
A podcast about the stories and strategies behind the campaigns that shaped our world. Featuring conversations with top CMOs, marketing professors, authors, historians, and business leaders. marketinghistory.org
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 55 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | HistoryBusiness | |||

A History of Marketing / Episode 50
Fifty episodes felt like a milestone worth marking. So I wanted a guest who was, well, obviously awesome.
April Dunford is the authority on positioning for B2B tech companies and the author of the updated and exp... more
A History of Marketing / Episode 49
Have you ever stood in front of a 500-year-old painting of a father devouring his son and asked yourself, “Who paid for this?” Me neither. Until I met Peter Van Wijnaerde.
Peter is a CMO based in Ghent, Belgium, ... more
A History of Marketing / Episode 48
This week, I’m joined by Scott McDonald, who spent three decades in the research trenches of America’s biggest magazine publishers before becoming president of the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF), an organiz... more
I have an unusual update this week: I made a game! It’s called The CMO Game.
You have 12 months and $5M to launch your product and climb from Director of Marketing to the C-Suite. But your CEO has aggressive goals and if you don’t meet them, it’s ga... more
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A consistently great mix of stories, useful info, and surprising insights.
I appreciate the variety of guests and the research that goes into the interviews. It’s a unique way to learn marketing as well. Recommended to fellow marketers!
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Across episodes, the show blends historical perspectives with modern marketing practice, featuring in-depth conversations about how campaigns, brands, and media ecosystems evolved from print and advertising research to today's digital and AI-influenced landscape. Guests span CMOs, professors, historians, and industry leaders, often tracing long-running themes like trust, brand equity, audience measurement, and storytelling authenticity through different eras. Noteworthy is the consistent emphasis on foundations—brand strategy, measurement, and narrative—paired with insights into how emerging technologies and data practices reshape marketing principles. This mix makes it a valuable listen for listeners who want both scholarly context and pra... more
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Recent guests on A History of Marketing include:
1. April Dunford
2. Peter Van Wijnaerde
3. Scott McDonald
4. Stephanie Forshee
5. Jim Spaeth
6. Ken Rufo
7. Russell Belk
8. Robert J. Herbold
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