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Philip Kotler: 'The Father of Modern Marketing’ Returns

Kevin Lane Keller: The Blueprint for Brand Resonance

5 Rules of Thumb for Early Career Marketers

Geoffrey Colon: Everything is a Remix, From the First Radio Ad to TikTok

Tracey Panek: Levi's Corporate Historian on Building a Timeless Brand

Margaret Getchell: How America’s First Female Retail Executive Built the Macy’s Brand

Jim Spaeth: An Insider’s History of Marketing Mix Modeling

David Gluckman: Why the Inventor of Baileys Thinks Market Research is Bullsh*t

Scott Reames: Nike's First-ever Historian Shares Secrets Behind the Swoosh

Ken Rufo: We Measure Interaction, Not Persuasion (And Why That's A Problem)

Jon Miller: Marketo's Cofounder on the Rise & Stagnation of Marketing Automation

Kerry Cunningham: The MQL Industrial Complex & Where B2B Marketing Went Wrong

Russell Belk: The Extended Self and How Marketing Influences Identity

Shelley Zalis: The Birth of Online Research

Bob Herbold: Ex-Microsoft COO and Procter & Gamble SVP on Leading Marketing for Two Iconic Brands

“The only honest case study in the history of marketing”

Paul Feldwick: Deconstructing the Myths of Advertising

Waldemar Pförtsch: B2B Marketing & Ingredient Branding

Prof. Jonathan A.J. Wilson: Beats, Brands, and Belief - Lessons from Music & Islamic Marketing

Jean Kilbourne: "Killing Us Softly" & Pioneering Feminist Advertising Criticism

Rob Salkowitz: Comic-Con & the Incredible Intersection of Comics and Marketing

Wroe Alderson: The Forgotten Father of Modern Marketing?

David Aaker: "The Father of Modern Branding" Returns

Bill Moult: The Marketing Science Institute & Connecting Research to Results

Ian Leslie: The Beatles' Marketing Genius

Rachel Kennedy: The Legacy and Impact of The Ehrenberg-Bass Institute

Richard S. Tedlow: The Story of Mass Marketing in America

Laura Ries: Pioneers of Positioning and the Immutable Laws of Branding

Nino Carvalho: More Marketing, Less Guru

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Reflections and Lessons from the first months of ‘A History of Marketing’

T. Bettina Cornwell: The World of Sports Endorsements and Sponsorship-Linked Marketing

Gabriele Carboni: The Marketing Book Endorsed by Pope Francis, Italian History, and Impact Marketing

Mark Tadajewski: Myth Busting, Mind Reading, and Rethinking Marketing's Origin Story

Louis Stern: Marketing Channels, Power, and Conflict

George Day: Market Driven Strategies, “Where to Play and How to Win.”

Giana Eckhardt: The Origins of Branding in Imperial China

Sergio Zyman, Part 2: New Coke and "The End of Marketing as We Know It"

Sergio Zyman, Part 1: “The First Chief Marketing Officer”

Dr. Robert Cialdini: “The Godfather of Influence” on the Seven Principles of Persuasion in Marketing

Dr. V. Kumar: Marketing Research and the Data Revolution

Dr. Jagdish Sheth: Buyer Behavior and the Evolution of Marketing Theory

Shelley Spector: Early Public Relations & Pioneers Who Shaped the Field

Larry Tye on Edward Bernays: "The Father of Public Relations"

David Aaker: "The Father of Modern Branding"

Mark Tungate: Advertising History from Ancient Pompeii to Today

Guy Kawasaki: The Remarkable Rise of Evangelism Marketing

Dr. Philip Kotler: 'The Father of Modern Marketing'

Introducing: A History of Marketing