This episode’s guest is Tommy Nolen, a marketing expert with the most impressive resume you can probably find. After 25 years in marketing, he has a plethora of unthinkable stories that brought brands to people. Tommy is a pioneer and a leader, he knows the marketing and advertising industry like nobody else does. Nowadays he is a co-founder of The RoundTrip Group (RTG), a marketing, advertising, media, and sales consultancy firm that helps marketers better sell to their customers, agencies better sell to clients, and vendors better sell to agencies. Additionally, Tommy is a Strategic Advisor to Glewed.TV, a privately-owned ad-support video on-demand platform that is revolutionizing the streaming space.
Revolutionizing everything he touches runs in his blood.
- Why Puerto Rico is a marketer’s dream
- The craziest credit card story you’d ever hear
- The three pivotal marketeers
- Marketing campaigns on location, the offline way
- Don’t accept the status quo, question it, and don’t be afraid of grey areas
- Fortune favors the bold
- Using fake news to your own advantage?
- One bad impression has exponentially more power than all the thousands of good impressions
- The other 2 billboards troubles and crazily creative solutions
- Unexpected electricity bills and stitching billboards together
- Hanging huge credit cards from the ceiling in the mall (tutorial)
- Starting in the marketing world in the largest independent agency in the world. How marketing was in NYC 1995.
- it doesn't matter if 95% is right, people will remember the 1% that’s wrong. Have attention to detail
- Having a very deep understanding of all the stakeholders and taking all the variables into account. Do your due diligence. Be thorough in your work.
- Working with Nissan
- Building loyalty is paramount
- Brand should be like a friend to their customers, always being there.
- Creating the first in-video game marketing campaign
- Be comfortable to be the dumbest guy in the room and still create value
- Advice for the times of crisis (life-changing)
- People who work hard tend to be luckier. You create your own luck
- Don’t hire people that are just like you. You need diversity of thought and different perspectives.
Book recommendations:
https://amzn.to/37xtHT8
Find Tommy here:
Website: www.theroundtripgroup.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-roundtrip-group-llc
Twitter: @roundtrip2020
Find Alisa here:
https://boredeyemedia.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisaczar/