Ahrefs Podcast
Ahrefs Podcast
Ahrefs Podcast
Turning a brand into a household name | Steven Kalifowitz (Crypto.com)
1 hour 46 minutes Posted Nov 19, 2024 at 2:00 pm.
Intro
Managing million-dollar marketing budgets
The importance of continued awareness for established brands
Understanding and nurturing casual vs heavy customers
Buying the Crypto.com name
Becoming CMO of Crypto.com
Are brand strategy blueprints necessary?
Marketing a brand vs a commodity
Using live sports as a marketing tool
Are competitor pages useful?
How the Crypto.com marketing team is structured
What does Steven do as CMO of Crypto.com?
Leadership and management skills
Advertising at the Sphere and getting around advertising restrictions
Sports partnerships
Celebrity brand films
Are NFTs dead?
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Show notes
How do you transform a brand into a household name, especially when that brand has a lot of regulatory restrictions?
Steven Kalifowitz is doing just that right now with  @CryptoComOfficial . When he came on board as the Crypto.com CMO in 2020, he brought years of experience as an Emmy-winning production manager for HBO and lessons from being a Director of Brand Strategy for Twitter.
Along with discussing his strategy for transforming Crypto.com into a household name, Steven and Tim also discussed:
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Where to find Steven:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skalifowitz/
X: @skalifowitz
Where to find Tim:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timsoulo/
X: @timsoulo
Website: https://www.timsoulo.com/
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Referenced in this episode:
Byron Sharp - How Brands Grow: https://brandgenetics.com/human-thinking/how-brands-grow-speed-summary/
CPG/FMCG: https://cdp.com/glossary/cpg-marketing/
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fastmoving-consumer-goods-fmcg.asp
Fortune Favors the Brave ft. Matt Damon: https://youtu.be/9hBC5TVdYT8?si=qrj6nOB-VDY1yY5W
David Oglivy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ogilvy_(businessman)
Andy Gove - High Output Management: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Output_Management
Patrick Lencioni - Five Dysfunctions of a Team: https://www.tablegroup.com/topics-and-resources/teamwork-5-dysfunctions/
Dale Carnegie - How to Win Friends and Influence People: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People
Andy Gove - Only the Paranoid Survive: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66863.Only_the_Paranoid_Survive
Inevitable ft. Eminem: https://x.com/Eminem/status/1783859123614052845
The Moment of Truth ft. Lebron James: https://youtu.be/xynQFsPBE3w?si=5Xxr_Q3qacsR6BpV