The Marketing Millennials

Why does every brand suddenly look the same? Anthony Reeves, author of Eat the Donkey and former brand and creative leader at Amazon, Kohler, LVMH, and WPP, has a theory, and it starts with "optimization."

If using the same AI tools and the same data as your competitors leads to the same results, how do you stand out? Anthony breaks down why friction might be the key.

Plus, the one data point that makes or breaks a creative brief, how to tell productive friction from plain old bureaucracy, and the McLaren rebrand that has Daniel fired up.

If you’re a Marketer who wants to build a brand that stands out instead of blending in, this episode is for YOU.

Breakthrough 2026 is the Agentic GTM Conference, happening November 2-5 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Join 1,300 revenue leaders for three days of real research, hands-on skill-building, and a certification to prove you can apply it. Learn more at https://6sense.com/breakthrough/

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Is your multicultural Marketing just a diverse cast and a translated script?
Briana Méndez, Associate Director of Audience Insights and Strategy at SiriusXM Media, helps brands get past that.
She’s a Puerto Rican kid from the Florida suburbs who got her start at Remezcla, and now she helps brands understand 250 million listeners without flattening them into 1 demographic box. Because if you talk to everyone, you talk to no one.
She shares what happened when SiriusXM Media and the agency Alma tested in-culture audio creative (who it worked on might surprise you), and what Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show proved about going all in on cultural specificity.
Plus, why Gen Z men are swapping music for podcasts, and the “Feel Core” trend that could change where your ads should run.
If you’re a Marketer who wants to reach multicultural audiences without shoving people in a box, this episode is for YOU.
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Budgets are tight heading into the holidays, so a plain “20% off” feels weaker than it might another year. Jay Schwedelson shares the offer framing that wins when people are watching every dollar, and Daniel Murray makes the case for pitching your product as a must-have 2027 budget line.

They also call out the AEO “experts” selling snake oil and explain why your year-old posts still deserve a pinned comment. Plus a Halloween costume brainstorm and a Harry Potter quiz that doesn't go well for Jay.
Best Moments:

(03:29) Why “costs less than 2 lattes” beats a discount when budgets are tight
(04:26) Turning holiday wishlists into a B2B “add this to your budget” pitch
(06:23) The commenter you should always pin, and why you shouldn’t set it and forget it
(08:28) Why paying someone to “get you into AI” is a red flag
(10:37) The incognito test to run before you trust any AI visibility results
(12:31) A Masked Singer pitch for Marketingland, with Jay as judge

Amanda Natividad, VP of Marketing at SparkToro and the Marketer who coined "zero-click content," is back for round 2 to talk about taste.
Everyone says great Marketing takes taste, or that taste is the moat against AI. Nobody explains where it comes from.

Amanda and Daniel dig into how you build it, and how you prove a post is working when there's no click to track (and the platforms are burying your links anyway).

Plus, why you should reverse engineer the comment you want before you hit post, and the hidden cost of publishing just to hit a quota.

If you're a Marketer who wants to make content people love to share, this episode is for YOU.

Breakthrough 2026 is the Agentic GTM Conference, happening November 2-5 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Join 1,300 revenue leaders for three days of real research, hands-on skill-building, and a certification to prove you can apply it. Learn more at https://6sense.com/breakthrough/

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Blake Erickson, Co-Founder of Scaling.com and co-author of The Science of Scaling, says 10x growth is easier than 2x. Daniel wanted to know why.

Blake went from missionary work in Peru, to building a 400-rep door-to-door sales company, to helping founders scale. He breaks down what an "impossible goal "looks like for a Marketing team, and how to tell if you're the one slowing everything down.

Plus, where AI moves the needle (and where it's just building cool stuff nobody needs), and his answer to the one A player vs. twenty B players debate.

If you're a Marketer who wants to scale your channel without just throwing more budget at it, this episode is for YOU.

Breakthrough 2026 is the Agentic GTM Conference, happening November 2-5 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Join 1,300 revenue leaders for three days of real research, hands-on skill-building, and a certification to prove you can apply it. Learn more at https://6sense.com/breakthrough/

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By kickoff, sports fans already know what they’re buying. If you only show up during the game, you missed your window.

