The Drum Podcast

The world seems to have been in constant crisis for the last few years, with pandemic, war, supply-chain issues, inflation and recession. This episode features agency senior leaders and will focus on the bigger picture of the most essential ingredients to stability and recovery for agencies. Senior reporter for The Drum Chris Sutcliffe is joined Roberto Amerighi, co-founder and CFO, GreenJinn...

The world seems to have been in constant crisis for the last few years, with pandemic, war, supply-chain issues, inflation and recession. This episode features agency creatives investigating what role creativity and authenticity plays in helping brands to ensure stability and recovery amid recession and uncertainty. Most importantly, we're asking the question 'amid recession and uncertainty,...

Most markets worldwide now have an ageing population, with spending power increasingly gathering with older people. Smart brands are recognizing the spending power of this group, and tailoring their products and comms accordingly. The Drum's senior reporter Chris Sutcliffe is joined by Kristen Nozell Bornstein, vice president of human insights, Known; and Richard Trigg, design partner at Tangent,...

For our out-of-home (OOH) deep dive, we're taking a look beyond the exciting developments of 2022 to where this exciting discipline is headed next. What can brands expect to see over the next couple of years - and where should they be investing their time and money to stay ahead of the curve? The Drum's senior tech reporter Chris Sutcliffe is joined by panellists Caspar Thykier, co-founder and CEO...

'Artificial intelligence' has come to mean a lot of things to a lot of people: some picture androids; others will think of the algorithms already powering Google and even smaller tech initiatives. In this episode we'll take stock of where the progress has reached so far, what it's enabled in the world of marketing, and what on the horizon has the power to change the marketer's toolkit even more ra...

We're told that people shopping (and just existing) online want two things: privacy and personalization. In recent history, we haven't all done a great job of marrying up those two values - even leaving aside major scandals like Cambridge Analytica, most of us now don't trust big platforms and advertisers to use our data responsibly, while personalization efforts continue to misfire.  We'll a...

On this week's episode of The Drum Network Podcast, we take a step back and examine everything about the state of programmatic in 2022. Gathering a few programmatic experts, we'll get the rest of the industry up to speed on the programmatic essentials and what's going on in this space that they should be keeping an eye on. The Drum's senior tech reporter Chris Sutcliffe is joined by: Liz Salway, p...

With the talent crisis still biting, employer branding is an undeniable growth area in the industry. The dream is that it can overhaul talent attraction, retention, and even productivity. In this episode, we gather top-level practitioners to ask: is it really possible to change these things quickly? And how will smart employers start to improve their work in this space? Senior reporter Chris...

For globalization month we want to consider the modern rule book for rapid, global brand expansion. Which brands can marketers look to for smart, sustainable international growth? Which channels and strategies should they prioritize? And what are the still under-used tricks and levers to pull? Senior tech reporter Chris Sutcliffe is joined by Alessandra Pinho, brand strategy director, Jellyfish; C...

For this month's deep dive we're looking at all things e-commerce, from commerce within the Metaverse to the collision of brick and mortar and sales sits. For our deep dive podcast we're zeroing in on the new and developing relationships between bricks-and-mortar and digital sales. How are physical stores making the most of developments from the world of e-commerce - and what can digital sales jou...

Live streaming took off in the pandemic - for influencers, for media organisations, for events, and for businesses. What platforms are a sure bet, and which new players are worth a look? What are the opportunities on streaming? In this episode of The Drum Network Podcast, host Chris Sutcliffe is joined by three expert guests to discuss everything from ad-supported streaming to whether we'll ever s...

On this week's episode, our senior reporter Chris Sutcliffe hears from three web3 experts about the opportunities for brands from the next iteration of the internet. From a shift of power from platform to user, or the ability to create communities, to the lessons we can learn from gaming communities that have pioneered web3 techniques, this podcast gives a comprehensive overview of web3 for brands...

In line with our ongoing Audio Deep Dive on thedrum.com, this week we hear from three experts all about the marketing opportunities in audio content. Audiences spend a third of their total time with media with audio content, and the vast majority of growth of audio listenership is coming from mobile devices. That’s created a huge opportunity for brands to speak directly to consumers, on the platfo...

On this week's episode of The Drum Network Podcast, senior tech reporter Chris Sutcliffe is joined by a panel of experts to discuss how brands should be using NFTs. The panel acknowledges that there have been wobbles (which is putting it mildly) in terms of how NFTs have been created and monetised to date. Despite that there is still an awful lot of value to the web3-based tokens, not least around...

It's been a tumultuous couple of years for venues, rights owners, and sports clubs. We'll hear from their marketing partners: what have the last couple of years been like, and what're the new rules of engagement in this sector? What are the big plays for sports marketing success in 2022? Senior tech reporter Chris Sutcliffe is joined by a panel of experts to discuss: • What trends are sports brand...

Influencers are big business. They're increasingly recognized as genuine change-makers by mainstream media, and they collectively make up one of the fastest-growing marketing channels. The industry around them is increasingly specialized and wide-ranging. From a panel reflecting the breadth of that industry, we'll ask: what are the most exciting corners of that industry right now, and where's the...

In this week's episode of The Drum Network Podcast, senior tech reporter Chris Sutcliffe is joined by two experts to discuss creative collaboration. The past few years have forced an accelerated evolution on the marketing industry. Separated by circumstance, marketing practitioners have been made to work together remotely. Tech has empowered us to continue working, in new and occasionally more eff...

In this week's episode we take a look at the possibility of behavioural marketing - both the good and the bad. In order to do behavioural science effectively we have to gather information on our audiences. But what happens when that data is misused - and how do we ensure it's only used constructively? Some high profile instances of data misuse - Cambridge Analytica among them - demonstrate that wh...

On this week's episode of The Drum Show we hear from a panel of experts about how live events are surging back to life in the wake of the pandemic. The panel discusses how to keep the best of what we learned from doing purely digital events; whether the term 'hybrid' was a buzzword that is already being retired; and how a brand can be a part of live events in a way that enhances the appeal of the...

All this week on The Drum we've been running our Gaming Deep Dive. Powered by the insights of the gamers among The Drum's journalists and The Drum Network's experts, we've been taking a look at the marketing opportunities around gaming. Between the extension of gaming IPs beyond the games themselves, the rapid broadening of the gaming audience, and new tech that underpins opportunities to reach th...

On this week's episode we discuss all things behavioural marketing. We're asking:What tools do marketers have to understand (and shape) attention, motivation and behavior? What are the cutting-edge techniques, approaches, and tools that help scientists and marketers understand how people think? What tools do you and your teams use, and what light do they shine on human behaviour? What are the key...

This week on The Drum we're taking a look at everything digital advertising, from its past to its future potential. As part of that discussion, we've assembled three experts from the advertising industry to discuss:1. Digital advertising has come a long way since Yahoo launched its very first banner ad. How confident are you that digital advertising is living up to its potential?2. What does the i...

On this week's episode of The Drum Network Podcast we discuss whether agency business models are agile and resilient enough to fit clients' needs. After Keith Weed argued that many agencies are failing to meet the specific needs of their partners, we ask a panel of experts from across the marketing industry how they think about their own models. This week we are joined by:• Natasha Potashnik, SVP...

For the past week The Drum has been examining CX, and how it underpins so much of brands' successes. We've taken a look at everything from how digitalisation is changing the philosophy of CX, how good CX is accessible and conducive for mental health, and how individual brands are outperforming competitors through clever deployment of CX tools. In order to cap the week, this special TDN podcast fea...

In this episode of The Drum Network Podcast we hear from a panel of experts about whether we have entered the golden age of growth marketing. From the definitional - how does growth marketing differ from performance marketing - to the existential, we ask which brands can benefit the most from this growth oriented approach. Senior reporter for tech at The Drum Chris Sutcliffe is joined by four fant...