This Old Marketing - News Podcast Weekly with Joe Pulizzi and Robert Rose

With three episodes until the amazing 300th This Old Marketing episode, Joe and Robert discuss the token as a subscription model. Specifically, what would the New York Times look like tokenized?

Walgreens goes big with content marketing and now has 87 people assigned to the content group. Is it a good strategy or do they need to go bigger?

Joe raves about the ENS token drop and creation of a DAO while Robert raves about what B2B companies need to do to adapt.

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The big news of the week was Facebook's name change to Meta (for metaverse). But was the purpose of it to distract the The Facebook Papers?

Robert says yes, Joe says no, and Nike starts to create IP for Web 3.

In the continued platform wars, Google and Amazon start a war with Roku over search and data.

Joe raves about the Bankless podcast with Chris Dixon (a16z) about Web 3 and mental models, while Robert raves about Apple's publishing cloth.

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Apple's new mobile privacy terms are creating problems for both Snap and Facebook. Twitter showed improvement. Spotify is shining.

eSports and entertainment company FaZe clan is doing a SPAC deal worth about $1 billion dollars US. Joe and Robert believe this type of content and incubator system has legs in the content marketing world.

Disney lowers Disney+ expectations. Can they compete with Netflix?

Rants and raves include a Robert rant - a CB Insights article on brands buying media companies (but not calling it content marketing). Joe raves about NFTs for content creators and Amazon KDP finally offers hardcover books.

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In headline news, former President Donald Trump launches a right-wing social network called TRUTH, and does it inside a SPAC.

Financial services company PayPal sets to acquire Pinterest in what could be the biggest social media deal in over a decade.

And then there's Facebook. For a variety of reasons, Zuckerberg's company is set to rebrand under a new name, supposedly with a new mission around the metaverse. Zuckerland? ZikTok? Zinstagram?

The MarTech Alliance released a new report on the state of marketing technology. Robert breaks down the highlights of the report, and what marketing professionals need to do because of it. Get the report here.

In rants and raves, Robert rants about Advertising Week. Once again, nothing on content marketing. Plus, a four-week rant continues here. Joe raves about this definition of NFTs.

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Meredith's sale says big things about the future of media. Joe and Robert break down the what and why.

Axios says that the creator economy is failing. Why? Because the platforms aren't giving out enough? Because there are big winners and some losers?

The creator economy is a huge success. Change the perspective a bit and see.

Justin Blau has developed a new NFT marketplace for musicians. Could this be the future business model for content creators?

Rants and raves include a huge rave on the Sugar Factory and a continued rant on the lack of calling the practice content marketing.

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This week, Joe and Robert discuss the outage heard around the world...Facebook. What does it mean for marketers and creators?

At the same time, Facebook is dealing with whistleblower allegations on the Hill.

Well, Facebook's stock tanked and worries surrounded the tech giant.

Could Facebook have planned all this? The answer is, maybe. Joe and Robert discuss a number of Facebook conspiracy theories that actually make some sense (if you are drunk or high), from a PR switcheroo to an attack against SNAP and TikTok.

In other news, Chase buys Zagat...with a Chase credit card.

Rants and raves include an in-depth look at YouTube for creators from MatPat and Playboy's strategy takes a turn.

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In this very special Content Marketing World episode, Joe and Robert break down their 2021 keynote presentations, talking about the opportunities in the creator economy, for content entrepreneurs and for content marketing professionals.

Some strategies discussed include:

- Moving from rented to owned land. - The opportunity in email. - Trends in social media. - Social tokens, NFTs and DAOs. - Content marketing mission statements and more.

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Ted Lasso win's multiple Emmy's. Let's talk about that for 20 minutes please.

McKinsey launches a new content marketing program targeting (of all things) kids. Does it play?

Sports Illustrated launches a partnership with 888 for a new sports gambling site. Good or bad move?

Is there an opportunity to purchase small, digital communities? Heck yes.

And...Is F* You Pay Me the real deal?

Rants and raves include Chipotle's new content creator program and Robert's rant on marketing measurement.

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Financial and tax services company Intuit ties the knot with Mailchimp, showing clearly that Intuit is trying to corner the SMB audience market.

Opensea, the eBay of NFTs, has an issue with insider trading. Joe and Robert use the time to talk about new NFT projects and what they are good for.

Clubhouse hires a publisher. Robert is still bearish. Joe takes a wait-and-see approach.

And CMO optimism is higher than ever. Are they right?

Rants and raves include a DAO powerpoint rave from Joe, while Robert gushes over a new trust survey.

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Joe and Robert go into deep analysis on Rand Fishkin's latest post on the difficulty of being a web content creator.

Twitter launches a new product, Communities. Robert doesn't like it and Joe thinks Twitter should just buy Discord.

In rants and raves, Robert raves about Matthew Sweezey's First-Party Data chart, while Joe strongly disagrees with Seth Godin's take on NFTs.

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