Leads2Scale

This week’s episode of Social Media Week's Leads2Scale podcast features Jeff Ragovin, Chief Growth Officer and Investor at Social Native, the #1 Platform for high performing branded content on demand.

During the conversation, Jeff discussed his early work at Acxiom and Acronym and the leap he made into the startup world with Mike Lazerow and Buddy Media, the early days of getting Buddy Media off the ground and how ended up selling to Salesforce for $800M, and his latest venture, Social Native and how they are enabling brands like Crocs and Intel to deliver UGC driven campaigns.

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This week’s episode of Social Media Week's Leads2Scale podcast features Rachel Tipograph, Founder & CEO of MikMak, a next generation eCommerce platform.

During the conversation, Rachel discussed her time at GAP and some of the strategic initiatives she led during her time, the journey between leaving GAP and starting MikMak, How brands are leveraging the platform, her thoughts on Facebook’s recent announcements and what Instagram’s new checkout feature means for eCommerce companies.

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This week’s episode of Social Media Week's Leads2Scale podcast features Mike Rothman, Co-Founder & CEO of Fatherly, a digital lifestyle brand that provides news, expert advice, product recommendations and other resources for parents. 

During the conversation, Mike discussed the beginning of his professional journey and experience as one of the founding employees of Thrillist, how his 10 years helping to scale the Thrillist digital media business provided him with the insights he needed to launch Fatherly, and how they are evolving their business into IRL activations and ecommerce.

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This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Tania Yuki, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Shareablee, a social intelligence platform.  

During our conversation, Tania discussed what inspired her to leave her cushy gig at a big media company to start Shareablee, how Shareablee differentiates itself from the competition, how she is thinking about the role of AI in regards to automation, what emerging trends she is seeing in the data and analytics space, and much more. 

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This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features best selling author, entrepreneur, and Marketing Hall of Fame member Seth Godin! 

During the conversation, Seth discussed why he believes tension is so important in marketing, what he thinks is at the heart of great storytelling, why empathy is overlooked as a core strength of any great marketer, and much more.

Seth will also be speaking at Social Media Week New York on May 2. Learn more about his closing keynote session here. 

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This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Jason Hsiao, Co-Founder & Chief Video Officer, Animoto. 

During the conversation, Jason discussed his early work at MTV and Comedy Central, his foray into digital video in the mid-two thousands, how Animoto started out and has evolved over the years and how he has kept pace with the rapid changes in video technology and consumer behavior.

Jason will also be speaking at Social Media Week in New York on May 1 and you can learn more his session by visiting socialmediaweek.org/newyork.

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This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Bryant Kohler, Head of Brand at Conscious Minds, a content agency that believes “Storytelling is the currency of human connection.”

During the conversation, Bryant discussed some of his past and current work with adidas and Nike, how he is adjusting to the evolution of platform storytelling, what he sees are the near-term things that need to be addressed in Influencer Marketing.

Bryant also spoke about a documentary that their sister company Conscious Productions produced called Social Animals that premiered at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival and which peeks into the digital and real worlds of today’s image-focused teenager, where followers, likes and comments mark success and self worth. 

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This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Rani Mani, Head of Global Social Influencer Enablement & Employee Advocacy at Adobe where she is currently working across Adobe teams to infuse influencer relations into their strategic planning.

During the conversation Rani discussed what got her interested in the role, how Adobe has built, managed and sustained their influencer programs, her upcoming session at Social Media Week New York, and much more.

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This week’s episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Brian Wong, Founder and CEO at Kiip, an in-app mobile advertising network.

Brian has been named one of Business Insider’s Top 25 Under 25 in Silicon Valley, 30 Under 30 in Advertising and one of the 18 Most Important People in Mobile Advertising; Forbes’ 30 under 30, and Mashable’s Top 5 Entrepreneurs to Watch. 

During the conversation Brian discussed his founding story, why he is investing in Blockchain and how brands and advertisers can use it to provide transparency and better user experiences.

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This week’s bonus episode of Social Media Week’s Leads2Scale podcast features Shiv Singh, co-author of Savvy: Navigating Fake Companies, Fake Leaders and Fake News in the Post Trust Era.

Shiv is a true leader in the industry with 20+ years in the digital space, most recently as SVP & Global Head of Innovation at Visa. 

During the conversation, Shiv discussed his upcoming book and explored the decline in consumers trust in government and corporations, why it’s hard sometimes to trust social media platforms, and why negativity is unfortunately good for business.

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