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
Few things on Business Internet are as cringe-worthy as someone trying to earn credibility by saying, “People often ask me…”. Let’s face it: nobody actually asked them anything. Today, I thought I’d skip the cliché and respond to an Actual Question from an Actual Person as a way to help you get Actual Answers — […]
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Today, on a special bonus episode of 3 Clips, a replay of the live call that host Jay Acunzo held with viewers of his brand new docuseries, Against the Grain, built with the brand Help Scout. Join Jay (ATG‘s host, writer, and co-director), producer Tyler Bouchard, and DP/editor Travis Wilber as they go inside […]
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We’d spent hours with the subject — literal hours. It didn’t seem to matter. Our producer, Tyler Bouchard, had called this person several times to prep our shoot. They would be our guide into the company’s office. Tyler and the subject hit it off. They talked at length and excitedly about all the stories they’d […]
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Most brands make podcasts that sound like everyone else’s. Something better doesn’t require massive budgets or decades of experience. Instead, we can start our process by addressing four core challenges: say something that matters, get listeners to the end, deepen relationships, and reinvent the show. Today, 3 Clips host and Marketing Showrunners founder Jay Acunzo […]
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Before he retired, my high school basketball coach was famous around the state of Connecticut — not for his teams’ success (we were in the state finals my junior year and dead last my senior year) but for his odd brand of sideline antics. He would stamp his feet repeatedly to pantomime defensive intensity for […]
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