The Making of a Marketer

LinkedIn Client Solutions Consultants, Jess Nickerson and Andy Pondillo explore the world of marketing through their unique paths. Each week they tackle a unique topic in the world of marketing, giving listeners the opportunity to live it in the moment through their eyes.

The Making of a Marketer – Book Club “Britney Spears The Woman in Me”

📚 On today’s book club episode Jess and Andy review their recent read “Britney Spears The Woman in Me.” In this book Britney Spears is able to tell her story for this first time. From her rise to fame, romances, and conservatorship. Analyzing this book from a marketing perspective, we will tackle the aspect of how certain people are…

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The Making of a Marketer – Art of Driving Business Growth

We welcome CEO and Founder of Digital Clarity, Reggie James, to the program. 🎨 Our theme centers around the art that is business growth. As a leader of a digital agency, Reggie is tasked with providing digital solutions that yield ROI over everything. But how do you build trust with a client to allow an…

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The Making of a Marketer – Erasing Stigmas in Healthcare Marketing

🎙️ We’re looking forward to exploring the depths of healthcare marketing on this episode! We welcome Melissa Fors Shackelford, MBA, healthcare marketing executive and board director that has led marketing at such brands as Optum, Hazelden Betty Ford and Express Scripts. In 2020 Melissa was the recipient of the Women’s Health Leadership TRUST Award. The…

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The Making of a Marketer – Secret Sauce for Marketing Leaders in ’24

We welcome Starbucks Group Manager, Global CPG Brand & Innovation Strategy, Katherine Cobb to the show! Jess and Andy explore how Katherine leads at one of the biggest brands in the world with creativity and gratitude. From product marketing to experiential marketing to seasonal planning, we will see how the magic all comes together! Learn more about your ad…

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The Making of a Marketer – 2023 Marketing Lookback

🎊 On our New Year episode Jess and Andy kick off 2024 with a 2023 year in review! We will revisit trends that caught our eye in 2023, where they are headed, and dare we say a few bold predictions for the year to come? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Making of a Marketer – Distilling the CMO and Marketer Relationship

🎙️ Season 2 of the program is set to kick off! Joining us is Clark Barron, Founder and CEO of Demand Gen Therapy. Clark strives for authenticity on his platform, boasting a podcast the brings real marketing back to real marketers. His LinkedIn posts have drawn quite the interest from the digital marketing crowd and…

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The Making of a Marketer – Season 1 Recap

🎁 Jess Nickerson and Andy Pondillo wrap up season 1 of the program and preview us for what is in store for next season! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Making of a Marketer – Gratitude in Leadership

Today we welcome Aaron Fung. Working across tech, Aaron is a pioneer in supporting business leaders, career coaching, growth strategy, and inclusion and diversity. His background and expertise in helping people discover career clarity has led Aaron to his current roles as the Co-President, Midwest Chapter at Ascend Midwest and a Career Coach at CoachingAF….

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The Making of a Marketer – Combining Brainpower 101

On this episode we give thanks to those who have collaborated with us and helped us in our career journeys. Andy invites former coworker and current Brand Manager at Boncom, Valerie Evans, onto the program to discuss their journey 3+ years ago. Together they were tasked with learning LinkedIn, a new vertical, and writing styles during a pandemic. How…

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The Making of a Marketer: Eliminating Black Friday Junk Ads!

Has your social media feed become a lot of junk or a lot of white noise around the holidays? 🎁 Andy puts on his professor hat this afternoon and sees if he can work with Jess to develop a repeatable #BlackFriday marketing plan, that breaks through the boring! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

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