Adam Marks, Sports Sales Director at SiriusXM Media, helps brands reach fans in high-attention moments AROUND the game: sports talk, podcasts, streaming, and live events. He’s a 14-year Pandora and SiriusXM vet, a proud (and lonely) Ravens fan, and once launched SiriusXM’s Masters program from his bedroom with a 103 fever.
He explains why the best time to reach fans is Monday morning in the car, not Sunday on the couch. He also shares how brands without $50M for a league deal can still own an NFL season, and a story about a no-laptops brainstorm that turned one QSR into one of SiriusXM’s biggest advertisers.

If you’re a Marketer who wants in on big sports moments without a Super Bowl-sized budget, this episode is for YOU.

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Own every listening moment with SiriusXM Media. As the access point to the most valuable audiences, we make it easy for advertisers to reach people across premium audio, creators, video, and live experiences—all through one connected ecosystem that’s built for scale, quality, and measurable results. Learn more about the largest addressable audio ecosystem at https://www.siriusxmmedia.com/daniel
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Pumping out AI-written filler content could be quietly tanking your site. Daniel explains Google’s new spam update, which flags websites full of low-quality AI content, and why a few strong pieces with real stats beat 200 keyword articles. Jay shares Ahrefs data showing that pages not updated in a year are two times less likely to be cited by AI, and that adding schema made no difference across 1,900 pages. He also explains why listicles are the format AI pulls from most.

AI search is acting like the 1995 internet right now: lazy, hungry for fresh content, and drawn to simple formats. If you’re a Marketer who wants to show up in AI answers without getting penalized by Google, this is the episode for YOU.

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Wait a minute - are you still sending ad traffic to your homepage? Val Riley, VP of Marketing at Unbounce, says Google's noticed, and your landing page might be the reason your ads stop showing up.

Val got into Marketing because her writing set her apart, and she was an Unbounce customer at her last 3 companies before she ever worked there.

She and Daniel get into what Google's ad quality updates mean for your landing pages, and why changing even a single word per channel can pay off more than a full rebuild would.

Plus, the hill Val is willing to die on for every Marketing team (and why most companies won't pay for it).

If you're a Marketer who wants landing pages that convert, this episode is for YOU.

Breakthrough 2026 is the Agentic GTM Conference, happening November 2-5 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Join 1,300 revenue leaders for three days of real research, hands-on skill-building, and a certification to prove you can apply it. Learn more at https://6sense.com/breakthrough/

This episode originally aired October 29, 2025.

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If Gen Z is on your media plan and Roblox isn’t, Stephanie Latham, VP of Global Brand Partnerships and Advertising at Roblox, has some news for you: that math isn't mathing.

Stephanie helped build what social advertising looks like at Meta. Now she’s doing it again, on a platform where users spend almost 3 hours a day playing, building, and hanging out with friends.

She breaks down the 3 smartest ways brands can show up on Roblox, which 1 to test first, and why teams willing to hand creators the keys tend to win (surprise, surprise).

Plus, she tackles the safety question every Marketer (and parent) asks 1st, and how Fenty Beauty turned a Roblox experience into a product you can literally buy at Sephora.

If you’re a Marketer who wants to reach Gen Z where they’re spending their free time, this episode is for YOU.

Breakthrough 2026 is the Agentic GTM Conference, happening November 2-5 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Join 1,300 revenue leaders for three days of real research, hands-on skill-building, and a certification to prove you can apply it. Learn more at https://6sense.com/breakthrough/

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What does your brand SOUND like? (Yep, it has a sound, whether you picked 1 or not.)

Steve Keller is the Sonic Strategy Director at Studio Resonate, SiriusXM Media's audio-first creative consultancy. He's also one of the world's top experts on "sonic strategy": helping brands blend art & science to make audio ads and sonic identities that stick.

Today on the pod, he shares what an audio ad has to nail in the first few seconds, and the most underused brand asset in Marketing.
Plus, how the music playing in a store can change what shoppers buy, and why Steve wants you eating dinner with earplugs in.

If you're a Marketer who wants audio ads and a brand sound people remember, this episode is for YOU.

If this one has you rethinking your brand's sound, hit follow and leave a rating. It helps more Marketers find the show.

Own every listening moment with SiriusXM Media. As the access point to the most valuable audiences, we make it easy for advertisers to reach people across premium audio, creators, video, and live experiences—all through one connected ecosystem that's built for scale, quality, and measurable results. Learn more about the largest addressable audio ecosystem at https://www.siriusxmmedia.com/daniel

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