Classic. Polished. Legendary...but there’s another thing I’d add (and Dave Delaney would approve): NICE. Given his focus on distinctiveness, he leads by example. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices