Founder of Marketing Showrunners, host of 3 Clips and other podcasts and docuseries about creativity, and author of Break the Wheel. I’m trying to create a world where people feel intrinsically motivated by their work. Previously in content marketing and digital strategy at Google and HubSpot and VP of brand and community at the VC firm NextView. I write, tinker, and speak on stages and into microphones for a living. It’s weird but wonderful.
Get in touch anytime: jay@mshowrunners.com // Speaking inquiries: speaking@unthinkablemedia.com
Kristen Bryant’s previous job looked and sounded like something you’d find on any modern marketing team. Today, she looks a lot more like someone you’d find in Hollywood, inside a production studio, or working for a media company like The Ringer, Vox, or Vice. Today, Kristen joins us to talk about her atypical role and […]
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Today, we deconstruct the podcast I Make a Living from Freshbooks. It’s a narrative-style show, with layers of interview audio, voiceover, and music, all about entrepreneurship. But that’s a saturated niche. Does Freshbooks differentiate? How? In this episode, Jay Acunzo and Molly Donovan break down the show, moving through the facts of the show, 3 […]
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Binge Mode from The Ringer has exploded into popularity thanks to their original blend of entertaining and insightful analysis of popular fiction like Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, and Star Wars. But Binge Mode, despite it’s irresistible audio, doesn’t do all the crazy post-production editing usually associated with the phrase “production value.” Instead, they do […]
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Every Friday on Marketing Showrunners, the staff picks one branded podcast or video show to profile for inspiration and insights, pulled from our popular post, The World’s Biggest List of Branded Shows. Here’s this week’s Show Spotlight… I own one YETI product: a big metallic tumbler gifted to me by a friend for being in […]
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There’s a saying we use often at Marketing Showrunners: Great marketing isn’t about who arrives. It’s about who stays. That’s because if people actually stick around, the good stuff we seek actually happens: trust and love and a relationship form; we get valuable feedback and insights from the engagement and conversation; and of course, our […]
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