Marketing IQ #17: Kane Pitman, Milwaukee Bucks + Brand Stories

Photo courtesy of NBA.com   Episode 17 welcomes Kane Pitman, beat reporter for the Milwaukee Bucks. Originally from Australia, he’s quickly built a personal brand throughout the city on the back of his top-notch social media presence and quality writing/storytelling skills. Kane gives us his favorite moments from the Bucks locker room in addition to…

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Marketing IQ #16: Owned Media Strategies + Micro-Content

  Episode 16 features Sam Burns, PR/Social Media Account Executive at B+L. Part 2 of this presentation from the Midwest Foodservice Expo focuses on owned media strategies for food + beverage brands. Learn how to plan and create useful micro-content for social media, newsletters, podcasts, and blogs that fit your budget and time limits.  …

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Marketing IQ #15: Earned Media for Food + Beverage Brands

     Episode 15 features Andy Larsen, VP/Director of Public Relations and Sam Burns, PR/Social Media Account Executive at B+L. Part 1 of this presentation from the Midwest Foodservice Expo dives into strategies for generating earned media hits and public relations results for food + beverage brands. Learn about pitching journalists, setting up media dinners,…

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Marketing IQ #14: Sarah Hauer Journalism + Pitching Media

     Sarah Hauer, a reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and creator of the Be MKE newsletter, joins the show to talk journalism, pitching media, and the buzz of the Bachelor. Sarah, Ken, and Sam discuss where the media industry is heading and how you can effectively leverage it.  

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Marketing IQ #10: Viral Tweets + Tim Cigelske (Pt. 2)

     Episode 10 is part 2 of our conversation with Tim Cigelske, Director of Integrated Content at Marquette University. Fresh off of his viral tweet, Tim breaks down how an Ariana Grande/Pete Davidson post helped send more than 3.4 million to Vote.org.  

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Marketing IQ #8: Quentin “Q” Allums, Esports + LinkedIn

     Episode 8 welcomes CEO of Urban Misfit Ventures, LinkedIn creator, and soon to be TEDx Speaker, Quentin Allums. Better known as Q or @tagjustq on social media, Ken and Sam dive into a variety of trending industry topics, including the future of esport, creating meaningful content for LinkedIn, and how brands can be influencers.…

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