by Samuel Scott | Jun 24, 2019 | Marketing Essays
My new column is live in The Drum: The brand purpose hypocrisy at Cannes Lions Some things you can see from only 1,700 miles away – like how the ad executives gathered at Cannes Lions last week talked a lot about brand purpose but completely ignored an actual...
by Samuel Scott | Jun 10, 2019 | Marketing Essays
My new column is live in The Drum: In 2009, Dan Senor and Saul Singer published Startup Nation, a New York Times bestselling book examining how Israel had grown into a high-tech powerhouse while much of the western world was battling the Great Recession. Senor, a US...
by Samuel Scott | May 23, 2019 | Marketing Essays
Summary How Building a Brand is the Ultimate “Growth Hack” in B2B Marketing In this fun and informational keynote that can include props, Samuel will discuss the benefits of a strong brand, product marketing versus brand marketing, the importance of mental...
by Samuel Scott | May 14, 2019 | Marketing Essays
My new column is in The Drum discussing the rise of alt-right propaganda, anti-vaccine misinformation, and flat-earth conspiracies. So I was walking with a friend to see Avengers: Endgame a week before Holocaust Remembrance Day here in Israel. On the way, he told me...
by Samuel Scott | Apr 29, 2019 | Marketing Essays
My new column is live in The Drum: LinkedIn’s recently unveiled ‘Reactions’ will likely lead to countless marketers tracking how many ‘likes,’ ‘celebrates,’ ‘loves,’ ‘insightfuls’ and ‘curiouses’ their posts receive – as if those designations mean anything as...
by Samuel Scott | Apr 15, 2019 | Marketing Essays
My new column is out in The Drum: A ballerina dances to music while wearing headphones. A couple makes out inside a listening booth. A teenage male shoplifter tries to get away with CDs of rap, metal – and Whitney Houston. Those scenes take place in a music store in...