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Brands, Beats & Bytes
Interesting people, insightful points of view and incredible stories on what’s popping and not popping in marketing, tech, and culture you can use to win immediately. Brands, Beats and Bytes boldly stands at the intersection of brand, tech and culture. DC and Larry are fascinated with stories and people behind some of the best marketing in the business. No matter how dope your product, if your marketing sucks your company may suck too. #dontsuck
Episodes
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 2 Track 4 – Tim Spengler, President M1 US, Former Worldwide CEO of Magna Global, President Initiative, President of Content Marketing and Revenue, I Heart Media and overall Media Maven who has seen it all from both the agency side and the content/client side.
Tim Spengler President, M1, Dentsu Aegis Network Americas Summary: In his role as President, M1, Tim works to maximize ROI and improve market performance for…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 2 Track 3 (Live CMO Club Summit Version) - C. David Minifie, Chief Experience Officer at Centene, veteran of both P&G and the US Marine Corps.
About C. David Minifie Enthusiastic leader faithfully committed to developing those around me in order to "make it happen." A former US Marine and Naval…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 2 Track 2 – Marci Grebstein Trifecta CMO now at Famous Footwear, previous JC Penney and Lowe’s Home Improvement.
About Marci Senior marketing leader passionate about building world-class brands and teams. Proven experience shaping, launching and marketing products…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 2 Track 1 – James Brown, Founder/Chief Encouragement Officer at start-up EncourageX, Former Marketing Executive @ Shell & HP. Kraft Foods Alumnus. Who have you encouraged lately?
About EncourageX Over the last 15 years, we have searched for a better way to encourage the people we care about in a more personal, authentic, and consistent…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 20 – James Lopez President of Will Packer Productions producing hit movies such as “Girls Trip”, “Night School”, “What Men Want” and more.
James F. Lopez is President of Will Packer Productions. In the position he is responsible for developing and overseeing production on all film projects through…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 19 - Charlene Li New York Times Best Selling Author and Founder/Senior Fellow at Altimeter
About Charlene For the past two decades, Charlene Li has been helping people see the future. She’s the New York Times bestselling author of six books…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 18 – Allan Broce, Founder & Creative Director @ Triple, Godfather of the iconic ‘This is Sportscenter' campaign, former director of marketing for ESPN, former head of marketing for MTV – TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS!
Happy Sunday Brand Nerds! I’ve missed y’all. Many create metric driving tactics…yet few create culture shifting Marketing with a capital M that also moves…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 17 – Louis Carr, President of Media Sales at BET Networks, Founder Blueprint Men’s Summit, Serves on multiple Boards, Bad MoFo – Don’t Talk About It. Be About It!
Well, well, well Brand Nerds, we’ve got a hot one in the chamber! Brands, Beats & Bytes is blessed with the historical and inspirational wisdom of my boy and…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 16 – Paige Jones, Multi-National Marketeer Extraordinaire, Former Chief Marketing Officer and Growth Officer @ Beanitos, Former Global Brand Director @ Walgreens Boots Alliance – The Unadulterated Power of Curiosity!
#brilliantmarketer #marketing #advertising #branding #digitalmarketing #media #socialmedia #brandsbeatsbytes #cmo
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 15 – Seth Goldman, Executive Chairman Beyond Meat, Founder & Tea-EO Honest Tea – Humility.
Wait, what happened to Summer Brand Nerds! Ok, so like, I could write a soliloquy about Seth’s appearance on Brands Beats & Bytes…but I’m not. I’ll simply…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 14 - Lauren Weinberg, Global Head Of Marketing, Square - Do you know when to turn down the data and turn up your instincts?
Happy Friday eve Brand Nerds! Are the ladies in in the house? Without a doubt (s/o Frank White and Junior Mafia). Today you’re being blessed with ‘applied’…

Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 12 – Derrick Wood, founder Creative Juicer, former Lowe’s VP Brand, Creative Direction, Content and Advertising, former Staples VP Global Creative Director – Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn! 🎤 drop.
Heeeeeeey Brand Nerds. Somebody please tell me the 4th of July isn’t a week from now. Geez. This week on Brands, Beats & Bytes we’ve got a real left…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 11 – Michael Moore, CEO International African American Museum (IAAM), former CEO Glory Foods, former CMO Infopop, former VP- Marketing No Fear, former Brand Manager Coca-Cola, father, husband, and hellava athlete – Culture: When legacy calls, will you answer?
Yo, yo, yo Brand Nerds! On the longest day of the year we’ve got a solstice banger. Lots of people ‘talk’ about CULTURE. Few ‘actually’ blend culture, brand…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 10 – Jason Mayden, CEO Super Heroic, former Brand Jordan Sr. Global Design Director, father, husband, entrepreneur, student of the game – Genius… applied!
#marketing #branding #advertising #digitalmarketing #media #socialmedia #brandsbeatsbytes #superheroic #brandjordan #nike #fathersday
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 9 – Carol Kruse, Former ESPN CMO, Multiple Board Member, Award Winner, BAWSE - Your brand is your experience is your brand is your experience!
#marketing #branding #advertising #digitalmarketing #media #socialmedia #brandsbeatsbytes #espn #gerogebodenheimer #nike #tigerwoods #mustang #statecollege…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 8 – Goldie Taylor, Media, Tech and Marketing Maven - Authentic marketing is an obligation!
Brands, Beats & Bytes is honored to welcome its first lady in the building (yep, we know some of y’all have been thinking what’s up with all the dudes). No…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 7 – Mark Lazarus, Chairman, NBCUniversal Broadcast, Cable, Sports and News - Is the marketing function in your organization the proverbial fall guy?
Chasing a bigger audience while disrespecting your core audience comes at hefty price. Laz, as we call him, eloquently breaks down this classic marketing…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 6 – Rob Stone, Founder, CO-CEO @cornerstoneagency, Co-Founder @thefadar - If you’re not risking your job every week, what are you doing?
Quick question: What do Puff, Steve Jobs, Brahms, Clive Davis, Run DMC, Funkmaster Flex, Biggie, Jim Valvano (RIP), Pharrell, KRS-One, and Guinness World…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 5 - Marvin Davis, CMO - Are you a F’d up client?
Off the rip, gotta admit Marvin Davis, or MD2020 as we call him, is our boy. Jeff Shirley (our show producer), and I attended Clark Atlanta University B-School…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 4 - Daryl ‘DB’ Butler Head Marketing US Consumer... @HP - 'culture never sleeps.'
Daryl ‘DB’ Butler, Head of Marketing for US Consumer Personal Systems @HP, beats, Brand Jordan, Nike, Boost Mobile, Sprint. Is your brand tone deaf and you…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 3 - Seth Greenberg, CMO - Know your gifts. Master your craft. Kick some ass!
Seth Greenberg, Left Brain/Right Brain Marketing ‘Badass’ and proud Clippers fan formerly at Alteryx, LifeLock, Intuit, eHobbies. ‘Sit down comedian’ Seth…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 2 - Scott Hargrove, CMO @CPK - Maniacally focus on core customers or pay dearly!
Scott Hargrove, EVP and CMO @ California Pizza Kitchen, formerly at Snap, World Surf League, Coca-Cola Many highly accomplished, smart marketers confuse…
Brands, Beats & BytesAlbum 1 Track 1 - Geoff Cottrill, SVP @Coke - Does your customer have seat at the table?
Geoff Cottrill, SVP Strategic Marketing @ The Coca-Cola Company Wanna know how Converse became the number two brand on social media. Geoff Cottrill knows cuz…