Claim OwnershipThe Pivot: Marketing Backstories with Todd Wheatland
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Every week host Todd Wheatland, Global Head of Strategy for King Content and author or "The Marketer's Guide To Slideshare", sits down with some of the world’s great marketers to get behind their public profiles and learn their real marketing backstories. In this fireside chat format, Todd gets his guests to open up and share not only some valuable marketing insight, but also a peek into each person’s real life story. If content is all about telling a great story, you won’t want to miss an episode of this show. The Pivot is part of the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) Podcast Network.
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In this episode of The Pivot, host Todd Wheatland talks with David Brudenell, Universum's head of digital, about how his dreams of an Olympic medal crashed, an MBA classmate changed the trajectory of his career and much more about his journey.
Davor Miskulin, Enterprise Business Development, Burning Glass Technologies, thinks of himself as the descendent of fellow Croatian Marco Polo. "I have this drive for exploring and I had to rationalize it somehow," he tells The Pivot host Todd Wheatland and explains his unplanned life journey.
Never one for planning, Save The Children Australia's Nicole Brasz tells host Todd Wheatland about how her professional and personal path led her back to her hometown and a stint in an industry to which she never wanted to return.
Carla Johnson, Type A Communications, came from a science family so she studied electrical engineering. After two years, she opted to become a history major and learned the value of storytelling, a skill that has taken her far in her career. In this episode of The Pivot, host Todd Wheatland sits down with Carla to learn more about her journey and why she co-authored the book Experiences: The 7th Era of Marketing with Robert Rose.
In this episode of The Pivot, host Todd Wheatland talks with the Head of Content Marketing at the famed maker of AutoCAD. Dusty DiMercurio shares how a music making philosophy major was able to play his own cool story in marketing.
How does a small town boy from rural Minnesota become one of the most influential thought leaders in digital marketing? This episode of The Pivot, host Todd Wheatland talks with Lee Odden, CEO and Founder of TopRank Online Marketing. Learn how Lee's small town roots still direct how he runs his company today while traveling the globe teaching about attracting, engaging and converting clients and customers.
You may know Jon Loomer as the "Facebook Ads Guy" but in this episode of The Pivot, host Todd Wheatland dives a bit deeper behind the man who is a Power Editor pro. Learn how this Philosophy Major from the Midwest found his way to entrepreneurship by way of the NBA and The American Cancer Society. Jon also discusses how choosing a tight niche in marketing has allowed him to grow his brand and his business.
This week's episode of The Pivot has host Todd Wheatland talking with Emeric Ernoult, CEO and Founder of Agorapulse. Hear how Emeric was destined to become an entreprepreneur at the age of seven and his journey to achieving his dream of business ownership. From Africa to France and Washington DC, Emeric's journey is a global one that will remind you that achieving a dream requires persistence, patience and perfect timing.
How does a young boy from Dayton, OH go from starting his own acupuncture practice to becoming an international consultant, speaker and best-selling author in digital marketing? This episode of The Pivot, Todd Wheatland talks with Brian Carter, The Carter Group, to find out the answer to that question and so much more. Hear how stand-up comedy helped Brian become a better communicator and how the art of improv can help you become a better marketer.
Zen Buddhism, online education and serial entrepreneurship are all discussed in this episode of The Pivot with Todd Wheatland. Aaron Kahlow, CEO and Founder of Online Marketing Institute and CEO of popexpert shares his journey from DC to California and how his passion for others helped him build one company and now take on the growth of another.
In this episode of The Pivot, host Todd Wheatland sits down with Jesse Desjardins to find out how the Canadian became the Head of Social Media for Tourism Australia and how SlideShare has led to his firing, hiring and even a trip to SXSW.
Todd Wheatland sits down with Robert Rose, Chief Content Strategist, Content Marketing Institute.
From Madison Avenue to a content marketing rant that went viral, Doug Kessler, Velocity Partners, shares his marketing backstory with Todd Wheatland on this episode of The Pivot. Find out what gets Doug excited when it comes to B2B content marketing, why ethics is as critical now as ever before in the industry and the ripple effect of receiving over 900,000 views on SlideShare.
This week's episode of The Pivot, host Todd Wheatland sits down with Damon Klotz, Global Digital Strategy Manager for Ramsey Health Care. Damon shares how taking control of his onine personal brand at a very early age has allowed him to become a sought after marketing professional. He shares how his HR Rockstar brand, the importance of networking and his passion for what he does has been the perfect combination for success. Damon also talks about his side projects that are making an impact on men's healthcare in Australia.
Carlos Abler, Leader-Content Marketing Strategy, 3M, takes an unconventional and fascinating route to head up the content marketing department at one of the world's largest companies. Host Todd Wheatland talks with Carlos about growing up in Minnesota, learning from one of the top mimes in France and receiving international recognition from one of his first major digital marketing efforts.
Though a Scottish lad at heart, the past 17 years in Singapore have truly defined the marketing career of Rod Strother, Director, Digital and Social Center of Excellence for Lenovo. This episode of The Pivot has host Todd Whatland talking with Rod Strother about growing up in a small Scottish village, his path to direct marketing by way of Malaysia and how his current role at Lenovo is changing how the company socializes content.
This week's episode of The Pivot takes you on a journey of a young boy from England who lost his father at a very young age, began working in his teens and went on to help grow a recruiting agency to over 127 offices. Host Todd Wheatland sits down with Bill Boorman as he shares his marketing backstory in the world of recruiting and his passion for making information free and available to the masses.
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